Cine News Digest – 07 Jan 2026
Crisis for Vijay’s Jana Nayagan The eleventh hour postponement of Vijay’s Jana Nayagan is an ugly blight not only on the face of Tamil cinema, but on the image of India as a democracy. This is not the first time that a film was suddenly postponed. Vijay’s 2013 film, Thalaiva suffered a similar fate. In […]
Music Composer A.R. Rahman turns 59 today
Allah Rakha Rahman turns 59 today. He is India’s most celebrated music composer and has worked across multiple languages as a music composer and made his debut as a director and writer in the 2017 thriller Le Musk. Rahman has had a relatively quiet year with only three released Tamil albums – Kadhalikka Neramillai, Thug […]
Best of 2025 – What are your choices? Help in deciding the very first Sigaram Awards
Tamil films did not quite set the box-office on fire in 2025 and the elusive Rs 1000-crore mark remains a dream. Despite this, there was notable excellence in various fields, making it a very memorable cinematic year. Presented below are the long lists for some of the categories in our Sigaram Awards. Please share your […]
Top 20 Tamil Songs for week ending 02 Jan 2026
This is the first countdown for 2026. Don’t forget that we are still taking your votes for Song of the Year 2025. This Week Title Film/Album Singer/s Lyric Music Last Week 1 Adi Alaye Parasakthi Sean Roldan & Dhee Ekadesi G.V. Prakash Kumar 2 2 Pothi Pothi Kumki 2 Nivas K Prasanna Vivek Nivas K […]
Nominated Songs for Song of the Year – Video Links
Because of popular request, we are reposting the video links for all 25 songs nominated for Song of the Year 2025. Please click the link below to access all 25 songs. Click here to select a song Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Coming your way in Sigaram in 2026
2025 Song of the Year We thank those who have sent in your Top 3 selections for the Sigaram Song of the Year 2025. You may submit more than one entry of three songs until 15h00 on 12 January 2026. The Top 25 songs will be posted right here on 13 January 2025. You can […]
Celebrating Prabhu’s Birthday
For readers who missed our article on Prabhu published on 31 Dec 2024, please click on the link below for the article or click on the button below this article. You can access the Special Prabhu playlist by clicking on the button below. Click here to read the article on Prabhu Click here to watch […]
Review of “Aan Paavam Pollathathu”
It is a huge challenge to make an authentic romantic comedy that has to traverse the tricky minefield that includes the clash of Indian and western values, the influence of social media on relationships and the ever-increasing voices on gender equality. It is even more of a challenge to include all these factors without resorting […]
Sean Roldan turns 38.
Raghavendra Raja Rao is better known by his stage name – Sean Roldan. He was born on 27 December 1987. He showed an early interest in music and ventured into his own compositions after learning Carnatic music. He made his entry to films through Vaayai Moodi Pesavum after the project was dropped by Anirudh Ravichander. […]
Spoiler-free Review of “Sirai” – Vikram Prabhu’s 25th film
Vikram Prabhu’s 25th movie, Sirai, is further testimony to his vast talent and his ability to choose scripts judiciously. The film is written by Thamizh, who made his directorial debut in Vikram Prabhu’s hard-hitting Taanakaaran which had a direct to OTT release in 2022. Sirai marks the directorial debut of Suresh Rajakumari who mentored under […]