Chithra – More than 25 000 songs in 26 languages
Chithra, born on 27 July 1963, has recorded more than 25 000 songs in 26 languages in a career spanning 46 years. She is the first Indian woman by the British Parliament at the House of Commons in 2003. She is also the first Indian woman to be honoured by the Government of China in 2009. […]
A.V.M. Rajan turned 90 today.
Shanmugasundaram is better known by his screen name, A.V.M. Rajan. He was born in Pudhukottai on 26 July 1935. Nursing an old injury, he struggled to make a break into films. Eventually, he was given a small role in Shankar’s S.S. Rajendran starrer, Sivagangai Seemai. However, his scenes were deleted from the final cut. He […]
In celebration of the birthday of Vennirai Aadai Moorthy in his 60th year in films
Moorthy was born on 25 July 1936. He is a qualified lawyer although he never practiced law. He also holds a PhD in Astrology. He made his debut to films in C.V. Sridhar’s Vennira Aadai along with other newcomers Jayalalitha, Shrikanth and Nirmala. Like Nirmala, Moorthy also took on the title of his debut film […]
Remembering maverick director, J Mahendran on his birth anniversary
Mahendran is best remembered as a director who introduced a new style of filmmaking to Tamil cinema in the 1980s, but his career in films began two decades before. He was born on 25 July 1939 in the Sivagangai district. Mahendran was still in college when he delivered a speech in the presence of M.G. […]
Multi-talented Vijay Antony turned 50 today.
Music composer, singer, actor, producer, director and lyricist, Vijay Antony, turned 50 today. He was on 24 July 1975 in Nagercoil. He had no formal music training and started his career as a sound engineer. His research on sound engineering led to him composing jingles and then background scores for TV shows. It was producer […]
A look at Suriya’s film career on his 50th Birthday
Saravanan Sivakumar was born on 23 July to actor Sivakumar and his wife, Lakshmi, the eldest of three children. His younger brother Karthi is also an accomplished actor and his younger sister, Brindha, is a playback singer. Suriya made his entry in Vassanth’s directorial, Nerukku Ner produced by Mani Ratnam. It was Mani Ratnam who […]
Multi-award winning Comedian Yogi Babu turns 40 today.
Babu was born on 22 July 1985 in Arani in Thiruvannamalai district. He began his career as a writer and director of the popular Vijay TV comedy series Lollu Sabha where each episode was a spoof of a popular movie. He then made his debut to the big screen in the film Yogi, a remake […]
“Boys”-fame Bharath turns 42 today.
Bharath made his debut to films in Shankar’s Boys before his 20th birthday. He was born in Kumbakonam on 21 July 1983. He showed an early interest in dance and joined a professional dance club when he was 11. He was noticed by Shankar when he was performing on stage and this led to his […]
Remembering Indian Cinema’s Irreplaceable Gem: Sivaji Ganesan
Today (21 July 2025) marks the 24th death anniversary of Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan. To truly appreciate Sivaji Ganesan’s spectacular acting range, one must look more to his later films. His earlier films saw him greatly influenced by the stage and the film sensibilities of that time which were largely determined by film directors who […]
SJ Suryah – A writer and director with a “Killer” attitude.
Selvaraj Justin Pandian is better known by his screen name, S.K. Suryah. He was born on 20 July 1968 in Tenkasi district. After pursuing a tertiary qualification in Loyola College, Chennai, he tried to get into the film industry as an actor. He was taken in as an apprentice by K. Bhagyaraj. He then joined […]