Rising Star, Adithya RK Turns 26 Today
One of the rapidly ascending singers of recent times is Adithya RK. He is the son of film and TV actress Meera Krishnan and his father, Krishnan, runs the Sruthilaya recording studio. Adhithya’s paternal grandfather is the music legend, K. Veeramani (also the father of popular singer, Veeramani Kannan) Adithya came into the public eye […]
“RETRO” Film Review
Suriya’s first collaboration with Karthik Subaraj is co-produced by Suriya’s 2D Entertainment and Karthik Subbaraj’s Stone Bench Creations. In the pre-release publicity meetings, the film’s writer and director – Karthik Subbaraj – indicated that he had used a template that was similar to that of Rajinikanth’s Maniratnam directorial, Thalapathi. If one had to describe Retro, […]
Exploring the Enigma called Illaiyaraja – Episode 1 (Introduction)
How does one adequately profile a living legend like Illaiyaraja – a genius of unbelievable depth whose career spans more than 1500 films, more than 7000 songs and who has performed in more than 20 000 concerts! In a 2013 poll held by CNN-IBN, Illaiyaraja was voted as the greatest Indian music composer of all time. […]
Ajith Kumar, a self-made star who remains a source of inspiration.
Ajith Kumar is easily one of the most respected actors in the industry. Known for his gentlemanly conduct, his profound respect for everyone and a disciplined approach to his craft, Ajith is an embodiment of humility: He has frequently cooked food for everyone on set, and would go to the extent of serving them and […]
Don’t Allow Social Media to Kill the Industry We Love
For those who follow Tamil cinema news on various social media platforms, you would have noted the increasing toxicity from fans of the various actors or film personalities. The immediacy of social media means that the discussions that used to happen face to face among people can now take place with millions of people through […]
Samantha Ruth Prabhu turns 38 today
Samantha Ruth Prabhu was born on 28 April 1987 to a Telugu father and a Malayali mother. She was educated in Chennai and is fluent in Tamil, Telugu and English. Samantha made her film debut in Gautham Vasudev Menon’s Ye Maaya Chesave which was the Telugu version of Vinaithaandi Varuvaaya – Both films were made […]
Cine News Digest – 27 April 2025
Suriya attempts to regain lost ground Lokesh Kanagaraj, who was initially set to produce the film Irumbu Kai Mayavi with Suriya and Amir Khan in the lead roles, has now decided to direct the film himself. The big budget movie will be produced by Mythri Movie Makers. Simbu teams up with Sudha Kongara. Meanwhile, on […]
“Tharunam” Film Review
A good thriller needs to have credible, rounded characters in a plot that is unpredictable, yet grounded in logic. For this to work, the script and screenplay need to be carefully mapped out to ensure that the finer details are not ignored. Tharunam is a romantic thriller that works because it has all these ingredients […]
Versatile actor P Samuthrakani turns 52 today.
P Samuthrakani was born on 26 April 1973. A B.Sc and Bachelor of Law graduate, he joined Sundar K Vijayan (son of K Vijayan) as an assistant director before being chosen by K Balachander as assistant director in Balachander’s 100th film, Parthale Paravasam. He started his career as a director by relaunching Cheran’s stalled film, […]
TOP 20 Tamil Songs for week ending 25 April 2025
TOP 20 TAMIL SONGS for week ending 25 April 2025 This Week Title Film/Album Singer/s Lyric Music Last Week 1 Raasa Raasa Kingston GV Prakash Kumar & Sublahshini Yugabharathi GV Prakash Kumar 3 2 Uyir Pathikaama Vaa Vaathiyaar Vijaynarain, Adita Ravindran & Santhosh Narayanan Vivek Santhosh Narayanan 5 3 Etho Pesathane Bun Butter Jam Siddharth […]