Gorgeous Nayanatara who made it big after working with Rajinikanth in ‘Chandramukhi’ is back to act with the superstar again. However this time it is not as the hero’s lady love, but as a special ‘item’ appearance in one of the songs. Like most of the Rajinikanth’s movies, ‘Sivaji’ also introduces the Superstar with a […]

The suspense is over. Sivaji has qualified for a total tax benefit as befits films with Tamil titles, as announced by the State Government. The magnum opus starring Rajnikant received exemption from entertainment tax after Commercial Officer (Taxes), identified the film title as falling under the proper noun category. It was deliberated in every street […]

The Madras High Court today set aside the sentence of two years rigorous imprisonment awarded to popular filmstar of yesteryears A B Shanthi alias ‘Venniraadai’ Nirmala, but confirmed the fine of Rs 4.65 lakh imposed on her, in an income tax case. Mr Justice A C Arumughaperumal Adityan set aside the sentence awarded to her […]

The DMK government in Tamil Nadu was “compelling” the AIADMK to approach court, seeking to quash the demolition order served on its party headquarters here, to help multi-storied commercial complexes having unauthorised constructions, AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa said today. The Supreme Court’s verdict on demolition of unauthorised constructions applied only to multi-storied commercial complexes and […]

A dispute between two private parties over about 12 grounds of land has put the future of nearly 500 students in the balance. On Tuesday, day two of the academic year, students of St.Joseph’s Matriculation in Villivakkam, saw their benches being thrown out and classrooms crumble. This followed a Chennai Corporation directive to demolish the […]

Paramount Airways will buy 40 Embraer jets, costing about $2 billion, managing director, Mr M Thiagarajan said here today. Deliveries of the new 70-seater planes are likely to take place between 2008 and 2011, he said after a meeting with the visiting Brazilian President, Mr Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The agreement will be signed […]

The countdown has begun. In the next couple of weeks, the whole of Tamilnadu will reverberate with Sivaji. The costliest movie ever made in Tamil cinema, Sivaji has who’s who of Tamil cinema coming together. The AVM Productions, who is known to package their movies to perfection, have been going gaga in promoting their movie. […]

Chennai-based GV Films Ltd, a film production, distribution, and webcasting company, is in talks to buy 12% stake in Mumbai-based K Sera Sera Productions Ltd. The company has also proposed to jointly work with K Sera Sera for producing Hindi feature films and their distribution rights for southern markets. According to sources in the know, […]

He may not make as much money from films as he does from retail, yet the first association that Manish Malhotra’s name strikes is the one with Bollywood. Many from his profession have followed suit. Yet, few have broken into the bastion of South Indian cinema. Sivaji is Malhotra’s third film with Shankar, following Hindustani […]

Pin-drop silence enveloped the reasonably full hall at Kamala, a stand-alone theatre located at Vadapalani in Chennai, showing Tamil flick Karuppasamy Kuththgakaarar. The screen went blank for a moment and then filled with a larger than life hero in a smart, snazzy new look. The management’ s impromptu action — they had just received the […]