After Rajini's pat for Dhanush for his performance in Thiruvilayadal Arambam, it is now the turn of the young actor to heap laurels on his father-in-law and the 'Super Star' of Tamil cinema, Rajinikanth.Says Dhanush, 'It would be difficult for anyone to occupy the…

Tamil filmdom has seen a lot of directors who are adept at other branches of film-making as well, including cinematography and music direction. A good example of this would be Vijaya T Rajendhar, who is known as 'Ashtavadhani' in film circles. The word literally connotes…

Superstar Rajinikanth's second daughter Soundarya joins the young Chennai 600028 production team.Soundarya's graphics company, Ocher Studios, will be doing the computer graphics and animation for Chennai 600028. The entire film will be put through the Digital Intermediate (DI) process to enhance the quality of…

"I am keen do more quality movies in Tamil", says Sneha.The actress, who recently returned from Malaysia after shooting for a Telugu movie, says, "Since I was busy with my commitments in Telugu film industry, I could not do any Tamil films last year.…

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…

Prashanth is ending the year on a happy note. The actor had just a single release (Jambhavan) in 2006. However, the last week of the year has brought fortunes back for Prashanth.His long-pending movies Thagappansamy and Adaikalam are hitting the screens one after another.…

Amidst biggies like Ajith and Vijay, young Karthi will have his maiden venture Paruthi Veeran released this Pongal. Son of veteran actor Sivakumar and actor Suriya's sibling, Karthi says, 'With the D-day getting closer, I am thrilled and am waiting with bated breath for the…

Music has always been an inevitable and indispensable part of regional films in India. With talents and technology spree like never before, Kollywood is now more self-contained than ever, with a bunch of refreshingly new talents to watch out for. Well, a musical year it…

In order to avail the tax exemption announced by the State government for movies titled in Tamil, several producers and directors are caught in deep research choosing a Tamil title for their films. In the last couple of months, over a dozen movies were rechristened.…

Saran is currently penning the script for his next movie starring Kamal Haasan.Caught in his relaxed mood, Saran speaks about his forthcoming venture and his experiences so far in the industry.The director-cum-producer, says, 'I accept that Vattaram did not do well as expected…