Friday Fiesta

It's calm between storms, so to speak. Only last week, the Kollywood box-office witnessed a dozen releases. And next week, two big films- 'Vettai' and 'Nanban'- are hitting the screens thanks to Pongal...

No more Simbu Vs Jiiva

Looks like STR's anthem for love and peace is working big time. For, it's now 'all is well' between Simbu and Jiiva, as the actors, who are considered as bitter foes, have exchanged pleasantries with each other on their respective microblogging pages...

Sid's loss is Madhavan's gain

It is official that Siddharth is out of Roger Spottiswoode' The First Class Man, a biopic based on the life of Srinivasa Ramanujan, the mathematical genius. The film was first planned with Sid in the lead. The director Roger of Tomorrow Never Dies fame was confessedly impressed with Sid's intense act in Rang De Basanti and offered him the role of the legendary mathematician.

Mahesh to debut in BM's Hindi version?

It looks like Mahesh Babu will debut in Hindi with the Hindi version of Businessman. The movie would be directed by Puri Jagannadh himself. The Mumbai gossip mills have been saying that Puri was thinking of making the movie with Abhishek Bacchan. However, he has had second thoughts about Abhi’s aptness for the role, and has subsequently come to believe in Mahesh’s glamour and popularity.

I'm following my father, says Balayya

Several panegyrics have been showered on Nandamuri Balakrishna since the day Sri Rama Rajyam was released. Comparisons with his father, late NT Rama Rao, who is perhaps the only actor in the history of world cinema to have received universal appreciation for playing the maximum number of mythological characters, have not proved to be a bane for him.