New Delhi: It was a fitting tribute to legendary filmmaker B Ramakrishna Panthulu when, as part of his birth centenary celebrations, the classic 1964 Tamil movie 'Karnan', starring the demigods of Tamil and Telugu cinema " Sivaji Ganesan and N T Rama Rao respectively " was re-released this year with top quality output. Technology, or digital technology to be precise, proved once again the saviour. Tamil cinema, which has always...
12:57 PM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: Lending credence to reports that Kamal Haasan's magnum opus 'Vishwaroopam' will hit the screens on June 29, Madhu Sudhanan, the VFX supervisor of the film, says the bilingual is nearly complete. "Post-production work is currently on in studios in the US and India. We are almost there," says Madhu, known for his work in Hollywood movies like 'Lord of the Rings', 'Spiderman 3' and 'Gulliver's Travels'. Madhu, who...
12:24 PM, May 23, 2012
Cast: Shiv Pandit, Manasi Parekh, Santhanam, Suhasini Raju Director: Andrew Louis A meticulously crafted screenplay, well fleshed out characters, and some natural performances makes Leelai an engaging watch. Andrew Louis in his very first effort (apprenticed with S J Suryah) moves his scenes with total confidence and focus, rarely losing his grip on the narration. The plot centres on Kartik, a compulsive flirt, who gets caught in a web of...
03:05 PM, May 05, 2012
New Delhi: Today is Tamil actor Ajith's birthday. The actor normally prefers to stay away from the press and limelight. Ajith believes in talking through his films. Here are ten Ajith quotes that have made the audiences think over the years. 1. It hurts me to see fans posting very lewd comments about each other. I hope it stops. It's appalling for a common person to see such comments on...
03:45 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: Today is Tamil actor Ajith's birthday. The actor normally prefers to stay away from the press and limelight. Ajith believes in talking through his films. Here are ten Ajith quotes that have made the audiences think over the years. 1. It hurts me to see fans posting very lewd comments about each other. I hope it stops. It's appalling for a common person to see such comments on...
03:45 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: The first look of Tamil film 'Thuppaki' is out. The film stars Vijay and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles. Directed by AR Murugadoss, the film is an action thriller centered around an encounter specialist. ...
01:07 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Mumbai: "Get a good Hindi dialogue writer" is what Shahid Kapoor advised director Linguswamy when the Tamil-to-Hindi remake of his Tamil hit 'Vettai' was not working out. Now everything is sorted out and the movie is set to go on floors in June. Shahid joined the project on condition that a reliable and sound Hindi dialogue writer be brought into the project. So Prasoon Joshi will likely pen the dialogues...
05:34 PM, Apr 26, 2012
Mumbai: Arthouse actress Nandita Das, who is back after her maternity break, is all set to wow the audience with her acting chops in a Tamil and Hindi venture this year. Nandita, who was last seen on silver screen in Onir's national award winning film 'I Am' (2011), will now feature in a untitled Tamil movie with director Seenu Ramaswamy. In Hindi, she would be seen in debutant director Devashish...
12:00 PM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: It's a development in the Tamil film industry that will be seen as another example of the ongoing contest of one-upmanship between Dhanush and Simbu. National award winning filmmaker Vetrimaran, who has teamed with Dhanush for both his directorial ventures so far, has opted to cast the Kolaveri actor in his next flick as well. And what's more, this project has been taken up by postponing a film...
05:14 PM, Apr 21, 2012
New Delhi: Quashing reports that he was going to compensate for the losses incurred by distributors who had released the Dhanush-starrer '3', actor Rajinikanth clarified that he was not involved in any way in the movie which was directed by his daughter Aishwarya R Dhanush. Rajinikanth, who is currently in Kerala shooting for his next flick 'Kochadaiyaan' " directed by his other daughter Soundarya " issued this clarification for distributors...
04:52 PM, Apr 21, 2012
Mumbai: Tamil star Dhanush is upset with reports that his father-in-law, the legendary Rajinikanth, is reimbursing the Telugu distributor's revenue losses for his movie '3'. Dhanush, who became a sensation across the country with his song 'Kolaveri di', is married to Rajinikanth's daughter Aishwarya, who has directed '3'. "How I love the stories that are created just because I am married to a particular person's daughter," said Dhanush. "'3' has...
01:57 PM, Apr 18, 2012
New Delhi: Fans of actor Ajith seem to be waiting for the his next, 'Billa 2', with bated breath. In just 24 hours, the teaser got a record 3,82,338 hits on YouTube. The title was also trending on social networking site Twitter for quite a while. The prequel to 'Billa' (2007), directed by Chakri Toleti, 'Billa 2', is said to be about the birth and early life of the don...
11:56 AM, Apr 18, 2012
New Delhi: The director in Aishwarya R Dhanush is not ready to take a break. Within weeks after the release of her maiden film '3', the elder daughter of the Superstar is ready to start her next venture, but without Dhanush on board. "I can't wait to start my next film. In fact, I can't sit idle for a long time. I love to work and I feel very much...
01:25 PM, Apr 17, 2012
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