Mani Ratnam's Pagal Nilavu (1985) is about a carefree youngster (Murali) and his loyalty to a mafia group and his love for a police officer's sister (Revathi).

Watch short excerpts from the film.

'Naan thedum sevanthi poo' is a wonderful composition by Ilaiyaraaja from the film Dharma Pathini, starring Karthik and Jeevitha.

It is set in the carnatic raaga of Hindolam, although it has a very non-carnatic rhythm and bass pattern, and can therefore be referred to as a semi-classical composition.

Meendum Kokila (1981), starring Kamal Hassan and Sridevi in the leading roles as a lawyer and a housewife, depicts the struggle of  a small family trying to overcome the husband's illicit, short-term affair with an actress. Watch the song 'Chinnanchiru Vayathil' from this movie here:

Watch a comedy scene from the film here:

Singapore will introduce a new Tamil-language elective next year for high-ability secondary and junior college students who want to go deeper into the language, its literature and culture, the Straits Times reports.

The National Elective Tamil Language Programme (NETP) will be similar to the existing Chinese and Malay language electives, but will not be amongst examined options.