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The Hindu
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
From Milongo to mainstream, Kruti Gandhi Sarda's Tango story
With her signature blend of musicality, connection and cultural depth, Kruti Gandhi Sarda is leading a new wave of Indian talent on to the global Tango stage. A prominent figure in India's Tango community, Kruti's success stands as an inspiration for dancers across the country and reaffirms India's place in the evolving narrative of western dance. She recently made history by becoming the first Indian to win an award at the Indonesia Tango Championship Preliminaries 2025 — an official qualifier for the World Tango Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Kruti secured third place in the Social Tango category, a uniquely challenging division where partners are switched after each song and all performances are completely improvised. Her achievement marks a significant breakthrough for India on the international Tango stage. Kruti's journey with Tango started in 2015, during a two-month trip to Europe where she learnt it. Once she returned to Mumbai, a city where Tango was almost non-existent back then, she started teaching what she had learnt. That is the genesis of Abrazo Tango, a Tango school founded by her. 'It has been an incredible journey of exploration and growth,' says Kruti, who started with just six students, both of whom went on to compete at the Indonesia Tango Championship in Bali. Kruti teaches and performs within the country and overseas, with students ranging from amateurs to Bollywood actors. 'While previously, Kruti conducted regular Tango classes at IIT Mumbai, she now takes classes with Ajinkya Deshpande on Saturdays. They also organise milongas (Tango socials) and practice sessions to build and support the local Tango community. In March this year, she taught at Tango Amistoso, one of London's leading Tango schools. In the past, she performed at the Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF), IIT Bombay's Mood Indigo, the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival and Soho House Mumbai. In July, Abrazo Tango will host its annual Tango Dance Marathon in Mumbai — a weekend-long immersive celebration of social Tango, bringing together hundreds of dancers from across India. 'It will be three-days of non-stop dancing, inspiring performances and a strong sense of community. Attendees can expect high-energy milongas, workshops and a Tango flea market that celebrate the spirit of the dance. It is a welcoming space for dancers of all levels,' elaborates Kruti. Tango, in India, is niche and Kruti had her own share of upheavals. For this reason, she is actively working to expand the Tango community in India — a challenging journey that demands continuous learning, creativity and adaptability. She believes India has potential for a vibrant and expansive Tango scene. Her goal is to share the magic of Tango with as many people as possible and build a strong, supportive dance culture. 'Every new dancer, who falls in love with Tango, brings us one step closer. It is not just about the dance, but about connection, expression and creating something meaningful together.'
Metro
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Netflix is quietly adding ‘tearjerking' fan favourite
Film lovers, mark your calendars as a perfect story of love and loss is set to be added to Netflix next month. We Live In Time is finally finding its home on Netflix UK on July 5, but warning, prepare for all the feels. It's a film that will make you laugh and cry, but most importantly, it teaches the audience that time is precious, following themes of grief in such a beautiful way that connects with so many watching. Starring the Hollywood dream team, Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, We Live in Time will take you on a bittersweet journey through years of love, heartbreak, and enforcing the age-old message that life is a ticking time bomb. It follows the decade‑long, non-linear journey of Almut Brühl (Pugh), an ambitious chef, and Tobias Durand (Garfield), a marketing exec for Weetabix, as their relationship weaves through love, family, illness and everything in between. Hopeless romantics will need to grab the tissues as the film cleverly explores the life cycle of a relationship, cutting between timelines, past and present snapshots of a couple's story show how their love weathers recovery, birth and death. Directed by John Crowley, the film was released earlier this year and had cinema-goers sobbing and blubbering throughout the beautiful time-hopping story. Reviews say 'this broken timeline approach is part puzzle, part emotional puzzle – and more often than not, it works', while it was also echoed that the structure mostly avoids confusion thanks to cues like pregnancy bump and baby Ella's presence. In our four-star Metro review, Tori Brazier wrote that 'it is a wholesome and touching portrayal of a relationship acted out by two of the UK's biggest stars right now. And it's the perfect movie for when you want to sit in your feelings and be taken on an unashamedly emotional journey.' Still, not everyone bought in. The Telegraph described it as 'calamitous' and argued that some emotional impact is lost when you see outcomes before knowing their back stories. Viewers praised the film for how 'intimate' it felt – 'like watching a real couple in their private moments instead of watching a movie couple sharing big romantic gestures,' wrote @meb6x on Reddit. Another fan, @literary_bonna, described the box office hit as 'a classic 'wish you were them' love story'. More Trending With a 79% Rotten Tomatoes score, critics have labelled the film as a 'powerful melodrama'. If you did end up spending your weekly budget on the cinema trip (obviously you had to get that Tango ice blast), then you will be delighted to know that you can watch this firm fan fave again and again and again when it lands on Netflix next week. Whether you want to pretend you have something in your eye or you just need to weep on the sofa, We Live In Time is guaranteed to take you on an emotional rollercoaster, so buckle up! We Live in Time is available on Netflix on Saturday July 5. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Beloved British actress edges out Zendaya as favourite for Bond Girl MORE: Andrew Garfield confesses to pooing himself after taking too many drugs at Glastonbury MORE: Disappointed fans fume star-studded new rom-com is 'not what was advertised'
