Madhavan talks about Rang De Basanti, and his Guru experience.
Mani Ratnam and A R Rahman launched the music of Kadal.
'Even in a conservative society like Chennai, youngsters don't feel bound by conventions anymore.' 'But how deeply has this change permeated our society? Is it just on a superficial level? That is the question the film tries to address.'
'I do not support this viewpoint that if there is no work here, go to the south, and vice versa.'
The director talks about his new film Kadal and his career.
The ensemble cast of Mani Ratnam's Ponniyan Selvan 2 got together to promote their film ahead of its April 28 release.
'Rajnikanth's Kaala seems like a continuation from where Mani Ratnam had left off in his masterpiece Naayagan.'
Trisha Krishnan knows how to have fun with her wardrobe.
The OTT boom has proved a boon for a lot of hibernating '90s beauties as they rediscover themselves in exciting new avatars.
Everybody knows he's a master of sublime, but Mani Ratnam's brilliance in escalating drama delivers a goosebumps-inducing impact when bolstered by A R Rahman's musical gravitas,
Drohi inspired by Mani Ratnam's films
After the lull in January and February when only a handful of movies hit the screens, it's going to be a rather crowded March in the theatres.
'The younger generation may be hip, modern and Westernised outside, but there is something very Indian and traditional in them.' 'It's debatable just how good the concept of marriage is, but this is the only system that has survived over centuries.'
The award was presented for his outstanding contribution to cinema.
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.
'Padmini and I are very different people.' 'Our acting styles are very different. She's from a different era.'
MAMI will showcase over 250 films spread across 10 days from October 27 to November 5.
The question 'Who was/were behind Aditha Karikalan's killing?' will continue to remain a historic mystery despite Mani Ratnam setting out to unravel it in his own way, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
'Not many films have a reference to a creature who talks, emotes, acts in a film. And Munjya is doing all of it.
The trailer has everything you were looking for: Suspense, action, drama, plotting and vengeance, cheers Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
Gautham Karthik talks about making his debut in Mani Ratnam's Kadal
'You don't have to be screaming and making faces to be evil.'
'I am always rocking.' 'I am a rockstar.' 'That's the way the world will always see me.'
'My mom said when she was in college, her classmates said they want to marry somebody like Vallavaraiyan Vanthiyathevan.' 'That's the kind of pressure I had the moment Mani sir said you have to play this part.'
We go down memory-lane and track down the actors who gave their best for the south Indian director.
'It's Mani Ratnam's dream project and to be a part of that is any artiste's dream.'
The star has a double role in PS-1 -- she plays Mandakini Devi, the mother, and Nandini, the daughter.
'There was one sequence in Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya where her character exuberantly runs up to Bobby Deol, piggy-backs on him.' 'Aishwarya told me that she couldn't do the sequence because people would not expect such behaviour from a former Miss World.'
'The world needs Gandhi now more than any other time in history.'
'First, I get to play a princess, second, it is a Mani Ratnam film and third, it is a period film.'
Arjun Menon lists some of the popular songs from the South Indian movies in 2023.
Manushi is in Glasgow... Kamal's in Milan... Rahman and Mani in London...
Catch J Baby in theatres, and if you want to watch more touching Tamil stories on the dysfunctional family, Arjun Menon lists where you can find them on OTT.
Watch this dream come true for Mani Ratnam and cinema on the largest screen possible, insists Sukanya Verma. Ponniyin Selvan: 1 Review
Killer Soup's plots grow too convoluted and the strain of keeping the momentum going shows when its shrewd and surreal visuals lose steam, observes Sukanya Verma.
'I wasn't motivated to begin with because how do you outdo the biggest encounter?' 'Then, we came across this story about the first-ever encounter.'
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