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…

Following his father-in-law (Rajinikanth) is Dhanush. The actor is spotted wearing a rudraksha round his neck these days.Rajinikanth had suggested Dhanush to do the Tamil remake of Kannada blockbuster Jogi. The Tamil version is directed by Suresh Krishna and features Dhanush and Meera Jasmine…

A year of ups and downsIt has been a year of mixed fortunes for Tamil cinema this year. Fortunes fluctuated and several prominent artistes bit the dust while some fresh talents made it to the top.The year 2006 saw several sops announced to…

Suriya should be thanking his stars now. He not only managed to hold hands with his beloved Jyothika this year, the movie Sillunu Oru Kaadhal featuring Suriya and Jyothika has successfully completed a 100-day run all across the State today.The movie produced by Studio…

The much hyped and much awaited wedding of director Selvaraghavan with actor Sonia Agarwal took place between 8.30 and 10 a.m. this morning at Raja Mutiah Hall, Egmore.The star pair has delivered a few memorable films together. Selva and Sonia were the toast of…

Rajinikanth and Suresh Krishna always share a good rapport. The two worked together in movies including Annamalai, Basha and Baba. Basha went on to collect huge revenue and became a trend-setter in the industry.After directing a couple of Telugu and Hindi movies, Suresh Krishna…

Sathyaraj, who is playing the role of revolutionary leader Periyar, has expressed his desire to act in the remake of M R Radha's yesteryear classic Rathakanneer.Sathyaraj, speaking at a public function recently wondered if it is possible to remake Rathakanneer.He further said that…

The muhurat of Dhanam, the new movie starring Sangeetha, Prakashraj, Vivek, Prem, Ramesh Khanna, Ilavarasu, M. S Baskar, Manobala, Chitra Lakshmanan, Ashok Rajan and Mayilsamy, took place at Prasad Recording Studio this morning.The auspicious occasion was marked by the lighting of kuthuvilakku by Isaignani…

Arun Vijay, hitherto known as Arun Kumar, got married to Arthy amidst glitterati early this morning.The families of Arun Vijay and Arthy, a postgraduate in psychology, welcomed the swarm of guests while they were still busy with the formalities and rituals of the wedding.…

Sathyaraj is a great fan of M R Radha.Sathyaraj has used some of the techniques of M R Radha on screen and like him, is an atheist off screen.So it is no surprise that Sathyaraj wants to do the remake of Rathakanneer, a…