When OTT (over the top) platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar brought films to homes when theatres were shut during Covid lockdowns, it was hailed as a good alternative to theatres. People still patronise OTTs, spared as they are the pain of going all the way to...
Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy or EVR Periyar has never been a part of electoral politics but his name was never missed in any of the polls in Tamil Nadu. EVKS Elangovan (74), his grandson, has been fielded in the bypoll for Erode East assembly constituency scheduled for February 27 on behalf of the...
Recently wall posters carrying the faces of Ajith and Vijay appeared all over the state to promote their much-hyped Pongal films Thunivu and Varisu. Not only in posters but also in ads published in dailies, banners and even on social media, the macho heroes alone figured front-and-centre as if...
The administration of the Nehru stadium in Chennai has reportedly levied a penalty on the production company of the new Vijay-starrer Vaarisu because fans damaged the seats in the indoor stadium at the film’s soundtrack release on December 24. Earlier in the day, the fans made a mad scramble...
The Vijay vs Ajith narrative is once again dominating Kollywood and social media, conjuring up nostalgic memories about the past Rajini-Kamal and MGR-Sivaji rivalry. Actor Vijay’s fans, gung-ho about their matinee idol’s forthcoming Pongal release Vaarisu (Heir), have gone on a tweeting spree...
Kamal Haasan, 68, the multi-faceted Tamil film actor, much revered for his seamless contributions to the film industry for the past 62 years, is not yet ready to call it a day though he is equally active in politics with his own party Makkal Neethi Maiyam. His latest blockbuster Vikram,...
Beneath its glossy artistic and commercial exterior, cinema has an underbelly teeming with guile, deceit, behind-the-scenes intrigue and lack of scruples. Everyone associated with the world of glamour and glitz has his/her own tale of disappointments, failures, betrayals and so on — tales which...
A little over two decades since its first release, Rajinikanth’s Baba comes calling at cinemas in a relatively new avatar, refurbished and reinvigorated. Baba’s comeback has set off expectations that the 2002 box office dud will rise up from the dead like a phoenix. Of late, social media has...
Music director Deva, who has been composing for Tamil films for the past 30 years, for the first time held a public concert, and it’s going viral. On the occasion of his 72nd birthday on November 20, Deva who is most famous for creating the soundtrack to which Rajinikanth attained true...
Social media is abuzz with the battle cries of fans of actors Vijay and Ajith, as films of the Kollywood ‘rivals’ have been announced for Pongal releases. Almost nine years since Vijay and Ajith last fielded their horses in the festival release race, Ajith’s Thunivu and Vijay’s Varisu are set...
