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RSS rally: Will AIADMK govt show the way for DMK?
Following the state police submission to the high court that permission for an RSS rally would be considered if it were not to be held on Gandhi Jayanthi (October 2), the court ordered that the rally be held on November 6. The RSS rally has had a troubled history with state governments often...
Techmathi: With 5G, India will move at lightning speed
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 5G service today. Network providers like Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea as well as the big telecom-dependent businesses such as Google, Amazon, Nokia, CISCO and TCS are gearing up for it. Here’s the story of how generation changes happened...
PS-1: Mani Ratnam lost in the Chola maze
Ponniyin Selvan sticks to the script. It's less a Mani Ratnam movie and more a faithful adaptation of Kalki's novel. Raja Raja Chozhan was a glorious emperor, about whom Kalki wrote a well-researched story Ponniyin Selvan in the early 1950s – serialized in the Kalki magazine for nearly...
Ponniyin Selvan movie: The strong story that Mani Ratnam films lacked
Mani Ratnam’s films, as most Tamil films tend to be, are just themes. Sequences and situations are written to flesh out the two-three aspects of the theme. His films are shot well; characters say smart things; they dress up nicely; the gloss is never understated; and quite often the songs stand...
Fantasy cricket apps are little different from online rummy
The recent ban on online rummy by the Tamil Nadu government has thrown the focus on online gambling affecting the lives and health of our people. The Tamil Nadu government has decided to pass a law banning online rummy and poker. This was decided at a recent cabinet meeting headed by Tamil Nadu...
How Chola jinx felled Parthiban Kanavu, Raja Raja Chozhan
Parthiban Kanavu and Raja Raja Cholan, two Chola themed movies, proved to be duds in the box office. Boasting of big stars, big writers and grand themes, they came a cropper. And some of the elements that proved to be the nemesis of those films are there in Ponniyin Selvan too. Ponniyin Selvan...
Is MK Stalin secular or pseudo-secular?
Is MK Stalin more committed to secularism than his late lamented father? We can begin to believe so, though our own instincts might rebel against such ‘hasty’ judgments. Secularism is under existential threat in the entire country at the moment. Only a few opposition Chief Ministers stand...
Gokila’s grit does Ramanathapuram proud
Twenty-three-year-old Gokila is another beacon of hope and exemplifies the can-do spirit of TN youth today. Social marginalization and poverty did not stop this young woman from pursuing her dreams of becoming a doctor. She found encouragement not only in her parents but also in the teachers...
Warning: Violence on screen is injurious to YOUR kids
Tamil actor Ajith’s new film poster released recently showed him lying while holding a child in one hand and a gun in another. In a shot in a recent film Kamal Haasan appeared, playing guitar quite engrossed, even as he held a gun in his grip. In a poster of a film in the making, Rajini flaunts...
Here’s why big films release first half of the month
Among the many unwritten rules that are a product of the unique reality of Tamil filmgoers is the timing of film releases. Big budgets jostle and edge out smaller banners to arrange multi-theater release during festivals. The festive mood brings along with it an urge to entertain oneself and...
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