Kamal, Shruti, Viv add star power to New York's India Day parade

As with the last 37 years, this year too the India Day Parade in New York saw thousands of Indian Americans throng Manhattan's Madison Avenue to celebrate India's Independence Day.  For the......

'Will be in politics till I am alive'

At the launch of his political party, actor Kamal Haasan said he was seized of a guilty conscience when he thought of what he had done for the people who showered him with their love. IMAGE: Kamal......

The Leela Samson interview 'I live the life of a Hindu'

'Is the nation interested in the arts? Do political parties care about the arts? Is there a pride in budgeting for the arts? No.' 'That is the bottom line. No one really cares... Culture is always......

Viswaroopam saga: It is time for a reasoned debate

Be it the Hindu or Muslim community, as long as one is offended, one has to address the root causes of the offence and try to bring about an amicable solution. Secular thought is not by having a go......

'You are dance and dance is you'

'Thank you for my dreams that danced then and now.'I realise how lucky I was as a child to have grown up around such greatness, so much humility, and at the core of it all a childlike playfulness.'......

The labourer who floored Kamal Haasan, Shankar Mahadevan

'When Kamal Haasan came into the room, I was shivering.''I am just an ordinary head load worker and there, I was standing next to a legend like him.' Rakesh Unni's story can easily be described as......

Dulquer to romance Sai Pallavi

A lowdown on what's happening in the Malayalam film industry. Sai Pallavi, who became a sensation after her debut venture Premam, is back. After romancing Nivin Pauly in Premam, she will now play......

The many, many, MANY controversies of Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan's list of controversies is almost as long as his impressive filmography.One of the greatest actors of our time, Kamal Haasan, has courted quite a few controversies in recent times. For......