How did you discover your love for music? Fifteen years ago, I had a small unique electronic musical instrument in which you hit an electronic pencil on a silver plate and it created vibrating sounds. It was my first encounter with a musical instrument and this drew me later to the world of Western music. [...]
Director Rahul Dholakia shares his experiences of shooting the movie in the Valley. By Ridhima Kapoor Had director Rahul Dholakia not bumped into a group of Kashmiri youth who shared with him their perception of the Valley, he probably wouldn’t have made Lamhaa that hits theatres tomorrow. After his hard-hitting political drama, Parzania that captured [...]
Stephen Suleyman Schwartz, born in 1948, is currently the Executive Director of Center for Islamic Pluralism a think-tank based in Washington, DC. He is also a bestselling author of the 2008 book The Other Islam: Sufism and the Road to Global Harmony (Doubleday). In 2002, he authored the bestseller The Two Faces of Islam: Saudi [...]
There are times in turbulent history of humanity when brave men are born. They are like voices in the deserts, lights shining in the darkness and beacons of reason in a world racked by ignorance, or even self-destructing folly. They are sent by destiny to fight against the trends of the moment, the politically correct, [...]
He is making a comeback in acting in Edge Of Darkness after eight long years and is all excited about it. A humble Gibson thinks it took him so long to realise that he has something to offer to his audience. A legend in himself, he tells NIDHI MITTAL about his spiritual being and his future films as director and actor
Avika Gor has wowed the viewers with her histrionics on Balika Vadhu. The child star is now all set to test her culinary skills on Kitchen Champion. Anandi, as she is popularly known, shares her dreams and experiences in a candid chat with SALONI BHATIA
Sitar maestro Pt Ravi Shankar talks to N Anuranjani about his musical journey, his collaboration with The Beatles, his take on the present scenario of Indian classical music and what keeps him going at 90 as his talented daughter, Anoushka listens in.
Shubha Mudgal tells Suruchi Mishra that it is never too late to learn in life as she sings a few popular ghazals and nazms penned by Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz at a concert in the Capital.
A backstage interview with Salman Ahmad after his performance along with Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt by Vaibhav Jain.
Shiamak Davar is undisputedly one of the finest choreographers in India today. But there is more to his persona. He’s also a good person. True, you can righteously ask “What’s so great about that?” but what you may be forgetting is that in the mad rush for money and glamour people often end up loosing their invaluable “goodness”, unlike Shiamak. From his very busy schedule he was kind enough to spend a couple of minutes with Folks’ Founder & Editor-in-Chief U. Mahesh Prabhu. Some excerpts:
