Movies

No marriage plans now, says Aishwarya

October 31st, 2006

When actress Aishwarya Rai does decide to tie the knot, she says she will shout the news from rooftops. Rai denied recent newspaper reports of an impending marriage with popular actor Abhishek Bachchan. “For now, could Abhishek and I be allowed to concentrate on our individual careers, please?” Rai was quoted as asking in the [...]


News

Air Arabia to expand

October 31st, 2006

Chennai: Close on the heels of its success in India, Air Arabia, the first low fares airline in the Middle East and North Africa, has announced expansion of its operations with the launch of Chennai-Thiruvananthapuram service in November and operations to Ahemadabad in March 2007. Air Arabia will now connect six Indian stations to the [...]



News

India tops list of arms buyers in devp countries

October 30th, 2006

Washington: India topped the list of arms purchasers in the developing world in 2005, concluding weapons agreements worth 5.4 billion dollar, according to a Congressional study. Saudi Arabia ranked second in such agreements at 3.4 billion dollar while China ranked third with 2.8 billion dollar in agreements. However, there was a difference between the agreements [...]


Movies

Sangeetha Uyir,Pithamagan, Doubles: A social activist – Thanam

October 30th, 2006

Pithamagan, Uyir fame Sangeetha is playing the role of social activist. This movie is titled as Thanam. Shri Nandhimedu Selliamman Movies is producing this movie. Newcomer Raja stars opposite Sangeetha. Prakashraj and Vadivelu are playing vital roles in this movie. Jeeva handles the camera. The film’s sound track is by Ilayaraja. This is the directorial [...]


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Napoleon in Dasavatharam

October 30th, 2006

Kamal watched Vattaram recently with other cine personalities including Vijay and Gowthami. Director-producer Saran had arranged for this special screening. Kamal, who was impressed by the acting of Napoleon, decided to cast him in his forthcoming Dasavatharam. It is to be noted that Napoleon has played an important role in Kamal’s Virumandi. Dasavatharam has an [...]


Movies

Varalaaru (Godfather) :Opening King – Ajith

October 30th, 2006

Ultimate Star Ajith Kumar once again proved that he is the opening king of the box-office. His recently released Varalaaru (Godfather) earned 10.2 crores in the first two days. Super star Rajinikanth’s Chandramukhi earned 8.9 crores, Illayathalapathy Vijay’s Ghilli grossed 7.6 crores in 3 days. Ajith has starred in three different roles in this movie [...]


General

Clear skies replace heavy showers at CHENNAI

October 30th, 2006

CHENNAI: After a spell of heavy showers on Saturday night, it turned out to be surprisingly sunny on Sunday in the city. The rains on Saturday night were attributed to the deep depression that brought heavy rains that crossed over to Andhra Pradesh.  According to the Meteorological department, the city had experienced rains of 19 [...]


Movies

Backstreet boys Carter slammed Hilton

October 26th, 2006

Backstreet Boys Hollywood star Nick Carter slammed his ex-girlfriend Paris Hilton, because of her habit of consuming marijuana. He expressed that she also stuffs her Teddy bear with drugs when she travels abroad. When British newspapers published news about her having the drug in her bag, Hilton denied that and her publicist also told that [...]


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Trespasssing journalists fired

October 26th, 2006

The popular pair of Hollywood, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie is under the exposure of TV networks. Two journalists from a TV network, E, were found trespassing in the couple’s Hills home. The TV reporters entered from the back gate of the estate and made a search; they were observed by construction workers, who were [...]


Movies

Lucky pair- Dileep and Kavya Madhavan

October 26th, 2006

Dileep and Kavya Madhavan have done nearly 14 movies together many are blockbusters. As a pair they made their first appearance in Chandranudhikkunna Dhikkil in the direction of Lal Jose. Their blockbuster list includes Meesa Madhavan, Runway and Kochi Rajavu. At present, the pair is doing a movie Inspector Guard in the direction of Johny [...]


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Tamilnadu CM felicitated: Star-studded night

October 26th, 2006

The evening of Saturday, September 23, 2006, saw a mega-star-studded occasion at the Nehru Stadium in Chennai; with the entire film industry – from mega-stars to musicians to singers and dancers – giving various performances to felicitate the Tamilnadu CM, Dr. M. Karunanidhi. The event was organised to felicitate and thank the CM for his [...]