TOP 20 Tamil Songs for Week Ending 27 June 2025
This Week Title Film/Album Singer/s Lyric Music Last Week 1 Idhayaa Idhayam Murali Thaman S & Vishal Mishra Vivek Thaman S 2 2 Aachaley Tourist Family Sean Roldan Mohan Rajan Sean Rolden 4 3 Jinguchaa Thug Life Vaishali Samant, Shaktisree Gopalan & Adithya RK Kamalhaasan AR Rahman 1 4 Mugai Mazhai Tourist Family Sean Roldan […]
Remembering the Iconic “Kaviyarasu” Kannadasan on his birth anniversary
Kaviyarasu Kannadasan was born on 24 June 1927 in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, and has more than 5000 lyrics, 6000 poems and 232 books to his credit. He was the first lyricist to win a national award for Best Lyricist – for the 1969 film Kuzhanthiakaga. Kannadasan once embraced the Dravidian atheistic view but was fascinated […]
The Legendary M.S.Viswanathan who reshaped Tamil Film Music
M.S. Viswanathan, the composer of music for more than 800 films and dozens of independent albums was a musical genius who changed the course of Tamil film music. He did not know how to read or write music, but composed some of Tamil cinema’s best loved songs, embracing western influences without losing sight of a […]
“Kuberaa” Film Review
Dhanush’s latest film, Kuberaa is an attempt to make a bold statement about how governmental corruption and corporate greed overlooks the poorest of the poor. With these noble intentions, one would expect a memorable film, but director Sekar Kammula has taken a very casual and simplistic approach to the project that leaves the viewer feeling […]
Kavin – Finding Fame After Many Challenges
Kavin shot to fame when he played the lead role in the sleeper hit Dada, but he had been making his mark in increasingly visible ways for almost a decade. After making his acting debut in the TV series Kanaa Kaanum Kaalangal, he went on to play supporting roles in the TV shows Thaayumanavan and […]
Devayani – Still making her mark in Tamil Cinema
Devayani (real name Sushma Jayadev) was born in Mumbai on 22 June 1974. After a brief foray into Hindi, Bengali and Malayalam films, she made her Tamil debut in a significant role in K.S. Adhiyamaan’s Thottaa CHinnungi before striking fold with her first demale lead opposite Ajithkumar in Agathiyan’s national award-winning film, Kaadhal Kottai. The […]
Vijay turns 51 today
Joseph Vijay was born on 22 June 1974 to star couple – Director SA Chandhrasekar and singer Shoba. Shoba began her singing career with the famous song Maharaja oru Maharani from the Sivaji Ganesan starre, Iru Malargal. Vijay was a talkative, naughty and energetic child but that changed drastically after the death of his younger […]
Nelson Dilipkumar turns 41 today
Nelson Dilipkumar was born on 21 June 1984. He was to have made his directorial debut in 2010 with the film Vettai Mannan with T.R. Silambarasan, Jai, Deeksha Seth and Hansika Motwani in the cast, and Yuvanshankar Raja scoring the music. The film was halted after more than half was canned. There was an unsuccessful […]
TOP 20 Tamil Songs for Week Ending 20 June 2025
This Week Title Film/Album Singer/s Lyric Music Last Week 1 Jinguchaa Thug Life Vaishali Samant, Shaktisree Gopalan & Adithya RK Kamalhaasan AR Rahman 1 2 Idhayaa Idhayam Murali Thaman S & Vishal Mishra Vivek Thaman S 3 3 Urugudhu Urugudhu Ace Kapil Kapilan & Shreya Ghoshal Thamarai Justin Prabhakaran 5 4 Aachaley Tourist Family Sean […]
Remembering the Legendary Panju Arunachallam
Panju Arunachallam was born on 18 June 1941. He apprenticed under his uncle, the famous poet and lyricist, Kannadasan. In 1962, he penned his first lyric – Manamagalle Marumagalla from the S.S. Rajendran-Vijayakumarie starrer Sarada which marked the directorial debut of K.S. Gopalakrishnan. He produced his first film – the Sivaji Ganesan-Savitri Ganesan starrer, Ratha […]