Veteran lyricist Vaali, who has working with over three generation of actors, is one of the proud recipients of the Padma Shree awards announced by the Central government for this year.Still young at heart, Vaali has penned lyrics for over thousands of songs beginning…

Music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja heaped laurels on director Ameer after completing the re-recording works for Paruthi Veeran recently.'It was a fantastic feel to do the background score for the film and the last couple of reels in the movie made me cry. Ameer…

Yesudas is one person who has traversed boundaries with his music and his crooning of various songs in rustic and urban glory has always left an indelible impression in the listener's hearts. Little wonder then, that his son took up singing and has been proving…

Mani Rathnam has lived up to his reputation of being touted as the country's best director. His Guru, starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, has managed to collect huge revenue and also has won the director greater accolades.The Hindi version of Guru opened worldwide…

After her debut opposite Kamal Haasan in Vettaiyadu Vilayadu, Kamalini Mukherjee is slowly making her impression in Kollywood. The theatre artiste from Bengal, who was introduced to silver screen by Revathi Menon in her Hindi venture Phir Milenge, is acting as the heroine in all…

Pokiri leads the packIt's battle royale at the box-office now. The Pongal releases are out and it is a stiff competition between them.The harvest festival witnessed the release of director Mani Rathnam's Guru, Vijay's Pokiri, Ajith starrer Aalwar and Vishal's Thamirabarani.According to…

Director Manirathinam has denied reports that he would be directing Rajinikanth. A section of press had carried reports that Rajinikanth will star in Manirathnam's film, after Sivaji. However, the ace director has denied all the reports and said it was a mere media speculation.'After…

Director Manirathinam is flying to Toronto and USA on Tuesday evening. The ace director will take part in the special premiere of his much awaited Guru, releasing worldwide on 12 January.Manirathinam's 20th directorial venture Guru features Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Madhavan in lead…

Madhavan is thrilled at working in different languages simultaneously. He is part of a Bengali film, Hindi movies and few Tamil films. Talking of his Bengali movie Sunglass, Madhavan refutes the reports that he penned the dialogues for the film."Rituparno Ghosh is good with…

Manirathinam is a man of few words. He lets his movies do all the talking.With Guru set for release this Pongal, Manirathinam has opened his heart out on the movie and his forthcoming plans.Speaking about Guru, the director said that it is a…