Ponniyin Selvan has everything going for it, yet, there is something missing for a wholesome film experience, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
The 43-year-old musician, who won the Oscars for Best Original Music and Best Song for his compositions in Slumdog Millionaire at the 81st Academy Awards, arrived at the Chennai airport from Dubai by an Emirates Airways flight at around 2.30 am.
'No one's comparing and everyone's taking the song as mine... that's a battle won.'
The 71th Annual Golden Globe awards have been announced. There have been quite a few surprises and some expected nods.
'Gully Boy is a pulsating salute to the new angry India and its youth,' says Aseem Chhabra who watched Zoya Akhtar's movie at the Berlin film festival.
If Kishore Kumar were alive today, he would have turned 90 on August 4.
If you'd like to know more about Rajini the actor, Saisuresh Sivaswamy offers a wide selection.
Varsha Bhosle salutes that effervescent icon of Indian cinema, Dev Anand.
In the second part, we showcase some new jingles that ride on the 'original music and lyrics' format. We also believe these new age commercials have managed to entertain us just the old ones.
Popular Kannada comedian Sadhu Kokila talsk about the success of his latest directorial venture, Super Ranga.
In 1989 when Bajaj came out with their legendary and elegant Hamara Bajaj campaign, that looked more at apna India, rather than the scooter, and at all hues of scootered Indians, it drew millions of eyeballs and was brilliantly successful.
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Did you know Nargis was to have played the Madhubala role, but opted out because she has reservations about working with Dilip Kumar? Do you know how Naushad and Shakeel Badayuni came up with the words for the immortal Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya?
On the actress' fourth death anniversary, Subhash K Jha selects his favourites.
'Anu Malik has great respect for lyrics and lyrics writers. He has worked with big important people through the '80s and the '90s -- everyone from Gulzar and Majrooh Sultanpuri. He treated me with great respect.' 'I don't think the AIB controversy will affect any comedian who can think right and straight, who is clear about his comedy and politics.'
Aseem Chhabra presents his list of 10 international films that mattered to him, stories that he connected with and characters that gave him a better understanding of the human condition.
'I couldn't think of anything else the whole day but music and beats,' says Carl Frenais, the Kochi-born singer making waves in Dubai.
Testosterone not rationale is the driving force behind KGF franchise, observes Sukanya Verma.
Joginder Tuteja looks back at his movies, and their success rate.
Tournament officials\n\nwere concerned about American tennis star Jennifer Capriati's\n\nmusic selection as she walked on the court before her match at\n\nthe WTA Masters Series event on Monday.
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I wondered how being scientist-mathematician helps one cycle better. Perhaps the self-discipline helps; perhaps it is the scientist-technologist perspective of breaking down the whole into separate pieces, identifying specifics and working on them for improved results, mulls Shyam G Menon.
Sukanya Verma picks 10 essential David Dhawan movies you need to watch to understand their loony appeal.
Sar Jo Tera Chakraye, featured in Road, Movie has been credited to R D Burman, not his father, S D Burman, who composed the original music in Guru Dutt's Pyaasa.
Kapil Dev's historic World Cup win wasn't the only highlight of 1983. Sukanya Verma looks back how the year treated Bollywood.
Bohemian Rhapsody's crowd-pleasing nostalgia cheers Freddie Mercury's exhilarating sound and infectious power play with such all-out gusto, you WILL break free all over again, says Sukanya Verma.
The director met the team of the Tamil remake and praised them for rectifying mistakes made in the original which starred Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor.
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'I had always felt he was on par with international musicians.' 'Everybody realised his worth as a musician only after he left us.'
For all the glitz and glamour, politically and socially aware emphasis on representation and support for Ukraine, the 94th Annual Academy Awards was largely a bore.
Renuka Shahane celebrates the movie's silver anniversary.
'You can't compare A R Rahman to any human being.' 'He's so amazing! I can't believe humans can be that pure and good.'
'It feels good when you are able to share your experiences and learning with someone who is willing and happy to listen and accept.' 'More than moulding him, I gave with an open heart, and Ahan was very receptive.'
Mumbai-based Film Heritage Foundation, a not-for-profit NGO, found these items recently amid a dump of newspapers and magazines at the scrap shop in Juhu and now plans to preserve and exhibit "the archives".
Dear Friend is for those who idealised Dil Chahta Hai all out of proportion, and then warmed up to the premise that friendship could be a lot more complicated, and transient, observes Sreehari Nair.
Celebration time for Slumdog Millionaire's India team.
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