A year of ups and downsIt has been a year of mixed fortunes for Tamil cinema this year. Fortunes fluctuated and several prominent artistes bit the dust while some fresh talents made it to the top.The year 2006 saw several sops announced to…

Rajinikanth's Sivaji is nearing completion. Director Shankar, known to take his time to complete his movie, is busy giving final touches to the film.Currently, the crew is shooting at Pune, where grand sets resembling a huge university have been erected. Rajinikanth, with his tonsured…

Continuing with the sops for Tamil film industry, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today ordered for a cut in the price of cinema tickets with effect from 1 January, 2007.In response to a plea jointly made by the Tamil Film Producers Council, South Indian Film…

The latest buzz doing rounds in Kollywood is that Udhayanidhi, son of State Minister M K Stalin and grand-son of Chief Minister M Karunanidhi is venturing into film production.Udhayanidhi had been evincing a keen interest to do movies for the last couple of years.…

Sarath Kumar is playing a cameo in actor-director Cheran's Mayakkannadi. The movie featuring Cheran and Navya Nair in the lead roles went to floors early this year. For the first time, Cheran has wielded the megaphone for a film that revolves around life in the…

Director Manirathinam has chosen to postpone the release of Guru.The movie featuring Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Madhavan in the lead roles was initially slated for release in the third week of December.Sources close to Manirathinam say the director has chosen to defer…

Vishal's Thamirabarani is confirmed for a release this Pongal. Directed by Hari, the movie went to floors a couple of months ago.Though it was said that Thamirabarani would be released only by February 2007, the director has gone ahead to complete the movie in…

Speaking after releasing the audio cassette of Veerasaami which is produced and directed by himself, Vijaya T Rajendhar points out, 'At this time when my son is a popular actor, I still continue to play a romantic youth.''In 2007, I would play the lead…

The Telugu movie Sainikudu, starring Mahesh Babu and Trisha, was released last week.Trisha is optimistic that Sainikudu would collect huge revenue and emerge a blockbuster.Sainikudu, starring Mahesh Babu and directed by Guna Sekhar, was made on Rs 30-crore budget.Amidst great expectations the…

S J Suryah has a busy 2007 approaching him. Both as actor and director, he would be doing a few films next year.After Kalvanin Kadhali, Suryah is busy with Thirumagan (directed by Rathnakumar) and Vyapari (directed by Sakthi Chidambaram).In 2007, Suryah would direct…