Tamil News
A musical year!
With just a few days left to enter the New Year, a look back at 2006 highlights the abundant musical talent that the Tamil film industry encompasses.With Rahman, Ilayaraja, Harris Jayaraj, Vidyasagar and Yuvan coming out with catchy tunes, the industry saw several songs…
Happy Birthday to Unnimenon
The singer from God's own country, Unnimenon, is celebrating his birthday today.Unnimenon is one of the leading playback singers in Tamil and Malayalam. He has worked with reputed music directors including A.R.Rahman, Ilayaraja, Harris Jayaraj, Vidya Sagar, Bharadwaj and Yuvan Shankar Raja, among many…
Ajith to do Billa remake
Don, the Bollywood blockbuster of the 80s, was remade with contemporary idioms recently in Bollywood.The original Don was remade in Tamil in the 80s as Billa.Billa is now being remade and reinvented in Tamil.Getting into the act will be Ajith. And directing…
Idhu Malai Nerathu Mayakkam starts rolling
Selvaraghavan's new film with Karthi and Sandhya in the lead roles titled 'Idhu Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam' has begun shooting today. Selvaraghavan's new floated production house, White Elephants is producing this film for Dream Land Movie International. This film is presented by R. Ravindran.White Elephants…
"Story and Script are the heroes," says Ameer
Among directors waiting for the call-sheet of prominent actors to be part of their films, director Ameer seems to think otherwise.Says Ameer, "If movies featuring big stars are assured of a success at the box office, then almost all the movies in Tamil film…
Box Office Analysis-November 17 , 2006
Vathiyar makes a pointKollywood saw three movies releasing last week-end. Arjun's Vathiyar, Srikanth's Kizhakku Kadarkarai Salai and Ramesh - Karunaas starrer Prathi Gnayiru 9.30 am Muthal 10.30 am Varai hit the theatres.Fortunately for Arjun, Vathiyar directed by Venkatesh and produced by A P…
T Rajendher and Silambarasan - To dad, with love
Actor - director T Rajendher rendered his voice for his son Silambarasan for the popular song Yemmadi Aathadi in Vallavan set to tunes by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The song topped the charts and is a big hit among the youngsters.Rajendher is over the moon…
Ameer and Suriya - Success brings them together
The latest buzz doing rounds in Kollywood is that Suriya has accepted to do a movie for director Ameer early next year. The two had come together earlier for Mounam Pesiyadhae. The movie did manage to collect good revenue and received appreciation from film-buffs.Ameer's…
First weekend performance of latest release
The kind of hype that both Ajith's Varalaru and Silambarasan's Vallavan generated before its release was stupendous. As expected amidst other releases that include Vijayakanth's Dharmapuri, Thalaimagan starring Sarath Kumar, Vattaram directed by Saran and Jeeva's E, both Varalaru and Vallavan opened really big.Interestingly…
Selvaraghavan goes for Rahman
Selvaraghavan always does things at his own pace. But these days the pace is picking up. Selvaraghavan is now giving final touches to his Telugu movie starring Venkatesh and Trisha.Then he is supposed to do a movie titled Idhu Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam starring Suriya's…