“PERUSU” Film Review
Traditionally, Tamil films with adult content have rarely enjoyed box-office success. It has nothing to do with whether or not Indian audiences are “ready” for this category, but the reality that South Indian society has not yet reached the level of decadence seen by most other societies. The box-office failure of the film Perusu has […]
TOP 20 Tamil Songs for week ending 11 April 2025
This Week Title Film/Album Singer/s Lyric Music Last Week 1 Aiyaiyo Independent Samuel Nicholas Mohan Raj & Samuel Nicholas Samuel Nicholas 2 2 Kalloorum Veera Dheera Sooran Haricharan & Shweta Mohan Vivek GV Prakash Kumar 1 3 Etho Pesathane Bun Butter Jam Siddharth & Shilpa Rao Vijay Sethupathi Nivas K Prasnna 4 4 Sithara Puthiri […]
“GOOD BAD UGLY” Film Review
One should never deride commercial films, and an unabashed homage to an actor by a fanboy director can be a very entertaining and enjoyable exercise. Ajith Kumar’s latest film, Good Bad Ugly attempts to do both, but succeeds only in pleasing the front-benchers of Ajith Kumar fans. The film marks the first Tamil production of […]
Tamil cinema’s most successful commercial director – S.P. Muthuraman
Director S.P. Muthuraman is probably Tamil cinema’s most successful commercial film director. In a career spanning 35 years, Muthuraman directed 72 films, collaborating with Sivaji Ganesan, R Muthuraman (father of actor Karthik and grandfather of Gautham Karthik) and Jaishankar before going on to direct the next generation of actors, including Kamalhaasan, Rajinikanth, Sivakumar, Karthik, Vijayakanth, […]
TOP 20 Tamil Songs for week ending 04 April 2025
This Week Title Film/Album Singer/s Lyric Music Last Week 1 Kalloorum Veera Dheera Sooran Haricharan & Shweta Mohan Vivek GV Prakash Kumar 2 2 Aiyaiyo Independent Samuel Nicholas Mohan Raj & Samuel Nicholas Samuel Nicholas 3 3 Yedi Nilavukku Enmel Ennadi Kodam Dhanush & Jonita Gandhi Vivek GV Prakash Kumar 1 4 Etho Pesathane Bun […]
Remembering actress Sujatha
Today marks the 14th death anniversary of actress Sujatha who passed away on 06 April 2011 at the age of 58. The actress had retired from acting five years before her passing as she was suffering from renal failure which placed severe strain on her heart. Two months before her passing, she had a pacemaker […]
Jai Birthday Special
Jai, born on 06 April 1984, is the nephew of music composer, Deva and the cousin of Shrikanth Deva. Roman early age, he has shown an interest in music composition and has been an ardent fan of Yuvanshankar Raja. Jai was only 18 when he made his film debut in the film Bhagavathi where he […]
Prashanth Birthday Special
Prashanth is the son of yesteryear actor, director and producer, Thyagarajan. Prashanth made his screen debut at the age of 17 when he played the lead role in the 1990 film Vaigasi Porandhaachu. The success of this film saw him play the lead in Balu Mahendra’s Vanna Vanna Pookkal, RK Selvamani’s Sembaruthi and Maniratnam’s action […]
Cine News Digest – 05 April 2025
Sivaji Ganesan’s house faces seizure and possible auction Prabhu has acted decisively after a Court ruled for the confiscation of Annai Illam, the home of the legendary Sivaji Ganesan which now legally belongs to Prabhu. The issue has been with the Courts for almost a year and began with money borrowed by Prabhu’s elder brother, […]
Actor Ravikumar passes away at age 71.
Character artist and TV actor Ravikumar has passed away at the age of 71. He had been battling lung cancer for some time. A Malayalee actor, he made his screen debut as a lead actor in the Malayalam film, Ullaasa Yaathra. He made his Tamil debut in K. Balachander’s 1977 movie, Avargal, which had Kamalhaasan, […]