Award for a sensitive film

The first theatrical Tamil feature film by Sumathy Ram, Vishwa Thulasi, has won the 'Gold Special Jury Award' at the World Fest-Houston film festival recently for direction.

Pooja wrings her hand in pain

pooja is now hospitalized with an injury in her wrist."After a tight schedule, I relaxed myself playing cricket with my relatives, who had been to my house for vacation. Unfortunately, I was hit in my wrist by a ball which left me in great pain. I am feeling ok now and would be off to shooting in a couple of days".

Courting controversies

The latest is that Sakshi is saying that a businessman, by name Raju Naik, assaulted her after a fracas over a land worth over one crore of rupees.She is also alleging that Raju Naik has grabbed her land and the police are looking the other way and not acting on her complaints.

Benegal to answer charges on Netaji film in court

Shyam Benegal, director of "Bose - The Forgotten Hero", has said he would reply in court to the charges of distortion of facts in the film on freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose."I have said what I have to say. We have done this film after years of research. Now we would only reply in court," Benegal said at the world premiere of the film here Wednesday.

Will Bose click with the 'Kool' generation?

Ram Gopal's "Company" on the life of Dawood Ibrahim was a far bigger success than Raj Kumar Santoshi's "The Legend Of Bhagat Singh". And this week Shyam Benegal is finally ready with his "Bose - The Forgotten Hero".Will an actor like Sachin Khedeker, who isn't a star in the filmy sense of the word, manage to get audiences interested in the life of Subash Chandra Bose,