MUMBAI: Stepping up his campaign for Marathi signboards, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has warned shopowners that not putting up the boards by Thursday will invite the wrath of his men. He has also asked Marathi policemen to think before acting against his party workers.

Mumbai, July 15, 2008 (BSNS) The stars descended in Chennai’s Nehru Indoor Stadium to celebrate the hard work the film fraternity had put in the year gone by. With Mohanlal holding the Malayalam film industry flag high, actors like Tabu, Venkatesh, Junior NTR and Nayantara kept the Telegu film fans ecstatic, the Kannada film industry was represented by Vijay and Rashmi and it was Khushboo leading the path for Tamil cinema along with Madhavan, Karthik and Suriya.

Chennai, July 13 (IANS) Ace Tamil director K. Bhagyaraj exhorted artistes and directors to encourage fresh talent at the audio launch of forthcoming venture "Sakkarakkatti" Sunday.

Chennai, July 28 (IANS) Tamil superstar Rajnikant is likely to leave for the US shortly to join the US-based production team of his Rs.1.5 billion (approximately $35.5 million) venture "Robot", said publicists.

Chennai, July 18 (IANS) Tamil actress Asin will play the female lead opposite Bollywood icon Salman Khan in "London Dreams", publicists said here Friday.