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India Today
25-07-2025
- Entertainment
- India Today
Documentary on Mani Kaul
The colourist for Mita Vashisht's film Mani Kaul and That Thing Called The Actor had been trained to colour-correct films based on genre; noir would be darker, rom-coms sunnier. When he asked Vashisht what the genre of her film was, the esteemed actor-turned-filmmaker had no answer. 'My film is not a conventional documentary with talking heads,' says Vashisht. 'It is like a poem. It is an exploration of Mani Kaul's ideas on acting, which I discovered when I starred in the lead role of Hindustani classical singer Siddheshwari Devi in his film Siddheshwari. Like Mani, a master of cinematic language, who composed his frames himself, I, too, got the colours and frames I wanted during the making itself. So, I had to tell the colourist, just watch the film, you don't have to do much.'
Time of India
01-06-2025
- General
- Time of India
Doc-turned-seer of Telugu origin to head Courtallam peetham
Hyderabad: Doctor-turned-seer of Telugu origin Siddheshwarananda Bharati will be the pontiff of one of the big peethams in south India, Courtallam Sri Siddheshwari Peetham in Tamil Nadu. The anointment of Datteshwarananda Bharati Swami as chief pontiff will be conducted by current head of Courtallam Parivrajakacharya, Jagadguru Siddheshwarananda Bharati, at the Sri Siddheshwari Peetham in Courtallam, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu on June 6. Telangana secretary of Siddheshwari peetham, Munipalle Srinivas stated that the new pontiff, previously known as Dr Kadambari Aravind, left his profession as a doctor and medical officer in north India to pursue a spiritual path. Under the guidance of the peetham's priests, events would take place between June 2 and 6, including special morning rituals and worship of the peetham's deities, evening discourses, and the anointment ceremony. Events would be followed by a village festival service for the goddess in the evening. The peetham has hundreds of temples in the county and over 100 in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
