As bashfully as a budding Romeo, he pulled out a stack of papers from his office-drawer.

“I write love poems,“ he said confidentially. “But that's off the record. As it is people think I'm an emotion

Chennai cinema crowd seems to have gone multi-lingual. Thanks to the spurt in multiplexes across the city, access to non-Tamil films like Eega (Telugu) and Barfi (Hindi), are easier and being receive

The fight between the health ministry and the I&B ministry over the proposed smoking rules for films seems to have been sorted out with the health ministry all set to re-notify new smoking rules soon.

Even a couple of years ago, Jothi theatre in Guindy was synonymous with c-grade movies and frequented by unruly elements.

But now, with latest audio and video equipment in place, it is a family join

If the Information and Broadcasting ministry has its way, old and foreign films may be out of the ambit of new smoking rules proposed by the Union health ministry.

With the I&B ministry citing 'pract

In a novel initiative, a two-hour film in Tamil has been produced with contributions from theatre artistes and writers across the state.

The film, completed in 55 days, will be released early June.