Anita R. Ratnam | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran The Madras High Court on Wednesday (April 30, 2025) directed Meta Platforms Inc and Telegram FZ-LLC to take down all fake Facebook accounts and Telegram channels that had misused the photographs and videos of choreographer Anita R. Ratnam and had also used deepfake audio clips of her […]
Jaffar Sadiq. File | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam The Madras High Court on Monday (April 21, 2025) granted bail to drug smuggling accused Bezos alias Jaffer Sadiq and his brother Mohamed Saleem in a case registered against the duo by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) of […]
Start of the downfall: Rajnikanth and R.M. Veerappan at the event to celebrate the 100-day run of Baasha on July 14, 1995. Veerappan’s explanation that the actor would always speak frankly did not cut ice with Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, who accused him of “enjoying” diatribes against her, recalls a biography of the Minister. | Photo […]
R.K. Shriramkumar. File | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj Violinist R.K. Shriramkumar has been selected for this year’s Sangita Kalanidhi award of the Music Academy. He had accompanied stalwarts of yesteryears including Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, M.S. Subbulakshmi, D.K. Pattammal, D.K. Jayaraman, T. Brinda and T. Mukta, M. Balamuralikrishna, K.V. Narayanasamy and the present day musicians such […]
Gone too soon: Raghuvaran was a quintessential artiste wedded to the craft. He knew the power of a good dialogue and a well-placed pause. A documentary on him is on the cards. Tall, handsome, and with a voice high on bass, Raghuvaran was a stellar presence in the Tamil films of the 1980s, 1990s, and […]
