'Without music I can't breathe. And he asked me to stop singing'

‘How can anyone ask me to stop what I have been doing since I was 6?’ Vaikom Vijayalakshmi tells Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com why she called off her engagement. IMAGE: Vaikom......

In Gehlot's home district, BJP win 9 out of 10 seats

In outgoing Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's home district Jodhpur, BJP has won nine out of ten assembly constituencies, with Gehlot the only winning candidate of the Congress party. Gehlot......

When will M K Stalin, the chosen one, take over?

M K Stalin might not have his father's charisma, but he has learnt the ropes the long, hard way, says T E Narasimhan  In 1953, the year Russian communist leader Joseph......

Remember Rosesh's Poems in Sarabhai vs Sarabhai?

They're so bad, they're good! Everybody loves Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai. It has been 11 years since we saw the last episode of the sitcom -- we're not counting the re-runs -- on the upper class family......

Special: The A-Z of Malayalam cinema

A look at the Malayalam films which best symobolise the letters of the alphabet! It was a fascinating and nostalgic experience going through the Malayalam films released from the 1940s till......

Meet the Gollapudi Srinivas award winner

Madhav Ramadasan, director of the much acclaimed Malayalam film Melvilasom (Address) has won this year's prestigious Gollapudi Srinivas national award for debut director. Melvilasom, based on a......

Suresh Gopi: Melvilasom is a landmark film

Though Suresh Gopi won the National Award for his scintillating performance as a theyyam artist in Jayaraj's Kaliyattom, his forte has been delivering punches. Madhav Ramadasan's debut Malayalam......