Getting it Right a look at what makes Director Vetrimaaran the quirky Filmmaker he is.., Guru Deivam a Teachers Day Special story and more...

Galatta January 2020 issue features cover story of lovely Priya Bhavani Shankar, exclusive directors interview, Profile, Photoshoot, Latest Buzz, exclusive actor and actress interviews and so on..

THE PHOTOS REVEAL THE GLAMOUR SHE CARRIES OFF WITH EASE... HER ANSWERS TO
OUR QUESTIONS SHOWCASE HER SUBSTANCE! A BEAUTY WITH BRAINS, INEYA HAS A VERY LEVEL
HEAD ON HER SHOULDERS AND IS VERY CLEAR ABOUT HER PATH AHEAD. IN A CASUAL CHAT WITH
US, SHE TALKS ABOUT MOVIES, HER ASPIRATIONS AND ALSO REVEALS THE STORY BEHIND HER
TURNING PRODUCER!

Following a scintillating photo shoot at palladim  with the sensational STR in stunning outfits, we got him to answer a few of our questions in a heart-to-heart interview and he did so with aplomb. Check out this super special cover feature where STR opens up on topics like his life, career, movies, politics and more!

April is extra-special for us at Galatta Cinema. It’s the month of our Anniversary Issue and we always try to cram in as much bigness into it as possible! And by that we don’t just mean basking in the sheen of mega-stars. It is also about celebrating the brilliance of people who have the potential to shine brighter. 

We categorically steer clear of scandal, because we want to be a platform for the sublime. We don’t get our highs on rumours and gossip. Good people with innate talent and great passion working towards using cinema as a medium to transform the mundane into something spectacular: now that’s our kind of fix! This Anniversary issue we celebrate stars of all shapes and sizes for the kind of work they do, that makes our job worth doing!

Before you move on...  Thank you for the support that has kept us strong. Thank you for the criticism that has made us stronger. 

Au revoir!

Kaanchan Prashanth, Deputy Editor

Sit right. You’re a girl. Eat right. You’re a girl. Dress right. You’re a girl.
Learn to cook. Learn to clean. Learn to fold the sheets. 
Don’t laugh too loud. Don’t talk so much. Don’t make a fuss. 
DO AS YOU ARE TOLD. 

Every girl out there has heard all of this and more. We may have stepped out of the house and earned rightful seats at schools, colleges and offices, but we still have sisters whose voices are smothered. 

Women’s Day, like every such ‘day’ is to celebrate a cause and serves as reminder to those who have lost sight of the bigger picture. Lost in trolling and mocking others, people forget the things that matter. They need to be thrust into reality and March 8 is a red flag in our calendar to remind privileged women that there are still women shackled by oppression. It is a day to help us see how far we have come in the ‘women’s empowerment’ department and to also remind us how far we still must travel. Happy Women’s Day!

Parvathy Menon makes the perfect cover girl, because her journey in cinema is inspiring. She has been up there afloat on cloud nine and she has fallen on her face. She just jumps right up and starts climbing again. We also have special interviews with Lakshmi Ramakrishnan, Kiruthiga  Udhayanidhi, Brindha Master, Poorna and Aarathy Arun Vijay to give you a multidimensional view  on just what it feels like to be a woman in cinema. Also, inside is a tribute to the Queen, Sridevi who will live on forever in our thoughts. Shanthanu and Kiki bring in the mush quotient,  while also inspiring us to be more supportive partners to our spouses. 

Read. Enjoy. And wait for our BIG FAT ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL next month! Woohoo!

Au revoir!

