"Just to be nominated for Oscars is a win as far as I am concerned"
Interview with Executive producer of 'American Hustle', George Parra.
View ArticleOur dream is to create an arts centre for Chennai: A.R. Rahman
‘Nenje Ezhu is a pure Tamil concert and will present my music to people who have been following me since the 1990s’
View ArticleNenje Ezhu — Rahman’s balm for a wounded city
There is a sombre silence in the lobby of his creatively-lit studio just before A.R. Rahman walks in. Silence, sometimes, is the best prelude to great music, certainly where the Mozart of Madras is i...
View ArticleActor Suriya invests in start-up HeroTalkies
HeroTalkies, a start-up firm that caters to the film industry, has received its first round of seed funding from a group of investors led by actor Suriya’s 2D Entertainment. HeroTalkies gets movies f...
View ArticleHits and misses
Lines have blurred between commercial and off beat cinema and they have both had a share of success and failures this year. And social media and festival circuits have played a significant role in...
View ArticleA natural storyteller
In this weekly column, the photographer talks about how this picture came to be. This week, we feature director Balaji Tharaneetharan
View ArticleEtcetera
Seriously FunnyDirector L. Madhavan’s debut film, Naalu Peru Naalu Vithama Pesuvanga, is about how even serious issues can be resolved in light-hearted manner. “Life throws up several challenges and...
View Article‘Pasanga-2 helped me open up in real life’
Actor Suriya tells subha j rao why Pasanga-2 excited him both as an actor and as a producer
View ArticleThe highs and lows of 2015
This year has been memorable for Tamil cinema. 203 Tamil films were released, out of which 18 reportedly are profitable for their producers. It was a year when both big-budget crowd pleasers and...
View ArticleA Spotlight on the Church
After half a year of frenzied film festival hopping I got back to home base only to find a teetering pile of DVD and Blu-ray screeners and an inbox bursting with screening invites and iTunes...
View Article2015 Round-up: Top 20 Tamil films
Baradwaj Rangan recalls the Tamil films of 2015 that, even if not great in the overall sense, stood out for some reason(s). Here, in alphabetical order. 1. 144
View ArticleTunes that clicked
Karthik Srinivasan lists the best songs from around the country this year.
View ArticleAkshay Kumar is PBL brand ambassador
Premier Badminton League on Saturday announced Bollywood actor and sports enthusiast Akshay Kumar as its brand ambassador. The event is set to start on January 2.Akhilesh Das Gupta, president BAI...
View ArticleSecret sauce of Star Wars lies deep in your brain
It isn’t the light sabres, the intergalactic shuttle chases or Yoda’s wisdom that draws everyone to the cinemas... it’s that primitive sentiment called nostalgia
View ArticleA film on gangster Abu Salem to release next year
A feature film titled “Dreaded Gangster” based on the life of alleged gangster Abu Salem, who is currently facing trials for serious crimes such as murder, extortion and terrorism, including the 1993...
View ArticleIt feels like I am turning 27: Salman on 50th birthday
Salman Khan may be turning 50 on Sunday, but the Hindi film superstar says he still feels 27 is the perfect age for him. “I am turning 27. I think 27-year-old is the right age. I have always like tha...
View ArticleDeepika doesn’t like comparisons between Ranveer, Ranbir
Actress Deepika Padukone finds comparisons between her rumoured boyfriend Ranveer Singh and ex-beau Ranbir Kapoor silly. “It doesn’t irritate or anger me, I find it silly, as time and again they have...
View ArticleMasterpiece: A particular kind of bad
Director: Manju Mandavvya Cast: Yash, Shanvi Srivatsava, Suhasini Maniratnam, Avinash, Ravishankar, Achyuth Kumar, Chikkanna What is the connection between Bhagat Singh and Yuva, a random rowdy-s...
View ArticleOver to Anarkali
In Delhi to shoot for “Anarkali Aarawali”, Swara Bhaskar talks about her latest challenge
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