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A time for revelry
Star hotels have geared up to pep up the spirits of fun-loving people who are waiting in the wings to usher in the New Year in style, writes B. MADHU GOPAL
Culture

Gift tradition
The culture of giving gifts has pre-historic roots
Personality

In touch with VVIPS
His aim is to bridge distances through letters
Cinema

Bollywood on a roll
It was a trendsetting year in Bollywood as medium-budget films (Rs. 7 to Rs. 10 crores) scored. Most of them were targeted at multiplex and overseas audiences and the flavour of the year was risqué comedies such as "No Entry", "Kya Kool Hai Hum" ...


Telugu hits and misses
It was a bleak year for Telugu films. The Telugu audience, in fact, lapped the Tamil dubbed versions which have turned out to be the biggest hits of the year — "Aparichitudu" and "Ghajini." The floodgates opened as Tamil "Kathal" became ...
Kerala's boom time
It was boom time at the Kerala box-office as 14 out of 59 releases made profits. Malayalam cinema is basically a two-man industry: Mammootty and Mohanlal and between them, they account for nearly 90 per cent of box-office earning. Dileep is the ...
Kannada's best year
This year was the best year in the history of Kannada films. Out of 75 releases, about 25 earned profits for its producers. All the films that turned out to be blockbusters were superstar-driven with plenty of action and sentiments. The multiplex ...
Music

Beat street
Soul music, countdowns and fresh notes feature on music stands the week ahead



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