Tamil Nadu’s cultural heritage is celebrated through Therukoothu, a traditional folk theatre that has captivated audiences for centuries. Performed predominantly in rural areas, this art form weaves ...

Tamil culture will soon embrace William Shakespeare’s legendary dark tragedy, Macbeth, as students of the National School of Drama (NSD) are all set to enact the play in traditional ‘therukkoothu’ ...

‘Indrajit’, a Therukoothu play staged by an ensemble cast of students from the National School of Drama (NSD), featured a lively opera of brightly-costumed characters, high-pitched singing, rollicking ...

Sa ri, sa ri, sa ri ga ma…” The sarali varisai or exercises in Carnatic notes are being sung in perfect full-throated pitch by 20 adults of different nationalities. The audience crowds around to stand ...

There have been leading film actors like Vijay Sethupathi who were once a part of Therukoothu before entering the film industry. Therukoothu is the traditional art of staging street plays that reached ...

Liam Payne’s Sister Shares Raw Tribute: 'Six Months... Still No Air To Breathe' Six months after Liam Payne’s tragic death, his sister Ruth Gibbins has broken her silence in a deeply emotional ...

Its very location has an air of self-effacement. You cut loose from the arterial roads of Chennai, get on to some obscure by-lanes of Chinmaya Nagar. Finally, at a dead-end, you see streams of yellow ...

Bigg Boss Tamil 9 contestant Aghori Kalaiyarasan escapes Week 2 nominations after getting 12 votes in Week 1. Discover 7 ...

BBC Tamil Service, Tamilosai, is launching a ten-part series examining the history of Tamil theatre, starting Sunday 5 November. The series, which broadcasts each Sunday for ten weeks, will closely ...

Street theatre was a fascinating part of the Tamil acting tradition. It is now in serious decline and needs to spread awareness for a grand revival. There have been leading film actors like Vijay ...