We continue to celebrate the Thalaiva's 75th birthday with Divya Nair's premiere playlist that celebrates his magnetic swag, emotion and larger-than-life persona.
The veteran complained of chest pains.
The party will happen in Mumbai on January 20.
Raaptor Media Film's Tamil album is for Ilayaraja's fans.
Gautham Vasudev Menon talks about the magic of working with Ilayaraja.
Manjummel Boys traces the story of one such bunch of inebriated tourists from Kochi, fans of the film Gunaa.
Petrol pumps in many cities witnessed long queues on Tuesday as people came to fill up their vehicle tanks fearing shortage of fuel amid the protest by truck drivers against a provision in the new penal law on hit-and-run accident cases involving motorists.
Orders prohibiting gathering of people were clamped down in Mhow tehsil of Indore district on Thursday after a 25-year-old tribal man died in police firing during a protest over the death of a young woman, officials said.
Of the five injured, he said, two were in critical condition and admitted to the ICU of the government medical college in Jabalpur.
Debutante music director Nivas K Prasanna talks about learning the tricks of the trade from eminent musicians and composing music for Tamil film Thegidi.
Coming from a maestro who's delivered classics in his times, the music for this historical romance falls a little flat. It's as though the musician in him had to push really hard for inspiration and the labour is obvious. While it sticks to the classical theme, there's nothing new here; no scintillating compositions, nothing to indicate that it takes place in the 10th century. Kudos for the Carnatic base, but where is vintage Ilaiyaraja?
No one can deny the composer's flair for orchestration, but barring one or two exceptions, Valmiki's numbers show an inclination to fall into a rut.
The four doctors are on the run and police have fanned out teams to nab them, a senior police officer said.
A look at the pictures.
A good listener-friendly album, but not one of Illayaraja's best.
If you'd like to know more about Rajini the actor, Saisuresh Sivaswamy offers a wide selection.
Yugendran is able to bring out feelings and emotions in his compositions. What is lacking though, is variety, originality and individuality of style.
The actress turns 27 today, January 28.
The slain armymen are Sepoy Ilayaraja P, from TN, and Sepoy Gawai Sumedh Waman, from Maha.
Have a look at the trailer and tell us!
Members of fan clubs of various leading actors, including Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan and Vijay, also held prayers, wishing that the singer whose golden voice mesmerised generations for over five decades recover soon.
'I can write a book about Kamal Haasan. No, make that three books.'
After giving the highly appreciated Aa Dinagalu, the team of director Chaithanya, music maestro Ilayaraja, cameraman H.C.Venu and promising young actor Chetan are back again with this latest Kannada film.
Chikkamagaloora Chikka Mallige has some fantastic visuals and brilliant acting performances by veterans like C R Simha. Debutant Radhika Gandhi is cute and Shravan is lively. Though the story is not contemporary, the film engages the audience.
Navya Nair and Sheela are vying for top honours in Kannada this week.
Paa director R Balki recalls the era when writers like Salim-Javed controlled the film.
This November Tirukkuvalai, a village in Tamil Nadu will be witness to a film shoot. The film in question is Kalaignar, a biopic on M Karunanidhi, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Incidentally, the village was chosen as it is the birth place of the CM.
In spite of being an Ilayaraja album, there is nothing exceptional about Kangalum...'s music.
Dhanam, with its off-beat theme, has demanded a similarly off-beat offering from Ilaiyaraja, and much will depend on how these songs are picturised. Though some of the tunes are meant to titillate the front-benchers, you can't deny that the maestro has turned in a rather good album.
Yuan has a pleasant surprise up his sleeve for the Tamil film music fans; his father Ilayaraja has rendered one of Yuvan's compositions in this album and incidentally it is the pick of this five-track album.
Actor Ravichandran, music maestro Ilayaraja and director P Vasu will team up for the remake.
Meet Yuvan Shankar Raja, the man behind Billa's music.
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