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 […]

A nursing college owner flashes photographs of Karnataka legislator Renukacharya kissing her and accuses him of sexual exploitation A sex scandal involving a party legislator, infighting, fear of split and distinct possibility of coalition partner Janata Dal (Secular) refusing to transfer power are giving the state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders sleepless nights ahead of […]

State Women’s Commission (SWC) will commence its inquiry on June four into the complaint of alleged sexual harassment lodged by nurse Jayalakshmi against BJP MLA Renukacharya, its top official said on Wedenesday. “The commission will summon the witnesses adduced by Jayalakshmi in support of her charges of sexual harassment”, Chairperson of SWC, Pramila Nesargi told, […]

Want a first look at Sivaji, the Rajnikanth-produced Tamil film? Don’t waste time flipping through the popular TV channels, just log on to Youtube. The popular site has once again pipped several channels to the post and recorded thousands of hits after news that the Sivaji trailer had been posted online spread. Sources say the […]

Whether the DMK needs SUN TV more than SUN needs it will decide Maran’s fate. Did M Karunanidhi sell his family’s shares in Sun TV on his own? Or was he forced to? And to whom? Did the Maran family buy them just before the company went public at a fraction of the cost at […]

The trailers of superstar Rajinikanth’s magnum opus Shivaji will be screened in theaters and television channels from May 31. AVM Production has announced this news officially today. Many are still suspecting the release of the film on June 15 as scheduled but AVM Saravanan has clarified all doubts by confirming once again that it would […]

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