The Tamil film industry is offering e-hope to aspiring actors and actresses. A website called cinechance.com now uploads pictures of the hopefuls.

For those in a hurry, there is a special member slot, with a link to the home page of a director or producer.

It is a site that anyone can use. Photographers can browse through it for models, telephone companies can look it up for their ad faces and filmmakers for actors.

Many of the industry's newcomers like Mallika, who has acted in "Perazhagan", Divya of "Campus" fame, and Telugu actress K.P. Radhika, use the site to find work.