Filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra has announced his autobiography, "The Stranger in The Mirror". He has co-written the book with noted author Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta.
Noted Carnatic Classical Violinist 'Kalaimaamani' Sikkil Shri R Bhaskaran passed away. He started learning the Violin at the age of 11 from Thiruvarur Shri Subba Iyer and later trained under Mayuram Shri Govindarajan Pillai.