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AR Rahman has an advice for Anirudh Ravichander

There was a time when AR Rahman was the most sought-after music director in Kollywood. Even after the rise of Harris Jayaraj and Yuvan Shankar Raja, Rahman remained the highest-paid composer. In th...Continue reading

Is Mohini Dey getting married to AR Rahman? Find out

The other day, music legend AR Rahman announced his separation from his wife, Saira Banu. Something curious happened just hours later. His music associate and bassist Mohini Dey, too, announced her...Continue reading

Netizens laugh at AR Rahman's mistake in divorce tweet

AR Rahman issued his first statement about his divorce from his wife, Saira Banu. In doing so, he did something strange. He used a hashtag (#arrsairaabreakup) at the end of his message. "We had hop...Continue reading

Wife Saira announces divorce with music legend AR Rahman

AR Rahman has been married to Saira Banu for almost three decades. They have three children - Khatija, Raheema and Ameen - from the marriage. The news is that Saira has announced divorce from Rahm...Continue reading

Is AR Rahman a Copycat? Explosive Twitter Thread Claims So

A social media user has launched a series of tweets to "expose" legendary music director AR Rahman. The post aims to portray Rahman as a copycat composer who allegedly borrowed melodies from other ...Continue reading

One-Sided Admiration: Mahesh Babu Praises Dhanush, Kollywood Remains Silent

Mahesh Babu has praised Dhanush's 'Raayan' in a glowing social media post. His post raised a toast to Dhanush's "stellar" acting and directorial talent. While Mahesh Babu continues to endorse many...Continue reading

Krishna Vamsi: A trend-setting filmmaker who understands uncomfortable reality

Reality is slowly dawning on Krishna Vamsi. He realizes that he can't dream about collaborating with big stars anymore. The other day, a social media user asked him when he would be reuniting with...Continue reading

Ram Charan, Janhvi Kapoor, Buchi Babu Sana #RC16 movie launched

Ram Charan and Janhvi Kapoor have teamed up for the former's 16th movie, which was launched today in Hyderabad. Chiranjeevi, Shankar, Sukumar, Allu Aravind, Dil Raju, Sireesh, Boney Kapoor, Sahoo G...Continue reading

Dulquer Salmaan quits Kamal Haasan's 'Thug Life': Reports

It is known that 'Ponniyin Selvan' director Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan are doing an epic action drama titled 'Thug Life'. Dulquer Salmaan was roped in to play a key role in it. As per the latest...Continue reading

When Naga Chiatanya's film was offered to Mahesh Babu

It was on this day (February 26) in 2010 that 'Ye Maya Chesave' hit the cinemas. Not many are aware that Gautham Vasudev Menon had offered the script first to Mahesh Babu, not Naga Chaitanya. "I n...Continue reading

RC16: Is the talent hunt belated?

Ram Charan's 16th movie is set in the Uttarandhra region. Director Buchi Babu Sana has embarked on a talent-hunting spree to spot new acting talent from the region. Aspiring actors from Vizianagara...Continue reading

AR Rahman uses AI to recreate voices of late singers

AR Rahman awaits the release of 'Lal Salaam' on February 9. The film will hit the cinemas in Telugu, Tamil and other languages simultaneously. The musical genius has revealed that he has used arti...Continue reading

Netizens ask AR Rahman not to be insensitive

Earlier this month, AR Rahman's concert in Chennai became a mega flop in terms of crowd control and security of women. It has been alleged and asserted by media reports that the event saw groping i...Continue reading

Karthi, others come forward to save AR Rahman's image

AR Rahman's concert on Sunday in Chennai has become a huge talking point. The concert was a mega flop in terms of crowd control and security of women. It has been alleged that Rahman has been indif...Continue reading

AR Rahman's concert a 'major disaster', fans express anger

AR Rahman's Sunday concert in Chennai was widely publicized. As per the versions put out by attendees on social media, the ticket price was as high as Rs 5,000 to Rs 20,000 in some cases. Yet, the ...Continue reading

RC16: Buchi Babu Sana's words should excite movie buffs

Ram Charan's 16th film, which is yet to be titled, is going to be directed by 'Uppena' fame Buchi Babu Sana. The director is elated since his debut movie recently won a National Award in the Best F...Continue reading

Jayam Ravi teams up with AR Rahman, Krithi Shetty for ‘Genie’

