3 min readKochiMay 27, 2026 08:22 PM IST Widely regarded as “theeya sakthi” (evil force) plaguing show business, piracy has been giving producers and investors sleepless nights for decades. Despite efforts, the illegal activity continues unabated, with the most recent and notable victim being director H Vinoth’s Jana Nayagan, touted as the swansong of actor...
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Amid Jana Nayagan row, Tamil Nadu CM Vijay meets PM Narendra Modi in Delhi
This was Vijay’s maiden visit to Delhi since he was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. As per a report in PTI, they discussed Mekedatu dam project, the invocation song ‘Tamil Thaai Vaazhthu’ and the release of Tamil Nadu fishermen and their vessels. Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Thiru @actorvijay met Prime...
சூர்யாவின் ‘கருப்பு’ படம் ₹253 கோடி வசூல்
இரண்டாம் வாரத்திலும் வசூல் வேட்டை தொடர்கிறது… ரசிகர்களிடம் பெரும் வரவேற்பு தமிழ் திரையுலகின் முன்னணி நடிகரான சூர்யா நடித்துள்ள ‘கருப்பு’ திரைப்படம் உலகளவில் ₹253 கோடி வசூலை கடந்துள்ளதாக தகவல்கள் வெளியாகியுள்ளன. வெளியான முதல் நாளிலிருந்தே ரசிகர்களிடம் மிகப்பெரிய வரவேற்பைப் பெற்ற இந்த படம், தற்போது இரண்டாம் வாரத்திலும் வெற்றிகரமாக ஓடி வருகிறது. இப்படத்தை இயக்குனர் ஆர். ஜே. பாலாஜி இயக்கியுள்ளார். சமூக கருத்துகள், அதிரடி காட்சிகள் மற்றும் உணர்ச்சி கலந்த திரைக்கதை ஆகியவை ரசிகர்களிடையே நல்ல...
India home to 191 species of cockroaches, 60% of them are endemic, says ZSI study
India is home to 191 species of cockroaches and 119 of these species (more than 60% of the species) are endemic to India, a recent publication by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) highlighted. Endemism is the ecological state where a species or taxonomic group is native to a single, highly defined geographic location. The publication...
‘Vijay won using cut-outs; I struggled for 15 years’: Pawan Kalyan’s dig at Tamil Nadu CM
4 min readMumbaiMay 26, 2026 01:07 PM IST Actor Vijay recently won the Tamil Nadu elections and became the state’s chief minister, ending over three decades of DMK-AIADMK duology. While Vijay’s party, TVK (Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam), emerged victorious in its first ever electoral, the actor and deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Pawan Kalyan, shared...
Tamil Nadu CM Vijay allows theatres to run 5 shows daily for new releases in first week
2 min readKochiMay 25, 2026 09:43 PM IST In a significant move that is likely to be a shot in the arm for ailing Tamil cinema, Chief Minister and former actor Vijay has allowed theatres across the state to schedule five daily shows of any new film for the first seven days of its release....
From Rs 5000 salary to Rs 100 cr films: How engineer Karthi accidentally found stardom
5 min readHyderabadMay 25, 2026 07:36 PM IST Not many actors can say they once stayed at their office desk until four in the morning, not to rehearse lines, but to finish a design brief for a firm in New York. Karthi can. The man Tamil audiences know from Kaithi and Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru took...
‘He called me didi’: Kushboo Sundar recalls ’emotional’ meeting with Tamil Nadu CM Vijay
3 min readKeralaMay 25, 2026 07:22 PM IST Despite belonging to rival outfits, actor-turned-politicians C Joseph Vijay and Kushboo Sundar continue to maintain the warm bond that blossomed between them in the film industry even now. Days after Vijay took the oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Kushboo visited him at the Secretariat...
‘He called me didi’: Kushboo recalls ‘emotional’ meeting with Tamil Nadu CM Vijay
Despite belonging to rival outfits, actor-turned-politicians C Joseph Vijay and Kushboo Sundar continue to maintain the warm bond that blossomed between them in the film industry even now. Days after Vijay took the oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Kushboo visited him at the Secretariat to felicitate him. However, she did not visit...
As Vijay exits cinema for CM’s chair, RJ Balaji says, ‘No void in Tamil film industry’
Two weeks have passed since Vijay walked off the political campaign trail and into the Chief Minister’s office, and Tamil cinema is already being asked a question it may not have a clean answer to: who fills the space he left behind? When this question was posed to RJ Balaji, whose latest film Karuppu is...








