Samuel Levenson once said : "You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself." Our actresses are now sticking to it. The divas who are giving interviews to the media this Pongal have become rather alert. Every word they utter, every opinion they express are measured and non-committal.

Thanks to the controversy that Kushboo and Suhasini raked up by their plain-speak. The Nadigar Sangam too is all eyes about heroines talking to the media. Meanwhile, Bharathiraja has dumped Kushboo from his next flick Mayil, since some important members of the Directors' Association objected it.