Jayam Ravi's biggest claim to fame is 'Ponniyin Selvan'. He has now been roped in for a big-budget film produced by Vels Film International. The prominent Kollywood production house launched a film...Continue reading

AR Rahman gifts pan-India director Obeli N Krishna an expensive gadget

Kollywood director Obeli N Krishna recently directed 'Pathu Thala' with Simbu as the hero. The film's content and music (by AR Rahman) were critically acclaimed. The news is that the Mozart of Mad...Continue reading

'Aadujeevitham': Desert adventure survival thriller gets a haunting trailer

'Aadujeevitham', starring Mollywood actor Prithviraj Sukumaran in a raw and gritty role, is set in a desert. The survival thriller, which has got a number of larger-than-life elements, is touted to...Continue reading

'Naatu Naatu': Who are they to validate our tastes?

'Naatu Naatu' winning the Golden Globes award has been described by many commentators and Netizens as a "vindication of song and dance style of Indian movies which stalwarts like Mani Ratnam defend...Continue reading

Gautam Menon-Simbu's gangster film to stream on OTT from THIS date

'Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu', which was released in Telugu as 'Life Of Muthu' last month, is all set to be streamed on Amazon Prime Video from October 13. The streaming giant said that the action-dr...Continue reading

'Cobra' is a visual treat: Actor Vikram @ pre-release event

'Cobra' is heading to theatres on Aug 31 in Telugu and Tamil. The action thriller, directed by R Ajay Gnanamuthu, had its pre-release event in Hyderabad on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, Vikram...Continue reading

'Cobra' Trailer: Vikram appears in multiple get-ups in this thriller!

'Cobra' is heading to theatres on Aug 31. The action thriller's trailer is out. The film's content is driven by director R Ajay Gnanamuthu's creativity and its novel protagonist is accentuated by V...Continue reading

Budget reveal of Mani Ratnam's magnum opus is a shocker!

Mani Ratnam is currently making a two-part epic historical fiction film titled 'Ponniyin Selvan'. The first part will head to theatres on September 30 this year. In a recent interview, Prakash Raj...Continue reading

AR Rahman indirectly says, 'Avoid casting only fair-skinned heroines'

AR Rahman may just have indirectly asked South Indian filmmakers to stop casting only fair-skinned heroines opposite our heroes. At an event on Monday, this is what the Oscar-winning composer said:...Continue reading

AR Rahman plugs Sandhya Raju's 'Phenomenal Woman' video

Renowned Kuchipudi danseuse Sandhya Raju has come out with a dedication for her mother by doing a dance rendition of Maya Angelou's poem 'Phenomenal Woman'. The dance video, which is barely 3 minut...Continue reading

AR Rahman, Gautham Menon's 'Bathukamma' song unveiled

A special Bathukamma song was today unveiled on the hands of former Member of Parliament Kalvakuntla Kavitha's Telangana Jagruthi. A highlight is that it was composed by AR Rahman. Directed by Gau...Continue reading

Rumoured cost of AR Rahman's high-end face mask

Earlier this week, AR Rahman posted a pic of himself and his son on Instagram. It was meant to announce that he and his son have received their first dose of vaccination. But what caught the attent...Continue reading

99 Songs is now streaming on Jio Cinema in Hindi, Tamil & Telugu

After its theatrical release on 16th April, Jio Studios and Academy Award winner A R Rahman’s first collaboration 99 Songs - a musical romance is now streaming on Jio Cinema in Hindi, T...Continue reading

AR Rahman holds special concert of ‘99 Songs'

Ahead of the release of '99 Songs', the movie, AR Rahman has planned a magnificent digital show chronicling the songs of the romantic musical drama. The event will be streaming on JioSaavn’s ...Continue reading

AR Rahman launches a contest ahead of release of '99 Songs'

'99 Songs', co-written and produced by music maestro AR Rahman, is in the news over a special contest launched by the makers. Rahman has invited artists to record and post a cover of their favouri...Continue reading

'99 Songs': AR Rahman recounts Mani Ratnam's words

It's known that celebrated music composer AR Rahman has written and produced '99 Songs', a romantic drama whose jukebox was unveiled recently. Promoting the movie, ARR recently spoke of what filmma...Continue reading

