Vikram – Unmatched dedication to his craft
Kennedy John Victor is the real name of actor Vikram who turns 59 today. He was born to a Christian father, John Victor, and Hindu mother, Rajeshwari. Rajeshwari is the sister of yesteryear actor and director, Thyagarajan, the father of actor Prashanth. Vikram’s father was an actor who only succeeded in getting minor roles in […]
Remembering the Legendary M.R. Radha
“Madras” Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan is better remembered as M.R. Radha – an acting genius who was decades ahead of his time, and an under-appreciated and under-celebrated actor in the Tamil film industry. He ran away from home when he was a little boy and later joined a drama troupe when he was 10 years old. He […]
Reemembering Senthamarai on his 90th birth anniversary
Senthamarai was born on 13 April 1935 to a family unconnected to the film industry. He began his acting career on stage, sharing the stage with the likes of Sivaji Ganesan, M.G. Ramachandran and S.S. Rajendran. Senthamarai made his film debut in the 1957 film, Maya Bazaar. In 1960 he shared the screen for the […]
“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 […]