Chennai, Tamil Nadu -- (SBWIRE) --06/08/2011 -- The movie business is considered to be all about glamour and larger than life personalities. Galatta Media, being part of this business considered it important to showcase the other side; the humane side of the celebrities in the cine world. And a step in this effort was our June 2011 issue of Galatta Cinema.

Trisha has a bubbly and sweet image on screen and she exudes the same in real life as well. She joins PETA in spreading the word on adoption of homeless dogs. Along with the cute dog Bambi, she graces the cover of the June 2011 issue of Galatta Cinema in an exclusive PETA campaign, the first look revealed on Galatta Cinema. Besides Trisha this exclusive cover story also features other PETA ambassadors Madhavan, Amala and Sonu Sood. The story also talks about celebrities who have contributed to other social causes like AIDS Awareness, children's welfare, education, women empowerment, environment and more. Chiranjeevi, Kamal Haasan, Sarathkumar and Radikaa, Ajith, Vijay, Ramesh Aravind, Suriya, Vishal, Asin, Shriya Saran, Suhasini and Khushbu.

Galatta is confident that this endeavour will help peo0ple see that there is a side of movie celebrities that is responsible, aware and ready to do good for society. To read more about this story and many more such interesting features be connected with Galatta.com and Galatta Cinema. Log on to www.galatta.com for the latest in the world of south Indian cinema. Visit http://www.galattacinema.com to subscribe to the hottest movie magazine in South India.

About Galatta Media
Galatta Media is the entertainment division of Dot Com Infoway Limited. It comprises of Galatta.com, South India's No.1 movie portal; Galatta Cinema, a movie magazine that covers news and features about South Indian movies; Galatta Express, a weekly tabloid covering Chennai related movie and entertainment news and events.

Galatta.com is the oldest and numero uno movie portal in South India with more than 3 million monthly users. It provides entertainment news, reviews, features and gossips for Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, English and Bhojpuri movies in the English language.

Galatta Cinema is the largest circulated English movie magazine in India for South Indian movies. It offers a complete picture of the South Indian movie industry every month. Galatta Cinema assures a rich reading experience with 100+ colorful pages in chic style and is read by more than 8 lakh readers every month.

Galatta Express is Tamil Nadu's only English weekly entertainment tabloid with more 75,000 copies circulated across Chennai and Tamil Nadu every week.

About Dot Com Infoway Limited
Dot Com Infoway (DCI) is a CMMI Level 3 multi-national IT company and a leader in custom software development and mobile application development with offices in India, the United States and Netherlands. An ISO 9001:2000 certified multi-disciplined professional IT service company, DCI is a Microsoft Gold Partner and also a certified vendor of Offshore Outsourcing Best Practices (OOBP) organization. It is also a proud member of the prestigious NASSCOM and STPI and recently been appraised for CMMI.

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The Best of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2010 by G. Dhananjayan, the most-awaited book from Galatta Media, was launched by versatile actor Padma Shree Dr. Kamal Haasan in Chennai recently.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/20/2011 -- The Best of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2010', a two-volume publication with 700 plus pages, is the first-ever book written in English about the best movies of Tamil film industry. The book covers eight decades of Tamil cinema, ?from Kalidas (1931) to Nandhalala (2010). Written by Mr. G. Dhananjayan, Chief - ?South Film Business of UTV Motion Pictures, the book is a profound account of expert opinions and views of the performance of 232 iconic Tamil movies till date.

?'The Best of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2010' was launched by 'Ulaga Nayagan' Kamal Haasan at an event organized by Galatta Media on March 2nd, 2011 at the Green Park Hotel, Chennai and attended by the who's who of the film industry. The attendees included famous actors like Supreme Star Sarathkumar, Sivakumar, Parthiban and directors Mahendran, Balu Mahendra, K. Bhagyaraj, Vasanth, Cheran, Thangar Bachan, Lingusamy, Selvaraghavan, Ameer, Karu Palaniappan and Mysskin. All film personalities who participated in the launch felicitated the efforts of ?G. Dhananjayan and Galatta Media in bringing out the book. An audio visual presentation on each decade of Tamil Cinema was also screened at the event.

While speaking at the event, Actor Kamal Haasan said, "?Hard work shows and I loved the AV as I was present in the second half. I hope to be a part of the third volume of the book in the coming years". He also went on to praise Galatta Media for putting it all together and releasing this landmark publication.

Dhananjayan, the author of the book, expressed thanks to the filmmakers by saying,?"I'm grateful to the filmmakers and legends who graced the occasion and honored my team, which worked on this project for the last two years. Their attendance and appreciations have greatly enhanced our resolve to work more for the Tamil film industry"

"This is the first ever attempt in English to chronicle the exceptional journey of Tamil Cinema", said Mr. C.R.Venkatesh, CEO of Dot Com Infoway and Galatta.com. He further added, "We hope this book would stand as a collector's item for Tamil movie fans".

Mr. Girish Ramdas, President of Galatta.com opined, "Two years of dedicated research was involved in the making of this book. We have invested our sincere efforts in taking the book to the Tamil movie buffs and we're already excited about the results!"

?'The Best of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2010' has 2 to 4 pages of write-ups on every film featured, which includes rare images, posters and memorable trivia. This book is totally laminated and has colorful printing of international quality.

'The Best of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2010' is available in all leading book stores across India for INR 2,999.

The publishers also have a FREE DELIVERY offer for buying the book in India at the same store price of Rs. 2999 – to avail of this offer, please visit http://www.galatta.com/bestoftamilcinema/

The book has also been featured in the global Amazon book store where physical copies of the book can be bought – click here to go to Amazon:

For bulk orders or know more about the book, log on to ?http://www.galatta.com/bestoftamilcinema/ or email to ?sales@galatta.com.

