After a powerful and restrained performance in Unnaipol Oruvan, Ganesh Venkataraman is back with Selva's new Tamil film Muriyadi.
For the guts in coming up with a unique, important theme that needs to be addressed sensitively, this movie works. A must-watch.
Mersal is the first Vijay film to make Rs 200 crores. Some say credit for the star's most successful film goes to the BJP and its opponents.
For fathers who love their daughters, this is your pick. Definitely worth a watch.
Sun Pictures' Thenavattu, starring Jeeva is an action and romantic flick that's hopelessly outdated and devoid of logic.
If you're a fan of sensible cinema liberally shot with realism, gallows humour and no-nonsense scripts, then this Tamil movie should gladden your heart.
'Poornam' Viswanathan, actor and former Tamil News reader with All India Radio who announced India attaining freedom in his news bulletin in 1947, died in Chennai on Wednesday after brief illness.
This Tamil flick has a robotic cast and a screenplay that's filled with loopholes the size of a crater.
Composer AR Rahman comes up with a lively yet unspectacular album.
The star reveals his plans to return to the Formula 2 circuit in this exclusive interview to rediff.com
I am eagerly awaiting Ghajini's release. I am sure it will be 200 percent better than the Tamil version. The Aamir Khan factor is a big difference. They have got so much time to shoot the film. Thus, Murugadoss has the chance and the time to rectify any mistakes he would have committed in the Tamil version, says Suriya
Indrajith is on a roll. The Malayalam actor has two big Tamil films lined up -- Kandaswamy directed by Susie Ganesan and Sarvam by Vishnu Vanrdhan (of Billa fame). Kandasamy will feature him as the baddie opposite Vikram.
Born as Gundu Rao to a Kannada Brahmin family in 1933, Nagesh was the most sought after actor in the MGR-Sivaji era of Tamil cinema in the 1960s and mid-seventies, and was a regular feature in the movies of these late superstars. Nagesh, who was suffering from prolonged illness, breathed his last at his residence.
After the roaring success of last year's Sivaji: The Boss and the much-hyped Robot waiting to be released later this year, superstar Rajnikanth is all set to star in Kuchelan, in which talented actor Pasupathy will don the lead role.
The Telugu actress drops the Tamil superstar's film, as they fail to cough up her fee.
The withering, never-ending season of gangster movies continues in Tamil films with Thotta, starring Jeevan and Priyamani.
Puratchi Thalaivan (a title that was given to MGR), which is also in 3D, is directed by Venky Baboo and produced by Sridevi Rao for Mayabimbam Media Private Limited.
Nambiar was suffering from age-related ailments for the past four months and breathed his last at his residence, family sources said.
From the well-known to the little-known, most faces of Tamil cinema ensured they were present for a cause that has been dominating not only state politics but also national politics, with even a special envoy in the ranks of External Affairs Minister flying in to apprise the Tamil Nadu chief minister of the steps taken by the Centre on the issue.
Her sister Latha and her family joined them for the celebrations.
Legendary icon Rajnikant was given the Best Actor award for 2005 for his role of a psychiatrist dealing with a lady suffering from split personality, while Kamal Haasan bagged the award for year 2006, for his movie Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu where he tracks down two psycho serial killers.
Debutant director Vasantha Balan now has a big feather in his cap.
Oram Po, starring Arya, Pooja and Lall, is a lighthearted film inspired by the auto races held on the outskirts of Chennai. This is Tamil cinema's The Fast and the Furious, but on three wheels and running on much less octane.
The film is a family entertainer, and steers clear of sex and violence. But somehow, it also guarantees that many of the main characters in the film act incredibly stupid.
After directing Rajnikanth in Sivaji, Shankar is all set to direct Shah Rukh Khan in a new science fiction flick.
Actor Manivannan talks about working with Rajnikanth in Sivaji.
Sivaji mania has now spread from Tamil Nadu to neighbouring Kerala.
Thangapaandi stars SJ Suryah as a strapping village lad with an active love life, as three women fall in love with him.
An interview with the national award winning director Radhamohan.
But the songs will not ring in your head after the album is over.
With just days to go before his most-anticipated Sivaji releases, jog your memory, dear reader, and tell us what is your favourite negative role by Rajnikanth?
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