Sushil Das learnt to play the dhak, a traditional Bengali drum usually played with wooden sticks, from his father when he was a child. For five decades, the sexagenarian has played the instrument for ...

The arrival of Durga Puja, the most significant religious festival for Bengali traditionalists, has been heralded by Mahalaya. Now, people are eagerly anticipating the rhythmic beats of the Dhak, a ...

The festive fervour of Durga Puja is incomplete without the maddening and rhythmic beats of dhak, the large drum-like instrument that Dhakis hang around their necks and play with two thin sticks. The ...

Fatima Sana Shaikh rose to fame with her role in Aamir Khan's sports drama, Dangal. She recently starred in the film ‘Dhak Dhak’ with Ratna Pathak Shah, Dia Mirza, and Sanjana Sanghi, and is also ...

From popular songs and movie scenes to ancient scriptures, the significance of the Dhak, the local membranophone instrument, is evident in a multitude of media. The maddening bits of the Dhak herald ...

Mamata plays dhak: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who usually has a busy schedule ahead of Durga Pujo with pandal inaugurations, was seen having the time of her life. Banerjee tried her ...

Dhakis, the traditional drummers from Bengal are at the heart of the five-day Durga Puja festivities nationwide and those from Kolkata play an integral part of the Bengali festivities in Hyderabad.

With the commitment to contribute to the industry and empower talent, Taapsee Pannu inaugurated her production company, Outsiders Films. Her production endeavour, Dhak Dhak, featuring Ratna Pathak ...

On Monday, the celebrated actor once again gave a surprise visit to Kolkata for the promotion of his next film ‘Dhokha Round D Corner’ along with his co-actors Khushalii Kumar, Aparshakti Khurana and ...

Mitro Sangho Puja Samiti of Model House has roped in three women drummers from WB to add colour to the celebrations In a first, three professional women “Dhakis” (drummers) will play “Dhak” (a ...

Actress Sanjana Sanghi marked her first lead role in the Sushant Singh Rajput starrer 2020 film Dil Bechara. The actress-model has also wrapped up her schedule for her upcoming multi-starrer film Dhak ...

In last Friday’s release, a girl found her happily-ever-after in the middle of a night spent at a Delhi hotel. In yesterday’s offering, four women found their joy, and themselves, in the rough ...