Director Manirathinam has denied reports that he would be directing Rajinikanth. A section of press had carried reports that Rajinikanth will star in Manirathnam's film, after Sivaji. However, the ace director has denied all the reports and said it was a mere media speculation.'After…

Director Manirathinam is flying to Toronto and USA on Tuesday evening. The ace director will take part in the special premiere of his much awaited Guru, releasing worldwide on 12 January.Manirathinam's 20th directorial venture Guru features Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Madhavan in lead…

Madhavan is thrilled at working in different languages simultaneously. He is part of a Bengali film, Hindi movies and few Tamil films. Talking of his Bengali movie Sunglass, Madhavan refutes the reports that he penned the dialogues for the film."Rituparno Ghosh is good with…

Actor-director Bhagyaraj chose to celebrate his birthday on Sunday by calling on Chief Minister M Karunanidhi along with his family members.Beginning his career as an assistant to directors G Ramakrishnan and Bharathiraja, Bhagyaraj was recognised for his script writing talent.Among his early work…

Manirathinam is a man of few words. He lets his movies do all the talking.With Guru set for release this Pongal, Manirathinam has opened his heart out on the movie and his forthcoming plans.Speaking about Guru, the director said that it is a…

Guru, in Tamil version, is releasing around Pongal time in Chennai.This Abhishek-Aishwarya-Madhavan-Mithun starrer is expected to give the Pongal releases in straight Tamil, a run for their money.Suriya has dubbed for Abhishek while a top actress has done the dubbing for Aishwarya. Madhavan,…

With Pongal round the corner and big budget and topnotch movies ready, this week may not see much action at the box-office.In fact, the last two weeks had been pretty hectic with a slew of movies making it to the theatres.Many producers have…

Manirathnam is a movie-maker who has successfully managed to blend art and mainstream cinema.His movies satisfy the mass as well as the class audience.He understands both segments and his movies carry a unique blend.The songs in Manirathnam's movies, mostly set to tunes…

Director Gowtham's Pachai Kili Muthusaram starring Sarath Kumar and Ezhil's Deepavali with Jeyam Ravi playing the lead role, have opted out of the Pongal race.While the former has reportedly backed out due to lack of theatres, the latter needs few more days to complete…

A few years ago, Tamil filmdom was dominated by remakes especially from Tollywood. The likes of Dr Rajasekhar, Vijayashanthi and Chiranjeevi had almost all their films dubbed and released in Tamil Nadu.After a long gap, the dubbing trend is back in Tamil cinema.Mahesh…