Former Davis Cup captain Anand Amritraj is baffled that India's best singles players are not able to win close matches on the ATP World Tour despite having a decent game to back them.
India added seven more medals, including two gold, to their kitty on the penultimate day of competition at the fifth Commonwealth Youth Games in Apia, Samoa, on Thursday. Archer Prachi Singh, in the girls' recurve individual event, and the tennis mixed doubles team of Sasikumar Mukund and Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal accounted for the gold medals.
India added seven more medals, including two gold, to their kitty on the penultimate day of competition at the fifth Commonwealth Youth Games in Apia, Samoa, on Thursday. Archer Prachi Singh, in the girls' recurve individual event, and the tennis mixed doubles team of Sasikumar Mukund and Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal accounted for the gold medals.
Rajinikanth's Kochadaiiyaan was one of the biggest disappointment of the year so far.
There are many dramatic twists in the film, yet itlacks the depth, intensity and sentiment that we have come to expect from Sasikumar.
Good performances, a well-written screenplay and great comedy make Vasanthamani's Vetrivel a decent watch, writes S Saraswathi.
This is the third time Mammootty and director Johnny Antony had teamed up for a film.
Rajini Murugan, Tharai Thappattai, Kathakali, Gethu...
Swati talks about her upcoming film Poraali
Shaji N Karun, who headed the National Awards jury, sings praises for the brilliant director.
Sasikumar is not only proving his mettle as a director. His acting skills are bindaas too as Nadodigal opens to packed theatres.
Thaarai Thappattai may not appeal to all but it is definitely worth a watch.
Defending champion Rohan Bopanna went down fighting in the thrilling doubles opening round game at the third edition of Tata Open Maharashtra, in Pune, on Wednesday. Playing alongside local boy Arjun Kadhe, the ace Indian player Bopanna dominated the game initially. However, after winning the first set convincingly, the Indian duo couldn't manage to continue the momentum further in the games against French pair of Benoit Paire and Antoine Hoang as they lost the match 3-6, 7-5, 10-7.
India's top tennis players Yuki Bhambri, Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Divij Sharan returned to the courts after over two-and-a-half months.
Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal has withdrawn from the country's upcoming away Davis Cup tie against Finland citing a hip injury and has been replaced by Saketh Myneni in the five-man squad for the indoor contest on September 18-19.
The ISRO spy case is dead. And yet, not dead.
India's top ranked men's singles player Prajnesh Gunneswaran crashed out in the pre-quarterfinals of the Tata Open Maharashtra after suffering a straight-sets defeat against fourth seed Kwan Soon-woo of Korea, on Thursday. Prajnesh lost 3-6, 6-7(5-7) against the Korean at Pune's Mhalunge Balewadi Stadium.
Pon Radhakrishnan also stated that Naxals, Maoists and Muslim extremists may have intruded into some of the media houses too.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
The film has all the right ingredients which makes a real entertainer.
'Petta response is so overwhelming and awesome.. Thank you Thalaivar fans!'
Love 24x7 is a promising debut by Sreebala K Menon.
The film stars Vimal, Sivakarthikeyan, Bindu Madhavi and Regina.
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The film feels half-baked and could have been more much more.
Debutant director Andrew Louis talks about the success of his film Leelai.
Eesan seems to have the usual collection of kuthu, romantic and energising songs, but there's nothing that scales the heights of musical brilliance.
Rowthiram, starring Jiiva is just another mindless action masala, with slick production values.
If the director had shored up the second half just as much he's worked on the first, Eesan would have been a brilliant effort all over.
The Kannada remake, for the first time, brings together Puneet, Yogish and Srinagara Kitty together.
Sasikumar on producing the National Award winning Tamil film.
Tension prevailed after the next of kin of two of the 20 woodcutters killed in Andhra Pradesh placed their bodies on the road amid continuing protests in Tamil Nadu on Thursday even as Madras high court ordered that the remains of six of them be preserved in a mortuary.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Company Productions' Pasanga, directed by Pandiraj, is a delightfully feel-good movie with excellent performances. A must-watch.
Pandalam Royal family member Sasikumar Varma, one of the petitioners, said he was happy with the apex court's decision to review the September 28 verdict.
We salvage a few good ones in a year dominated by mediocre films.
'Seeing the characters you had conceived come alive, saying the lines you had written for them... or the actor giving it a totally different meaning from what you had originally thought... is unbelievable!' Sreebala K Menon tells Paresh C Palicha.
The first time director struck gold at the 16th International Children's Film Festival in Hyderabad recently.
Director Samuthirakani is pretty pleased with himself as the Tamil movie has spawned remakes in several languages.
The usually busy Greater Noida expressway is empty except small groups of commuters that gather at its sidelines, seeking lift from every passing vehicle.
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