New Delhi: Exactly six years ago, on March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, posted the first ever tweet. "just setting up my twttr," read the tweet from @jack. At only 24 characters, the first tweet was way within Twitter's 140 character limit. Since then Twitter has reportedly added 500 million users. From opinion to analysis, comedy to sports, Bollywood to astrology, India has its own vibrant community of...
03:59 PM, Mar 21, 2012
New Delhi: Southern star Dhanush is happy that his upcoming Tamil film '3' has got a U-certificate from the Censor board. The film marks the directorial debut of Dhanush's wife and superstar Rajinikanth's daughter Aishwarya and also stars actress Shruti Hassan in the lead. "Very happy to announce that '3' has been certified as 'U'. Will announce the release date day after," Dhanush, 28, posted on his Twitter page. The...
11:18 AM, Mar 19, 2012
Mumbai: Actress Sonam Kapoor has landed the role of a Varanasi girl, who studies in the capital's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), in 'Raanjhanaa'. She is cast opposite southern star Dhanush. The decision was taken after intense discussions between director Aanand L.Rai of 'Tanu Weds Manu' and Sonam. As per the script, Dhanush plays a local Varanasi boy, and Sonam essays a Varanasi girl educated in Delhi. Sonam will now spend...
11:18 AM, Mar 17, 2012
Popular women filmmakers present their take on whether the glass ceiling exists only in the mind. Gayatri Filmmakers Pushkar and Gayatri, who hogged the limelight with films like Oram Po and Va Quarter Cutting, have been one of the interesting couple in the film industry. Together from college, the duo definitely knew what to expect from each other. However, Gayatri feels the only issue that a woman will face in...
02:54 PM, Mar 12, 2012
New Delhi: After creating waves world-over with its Why this kolaveri de number, Dhanush-starrer '3' is now eyeing a nationwide release on March 30, with more prints being readied for its dubbed Hindi version than the original Tamil movie! "We have decided to release the film with 400 prints in Tamil and 600 prints for the Hindi version," confirmed the film's producer Kastoori Raja. His RK Productions and Dhanush's Wunderbar...
12:56 PM, Feb 28, 2012
New Delhi: After creating waves world-over with its 'Why this Kolaveri Di' number, Dhanush-starrer '3' is now eyeing a nationwide release on March 30, with more prints being readied for its dubbed Hindi version than the original Tamil movie! "We have decided to release the film with 400 prints in Tamil and 600 prints for the Hindi version," confirmed the film's producer Kastoori Raja. His RK Productions and Dhanush's Wunderbar...
12:45 PM, Feb 28, 2012
New Delhi: 'Kolaveri Di' hitmaker Dhanush returned to the music world with his anthem for Sachin Tendulkar. The video was a salute to master blaster Sachin. The song and the video was an instant hit when the link was posted by Dhanush on Twitter but it was soon pulled off. "Sad dat sum1 removed sachin song link.v worked so hard 4 a week wout a mins sleep.well,I wish all well...
11:58 AM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: National Award winning actor Dhanush has come across as an example for viral marketing, after the craze that his Kolaveri song created worldwide. The track was penned and crooned by the Tamil hero for his soon-to-be-released movie '3', helmed by his director-wife Aishwarya and hitting the theatres in Tamil and Telugu simultaneously on April 13. Such was his popularity that the 21 films old matinee idol was invited...
08:13 PM, Feb 08, 2012
New Delhi: 'Kolaveri Di' hitmaker Dhanush has taken the microphone again. This time to salute master blaster Sachin Tendulkar through a music video. The 28-year-old, who is riding high on the success of Tanglish song, says he is honoured to croon for 'India's pride' Tendulkar in a Boost commercial. "It's a great honour to sing for a legend like Sachin Tendulkar. I am happy that I have been chosen to...
01:51 PM, Feb 08, 2012
New Delhi: 'Kolaveri Di' hitmaker Dhanush has taken the mic again. This time to salute master blaster Sachin Tendulkar through a music video. The 28-year-old, who is riding high on the success of Tanglish song, says he is honoured to croon for 'India's pride' Tendulkar in a Boost commercial. "It's a great honour to sing for a legend like Sachin Tendulkar. I am happy that I have been chosen to...
05:45 PM, Feb 04, 2012
After the immense success of 'Why This Kolaveri Di', actor Dhanush has now come up with an anthem saluting cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. Here's the making of the video. ...
05:43 PM, Feb 03, 2012
New Delhi: Dhanush will soon be heading to Varanasi for a month. The Mayakkam Enna star, who recently signed his first Hindi project with filmmaker Anand L Rai, told City Express that this will be a part of his research for the film, Raanjhnaa. He said, "Beyond the language, which is new to me, I think it is important to immerse myself in the culture of the people." Will this...
03:35 PM, Jan 31, 2012
New Delhi: Southern actor Dhanush, who became an overnight success across the nation thanks to the song 'Kolaveri di', has signed his first Bollywood project 'Raanjhnaa'. The movie will be directed by Aanand L.Rai of 'Tanu Weds Manu' fame. He says he chose Dhanush for his simplicity. "For the past six months, I've been looking for a simple boy to play the lead in 'Raanjhnaa'. My requirement was a man...
12:55 PM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: Oscar-winning sound engineer Resul Pookutty, who won the international honour for his work in 'Slumdog Millionaire', has been roped in for megastar Rajinikanth's daughter Aishwarya's directorial debut '3'. "It's a great pleasure telling you guys that Oscar winner Resul Pookutty sir will be working with us in our film '3'. God bless," Dhanush, the film's lead actor and Aishwarya's husband, posted on micro-blogging site Twitter. Pookutty, 36, won...
12:41 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Both his daughters Aishwaryaa and Soundarya are locked in a race to apparently release the Hindi version of their respective Tamil films around the same time, irrespective of the loss in profits one may cause to the other. While news of Soundarya's Kochadaiyyan, featuring Rajnikanth himself, being dubbed from Tamil to Hindi for a wider audience is already known, now we hear that Aishwaryaa's 3, better known for its iconic...
04:04 PM, Jan 17, 2012
New Delhi: After being used at traffic signals in Kolkata, chartbuster 'Kolaveri Di' will now be used by the Congress extensively in the seven-phase Uttar Pradesh polls. The party has spoken to singer Dhanush to acquire the commercial rights of the song. The lyrics will also be tweaked to suit local electoral requirements. ...
01:52 PM, Jan 16, 2012
Colombo: A young Jaffna Tamil music composer and lyricist has put on YouTube a song to counter what he describes as "lust for the blood of Tamil language" evident in Dhanushs Tamil-English Kolaveri. Disturbed by the craze for Dhanushs Kolaveri across the globe, 28-year-old S Jerry Stalin wrote and recorded Yarlpanathilirunthu Kolaverida (Bloodlust from Jaffna) to extol the Tamil language and the Tamils heritage. Written in pure Tamil, the video...
06:29 PM, Jan 14, 2012
