Cine News Digest – 08 Feb 2026
“Jana Nayagan” finally cleared for release More than three weeks after the drama surrounding Jana Nayagan began, the film has finally been cleared for release. The producers have agreed to abide by all cuts and muting by the Central Board of Film Certification while Vijay’s lack of direct involvement in the saga has come under […]
Top 20 Tamil Songs for Week Ending 06 Feb 2026
This Week Title Film/Album Singer/s Lyric Music Last Week 1 Kannakuzhikaara Train Sruti Haasan Kabilan Mysskin 2 2 Minnu Vattam Poochi Sirai Yuvanshankar Raja & Padmaja Sreenivasan Karthik Netha Justin Prabhakaran 4 3 Vasthara Kumbuseevi Vishnupriya, Yuvan & Thamizh Aadhavan Super Subbu Yuvanshankar Raja 1 4 Vanna Vanna Kanavu Mylanji Priya Jersen Illaiyaraja Illaiyaraja 6 […]
Cine News Digest – 01 Feb 2026
Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan to share the screen again? Soundarya Rajinikanth has revealed in an interview this week that her father – Superstar Rajinikanth will reunite on screen with Kamal Haasan in a forthcoming film to be launched later this year. Talks are currently on with Nelson Dilipkumar to head the project. Vijay and the […]
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards – Complete List of Winners
The Tamil Nadu Government has announced the winners of state awards in various film categories over a 7-year period between 2016 and 2003. The recipients will receive a gold medal, a memento and a certificate and these would be presented to them on Friday, 13 February by the Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Udhayanidhi […]
Top 20 Tamil Songs for week ending 30 Jan 2026
This Week Title Film/Album Singer/s Lyric Music Last Week 1 Vasthara Kumbuseevi Vishnupriya, Yuvan & Thamizh Aadhavan Super Subbu Yuvanshankar Raja 3 2 Kannakuzhikaara Train Sruti Haasan Kabilan Mysskin 5 3 Ratnamala Parasakthi DG.V. Prakash Kumar Jayashree Mathivaran G.V. Prakash Kumar 1 4 Minnu Vattam Poochi Sirai Yuvanshankar Raja & Padmaja Sreenivasan Karthik Netha Justin […]
Cine News Digest – 25 Jan 2026
Jana Nayagan verdict this Tuesday The fate of Vijay’s last film, Jana Nayagan, will be known this Tuesday, 27 January when the Madras High Court is expected to make a ruling. The delay has proven to be financially crippling for everyone who had invested in the movie – from producers to distributors and exhibitors. The […]
Top 20 Tamil Songs for week ending 23 Jan 2026
This Week Title Film/Album Singer/s Lyric Music Last Week 1 Ratnamala Parasakthi DG.V. Prakash Kumar Jayashree Mathivaran G.V. Prakash Kumar 2 2 Chendipoova Angammal K.S. Chithra Muthamil Mohammed Maqbool Mansoor 4 3 Vasthara Kumbuseevi Vishnupriya, Yuvan & Thamizh Aadhavan Super Subbu Yuvanshankar Raja 5 4 Mannichiru Sirai Sathyaprakash & Aanandi Joshi Justin Prabhakaran Justin Prabhakaran […]
A.R. Rahman faces biggest backlash of his career
The current furore over A.R. Rahman’s comment in a BBC interview recorded on 14 January 2026 is unlikely to dissipate soon. In the interview, Rahman remarked that he was not getting enough work because he is Muslim. The comment might have seemed innocuous to him, but the severe backlash from all quarters saw him apologise […]
Sigaram Awards 2025
This is the very first Sigaram Awards – an accolade designed to recognise excellence in Tamil Cinema. Like the film reviews that appear on Sigaram, the selection of awardees remains unbiased, impartial and transparent. The long list of nominees in each category was posted on Sigaram earlier this year and readers were invited to make […]
Top 15 Tamil Films of 2025 (and those that were almost included)
Presented below are the Top 15 Tamils in Ascending Order Presented below are those films that were closely considered for inclusion in the Top 15. These films are presented in random order. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn