
'Kochadaiyaan' will star actor Deepika Padukone and Rajinikanth in the lead roles. ...

01:01 PM, Jan 24, 2013

Did you know that passengers would let buses go empty and wait for the one where Rajinikanth was on duty. ...

03:37 PM, Jan 23, 2013

"I would love to remake 'Leader' in Tamil with Rajinikanth" says Sekhar Kammula. ...

04:50 PM, Jan 22, 2013

Ministry said it support the film fraternity's protest against the government's decision to levy service tax. ...

11:22 AM, Jan 19, 2013

genius in his own right, filmmaker S Ramanathan, one of the most admired film personalities in the southern film industry, worked with many stalwarts such as Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan and Vishnuvardhan and Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bahchcan before he bid his final adieu Wednesday. ...

05:57 PM, Jan 11, 2013

Tamil film industry shut down on Monday after film industry members went on a day-long hunger strike in Chennai to protest against the service tax levied by the Centre and demanded the Centre scrap it completely. ...

03:09 PM, Jan 08, 2013

The imposition of service tax on actors will induce tax evasion and create black money, said leading actors, directors, theatre owners and others here who are on hunger-strike demanding the tax be scrapped. Tamil superstar Rajinikanth too joined the day-long protest fast Monday. ...

04:06 PM, Jan 07, 2013

The Tamil film industry was shut down on Monday due to a day-long hunger strike in Chennai to protest against the service tax levied by the Centre. They are demanding the tax be scrapped. ...

01:54 PM, Jan 07, 2013

Megan Fox joined Twitter just a few hours after fake news of her death started circulating on it. ...

01:14 PM, Jan 05, 2013

Versatile actor Paresh Rawal feels film stars have lost their charm owing to extensive marketing and promotions. "The stars have lost their magic in Bollywood. If I call myself a star, then no need to go door to door and ask the audience to come and watch me in theatres. There is no need for that. Does Rajinikant do that? Does any Southern star do that? Only we do that,"...

05:39 PM, Dec 30, 2012

Deepika Padukone considers herself lucky for getting a chance to work with Rajinikanth in 'Kochadaiyaan'. ...

01:21 PM, Dec 25, 2012

Kanika said she would leave for Malaysia for a month long shooting of 'Avikumar' very soon. ...

10:45 AM, Dec 24, 2012

New Delhi: Filmmaker Kamal Haasan quipped that any movie that starred both him and Rajinikanth would be an expensive venture as little would be left in the coffers after paying two of Indian cinema's legendary superstars. In other words, despite rumours that such a film is in the offing, fans may have a long wait ahead of them. Haasan, who was in Delhi recently to promote his upcoming film Vishwaroop...

05:38 PM, Dec 21, 2012

After a gap, director Ameer's name will reappear in the lime light when 'Aadhi Bhagavan', which has Jayam Ravi in the lead role, hit screens. "It will be an entertainer with a difference. The film will bring out a different dimension of Jayam Ravi," says the maker of 'Ram' and 'Paruthiveeran'. Meanwhile, Ameer says that it's also his wish to work with Superstar Rajinikanth that remains constant and unbeatable. The...

11:41 AM, Dec 21, 2012

Ex Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has always been against smoking scenes in cinema. He even went to the extent of directly claiming that Rajini shouldn't be including scenes of smoking in so many of his films. And so Rajini's recent birthday speech has won the approval and respect of the Ex Minister, as he spoke of the bad effects of smoking to his large gathering of fans. Speaking on...

02:25 PM, Dec 17, 2012

The world fame superstar who addressed his fans the day after his 62nd birthday reminisced the appraisals he received upon doing the negative roles in his remarkable hit flicks such as 'Moondru Mugam', '16 Vayathinilae', 'Chandramukhi', 'Sivaji' and 'Enthiran'. He went on to say that the role he is doing in his much awaited movie 'Rana', directed by KS Ravikumar, would be of an anti hero personality too. The storyline...

04:09 PM, Dec 16, 2012

Chennai: Tamil cinema icon Rajinikanth, whose inimitable style of popping a cigarette into his mouth earned him many a fan among youth, has urged them to kick the habit. Addressing a gathering of his fans to mark his 62nd birthday after many years here last night, he said his illness had been caused by smoking, but admitted he was unable to give it up. "I haven't quit smoking, but you...

05:43 PM, Dec 14, 2012

Rajinikanth is, quite simply, the biggest superstar cinema-crazy India has ever seen. His stylized dialogues and screen mannerisms are legion, and his guy next door-cum-superhero image has found a hysterically appreciative following among millions of moviegoers. Naman Ramachandran's marvellous biography recounts Rajini's career in meticulous detail, tracing his incredible cinematic journey from his very first film Apoorva Ragangal in 1975 to memorable forays into Bollywood like Andhaa Kanoon and Hum,...

05:30 PM, Dec 14, 2012

Chennai, capital of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, 1 October 2010, 4 a.m. We are in the Royapettah area of the city. Chennai is a metropolis that rises much earlier than other Indian cities, but today, there is something in the air, and it is not just the strains of M.S. Subbulakshmi's Suprabhatam that is the soundtrack of all south Indian mornings. The retired gentlemen of the Brahmin...

04:41 PM, Dec 14, 2012