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| June 05, 2009 | | This Ride is not a merry one
Ride is a youth-centric film revolving around bikes and friendship. It represents the attitudes of the youth particularly the middle class in a way. But this ride is not that much of fun.
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| February 23, 2009 | | Celebrating 75 years of Kannada films
Ravichandran, lovingly called Crazy Star by his fans, has been roped in to direct the three-day cultural programme marking the platinum jubilee celebrations of the Kannada film industry.
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| November 17, 2008 | | 'I have always wanted to play a negative role'
Darshan, called 'Challenging Star' by his fans, has received lot of accolades as well as brickbats for his decision to play a negative role under his own banner. In this interview to R G Vijayasarathy, Darshan defends his decision.
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| October 24, 2008 | | 'No heroine is versatile in India today'
Telugu film director Mohankrishna Indraganti was in his element during a Rediff.com chat on Wednesday. The filmmaker who struck gold with his first film Grahanam and later on with Maya Bazaar and Ashta Chamma, chatted about his films and why making a comedy is serious work.
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| September 19, 2008 | | 'I am not unhappy that I had to release Gulabi Talkies in one screen'
Girish Kasaravalli, winner of four National awards has come out with a real masterpiece in the form of Gulabi Talkies now. Thankfully, the film is running well in its third week. In this exclusive interview, Kasaravalli speaks about his Gulabi Talkies and the dearth of audience to artistic films which were toast of the audience during the seventies.
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| September 17, 2008 | | 'I had to unlearn many things for Gulabi Talkies '
Umashri, who made her debut in Pattanakke Bandha Pathniyaru (directed by A V Sheshagiri Rao) and winner of numerous prestigious awards, talks about her experience of working with Girish Kasaravalli, and the award that has given her international recognition.
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| August 12, 2008 | | 'I prefer newcomers'
Sasi Kumar, the creator of the Tamil hit film, Subramaniyapuram, talks about his directorial debut and why he prefers his actors without any baggage.
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| August 11, 2008 | | 'I am upset and shocked'
Meena is shocked and upset about the shoddy treatment meted to her after the making of Kuselan. Her main grouse is the fact that her name appears after Nayanthara, an actress years her junior, in the film's promos and credits.
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| July 30, 2008 | | 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 namely Edinburgh, Toronto, Pusan and Palm Springs. Now, the latest feather in his cap is a feature on the film which appeared in the prestigious American Cinematographer magazine.
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| July 18, 2008 | | 'I was afraid to act with Mohanlal'
Ajmal Amir does the balancing act to perfection. He is a doctor by profession and one of the most promising young actors in Malayalam and Tamil films. After making his debut in Pranayakalam, Ajmal has found success in Tamil with Anjathe. His latest release in Malayalam is Madambi, with Mohanlal.
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| June 12, 2008 | | 'I am fortunate enough to be Kamal sir's good friend'
As Kamal Haasan gears up for his latest Tamil venture, Dasavathaaram, Ramesh Arvind relives the memories of his tryst with the actor.
' Dasavathaaram will be mind-blowing'
As the countdown of Kamal Haasan's Tamil film, Dasavathaaram begins, Suresh Krissna reminisces about his association and relationship with the actor whom he directed in three films Sathya, Indrudu Chandrudu and Alavandan.
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| June 11, 2008 | | Meet India's best actress
An interview with Priya Mani, a Malayali born and brought up in Bangalore, who won the National Award for Best Actress for her role in Ameer's Paruthiveeran.
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| June 10, 2008 | | From the Exorcist to Dasavathaaram
In conversation with special effects specialist Brian Jennings, the man entrusted with the task of transforming Kamal Haasan's Tamil film, Dasavathaaram in to an out of this world experience.
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| May 30, 2008 | | 'After Anbe Sivam , I became a hardcore Kamal fan'
It is no secret that Madhavan admires Kamal Haasan a lot. In fact, Madhavan is an unabashed the star, who is ready with his upcoming Tamil film, Dasavathaaram. Catch him gush about the star in this exclusive interview.
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| May 19, 2008 | | Surya, the social activist
After proudly showing his six-pack abs, popular Tamil actor Surya has shown another side of his personality; that of a social activist. He started the Arangam Foundation with the intention to popularise the importance of education. The foundation has now made a short film Herova Zerova for the Department of School Education, Government of Tamil Nadu, to spread the message throughout the state. Tying up with the foundation is bharatstudent.com, an online portal for youth.
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| May 15, 2008 | | Meet the villain of Kandaswamy
Indrajith is on a roll. The Malayalam actor has two big Tamil films lined up -- Kandaswamy directed by Susie Ganesan and Sarvam by Vishnu Vanrdhan (of Billa fame). Kandasamy will feature him as the baddie opposite Vikram.
