Sigaram Top 15 Tamil films of 2024
Compiled and ranked by Devan Nair and Dhaarani Nair Introduction Sigaram is 90 days old today and it is time to look back at the best films of 2024. Last year, we featured a Top 10 list as at 01 November 2024, but there were some films that released after that date and more films […]
Cine News Digest: 09 Feb 2025
Sruthi Haasan shares screen with Vijay again Sruthi Haasan has joined the cast of Vijay’s final film Jana Nayagan. The cast and crew are filming fight and talkie portions in Payyanur. The crew will be there for these rest of the week. Jana Nayagan is directed by H. Vinod and is set for release in […]
Ajith’s “Vidaa Muyarchi” takes Global box-office by storm
Ajithkumar’s first collaboration with director Magizh Thirumeni – Vidaa Muyarchi – has proven to be a hugely successful one. The film entered 100 crores worldwide early on its third day and recorded USD 750 000 in the same period in North America, making the 1 million dollar-mark within easy access. Many Tamil Nadu complexes had sold-out […]
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 […]