KOCHI: Actor and director Revathy, director Ranjith and cinematographer Venu talk about their experience of being on the judges’ panel of a reality show for the first time ever. Reality shows have almost become an integral part of our lives. Over the years, celebrities from tinselville, who carved a niche for themselves before or behind …
LONDON: International celebrity Pamela Anderson drank a glass of filthy water on US television to show how a cheap new filter can make water safe for drinking. Anderson was promoting charity organisation Waves For Water on the Ellen DeGeneres Show when she agreed to demonstrate to the host how new technology turns filthy liquid into …
6 questions about actors, directors and films gunning hard for that golden statue this year and the options. **Will Anne Hathaway and James Franco triumph as hosts? They’re young and very good-looking. And more importantly, they’re young and very good-looking. Who cares what inanities are thrust into their mouths by the gag writers as long …
CHENNAI: SS Kumaran made his debut as music director in ‘Poo’, which was a huge hit. His recently-released ‘Kalavani’ was highly appreciated for its good numbers. The music director has now turned filmmaker with ‘Thenir Viduthi’, a comedy film. As he is also scoring music for the film, one would expect that the film would …
CHENNAI: Not Madhuri Dixit, but Rekha has been offered a role opposite Rajinikanth in his upcoming Tamil film ‘Rana’. Rajini who has a triple role in the film would also be seen romancing Deepika Padukone. Directed by KS Ravikumar, the film will be Eros International and Ocher studios. The multilingual which will be released in …
Sridevi who has ruled the silver screen during 80’s is all set for a comeback. She has chosen Balki of ‘Paa’ fame as a comeback vehicle. The film will be produced by Balki and directed by his wife Gauri Shinde. In the film, Sridevi plays a married woman who doesn’t understand English but married to …
It is now the chance of Prithviraj to take his best foot forward in Bollywood. The Kerala heartthrob has signed his first Hindi film which will be directed by Anurag Kashyap of the internationally acclaimed films like Dev.D and Black Friday. Anurag Kashyap was in Chennai recently for the audio launch of ‘Easan’ and he …
Salman Khan has recently found a female companion who he loves spending time with. Rumour has it that Sallu and British model Hazel are getting close to each other rather well. She took him out for a bike ride in Pune about two weeks ago, post which they spent a lot of quality time together. …
THRISSUR: Veteran Malayalam writer Sukumar Azhikode Saturday filed a criminal defamation case against superstar Mohanlal. Azhikode alleges that the actor called him a mentally-deranged person last year. Azhikode had then served a legal notice on Mohanlal, asking him to either apologise or face legal action. The war of words between the two started when Azhikode …
LONDON: ‘Harry Potter’ author J.K. Rowling’s life story is to be turned into a movie. Rowling – who went from being a single mother receiving state benefits to being worth an estimated $804 million following the worldwide success of the schoolboy wizard franchise – will be portrayed in the film by actress Poppy Montgomery, known …