Metro
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Where to find your nearest Tango Ice Blast to survive the heatwave
The UK is enjoying (or suffering through) a heatwave, and we're all doing our best to keep cool. But when opening every window in your house won't cut it, and the office air conditioning is on the blink, there's only one thing for it: a cheeky Tango Ice Blast. Our favourite cinema drink, which comes in flavours including strawberry and kiwi, lemon, orange, and even bubblegum has a special place in the nation's heart. The popular flavour combination of blue raspberry and cherry is even jokingly touted as the 'drink of the bisexuals' for resembling the colours of the purple, pink and blue flag. It is Pride Month, after all. Comedian Romesh Ranganathan also once declared the drink to be 'unadulterated joy', and dreamt of having his very own machine at home. Fair enough, Romesh. For all those hoping to enjoy a deliciously tangy Ice Blast without shelling out for a film ticket, we bring good news: it isn't just cinemas that sell them… Tango have got this firmly covered, as there's a map on the website with every single Ice Blast location in the UK pinned. There are cinemas, supermarkets, service stations and dessert shops – and there's even an option for companies to apply for a machine on the Tango website. If you can't bear the thought of going outside, Just Eat also delivers them. Simply type in your postcode on the website, et voilà. Sugary, icy goodness at your fingertips. Earlier this year, various supermarkets and stores, including B&M, Nisa, Spar, Co-op, Iceland, and Home Bargains, launched a ready-to-drink version of the Tango Ice Blast. At budget retailers B&M, Iceland, and Home Bargains, the drinks cost £3.35 per two-litre bottle. While that might sound a little bit steep (it also won't be icy), it comes in the same tangy flavours die-hard fans know and love: cherry and raspberry – and is considerably cheaper than the £9 some cinema goers have previously reported paying for one drink. In the r/Britishproblems Subreddit, @FloatingPencil previously suggested that 'as soon as it's warm, every Tango Ice Blast and McD's milkshake machine within 10 miles stops working.' After all, don't we all just want an icy drink to get us through? More Trending 'Blew my mind when I found out an off-licence near me had an Ice Blast machine just chilling at the back,' @DanHero91 added. '£3 instead of the monstrous cinema prices.' @itshippyzoe confessed that they were in 'dire need' of a Tango Ice Blast during a previous heatwave. Since it was 'killing' them at the time, a serving of icy goodness seemed their only way of respite. View More » 'There's nothing stopping you from buying foodstuff at the cinema, you don't have to see a film to buy them,' @Fatso666 reckoned in the comments, while @SquareBev joked that 'Blackpool Pleasure Beach might be your only hope' of finding one. Do you have a story to share? Get in touch by emailing MetroLifestyleTeam@ MORE: Does drinking alcohol in the sun really get you drunk faster? A doctor shares their verdict MORE: Discontinued Marmite product dubbed 'food of the gods' finally returns to supermarkets MORE: UK heat health warning upgraded to amber with temperatures set to hit 33°C Your free newsletter guide to the best London has on offer, from drinks deals to restaurant reviews.
Spectator
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Spectator
Magnificently bloodthirsty: 28 Years Later reviewed
First it was 28 Days Later (directed by Danny Boyle, 2002), then 28 Weeks Later (Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, 2007) and now Boyle is back at the helm with 28 Years Later, which is, as I understand it, the first in a new trilogy. This post-apocalyptic horror franchise could go on for ever. As the last film was generally (and rightly) regarded as a desultory cash grab, there is much riding on this one. The verdict? It's entertaining but not outstanding. The biggest surprise is its tonal swerve into sentimentality. Jodie Comer and Ralph Fiennes, however, bring character and heft and, just to put your minds at rest, yes, it's as magnificently bloodthirsty as ever. What you will most want to know is: 28 years after the 'rage virus' was let loose from a chimpanzee laboratory, where the hell are we? We're on an island off England's northeast coast where a group of survivors have retreated. The virus, we are told, has been contained in the UK while the rest of the world has abandoned us, which is mean. The film is also a family drama, with, at its centre, a dad (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), a mum (Comer) and their son Spike (Alfie Williams). Spike is now 12 and must embark on a hunting trip to the mainland with his father to learn how to kill 'the infected'. This seemed like madness to me, but there you are. The 'infected' are not zombies as they've never been dead so can't be undead – I'm a stickler for this sort of thing – but they're certainly zombies to all intents and purposes, with their cravings for human flesh and blood. We have skinny, naked, screeching ones who lurch awkwardly (or sprint fast, best of both worlds) and fat, slow ones who crawl the forest floors like Sumo wrestlers with grievous psoriasis. 