Anirudh turns 35, scoring Film Music for 14 years
Anirudh Ravichander is the son of actor Ravi Raghvendra and Bharatha Natyam dancer Mahalakshmi. His maternal grandfather was a music composer and his great grandfather was a well-known film maker in the 1930s, best known for the film Thyagabhoomi which was based on a book by Kalki Krishnamurthy, the author of Ponniyin Selvan. Anirudh’s great […]
Dushara Vijayan: A slow but steady climb to success
Dushara Vijayan is the daughter of a Dindigul DMK Treasurer, K Vijayan. She was born on 14 October 1997. She initially commenced an engineering degree, but soon changed direction to fashion designing. She made her film debut in the 2019 film Bodhai Yeri Budhi Maari directed by newcomer, Chandru K, an aviator. The film was […]
Pooje Hegde turns 35 today
Pooja Hegde’s mother tongue is Tulu and was born in Mumbai. Her parents hailed from Udupi in Karnataka. Pooja Hegde gained recognition and fame after her participation in the Miss Universe India Beauty Pageant. Two years after her participation, she landed the female lead in Mysskin’s 2012 action thriller, Mugamoodi. After making her mark in […]
History of Tamil Cinema – Episode 12
In 1943, India – still under British rule – was actively participating in the Second World War. The War, apart from its other devastating effects, had a hugely negative impact on the film industry. Not only was it more expensive and more difficult to produce films, the public were hesitant to support the arts during […]
Actress Sneha turns 44 today
Sneha’s mother tongue is Telugu and her real name is Suhasini. She was born in Andhra Pradesh on 12 October 1981. She was to have made her debut to Tamil films in Sushi Ganesan’s Virumbugiren, but the many delays suffered by that film saw her first released film being J. Suresh’s Ennavalle, which saw her […]
TOP 20 TAMIL Songs for week ending 10 Oct 2025
This Week Title Film/Album Singer/s Lyric Music Last Week 1 Thangapoovey Madharaasi Ravi G Vivek Anirudh Ravichander 3 2 Vizhi Veekura Independent Sai Abhyankar & Sai Smriti with Arjun, John & Vaska Adesh Krishna Sai Abhyankar 4 3 Enna Sugam Idli Kadai Dhanush Karthik Netha G.V. Prakash Kumar 6 4 Enjaami Thandhaane Idly Kadai Dhanush, […]
Spoiler-free Review of “Bomb”
With the title and theme of Vishal Venkat’s second directorial – Bomb – referring to flatulence, one could be for forgiven for thinking that the film would be a coarse comedy providing lots of laughs at regular intervals. This is far from accurate, as Vishal Venkat clearly had lofty ideas and an ambitious approach that […]
Cine News Digest – 09 Oct 2025
Inbanithi Udhayanidhi to make his acting debut Inbanithi Udhayanidhi is to make his debut as a lead star in a forthcoming film to be written and directed by Mari Selvaraj. The son of actor-turned-politician Udhayanidhi Stalin, Inbanithi is the grandson of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin and the great-grandson of former Chief Minister M. […]
OPINION PIECE: Vijay and his Political Conundrum
There has been much discussion and debate about the recent tragedy at Karur when 41 people – including 10 children – lost their lives during a stampede that occurred at a political rally organised by Vijay’s political party Thamilagam Vettri Kazhagam (TVK). It was the perfect storm of bad decisions for Vijay and his team […]
Pulamaipithan – From MGR to Vijay in a 47-year career through thousands of songs, the lyricist who remains under-appreciated.
From MGR’s Kudiyiruntha Kohyil to Vijay’s Theri, Lyricist Pulamaipithan was able to capture to moods, trends and styles of the day through thousands of songs that captured people’s hearts. He was born in Irugur in Coimbatore on 06 October 1935 as Ramasamy. He moved to Chennai in 1964 with the intention of joining the film […]