'I was in our wardrobe room when I heard Naatu Naatu being called for winning Best Original Song.' 'Me and the other dancers screamed!'
Sutta Kathirikkai goes well with idli, dosa, chapattis and even rice.
Malavika Mohanan is proof that, sometimes, keeping it simple is best.
A trickle of NRI doctors returning home has been there all around the country for decades now.
'See, nobody asked "Michael Jackson arrey, aap aaj kal toh filmon mein nahi gaate ho".' 'The problem is in India, a lot of undue importance is given to film singing.'
Rice goes down far lighter and smoother in summer when turned into a cooling Thayir Sadam.
Aishwarya Lekshmi owns her brand of simple, versatile, style.
Rasam is my Amma's go-to solution for all ailments, be they a cold, cough, fever or a headache.
This interesting Mangalorean dish can be eaten with coconut chutney, Fish Gassi or Chicken Gassi.
Amboli is a quintessential Malvani dish prepared with rice and mixed dal batter, soaked and grounded, then left to ferment overnight.
Looking for an adventure escape or a soulful vacay? Here's our guide for your next solo travel jaunt.
Tamil Nadu's latest budget offers path-breaking initiatives and major boost for social infrastructure, which other state governments are sure to follow in the coming years, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy.
It means more tickets sold and therefore more revenues and hastens the recovery of the devastated-by-the-pandemic film business.
With some variations, all regional political formations, whether in power presently or out of it, share some common features: Tight family control of the political apparatus, key members in elected or appointed positions, obvious wealth but not quite known sources of income, and family factionalism, sometimes open and bitter, notes Shreekant Sambrani.
The news of his passing is sad and sudden but the body of work he leaves behind will neither fade nor be forgotten.
August 15 needs a colourful menu. We have tiranga options galore, served up just for you.
This mutton curry will win hearts at the dinner table.
It is not unlikely that ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP government comes up with more imaginative schemes aimed at constituency-building. The party under Modi's leadership has a more modern thinking in such matters unlike its rivals, which are still steeped only in ideology, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Sunny Leone is all set to star in Quotation Gang, a multi-starrer directed by Vivek Kumar Kannan.
Shah Rukh Khan's weathered intensity, grizzly charisma and trademark wit lends Pathaan's all-out, devil-may-care antics a sense of purpose that evades mindless acts of mayhem, cheers Sukanya Verma.
French beans cooked with dal, like -- how it's made in South India, specificlly Tamil Nadu -- is a tasty addition to a Sunday lunch menu.
'This trope must have been taken in 30 films.' 'The rogue agent is a common trope and not something unique.'
Viewed as India's most eligible bachelor by some, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says he'll get married when the right girl comes along and part of the problem is that his parents' "really lovely marriage" has set the bar very high.
The director, who gave memorable hits in Tamil and Malayalam, was 70 and passed away in his sleep following a cardiac arrest, his wife Amala Pothen said.
In 2008, 519 women got their clearance from Protector of Emigrants office, Chennai, which monitors the below matriculation qualified workers from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Puducherry.
Deepika Padukone's accent in Chennai Express has received a lot of flak from the critics.
It's a fusion dish with a South Indian touch.
'Children are curious by nature, so I thought of writing these books, which provide creative but convincing explanations and also teach values like sharing is caring,' Sudha Murty tells Chintan Girish Modi.
T Rama Rao directed almost 70 movies between 1966, when he was a young man of 28, to 2000 when he turned 62.
The Thackeray faction on Tuesday claimed that voters were being paid to choose None Of The Above or NOTA option.
'I felt insulted, very hurt, that Indian cinema meant only Hindi cinema.'
Uddhav Thackeray and his followers have the option to stop riding a tiger and commence work around a more meaningful and enduring political ideology. It is an option Eknath Shinde's side may not have, supported as they were by the BJP, to maintain continuity of the old Sena, argues Shyam G Menon.
'Today, we have 150,000 orders a month. And a monthly sale of Rs 1 crore.'
As the curtain comes down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's news-makers and events.
'When I watched KGF, I was like, 'What kind of world are we living in? Who are these people'?'
His recent research examines contemporary transformation of South Indian Muslims with field-work in Kozhikode and in a number of Gulf countries.
'The pandemic time has disturbed the audience mentality.' 'If they don't like the trailer, they will not go to the theatre no matter who is in it.'
'This is the best time to do a pan-Indian film.'
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