Tamil News
Popular Folk singer Thiruvudaiyan dies in accident
Tamil folk singer Thiruvudaiyan (48) who has also lent his voice for a few songs in Tamil films has passed away in a fatal road accident in Madurai on the early hours of Monday.Thiruvudaiyan hails from Sankarankoil. He was travelling to Madurai in a…
Bharat creations bags 'Varanam Aayiram' USA rights
Popular USA distributor Bharat Creations has acquired the rights to distribute Suriya's 'Varanam Aayiram' in that country.Suriya, Gautham Menon and Harris Jayaraj are joining up for a second time after the super success of 'Khakka Khakka'. 'Varanam Aayiram' chronicles the life of a man…
Breather for 'Dasavatharam' unit
Even as the Madras High Court ruled in favour of Kamal Haasan starrer 'Dasavatharam' holding that freedom of expression cannot be curtailed by 'mere belief, myth and fiction', it expressed the hope that the film 'shall not carry anything that wounds' any section of the…
Documentary on child artists
Actor Rohini has produced and directed a documentary film on the lives of child artists in cine field. 'Silent Hues', a 52 minutes documentary film, takes a serious and sensitive look at six child actors from India.Moving through conversations and silences, the film lines…
Napoleon going steady
Actor-cum-politician Napoleon is a busy man these days. The tall actor has handful of movies.Napoleon, who started his career playing a baddie in several films, went on to become a hero courtesy Seevalaperi Pandi. Slowly he settled down playing character roles in Tamil films.…
Pasupathy in a cross-over film
Pasupathy has made the right moves in Kollywood. Ever since Virumandi, the actor's stock in the film industry has been on the steady rise. After a slew of negative roles, Pasupathy hit the bull's eye playing the lead role in Vasanthabalan's Veyyil. The movie was…
A feather in Bharat Creations' cap
Bharat Creations, a leading Tamil and Telugu film distributors in USA, have acquired both Tamil and Telugu theatrical and DVD rights for USA for the much awaited film in the Indian film history, SIVAJI - THE BOSS.The movie stars 'Superstar' Rajnikanth and directed by…
Back with vigor is Pasupathy
"It was an excellent 2006 year for me", says Pasupathy. The actor, who shot to fame with Kamal Haasan's Virumandi, is the talk of the town following his stupendous performance in Veyyil.Says Pasupathy, "Though I had a fantastic beginning with Virumandi, I played similar…
New lease for Nepoleon
For long he has been the archetypal aruval-wielding archetypal rustic ruffian on screen.But there are other facets to Nepoleon. His latest release Vattaram has shown that. Cast in a suave and savvy operator role, Nepoleon has distinguished himself with aplomb. It has got him…
Unseemly controversy
Kamal Haasan and controversies are always inseparable. His recent films since Virumandi had seen one controversy or other. Adding to that list is is under-production Dasavatharam.A youth from Chennai has lodged a complaint with Chennai City Police Commissioner on Tuesday that Dasavatharam was his…