The fourth Chennai International Film Festival would begin in Chennai on 15 December.Union Minister of Information and Technology, Dayanidhi Maran, will inaugurate the event at Woodlands Theatre.About 100 films from 40 countries will be shown to the audience. The festival is organised by…

Radhika Sarathkumar's popular mega-serial Selvi, being telecast on the small screen, will finally come to halt on this month-end.Radaan Media Works will commence its new tele-serial from the New Year.Radaan's Selvi will end with its 500th episode on 29 December. Selvi featured actors…

After Imsai Arasan 23am Pulikesi, Vadivelu is all ready to play the hero again. The popular comedian, who played the dual role in Imsai Arasan, will now play the hero in a movie which is partly mythological and partly contemporary.The film titled Indiralohathil Na…

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…

Lakshmi is one of those rare performers who can strike a chord in the viewer's hearts with her hard-hitting portrayal of characters. She bagged roles of substance and worked for some memorable films including Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (1975), Oru Nadigai Natakam Parkiral (1978), Sirai…

Chiyaan Vikram inaugurated Vidya Sudha, Sri Ramachandra Learning Centre for Children with special needs, on 15 December 2004. Since then, Vikram has been their Goodwill Ambassador.Vikram took time off from his schedule to be part of the second anniversary celebrations of Vidya Sudha. He…

Em Magan, which catapulted small screen director Thirumurugan to the bigger screens with a massive hit in Em Magan, is fast approaching its 100th day.The film which has Bharath, Gopika, Nasser and Vadivelu in its cast, evoked positive responses from the audiences.Today is…

Nenjil starring Aparna and Navdeep released recently. Aparna won appreciation from film-buffs for her performance.A thrilled Aparna says, 'I thank director Selvah for giving me an opportunity to act in the film. We shot the entire movie in London and the whole unit was…

The audio of director Gnanarajasekaran's Periyar would be released on 23 December in Chennai by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi.The movie is about the life of rationalist thinker and the founder of Dravidar Kazhagam, E V Ramasamy Naicker, affectionately called as Periyar by his…

Director Bala is silently canning his Naan Kadavul at Varanasi.He recently commenced shooting, with over 500 sadhus brought from Tamil Nadu.Arya, who is pinning all hopes on Naan Kadavul, has been taking special efforts to prepare himself for the role.Now the latest…