Randeep Hooda and Lin Laishram Actor Randeep Hooda and his partner, actor-entrepreneur Lin Laishram announced on Saturday, November 29, 2025, that they are expecting their first child. The couple made the announcement on their second wedding anniversary today. In a joint Instagram post, the two shared a photo where they are sitting by a camp…
Tamil Nadu has been spoilt for choice when it comes to determining a cultural epicentre. However, there is no doubt that Madurai will easily vie for the top spot. After all, it is the home of the centuries’-old Sangam literature, the culturally evolved reign of the Pandyas, the religiously significant Meenakshi temple and its grandeur,…
Expectations had peaked when the team of Kishkindha Kaandam announced their next project. And they did not disappoint with ekō, the slow-burn thriller set in the wild with dynamic characters and their complicated power dynamics. When I caught up with two key names behind the movie, director Dinjith Ayyathan and cinematographer-scriptwriter Bahul Ramesh, happiness was…
The Music Season arrives with metronomic regularity around mid-November, works up a nice head of steam as it moves inexorably into December and reaches its apogee towards the latter half of the month as the Kalyanis and Bhairavis pour in torrents over Chennai’s music halls. As we ring in the New Year in January, music…
Dulquer Salmaan in the first look poster of ‘I Am Game’ | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Dulquer Salmaan will be back on his home turf with I Am Game. The first look poster of the film directed by Nahas Hidhayath, who made the blockbuster RDX (2023), is out. Dulquer shared the poster on Instagram and…
Singer Diya Yadalam with her | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement “Modern dating has lost all meaning; there is nothing substantial about it anymore,” believes Bengaluru-based singer-songwriter Diya Yadalam whose debut single titled ‘Tell Me’ released recently. Poised, focused, and confident despite her youth, Diya is all set to make her mark in the music industry…
The 56thInternational Film Festival of India ended on a high note on Friday (November 28, 2025) evening as Rajinikanth was honoured with the lifetime achievement award for his 50 years in cinema and Ash Mayfair’s Skin of Youth winning the top prize, The Golden Peacock. Superstar Rajinikanth was honoured by Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant…
A still from the Tamil movie ‘Dude’. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Madras High Court, on Friday (November 28, 2025), restrained Hyderabad-based Mythri Movie Makers from continuing to exhibit the Tamil movie Dude, starring Pradeep Ranganathan and Mamitha Baiju, along with the songs ‘Nooru Varusham’ and ‘Karutha Machan’ that were composed by acclaimed musician…
K. Arun Prakash during a concert at Kartik Fine Arts in 2014 in Chennai. | Photo Credit: K.V. SRINIVASAN Violinist R.K. Shriramkumar. | Photo Credit: KRISHNAN VV Our journey began in 1985 on the Pallavan Bus 47A, as we travelled together to perform our very first concert at the Vaishnavi Temple in Tirumullaivayil. Forty years have passed since…
In the tranquil coastal town of Tirur in Kerala’s Malappuram district, 63-year-old Saifullah Cholakkal has turned his living room into a personal shrine: each frame a memory of moments shared with Bollywood’s ‘He-Man’ Dharmendra. For over two decades, their bond has been more than that of a devoted fan and his idol. Whenever his schedule…
