I remember seeing Anoop Menon for the first time in a Malayalam serial by K. K. Rajeev as the character “Adi”.  He came across as a fresh face, very talented with a great, unique personality; struck to me as someone who had all the features of a typical cute son loved dearly by the parents.  It was evident that he was a star material and [...]

Every morning driving towards a large park a little away from my home, is a cause of joy never experienced in my life.  Chanting of ‘Keerthanams’ from nearby houses brings my mind to calm.  Then I am watching all the big and small streets with at least one temple in each street.  Most of the house perimeter wall also holds many Ganesha idols.

For the past two three years Tamil cinema is going through a fresh energetic phase. Recently director Maniratnam said in a function that this is the golden age of Tamil cinema. “Around the world, now tamil cinema is very popular and crossed all barriers, interesting films being made, new talented directors and technicians are coming to industry, they are experimenting with new ideas and themes.” [...]

Tamil was the first language to be declared as a classical language by the Government of India in 2004. Tamil is one of the longest surviving classical languages in the world. It has been described as “the only language of contemporary India, which is recognizably a continuation of a classical past and having “one of the richest literatures in the world”. The earliest epigraphic records [...]