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#SpeakYourMind with Krish Balaji Murugadoss
How would you define yourself? I would define myself as a self-propelled person, who is always trying to give my best in everything I do! Someone who believes in hard work and smart work, not luck! First thing you do when you wake up? I...
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#SpeakYourMind with Deepti Mohan
How did you decide to become an actor? It all happened as a matter of chance. I started modelling when I was 17, after which I was crowned Miss Sandalwood. Multiple shoots and shows later, I was given an opportunity to be featured in a...
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DISCOVER WHAT IS SPECIAL IN YOU, SHOWCASE IT AND YOU WILL FIND SUCCESS
It’s impossible to not be charmed by his good looks. As we settled down to chat about his films and more, Harish Kalyan has caught the attention of every single passer-by at Citadines, Old Mahabalipuram Road in Chennai — our venue for this interview. Not...
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I LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES, DO NOT REPEAT THEM AND DEFINITELY DO NOT CARRY IT AS BAGGAGE
She belongs to the ‘mega’ family. Megastar Chiranjeevi is her dad; actor Ram Charan her brother. But pardon us that introduction of her; it’s not her only identity. The reason we chose this introduction, however, is because we asked her how did costume designing happen,...
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IN AN INDUSTRY WHERE ONLY THE FITTEST SURVIVE, I HAVE STRIVED TO MAKE MY OWN MARK
The interview took long. The wait, I mean. It took longer than any interview I have done in the past. We aren’t complaining though. Let’s understand, Varun Tej is a busy man. He is only 29. And he is focused. Well, he plays a gangster...
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UNDERSTANDING THE SCREEN MOTHER
IN Indian films, the roles that mothers played, until recently, were mostly stereotyped. They were always shown as the caregivers who presented themselves at the drop of a hat to solve the problems of their children. It didn’t matter if the children themselves were in...
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FINDING FREEDOM THROUGH CINEMA
Super Deluxe (Tamil): Thiagarajan Kumararaja’s Super Deluxe is a film that speaks about a lot of things. The director gets the canvas to philosophize on relationships shared between mothers and sons, husbands and wives, and their interactions with the world outside their homes. When a...
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I AM NOT A COMEDIAN: SV SEKAR
I clearly remember his amazing comic timing in Shankar’s Jeans, and even though he considers his role in the film as nothing more than a cameo (which we strongly disagree with), SV Sekar is one of those faces from Tamil theatre and cinema that you...
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FREEDOM IS SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD ENJOY, SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO: VARALAXMI SARATHKUMAR
Holiday Inn, Chennai OMR, IT Expressway, was gracious enough to host a few differently-abled footballers and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar as we shot the cover for this edition that celebrates freedom. This was also our 50th Edition and so we were happy that we could shift focus...
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