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IT’S MY LIFE
Luck will say it all Shruti Haasan speaks about her forthcoming release Luck
Winsome, irksome -- VaamananDespite its share of improbabilities, if Vaamanan (U/A) manages to impact the viewer to a certain extent it is mainly because of the raciness in the last lap. Jai is apt in the role of Anand, a village bred, drawn to the ... 
Glam game gone awry -- Indira VizhaWho can forget the seductive Demi Moore or the traumatised Michael Douglas in Disclosure? (Its Hindi inspiration Aitraaz had Priyanka Chopra in the man-eating act.) Now toeing the line is a bizarre version, ... 
Yeh Con Hai -- The Con is OnFor a film that’s supposed to be a satire on how the film industry works and what it takes to protect your vision from the big bad world of formula, Shortkut ends up as an extremely dishonest film. But yes, it is passably ... 
Deftly handled dramaPaedophilia as a full-fledged theme has rarely been dealt with in cinema. Writer-director Arun Vaidynathan deserves plaudits for the bold and balanced handling of the issue in the aptly titled, Achchamundu! Achchamundu! (U/A), shot ... 
The magic lives onThe sixth instalment of the boy — growing into manhood — wizard feels different, even as it delivers the action and special effects, the magic and the mystery and all the beloved characters that us fans are quite devoted to, in the ... 
Even Sandra couldn’t save itThere is something sad about Sandra Bullock stripping for this by-the-numbers romantic comedy. A gifted actor like Bullock, who personified quirky in solid blockbusters such as Speed and Miss Congeniality, does not need ...
MoviesBased on a Stephen King novel, the film stars John Cusack as horror novelist Mike Enslin, who specialises in debunking supernatural phenomena. While researching his latest book, Enslin investigates the fabled room 1408 at New ...
Series This programme looks at the aerial exploration and its offshoots. It studies early aerial exploration in the Amazon, the Polar regions, Africa, the Middle East and the first over flight of Everest in 1933.Air Crash Investigation – ... AIR SUPPLY 
SerialsVijay TV is back with Aachi Boys vs. Girls — Season 2 from today (July 17). Venkat, Nethran, Balaji, Michael, Sivakarthikeyan Ram, Pranav and Rinson make up the boys team. The girls’ team includes Sandra, Aishwarya, Priya, Hema, ...
The Rise of the Prequel Have prequels become the order of the day? An analysis by parvathi nayar HOT FROM HOLLYWOOD 
Revenge not so sweetGordon Ramsay is paying the price for his foul-mouthed rants at chefs and restaurateurs, with his own kitchen nightmare. The celebrity chef says he has developed a phobia of eating out because of all the kitchen staff he has upset over the years ... 
Screen-shy Megan loses herself in bubblesMen the world over can’t keep their eyes off her but the only way Megan Fox can watch herself on screen is by getting drunk! The big-screen beauty has revealed she could only bear to watch Transformers after guzzling on ... 
Rapid Radcliffe has Potter director spellboundD anielleRadcliffe is forging a reputation as the fastest actor in Hollywood. The 19-year-old Harry Potter star astounded his director Mark Yates in the latest magical movie with his lightning-fast approach to filming. “Dan Radcliffe is ... 
Dressing down?Fashionista Sienna Miller prefers not to dress to impress. Although the Brit beauty looks stylish whatever she wears, her favourite outfits are the ones that end up on the Fashion Disaster pages of magazines. “I don’t care,” she ... 
Tired of pranksHeroes hottie Hayden Panettiere has a hard time being the youngest cast member of the hit show. The blonde beauty, 19, says she is always at the raw end of her castmates’ pranks. Now after three years of being ribbed, she’s had ...
BLAST FROM THE PAST 
Pattanathil Bhootham 1964Jaishankar, K. Balaji, K. R. Vijaya, C. K. Nagesh, R. S. Manohar, V. K. Ramasami, V. S. Raghavan, ‘Javert’ Seetharaman, S. D. Subbulakshmi, Lakshmiprabha and Vijayalalitha LOVE / HATE 
Why I like... VirumandiI am awestruck by the creative excellence of Kamal Haasan. He might have many fans but I am like a devotee. That does not mean I am biased towards anything that this genius does. The film raises a pertinent question: Why hasn’t the land ... My First Break -- Priya Mani Grill Mill ITSY BITSY 
Writer as a writerAbhishek Shankar’s Kadhai will have a writer playing the lead as a writer! New comer Shaan’s book on entrepreneurship will be released by Amazon shortly. Says Shaan: “I was dying to explore my histrionic ... Cine Quiz 2. Liam O’Brien’s hit play ‘The Remarkable Mr. Penny Packer’ was made in Hindi as Grihasti and in Tamil as…? 3. What is the relationship between brothers Premnath and Rajendranath to the ... |
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