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Transport unions stage protestover fuel price hike, inflation

May 28, 2026, 21:00 (IST)

Transport unions warn fare hikes upto 25% from June 1

May 27, 2026, 23:55 (IST)

Students must try to become effective problem solvers: Associate VP, Infy Mysuru

TNN / May 11, 2026, 00:00 (IST)

Two siblings among 3 charred to death in East Champaran fire

TNN / May 09, 2026, 17:25 (IST)

Work on self-growth before looking for approval from your audience: Sutapa Talukdar

TNN / Mar 29, 2026, 14:13 (IST)

Work on self-growth before looking for approval from your audience: Sutapa Talukdar

TNN / Mar 29, 2026, 14:28 (IST)

FIR lodged against cop for alleged theft of LPG cylinder

TNN / Mar 24, 2026, 00:02 (IST)

Fight over Uday Shankar legacy tears family apart

TNN / Mar 05, 2017, 06:00 (IST)

In Madras, a dancer dreamt on celluloid

TNN / Jul 08, 2014, 21:27 (IST)

The new CPI office in Chennai stands on land once owned by Uday Shankar who wanted to build a dance school there.He had visited Chennai, then Madras, several times but fell in love with the city when his avant-garde movie ‘Kalpana’ was shot for five years at Gemini studios.

Sukalyann in documentary on Pt Uday Shankar

TNN / Dec 13, 2015, 13:15 (IST)

Sukalyann Bhattacharya is on cloud nine.He's delighted to be part of a documentary on Pandit Uday Shankar.

Uday Shankar re-elected as IBF president

TNN / Sep 30, 2015, 11:40 (IST)

Star India CEO Uday Shankar has been re-elected as the president of The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) at the Sixteenth Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the second term running.

Uday Shankar's 'Kalpana' rots in Mumbai godown

TNN / Jul 26, 2012, 08:32 (IST)

The restored print of Uday Shankar's 1948 masterpiece 'Kalpana', the spectacular ode to experimental choreography that is believed to have convinced Satyajit Ray to film the eight-minute ghost dance sequence in 'Goopy Gyne, Bagha Byne', is gathering dust at the godown of a courier company in Mumbai's Jogeshwari.

69 yrs later, ‘Kalpana’ to make TV debut today

TNN / Mar 11, 2017, 20:00 (IST)

Uday Shankar to step down as president of Walt Disney APAC, chairman Star & Disney India

PTI / Oct 08, 2020, 11:38 (IST)

Global media and entertainment conglomerate The Walt Disney Company on Thursday said Uday Shankar will step down as president of its Asia Pacific (APAC) business and chairman of Star and Disney India with effect from December 31, 2020.

Official apathy delays Uday Shankar Academy opening yet again

TNN / Sep 01, 2015, 22:09 (IST)

The fate of Uday Shankar Academy in secluded Falsima – about 7 km from Almora Bazaar –continues to hang in the balance even after seven years of its completion

Martin Scorsese to reviving Kalpana

Feb 04, 2010, 10:27 (IST)

Martin Scorsese has vowed to revive the 1948 dance classic, directed by Pt Ravi Shankar’s brother, the late Uday Shankar.

Uday Shankar’s ‘Kalpana’ rots in Mumbai godown

TNN / Jul 25, 2012, 06:31 (IST)

The restored print of Uday Shankar’s 1948 masterpiece ‘Kalpana’, the spectacular ode to experimental choreography that is believed to have convinced Satyajit Ray to film the eight-minute ghost dance sequence in ‘Goopy Gyne, Bagha Byne’, is gathering dust at the godown of a courier company in Mumbai’s Jogeshwari.

Cricket needs clarity and restructuring, says Uday Shankar

TNN / Oct 10, 2020, 09:00 (IST)

Uday Shankar — who stepped down as chairman at Star & Disney India, and as President at Walt Disney APAC on Thursday – believes cricket’s global administration needs a fresh approach going forward . “I think restructuring of cricket’s global calendar and policies is long overdue and it needs to be done at the earliest,” Shankar told TOI.

Overall advertising system badly impacted: Uday Shankar

TNN / Oct 11, 2020, 08:03 (IST)

Uday Shankar sees the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as an "outlier" in an otherwise cold market, devastated by Covid-19. The real picture, he says, will begin to emerge post this edition. "We should wait for that," he told TOI in an exclusive chat, emphasising how badly the overall advertising system has been wedged due to the raging pandemic.

Uday Shankar Academy to open in 15 days

TNN / Apr 02, 2016, 20:15 (IST)

After lying in neglect and disuse for over seven years, the Uday Shankar Academy in secluded Falsima,7 km from Almora Bazaar, will finally open its doors to the world with theatre workshops and dance and theatre workshops. Compositions on Kumaoni art and folktale

'Ghatak', Uday Shankar films headed to IFFI

Mumbai Mirror / Nov 07, 2019, 11:08 (IST)

Last week, it was announced that Rajinikanth will be conferred with the Icon of Golden Jubilee Award at the upcoming 50th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which is held in Goa.

Star News appoints Shankar as editor & news director

PTI / Feb 17, 2004, 17:36 (IST)

NEW DELHI: Star News on Tuesday announced the appointment of Uday Shankar as Editor and Director of News. Uday Shankar was previously the news director with TV Today Network, Star said in a statement here.

A choreography festival on the occasion of the 119th birth anniversary of Uday Shankar

Dec 22, 2019, 15:17 (IST)

Kalpana to be screened on Amala Shankar’s birthday

TNN / Jun 27, 2018, 12:44 (IST)

Little has been done for Uday Shankar, says his wife

TNN / May 03, 2012, 00:00 (IST)

Ninety three-year-young Amala Shankar, who will be off to Cannes for screening husband Uday Shankar’s ‘Kalpana’ as part of the Cannes Classics, shares her love story with the iconic dancer

Uday Shankar’s 125th birth anniversary marked with two-day dance festival in Santiniketan

TNN / Dec 08, 2025, 13:30 (IST)

Santiniketan honored Uday Shankar's 125th birth anniversary with the 'Almora' Uday Shankar Dance Festival on December 5-6. The event at Srijani Shilpa Gram featured twenty-two dance groups from across the state, creating a vibrant celebration of rhythm and movement. Mamata Shankar reflected on her father's enduring legacy, emphasizing dance's power to unite and purify.

‘Aatagadharaa Siva’ actor Uday Shankar talks about his journey in films

TNN / Jul 20, 2018, 14:01 (IST)

Actor Uday Shankar, who made his debut as the lead in ‘Aatagadharaa Siva’ was born in Jadcherla and brought up in Hyderabad. His father Sriram is a retired English lecturer who is also an author of some well-known books. Tollywood celebrities like Power star Pawan Kalyan and Trivikram Srinivas are fans of Sriram’s literary works.