Kaanchan Prashanth, Deputy Editor

It’s all about Love this month. Valentine’s Day is upon us and for the next couple of weeks at every turn we are
going to be seeing love-struck red hearts with Cupid’s arrow running through their mushy center. However, this
seemingly harmless celebration of love and romance has met with objection from religious fanatics and ‘disciplined’
cultural groups who look at Valentine’s Day festivities like it was an onset of a fatal epidemic. One can only hope that
they have removed their monochrome glasses and will let the spirit of the season open up their hearts and minds. Let
this Valentine’s Day be a day to celebrate love of all kinds, to foster peace and to bridge all our differences.
In keeping with the flavour of the month, our usual spread of features is infused with romance. If you were wondering
who the desirable singletons in movietown are, we have made our list, tracing the romantic history of a few of them
too! Don’t miss the Galatta Cinema Exclusive on Ganesh Venkatram and his wife Nisha Ganesh as they take us
through their travel diaries. Amazing photographs from enviable destinations. 
Another important love-affair is the one we share with our job! And our Cover girl Anjali is having an intense affair with
showbiz. She loves her job and it shows. But she’s not the 
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only passionate workaholic in this issue of GC. There’s a quick interview with Vikram, whom we love too much!
Read it all. Enjoy. And Love us some more! 
Au revoir!
KAANCHAN PRASHANTH, Deputy Editor

Woohoo! The world did not come to an end. There is still hope for mankind. Another chance to purge ourselves of all the rot within and start afresh. Hatred, greed, intolerance, indifference - may they be forever banished. As we celebrate the birth of the New Year, let’s take a vow to do our bit towards achieving WORLD PEACE  - no foul-mouthing people on social media. Let’s take our nose out of our smart devices and pay closer attention to the people around us. Let’s foster hope and optimism, generosity and love. Let’s give freely, for there is everything to gain and nothing to lose. Happy New Year to ya’ll!

Aishwarya Rajesh begins our 2018 Journey. She embodies the promised goodness that comes from sustained effort, hard work and belief in one’s self. She had a killer 2017 and is geared up to conquer the new year too. A quirky shoot and a quick chat, and we just knew she had to be our January Cover Girl. Oh, and the fact that it’s her birthday on the 10th, made it extra-special! We are wafting birthday love towards the Lovely Lady... 

Don’t miss out on our super fun chats with Santhanam and Ramya. He’s had some tough times, and so has she. How they have risen above their trials, is an inspiring way to start the year. Vikranth took our 20 Questions test and came out with flying colors. But the show stoppers, of course are the lovey-dovey newly weds Namitha and Veera. In an EXCLUSIVE chat with us they had us going AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW all the time! Get a load of the full interview on our official YouTube channel, but we’ve got excerpts here. 

So yeah, as always we’ve got a lovely spread to pick from. Take your time. Read. Enjoy. And au revoir...

December always arrives in pensive tones. A year has sped by once more. A ton of memories to look back at and smile. A bunch that brings a tear. And a few we wish to push into oblivion. Whatever be the mood-downers, there’s always a sense of hope when January 1st arrives. A new year. A new start. And so we thought lets end the year on a high-five. 

South Indian cinema is slowly making way for its lead ladies to rise above the monotony of being arm-candy to macho heroes. Today we have ladies who set aside their personal lives and brave the male dominated movie biz to single-handedly carry a movie to success. Nayantara in Aramm has made her lady peers swell in pride. But she’s not the only one doing female-kind proud. Our cover feature this month salutes the actresses who have proven that you don’t need to be a man to be a HERO!
Also, don’t miss out on our flashback feature that captures important showbiz events in 2017. We cornered hotty Raai Laxmi with a rapid fire and she shot back her responses even faster! Prabhudeva takes us through his movie journey and Sameer Sethi shares behind-the-scene goop on the 2.0 music launch. I can just brag and brag some more about all the awesomeness within, but you’d enjoy it best if you found a cozy corner and flipped through the pages yourself!
We will meet again in the New Year!

Rain has once more wreaked havoc on Chennai and its surrounding areas. It seems like we spend one part of the year thirsty and the other part drowning! Our heart goes out to those who have suffered at the hands of Nature’s wrath. And we salute everyone who ventured out in knee-deep water to lend a helping hand. We are pulled between wishing the rains away so we can get back to our lives; and wanting more because otherwise, the next summer promises to be another staggering drought year! Ah, if only we were better citizens with better governance, then pelting rains would be just a wet day, not a disaster. 

