77th Republic Day parade to witness many firsts

The sesquicentenary of 'Vande Mataram' will be the dominant theme of this year's Republic Day Parade, with enclosure backdrops along the Kartavya Path displaying old paintings illustrating the......

What Is DMK's Plan To Counter Vijay?

The DMK may consider a two-tier campaign, where they keep the focus on Chief Minister Stalin, as a senior statesman with 50-plus years of political experience, and let EPS and the BJP shout in the......

Vijay resumes campaign, accuses DMK of Rs 4,730 cr sand loot

Tamilaga Vettri Kazhgam chief Vijay on Sunday resumed his campaign for the 2026 Assembly election after a break of nearly 2 months and without directly naming the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam,......

Stalin's minister sparks row, says UP survives on TN's tax money

Uttar Pradesh 'lives' by way of money paid as tax contribution by Tamil Nadu to the Centre and this is the truth, Tamil Nadu industries minister TRB Rajaa has claimed. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu Chief......

Periyar is path-breaking

Making a movie on a legend is not easy. There needs to be a balance between sentimentality and fact, which director Gnana Rajasekharan has managed to do in Periyar -- a film based on the legendary......

Music Review: Periyar is impressive

A Tamil period film, Periyar isbased on rationalist, social reformer and Dravida kazhakam founder, EV Ramaswamy Naicker, respectfully called Periyar by his followers. Satyaraj plays the title role......

First Look: Periyar, the movie

In Tamil, Periyar means 'the respected'. How the reformist leaderEV Ramaswami Naicker came to be known by that name is an amazing story, with all the elements of controversy well in place. It is to......

Kamal Haasan@70: What Makes Him Ulaga Nayagan

'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......

Teenage footballer dies after knee surgery in Chennai

IMAGE: Friends and relatives stage a protest, alleging medical negligence at the local hospital in Chennai, which resulted in the death of 17-year old Priya, an aspiring footballer. Photograph:......