All-new avatar After a lull, Prashanth is back with his mammoth home production, Mambattiyaan, says Malathi Rangarajan
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Steer clear of this -- Satru Mun Kidaitha Thagaval
Storyline: A maniac who kills without reason enters the house where a young woman is staying alone. Bottomline: Undoubtedly avoidable!If you wish to find out how a gripping plot of murder and suspense can be made into ...
The winning team -- Vennila Kabbadi Kuzhu
Storyline: A constantly losing kabbadi team isn’t going to give up easily …Bottomline: Surely worth a watch! Skilful narration always sells. And the latest team to prove it is Imagine Creations’ ...
Rock On, Akhtars -- Luck By Chance
Cast: Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sen, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Isha Sharvani, Sanjay Kapoor, Hrithik RoshanStoryline: Two struggling actors try to make it big in Bollywood and discover a few truths about life at the dream ...
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Funny side up The pretty Soha Ali Khan is all set to show her comic side
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The Japanese connection
tv A set of the Japanese centre where the table tennis icon Chandrasekhar honed his skills was recreated in the city for the shoot of the serial “Chandra”
Serials
‘Enge Brahmanan?’, the book written by Cho, has now hit the small screen as a mega serial with the same name. The serial commenced on Jaya TV on February 2 and will be telecast on weekdays, at 8 p.m. The screenplay, dialogue and ...
Series
The programme exhibits the secrets of the most amazing technology used in experiments. Host Steve Truitt goes inside amazing inventions and gadgets exploring untouched territories of technology. In this week’s episode, witness how the ...
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Manmohan Singh (Rishi Kapoor) brings his daughter Jasmeet (Jazz) (Katrina Kaif) to India and gets her married to Arjun (Akshay Kumar), a rough and tough farmer from Punjab. But Jazz is determined to marry her British boyfriend. Caught in this ...
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More on Emraan
After the success of Raaz - The Mystery Continues, Emraan Hashmi has turned his attention towards his two forthcoming releases — Raftaar, a racy thriller and Tum Mile, a romantic drama. The ‘serial kisser’ ...
Third time lucky?
Hurman Baweja’s second film Victory has also failed at the box-office. But the actor still has enough to look forward — Sanjay Kapoor’s maiden venture It’s My Life(directed by Anees ...
Farhan, the fan
The films that Farhan Akhtar does may reflect a contemporary, youthful attitude but the actor-director has also worked with many seniors such as Amitabh Bachchan, Dimple Kapadia (both in Lakshya) and Rishi Kapoor (in Luck By ...
Singing praises Ad-jingle composer Amit Trivedi’s unconventional music score forDev D has fetched him rave reviews. The song “Emosanal Atyachaar” is already a chartbuster. Says Amit, “Music and cricket are my two ...
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Sly for one last Rambo
Sylvester Stallone has admitted he’s getting back in shape for yet another Rambo movie. The 62-year-oldRocky star says he’s pushing himself for one more movie battle as the trigger-happy mercenary following the ...
Isla’s confessions
She may be a reluctant fashionista, but Isla Fisher couldn’t resist the designer gear she wears in her new movie,Confessions of a Shopaholic. The Aussie beauty confesses she even hoped to take some of the pieces home ...
Me, a role model?
Mouthy starlet Lily Allen has slammed fans who look up to her and her celebrity peers. The controversial Smile singer can’t understand why she would be seen as a role model and would be happier if young girls didn’t idolise her. ...
Jen and the art of leaving!
Jennifer Aniston has fuelled rumours she has split from bad boy beau John Mayer after blasting men who “play games”. Jen’s always had a rocky relationship with the musician and now that she is about to turn 40 it seems as though ...
Streep cuts out the critics
Meryl Streep has hatched a cunning plan to do away with the critics who dare knock her movies. The Mamma Mia star is promoting movie downloads as a way of getting films to viewers quicker and without the interference of ...
THE BIG NIGHT Slumdog Millionaire Who is in the race? who are the probable winners? Sudhish Kamath looks at the Best Film / Director nominations
Frost/Nixon
Quick Take: The documentary-like film goes behind the scenes of one of the most watched television programmes in American history — the controversial series of interviews where David Frost finally cracked the tough talking Richard ...
Milk
Quick Take: The biopic of America’s first openly gay man who was elected to public office as a member of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors has Sean Penn deliver another fantastic performance that’s got him in the run ...
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Quick Take: Nearly three hours long, this story of a man born old and dying as a baby seems like Brad Pitt’s desperate shot at the Oscars. If Forrest Gump’s Momma always said: “Life’s a box of chocolates, you ...
The Reader
Quick Take: A slow period film set in Germany about a 15-year-old boy who has an affair with a woman twice his age. They form an unusual bond over sex and reading. Kate Winslet is practically naked for half her screen time and compensates ...
| Columns |
My first break -- Vijayalakshmi
I was interested in acting because my father (director Agathiyan) was in the industry. However, I didn’t enter filmdom through him. I was hosting a breakfast show ‘Hello Thamizha’ on Vijay Television. I knew Venkat Prabhu ...
Grillmill
I never thought about reaching anywhere. I want to be in the field of music. Though I have rendered a few songs, what I have sung are all very good numbers. I am thankful to the music directors, directors and producers who gave me these ...
Itsy Bitsy
Cine Quiz 1. From which island do Oscar-winning directors Peter Jackson and Jane Campion hail? 2. MGR’s Anbe Vaa is an adaptation of which Rock Hudson-starrer? 3. Who gives away the ‘Saturn Award’? 4. ...
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