Moving on to movie matters... Diwali went by in a gust of smoke. And when the smog cleared, we did not just hear the resounding applause for Mersal from die-hard Vijay fans. The appreciation and fanfare was interspersed with smothering politics and threats to freedom of expression. Read on and find out the whole story in a special report by Galatta Cinema. Also in this issue is a special tribute to director Vettrimaaran who celebrates his 10th year in cinema. Congrats and best wishes to him. But our biggest and best kept secret is now out: Vimala Raman! We had a fabulous day in the sun with her. She’s fun, she’s sassy and she’ll catch you off guard with her sense of humour. In the pictures and the interview we have tried to capture all of this. Shankar’s extravagance was the talk of the town again. The 2.0 audio launch in Dubai was a grand affair and we bring you EXCLUSIVE pictures of the event. Then there’s the straight-from-the-heart chat with actor Sarathkumar that is fun as it is insightful. We also managed to squeeze in a quicky with Namitha for our Twenty Questions and as always she was brutally honest! 
Sit back and enjoy... and we’ll come back with more in December.  Au revoir!
KAANCHAN PRASHANTH, Deputy Editor

Galatta Cinima Deepavali Special Issue:

A GALATTA EXCLUSIVE: LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO -  Feet on the ground and heart on her sleeve, Trisha may be a box-office darling, but that doesn’t stop her from constantly experimenting.

RAMEEZ RAJA is HEAD OVER HEELS in love with cinema. An Exclusive story on his latest movie VIDHI MADHI ULTA..

Like A CHAMELEON - The many COLOURS  of VIJAY SETHUPATHI.

Sherlock  IN KOLLYWOOD! - “I will keep going till THUPPARIVALAN PART 24!”- Director MYSSKIN gets CANDID...

FIRE UP YOUR SOUL - Vikram Prabhu’s First Artist presents NERUPPUDA that explores the thrills and tears in the life of a FIREFIGHTER..

THE GOOD BAD GUY - Vivek Oberoi shares his VIVEGAM journey and MUCH MORE...
 
REALITY CHECK - Reality Shows have TAKEN OVER prime time TV.

Oviya has taken over...EVERYONE!

150 and still kicking like a BOSS - Arjun Sarja is ACTION King FOREVER!....

THE BIG GAME - GAUTHAM KARTHIK’S BACK-TO-BACK 2017 THROWS UP SOME INTERESTING TWISTS AND TURNS IN HIS MOST RECENT KANNAN-DIRECTED IVAN THANTHIRAN.

A PERFECT 10 - ANUSHKA GIVES US THE PERFECT COVER FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE AND EXCITING TEN-YEAR JOURNEY IN PRINT, AS WE CELEBRATE THIS SPECIAL YEAR WITH UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS AND CHERISHED PEOPLE FROM CINEMA. 

CHOCOLATE & SILK - HER SMILE IS CHARMING AND HER EASE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA A DELIGHT!, AN EXCLUSIVE CHAT WITH NIVETHA PETHURAJ.

NAMMA OORU TARZAN? - THE AL VIJAY-DIRECTED VANAMAGAN PROMPTS MUCH CURIOSITY WITH JAYAM RAVI SPORTING A NEW LOOK AND THE STORY CREATING WAVES OF INTRIGUE.

RETURN OF KAJOL - THE DUSKY, VIBRANT BEAUTY BECKONS US TO THE THEATRES WHEN VIP 2 HITS SCREENS SOON, A RETURN TO TAMIL CINEMA AFTER YEARS! & MORE....

THE BIG STORY - JIIVA NEVER FAILS TO SURPRISE US WITH HIS REPERTOIRE. AND NOW, GET READY FOR SOME CHILLS!

BOX OFFICE - Saravanan Irukka Bayamen.

A Perfect 10! - Galatta celebrates with celebs who turn 10 along with them.

CAMEO -Directors, the Captain of the ship.

MAKING A STORY MATTER! - K.V. ANAND.

