THIS WEEK sees the original lead singer of Boney M., Liz Mitchell, taking to the stage at Regent Street Cinema for an ...

While Boney M's Rasputin has found a new lease of life courtesy of Dhurandhar 2, it was a Bollywood favourite long before.

In “Rasputin,” the biographer Antony Beevor delves into the mysterious life of the last czarina’s mystic adviser. By Sophie Pinkham Sophie Pinkham is the author of “The Oak and the Larch: A Forest ...

Ottoman folk tune 'Katibim' originated in 18th-19th century Istanbul. Melody spread across Balkans, Middle East, evolving through cultures. Early 20th century recordings introduced tune to ...

The song came from the streets of Ottoman Istanbul. Katibim is an 18th or 19th-century Istanbul urban folk song known as Uskudara Gider Iken The melody spread across Balkans, Middle East, and South ...

Rasputin's assassins bound him in chains and threw him into the icy waters of the Neva River. (Image: www.historyextra.com) New Delhi: During the climax scene of the movie Dhurandhar Part 2, a ...

Love it or hate it, the internet just cannot stop talking about Dhurandhar: The Revenge. Aditya Dhar’s latest directorial has captured the attention of the audiences just like its first instalment, ...

Grigori Rasputin was one of the most controversial figures to have ever existed in the history of Russia. Born Grigori Yefimovich Novykh in 1869 in a small peasant village in Siberia, he later ...

A closer look at how Aditya Dhar uses Rasputin in Dhurandhar: The Revenge to transform a viral scene into layered storytelling - from the folklore of Grigori Rasputin to the cinematic unravelling of ...

Released in 1978 by the German group Boney M., Rasputin became one of their most recognisable tracks. It was part of the album Nightflight to Venus. But the song is not just about rhythm and dance. It ...

This is not the first time Bollywood has used the Rasputin track. After a six-year gap, Aditya Dhar returned to the director's chair with Dhurandhar and Dhurandhar: The Revenge, two films that have ...