Cine News Digest – 07 Sep 2025
Rajinikanth’s Coolie to release on OTT this week Rajinikanth’s Lokesh Kanagraj directorial, Coolie is set to release on Amazon Prime on 11 September 2025 in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. Despite having been denied a release on IMAX, an “Adults Only” certification and a coordinated negativity campaign after the film’s release, the film set several […]
Spoiler-free review of “Madharaasi”
A.R. Murugadoss makes a stunning comeback as a director in his latest venture, Madharaasi, an action-packed thriller which has Sivakarthikeyan, Vidyut Jammwal, Rukmini Vasanth, Vikranth and Shabeer Kallarakkal in the lead roles. The supporting cast includes Premkumar, Monisha Vijay, Thalaivaasal Vijay, Aadukalam Naren, J Livingstone, Rishi Rithvik and cameao appearances by directors Sandhanabharathi and A.R. […]
TOP 20 Tamil Songs for Week Ending 05 September 2025
This Week Title Film/Album Singer/s Lyric Music Last Week 1 Enna Sugam Idli Kadai Dhanush Karthik Netha G.V. Prakash Kumar 5 2 Bullet Vandi Independent Anthony Daasan Ku. Karthik Vivek-Mervin 4 3 Monica Coolie Sublahshini, Anirudh Ravichander & Asal Kolaar Vishnu Edavan Anirudh Ravichander 1 4 Kanavellaam 3 BHK Anandhu, Kalyani Nair, Uthara Unni Krishnan […]
Veteran actress Prameela turns 69 today.
T.A. Prameela was born in Thiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu on 31 August 1956. Her parents hailed from Kerala but they moved to Chennai to enable Prameela to pursue her acting dream. She made her debut to films in 1968 through the Malayalam, Inspector. In 1972 she made her debut to the Tamil screen through Vazhaiyadi Vazhai […]
Yuvan Shankar Raja turns 46 today
It is hard to believe that at age 46, Yuvanshankar Raja has already completed more than 190 albums and is officially in the film industry for 29 years. He is the first and only Indian music composer to win the Best Music composer award at the Cyprus International Film Festival. Born on 31 August 1979, […]
TOP 20 TAMIL Songs for week ending 29 August 2025
This Week Title Film/Album Singer/s Lyric Music Last Week 1 Monica Coolie Sublahshini, Anirudh Ravichander & Asal Kolaar Vishnu Edavan Anirudh Ravichander 2 2 Kanavellaam 3 BHK Anandhu, Kalyani Nair, Uthara Unni Krishnan & Amrit Ramnath Sri Ganesh Amrit Ramnath 3 3 En Magane Kuberaa Sinduri Vishal Viveka Devi Sri Prasad 1 4 Bullet Vandi […]
Vishal gets engaged on his 48th birthday
Actor Vishal got engaged to actress Sai Dhanshika today – 29 August 2025 – on his 48th birthday. The couple had announced their relationship in May this year and chose to have the engagement ceremony as a small event at Vishal’s residence, with only close family and friends present. Vishal’s family hails from Andhra Pradesh. […]
Remembering “Captain” Vijayakanth on his 73rd Birth Anniversary
Vijayakanth will be best remembered not for his many cinematic roles – all in Tamil – but for his philanthropy and his relationship with the people he met. Despite having a fiery temper, he was soft-hearted and very compassionate. He should the same repsect to the top actors that he showed to the assistants on […]
The talented and versatile Shanthanu Bhagyaraj still awaits the turn of the tide.
It can be nothing but bad luck that has prevented Shanthanu Bhagyaraj from reaching greater heights in the film industry. He is good-looking and extremely talented but the big hit has remained out of reach for him. The son of star couple K. Bhagyaraj and Poornima, Shanthanu was born on 24 August 1986. He made […]
Celebrating the music of S.A. Rajkumar
Music composer and lyricist S.A. Rajkumar – the composer behind iconic soundtracks like Priyaamana Thozhi, Poove Unakaaga and Priyamaanavvale – was born on 23 August 1964. Rajkumar’s father was a stage singer who sang in shows under Illaiyaraja, Gangaiamaren and Deva. This led to Rajkumar taking an early interest in singing and music.H ethen completed […]