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CinemaVikram shared a small video clip on Friday night, announcing his debut under his official Twitter handle @chiyaan.PTISuperstar Vikram has made his debut on micro-blogging site Twitter and the actor says the aim is to stay connected with his fans. The 56-year-old actor, best known for starring in Tamil hits Sethu, Pithamagan, Anniyan, Raavanan, and I, shared a small video clip on Friday night, announcing his debut under his official Twitter handle @chiyaan. In the video, Vikram and said even though he is late in joining Twitter, he is looking forward to interacting with his fans about films. He joins Twitter ahead of the release of his two much-anticipated titles -- action thriller Cobra and Mani Ratnan's epic Ponniyin Selvan 1. Speaking in Tamil, Vikram revealed that he is currently working on his next film with filmmaker Pa Ranjith. "I was told that Twitter allows me to stay connected with...

KollywoodThe audio launch of ‘Cobra’ was held in Chennai on Monday, July 11. Tnm StaffActor Chiyaan Vikram, who was admitted to a private hospital last week, attended the audio launch of upcoming Tamil film Cobra on July 11 in Chennai. The R Ajay Gnanamuthu directorial is set to hit the big screens on August 11. A section of the media had reported on July 8, Friday that Vikram had suffered a heart attack and had been admitted to a private hospital in Chennai. Putting an end to speculations, Vikram revealed that he had mild heart congestion and was admitted for a day. Speaking at the audio launch event, Vikram laughingly said, “They had put images of sick patients as thumbnails for these reports. My face was photoshopped. It was creative.” He added that he is doing well and has recovered after the treatment. Vikram’s son, actor Dhruv Vikram had taken to social media...

A.R. Rahman, the Oscar-, BAFTA-, Golden Globe- and Grammy-winning Indian composer of “Slumdog Millionaire,” is set to return to Hollywood projects after a hiatus.

Rahman’s mother Kareema Begum was ailing for eight years, and Rahman and his family decided to spend as much time with her in India as possible. She died in December.

“It was a blessing that we got to live with her and all my sisters and me and our family,” Rahman told Variety‘. “And so that was definitely one aspect, which held me in India and I also wanted to set up my studio here.”

“I’m working on certain things, but it doesn’t need me there, and I can do it from here,” says Rahman. The composer can’t reveal any of the Hollywood titles he is working on at the moment because of contractual confidentiality reasons.

Having debuted in films with the...

Two titans of Indian cinema battle it out in Imaikaa Nodigal, the latest film from R. Ajay Gnanamuthu. In the new film, Tamil actress Nayanthara plays a cop chasing down a possible serial killer played by Gangs of Wasseypur director, Anurag Kashyap. While it's probably going to be the presense of Kashyap in front of the camera that grabs headlines outside of Tamil Nadu, Nayanthara is no slouch. The veteran actress is one of a very few women able of opening films solo in Tamil Nadu. Nayanthara recently starred in a pair of horror films - Maya and Dora - that were very well received in Tamil Nadu, and her genre bonafides are definitely solid at this point.  Kashyap makes his Kollywood acting debut in...

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