J Jayalalithaa donned many roles in a life and even today. It will take quite some time to completely understand her rise to become the one whose destiny was intertwined with that of Tamil Nadu
The J legacy – Remembering Jayalalithaa
Relief at last – stories of people helping Kerala stand again
Life in Kerala is limping back to normalcy. The torrential rains wreaked havoc in the last one month and soon the state began to sink as it received one of the heaviest rainfalls in the last eight decades. Efforts at various levels including the government, bureaucracy and civil society is slowly helping the state to... Continue Reading →
The show goes on – The never ending allure of cinema in Tamil Nadu
No one has held the masses in sway more than film stars in Tamil Nadu. The whole culture of worship and adulation is an interesting one
The Silver Lining – Patriotism in cinema before independence
Indian films began talking in 1931 and it didn’t take them long to belt out ideas of freedom. And with our films having had a culture of song and dance, patriotism found its way into even regular entertainers. But these films did clash with the censors from time to time.
