Crank's Corner

All Is Fair In Love And Laughter

You are here: Home ∼ Page 43

Murder, we wrote

Published by K Balakumar on August 28, 2015 | Leave a response

In the last couple of days, even if the Pakistan army had infiltrated into India, right up to Connaught Place, New Delhi or if Usain Bolt had been roped in by a Tamil film producer to be the guest of honour for an audio launch or if Parliament had reconvened and went about its business without any hitch, you would… Read more →

Posted in Crank's Corner | Tagged full details of Indrani-Sheena relationship, Humour, Indrani Mukherjea, Sheena and Rahul, Suhel Seth hairstyle, television coverage of Indrani Mukherjea case

DIY: Tamil film music direction

Published by K Balakumar on August 25, 2015 | Leave a response

According to a recent report, 200 new music directors have come to the industry in the last five years alone. It is obviously an alarming statistic. Yes, the number 200 is too low when practically anyone can become a music director these days. When we say anyone we mean you. And this is how: Here are the simple steps to… Read more →

Posted in Crank's News | Tagged Humour, Tamil film music director

MAC and Marina

Published by K Balakumar on August 21, 2015 | Leave a response

On the week of its ‘birthday’, it is tempting to wonder how Chennai would have looked like 376 years ago. Well, obviously, it must have been rough, dusty and unpaved. Now, thanks to centuries of concerted development, the picture is totally other way round: It is unpaved, dusty and rough. As they say, the more things change, the more they… Read more →

Posted in Crank's Corner | Tagged Chennai Day, Humour, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Sachin tendulkaand MA Chidambaram Stadium, The Marina, World's Longest beach

Missing man of Madras

Published by K Balakumar on August 14, 2015 | Leave a response

Psrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Sorry. But that was the sustained sound of those of us in the Chennai media uncontrollably wetting our collective pants in the immediate aftermath of the news of Sundar Pichai being elevated as the CEO of Google this week. And if and when he actually visits the city in the future, you can fairly be certain that we in… Read more →

Posted in Crank's Corner | Tagged Humour, Sundar Piachai salary, Sundar Pichai Address, Sundar Pichai and Google, Sundar Pichai and his school, Sundar Pichai and Madras

Tres bien, TASMAC!

Published by K Balakumar on August 7, 2015 | Leave a response

If the ongoing State-wide protests for total prohibition succeed… it would obviously mean the end of liquor in Tamil Nadu, no? No. It would even more obviously mean the end of Tamil films. Seriously, no one seems more addicted to the TASMAC bars than Tamil filmmakers. I don’t mean they are addicted to them personally, it is just that they… Read more →

Posted in Crank's News | Tagged Humour, Tamil Nadu's liquor policy, TASMAC bars in Tamil Nadu, wine in TASMAC, Wine snobs
← Previous 1 … 42 43 44 … 112 Next →

Recent Comments

  • Balakumar on The Sung Parivar
  • Shyamala Vaidyanathan on The Sung Parivar
  • Shyamala Vaidyanathan on The Sung Parivar
  • Shyamala Harigovind on EC declares Vishal elected at RK Nagar
  • Srinivas Rathinam on DIY: Election Reporting

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Copyright © 2025 Crank's Corner.

Powered by WordPress and Path. Back to Top