Raavan's deadliest sin isn't in the clumsy dialogue, hammy acting or lame, oversimplified adaptation but in that it fails to engage us.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan tells Patcy N why Raavan is the most special film of her career.
How A R Rahman and writer Gulzar interpreted the film's central character.
Darbar's music, the direction, sets, props, the rest of the cast are all there with one single purpose: To make Rajinikanth look like the superstar he already is, says A Ganesh Nadar.
Tharoor urged Modi to take a public stand welcoming dissent and assure the nation of his "commitment to upholding Freedom of Expression even when it involves disagreement with you or your government."
The Tamil film with Crazy Mohan's dialogues, is a blast.
Ansuya Dutt, who never stopped fighting for women's rights, can be an inspiration to us never to lose sight of our basic beliefs, never mind peer pressure.
Madhoobala on her new Tamil serial Soundaravalli and Mani Ratnam's hit film.
Tamil actor Vikram talks about playing two different charcters in Mani Ratnam's Raavan and Raavanan
Even after 17 years, the Telugu film Gaayam is remembered by many. Now it's time for the sequel.
Award-winning cinematographer Ravi K Chandran on his experiences of working on Firaaq and it's creator, Nandita Das.
Have you spotted any Bollywood bloopers? Tell us about your favourite and funniest, right here!
Mani Ratnam's bilingual opened to a disappointing box office in North America.
While the distributor argued that Ravaan and Raavanan are different films and Tamil, Hindi and Telugu versions should be allotted 24 screens each, the Chamber considers them one and the same as the story line and the director are the same.
The Tamil version of Raavan is a beautiful travel package that shows you the best of Mother Nature, and considerably less of human nature.
Though the Tamil version of Raavan's music album by A R Rahman doesn't scale the heights of brilliance, the maestro's expertise in instrumental arrangement, choice of vocals and Kaviperararu Vairamuthu's lyrics more than make up for it.
Director C S Amudhan tells us how he pulled it off.
Saisuresh Sivaswamy discovers that you can take a Tamil director out of Tamil Nadu, but you can't take Tamil Nadu out of him.
Dinesh Babu on directing the legendary Kannada actor in his 199th film.
Bharani Minerals' Tamil movie has all the right ingredients of an epic but leaves no impact.
The Malayalam film, Kadha Thudarunnu, is refreshing.
A look at the wedding pictures.
Junior Bachchan on his latest movie Raavan.
Prithviraj talks about his films and his role in Mani Ratnam's Raavan.
The Telugu film is nothing compared to Mani Ratnam's Tamil classic of the same name.
Karthik Kumar is coming out of the 'US returned Mappilai' tag that Mani Ratnam started casting him in Alai Payuthey. He talks about his new film Ethuvum Nadakkum.
Here's a look at the new names all set to clamber aboard the directing wagon.
A look at grand star weddings in the past.
The singer gets a traditional welcome during his visit to India to record a song for Shah Rukh Khan's latest movie Ra.One.
On his 55th birthday, Sukanya Verma celebrates his inimitable ways in 10 scenes that she keeps returning to time and again.
On Kareena Kapoor's 40th birthday on September 21, Sukanya Verma handpicks 25 of her most stunning frames from various movies to highlight how she draws our attention in big and small ways.
A lowdown on what's happening in the Malayalam film industry.
National Award winner Prakash Raj talks about his first Best Actor win.
First-time director Rensil D'Silva gets candid with his fans.
Ash, Abhim, Vikram on what they feel for director Mani Ratnam.
Director Rensil D'Silva talks about Kurbaan, starring Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Vivek Oberoi.
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