'I am a Tamil-speaking Muslim, I wanted to know my roots'

Yaadhum is a documentary that talks about how Islam spread in South India through trade. The film recently won the Bronze Remi award at the 48th World Fest in Houston. The maker of Yaadhum,......

PHOTOS: Indians across the world celebrate Independence Day

Soaked in patriotism, hundreds of Indians abroad on Tuesday marked the country's 71st Independence Day with the tricolour fluttering high and the national anthem reverberating at Indian missions......

Raveena Tandon plays Shobhaa De in next?

Even as Raveena Tandon gets ready to take her new film Shobhna's 7 Nights -- about a rich, bored columnist-author, who gets into a relationship with a struggling actor moonlighting as a gigolo --......

Shooting a Hollywood film in Munnar

Santosh Sivan has become truly an international filmmaker. His eighth directorial venture, Before the Rains, a Hollywood film made in Kerala has made it to a number of international film festivals......

New York talent hunt finalist sings for rediff

Indian American Ashlee Madhukar won the second place at New York's famed Appllo Theatre amateur talent contest last month, beating 11 other hopefuls. Here, the 17-year-old sings......

Tamil film M3V wins award at Cairo film fest

According to Krishnan Gomatham Seshadri, his directorial debut, M3V or Mudhal, Mudhal, Mudhal Varai is Tamil's first metro movie film. "M3V takes the region out of regional cinema. It is a Tamil......