KJ Yesudas turns 85 today
Playback singer and musician KJ Yesudas, who turns 85 today, has sung more than 50 000 songs in 13 languages across 6 decades. Apart from his many devotional albums, he has recorded more than 700 songs in Tamil. He is one of the most awarded singers in India. He has won the National Award a record […]
Ajithkumar’s Vidaa Muyarchi Censored
Director Magizh Thirumeni has confirmed via his X (formerly Twitter) account that Vidaa Muyarchi has been censored and been granted a UA certificate after some cuts and muting. The film has a running time of 2 hours, 30 minutes and 46 seconds. No further details about the release date – which was to have been […]
YG Mahendran turns 75 today
YG Mahendran is an accomplished stage and screen actor. He is the son of YG Parthasarathy, a notable pioneer in modern Tamil stage dramas. He is the brother-in-law of Superstar Rajinikanth and the nephew of actor and producer K Balaji. He is also the cousin of yesteryear actress Vyjayanthimala. Mahendran showed an early affinity to […]
Jolly o Gymkhana Film Review
Prabhu Deva needs to seriously reconsider his own criteria for the selection of scripts to survive in an industry that is far more competitive and less forgiving than the industry was in his heyday. Throughout the ordeal of watching his latest film, Jolly o Gymkhana, the lingering question is: What did he see in the […]
Harris Jayaraj Birthday Special
Harris Jayaraj made his debut as a music composer in Gautham Vasduevan’s debut film, Minnale although his first signed project was Prashanth’s Majunu. Before his debut, he had worked as a musician or programmer for AR Rahman, Karthik Raja, Yuvanshankar Raja and Vidyasagar. His songs in Minnale enjoyed tremendous popularity and won for him the […]
Suriya’s Kanguva on a long list for the Oscars
There has been missed reaction to the announcement that Suriya’s Kanguva is one of the films in the running for the Oscars for Best Film (General category). Whilst this is not a nomination but just a position on a long list, it is still an impressive feat and the only Tamil film on the list. […]
Song Review: Kaatrin Viral from Jiiva’s Aghathiyaa
Song : Kaatrin Viral Film/Album : Aghathiyaa (Jiiva, Arjun & Raasi Khannna) Singers : Yuvan Shankar Raja Lyrics : Pa. Vijay Music : Yuvan Shankar Raja Impact of the song An enchanting song that is a mixture of vintage Yuvan and a fresh new sound […]
Sattam en Kaiyil (2024) Film Review
The technical construction of a good thriller is a very complex process in wich there is little margin for error. Too little information will not keep the audience engage while too little information gives away too much of the plot. Director Chachi gets this delicate line perfectly defined in the tense thriller Sattam en Kaiyil. […]
K Bhagyaraj Birthday Special
K Bhagyaraj began his film career as a director’s assistant to G. Ramakrishnan and Bharathiraja. He made his first screen appearance in a small role as a doctor in Bharathiraja’s debut film, 16 Vayanthiniley. When he scripted the Kamalhaasan-Sri Devi starrer, Sigappu Rojakkal, he was given a bigger role. This led to his first lead […]
B Saroja Devi Birthday Special
B. Saroja Devi is an actress with more than 200 films to her credit. She became the first female superstar of Kannada cinema, having made her acting debut at the age of 17 in national award winning Kannada film, Mahakavi Kalidasa. She made her Tamil debut in B.R. Panthulu’s 1957 film, Thangamalai Ragasiyam. Her career was […]