Vellore-born NZ spinner Adithya Ashok keen to put India knowledge to test in ODIs
Lal Salaam is a sports drama that promotes religious harmony.
The actor arrived in Lucknow on Friday night for the screening of his film 'Jailer'.
Anupam Kher shared a picture with megastar Rajinikanth when they met in Ayodhya.
'Nine years ago, I had met Akhilesh at a function in Mumbai. Since then, our friendship has continued.'
For those who want a chance to take a closer look at some of India's Cinema Greats, the AVM Heritage Museum in Vadapalani, Chennai, is a good place to start.
I once asked him why he hadn't written scripts for his sons Vineeth and Dhyan. 'I made some suggestions about their scripts, and they haven't discussed their scripts with me after that,' he said with his trademark laugh.
The film's director Lokesh Kanagaraj and producer Kalanithi Maran took a collective decision to add a...
A die-hard fan of megastar Rajinikanth has built a temple dedicated to the Thalaiva.
'Onscreen the most stylish and offscreen the most humble person I know, with qualities I always admire and aspire for. May you keep inspiring generations to come.'
'That man's charisma and aura on set are just outstanding.'
The Tamil Film Producers Council (TFPC) has resolved to implement a revenue-sharing model for big-budget films, requiring actors and technicians to share profits and losses. The move aims to address financial pressures from declining theatrical and OTT revenues. The TFPC also mandated staggered OTT release windows and formed a committee to ensure access to theaters for smaller films.
While the DMK depends on a 'silver sieve' of welfare schemes to stay in power, its support is slowly draining away under the weight of poor governance, corruption, and voters who are no longer satisfied with benefits alone and now want basic administration to work, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Coolie is expected to be an unabashed celebration of the larger-than-life ethos of Rajinikanth, predicts Arjun Menon.
Well, they have found their home at the AVM Heritage Museum in Vadapalani, Chennai.
It's going to be a record-breaking day at the box office on Thursday, August 13.
As the year draws to a close, Rediff's Senior Contributor Roshmila Bhattacharya takes a look at the hits and misses, the highs and lows, the newsmakers and the dealbreakers in alphabetical order.
The elegance of Rajinikanth's elder daughter Aishwarya.
'I didn't charge any money for Coolie. Working with him was all the remuneration I needed.'
Catch the blockbuster Saiyaara on OTT this week along with Rajinikanth's action-packed, Coolie.
'There is no comparison. We are just trying to copy a great pose by a great man, nothing beyond that!'
Meet Sudhakar Prabhu, who has become an overnight Internet sensation.
Despite YRF securing a huge 4,500+ screens across the country, the quantum of footfalls fell short.
'The moment I got to know it's Rajni Sir I jumped at it. I'm a huge fan of Rajni Sir. I really love him.'
'I wanted to do something different, so I turned Dharamji into Hardy, making him waddle with Naseer's stick-like Laurel.' 'People enjoyed seeing him in these avatars. When you work with an evergreen superstar like Dharamji, you can make such 'items'.'
Present at the stadium to promote Bholaa, his coming film, Ajay Devgn was seen conversing with Sanjay Manjrekar and Sunil Gavaskar.
Priyanka goes shopping with Malti... Jacqueline has a request... Huma is a chaotic mess...
Rajinikanth was welcomed home by his family after he returned from hospital, where he had been admitted for about four days.
'He has to listen to his body and his mind and he decided to leave politics.'
The big Independence Day holiday weekend always has big releases vying for space, and this year too, there's going to be quite a clash at the box office.
'It's heartening to see that the festive energy is being driven not only by star-led blockbusters but also by fresh, content-rich films.'
As Rajinikanth turns 69 on December 12, his family and friends took to social media to wish him. They posted pictures of the superstar and wrote touching notes.
Flms belonging to genres as diverse as comedy, drama, romance, crime, and history get ready for release in theatres.
Buildings were decorated with colourful lights and earthen lamps dotted houses as people across the country thronged temples and celebrated Diwali with pomp on Monday.
I don't remember Rajinikanth beheading anyone so brutally in any of his previous films. Or glamourising so much of blood and violence. This is an altogether different version of a brutal Ra1jinikanth, something you and I had probably never imagined before, observes Divya Nair.
'Playing a negative role was a positive experience for me, doing things I'd never do in real life.'
Thirty-six people, including eight children, 16 women died in a stampede at the actor-politician Vijay's rally in Karur on Saturday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said.
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.
On the admissions, he said 26 people were treated in the OPD and were discharged. And of the 67 admitted as in-patients, 2 were critical. All others were stable. One of the patients was shifted to the Madurai GH for further treatment.
