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Ten on Ten for Salman
What’s Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s take on his telly show ‘Dus Ka Dum’, marriage, hobbies and contemporaries?


Man of the moment
With an honorary doctorate and ‘Jai ho’ entering the English dictionary, A. R. Rahman’s list of achievements gets longer
Interview

The coolest one
Anita Udeep on the making of her first Tamil feature film ‘Kulir 100º’

Lens affair
Eager and hard working, Aravind Krishna is going places with his camera


Film Review

Smart balancing act
Storyline: Life in the hostel has its shares of thorns and roses for Surya, but one day things get out of hand …Bottomline: An interesting angle to adolescence and action!Whether an act of vengeance is ...

Tale of two families
Cast: Tharun Gopi, Manivannan, Seeman, G.M.Kumar, Ponvannan, Rajkapoor, Singam Puli, Ravi Mariya, Nantha Periyasamy, Jagannath, Ilavarasu, Mayilsamy, Poonkodi, Thamizharasi, S.Priya, Deepa, Hema, Poovitha and Kania.Storyline: ...


On Location

Glamour and graphics
Shooting for the Namitha-starrer is in the finishing stages


Tv Serials

Serials
In September 2006, a newly built jet takes off from Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, with seven people on board. Meanwhile, a jet passenger carrying 154 people takes off from Manaus in northern Brazil. The business jet never receives confirmation ...

Vijay Awards
The third annual Vijay Awards will be presented on June 13 at the Nehru Indoor Stadium, 6.30 p.m. onwards. Top film personalities will be present at the award ceremony, which will recognise the 118 films released in 2008. The jury ...


Telewatch


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Stuck in a suburban malaise, a group of middle-aged friends decide to rev up their routine lives with a freewheeling road trip. Leaving behind their stressful jobs and family responsibilities, they don their leather jackets and take off on ...


Cinema

Unique pairing
Shahid Kapoor and Rani Mukherjee will be seen together for the first time in Yash Raj’s Dil Se Hadippa and this unique pairing is raising a lot of curiosity. But this is not the first time the two will be working together ...


MUMBAI EXPRESS
Grammy dream
Disco king Bappi Lahiri has come out with a Rhythm and Blues album ‘My Love’ featuring the American rapper Jetta, which has got a worldwide release. Bappi has put his heart and soul into this T Series album and is thrilled with the ...


HOT FROM HOLLYWOOD
Dancing makes her slender
Sexy senorita Penelope Cruz has revealed the secret behind her slender toned figure — dancing. The 35-year-old stunner has been practising her fancy footwork for her role as burlesque mistress Carla in the musical movie Nine — ...

Megan scoops survivor title
Lady Luck must shine on big-screen beauty Megan Fox because she was one of the few members of the cast and crew of Transformers 2 to walk away from the production unscathed. Megan’s co-star Shia LaBeouf wasn’t so ...

Back to black
Tween dream Ashley Tisdale decided that blondes definitely don’t have more fun after fans kept assuming she had the same unpleasant nature as her High School Musical character. Ashley was so fed up of being mistaken for ...

Will quits Twitter
Anchorman star Will Ferrell is smarting from getting thrown out of Twitter for being too dull! The Hollywood funnyman joined the popular social networking site to keep his fans up to date on his life but has quit after being attacked by ...

Eminem un-raps movie career
Rap superstar Eminem is plotting his way back to movie stardom after five years off screen. The music star, real name Marshall Mathers, is yet to follow up his film success in semi-biographical hit 8 Mile but is now ready to ...


Miscellany


  • For film lovers

    Columns


    BLAST FROM THE PAST
    Sadaram 1956
    P. Bhanumathi, Gemini Ganesh, K. R. Ramasami, T. S. Balaiah, M. N. Rajam, V. K. Ramasami, K. Sarangapani, C. K. Saraswathi and M. S. S. Bhagyam

    My first break -- 'Bose' Venkat


    Grill Mill


    Cine Quiz
    1. Which Oscar-nominated star is playing the chief villain Whiplash in Iron Man 2? 2. Which actress has the top spot in the latest ‘The Celebrity 100’ list compiled by Forbes ...


    LOVE / HATE
    Why I like... Black
    This is an Indian film that looked international. Maybe, because of the culture (Parsi) the film was set in, Ravi K. Chandran’s cinematography, slick editing, music, and most of all, Sanjay Leela Bhansali. At the snap of his fingers, he ...


    ITSY - BITSY
    Balancing act
    Multi-tasking is something singer-composer Hariharan is adept at. He does a perfect balancing act, juggling ghazals, playback singing, being part of Colonial Cousins (with Leslie Lewis) and now, composing music with Leslie. How does he do it? ...

    Double success
    He has many films to his credit, but the one music director Vijay Antony is looking forward to is AVM’s Vijay-starrer Vettaikkaran. “Usually, people say my compositions are full of energy. But, when they combine ...

    What’s up doc?
    At the rate he is being felicitated, A.R. Rahman will soon have to have a spacious gallery in his home-studio-office to display the trophies. Recently, the Aligarh Muslim University conferred a doctorate upon him. So, how would he like to be ...

    Going international
    Music Director Bharadwaj is gung-ho about the songs he’s composed for Saran’s Ajith-starrer Asal. Says Bharadwaj: “Four of the six songs have been composed. I will be travelling to the U.K. and Germany to ...


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