Ammuvaghiya Naan: Worth a view (Viewed 2976 times)
Written by T. S. V. Hari
Parker Bros' offering Ammuvaghiya Naan (A person called Ammu - me) – is an antithesis in the life of a commercial sex worker – when she reluctantly tries to return to the oldest profession to save her tempestuous married life!Though Bharati has already been featured ...
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Published on September 01, 2007 In Entertainment
Indian filmmaker shuns all 'wood' - Holly or Bolly (Viewed 3042 times)
Written by Arun Kumar
His Telugu film "Vanaja" has won 16 awards at over 60 international film festivals, but Rajnesh Domalpalli considers it "a shame" that he still hasn't been able to release it in his home state of Andhra Pradesh, let alone the rest of India."To many of ...
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Published on August 27, 2007 In Entertainment
Six decades of dynamic filmmaking in India(India at 60) (Viewed 6418 times)
Written by Prithwish Ganguly
From projecting the Nehruvian idea of nation building and giving the rebel a cause to candyfloss romances and evolution of parallel cinemas, Bollywood has churned out thousands of films over the past six decades and has interestingly never followed a trend."The industry has been ...
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Published on August 11, 2007 In Entertainment
The Big Bee (Viewed 6009 times)
Written by S. Murari
Who's the boss, the Big B or Rajni? That was the hot topic of a snap poll conducted by a 24/7 English television channel on the day of the release of much-awaited and greatly hyped latest blockbuster, Sivaji, the BOSS. The anchor person drooled that tickets had been sold ...
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Published on June 16, 2007 In Entertainment
Rajnikanth: Now a star, he once struggled to live (Viewed 4070 times)
Written by T. S. V. Hari
Rajnikanth may be one of India's highest paid actors today. A long time ago he was a humble bus conductor but with stars in his eyes. And when he joined the Tamil film industry, he struggled for years - to pay his room rent, to commute in Chennai and to be simply accepted as ...
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Published on June 13, 2007 In Entertainment
B&W classics in colour? It's like painting Taj Mahal pink (Viewed 2899 times)
Written by Rachna Subramanian
Would you take away colour from Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers"? Then why talk of adding colour to Guru Dutt's "Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam". Autumn brings with it its own splendour. Can you imagine repainting its auburn hues with translucent greens to give ...
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Published on April 20, 2007 In Entertainment
The Shilpa Soap Opera (Viewed 3140 times)
Written by S. Murari
After 25 days of high drama, Britain's Channel 4 has declared Shilpa Shetty (who else?) the winner of the Big Brother Celebrity show. Call it a drama or a dumb charade. It had all the trappings of a soap opera with Shilpa let loose in the doghouse like a pigeon among cats.After ...
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Published on January 30, 2007 In Entertainment
SPB: a legend in his lifetime (Viewed 8343 times)
Written by Malladi Narasimham
On December 15, 2006, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, the evergreen star of South Indian film music, completed four decades of singing career. On the same day in 1966, then a lanky Balu made his debut under the baton of his mentor S.P. Kodandapani to render a song along with stalwart singers ...
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Published on January 03, 2007 In Entertainment
Kannada film industry in turmoil (Viewed 3846 times)
Written by K. S. Dakshina Murthy
Kannada cinema is in free fall. If, on the one hand, films have mercilessly bombed at the box office, on the other, producers and workers are embroiled in an internecine battle over pay and treatment meted on sets. Problems have been exacerbated by the influx of films of other ...
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Published on November 27, 2006 In Entertainment
L. V. Prasad: he left an indelible stamp on Indian cinema (Viewed 3738 times)
Written by Malladi Narasimham
(Prasads Group founded by a visionary L.V. Prasad is celebrating its golden jubilee this year. A tribute to the legendary film personality) In 1930 at the dawn of the New Year a lanky young man of 22, from a remote Andhra Village, alighted from a third class compartment at Victoria ...
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Published on November 08, 2006 In Entertainment
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