
Director Balaji Mohan, who struck gold with his debut in Tamil, 'Love Failure' ('Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Eppadi' in Tamil), recently tied the knot with his childhood sweetheart Aruna. Attending the wedding were directors Balu Mahendra, Balaji Shakthivel, Lingusamy, writer Madhan Karky and actor Sidharth, who featured in and co-produced the filmmakers debut. ...

01:14 PM, Jul 16, 2012

After producing a dozen films under his home banner, Rajaputhra Ranjith will soon turn a movie director. He will be calling the shots for his first movie which will be produced by Manianpillai Raju, one of his long time friends. Tentatively titled as 'Black Butterflies', the movie will have its base scripts by Tamil director Balaji Shakthivel, while J Pallassery will script the movie in Malayalam. MG Sreekumar will be...

02:44 PM, Jun 24, 2012

Most films are inspired from real life. An incident or an event can give a spark to a filmmaker to conceive a movie. They dwell on anything that happens around us. But at the same time, hardly do they reflect realism. Driven by commercial cliches, filmmakers take a safe bet opting for mass elements in their flicks. However, a new set of directors are making their impact felt these years,...

03:45 PM, May 16, 2012

The strength of 'Premalo Padithe' lies in the climax: Here suspense is neatly unravelled and a love story develops into an immortal affair. This is a film where two underdogs are at the receiving end of circumstances. The villains of the piece comprise of an alliance of police-politician-capitalist troika, at the other end of the spectrum are Venu (Sri) and Jyothi (Urmila Mahantha), two poverty-stricken youngsters.Their lives are shattered by...

01:54 PM, May 16, 2012