The eminent director was admitted to Kolkata's B M Birla Heart Research Centre on Wednesday evening after he development chest pain following an accident to Vivek Oberoi.
Reader Manochitra Janakaraj sends us a photograph.
Does the "story" of a Mani Ratnam film come first or does its "spirit" asks Sreehari Nair.
Sixteen-year-old Nandan Maniratnam, son of Maniratnam and popular actress Suhasini, is the proud author of a new pamphlet on Leninism, which is on sale at the venue, along with other leading Left literature. He it was his reading habit that introduced him to the world of Marxism. A student of an international residential school in Chennai, Nandan came on his own to serve as a volunteer and assist the foreign delegates at the All-India Congress of the CPI-M.
'The younger generation may be hip, modern and Westernised outside, but there is something very Indian and traditional in them.' 'It's debatable just how good the concept of marriage is, but this is the only system that has survived over centuries.'
Kamal Haasan's torrid smooch with his co-star Abhirami Gopikumar will be removed after the widespread outrage.
Even as Ponniyin Selvan: I arrives on OTT to enjoy a whole new audience after its theatrical release, its director Mani Ratnam threw a party.
29 actors from south India posed for this rare photograph as part of the Evegreen Reunion.
Telugu actor Ram Charan Teja tied the knot with Upasana Kamineni in a grand ceremony today.
Dinesh Babu on directing the legendary Kannada actor in his 199th film.
One of Tamil cinema's top film-makers, S Shankar hosted a grand wedding for his daughter Aishwarya in Chennai.
Raavan's press conference attended by Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan,Vikram, lyricist Prasoon Joshi.and Reliance's Amit Khanna.
'It was my job to read out their lines to the actors and make sure they spoke them with the right diction, accent and pronunciation. If you look at my photographs from the Sadma set, you will always find me with a file in hand, even when I am in my costume. While Kamal and Sridevi were diligent about their Hindi dialogue, Silk Smitha, while always respectful, was not too interested in her lines or my instructions.'
The actor ties the knot with the daughter of a Chennai-based businessman.
The latest updates from the Tamil film industry.
Joker, Thithi, Maheshinte Prathikaram and Pelli Choopulu bag the big awards of the night!
'With passage of time, Kamal did move away from the humdrum of commercial cinema, using it only as a peg to launch a new concept or new technology, as no other actor/film-maker has done in Indian cinema.' N Sathiya Moorthy assesses the career and politics of movie legend Kamal Haasan on his 70th brthday.
A look at the reception pictures.
'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.'
The latest updates from the Tamil film industry.
Waiting is mostly deftly thought out and speaks on many levels, says Sukanya Verma.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
"Every actor's life is short. It exists only between 'Action' and 'Cut'," Mohanlal once told Subhash K Jha.
Kalki Koechlin talks about her upcoming projects, marriage and much more!
As the legendary actor turns 60 today, we look at his finest performances in the last six decades.
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