Music composer A R Rahman has agreed to credit the Junior Dagar Brothers for their influence on the song 'Veera Raja Veera' from the film 'Ponniyin Selvan: II', following a Supreme Court hearing.
Everybody knows he's a master of sublime, but Mani Ratnam's brilliance in escalating drama delivers a goosebumps-inducing impact when bolstered by A R Rahman's musical gravitas,
Watch this dream come true for Mani Ratnam and cinema on the largest screen possible, insists Sukanya Verma. Ponniyin Selvan: 1 Review
PS-1 was a huge hit. Will PS-2 get the same love?
Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone took time off to enjoy a musical evening in Gujarat.
'I do not support this viewpoint that if there is no work here, go to the south, and vice versa.'
The film saw a good release, with premium screens like IMAX and 4DX reserved for it as well, and that gave it a platform to fetch quite a few eyeballs on expensive ticket rates.
Mani Ratnam is experimenting with a real-life historical in Ponniyin Selvan, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Ranveer Singh and team unleashed the fierce and ferocious trailer of the action drama, which marks Director Aditya Dhar's return six years after his 2019 blockbuster Uri: The Surgical Strike.
Prabhas never looked more heroic and magnetic than he did in the dual role of Amarendra and Mahendra Baahubali, applauds Mayur Sanap after watching the nearly four hour-long Baahubali: The Epic.
'A lot of people are famous. But for how long will you be there?' 'It changes after every three days of release, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.'
After all, she was working with three legends -- Kamal Haasan, Mani Ratnam and A R Rahman.
What makes temple jewellery so special?
'Modi's charisma may have weakened as last year's Lok Sabha poll results showed but in the eyes of the Sangh Parivar, it has not waned.' 'Minus a strong BJP government at the Centre for another decade and more, there is apprehension that an anti-Hindutva government could reverse many of the ideological gains that the Modi dispensation has achieved through its three terms,' points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Here's some sizzle from the IIFA Utsavam night, which was dedicated to the south film industries of Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.
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Film folk celebrate Lord Krishna's birthday, Janmashtami.
Divya Nair celebrates the actor's birthday by presenting the path-breaking films and performances that define his career.
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The last time the duo collaborated was on the action blockbuster Dalapathi in 1991.
The actress got emotional as she accepts the award for Best Actress for her Gujarati film, Kutch Express.
Sooraj R Barjatya was judged Best Director for the Hindi movie Uunchai at the National Film Awards.
It's that time of the year again when Ganesh Chaturthi festivities brighten every corner of town and prayers, prasad and pretty clothes are on every faith and fashion enthusiast's mind.
What beauty means to Rakul... Malavika is tired of adulting... Sobhita introduces us to her Avengers...
The length and drape of the sari varies; some may be less than the traditional six yards, like the half sari, while others like the Maharashtrian Nnauvari or the Tamilian Madisar is be nine yards. Kodagu saris too can be nine yards long.
'First, I get to play a princess, second, it is a Mani Ratnam film and third, it is a period film.'
'There are certain characters that, when you get the opportunity to play them, you feel scared, wondering if you will be able to do justice to them.' 'That fear comes from knowing how deeply sentiments and faith are attached to such roles.'
Trisha Krishnan knows how to have fun with her wardrobe.
Tamil filmmaker Vetrimaaran claimed that Raja Raja Cholan was depicted as a Hindu king and already attempts were made to take away Tamil saint poet Tiruvalluvar's identity as well.
Mani Ratnam reunites with the gorgeous Aishwarya Rai for the Tamil film Ponniyin Selvan: I, also known as PS-I, a historical fiction based on Kalki Krishnamurthy's namesake novel.
There's a whole bunch of films and Web series coming up for release in April.
The trailer has everything you were looking for: Suspense, action, drama, plotting and vengeance, cheers Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
The PS-1 actress has one off-duty style rule: Stay comfy.
'There was one sequence in Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya where her character exuberantly runs up to Bobby Deol, piggy-backs on him.' 'Aishwarya told me that she couldn't do the sequence because people would not expect such behaviour from a former Miss World.'
The probe, being conducted under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, is against the Kallal Group and the UK-based Lyca group and its Indian companies Lyca Productions and Lyca Hotels, it said.
'What my darling, my life, my mom is doing is truly important and truly wonderful.' 'It's helping the world, it's helping everyone around us.'
The star has a double role in PS-1 -- she plays Mandakini Devi, the mother, and Nandini, the daughter.
Manushi is in Glasgow... Kamal's in Milan... Rahman and Mani in London...
Disha can't stop grinning... Rakul remains in birthday mood... Sophie in Turkey...
Gowri Ramnarayan explores the world of Kalki Krishnamurthy whose magnificent novel Ponniyin Selvan has inspired Mani Ratnam's latest film PS I.
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