Tamil star Vijay too eyes politics

CHENNAI - Tamil actor Vijay could be the next on the list of film stars turning to politics. He revealed his political aspirations on his birthday, but said he would start off by forming a social organisation with the help of his fans.

Slurp! There’s a Moplah feast in town

CHENNAI - Centuries ago, many trading Arabs who visited Kerala ended up staying back and marrying local women. So it was a matter of time before the Arabic influence pervaded kitchens there to give birth to what is called Moplah food.

Kamal Hassan plans to produce 30 short films based on Chennai

CHENNAI - Actor Kamal Hassan has plans to produce, direct and act in 30 short films, which would be based on his hometown Chennai.

Chalo Chennai, says Kamal Haasan (South snippets)

CHENNAI - After successfully holding an international screenwriting workshop here, acclaimed actor-director Kamal Haasan now plans to produce, direct and act in some short films - based on the Tamil Nadu capital.

‘Kettavan’ as good as shelved: Tamil actor Simbu

CHENNAI - Tamil actor Simbu’s much-hyped “Kettavan” has been shelved and he says he has now moved away from it.

Tamil star Trisha forays into Bollywood, teams up with Akshay

CHENNAI - Director Priyadarshan has signed Tamil star Trisha to play the female lead in his forthcoming Hindi film starring Akshay Kumar.

Two caravans used in Ratnam’s ‘Ravan’ shooting seized

CHENNAI - Two caravans used in the shooting of Mani Ratnam’s multilingual movie “Ravan”, starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, in Ooty have been seized for having forged vehicle documents, police said Tuesday.

Gracy Singh to start shooting for Malayalam film Wednesday

CHENNAI - Bollywood actress Gracy Singh will begin shooting Wednesday for a Malayalam film opposite superstar Mammooty, director Jayaraj said Sunday.

I’ll do Tamil films if offered good script: Asin

CHENNAI - After the “Ghajini” success, southern actress Asin Thottumkal is concentrating on Bollywood films but says she won’t mind doing Tamil movies if she gets a challenging role to play.

Madhavan relieved over much-delayed Tamil film’s release

CHENNAI - Multilingual actor R. Madhavan is happy that his much-delayed Tamil film “Avan, Aval, Athu” is releasing Friday even though he didn’t dub for the film.

Corporate Bollywood now branches down south

CHENNAI - Mumbai-based corporate film production firms like UTV and Reliance Entertainment are investing in southern films now. What attracts them down south is the wider reach of vernacular movies, punctual release schedules, professional work culture and the presence of Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman.

Rajnikant votes, Kamal Haasan not allowed to

CHENNAI - While Tamil superstar Rajnikant voted for a ’stable government’, here Wednesday, thespian Kamal Haasan was unable to cast his ballot since his name was not on the electoral rolls.

Rahman unhappy with use of ‘Jai Ho’ in poll campaign

CHENNAI - Music maestro A.R. Rahman, whose compositions in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ made him the first Indian to win twin Oscars, is critical of political parties using for a poll campaign the song ‘Jai Ho’ that he composed for Danny Boyle’s rags-to-riches drama.

Vijaykant - the black MGR of Tamil Nadu politics

CHENNAI - Tamil movie hero-turned-politician Vijaykant is known to have performed stunts in films without a duplicate. In these Lok Sabha polls too, he and his party DMDK are going solo. And all eyes are on the 56-year-old man known as ‘Karuppu (Black) MGR’.