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SAGUNI Movie Review: Karthi excels in an entertaining movie
Shankar Dayal’s directorial Saguni is cliched, but Karthi and Santhanam make it a complete entertainer
It’s taken a year and a half for Karthi to see the release of Saguni. Though the protracted delays may have been irksome, they seemed to have had a positive fallout: expectations about Saguni kept rising all the time and all eyes were on Karthi, whose last film was Siruthai in 2011. The wait seems to have been worth it, for Saguni opened on a grand scale. Click here to read moreClick to Comment
Mani Ratnam, happy birthday!
The maestro director-writer-producer Mani Ratnam was born on June 2, 1956
Mani Ratnam turns 56 today and he can look back with utter satisfaction at a career in films that not only brought him international acclaim but also gave new direction to Indian cinema. Click here to read moreRaj Kapoor’s ‘Awaara’ in Time magazine’s 100 greatest films
The magazine’s critic calls Raj Kapoor ‘the great star-auteur of India’s post-colonial golden age of movies’
Time magazine has included Raj Kapoor’s 1951 classic Awaara among 20 new entries added to its All-Time 100 list of the greatest films made since 1923, the beginning of the prestigious periodical. Rethinking the movie masterpieces, Time critic Richard Corliss describes Raj Kapoor as “the great star-auteur of India’s post-colonial golden age of movies – Cary Grant and Cecil B DeMille in one handsome package”. Click here to read moreHappy Birthday, Karthi
It sure is celebration time for Karthik Sivakumar who was born on May 25, 1977
On the eve of the star actor’s birthday, two songs from his forthcoming film, Saguni are being unveiled. Click here to read moreAR Rahman and Mani Ratnam brainstorm at sea
Ace director Mani Ratnam and Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman have taken things quite literally and have been working on Kadal (out at sea). The director and music composer took a boat and ventured into the sea for a brainstorming session
Rahman, who uploaded a photograph of Mani and himself on a boat on his social networking page, posted that they were busy discussing the songs for or Kadal. “It was a brainstorming session,” Rahman added. Click here to read moreKahaani & Paan Singh Tomar: The box office story continues
Kahaani and Paan Singh Tomar retain their magic on viewers
By now everybody knows that Sujoy Ghosh’s Kahaani is a box office success and unless a strong performance emerges in the coming months Vidya Balan is a shoo in for best actress at next year’s awards. In these days of instant consumption it is heartening to see a film continuing to do well in its second week. In the first week run, Kahaani netted an impressive Rs 24.1 crore in its first week. In the second weekend Kahaani continued to tell its success story and as of Monday total collections were north of Rs 38 crore. Not bad for a film made for just Rs 8 crore. Click here to read moreRavi Teja romances Kajal Aggarwal and Taapsee Pannu in Tamil movie ‘Veeraiah’
The film will release this June. Here are a few stills to keep you company till then
Ravi Teja is very busy in his upcoming Tamil film Veeraiah. He will be seen romancing the hot Kajal Aggarwal and the hotter Taapsee Pannu in the same film. Veeraiah is actually the dubbed version of Telugu film Veera. The film is expected to hit the screens on June 30, this year. The movie also stars Shaam, Roja, Sridevi Vijayakumar, Nasser, Saran Raj and Pradeep Rawat. Thaman has composed the music that was launched recently. If you’ve not yet watched Veera and can’t wait till Veeraiah is released, here are a few stills from the film to tide you by: Click here to read morePrakash Raj opposite Karthi in ‘Shakuni’
Talented Prakash Raj whose last Kannada outing Nannu Nanna Kanasu as producer-director-actor received rave reviews will now cross swords with actor Karthi Sivakumar in an upcoming bilingual flick
Prakash Raj turns to his old ways. The actor will be seen as the antagonist in the film Shakuni in Telugu and Saguni in Tamil. Known for his perfect dialogue delivery and histrionics Prakash was apparently not the first choice for the role though. Click here to read more
