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Kabir Bedi – star actor: ‘I wanted to write a book on her’ – now producing series on his English freedom fighter Freda… (video)

KABIR BEDI is one of India’s best known actors and has done a veritable roll call of international work, including…

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International FilmFestival of India (IFFI) 50 – What’s it all about? Opening day… (video)

Goa IFFI 50 WELCOME to the first our full length videos on the International Film Festival of India (IFFI 50),…

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Amitabh Bachchan’s Dadasaheb Phalke Award at International Film Festival of India (IFFI) Golden Anniversary edition (IFFI50) – video

See our short videos from the glittering opening ceremony on the first day of IFFI here in Goa on Wednesday…

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IFFI 50 – Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth steal show at opening ceremony; Italian refugee film ‘Despite The Fog’ opens fest…

Goa 10am Report from Day 1 (November 20) – video to follow… TWO OF INDIA’S biggest film stars – Amitabh…

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International Film Festival of India 2019 – #IFFI50, join us!

TOMORROW (UK time) sees the opening of the 50th International Film Festival of India and www.asianculturevulture.com is in Goa to…

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Darbar Dance 2019 – Changing the narrative: new perspectives on old and trusted ways in Indian classical dance…

Radical, progressive and global in form and content, Indian classical dance is striking out in new ways, says festival co-curator…

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Shankar 100 – Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar centenary to be celebrated with concerts, films, and exhibition at Southbank Centre in 2020

Daughter Anoushka has played a leading part in putting together a range of events to mark her late and great…

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Bird Bites: Theatre – Anjana Vasan award nomination; ‘Life of Pi’ awards; Esh Alladi win; Women’s ‘Objections to war’; Black theatre Eclipse leadership changes; Madani Younis – Diversity in peril?; Michael Billington stepping down

ANJANA VASAN who was the star of the recent Tanika Gupta Ibsen adaptation of ‘A Doll’s House’ has been nominated…

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‘When the crows visit’ – playwright talks misogyny, power relations and morality as premiere hits London

How much conflict can there be between a son and a mother who knows her offspring has erred and seriously…

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Hanif Kureishi: ‘I want to write for the stage’ again says writer whose adaptation of ‘My Beautiful Laundrette’ continues to make impact with audiences coming to it again and afresh…

He started in the theatre but has more recently written essays, think pieces, novels and screenplays… ONE OF BRITAIN’S most…

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