Kalki: The Revolutionary Writer Behind PS 1

Gowri Ramnarayan explores the world of Kalki Krishnamurthy whose magnificent novel Ponniyin Selvan has inspired Mani Ratnam's latest film PS I. IMAGE: Director Mani Ratnam, third from right, with......

Can Stalin keep BJP out of Tamil Nadu?

With the Tamil Nadu electorate having given him an unprecedented mandate that had eluded his father the late M Karunanidhi, Stalin has to prove his worth, ensuring at the same time that the......

Tributes continue to pour in for Jayalalithaa

President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Union ministers, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and various other top leaders have condoled......

DMK unable to cash in on Jaya's political set-back in Tamil Nadu

The political damage suffered by Jayalalithaa’s AIADMK at the hands of the judiciary should have been a natural political boost for her chief competitor in the state the DMK. That, however,......

Jayaram joins hands with Kamal after 12 years

Malayalam director Kamal and actor Jayaram are coming together 12 years after Kaikkudanna Nilavu, ina film titled Swapna Sanchari. Samvritha Sunil plays the heroine."Jayaram plays Ajayachandran......

Review: Sabaash Sariyaana Potti is tedious

Don't go to watch Tamil film Sabaash Sariyaana Potti expecting a Jayaram funfest, says Pavithra Srinivasan. Post YOUR reviews here! There are scripts, which possess great potential on paper, but......

A half-baked Romeoo

The reason why actors in the eighties were stars is because they portrayed characters we could identify with -- ordinary folk like you and I. The reason for the musings on the good old days is......

Jayaram overacts in a poor film

Doesthe reunionof aformerlysuccessful actor-director combination out to rediscover lost glory mean that they will simply repackage an old, done-to-death theme? If yes, then we should have no......

Sports Shorts: Saina out of top 10, Srikanth at 8th spot in BWF ranking

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Saina Nehwal. Photograph: Twitter Following their poor run of form at the badminton World Championship, Saina Nehwal dropped......

Dutch Open: Shuttler Jayaram loses in final

IMAGE: India's Ajay Jayaram in action. Photograph: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images. Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram failed to notched up his third straight title in the Dutch Open badminton tournament......

Latest badminton rankings: Saina No 2; Srikanth drops a place

IMAGE: India's Saina Nehwal returns a shot. Photograph: Darren Whiteside/Reuters Saina Nehwal remained static at second position while Kidambi Srikanth dropped a place to be at ninth spot in the......

Saina, Sindhu static; Srikanth slips, Jayaram improves

Despite clinching the Macau Open title for the third time, India’s ace shuttler P V Sindhu remained static at 12th position in the latest BWF world ranking released on Thursday.Saina Nehwal......

Jayaram, Prannoy, Praneeth in second round at Macau Open

Top seed K Srikanth suffered a straight-games defeat, but three other Indians, including Ajay Jayaram and H S Prannoy, advanced to the second round of the US $120,000 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold on......