'There are some strange people on the mainland,' Spike's father tells him at one point. You don't say? There's jeopardy, jump scares and gory moments – such as intestines spilling out of mauled bodies – in freeze-frame. From what I could tell – through my fingers – one of 'the infected' gets an arrow straight to the penis, and while I'm not rooting for them, what an unpleasant way to go. I'd heard that 'the infected' had mutated to be more intelligent but I couldn't see too much evidence for that. The tonal switch happens midway through, when it stops being a father-son story and becomes a sentimental mother-son one. Which means they go on a quest together that brings them into the orbit of Fiennes's character. And while I daren't say too much it does look as if he's been Tango'd. The audience tittered when he first appeared but I hope they were appreciative (after Conclave, I can forgive him anything). Boyles's extensive use of an iPhone gives it the shaky look fans of the original will welcome, while the soundtrack features a brilliantly deployed, century-old recital of Kipling's poem 'Boots'. It could be smarter, with less of a kill-or-be-killed narrative, and I would have liked a crib sheet. Who gets to become a fat Sumo and who doesn't? The second film made a big deal of some people becoming contaminated without symptoms, and that's just gone away? But Comer and Fiennes bring depth – and you can sense some fun was had. The ending, alas, isn't an ending, but a set-up for the next one. I now realise the sequel was filmed simultaneously and is due for release in January. It's called 28 Years Later: Bone Temple. That's cheating, to my mind, and if it picks up where we leave off, shouldn't it be 28 Minutes Later? Get a grip, lads. Get a grip.
The Hindu
15-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
‘Fubar' Season 2 review: Arnold Schwarzenegger is back to drive this middling spy comedy
Fubaris back for its second season with just as many call-backs to Arnold Schwarzenegger's blockbuster movie career. There is him dancing the Tango with the sexy former spy and lover, Greta Nelso (Carrie-Anne Moss), reminding one of True Lies. He also says his catch phrase from the Terminator movies, 'I'll be back.' There are other reminders of True Lies peppered all through the eight episodes of the spy comedy, from James Cameron (who directed True Lies) lending a deep sea exploration vessel to using sodium pentothal as a truth serum and Tom Arnold (who plays Schwarzenegger's friend in True Lies) as ace interrogator, Norm Carlson. There is mention of other Schwarzenegger blockbusters, including Total Recall and a riff on Schwarzenegger's one-liners, with him confessing, 'Sometimes I kill a guy and I cannot even come up with a funny line.' When a show gets that meta, it does not bode well. Fubar Season 2(English) Creator: Nick Santora Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Monica Barbaro, Milan Carter, Fortune Feimster Episodes: 8 Runtime: 42 t0 59 minutes Storyline: Team Brunner has to find an international terrorist and stop a nuclear war while former and current spies muddy the waters Fubar tells the story of a highly decorated spy, Luke Brunner (Schwarzenegger), and his daughter, Emma (Monica Barbaro), also in the CIA, getting up to all kinds of trouble. Season 2 opens with a severe case of cabin fever as Brunner, Emma, and their team are in a safe house after the events of Season 1. In the safe house are Brunner's ex-wife Tally (Fabiana Udenio); Donnie (Andy Buckley), who Tally was going to marry before Brunner crashed the party; and Emma's boyfriend, the nice, kindergarten teacher, Carter (Jay Baruchel). Brunner's CIA team includes tech officer, Barry (Milan Carter), Agent Roo (Fortune Feimster) of the salty tongue, and hot dude, Aldon (Travis Van Winkle), who has a thing for Emma. Aldon gets a cute piglet called Hamsteak to prove he can care for another. Dr. Pfeffer (Scott Thompson), the CIA psychologist, drops in on the safe house in various disguises, including as a pizza delivery person. When regional CIA director Dot (Barbara Eve Harris) tells Brunner that the evil, anonymous nihilist, Dante Cress, is out to reset the world by starting a nuclear war, the new mission parameters are drawn. Greta, who was an East German spy during the Cold War and with whom Brunner had a relationship, seems to be carrying out Cress's orders. Theo (Guy Burnet) is working with Greta but falls deeply in love with Emma. Uncovering who Cress is is the first order of business. After several false starts — including a CIA accountant who seems to be laundering money, buying superhero collectables much to the dismay of the interim regional director, Reed (Enrico Colantoni), and a Russian handler — they seem no closer to finding out who the dangerous puppet master is. Tina (Aparna Brielle), the NSA data analyst who Barry is in love with, might or might not be helping team Brunner. With the action moving all over the globe from Tallinn to Kolkata, Fubar maintains a frantic pace and fills up the empty spaces with jokes that sometimes work. All in all, Fubar is that kind of time-pass show that you can watch while knitting or texting, or putting together that 1000-piece Agatha Christie jigsaw puzzle that you always meant to solve. Fubar is currently streaming on Netflix
