Tamil News
16 starts rolling
'16', Shiva's debut film as a solo hero, goes on floors today on November 3, 2008. The first schedule of the shoot has started in East Coast Road involving Shiva, 'Darbuga' Shiva, Madhu Shalini in the scenes. Shiva and 'Darbuga' Shiva worked together as Radio…
Exciting painting competition with 'Abhiyum Naanum'
HDFC Standard Life Insurance is presenting a painting competition for children in the age group of 4 and 14 with an objective to promote the soon-to-be-released film 'Abhiyum Naanum'. The competition has been appropriately christened 'Dad and I' to go with the mood of the…
Credibility of Panaroma selectors questioned
Kollywood has come out with mixed reactions on the selection of four Tamil films for screening at the Indian Panorama of the 39th International Film Festival of India 2008.While 'Billa', 'M3V', 'Kalloori' have been selected for screening, Priyadarshan's 'Kanchivaram' has been selected for the…
Vasantham on air
Vasantham, a free-to-air channel gets launched in Singapore on October 19, 2008. The Launch Show, titled "Pudhu Vasantham'' in English, will showcase the history of Indian broadcasting in Singapore and how it has evolved over the years. More than 100 local artistes spanning four decades…
Vishnuvardhan's 'Sarvam' on the go
'Sarvam', produced under the banner of Ayngaran International and directed by Vishnuvardhan has Arya and Trisha in the lead roles. Telugu actor J. D. Chakravarthy and Malayalam actor, Indrajith play other prominent roles.Yuvan Shankar Raja and Nirav Shah have been entrusted for the departments…
Shiva going strong
Shiva, who started his career as a Radio Jockey in a FM channel has now made it big on silver screen. With boy-next-door looks, he left an indelible mark playing a prominent role in 'Chennai 600 028'. Thanks to Director Venkat Prabhu, who introduced him…
Aish learns music
Mani Rathnam's next bilingual film has not been titled yet for its Tamil Version which has Vikram, Aishwarya Rai, Prithviraj, Priya Mani, Prabhu in the cast. In both the Hindi (Ravana) and Tamil versions of the film, Aishwarya plays the lead role as a Brahmin…
It's Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan's birth anniversary!
A boy from Sangili Aanda Puram, 6 or 7 years old, joined the Madurai Mangala Bala Gaana Sabha, in Madurai. The troupe conducted many a drama in Tiruchy and they had a strict tutor, who used to punish by beating with a cane-stick even for…
Illayaraja brings out "Manikantan Geet Mala"
Innumerable music albums praising the lord Ayyappa who resides in Sabarimala in Kerala has been made over the years.But when the living legend of music Illayaraja makes a devotional album, just like his heart touching film music it will be indeed a work which…
Sans stardom par calibre
The year 2008 has so far been a forgettable one for Tamil cinema as some real biggies like 'Kuselan' and 'Sathyam' took a tremendous blow at the box office. However, a decent commercial reap by some small budget films like 'Subramaniapuram', 'Saroja' and 'Poi Solla…