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ON LOCATION Web of emotions vallamai thaarayo The film will keep the audience glued to their seats, promises first-time director Madhumita LOVE/HATE 
Why I like... AnjaadhaeThe film I like is Anjaadhae. That’s the one film I stayed glued to, throughout. Seriously speaking, it is the movie I like after Kakka Kakka.My interest doubled after I got to meet Mysskin personally. He was part of a ... LOVE/HATE 
Why I hate.. Mumbai ExpressThe film that sucked beyond belief was Mumbai Express. The reason: I am a hardcore Kamal fan and I go to every film of his with high expectations and I came back hugely disappointed.Again, the movie itself might not have ... Cine quiz 1. How many Best Actress Oscars did the enigmatic Greta Garbo win from her four nominations? Capsule Every frame of a picture, moving or still, has three parts to it — the foreground, the middle-ground and the background. In deep focus, the foreground, middle-ground and background are all in focus. This technique, popularised by Orson ... AIR SUPPLY 
MOVIESDuring an impossibly adverse childhood being raised at the Goldon Wonton Restaurant and Orphanage, the nerdy Norbit (Eddie Murphy) is rescued on the playground by Rasputia (also Murphy), an obese gal who wields a mean right hook. The ... 
My first breakMy grandfathers were bhagavathars. My parents were Carnatic music teachers. At eight, I started learning Carnatic music. I gave my first concert in 1982 in our own colony on Ganesh Chathurthi day. After that I used to sing jingles and ... BLAST FROM THE PAST 
Thaai Ullam 1952Manohar, Gemini Ganesh, Chittoor V. Nagaiah, C. V. V. Panthulu, ‘Javert’ Seetharaman, Chandra Babu, M. V. Rajamma, Madhuri Devi, K. R. Chellam, ‘Friend’ Ramasami, T. P. Muthulakshmi and G. Sakunthala 
Grill millBala’s Naan Kadavul has taken ages. Did you actually grow a beard waiting for the film to take off?
SERIESA 747 Combi is on a routine flight toward South Africa on November 27, 1987, when the cabin begins to fill with smoke. Passengers struggle to breathe as crew members attempt to fight a fire in the cargo hold. After the plane disappears in the ... 
SERIALSDirected by Venkat, this serial humorously portrays day-to-day incidents in a family. In this week’s episode, Shankar’s CEO expresses his desire to visit Shankar’s family. When the jubilant Shankar tells his wife about this, ...
Kudos to TanujaPost 9/11, filmmakers across the world have not been able to forget the event that shook the world. If we recently had Shoaib Mansoor talking of Muslims’ heightened sense of persecution in the U.S. after the 9/11 attacks, this week we have ... 
Who doesn’t want to hear Dr. Seuss?They say Dr. Seuss didn’t mean any of the pro-life, anti-abortion overtones in the story (“People are people, no matter how small”), but chances are screenwriters Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul decided to layer it and make it a bit ... 
No cakewalk for the Almighty!Neither God visiting the Earth nor man setting foot on the celestial horizon is new in cinema. Simbudevan tows the former line in S Pictures’ ‘Arai Enn 305il Kadavul’ (U). After ‘Imsai Arasan …’ it is but ...
Making good cinema work Director-scriptwriter Viji says filmmakers have a responsibility to refine the taste of the audience Not a ‘flat’ life after all interiors Lively and breezy, Johnny Lever’s apartment reflects the man – right from the entrance 
Riya in a huffRiya Sen has been in the news for all the speculation surrounding her acquaintance with the controversial novelist Salman Rushdie. But she doesn’t like being reminded about the topic at all. The media was called to cover the shooting of her ... 
‘Ayan’ gets rollingAVM Productions’ office is abuzz with activity. After Sivaji, producers M. Saravanan and M. S. Guhan are back in the ring, this time with Suriya. The hero pairs with Tamanna in the production house’s Ayan. ... STAR GAZING 
The Mahatma againA. Balakrishnan who made Kamaraj is back in action, this time with a story that’s a blend of fantasy and realism. His Mudhalvar Mahatma, as the title tells you, will have the Mahatma returning to play ... 
Jeeva and afterProbably for the first time Jeeva opted for action on a wide canvas when his pursuit was unfairly stopped by his sudden demise. The film, Dhaam Dhoom with ‘Jayam’ Ravi in the lead, has now been completed by ... A book for lyricists Film News’ Anandan has embarked on a new project for which he has approached song writers old and new to pick one favourite film number written by them, the lyrics of which will be compiled and released as a book. “I plan to bring it ... HOT FROM HOLLYWOOD 
‘Oh! Not again’Soul diva Mariah Carey says she would love to stop singing some of her songs from early in her career because she is bored of them — but her fans would be mad at her. “When I do a new project I want to do as many new songs as I can ... 
Paid to be peculiarBug-eyed Pirate of the Caribbean Mackenzie Crook loves the fact that he always gets to play the weirdo. The lanky Brit says he thanks his lucky stars everyday that he is paid to be peculiar when most people are picked on for being out of the ... 
Kristen’s wishShe already plays a superhero, now blonde beauty Kristen Bell would love to play a villain. Kristen plays “electric” Elle in the hit drama series “Heroes” but she is desperate to get the part of bad girl Harley Quinn in ... 
Alicia’s key to survivalR‘n’B star Alicia Keys is convinced she’s never done drink or drugs because she came from such a rough neighbourhood where she saw how badly they affected people around her. “I grew up in an area that showed me poignantly ... 
John’s dream of a six-packLeatherheads star John Krasinski wishes he wasn’t such a slacker, so he could have a six-pack like Brad Pitt. “I would love to think I am the pinnacle of fitness and have one of the greatest bodies since Brad Pitt in Fight Club. But I ...
RADIO ACTIVE Talent hunt In an attempt to identify ‘Tamil’ talent from the streets of Chennai, BIG 92.7 FM, has initiated the ‘BIG Singaara Singer’, a talent hunt on radio. Through the contest, the radio station will identify two golden ... |
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