For a full house, rewind | Going behind the trend of re-releases

For a full house, rewind | Going behind the trend of re-releases

There were two Vijay hits in the Tamil film industry this year. In one, GOAT, he’s 50 years old. In the other, he’s 30. If you’re wondering if this is some cutting-edge AI de-ageing, let me stop you. The latter was the re-release of Ghilli, the 2004 superhit that cemented his position at the top of […]

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Coimbatore’s neighbourhood cinema opens to the public

Coimbatore’s neighbourhood cinema opens to the public

Colour-themed PVR Inox theatre at the mall | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “This is where one of the oldest theatres of Coimbatore, dating back to the pre-independent era, stood,” says Menaka Vairavan, chief of operations at the newly opened Alveal fun savvy mall at PN Pudur near Vadavalli. What was Saravana Talkies, started in 1927, […]

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