History of Tamil Cinema – Part 9
CINEMATIC HIGHLIGHTS OF 1941 In this episode Ellis R Dungan and J Moylan together again One of the first releases of 1941 was the film Surya Puthri, another film directed by Elis R Dungan, assisted by J. Moylan. The film starred Kothamangalam Subbu and Kothamngaralam Seenu in the lead roles with KR Chellam, TR […]
Film Preview: Mr X – from the director of FIR
Manu Anand, the director of the brilliantly conceived 2022 Vishnu Vishal starrer, FIR, returns with a film that promises to be bigger and better. Titled Mr X, the film stars Arya, Gautham Karthik and Sarathkumar in the lead roles, supported by Manju Warrier, Athulyaa Ravi, Raiza Wilson and Anagha. Produced by Prince Pictures, the film […]
TOP 20 Tamil songs for week ending 21 Feb 2025
This Week Title Film/Album Singer/s Lyric Music Last Week 1 Lavender Niramae Kadhalikka Neramillai Adithya RK & Alexandra Joy Mashook Rahman AR Rahman 4 2 Yedi Nilavukku Enmel Ennadi Kodam Dhanush & Jonita Gandhi Vivek GV Prakash Kumar 6 3 Idhayam Sonaal Ketkatha Once More Vineeth Srinivasan Vignesh Srikanth Hesham Abdul Wahab 1 4 Aiyaiyo […]
Song Review: “Dillubaru Aaja” from “Diesel”
Song : Dillubaru Aaja Film/Album : Diesel Singers : Silambarasan TR and Shweta Mohan Lyrics : Rokesh & GKB Music : Dhibu Ninan Thomas Impact of the song An instant and catchy hit song with two distinct moods that blend remarkably well. Vocal rendition Silambarasan TR delivers a throaty and energetic rendition that is […]
“The Smile Man” Film Review
Sarathkumar’s 150th film is a slow-paced, sloppily made suspense thriller that takes a good premise and destroys its potential through weak writing within a painfully disjointed screenplay. Sarathkumar plays the lead role, supported by Suresh Mneon (ex-husband of actress Revathy), Kalaiyarasan, Sija Rose, Ineya, George Maryan, Rajkumar and child actress Azhiya. Chidambaram Nedumaaran (R. Sarathkumar) […]
History of Tamil Cinema – Part 8
In this episode * G Ramanathan transforms Tamil film music * Tamil cinema’s first dual role * Ellis R Dungan records more firsts for Tamil cinema * NS Krishnan’s own production makes waves * Social drama in a thriller format Presenting Carnatic music in a modern package: G Ramanathan Gopalan Ramanathan was orphaned at a […]
“Madharasi” – Sivakarthikeyan’s AR Murugadoss directorial has a title
Sivakarthikeyan’s film for director AR Murugadoss now has a title – Madharasi, described by Sivakarthikeyan as a high octane action thriller, confirmed by the poster design. The title was revealed today – 17 February 2025 – on Sivakarthikeyan’s 40th birthday. Made on a budget of 200 crores, the film also stars Rukmini Vasanth, Vidyut Jammwal, […]
Sivakarthikeyan – Namma Veetu Pillai
The rise to fame of Sivakarthikeyan is an inspirational one. Like Rajinikanth, Sivakarthikeyan had many challenges in his career and has slowly worked himself up to his current position as one of the leading actors in his tier. Sivakarthikeyan was born on 17 February 1985 in the Sivagangai district to G Doss, a jail superintendent […]
Cine News Digest: 16 Feb 2025
Kamal and Suriya in Kaidhi 2? Unconfirmed reports from Kodambakkam portal, Thiraichudar, cite Kamalhaasan and Suriya being confirmed to make special appearances in Karthi’s Kaidhi 2 written and directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. Lokesh had earlier indicated that Kaidhi 2 would definitely be part of the LCU. R.Madhavan and Gautham Karthik in Netflix series R.Madhavan and […]
Song Review: “Jillu Malli” Independent Tamil Song
Song : Jillu Malli Film/Album : Independent Singers : Premji Amaran Lyricist : Ku. Karthik Music : KM Rayan Impact of the song An instantly catchy song. Vocal rendition Premji Amaran has greatly improved his enunciation and sounds really good in this song. Musical Arrangement KM Rayan has created a multi-layered song with rich instrumentation […]