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It’s been an eventful year for Australian Tamil S.Shakthidharan, the director and author behind the award winning play “Counting and Cracking”, which played Edinburgh Fringe and Birmingham Rec in August. The play which centred around the early days of Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict, with dialogue in Tamil, Sinhalese and English, infused with live Carnatic music, […]

Passionate about Bharatanatyam, London based Chiinthu Sarvananthan has taken on the mammoth task of breaking the stigma around dancing as an adult. We caught up with Chiinthu – a Bharatanayam dancer, choreographer, and by day, a data protection lawyer – for a quick chat about her upcoming show Annam, that takes place this Saturday (5th […]

Vidya Vox, the Tamil-American music sensation, performed with her band at the Hard Rock Cafė in Mayfair, London on Friday 7th October. Tickets for “Vidya Vox Live in London” presented by Thamarai, went online in early September, and within two weeks the show was sold out. Fans travelled across the UK to witness Vidya perform […]

It’s confirmed, Anirudh, the South Indian music superstar is all set to perform live at the OVO Arena at Wembley, London. Anirudh will be performing in the English capital as a part of his ‘Once Upon A Time’ global tour on Friday, 2nd December, 2022. Tickets for the event hosted by Bright7 go on sale […]

Jeya Raveendran, the founder of the famous JRDA (Jeya Raveendran Dance Academy) is all set to resume his annual dance show after its COVID-19-forced break. Dancer, choreographer, celebrity judge and creative entrepreneur Jeya Raveendran has always been passionate about Gaana beats and he has been leading the dance group Gaana Raajas which performed in the […]

The latest track by Priya Ragu, the Swizz Tamil artist, will have you up on your feat dancing! Adalam Va, translated from Tamil to English mean come lets dance! The song was released ahead of her upcoming Europe tour. Priya is performing on Thursday 13th October at Brixton Electric London along with a special guest, […]

London based music producer Charles Bosco, has become an overnight sensation with a string of back to back refixes, released as Instagram reels. We are excited to learn that Charles has recently signed a deal with Sony Music to collaborate on their new releases. Even if not directly, we are sure everyone who browses Instagram […]

The video ‘Manase’, by vocalist and actor Dhruv Vikram has just hit YouTube, and it has already completed more than 200k views… and why not? Non-cinematic Tamil music’s success has to be attributed to how the rustic emotions conveyed in the song, can be enjoyed by everyone. The lyrics of the songs are penned to […]

21 year old Akshaya Kalaiyalahan is a British Chess player, who in 2013 (at 12-years-old)and 2015 won the women’s British Chess Championship. The final year law student at Oxford University is heading to Chennai, Tamil Nadu, to represent England (as a member of the women’s team) in the 44th Chess Olympiad against some of best […]

Tamil Londoner Nila Varman, a 21 year old MSc student at King’s College London, has picked up the prestigious Diana Award for online activism and award-winning radio show, The Nila Extract, where she showcases stories of underrepresented communities, including the Tamil community. Despite being a full-time student with a part-time job, Nila pours hours every […]