The American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which presents the Oscar awards, is irked at music composer Ismail Darbar’s comments that A R Rahman “purchased” his Oscar for ‘Slumdog Millionaire’.Reacting to Darbar’s allegation, the Academy’s communication director Leslie Unger said, “It…

Beautifull bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor, daughter of longest surviving actor Anil Kapoor is all set to make her debut in Tamil soon.Sonam, who did films like Saawariya and Delhi 6 in Hindi, is now planning to enter Tamil with the movie ‘Karuppampatti’ that has…

The top director Bala received the National award from the president Prathibha Patil for the best director for his film ‘Naan Kadavul’ at 56th National Film awards event organized in New Delhi today.On receiving the award, director Bala said, “Getting selected for a National…

Director Simbhudevan’s cow boy flick ‘Irumbi Kottai Murattu Singam’ starring Raghava Lawrence, Lakshmi Rai, Padmapriya in the lead will hit the big screens in summer holidays instead of March 26 as said before.Simbhudevan says that the release has been slightly delayed due to public…

The ace director Shankars much anticipated flick ‘Endhiran’ starring Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai in the lead is in the final schedule of its shoot.Shankar decided to include one or two extra scenes for the film. So he decided to have those scenes in Delhi…

After playing roles that permeated with the girl-next-door appeal, Sneha will be seen in khaki playing the role of a police officer in the film 'Bhavani'. The film seems to be inspired by 'Vyjayanthi IPS'. Sneha reportedly will have a slimmer look to suit the…

Erstwhile it was the Cauvery and Sethu project issues, now the Tamil film fraternity will stage a massive demonstration at Rameswaram on October 19, to espouse the cause of Sri Lankan Tamils and to halt the ongoing genocide in the Island Nation. A decision to…

Though September 11 is remembered for a gruesome act of terrorism with regards to the Twin Towers, there is something to cheer about on this day. It is actress Shriya Saran's birthday.The actress who began her career with a Telugu film 'Ishtaam' has come…

The Honorable President of India, Prathiba Patil would distribute the prestigious 54th National Film Awards for the year 2006 to the winners at on the 2nd of September at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.Yesteryear thespian Saroja Devi, veteran Hindi actor Dilip Kumar and Playback Singer…

After a formal course in film-making abroad and a stint at director Spielberg's Dreamworks, Anita Udeep is churning out an exciting Tamil film named 'Kulir'.She says, ' Tamil audiences are open to new ideas and are mighty receptive to new themes. This has created…