Mourners pay homage to the King of Kannada cinema.
R Rajagopalan on why September promises to be a crucial month for Tamil Nadu.
Darshan's 25th film is a typical potboiler with plenty of fights and punch dialogues to please his fans. All in all, an ok film.
The film stars the hot Arya, whose Pattiyal was a surprise hit.
The faction led by O Panneerselvam will be referred to as 'AIADMK Puratchi Thalaivi Amma' and the Sasikala faction will be referred to as 'AIADMK Amma'.
Celebrities and politicians made a beeline for polling stations in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, as both the states go to the polls on Monday.
Joining issue with Narendra Modi over criticism of his party besides ruling All India Anna Dravida Munetra Kazhagam, Dravida Munetra Kazhagam chief M Karunanidhi on Monday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party leader's comments will only earn him the wrath of people of Tamil Nadu but remained tightlipped on Rajnikanth's praise for the Gujarat chief minister.
P Vasu's latest film can make or break Ajith's career.
rediff.com presents some of the top movies stories of the week.
The hits and misses of the week.
More than the revenue component, the movies gain hugely in terms of visibility and reach, reports T E Narasimhan.
What does the box office of the movies say?
The hits and misses of the week.
After tweeting about Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and the latter's refusal to wear a skullcap, Congress leader and Union Minister Shashi Tharoor said that it just showed his bigotry. He said the BJP leader had been seen wearing different kinds of headgear, some even 'outlandish', "but the skullcap is one headgear he rejects and it is to send a signal of bigotry and rejection of our Muslim brothers and sisters".
By aligning with the BJP, even if they were arm-twisted into doing so, the AIADMK leadership has yielded their political space in the state to the aunt-nephew duo of Sasikala-Dinakaran, and the parliamentary election to the DMK-Congress combine, says A Ganesh Nadar.
Sukanya Verma looks at the jhoola, and how it's an unforgettable part of many a Bollywood imagery in celebration, romance, frolic and, sometimes, even menace.
The latest updates from the Tamil film industry.
'I thought either Rajnikanth or Kamal Haasan should do Papanasam. Rajni sir liked it but was not sure about how his fans would accept certain scenes, if he were to do it. Like the scene where he is beaten up by a cop. Kamal sir loved the film and agreed to do it. Later, Rajni sir was willing to take it up but by then, the project was already on with Kamal sir.' Director Jeethu Joseph discusses his well-reviewed film.
Amid speculations that he may float his own outfit, suspended Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader M K Alagiri on Saturday said he did not have any plan to quit the party even if he was forced out.
Who will make it to this year's Padma awards list?
Party leaders, sources said, maintained that Congress cannot afford to have a new leader at the helm for rebuilding the organisation at this juncture and that the responsibility for the defeat is collective and not individual.
Bala creates a world so mad yet meticulous and unlike no other in Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota, raves Sukanya Verma.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.