How money and manpower fuel TN's election rallies

The costs involved in putting together a successful rally are bizarre, report A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com and Saisuresh Sivaswamy/Rediff.com IMAGE: A large crowd awaits Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J......

Meet the richest candidate in Tamil Nadu

'What is the point of having this money when my constituents don't?' A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com and Saisuresh Sivaswamy/Rediff.com hit the campaign trail with H Vasanthakumar, the Congress'......

Allies turned foes Jaya and Vijayakanth face off in TN bypoll

A Ganesh Nadar reports on the bye-elections in Sankarankovil in Thirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, the first test of strength since last year's assembly elections, in which friends-turned-foes......

'There is a lot of scope for NREGA works'

Many regard the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, the flagship welfare programme as the best scheme of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government. The act aims at enhancing the......

Review: Angadi Theru is a must-watch!

It takes a great deal of guts and enormous research to produce a realistic story -- and even then, the risks attached to making it watchable are truly many. In that respect, Ayngaran......

Anandha Thandavam not as good as the novel

The successive works of a hit-maker are always eagerly looked forward to. Will he be able to re-create the magic, or will the film fall flat on its face? The expectations are doubled when the......

Producer of Kuselan settles dues

One of the most hyped 2008 films was Rajnikanth's Tamil movie Kuselan. It also turned out to be the biggest failure of the year with several distributors and theatre owners losing a lot of money.......

Seval is watchable

Seval is produced by Jinnah Creations and directed by renowned masala-churner Hari -- the man who once gave passable fare like Saamy, and a punch dialogue-ridden, yet puzzlingly successful Vel.......