TOP 10 NEWS FOR THE WEEK (AUG 13 - AUG 06)

Panchu Arunachalam, veteran director, lyricist and film maker had breathed his last on the 9th August. He was 75 years old. As a writer, he has worked in more than 100 films and has also written lyrics for songs in more than 200 films. He also had the unique distinction of doing 23 films with ‎Rajinikanth and 13 films with ‪‎Kamal Haasan and was the man who launched ‎Ilayaraja‬.

It has to be noted that the veteran won the Lifetime Achievement Award at Behindwoods Gold Medal 2015.