Bollywood actress and the daughter of one of the most powerful political houses in Nepal, Manisha Koirala, seems finally set to tie the knot – and in Nepal. The 40-year-old actress, the country’s most eligible single woman, will finally say “I do” to Nepali businessman Samrat Dahal with the wedding set for June 19. “Mutual acquaintances told me about a week ago that Manisha Koirala was getting married in Nepal,” said Nepali film director Dipendra …

Composer A.R. Rahman plans to be out of India for the longest period for a series of world concerts and says he is not thinking about any other work for the next few months. “It’s a very tough schedule for me this year. I’ll be out of the country for five months which I’ve kept aside completely for the word tour,” Rahman said. The concerts will take Rahman to places he has never been before. “I essentially need time for my music, sprirituality …

A few days back, it was said that successful female lyricist Thamarai has been called on by the ace director Mani Ratnam for writing the dialogues for his next movie after Raavan. But now, the latest buzz is that Thamarai denies writing dialogues for Mani Ratnam’s upcoming flick to be with Silambarasan. On speaking about this Thamarai says “I don’t want to diversify at this point of time. My job is to write lyrics and I am content as a poet. I just …

Rubbishing reports that she is dating her “Saadhyam” co-star Jagapati Babu, actress Priyamani says such “rumours” will die their natural death. “I have acted with Jagapati Babu in my first Telugu film ‘Pellaina Kothalo’, which ran successfully for over 150 days. Then we were paired in ‘Pravarakyudu’, which was also well-received,” Priyamani said. “I have worked with many heroes in my acting career in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films. Media has …

The famous star Vikram is very much happy with Mani Ratnam’s ‘Raavan’. He says that the film will be a milestone in his film career as he is playing the hero role in the Tamil version of Ravvan and villain role in the Hindi version, which has not been done so far by any actor. Admiring his director Maniratnam, he says that he was surprised in seeing himself in two different attitudes and all the credit goes to director in getting him perfect for …

The news is out. Suriya and Priyamani will be launched in Hindi with ‘Raktha Charitra’ by Ram Gopal Varma this year. Priyamani will play opposite Suriya, who is playing the role of Maddelacheruvu Suri in the film, a romp through the saga of Anantapur faction feuds. The much-publicised film sees the couple, along with Vivek Oberoi. Vivek Oberoi plays the role of Paritala Ravi and Bengali actress Radhika Apte is doing his wife's role, Paritala Sunita. …

Mani Ratnam’s bilingual movie ‘Raavana’ is almost ready and the film has moved into final editing stage. More than 70% of the dubbing is also over. Some final shots for patch work involving Vikram are happening in the jungles near Pollachi. With the film just about to be completed Mani Ratnam is planning for a simultaneous release in May for both the Hindi and Tamil versions. But what is still not decided is the title for the Tamil version. It …

In my college I used to hang out with a guy called Ramesh who was a kind of a street goonda. Those days there used to be a lot of hobnobbing between students and goonda elements. Ramesh was a very feared guy in the locality and me and my friends used to be in awe of him. We used to spend endless hours with him in an Irani hotel. He developed a huge crush on one of the college girls which slowly turned into intense love. But he always used to look …

Ace director Mani Ratnam will script the biggest ever deal in the history of South Indian Cinema, for a three version film in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. According to source Mani Ratnam's production company Madras Talkies is in the final round of negotiation for huge Rs.120 Crore deal with the Anil Ambani run Reliance Entertainment Big Picture, for negative rights of all the three versions. According to close sources from the industry, if this deal …

Noted music composer A R Rahman was conferred the Life Time Achievement award by Rotary Club of Madras for his contribution to Indian music. A man of simplicity and nobility, Rahman said, ' I still have a long way to go'. The man who carved a niche for himself coming out with back to back hits ever since he was introduced in Mani Ratnam's Roja was at his usual best. 'If you can start playing the piano at four, you can accept a Lifetime Achievement …