India Glitz

This year is the centenary year of Boodgur Ramakrishna Panthulu a doyen of Indian cinema. Better known as BR Panthulu, the marvel was an actor, a producer and a director all in one....

Dhanush turns 27 today and he is busy shooting for his upcoming Maapillai in Pollachi. The modest actor celebrated it on the location of Maapillai....

Madhavan has officially declared what we have been saying for long. He has finally said he will not be doing 3 idiots in Tamil....

Prakash Raj is on a shopping spree for remake rights. The classy producer actor recently got the Tamil remake rights of the 2007 Telugu film ‘Happy Days’....

‘Kanchana’, the movie being directed by choreographer-actor-director Larencce is currently shooting in Chennai...

Contrary to media reports, Priyamani is not going to be the heroine of Priyadarshan’s forthcoming venture ‘The Bullet Train’. Instead, she has been replaced by Kangna Ranaut, the ‘Dhaam Dhoom’ girl, claim sources in the know....

RS Infotainments, who co-produced Gautham Vasudev Menons Vinnaithandi Varuvaya with Photon Factory, is currently churning out Ko, directed by K V Anand...

The most successful romantic movie of the year Vinnaithandi Varuvaya, produced by RS Infotainment and Photon Factory, is all set to speak in Hindi...

The Madras High Court on Tuesday issued a stay on Akshay Kumar-starrer ‘House Full’, in response to a petition filed on behalf of popular Tamil producer P L Thennappan, who claimed that the film was based on ‘Kadhala Kadhala’...

In a bid to celebrate his father, the late legendary actor Sivaji Ganesan’s legacy, Prabhu is planning to hold a ‘Sivaji Film Mela’ at their family owned cinema hall Shanthi Theatre on Anna Salai in Chennai...

Anjali who made a modest entry with the critically acclaimed film Kattrathu Thamizh opposite Jeeva became a star after Angadi Theru. But in the very beginning it was Mu. Kalanjiam who spotted Anjali even before ‘Kattrathu Thamizh’ and all set to launch the terrific actress with a film titled Sathamintri Muthamidu...

‘Peranmai’ was one different type of entertainer that took Ayngaran to further reputation. A commercial film with a social message was a hit among youth and the image make over of ‘Jayam’ Ravi from chocolaty to rugged was also smoothly accepted...

The Federation of Tamil Associations of North America (FeTNA), an umbrella body of more than 30 Tamil organisations across the United States, said on Monday that it would boycott films starring Asin because of her visit to Sri Lanka...

Months after she came back to India after parting ways with husband Nischal Chandran, a Kuwait-based banker, Kavya Madhavan has finally filed her divorce papers at the Ernakulam family court...

It was wayback in 1997 Nagarjuna’s last Tamil film ‘Ratchagan’ hit the screens. From then, the actor’s Telugu flicks were dubbed and released in Tamil (the latest is ‘Don’), but he has not acted in a direct Tamil movie...

“Women have always occupied a prominent place in history. They have made and destroyed many empires. ‘Thambi Arjuna’ is a tale of a young woman and her lover,” says the film’s director Vijay R Anand...

The popular Bollywood child actor Darsheel Safary of the ‘Taare Zameen Par’ fame was in Chennai on Sunday to release the DVD “Sweet Values”, a first from Chocolait Kidz. The innovative video brings together music, dance and simple lyrics presented by a lively, charming 9-year-old Brand Anchor Bharati.S with the help of her cute and bubbly friends.  The entire presentation is a musical melody written and composed to grab the attention of the children. ‘Sweet Values’ is a complete entertainer set to International standards with smart performers aged between 2 and 9. Chocolait Kidz is a unique brand for kids comprising of value based products and projects, with a strong vision of building a social networking community of kids. Saregama, India’s leading entertainment company continues its epic journey in audiovisual edutainment content for children with the launch of “Sweet Values. The DVD” produced by Chocolait Productions Pvt Ltd.

Another going to be much hyped film of the year, the remake of Hindi ‘3 Idiots’, is taking shape as Shankar who is directing this bilingual is ready after completing his ‘Endhiran’...

The team of ‘Manmadhan Ambu’ is back after their hectic European schedule. The schedule spawned hot news like Trisha went missing in the luxury cruise and Trishas mother is doing a cameo at the behest of Kamal and so on. But what we have got now is the story line of ‘Manmadhan Ambu’...

Film making in Chennai is never going to be the same again. With cutting edge technology available at the doorsteps film makers never had it so good. At the CINEMA TODAY exhibition held in Chennai recently two path breaking digital cameras were launched in Chennai for the first time...