Krishna Srinivasan’s Blog

TWO years after she brought laurels to her weaving hamlet, getting the state first rank in SSLC examinations, R Dharani of Pallipalayam, Namakkal, has done it again. Daughter of a weaver, Dharani has bagged the first rank in the Plus Two examinations, scoring 1,182 out of 1,200. The student of Vikas Girls Higher Secondary School, [...]

Film buffs may not know how many of the 10 avatars in ‘Dasavatharam’ actor Kamal Haasan is done with, but titbits about the film have been doing the rounds among his fans’ circle. An official press release issued by the crew recently said two songs remained to be shot and that the audio launch would [...]

Kamal Haasan starrer “Dasavatharam” has overshot its Rs.1.3 billion budget and becomes the costliest Indian film to be ever made, said sources. “Friday’s much hyped trip of Jackie Chan to Chennai on a chartered flight had cost Rs.100 million to the producer and has added to the total cost that has now gone beyond Rs.1.4 [...]

Kamal Haasan has indeed come a long way. The actor who made his acting debut when he was just six years old has acted in over two hundred Indian films in various languages including Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and even a silent film. Kamal’s first film was the 1960 film Kalathur Kannamma, which was [...]

‘Oscar’ Ravichandran is hopeful of releasing his magnum opus Dasavatharam on May 23 worldwide, if the last of the work of “30 seconds of Tsunami effect” is complete. Trailer of the film has been dispatched to all the theatres where the film has been booked for release. In case the work is delayed, the film [...]

If one had a close look at two of the biggest hits of Gautham Menon – Kaaka Kaaka and Vettaiyadu Vilayadu, apart from both being cop stories and backed by power performance of the cast, there was another line of similarity – the lead ladies of both the movies, be it Jyothika of Kaaka Kaaka [...]

Aishwarya Rai has expressed her comments on acting with Rajini in’Robot.’ At a private function, Aishwarya has agreed to pair with Rajini in ‘Robot.’ Every time attempts have been made to cast Aishwarya opposite Rajini. She was approached to star in ‘Chandramukhi’ and ‘Sivaji’ too but she turned down the offers because she had no [...]

Bheema hit the screen after having been lying in the cans for a long long time. Vikram, who had no films in 2007, should thank his stars. Lingusamy, who directed the film, his first with Vikram, is known for making family stories. “Bheema” is a mix of action, romance, thrill and sentiment, but fails to [...]

As President APJ Abdul Kalam prepares to demit office, his scientist friends have come together to start a museum that showcases his contribution to India’s space development — and also has a silhouette of his famous mane as its logo. The Mission of Life Museum in the capital’s cantonment area is the brainchild of Kalam’s [...]