First look and teaser of GV Prakash’s 'Sarvam Thaala Mayam' unveiled

The first look of ‘Sarvam Thaala Mayam’ starring GV Prakash Kumar in the lead role is unveiled. In this first look, Prakash is seen in typical Brahmin attire and also holds a Mridangam ...Continue reading

A R Rahman talks about the MeToo movement

This movement is creating a stir. Many skeletons are being dragged out of the closet. Popular musician A R Rahman voiced his opinion on this. He said that he is shocked by the names that have been ...Continue reading

Nawab rights sold out for a whopping price

There are very few passionate producers in Telugu film industry and Ashok Vallabhaneni is one among them. Now this sensible producer is coming with crazy film 'Nawab'. Telugu dubbing rights of &lsq...Continue reading

A R Rahman will not score music for Prabhas's film

Prabhas has launched his next film recently. This movie will have Pooja Hegde as its leading lady. The makers are finalizing others in the cast and crew. The producers were hoping to rope in A R Ra...Continue reading

KM Music Conservatory launches curated playlists on Apple Music

KM Music Conservatory (KMMC), A.R. Rahman’s premier music education institute, is excited to launch its own curator channel on Apple Music. The curator channel will allow KMMC's diverse music...Continue reading

AR Rahman's Nephew AH Kaashif releases Valentines Single Kaadhal

After the success of Kannaley and po po single, AR Rahman's nephew & popular composer A H Kaashif presents a beautiful break up melody this Valentine's Day sung by singer Sid Sriram and Jonita ...Continue reading

No Rahman's music for Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy

Music Director A R Rahman will not be giving music for Chiranjeevi starrer 'Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy'. He was in Hyderabad and disclosed this news to a popular newspaper. Speaking about this the mu...Continue reading

Will Shankar set a new songless trend?

Looks like director Shankar is planning to set a new trend. His upcoming film 2.0 will have only three songs. Shankar is making this film for international audience. As they are not used to see son...Continue reading

Adirindhi is all set to strike big at the box-office soon

Vijay's latest film Mersal has turned out to be a blockbuster in Tamil, and going by the box-office collections, so far, it is all set to become the biggest hit in Vijay's career. Not just that, th...Continue reading

Amy Jackson’s look from ‘2.0’ revealed

The first looks of Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar from the magnum opus ‘2.0’ were already released and grabbed all eye balls. Amy Jackson also features alongside Rajinikanth and Akshay Ku...Continue reading

Vijay-Atlee’s ‘Adirindhi’ receives a rare honour

Vijay-Atlee’s much awaited film ‘Adirindhi’ which has been made with a whopping budget of nearly 100 crores, is gearing up for a massive release in Telugu and Tamil on October 18 ...Continue reading

SS Rajamouli congratulates team 'Adhirindhi' ahead of teaser launch

After receiving a humungous response for the first teaser of 'Mersal', Thenandal Studios Ltd is all set to unveil the first teaser of the film's Telugu version on September 30 at 6PM. Titled as &ls...Continue reading

Vijay-Atlee’s ‘Adirindhi’ dubbing works began

‘Adirindhi’ has wrapped the shooting schedules and the dubbing works of the film have begun. We all know that Tamil Star hero Vijay is presently working on his 61st film. Star director ...Continue reading

Vijay's 'Adirindhi' First Look Got Tremendous Response

The first look of Vijay 61, which has been titled as 'Adirindhi' in Telugu, has got a thumping response from the audience and industry alike. Murali Ramasamy and Hema Rukmani of Thenandal Studios L...Continue reading

Rajinikanth's 'Robo 2.0' World Tour For Promotions

The prequel to ‘Robo 2.0’, ‘Robo’ which delivered in the combination of Superstar Rajinikanth and Great Director Shankar was a magnificent success in all the languages that ...Continue reading

AR Rahman to fast for Jallikattu movement

A R Rahman is doing something for the Jallikattu movement. The music director is going to express his support for the movement by fasting from tomorrow. Actor Ajith and several other actor have exp...Continue reading

‘Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo’ Gets ‘U/A’

Love and action entertainer ‘Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo’ starring Yuva Samrat Akkineni Naga Chaitanya and Manjima Mohan has completed censor formality and received ‘U/A’ certifi...Continue reading

Rajini resumes shooting Robo 2.0 from September 23

Rajinikanth had gone to USA for treatment is old news. Right in time during the release of ‘Kabali’ the actor was back. Superstar was shooting simultaneously for Kabali and Shankar’s ‘2.0’. But due...Continue reading

