Top 20 Tamil Songs for week ending 26 June 2026
The last week of the first half of 2026 brings you two exciting new entries and a new number 1. Vote for your favourite song. If the playlist below does not play automaticaly, click on the link below it to access it directly on YouTube. Click here to access any or all of this week’s […]
Sudden demise of K. Bhagyaraj at age 73
The film world is reeling from shock with the sudden passing away of legendary actor, writer, director and music composer K, Bhagyaraj. K. Bhagyaraj began his career as an assistant to the great Bharathiraja and made his debut as a lead actor opposite Rathi Agnihotri in Pudhiya Vaarpugal and then his debut as a lead […]
TOP 20 TAMIL SONGS for week ending 19 June 2026
Three exciting new entries and a new number 1 this week as we get closer to the half-year mark for 2026. Click here to select your favourite song Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
TOP 20 TAMIL Songs for week ending 12 June 2026
Another three new entries this week and a new number 1 song. Click here to select your favourite, or to play all 20 songs Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Bharathiraja passes away at age 84
Born as Chinnasamy on 17 July 1941 in Allingaram in the Theni District of Tamil Nadu, Bharathiraja braved poverty and hardship for much of his adult life before making his debut as a director in the Padhinaaru Vayadhiniley – a film that changed the course not only of Tamil cinema, but also of Indian cinema. […]
TOP 20 TAMIL Songs for the week ending 05 June 2026
Three new entries this week and a new number 1. Name your current favourite song, or vote for your favourite song to go up the charts. You can help to make a difference to what becomes Song of the year for 2026. Click here to select your favourite song, or to play all 20 songs. […]
Celebrating a Symphonic Career
Yesterday I listened to Illaiyaraja’s Symphony Number 1 – Valiant – on loop. I am not at all qualified to talk about the musical intricacies of the piece, or the musical merit or otherwise of the four-movement symphony of approximately 45 minutes. I know only since first discovering the magic of western classical music (way […]
TOP 20 TAMIL Songs for week ending 29 May 2026
Two new entries and a new number 1 this week: Click here to select your favourite song from this week’s Top 20 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Film Review: “Karuppu”
Suriya’s 45th film, Karuppu, has become the biggest hit of 2026 and looks set to become one of Suriya’s best performing films in recent times – but it’s success at the box-office and the many positive reviews it has attracted will come as a surprise to many who see the film. R.J. Balaji has chosen […]
TOP 20 Tamil Songs for week ending 22 May 2026
A new number 1 song and 2 new entries this week. Press the button below the video to select Click here to select your favourite song from this week’s Top 20. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn