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Romance, longing, life, and cinema on Chennai’s beach

From celluloid to digital: the changing face of Chennai’s cinema industry

Over 84 years, Kodambakkam, the heart of Tamil cinema, has changed beyond recognition, and so has the Tamil film world. Surviving all odds, cinemas have evolved from a single projector and four intervals to the IMAX of today, while filmmaking has moved on from the expensive proce

How Chennai city went from tiffin carriers to food apps

As Chennai turns 387, a look at how its food culture has evolved—from home-cooked meals and old Madras favourites to street food, global cuisines, cafés and app-based meal subscriptions

In Chennai’s beachside food, the secret ingredient is the sea

Beach food may be hard to recreate at home because its flavour comes from more than just the masala: the salt, the sticky air, the sound of the waves, sand clinging to your feet, and the easy abandon with which people arrive at the beach simply to have fun

When National Theatre brought cinema to the western suburbs of Chennai

Remembering Chennai’s Pilot Theatre, once Royapettah’s modern cinema

Opened in 1968, Pilot Theatre was a landmark of Madras’s modern cinema culture, drawing audiences from across the city for decades

Parandur airport in Chennai scrapped by CM Vijay: What was the project?

CM Vijay has said that a new terminal, Terminal 5, would be developed in the north-western area of Chennai airport. Local villagers and farmers in Parandur had been protesting against the airport since 2022.

A hark back to ‘collection king’ Udhayam Theatre in Chennai

Beach: this third place in Chennai makes room for everyone

For a Chennaiite, even as pedestrian plazas with mini-music concerts, parks, gyms, and cafes flood the city, there is something about the coast that hits different

While Madras went to bed early, Chennai stays up

From closing up about 9 p.m. to queuing up for a plate of biriyani around 3 a.m., the city has come a long way; pubs emerged in the 1980s, and following an IT boom and a growing night-shift workforce in the late 90s, tea shops stayed open, eateries mushroomed, and sports faciliti

The coast that made Chennai

From heritage to high-rises, how Chennai grew taller

Tamil Nadu govt. to explore alternative sites for Chennai’s second airport, also keen on Hosur project

Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay held a review meeting for the second airport at the Secretariat recently. Within a few days, the government will likely disclose its plans for both airports, say sources

Abandon incinerator project in Kodungaiyur, say north Chennai residents

Parandur airport project to be dropped by Tamil Nadu government, announces CM Vijay

Alternative places identified for Chennai’s second airport; Terminal 5 to come up at the existing Chennai Airport