Vidaa Muyarchi Film Review
Ajithkumar’s latest movie, Vidaamuyarchi, is a brave deviation from the formulaic commercial entertainer, choosing an international audience as its focal point. The tense suspense thriller is written and directed by Magizh Thirumeni, the director of films like Thadam, Munthinam Paartheney and Thadaiyara Thaakka. Ajithkumar and Trisha head the cast, supported by Arjun, Regina Cassandra, Aarav, […]
TOP 20 Tamil songs for week ending 07 Feb 2025
This Week Title Film/Album Singer/s Lyric Music Last Week 2 Tholanju Manasu Nesipaya Yuvanshankar Raja Pa. Vijay Yuvanshankar Raja 2 2 Yennai Izhukkuthudi Kadhalikka Neramillai AR Rahman & Dhee Vivek AR Rahman 1 3 Kadhal Fail Nilavukku Enmel Ennadi Kobam Dhanush Dhanush GV Prakash Kumar 4 4 Idhayam Sonaal Ketkatha Once More Vineeth Srinivasan Vignesh […]
Pirraisoodan – The name behind some of your favourite songs
The role of Lyricists in the success of a song has always been an under-recognized and under-appreciated one. Sigaram seeks to bring the much-needed recognition to our lyricists through our special features on their birthdays or birth anniversaries. Chandrasekar is better known by his industry name Pirraisoodan and was born in Thirivarur district on 06 […]
Veteran actress Pushpalatha passes away
Tamil cinema mourns the loss of verstaile actress, Pushpalatha who passed way earlier today at the age of 87. Pushpalatha has acted in more than 100 films in Tamil, Telugu , Kannada and Malayalam.She made her debut to the Tamil screen through the 1958 film, Sengottai Singam produced by Devar Films. She met AVM Rajan […]
Cine News Digest: 04 Feb 2025
Dulquer Salmaan’s Pan-Indian Movie Dulquer Salmaan’s multi-lingual project, Kaantha, has attracted renewed interest after the release last Friday of the promotional posters. The title and the look of the first poster creates an expectation that it is a biopic on legendary yesteryear actor M.R. Radha – the father of MR Radhika and Radharavi. Dulquer Salman […]
Tamil Nadu meets South Africa at the Grammys
An Indian-origin American vocalist and entrepreneur, Chandrika Tandon. Has won the Grammy Award for the album Triveni in the Best New Age, Ambient or Chant album category of the Awards. The event was hosted on Sunday 02 February in Los Angeles. Chandrika Tandon is a global business leader and the elder sister of former PepsiCO […]
Silambarasan (Simbhu) turns 42 today
Silambarasan TR – or Simbhu – is the son of actor-writer-director-music composer T Rajender. He made his debut as a child star, appearing in his first film – Uravai Kaatha Kili – when he was only 1 year old. He went on as a child star under his father’s direction in eleven other films before […]
Song Review: Mudinjiriche (Independent)
Song : Mudinjiriche Film/Album : Independent Singers : Sakthi Raj Lyricist : Thillai Karthik Music : Harish Ramachandran Impact of the song If one is able to completely block out the words of this song, it is actually quite pleasant and foot-tapping. Vocal rendition Sakthi Raj sings with a lot of feeling but has to work […]
Song Review: “Kingini Kingini” from “Baby & Baby”
Song : Kingini KIngini Film/Album : Baby & Baby Singers : Narayanan Ravishankar Lyrics : Yugabharathi Music : D. Imman Impact of the song A peppy song that is instantly catchy and likeable. Vocal rendition The unique voice of Super Singer discovery, Narayanan Ravishankar matches the energy of the composition. Musical Arrangement It is an artistically […]
History of Tamil Cinema – Part 7
In this episode The colourful history of one of Tamil cinema’s most well-known studios CV Raman (not to be confused with the Nobel Prize winner of the same name) is best known for founding a studio in Chennai on the banks of the Adayar River. It was initially called Lalitha Cinetone and changed hands many […]