Acclaimed film director Mani Ratnam will be honored with the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award at the Venice Film Festival. This was disclosed by director Marco Muller at the Cannes Film Festival, in which Raavan was premiered. Announcing the decision, Muller said, “Mani Ratnam is one of the greatest innovators in contemporary Indian cinema. He helped introduce...

Sameera Reddy was in town to inaugurate the VGN mini township near Ambattur. The actress made her presence felt by answering a volley of questions thrown at her. She surprised many by answering ...

Naam is a foundation that has Suhasini Mani Ratnam and Mani Ratnam as its trustees. The foundation celebrated the empowerment of 83 single women today 10th May 2010 at the BEFI Hall, 27, VV Kovil...

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has had a hectic year till now with the shooting for the Tamil and Hindi versions of Raavan and Endhiran on at the same time. All this and a couple of Hindi movies seem to ...

Manisha Koirala is all set to marry Nepal-based businessman Samrat Dahal on June 19th, say sources. The actress is eagerly awaiting the release of her next film Ek Second Jo Zindagi Badal De, which ...

Abhishek Bachchan had done a very risky scene for the Mani Rathnam directed Raavan, though his wife and actress Aishwarya Rai and the director requested him not to. Mani had in fact arranged for a ...

When news flowed in that Amitabh Bachchan is due to host the India International Films Awards (IIFA) event in Sri Lanka, the Tamilians were the first ones to protest. A group of Tamils in Mumbai...

It was Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who took the task of introducing Raavan during the audio launch of the film that took place on April 24th, 2010 at Mumbai. The actress said, “This is the most challenging...

Mani Ratnam has decided to launch the audio of Raavan on April 24th. But sources close to the film unit say that the audio launch of the Tamil version will be held in Chennai at a later date, ...

Priyamani recalls that she was excited when Mani Ratnam called her to his office to narrate the storyline of Raavan and her role in it. When the director offered the role to her, all that he wanted to know was how good her Hindi was. When Priyamani replied it was quite good, the director called one of his assistants to converse with her in Hindi to test her linguistic...