AR Rahman wishes Joshua Sridhar’s 25th movie ‘Parandhu Sella Vaa’

‘Parandhu Sella Vaa’ is a romantic comedy movie performed by Actor Nasser’s son Luthfudeen, Aishwarya Rajesh and Chinese actress Narelle Kheng in lead roles. Three major comedians of Tamil industry...Continue reading

Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo audio launch on 17th June

Naga Chaitanya starrer Sahasam Swasaga Sagipo will have its audio launch on the 17th of June. A R Rahman has scored the music for this bilingual film which is directed by Gautham Menon. Tamil vers...Continue reading

24 applauded for its novel content

Suriya starrer 24 is in theatres now. This film has Suriya playing triple role. One as father and son other as twin brothers. One of the twin is evil. Like always Suriya has excelled in his roles, ...Continue reading

AR Rahman’s son Ameen singing debut through ‘Nirmala Convent’

Oscar award winning music composer AR Rahman’s son AR Ameen is being introduced as playback singer to the Telugu film industry through a youthful love entertainer ‘Nirmala Convent’. AR Rahman, who ...Continue reading

Superstar Rajinikanth Starring, Director Shankar's 2.0 (Sequel of Enthiran the Robot)

The Much Awaited Shooting of India's Biggest Movie Superstar Rajinikanth Starrer Director Shankar's next magnum opus "2.0", the sequel of Enthiran the Robot has finally started in chennai 0n 16th o...Continue reading

'Lingaa' song shoot completed

Superstar Rajinikanth is currently busy with his upcoming movie 'Lingaa'. We will see Rajnikanth in dual roles. Anushka and Sonakshi Sinha are playing the female lead roles. KS Ravi Kumar is direct...Continue reading

Lingaa on December 12?

Superstar Rajnikanth’s forthcoming film ‘Lingaa’ is scheduled for release this December. As per the Chennai sources, writer cum director K S Ravikumar is making efforts to complete the film before...Continue reading

AR Rahman congratulates Sachin on Bharat Ratna triumph

Sachin Tendulkar made history by becoming the first sportsman to win the highest civilian award ‘Bharat Ratna’ on the day of his retirement. The master blaster was elated with his surprise awar...Continue reading

A street in Canada is named after AR Rahman

Renowned Indian musician AR Rahman who won several prestigious awards and rewards worldwide including two Academy awards, two Grammy awards, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for his musical score in D...Continue reading

Kochadaiiyaan release date confirmed

‘Kochadaiiyaan’ (Vikrama Simha in Telugu) release is confirmed for December 12th, 2013, i.e., on the day of superstar’s birthday. The recently released trailer has kicked off the new wave of marke...Continue reading

Gabbar Singh sweeps Mirchi Music Awards 2012 - Telugu

Mirchi Music Awards South 2012 was a grand event that took place in Chennai Trade Center, Chennai. In this award function where music maestro A R Rahman was honoured with Global Music Icon Award, ...Continue reading

A R Rahman felicitated with Global Music Icon Award

AR Rahman has been felicitated with Global Music Icon Award in the Mirchi Music Awards South, 2012. Senior Music Director Koti, S P Balasubramanyam, Gangai Amaran presented the award to A R Ra...Continue reading

A R Rahman delighted at his daughter Khatija’s achievement

He is one of the world’s top musicians with two Oscar Awards, two Grammy Awards and a Golden Globe Award apart from winning several prestigious National and State Awards including the Padma Shri ...Continue reading

Maniratnam wants ARR back for his next project

After the debacle of ‘Kadal/Kadali’, Maniratnam is now set to direct a film with a love story on backdrop of India-Pakistan partition. Bollywood sources say that the script will be written by Rens...Continue reading

A.R. Rahman to turn director soon!

