The all-familiar vendor’s cries of ‘chaai’ and ‘samosa’ are missing on this train. Instead, words like ‘startup’, ‘business plan’ and ‘SWOT analysis’ are bandied about in the AC chair car coach. Elsewhere, in another, an antakshari is in progress, with participants breaking into a rendition of ‘Kabhi Kabhi’ in unison. Life inside the Jagriti Yatra […]
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Vadivelu, AR Rahman, Mari Selvaraj and Team ‘Maamannan’ | Photo Credit: @mari.selvaraj.90/Facebook We had previously reported that director Mari Selvaraj’s next is titled Maamannan and stars Vadivelu and Udhayanidhi Stalin in the lead. It’s now known that Vadivelu will be singing one of the songs from the film which has music by AR Rahman. AR […]
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan ands Vikram in ‘Ponniyin Selvan: 2’ The events of Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan: 1, which released late last year, left audiences not just on a high, but also with many questions: What really happened to Arunmozhi Varman? Who is the mysterious lady who makes fleeting but impactful appearances? And most importantly, what […]
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After the phenomenal success of Ponniyin Selvan 1, the Cholas are back for the sequel. With stakes higher than ever, the team promises that there’s a lot in store with Ponniyin Selvan 2, set to be released on April 28. Right now, Mani Ratnam’s cast of A-listers is travelling across the country to promote PS: […]
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“I heard you humming something….” We are setting up equipment at singer KS Chithra’s residence, aptly named ‘Shruti’, at Chennai’s Saligramam, and the singer — a Padma Shri recipient and six-time National Film Award-winning musician — has just walked in. “Why don’t you sing,” she asks, almost pleadingly. I freeze. Armed with just memories of […]
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Jayam Ravi, Karthi and Silambarasan TR at the ‘Ponniyin Selvan 2’ trailer launch | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Actor Kamal Haasan remarked like how the Chola empire reached its Golden era, Tamil cinema has also now reached its own. The actor-politician said this on Wednesday at the audio and trailer launch event of Ponniyin Selvan […]
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Silambarasan TR in a still from ‘Pathu Thala’ | Photo Credit: Sony Music South/YouTube Ahead of the release of his gangster saga Pathu Thala, actor Silambarasan TR said that he’s grateful for the support and love that music legend AR Rahman has shown to him and for the film, at a press meet to promote […]
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At around 6 in the evening, A.R. Rahman excuses himself from a conversation. Inside his ARR Studios at Chennai’s Kodambakkam, the Oscar winner swiftly paces from one block to another, his mind pre-occupied, only briefly pausing to smile at a few people on the way. Clearly, the man has to be someplace soon. Someplace is […]
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Silambarasan TR in a still from ‘Pathu Thala’ | Photo Credit: Sony Music South/YouTube The teaser of Silambarasan TR’s upcoming film Pathu Thala was released by the makers today. Directed by Obeli N Krishna and also starring Gautham Karthik, the film is a remake of Shivarajkumar’s 2017 Kannada film Mufti. The one-minute teaser doesn’t reveal […]
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Singer Jonita Gandhi during a recent concert at Phoenix Marketcity in Chennai | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Jonita Gandhi’s debut playback track had a Chennai link; it featured in the 2013 Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Chennai Express. Today, Jonita is a much sought-after singer in Tamil cinema, having forged successful collaborations with music composers AR Rahman […]
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