Actor Vishal. File | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Actor Vishal collapsed on stage while participating in a beauty pageant for transgender people, organised as part of the Koothandavar festival at the municipal grounds here on Sunday (May 11, 2025) night. Mr. Vishal arrived at the venue at around 9.15 p.m. Shortly after completing his speech, […]
Actor Kamal Haasan, actor Maadhu Balaji, director K.S. Ravikumar and other dignitaries launching the books at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in Mylapore on Thursday. | Photo Credit: M. SRINATH Actor Kamal Haasan on Thursday launched 25 books compiling the works, including plays and short stories, of actor and playwright ‘Crazy’ Mohan. Speaking on the occasion, he […]
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 […]
