Director-writer K Subash, who has helmed Tamil superhit film Chathriyan and penned the story of Shah Rukh Khan's Chennai Express, passed away in Chennai on November 23, following kidney problems. He was 57.
Mani Ratnam talks about his filmmaking process, and his love for songs.
AIADMK candidate Daniel Sachin Mani, contesting from the 35th ward of Perambur constituency, dressed up as party founder MGR.
In private, questions are being raised about the wisdom of a 'dual-SIM' leadership during the long run-up to the 2026 assembly polls where 'family rule' could become an election issue, reports N Sathiya Moorthy.
The young actor talks about his first Hindi film.
Trisha's on-screen fashion is rather extravagant, true to her royal character. Off-screen she has a friendly, girl-next-door style, who will woo you with her traditional Chennai silk saris and modern glamour.
In this series, InstaStories, we let pictures on social media tell their beautiful back stories.
A lowdown on what's going on in the Telugu film industry.
The makers of the film Thalaivi introduced one of its stellar characters, Tamil Nadu's former chief minister MGR, on his 103rd birth anniversary on January 17.
'If you ask me where I want my career to go, I have been saying this for a long time: I want to do a K-drama. I want to be in Korea doing a love story, full of romance.'
'You don't have to be screaming and making faces to be evil.'
Director Mani Ratnam's O Kadhal Kanmani is a beautiful and sensitive tale of love filled with fun that warms your heart.
'Not many films have a reference to a creature who talks, emotes, acts in a film. And Munjya is doing all of it.
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.
If the stories weren't bound by their themes or expectations or if they weren't limited to the time and the medium, Mani Ratnam's Navarasa could have been something better, feels Divya Nair.
Check out the stars at the star-studded premiere.
Joginder Tuteja looks at southern directors who started with a big bang in Bollywood.
Sukanya Verma feels wonderment for Dil Se's fabulous, flawless frames, and she tells us why.
Top directors are getting ready to put together some of their most ambitious films.
It's a fun, Fun, FUN menu on OTT this week.
The actress flew down to launch Kalyan Jewellers' first store in the city.
'I am always rocking.' 'I am a rockstar.' 'That's the way the world will always see me.'
'You win some, you lose some. I suppose I'm winning some right now.'
Code Name: Tiranga, on the other hand, is a disaster.
Royal tragedies, loony vampires, nuclear disasters, scoop hunters becoming the story, all that and more on OTT this week.
Juggling marriage, motherhood and movies -- all in a day's work -- Kareena loves her job and hopes she'll never retire. So do we, as the actress turns 43 on September 21.
Sukanya Verma looks at husband and wife filmi collaborations.
Looking at Shah Rukh Khan's unusual onscreen professions.
Mani Ratnam, the film's director said that Raavan would not be screened at the International Indian Film Academy awards, as the film is not complete.
Bollywood has seen many iconic villains but it seems to keep returning to the ultimate baddie, Raavan.
'It wouldn't be a happy birthday if I'm not working.'
Killer Soup's plots grow too convoluted and the strain of keeping the momentum going shows when its shrewd and surreal visuals lose steam, observes Sukanya Verma.
November has some of the biggest movies and Web series coming up for release.
It is by no means a perfect list and I might have missed out some important films but these are films that have entertained me, taught me how to be compassionate, to view the world, and understand people, their histories, behaviors and customs.
Mani Ratnam's Raavan and Julian Schnabel's Israel-Palestine conflict narrative Miral starring Freida Pinto, are among the movies to be screened at the 67th Venice Film Festival in September.
'There are too many things that haven't gone out of you. So even though the years may have gone by, you are still close to the films in terms of the making.'
Mani Ratnam, Shekhar Suman on terrorists' hit list
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