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Actor Shah Rukh Khan. File photo: AP

Success never final and failure never fatal: Shah Rukh

“Success stories are so boring”, said actor Shah Rukh Khan, who was here donning the quiz-master’s hat and grilling management students at a quiz show.Mr. Khan came, saw a... »

Amitabh to act in a Malayalam film with Mohanlal

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan will star with Mohanlal in a Malayalam film based on the hijack of an Indian Airlines flight to Kandahar in Afghanistan in 1999, the movie director Major Ravi s... »
SRK UNLIMITED: Shah Rukh Khan rocked Dare 10 in IIPM, Bangalore. Photo: AP

Khan ka Kamaal

As the countdown began, all eyes were glued to the stage. Lights went dim, there was silence and the star descended in true Bollywood style with music beats. He stood on a podium which moved up in... »
Catherine McQueen. Photo: K. Pichumani

Bond with fame

Modesty has an irresistible allure; when it comes from a tall and lissome Bond girl, it is even more alluring. Catherine McQueen admits her reputation as a Bond girl is misplaced. “The role i... »
Nagesh in Krishnan-Panchu directed movie

“Tamil cinema has a longer, richer history”

For many, the history of Tamil cinema begins with M.G. Ramachandran and Sivaji Ganesan. For others, a few super-hit films of yesteryears are the only reminders of the existence of an earl... »
'LET'S TALK IT OUT': Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan. The actor defended his comments on IPL and Mumbai, adding he had already explained his stand. File photo

I have done no wrong: Shah Rukh

Stepping into the city in the midst of the raging controversy over his IPL statement and the apprehension over the release of his film My Name Is Khan, actor Shahrukh Khan said here o... »
Meera Jasmine

The more the merrier?

Looks like the magnum opus ‘Pazhassi Raja' has triggered memories of multi-star films. Suddenly, there is a spate of films starring some of the leading lights in Malayalam cinema. Joshy, the... »
Padmapriya

Striking presence

Padmapriya is going places. The striking actor from the South makes a foray into Bollywood with the Hindi film ‘Striker,' as she follows in the footsteps of Asin and Genelia in recent times.... »
Rajam as Muruga in Sivakavi

Rajam’s romance with cinema

During the dawn of the 1930's Papanasam Sivan, then virtually unknown, relocated to Madras in search of greener pastures. Here in the metropolis, capital of the sprawling Madras Presidency, he f... »
NOT ALL HOLIDAY: A still from 'Goa'

The hurdles in its way

The hype has been tremendous, naturally. ‘Goa’ (A), an Ocher Picture production, is from Venkat Prabhu, who gave two smashing hits in a row. As the title suggests it is all about froli... »
ON LOCATION: Cast and crew of 'Killer' on set. Photo: By special arrangement.

Chills and thrills

Nagesh Naradasi after dabbling with a semi-mythological and a light bantered entertainer has come up with a suspense thriller with reverse screenplay, popularised by the master of suspense thriller... »
Film Actor Shreyas Talpade. Photo:R. V. Moorthy.

Shreyas seriously

In February 2004, a 24-year-old frail looking boy, quite well known in Marathi theatre circles in Mumbai, was seen running around the studios in the city suburbs. He thought his fate in the Hindi f... »

Paa is having fun!

Wah! Saalam-e-Ishqiya

Riding the crest of creativity

Spelling dignity

Mumbai Express

Rann-Down

Double Impact

Mallika pairs up with 'Avatar' star Laz Alonso

Just for laughs

A still from the movie

Avatar plot a reality for Orissa tribe

They are an indigenous people struggling to defend their land against mining interests who threaten their homes, culture and sacred deity.Sounds familiar? No, they are not blue-skinned alie... »
Shah Rukh Khan

SRK fed up of IPL controversy

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is tired of being under the Shiv Sena scanner for his stand on Pakistani players in the Indian Premier League (IPL), and says now he is hoping that all end... »
Breaking Conventions: 'Goa'

Double blast of irreverence

Somewhere in the sagging second half of Venkat Prabhu's “Goa”, Vaibhav, one of its heroes, takes his time to narrate a crucial flashback. He throws in a romantic duet to prolong... »
Actor Karthi Sivakumar at his residence in Chennai on Sept 20,2007. Photo:R,
Ragu

Making waves

If you have had enough of Karthi Sivakumar’s dishevelled appearances on screen, then get ready to watch him play a city youth in the soon-to-be-released ‘Paiyya.’ Afterall,... »
A still from 'Dharamputra.'

Dharmputra (1961)

1947. The year when beleaguered masses of the subcontinent broke metaphorical shackles of imperialism and basked in the aura of freedom also witnessed the abominable trauma of partition, unp... »
Thilakan has decided to stage a sit-in at the location of the film

Denied role in film, Thilakan to stage sit-in

Hurt after being dropped from the film Christian Brothers, Padma Shri awardee actor Thilakan has threatened to stage a sit in, attributing his exclusion from the movie to the rise of &ldquo... »
Karunas in Ambasamudraml Ambaani

Confident strides

Not many can forget Dindigul Sarathy, whose inferiority complex almost costs him his marriage, or Karunas’ portrayal of the multi-layered character. Revved up by the response to the ro... »
Bollywood actor Sunny Deol during a press conference in Mumbai. File Photo: PTI

Sunny Deol set to make people laugh

No fights, no melodrama. Macho man Sunny Deol is set to make people laugh. And he will do it with “Yamla, Pagla, Deewana”, also starring his dad Dharmendra and brother Bobby.&ld... »
A still from the classic 'Mayabazaar', now dished out in cinemascope with DTS.

Old is gold, and full of colour

Since last Saturday, Telugu film enthusiasts have been discussing a film made in 1957. The new big budget releases somehow pale in comparison with this masterpiece. For many of us who've been intro... »
Lata Mangeshkar.

He keeps coming!

The film “Mahal” released in the year 1949 will be remembered for all times to come. It is not because that it was directed by the legendary Kamal Amrohi or the fact that Ashok Kumar an... »

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