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Mahanati Savitri's biopic by young director
The trend of making biopics has caught on to telugu film industry from bollywood now. Mahanati Savitri's biopic would be made now and will be helmed by young director Nag Ashwin. He has earlier delivered a successful movie, Yevade Subramaniam. Savitri has given some memorable…
Music composer M.S. Viswanathan dead
Southern music composer M.S. Viswanathan, who has over 750 films to his credit, died at a private hospital here on Tuesday. He was 87.MSV, as he was fondly called by the members of Tamil filmdom, was undergoing treatment at Fortis Malar hospital for old-age…
M.S Viswanathan was behind success of MGR, Sivaji: Rajinikanth
Superstar Rajinikanth said on Tuesday that late legendary composer M.S. Viswanathan has played a prominent role in the success of Tamil cinema doyens like M.G. Ramachandran (MGR) and Sivaji Ganeshan."You will rarely find someone like MSV in any industry. He lived life like a…
Music composer M.S. Viswanathan dead
Southern music composer M.S. Viswanathan, who has over 750 films to his credit, died at a private hospital here on Tuesday. He was 87.MSV, as he was fondly called by the members of Tamil filmdom, was undergoing treatment at Fortis Malar hospital for old-age…
Baahubali’ is tribute to Indian epic Mahabharat: Filmmaker
Filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli, whose highly anticipated magnum opus "Baahubali" - which he calls his tribute to Indian epic Mahabharat - releases in cinemas on Friday, says the creative success of his film is more important than its box office prospects."I'm usually not motivated by…
'Naai Kutty' Saga of a slum dweller
Prasanna who has played a sophisticated Non Resident Indian in the film 'Achamundu Achamundu' will be seen as a Chennai slum dweller in his next film 'Naai Kutty'. The film has been christened with this unusual name because the protagonist of the film, as the…
'Kuselan is Kuberan' P. Vasu
Director P Vasu has said that 'Kuselan' has turned out to be a Kuberan at the box office. He dismissed reports in a section of media that it had put up a bad show at the box office.Speaking about the film, Vasu says, 'after…
'Padikkathavan' hunting for a song
The Dhanush starrer 'Padikkathavan' is shaping up impressively according to the director of the film Suraj. However, the team is keen to follow a trend that has proved successful in most of Dhanush films. Remixing old songs such as 'Palakkatu Pakathile' in 'Yaradi Nee Mohini',…
Rajinikanth and Vijay together?
After the recent release of 'Kuselan', the remake of the Malayalam super hit 'Katha Parayumpol', there is a whiff in the air about another possible Malayalam remake in Tamil.According to reports, plans are on to remake the Malayalam film 'One Way Ticket' that had…
'Kuselan' A boon or bane to Tamil cinema
Ever since 'Kuselan' was announced and the exhilarating stills of stylish Rajinikanth were released, expectations began to soar sky high. P. Vasu's decision to make 'Kuselan' after his successful outing in remaking the Malayalam classic 'Manichitra Thazu' as 'Chandramukhi' in Tamil, seemed quite reasonable. Rajinikanth…