TOP 20 Tamil Songs for week ending 21 March 2025
TOP 20 TAMIL SONGS for week ending 21 March 2025 This Week Title Film/Album Singer/s Lyric Music Last Week 1 Vaa Kannamma Once More Hesham Abdul Wahap & Uthara Uniikrishnan Vignesh Srikanth Hesham Abdul Wahab 3 2 Yedi Nilavukku Enmel Ennadi Kodam Dhanush & Jonita Gandhi Vivek GV Prakash Kumar 4 3 Kalloorum Veera Dheera […]
Vijay Yesudas birthday special
Vijay Yesudas, son of the legendary KJ Yesudas, was born on 23 March 1979. He made his debut in the 2000 Malayalam film, Millenium Stars under the music of Vidhyasagar. He made his debut to Tamil through the 2000 film, Krodham 2 which had music by Deva. He has thus far sang more than 1000 […]
Remembering Gemini Ganesan on his death anniversary
Ramasamy Ganesan – better known by his screen name, Gemini Ganesan – was born on 17 November 1920. He was one of the college graduates to enter the Tamil film industry at the time and was one of the “Big 3” of Tamil cinema – after Sivaji Ganesan and MG Ramachandran. Gemini Ganesan was also […]
Nilavukku Enmel Ennadi Kobam (NEEK) Film Review
Dhanush’s third directorial, Nilavukku Enmel Ennadi Kobam has the tagline “A usual love story preparing the viewer for a love story that does not stray far from the stock formula for love stories. However, knowing Dhanush’s penchant for details in his directorials, one would expect more than a clichéd love story. Not only does Dhanush […]
Srikanth – Versatility personified
Venkatraman was born on 19 March 1940. After starting a job at the American Consulate in Chennai, he moved there where he found himself sharing lodging with Nagesh, Vaali, Vennirai Aadai Moorthy and Vietnam Veedu Sundaram. He then joined various drama groups to perform stage plays, the most famous of which was K. Balachander’s play […]
Cine News Digest – 18 March 2025
Malayalalm actor Basil Joseph, the director of the superhero film Minnal Murali, will make his debut to the Tamil screen in an important role in Sivakarthikeyan’s upcoming film, Parasakthi directed by Sudha Kongara. The cast and crew are currently filming on location in Sri Lanka and Joseph’s scenes will be completed within the current two-week […]
KV Mahadevan – Everyone’s mama
KV Mahadevan, the maternal uncle of MS Viswanathan was born on 14 March 1918 in Nagercoil in the Kanyakumarie district. He made his debut as a music composer in the 1942 film, Manonmani and slowly worked his way to the top, helped by his humility and simplicity. Although he was Mama to MS Viswanathan, he […]
CV Rajendran – The people’s director
Writer, director and producer CV Rajendran was born on 12 March 1937 in a rural area close to Madurantakam. His first cousin was maverick producer and director CV Sridhar, the director of hit films like Kalyana Parisu, Kaadhalikka Neramillai and Vennira Aadai. He made his film debut as an assistant director in the Hindi remake […]
Madhan Karky – More than just a lyricist
Lyricist Madhan Karky is yet to complete his 15th year in the film industry, but has already written hundreds of songs, scripted numerous films and continues to push the boundaries of the Tamil language in poetry and lyrics. The son of multi-award winning lyricist, Vairamuthu, Madhan Karky was born on 10 March 1980. Although not […]
“Dragon” Film Review
Ashwath Marimuthu, the director who made a memorable debut in the film Oh my Kadavule, collaborates for the first time with director-turned-actor, Pradeep Ranganathan in the film, Dragon. This film has already become the number 1 grossing Tamil film of 2025. Pradeep Ranganathan plays the lead role opposite Kayadu Lohar and Anupama Parameswaran. The supporting […]