M.S. SUBBULAKSHMI | Photo Credit: The Hindu Madras, music, and the month of Margazhi have become nearly inseparable. But did you know that Madras attracted musicians as early as the 18th Century? By the 1700s, the city had established a centre of music patronage and arts,” historian V. Sriram recounts in one of his talks. Meanwhile,…
Films such as Agni Natchathiram and Singaravelan were filmed at Southern Railway Headquarters, which is located next to the Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station. | Photo Credit: S. Shivaraj There’s a track where Tamil cinema and the railways intersect in Madras. Several hit films and iconic scenes, which are etched in the memory of…
K.B.S. Theatre in Kodumudi in Erode district, built by the late playback singer and actor K.B. Sundarambal. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement At Kodumudi, a town in Erode district, where only touring talkies once brought movies to the public, well-known playback singer and actor K.B. Sundarambal, decided to raise a permanent theatre 56 years ago….
An iconic scene from Mani Ratnam’s Mouna Ragam is set on the stairs of Rajaji Hall. In the scene, the character played by actor Karthik is shot dead in front of the character played by actor Revathi as she waits for him to arrive for their wedding. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Archives The flight…
A still from the short film Manavalan in Trouble made by the employees of UST in Thiruvananthapuram | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Arun Mohan, a young, successful filmmaker is getting married at a village in Kannur. News spreads that Prithviraj, the hero of his last two blockbuster films, would be attending the wedding function. The…
A poster of ‘Songs of Paradise’. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Songs of Paradise, a musical drama inspired by the life and journey of renowned Kashmiri singer Raj Begum, will make its debut on Prime Video on August 29, the OTT platform announced on Thursday. Presented by Excel Entertainment and produced by Apple Tree Pictures…
Paradha is a refreshing breather in a largely machismo-driven Telugu cinema. Imagine three women, hailing from different backgrounds, on a road trip to find a solution to a crisis that one of them is caught up in. Director Praveen Kandregula’s film starring Anupama Parameswaran, Darshana Rajendran and Sangitha Krish, brims with warmth, joy, laughter, and…
The latest poster of ‘Love Insurance Kompany’. | Photo Credit: @7screenstudio/X LoveInsurance Kompany, directed by Vignesh Shivan and starring Pradeep Ranganathan and Krithi Shetty, has got a new release date. The Tamil movie was earlier set to release on September 18, 2025. The makers announced with the fresh poster that the film will hit the…
Mike Rosenberg still calls himself a busker. Even now, with a career that has taken him from street corners where a few coins were tossed into his guitar case, to stadiums where thousands sung along to the same melody, the English indie folk singer and songwriter, speaks of those early days with the same tenderness…
Prime Video on Thursday announced a multi-year collaboration with Maddock Films, securing worldwide-exclusive post-theatrical streaming rights to eight of its upcoming titles, including films from the banner’s blockbuster horror-comedy universe. As part of the deal, Prime Video will be the exclusive streaming home to Maddock Films’ slate of movies releasing theatrically between 2025 and 2027,…
