Karthik's century puts TN in command vs Maharashtra

Karthik G Krish’s Kappal is thoroughly entertaining, says S Saraswathi. Director Karthik G Krish, a former assistant of Shankar, makes his directorial debut with a comedy caper titled Kappal.  The film is produced by Shankar himself under the banner of S Pictures.  Vaibhav and newcomer Sonam Bajwa play the lead roles supported by Karunakaran, VTV Ganesh and Arjunan. The film has music by Natarajan Sankaran. Kappal revolves around five friends and their vow to remain ...

Lokesh Rahul extended his good run of form with an unbeaten 150 as Karnataka took the first day’s honours in their Group 'A' Ranji Trophy match against Uttar Pradesh at the M Chinnaswamy stadium, in Bangalore, on Thursday. At stumps, the hosts were well-placed on 326 for the loss of four wickets. Shreyas Gopal was unbeaten on 88, having added 178 runs for the fifth wicket with Rahul. Uttar Pradesh won the toss and elected to field, hoping to utilise the early morning's helpful conditions, ...

The Indian Premier League’s player auction for the 2015 season will be held in Bangalore on February 16. India's Yuvraj Singh and Dinesh Karthik, England discard Kevin Pietersen and South Africa Test captain Hashim Amla have attracted the highest base price of Rs 2 crore each. According to ESPNCricinfo, an additional purse of Rs 3 crore will be available to each franchise over and above the balance accrued from the Rs 6 crore last year along with the amount generated from the release of ...

With examinations coinciding with the festival of Holi, this has traditionally been a lean period for Bollywood. Only four Holi releases -- Race, Kahaani, Malamaal Weekly and to an extent, Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster Returns -- have succeeded at the box office. This year, we will see Dirty Politics, Hey Bro, Badmashiyaan: Fun Never Ends and Coffee Bloom in theatres. While we await their fate, here's a look at the Holi releases in the past decade.   2014 Image: Ayushmann ...

Eight Tamil films coming up in theatres near you! Here's a look at the films. Which one are you looking forward to?   En Vali Thani Vali Image: R K and Poonam in En Vali Thani Vali Director: Shaji KailasCast: R K and Poonam En Vazhi Thani Vazhi is a remake of the Hindi blockbuster Ab Tak Chhappan starring Nana Patekar.  The film is directed by Shaji Kailas and has music by Srikanth Deva. Actor/producer R K plays the lead, supported by Meenakshi Dixit, Radha Ravi and Ashish ...

'My character in Surya Versus Surya cannot come out in daylight.' Actor Nikhil Siddhartha talks about his latest film. With back-to-back hits in Swamy Ra Ra and Karthikeya, Nikhil Siddhartha is on a roll. He hopes to complete a hat-trick with Surya Versus Surya, directed by first-time director Karthik Ghattamaneni, who is a director of cinematography (DOP). The film will release on Thursday, March 5. In this interview with Rediff.com contributor Radhika Rajamani, Nikhil talks about Surya ...

Karnataka's Abihimanyu Mithun during their Ranji Trophy semi-final against Mumbai at the KSCA in Bengaluru. Photograph: PTI Shardul Thakur and Balwinder Singh Sandhu's superb bowling injected more spice into the Ranji Trophy semi-final, which appears set for an exciting finish with Mumbai needing 384 runs to dethrone defending champions Karnataka. Set a daunting target of 445 runs, Mumbai were 61 for no loss at stumps on day two of the match in Bengaluru, on Thursday. Openers Aditya Tare (40) ...

Pacer Shardul Thakur had match figures of eight for 113 as Mumbai beat Delhi by 204 runs to enter the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy, in Cuttack, on Friday. Resuming their second innings at 110 for 4 on the fifth and final day, Delhi lost overnight batsman Manan Sharma, who was unbeaten on 14, for the addition of just two runs to his individual score. And when former India opener Virender Sehwag (19) departed, Delhi were reeling 150 for six. Though the last-wicket pair of Pradeep Sangwan (26 ...

Skipper Aditya Tare struck an unbeaten century before Mumbai shot out Baroda for 184 and took a big first innings lead on the second day of their Ranji Trophy match in Vadodara on Friday. Tare, who just took over from Suryakumar Yadav, resumed the day at 67 and added another 60 runs to remain unconquered on 127 as Mumbai were all out in 287 in 124 overs. Tare scored 60 of the 69 runs Mumbai added in 34 overs on Friday after resuming at 218 for 6. He stitched 50 runs for the last wicket with ...