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Indie star directors and films heading to UK for Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival (LIFF) 10th birthday party…

Festival marks 10 years, has 25 films with four world premieres and ‘in conversations’ with top directors including Gurinder Chadha,…

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‘The Rite of Spring’ – classical ballet gets bharatanatyam treatment as Seeta Patel goes East and West with radical intent…

Choreographer has taken apart form to deliver something fresh and exciting she argues… CLASSICAL Indian choreographer and dancer Seeta Patel…

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Met Gala Ball 2019 – Asian women in the ring…winning or losing – you say…

A night of fashion and the world is watching… who made an impression? (Best viewed on desktop browsers other than…

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I’ll say it again – women take centre stage in theatre festival…

Second year highlights unusual and very different female voices… DESCRIBED as “fierce and unapologetic” is Tara Arts’ season of showcasing…

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‘Mrs Kapoor’s Daughter’s Wedding’ – got your invitation? Creator Archana Kumar and lead actor Parle Patel on their family theatre extravaganza…

New show has proved a hit… NOW who’s up for a big fat Asian wedding – trimmings and all this…

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ACV presenter Momtaz Begum-Hossain wins award, hosts wedding show and interviews Bollywood star Bipashu Basu…

It’s been busy time for the ACV contributor…to put it midly…and it’s about to get even more hectic… IF YOU…

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Lubaina Himid – ‘Invisible Narratives’, Turner Art Prize winner 2017, talks to acv about her latest exhibition at Newlyn Art Gallery… (story and video link)

As well as curating two other artists – Magda Stawarska-Beavan and Rebecca Chesney – whose work is also on display,…

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‘The Curry House Kid’ – Akram Khan combines journalism and dance in Channel 4 documentary with a difference (review)

Award-winning globally renowned dancer looks into the story he was part of…the rise of the Indian style restaurant in the…

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‘Pah-La’ and ‘The Djinns of Eidgah’ – playwright Abhishek Majumdar on ideals that cannot be defeated by violence…

Tibet and Kashmir have a better future, says scribe who writes fearlessly… HE IS A WRITER drawn to conflict, struggle…

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‘Equus’ – Religion, relationships, mothers – and horses, actor Syreeta Kumar on the ‘naked play’

Regarded as a complex classic, one of the leads talks to acv about its particular challenges… By Suman Bhuchar SYREETA…

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