About Galatta Media
Galatta Media is the entertainment division of Dot Com Infoway Limited. It comprises of Galatta.com, South India's No.1 movie portal; Galatta Cinema, a movie magazine that covers news and features about South Indian movies; Galatta Express, a weekly tabloid covering Chennai related movie and entertainment news and events.

Galatta.com is the oldest and numero uno movie portal in South India with more than 3 million monthly users. It provides entertainment news, reviews, features and gossips for Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, English and Bhojpuri movies in the English language.

Galatta Cinema is the largest circulated English movie magazine in India for South Indian movies. It offers a complete picture of the South Indian movie industry every month. Galatta Cinema assures a rich reading experience with 100+ colorful pages in chic style and is read by more than 8 lakh readers every month.

Galatta Express is Tamil Nadu's only English weekly entertainment tabloid with more 75,000 copies circulated across Chennai and Tamil Nadu every week.

About Dot Com Infoway Limited
Dot Com Infoway (DCI) is a CMMI Level 3 multi-national IT company and a leader in custom software development and mobile application development with offices in India, the United States and Netherlands. An ISO 9001:2000 certified multi-disciplined professional IT service company, DCI is a Microsoft Gold Partner and also a certified vendor of Offshore Outsourcing Best Practices (OOBP) organization. It is also a proud member of the prestigious NASSCOM and STPI and recently been appraised for CMMI.

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Galatta Media has opened pre-booking for the much-awaited book, The Best of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2010. Written by G. Dhananjayan, The Best of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2010 is a one-of-its-kind book about the best films of the Tamil industry.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/14/2011 -- The Best of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2010 is the first-ever English book to have a wealth of information about the best movies of the Tamil film industry. This book is written by Mr. G. Dhananjayan, former Chief Executive of Moser Baer Entertainment (Film Business).

He is a well-known figure in the Indian film circles for his involvement in the production and marketing of films and home videos in Tamil and Hindi. He was also one of the two founding members of Moser Baer Entertainment, which has grown to become one of India's largest home entertainment brands.

This two-volume 600+ page book covers details about blockbusters of Tamil cinema from 1931 to 2010 - from Kalidas (1931) to Nandhalala (2010). It narrates the journey of the industry through a period of eight decades. Volume I presents the best films released between 1931 and 1976, while Volume II deals with the period between 1977 and 2010.

From over 1000 films, which were hits and super hits in Tamil cinema in this period, The Best of Tamil Cinema were carefully selected after thorough review based on two methods – For Volume I - experts' view and for Volume II – based on a survey among the veteran writers on Tamil cinema. For both the volumes, commercial performance of the film is taken as the base. Each film appearing in the book is given a 2-4 page write up in the book.

It took two years for Mr. Dhananjayan to complete this book as he watched every movie shortlisted through the survey and experts' views before writing a feature on it. According to him, the compilation of the first volume was a demanding task, as it was not easy to collect the video sources of the films released way back in 1930s. However, with persistence, he collected the video sources from across the globe and watched the films to give an authentic synopsis for each film. The write ups for each film were based on authentic source than based on hearsay or media write ups. Only for a few films, for which no source is available, he relied on the song books of them, which carried the story for such films.

Some of the attractive features of the book:

Unseen photographs & promotional posters of films
Treasure-house of information about the best of Tamil cinema
Laminated & color printing of international quality
Well researched write ups for each film
A must-have collectors' item for anyone interested in Tamil cinema

Galatta Media is the publisher of The Best of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2010 which also manages the online and offline marketing of the book. The Best of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2010 will be available in all leading book stores across India for INR2,999 and as an e-book on Kindle, iBooks and Kobo for US $49.99. Galatta Media along with DCI Mobile Studios is also planning to launch an iPhone, iPad and Android app for the book as well for US$$49.99 so that mobile users can also have an opportunity to enjoy the book.

Readers can avail themselves of a 25% discount on the cover price of INR2,999 by pre-booking from today at http://www.bestoftamilcinema.com.

For more details, log on to http://www.bestoftamilcinema.com or email to ?sales@galatta.com.

The Best of Tamil Cinema: 1931 to 2010 is expected to be launched in the last week of February by Padma Shri Kamal Haasan along with the who's who of Tamil Cinema in a grand manner.

About Galatta Media
Galatta Media is the entertainment division of Dot Com Infoway Limited. It comprises of Galatta.com, South India's No.1 movie portal; Galatta Cinema, a movie magazine that covers news and features about South Indian movies; Galatta Express, a weekly tabloid covering Chennai related movie and entertainment news and events.

Galatta.com is the oldest and numero uno movie portal in South India with more than 3 million monthly users. It provides entertainment news, reviews, features and gossips for Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, English and Bhojpuri movies in the English language.

Galatta Cinema is the largest circulated English movie magazine in India for South Indian movies. It offers a complete picture every month of the movie industries South India. Galatta Cinema assures a rich reading experience with 100+ colorful pages in chic style and is read by more than 8 lakh readers every month.

Galatta Express is Chennai's only English weekly entertainment tabloid with more 75,000 copies circulated across Chennai and Tamilnadu every week.

About Dot Com Infoway Limited
Dot Com Infoway (DCI) is a multi-national information technology company and a leader in custom software development and mobile application development with offices in India, the United States and Netherlands. An ISO 9001:2000 certified multi-disciplined professional IT services company, DCI is member of NASSCOM and STPI and currently in the process of CMMI certification by KPMG.

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