The singer and actress' debut as music composer for her father's Tamil production, Unnai Pol Oruvan is promising.
As we celebrate the actor's much deserved award, Divya Nair presents 10 landmark films in Suriya's career, ranked in order of performance.
Thirty-one-year-old Nandhini JS is the latest woman director to join the handful of women in the Tamil film industry with her debut film Thiru Thiru, Thuru Thuru.
Shruti Haasan talks about her first film, Luck.
Dasavatharam is a good album. But one wonders about the possibilities for such an over-hyped film, starring Kamal Haasan. If only the music was composed by stalwarts like A R Rahman, Vidyasagar, Harris Jairaj, Vishal Bhardwaj or even youngsters like Yuvan Shankar Raja or G V Prakash, who are familiar with the Tamil ethos.
Aascar Films's Vaaranam Aayiram, directed by Gautam Menon and starring Surya in many varied roles, is a moving, if a longish tribute to an ideal father and a loving son. It's a common enough premise and is Surya's magnum opus but this one is inherently up-market.
The first look of the Tamil remake of Pawan Kumar's crowd-funded Kannada film Lucia is out.
Check out the star arrivals.
The formal announcement is likely to be made on Rajinikanth's birthday.
Khan said even if people don't like certain content, banning a film cannot be justified.
The 70-year old first time MP, who was admitted to the Apollo Hospitals on August 10 after he tested positive for coronavirus, succumbed to the illness, a party spokesperson said.
'When I contracted COVID and was extremely unwell, I almost thought I was not going to make it.' 'But this man (Karan Johar) was like family for us in Bombay. He would send doctors for me, made sure my medication was done correctly and made sure I came out of COVID.'
A mind-boggling effort from Kamal Hassan-Ravi Kumar duo. It is difficult to select the best of the ten roles that Kamal has essayed in this superbly crafted technical effort. Himesh Reshamiya's music is the only average fare in the film while technically and aesthetically the film stands up to the present international standards.
While all those Kamal Haasan fans out there have to wait till Friday [June 13] to catch the year's most awaited and hyped Tamil film, Dasavathaaram, a selected few from the Tamil film industry got a chance to watch the film at a special screening in Chennai.
In conversation with special effects specialist Brian Jennings, the man entrusted with the task of transforming Kamal Haasan's Tamil film, Dasavathaaram in to an out of this world experience.
He was a nine-time MLA, one-time Lok Sabha member and former finance minister of Tamil Nadu and a close friend of former Chief Minister late Karunanidhi.
The Tamil actor is all ready to shed his romantic image with his latest film Modhi Vilayadu.
Director Radhamohan talks about his beautiful film, out this Friday.
"If a situation arises wherein me and Kamal have to join hands for the welfare of people of Tamil Nadu, we will surely come together," Rajinikanth said.
Daughter of film stars Kamal Haasan and Sarika was humility personified as she stood in a long queue to see her sister walk the ramp and profusely thanked Rediff.com staffer Hitesh Harisinghani for helping her get a celeb pass.
Who do you think does not really deserve to be called a 'great actor'?
Veteran actress Rati Agnihotri, who made her Bollywood debut with K Balachander's wildly successful romance drama Ek Duuje Ke Liye, remembers the late filmmaker.
rediff.com broke the news a few days ago that the Sivaji duo Shankar and Rajnikanth will be working together in Robot again.
1997: Sukanya Verma offers a recap of its memorable imagery.
The new kid in the block is Varalakshmi, Sarath Kumar's daughter from his first marriage to Chaya. Varalakshmi will enter the Tamil film world in a romantic comedy titled Poda Podi opposite Silambarasan. The film will be shot in Toronto.
Actor-turned-politician and sitting MP Locket Chatterjee has been fielded from Chunchura and another MP Nishit Parmanik from Dinhata. Also, a number of film personalities have been nominated as candidates in the high-stakes battle for West Bengal.
For quite some time, there was speculation that actor-politician Kamal Haasan-led Makkal Needhi Maiam and the DMK would sign up with the strategist for the 2021 assembly polls.
Will we see a Baahubali kind of blockbuster this year?
'The last four years was not Dravidian rule, it was BJP rule by proxy.'
Factionalism between OP Panneerselvam and Edappadi Palaniswami, the dominance of the BJP, the ruling DMK having a strong face in the form of CM Stalin, 'community and region-based politics', corruption charges against former ministers, and lack of a proper ideology are the major challenges the party is facing in the state.
Suresh Krissna talks about Rajnikanth, who he's directed in 4 films.
After Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, it's time for another magnum opus to spread its wings into the regional market.
As Kamal Haasan gears up for his latest Tamil venture, Dasavathaaram, Ramesh Arvind relives the memories of his tryst with the actor.
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