Elegantly crafted and minimalist, Vadakkumnathan explores the nuances and complexities in the relationships between Bharatha Pisharodi (Mohanlal), a brilliant Sanskrit scholar and his family and environs. Failing to come to terms with his mental turmoil, Pisharodi vanishes on the day of his marriage to his cousin and childhood sweetheart, Meera (Padmapriya). The family gives him up for dead. But Bharathan’s mother who goes to Hardwar to perform his last rites, spies him amid the crowds on the banks of the Ganges. His family and relatives soon realise that the brilliant professor is reeling under severe depression. Meera and others try to bring him back to normality and their struggles constitute the crux of the plot.

What's the quickest way to go from struggling South Indian actress to national icon? Star alongside Rajnikanth, of course! That's just what Shreya Saran did last year, when she bagged a role in Shankar's blockbuster Sivaji: The Boss. Today, she's a household name, albeit one prone to a little controversy.

Google’s shiny new Web browser is vulnerable to a carpet-bombing vulnerability that could expose Windows users to malicious hacker attacks.

While only in the limelight for one year, Deepika Padukone has already made quite the splash. And now, Bollywood's fresh catch just got a little bigger. The Om Shanti Om star was voted the World's Sexiest Woman, beating Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif, Aiswarya Rai Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor, Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek and Anna Kournikova.

Perumazhakkalam is a 2004 Malayalam film directed by Kamal. The film stars Meera Jasmine, Kavya Madhavan, Dileep and Vineeth. Razia (Meera Jasmine), a Muslim woman along with her father-in-law played by Mamu Koya walk to an agraharam. They are there to meet Ganga (Kavya Madhavan).

Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to America. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah.

I.S.A.A.C. (Intuitive Synthetic Autonomous Assault Commando), played by former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin, is the first prototype of a confidential "human weapon" program. Once a death-row inmate, he is now a genetically reconstructed, highly trained, deadly assassin whose body and mind have been modified to become a physically regenerative, intellectually superior human being.

Microsoft has unveiled a trial version of a new Internet Explorer designed to fight the growing challenge from Firefox. But the new browser from the giant software company won't have it easy.

The world's tallest building -- Shanghai World Financial Center opens to the media on August 28th, 2008. Journalists enjoy a spectacular bird's eye view across Shanghai from the observatory deck on the 100th floor of Shanghai World Financial Center.