All geared up for Oridathu Postman

October 29th, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamannaah, one of the high-paid actresses in Tamil cinema, is right now focusing on her acting career and says she wants to win a National Award. "I'm not at all in a hurry to get married.

October 11th, 2009 LONDON - Popular British children's television series "Postman Pat" will now be made into a 3D movie where the main character will discover his amazing singing talent - a la Susan Boyle. The film will show Postman Pat having a Susan Boyle style transformation - from a postman to national hero and winning a "Britains Got Talent"-type contest.

September 25th, 2009 Film: "What's Your Raashee?"; Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Hurman Baweja; Director: Ashutsoh Gowariker; Rating: *** A Gujarati downmarket wannabe bride dragged out of her traditional habitat into tight skirts tops and a 7-star hotel by her parents to meet the eligible bachelor from Chicago. The girl's longing to go West leaps out at you even when the guy politely rejects her.

September 23rd, 2009 MUMBAI - The million-strong Bengali community here, including many Bollywood celebrities, is all geared up to worship goddess Durga for five days. Beckoning them are marquees decorated with varied themes - one of them a full-fledged village in Bengal! The Durga Puja celebrations this week shall be conducted by 83 organising teams between Colaba in south Mumbai to Virar and Navi Mumbai in adjoining Thane district - despite this being the first after last year's 26/11 terror attacks and despite swine flu being on the back of everyone's mind.

September 5th, 2009 When it comes to Tamil film industry, not many novels are made into films. Indeed, our filmmakers do come up with a convincing statement that– ‘turning words into pictures isn’t an easy deal’.

September 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Beauty queen-turned-actress Sushmita Sen has long dreamt of playing legendary freedom fighter Rani Laxmi Bai on the silver screen, but she will have to wait. Her pet project is "indefinitely on hold" due to cash constraints, Sushmita admits.

August 19th, 2009 Actor Vikram is much excited as his long-awaited ‘Kanthaswamy’ will hit the screens on day after tomorrow (August 21). With the film simultaneously releasing in Tamil and Telugu, the actor is eagerly looking out for his big day.

August 12th, 2009 “Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask.

August 4th, 2009 Star Ravichandran has planned to slow down, relax and take the backseat. According to him, he has reached a stage where now he feels that he doesn’t need his films to release every three months.

July 23rd, 2009 Banner- Tirupathi Brothers Media Pvt Ltd Production- N. Subash Chandra Bose Story, screenplay and direction- Lingusamy Star-casts- Paruthiveeran fame Karthi, Thamannah, Milind Soman and others.

June 14th, 2009 KOCHI - Malayalam film superstar Mammootty Sunday geared up for a new role - that of a producer and distributor - with the inauguration of his production company named Play House. The ribbon cutting ceremony of new company was done here by popular film personalities Siddique and Lal.

May 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With the Indian Premier League (IPL) frenzy over, Hindi entertainment channels are seeking to woo back audiences with a variety of new programmes - game shows, stand-up comedies and women-oriented serials. While the sports-cum-entertainment factor of IPL had viewers hooked to Set Max, the official broadcaster of the series, it beat all Hindi general entertainment channels as far as viewer ratings go.

May 24th, 2009 CANNES - Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon, an austere, masterly study of humankind's innate malevolence, won the Palme d'Or at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival Sunday night. Haneke had won the best director prize at Cannes in 2005 for the French-language film Cache (Hidden).