Tirupati: Veteran playback singer S Janaki was injured today after she accidentally fell down in the bathroom of a hotel here where she was staying. She was immediately rushed to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam-run Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, where she had six stitches on her head. She is 'perfectly alright' hospital sources said. The 73-year-old singer was here to participate in a private programme. Janaki has rendered...
11:19 AM, Feb 08, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The pretty Sanjjanaa, who entered Mollywood with the mega budget Mohanlal starrer 'Casanova', is elated by all the attention she has been garnering in Kerala over the last few months. Sanjjanaa who forayed into acting with her super-sensuous act in 'Ganda Hendathi', the Kannada version of the Hindi flick 'Murder' plays a Dubai-based plucky salsa dancer, 'Nidhi', in 'Casanova'. The fact that the Bangalore-based actress was sharing screen time...
07:13 PM, Feb 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Election Directorate (ED) on Thursday filed a complaint under FEMA against sacked CWG Organising Committee (OC) Chief Suresh Kalmadi and 4 others in the Queens Baton Rally case. The complaint is in connection with financial irregularities in the payments made to a London based firm AM Films. The complaint points to foreign exchange violations, unauthorised payments and over invoicing to to the tune of Rs 4.6 crore....
08:59 PM, Feb 02, 2012
New Delhi: Dulquer Salmaan always remembers the transition that used to come over his father, superstar Mammootty in public. "We could be going for a wedding reception," he says. "In the car, our family (including mother Sulfath, and sister Surumi) are normal, regular people having a conversation." But once they reach the venue, something would come over Mammootty. "He would become this star radiating charisma," says Dulquer. "You could not...
08:17 PM, Feb 01, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Acclaimed film director Priyadarsan Wednesday said he was elated on hearing that he has been awarded Padma Shri, and added that the honour has 'come at the right time'. "I am really elated because I think it has come at the right time," Priyadarsan told IANS over phone from Chennai. The 54-year-old veteran's film career spans close to three decades and 86 films in Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil and Telegu....
03:44 PM, Jan 25, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Malayalam actor-cum-script writer Sreenivasan has refuted media reports that his latest film 'Padmasree Bharath Dr Saroj Kumar' shows superstar Mohanlal in poor light. Sreenivasan plays the lead role in the film. Since the film's release a week back, he has time and again said that it told a tale in simple humour. "This film is not at all a second part or a sequel of the block buster 'Udayanannu...
11:39 AM, Jan 23, 2012
New Delhi: If confidence is the buzzword today, Gautami Nair is definitely in tune with the times. Awaiting the release of her debut film opposite Mammootty's son Dulquar Salman, she is simply poise personified. The lead lady of the highly anticipated 'Second Show', she has no qualms revealing tinsel town was not part of her immediate plans. "I never nurtured any fancy for arc lights and not even in my...
08:11 PM, Jan 17, 2012
New Delhi: In a major development in the Commonwealth Games scam, AM Films and Cars owner Ashish Patel has given a statement to the London police in the Queen's Baton Relay scam case alleging that Suresh Kalmadi gave inflated contracts to the company for cars. Patel's statement is key in nailing former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee president Kalmadi's role in the Baton Relay scam case. Patel's statement is important for...
04:20 PM, Jan 17, 2012
New Delhi: Bring in novel themes and reap success will be the mantra of the filmmakers when it comes to celebrating the new year, as 2011 is an eye-opener for many of them. Most of the films, including those with superstars in the lead roles and that of hitmakers, failed to attract huge crowds to cinema halls. According to the details provided by the Producers' Association, this year 95 films...
01:46 PM, Jan 04, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: After enthralling Malayalam film viewers as little 'Unnikkuttan' in his role as Rimpoche in the 1992 box office hit 'Yodha', Siddhartha Lama is back to act in another film on the Tibetan issue, to be directed by eminent director Lenin Rajendran. Lama, now 28, has signed for a film by Rajendran, who is working on a movie on the Tibetan issue. Titled 'No Man's Land' in English, the film...
06:24 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Kozhikode: Malayalam actress Mamta Mohandas Wednesday got married to her family friend and Bahrain-based businessman Prajith Padmanabhan. The marriage was held at a hotel here and was attended by film personalities besides friends and relatives of the actress. The couple got engaged at Muvattupuzha in Ernakulam district last month. Mamta, 26, made her debut with 'Mayookham' directed by veteran director Hariharan in 2005. She has acted in 30 films, including...
12:56 PM, Dec 29, 2011
New Delhi: The year 2011 saw the emergence of a potential superstar Dhanush as his 'Kolaveri Di' garnered unprecedented success in all quarters. Probably this is the first time when a South Indian song has become so successful in the northern part of the country. However there were many more successes in the South Indian film industry. Here is a list of films and faces that made news in South...
04:08 PM, Dec 26, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: As an actor who has associated himself with most of the brilliant technicians and actors from the state,Prakash Raj was more at home when he turned up for the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) 2011. It was his friendship with Priyadarshan who had surprised the actor with the lead role in 'Kanjivaram' which won many laurels,that brought him to the IFFK as a guest. Prakash told Express, "When...
12:41 PM, Dec 14, 2011
Kochi: Ending the drought that had gripped the Malayalam movie industry for the past 50 days, new movies will hit screens from Friday. Interestingly, the Malayalam filmdom gets a breather on a day when the movie 'Dam 999' is banned in Tamil Nadu. Other Malayalam movies released on Friday are Kamal's 'Swapna Sanchari' and Jayaraj's 'Nayika'. Both feature Jayaram in the lead. The last major Malayalam release was on October...
04:55 PM, Nov 25, 2011
New Delhi: This is the age of reality shows on practically every television channel. Participants get world-wide exposure and fabulous prizes and are lionised, converting them into celebrities overnight. It is interesting then to talk about all this with the winner of the first music reality show in India, 'Meri Awaz Suno' on Doordarshan (National), 15 years back, in October, 1996. Pradip Somasundaran from Thrissur won this all-India contest after...
02:04 PM, Nov 22, 2011
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