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| May 12, 2008 | | Ghatothkach , Cannes-bound!
South Indian filmmaker, Singeetam Srinivasa Rao's latest animation titled Ghatotkach-Master of Magic will be screened at the Cannes Film festival on May 17 in the Palais C section.
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| May 09, 2008 | | 'I want my films to reach people'
Professor Baragooru Ramachandrappa is one of the most progressive writers of Kannada literature, whose analytical and introspective articles on contemporary events have always opened up debates. Even today, he is considered as a 'model revolutionary' by young Kannada writers. Moving to films from literature was a natural process for him.
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| April 15, 2008 | | Directing Mammootty
Anwar Rasheed, who made a dream debut in Malayalam films, talks about his latest film Annan Thampi, starring Mammootty.
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| March 18, 2008 | | Bindaas' Puneet on a roll
It is an exciting time for Puneet Rajkumar. Not only is his latest Kannada film Bindaas doing well, his last film Milana too, directed by his cousin Prakash, just completed it's silver jubilee run a few days ago.
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| March 14, 2008 | | 'Chiranjeevi appreciated Gamyam '
Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi's on the success of his directorial Telugu debut Gamyam, which is making waves in Andhra Pradesh.
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| March 06, 2008 | | ' Avva is not a failure'
Vibrant diretcor of Kannada films, Kavitha Lankesh talks about her recent film Avva, which is based on another of her father's novel, Mussanjeya Katha Prasanga.
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| March 04, 2008 | | 'I am proud of the way Cycle has shaped up'
The frank and dedicated director, who has gone through his share of highs and lows, now has a reason to be excited as his latest offering, Cycle is raking in the moolah big time.
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| February 07, 2008 | | When Sreenivasan made Rajni cry
In the first part of an exclusive interview, Sreenivasan spoke about how the film Kadha Parayumbol was born. In the second part, he speaks about how Rajnikanth reacted to the film.
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| February 04, 2008 | | 25 years of Rajendra Babu
After a gap of two years, he is making films with stars like Puneet Raj Kumar and Ganesh. Up first is Binddas with Puneet Rajkumar, which is releasing on February 8.
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| November 19, 2007 | | 50 Happy Days
The feel-good film is completing 50 days on November 20 and is turning out be the biggest blockbuster of 2007.
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| November 01, 2007 | | Priya's Kannamoochi Enada
This Deepavali is very special for Priya. Her second film, Kannamoochi Enada is releasing this festive season.
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| October 30, 2007 | | Life is sweeter for Jayasurya after Chocolate
Jayasurya has become one of the most promising youngsters in the Malayalam film industry thanks to the whopping success of Swapnakkoodu, Classmates, Arabikkatha and Chocolate.
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| October 29, 2007 | | Meet the cool villain of Tamil cinema
Better known for his role as Ratnavel, the jealous, maniacal, impotent husband in Satham Podathey, Nitin Satya has become a name to be reckoned with in Tamil cinema.
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| October 08, 2007 | | ' Thamizh MA will be a sensation'
The Tamil filmmaker, who is also Balu Mahendra's assistant is confident that people will sit up and notice his film.
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| September 12, 2007 | | 'Commercial success is important'
Though only one of his films, Kichamani MBA got released for Onam (Black Cat got delayed), his July release, Naadia Kollapetta is going strong.
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| July 12, 2007 | | Meet the man behind Toss
Ram Reddy or Priyadarshini Ram as he is better known talks about his second feature film, Toss .
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| May 24, 2007 | | The voice behind Shriya in Sivaji
This actress who dubbed for actress has also dubbed for Sada in Anniyan earlier, talks about her films and dubbing for Sivaji.
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| February 09, 2007 | | 'I have cast a spell on myself'
Filmmaker Vipin Vijay speaks about his life's journey and how it feels to be the first Indian to win prestigious Tiger Award.
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| October 30, 2006 | | 'I wanted to be like MGR'
Veteran actor Sarath Kumar talks about how he's heading in a different cinematic direction.
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| August 18, 2006 | | Rama Naidu to give us Hope
Director Satish tells us how he managed to get the actor to star in his debut film, 'Hope'.
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| August 16, 2006 | | Meet Mammooty, the writer
The Malayalam superstar has compiled his columns into a book, titled 'Kaazhchappadu'.
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| July 21, 2006 | | The return of Malgudi Days
An interview with National Award-winning filmmaker Kavitha Lankesh, who has directed new stories for the much-loved serial.
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| July 05, 2006 | | The life of a gigolo
Director Rajeev Nath is sure his next film will create controversy.
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