Daughter’s illness was ‘darkest time’
Watching daughter Lily Rose struggling with bad health in 2007 was the “darkest period” of actor Johnny Depp’s life. The 52-year-old Black Mass star’s daughter, now 16, was hospital...
View ArticleJohnny Depp’s awkward meeting with Prince Charles
Superstar Johnny Depp has revealed he had an awkward meeting with Charles, Prince Of Wales. The 52-year-old actor was introduced to the heir to the throne at the UK premiere of his 2004 mov...
View ArticleJennifer Aniston, Robert De Niro team up for 'The Comedian’
Jennifer Aniston is collaborating with Robert De Niro to make the movie veteran’s longtime passion project a reality. The two stars will team up for “The Comedian” next year with the...
View ArticleCreed: good doses of nostalgia
Apollo Creed is Rocky Balboa’s(Sylvester Stallone) most iconic rival, his fiercest competitor as seen in the first four Rocky movies. He was also one of his best friends, almost a brother. He died...
View ArticlePreity Zinta denies marriage rumours
Actress Preity Zinta has put to rest rumours about her marriage. The star took to social media to tell her fans that she is “not getting married in January”.It was reported that the ‘Soldie...
View ArticleKamal Haasan, Chiranjeevi to attend IIFA Utsavam 2015
The event will witness the biggest conglomeration of southern stars.
View ArticleEtcetera
More thrills, fewer scaresNikesha Patel is looking forward to the release of Karaiyoram, directed by JKS. Interestingly, the film is being made in two other languages — Alone (Kannada...
View ArticleFrom Kanchana-2 to Ko 2
Leon James, music director of Ko 2, tells chitradeepa anantharam about his journey
View ArticleBhagyavathi (1957)
Sivaji Ganesan, Padmini, K.A. Thangavelu, M.N. Rajam, Ragini, K. Sarangapani, Lakshmiprabha, K.N. Kamalam, K. Aranganayaki, ‘Master’ Gopal, C.P. Kittan, V.P.S. Mani, M.R. Santhanam, V.T. Kalyanam,...
View ArticleA damp box office
With the rains bringing the city to a halt, a look at how Diwali releases have been affected
View ArticleAudio files
A meeting with sound designer Mark Mangini, who has worked his magic on films as varied as Raiders of the Lost Ark and Aladdin
View Article144: A shaky start, but lots of laughs later
After the first thirty minutes, I was ready to give up on 144, directed by G. Manikandan and produced by C.V. Kumar, who’s quickly become Tamil cinema’s answer to the venture capitalist fun...
View ArticleIn memory of the original
Four women musicians from different banis recalled the magic of MS Subbulakshmi at Kaatrinile… Remembering MS, the first concert of The Hindu November Fest 2015
View ArticleInji Iduppazhagi: Lots of minuses in this story of a plus-sized woman
At some level, you have to applaud the mere existence of Prakash Kovelamudi’s Inji Iduppazhagi. For one, it is heroine-oriented — given the functioning of the Tamil and Telugu industries (t...
View Article‘People thought I was too good-looking to play a ghost’
Raai Laxmi on her fascination for horror, and her hopes for Sowkarpettai, which marks her hat trick of films in the genre. subha j rao
View ArticleThe power of silence
As top stars in Tamil cinema remain inaccessible to the media, Vishal Menon wonders if the trend is detrimental at the box office or if it has succeeded in fortifying the mystique around them
View ArticleThe other side of an actor
In this weekly column, the photographer talks about how this picture came to be. This week we feature actor Thalaivasal Vijay
View ArticleSean Connery’s wife faces tax fraud trial
The wife of one of the world’s favourite James Bond actors, Sean Connery, is to stand trial over tax fraud allegations involving the sale of a mansion the couple owned in Spain. Micheline...
View ArticleWhen I sing, I sing for the character: Shreya
‘Bajirao Mastani will be an epic of our times and will establish Bhansali as a musical genius’
View ArticleFriday comes seven days a week
Filmmakers no longer wait for a weekend to release their blockbusters
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