Sujatha Mohan Birthday Special
Sujatha Mohan was born on 31 March 1963. She achieved fame as a child (known then as Baby Sujatha) when she accompanied the great KJ Yesudas in many concerts across the globe. She recorded her first song when she was 12 years old – a Malayalam song for the film Tourist Bungalow. She made her […]
Tribute to Ravichandran on his birth anniversary
B.S. Raman – better known by his screen name, Ravichandran – was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 30 March 1942. He moved to Thiruchy,Tamil Nadu in 1951 where he completed his studies. Whilst at college, he acted in two plays and was subsequently introduced to director CV Sridhar by cinematographer P.N. Sundaram. Sridhar cast […]
“Veera Dheera Sooran” Film Review
Despite the superhuman efforts Vikram makes in preparing for his films, a good script has evaded him for a long time. That has changed with his role in his latest film, Veera Dheera Sooran, written and directed by S.U. Arunkumar, the director of the critically acclaimed Chiththa. Dushara Vijayan plays the female lead, and the […]
TOP 20 Tamil Songs for week ending 28 March 2025
This Week Title Film/Album Singer/s Lyric Music Last Week 1 Yedi Nilavukku Enmel Ennadi Kodam Dhanush & Jonita Gandhi Vivek GV Prakash Kumar 2 2 Kalloorum Veera Dheera Sooran Haricharan & Shweta Mohan Vivek GV Prakash Kumar 3 3 Aiyaiyo Independent Samuel Nicholas Mohan Raj & Samuel Nicholas Samuel Nicholas 4 4 Vaa Kannamma Once […]
“Aghathiyaa” Film Review
Lyricist Pa. Vijay’s third directorial, Aghathiyaa is a curious mixture of historical fiction, horror, family drama and social drama with doses of romance, comedy and action. One can forgive the audience for not being able to slot this film into a genre as the film’s writer and director – Pa. Vijay – clearly could not […]
Versatile actor, Prakash Raj turns 60 today
Prakash Raj, whose real name is Prakash Rai, was introduced to the Tamil screen by K. Balachander in the Prabhu-Ramesh Aravind starrer, Duet. Prakash Raj was so grateful for this breakthrough that when he turned producer, he named his production company Duet Films. Born on 26 March 1965, he made his mark in TV shows […]
Tamil Cinema mourns the loss of 2 actors today
Manoj Bharathiraja, the son of acclaimed director-turned-actor Bharathiraja, passed away early this evening due to cardiac arrest. The 48-year old actor made his acting debut under his father’s direction in the 1999 film Taj Mahal penned by director Maniratnam. He went on to star in films like Samudhiram, Kadal Pookal, Alli Arjuna, Pallavan, Varushamellaam Vassantham, […]
T.M. Soundararajan – Redefining the style of Devotional Songs
In 1953, seven years after TM Soundararajan entered the film recording industry, he recorded his first two devotional songs for the HMV label under the music of KV Mahadevan. His salary for these two songs was Rs 80. Being a devotee of Sai Baba and Lord Murugan, he decided to record his own devotional songs […]
T.M. Soundararajan – The irreplaceable and unequalled Legend
TM Soundararajan was born in Madurai on 24 March 1922. He began his formal training in Carnatic music at the age of 7 and participated in his first concert at the age of 23. A year later, after many rejections, he received his first playback singing assignment under the music of S.M. Subbaiah Naidu for […]
“Baby & Baby” Film Review
Baby & Baby is a comedy of errors set against a backdrop of two conservative families headed by two conservative and dogmatic fathers. Although offering very little in terms of originality of plot or character development, the film provides many laughs, many of them of the laugh-out-loud variety and features a stellar cast. Jai, Sathyaaraj […]