Can Vijay Succeed Where Rajini Couldn't?

Will Vijay will go the most successful MGR/Jayalalithaa way, or that of Vijayakanth, Seeman or Kamalahaasan, or end up as another Rajinikanth who cries wolf at the last minute and quits the scene......

Celebrating Astad Deboo!

Two years ago this day, Astad Deboo, dancer extraordinaire, passed into the ages.A new exhibition Breaking Boundaries remembers the pioneer who redrew the margins of Indian dance. IMAGE: Astad......

BJP Barking Up The Wrong Tree In Tamil Nadu

The BJP continuing to look at the Dravidian polity through the religious prism has not worked in Tamil Nadu whereas it has yielded political and electoral results across much of the rest of the......

Were The Chola Kings Hindus Or Not?

The aftermath of Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan has led to an argument that there was no religion as Hinduism in Chola times.Instead, there was only Saivism, Vaishnavism, etc, and that the Cholas......

Mithun: The Outsider We Love To Watch

Mithun Chakraborty started from scratch in bit roles and had no Godfather backing him. Yet, remarkably, his career now straddles six decades and he continues to win acclaim, observes Dinesh Raheja.......

Aradhanaa Makes A Smashing Debut And Wins An Award

IIFA packed in a lot of entertainment over its three-day weekend course. From fashion, awards and performances, there was a lot of dhamaka on stage in Abu Dhabi. But picture abhi baaki hai, mere......

Look Who Won Big At IIFA Awards!

It's raining awards in Abu Dhabi! Film stars and technicians were awarded at the IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) awards over the weekend, and here are the big winners. Photograph: Kind......

The Cult of Mithun Chakraborty

National Award-winning actor, producer, hotelier, ex-MP, cricket team owner, philanthropist, highest tax payer, reality show judge, animal lover and, above all, people's hero -- Mithun Chakraborty......