Amid swirling rumours that the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) is likely to field him in the Tiruchirappalli East Assembly constituency in the upcoming byelection — necessitated by the resignation of the party’s founding president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay — actor-choreographer Raghava Lawrence has announced his desire to join mainstream politics. However, instead...
The Tamil film industry is mourning the loss of legendary filmmaker Bharathiraja, who died on June 10 at the age of 84. On Friday, the veteran director was laid to rest at his farmhouse in Theni, Tamil Nadu, with state honours. A day earlier, several members of the film fraternity had visited his residence to...
3 min readHyderabadUpdated: Jun 11, 2026 03:16 PM IST Veteran Tamil film financier and distributor Tiruppur Subramaniam has publicly criticised director RJ Balaji over the troubled release of the Suriya-starrer Karuppu, saying he has recovered only half his investment in the film and that Balaji took credit for its success while others did the actual...
Director Bharathiraja Bharathiraja Funeral UPDATES: Veteran Tamil filmmaker Bharathiraja died on Wednesday, June 10. He will be laid to rest with full state honours in Chennai on Thursday, a day after his passing. He was 84. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay announced state honours for the funeral procession shortly after visiting Bharathiraja’s residence on...
Director Bharathiraja Bharathiraja Funeral UPDATES: Veteran Tamil filmmaker Bharathiraja died on Wednesday, June 10. He will be laid to rest with full state honours in Chennai on Thursday, a day after his passing. He was 84. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay announced state honours for the funeral procession shortly after visiting Bharathiraja’s residence on...
Director Bharathiraja Bharathiraja Funeral UPDATES: Veteran Tamil filmmaker Bharathiraja died on Wednesday, June 10. He will be laid to rest with full state honours in Chennai on Thursday, a day after his passing. He was 84. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay announced state honours for the funeral procession shortly after visiting Bharathiraja’s residence on...
4 min readKochiJun 10, 2026 09:30 PM IST Devayani is a name beloved to South Indian audiences, thanks to several ever-memorable performances she delivered over the years. Not just in movies, she won the hearts of the masses through soap operas as well. Although she was supposed to make her acting debut in the Hindi...
4 min readKochiJun 10, 2026 06:42 PM IST Indian cinema has birthed several iconic actors who enthralled audiences with their performances as antagonists. From Amrish Puri, Pran, Amjad Khan, and MN Nambiar to Prakash Raj, NF Varghese, Kota Srinivasa Rao, and Ashutosh Rana, the list of extraordinary actors who played villains is long. However, this...
Before becoming the uncrowned queen of Bollywood, Sridevi was a beloved icon in South India, having made her mark in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam films during the ’70s and ’80s. By the time she made her proper foray into Bollywood with Himmatwala (1983), she was already a superstar in the South, commanding a massive fanbase....
Before 1977, a Tamil village on screen was largely a figment of imagination. Sets were built inside studios in Madras, dialogue was theatrical, costumes were cleaned up, and the emotional register was pitched at the back row. The countryside, when it appeared at all, was more backdrop than subject. However, director Bharathiraja scrapped all of...