Oscar award winner A.R.Rehman is about to change his route towards direction. This crazy information was confirmed by Rasool Pukutti. Rehman and Rasool worked together for Oscar winning film 'S...Continue reading

Life of Pi takes the Chennai singer one more step ahead

After A R Rahman successfully earned two academy awards, it’s now time for this south Indian classical singer as well as the playback singer to get the honor. Jayashree Ramanath aka Bombay Jayashr...Continue reading

Kadali audio to be formally launched on 10th

Maniratnam’s upcoming romantic flick Kadal/Kadali featuring debutants Gautham Karthik (actor Karthik’s son) and Thulasi Nair (actress Radha’s younger daughter), Arvind Swamy, Arjun and Lakshmi Manc...Continue reading

Kadali audio hits market directly

Audio of Maniratnam’s ‘Kadali’ was released in the market directly by Sony Music Company. ‘Kadali’ is the Telugu version of the Tamil flick ‘Kadal’ directed by Maniratnam with music by A R Rahman ...Continue reading

AR Rahman’s music for Siddharth’s film

Siddhath, who is currently busy with multiple projects in multiple languages, is all set to do two more films – one under Vasanth Balan’s direction and another under Sundar C’s direction. Interesti...Continue reading

Kadal audio all set for grand launch on Dec 17

The highly anticipated audio of ‘Kadal’ is all set to hit the stand on December 17th. Ever since the AR Rahman performed ‘Nenjukkulle…’ on MTV unplugged, the song has been getting tremendous respon...Continue reading

A R Rahman to perform Lakshmi Manchu’s Nenjukulle in MTV @ 8 PM tonight

We are aware that Lakshmi Manchu is part of Maniratnam’s upcoming romantic entertainer ‘Kadal’ which marks the debut of Karthik’s son Gautham and Radha’s daughter Tulasi Nair as hero and heroine. ...Continue reading

Rahman’s son Ameen on silver screen

AR Rahman’s son is likely to face the camera soon. After having been a renowed music director, Rahman decided to venture into film production now. As per the Mumbai sources, Rahman is going to se...Continue reading

Rahman not acting in the Malayalam film

A few days back speculations had it that Rahman will be acting in a Malayalam film. The buzz was that Rahman will make his guest appearance on silver screen with a Malayalam film which is being mad...Continue reading

Aparichitudu turns Manoharudu

Shankar-Vikram’s bilingual film which is titled as ‘I’ in Tamil has recently hit the floors. ‘I’ is a romantic thriller being produced by Aascar V Ravichandran after the blockbuster ‘Anniyan’ (Apa...Continue reading

Rahaman’s song for London Olympics opening ceremony

One of the world’s finest music composers, the Legend of Indian Cinema, A R Rahman, is going to compose song for 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony to be held on July 27th. It’s learnt that the...Continue reading

Rajni croons Hindi song

Rajnikanth, who crooned a song for his latest film ‘Kochadiayaan’ recently, also sang for the Hindi version. It’s learnt that A R Rahman insisted on Rajni’s singing the Hindi song also. The song ...Continue reading

Sri Lakshmi Ganapathy Films bags Rajni's Kochadaiyaan Telugu rights

After shaking the box-office collections with ‘Endhiran/Robo’ in Kollywood and Bollywood, super star Rajnikanth is presently busy with latest film ‘Kochadaiyaan’. This huge budgeted film is taking...Continue reading

ARR’s passion for romantic songs

Music Emperor A R Rahman is going to celebrate his 46h birthday on January 6th. Although AR Rahman experiments music related to different genres, he basically loves to compose romantic songs. He ...Continue reading

Ek Deewana Tha did not get permission

Who would not enjoy the live music concert given by a star like A R Rahman that too in front of Taj Mahal in Agra? It’s a feast to eyes as well as ears, isn’t it folks!!! Yes, Rahman was supposed...Continue reading

AR Rahman to score music for Mr India 2

AR Rahman is all set to compose tunes for Boney Kapoor’s ‘Mr India 2’ which is the sequel to super hit 1987 sci-fi super hero film ‘Mr India’ directed by Sekhar Kapoor. Lakshmikanth-Pyarelal compo...Continue reading

AR Rahman to turn producer

After bagging two Academy Awards and several other prestigious awards, this inspiring music director is now seriously thinking about film production. In this regard he has also established a banne...Continue reading

Bellamkonda to produce Ram-Samantha film under Gautham Menon’s direction

Bellamkonda Suresh, who is currently producing Ram’s ‘Kandireega’ is now planning yet another movie with him under Gautham Menon’s direction. The movie will star Samantha as leading lady opposite ...Continue reading

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Also known as A. S. Dileep Kumar, Allah Rakha Rahman, Isai Puyal, The Mozart of Madras

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