These days, remakes of yesteryear big hits (classics, if you may) seem pretty much the toast of the season.A clutch of movies are now set to be remade.As we all know, Billa, the Rajinikanth blockbuster, is set to be remade with Ajith in…

Bhojpuri has emerged as the major sanctuary for many heroines.It all started with Nagma, the one-time glam queen of Tamil cinema.Now, Bhojpuri is known for its masala potboilers. They are all highly popular in the Hindi heartland.Once Nagma showed the way, the…

With Pongal round the corner and big budget and topnotch movies ready, this week may not see much action at the box-office.In fact, the last two weeks had been pretty hectic with a slew of movies making it to the theatres.Many producers have…

Sindhu Tolani, who started her career in films with Sullan, ventured to Tollywood and made a mark there.After quite some time, she has now signed a film in Tamil. She will be playing the female lead in Pasupathy, a film with Ranjith as the…

Jeeva, one of the most promising actors of Kollywood, is celebrating his birthday today.Son of reputed producer RB Chowdhary, Jeeva entered the Tamil film scene with Aasai Aasaiyai. From then onwards, there has been no looking back for Jeeva, whose powerful portrayal of the…

The modern-day heroines sure know a thing or two about reality.Many heroines understand the vagaries in the career of an actress. They know the going may not be all that smooth always. That's why most of them invest their hard-earned money in lucrative avenues.…

Manirathnam is a movie-maker who has successfully managed to blend art and mainstream cinema.His movies satisfy the mass as well as the class audience.He understands both segments and his movies carry a unique blend.The songs in Manirathnam's movies, mostly set to tunes…

As the Chennai city police gear up to celebrate their 150th year this week, as many as seven short films will be screened as part of the celebrations.The series, titled 'Kaavalar namma sevagar' (Police, our (public) servants), has many police officers and professional actors…

The year 2006 has ended on a happy note. As we welcome the New Year with a bang, we cannot but reminisce about all things good and bad, that happened in the year which just passed by. When we think in terms of good films…

Following the State government's order to reduce the admission rates in theatres, a section of producers and distributors demanded that the artistes cut down the size of their remuneration fearing huge losses. With the latter refusing to accept their demand, a tension prevailed in Tamil…