Galatta Cinema presents an exclusive on Mani Ratnam's most-awaited summer romance KAATRU VELIYIDAI, a tete-a-tete with sharp and smart Sanjjanaa Galrani
and some outstanding actresses and women technicians who have made a mark
and will would go down in cinematic history!

In the month of Love GALATTA Cinema brings to you your favourite on screen celebrities' off screen romance. Actor Rahman and music director Imman open up in an exclusive interview and so much more in the February 2017 issue.

Galatta Cinema dedicates this issue to the Iron butterfly of India late Selvi J. Jayalalithaa along with a special roundup on films, spotlight on Manju Warrier, remembering Cho Ramaswamy and much more in the January 2017 edition.

This issue Galatta Cinema brings to you an exclusive on the comedy crime brigade Thappu Thanda, special feature celebrating 25 years of Superstar Rajni's Thalapathi,
action queen Vijayashanti's glorious filmography and more...

An inside look at Vijay Vasanth's upcoming Achamindri, which touches on an important social subject; read about the silent stars - the underestimated screenwriters and celebrate the men we love in Cinema, for this International Men's Day! All this and more in Galatta Cinema's November '16 issue...

EXCLUSIVE insights on Arun Vijay's KUTTRAM 23 an action packed Police Story.
A chat with Ineya, a special focus on Janapriya Nayakan Dileep, Kollywood's explosive entertainment this Diwali, cinematographers from south who are in high demand and much more...
Don't miss to grab your copy of Galatta Cinema’s October’16 issue.

His Father's son - Dulquer Salmaan takes the centrestage.

A one-on-one with gorgeous Tamannaah.

Megastar Chiranjeevi proves yet again just why he's the boss of his barrio.

All this and much more in Galatta Cinema's September'16 issue.

Skill in his genes, passion in his heart & a whole lotta street smarts - CROWN PRINCE Vikram Prabhu graces the cover of Galatta Cinema this August.

SANJJANAA GALRANI displays beauty with grit. 

Lal-ettan shows us that he's still on top of his game. 

And much more from the whole of South India.

This July Galatta Cinema brings to you Jayam Ravi who shows off his special brand of suave in an exclusive photoshoot. Sanchita Shetty in a never-seen-before alluring avatar. Upcoming films, news and much more from the whole of South India.

Galatta Cinema brings to you the rise of the gorgeous Samantha and takes through a chat with the talented filmmaker Vikram Kumar with a stunning shoot of smouldering Iniya, with a special look at the most endearing Dads in movies, so far. There's all this and lots more in this June issue...

Galatta Cinema features Dashing Suriya's double and triple act attempts in Tamil cinema, Aishwarya Rajesh's exclusive oomph photoshoot, a candid chat with RISING SCION Udhayanidhi Stalin as he steps up one more on his big-screen career and so much more in this May issue.

9 Years of Galatta Cinema - Check out the double bonanza issue with interesting and exciting features this April

This March, GALATTA celebrates with Jiiva & Nayantara's action-entertainer Thirunaal. 

A candid look at the experiences of working with women directors.

Ladies of the silver screen whom we don't see enough of

and much more in the March edition of Galatta Cinema

This February GALATTA features the love list of K-town celebrities and how lucky this leap year turns out to be for our celebs.

Don't miss to read the full-fledged feature on Sri Thenandal Films' Aarathu Sinam, remake of the blockbuster film Memories which stars Arulnithi in the lead.

Check out what GALATTA CINEMA has to offer Cinema fans in the 53 upcoming Fridays and be spooked by Siddharth, Trisha, Hansika & Poonam Bajwa in Aranmanai 2... All these and much more in the digital stands!!

Rajinikath Lord of the Ring a journey through his Stardom as he turns 65 and Nikki Galrani woos the camera in a sizzling photo shoot, all in the current issue of Galatta Cinema. Don’t miss it...

With Vedalam, Ajith promises yet another crackerjack festive season. GALATTA Cinema explore his Deepavali releases on a timeline.

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