Jeeva, one of the most promising actors of Kollywood, is celebrating his birthday today.Son of reputed producer RB Chowdhary, Jeeva entered the Tamil film scene with Aasai Aasaiyai. From then onwards, there has been no looking back for Jeeva, whose powerful portrayal of the…

The modern-day heroines sure know a thing or two about reality.Many heroines understand the vagaries in the career of an actress. They know the going may not be all that smooth always. That's why most of them invest their hard-earned money in lucrative avenues.…

As the Chennai city police gear up to celebrate their 150th year this week, as many as seven short films will be screened as part of the celebrations.The series, titled 'Kaavalar namma sevagar' (Police, our (public) servants), has many police officers and professional actors…

The year 2006 has ended on a happy note. As we welcome the New Year with a bang, we cannot but reminisce about all things good and bad, that happened in the year which just passed by. When we think in terms of good films…

Following the State government's order to reduce the admission rates in theatres, a section of producers and distributors demanded that the artistes cut down the size of their remuneration fearing huge losses. With the latter refusing to accept their demand, a tension prevailed in Tamil…

Director Gowtham's Pachai Kili Muthusaram starring Sarath Kumar and Ezhil's Deepavali with Jeyam Ravi playing the lead role, have opted out of the Pongal race.While the former has reportedly backed out due to lack of theatres, the latter needs few more days to complete…

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…

Even before Sathyaraj's Periyar is released, the actor has started to attract the attention of the rationalists in the State.Sathyaraj has been chosen for the annual 'Periyar' award to be presented the by the Tamil Nadu government as part of their efforts to propagate…

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…

Ajith, who has managed a successful comeback in Tamil cinema with a big hit in Varalaru, is aspiring to take up production. The actor is nursing ambitions to produce a movie next year.A blockbuster hit in Varalaru this year revived Ajith's fortunes in the…