A 25-year-old youth was chased and brutally hacked to death inside police quarters in Tiruchirappalli, allegedly due to professional rivalry. Five people have been arrested, and a search is underway for four others.
Rulers in New Delhi and their political aides in sensitive states like Tamil Nadu have to be doubly careful not to provoke a situation whose consequences may be much more than visible now to the naked eye, notes N Sathiya Moorthy.
The music director tries to come up with something different but lands up into familiar territory.
Composer D Imman catches the mood really well in Romeo Juliet, writes Lakshmikanth Jaganmohan.
Composer Devan Ekambaram has made a conscious effort to produce a different listening experience with this Tamil album.
The Tamil album follows Devisri Prasad's pattern to the hilt, with many rehashes from his previous numbers.
You can see the effort put into making Pasanga a unique album and though it does try to scale heights in terms of musical excellence, another Subramaniapuram it certainly isn't.
Looks like Harris Jeyaraj is caught in a recycling rut as this Tamil album has nothing new to offer.
Fans of the maestro are going to love this Tamil soundtrack.
The music of Madhavan's latest Tamil movie, 13B yil ...Yaavarum Nalam, is tuned by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy with lyrics by the queen of song-writing Thamarai. Worth a listen.
All in all Harris Jayaraj offers a good fare despite adopting an orthodox style.
After the superb audio track of Unnale Unnale, Harris Jayaraj has come out with another spell-binding musical fare in Patchai kili Muthucharam.
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Director Ezhil attempts to infuse a dose of humour into a tale of enemity.
Director Sarkunam's Chandi Veeran is worth a watch, says S Saraswathi.
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
It maybe time for the Centre to take a closer look at Chief Minister Jayalalitha's innovative' solution to a long-pending problem, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Why is the BJP playing 'competitive politics' where there is scope or room for none? The release of 5 Indian fishermen on death row in Sri Lanka was a victory for India's quiet diplomacy of long years in the matter -- and not for loud politics by parties in the country.
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