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Vijay at Velayutham Shooting Spot Stills

2011-05-16T08:40:00.000+05:30

Vijay at Velayutham Shooting Spot Stills Cast : Vijay, Genelia, Hansika Motwani Direction : 'Jayam' M.Raja Banner : Aascar Film (P) Ltd Production : V.Ravichandran Music : Vijay

Velayutham HD Trailer , video Songs,

2011-05-16T08:08:00.000+05:30

Read Tamil sites in your Android mobile

2010-12-01T17:48:00.002+05:30

how to view tamil font in my samsung galaxy 3 Android2.1?
how to install tamil font - Android?
Tamil Unicode Support For Android OS?
tamil font support android?
tamil font in android?

Install Opera mini from Android Market.

After instal go to the browser address bar, type in “opera:config” (without the quotes) and then go. This will take you to the opera settings page.

Find the option that says “Use bitmap fonts for complex scripts” . The default is “no” for this option. Change this option to “Yes” and click save.
Once this is done. u can read the tamil fonts in the browser.

Nandhalala trailer

2009-01-24T15:20:00.000+05:30

Villu songs download ,Villu MP3 Vijay Nayanthara

2008-12-15T23:19:00.007+05:30

Villu is directed by Prabhu Deva and music by Devi Sri Prasad. The casts are
Vijay, Nayanthara and Vadivelu. Villu team wants to shoot a major part of the
talkie portion and two songs in France and other parts of the European Union
including Ukraine. The second half of the Villu film is set in a foreign country
as per the story, in which the hero goes in search of the killers of his father.
The Villu crew, feels that Europe will give them a different background that
mixes well with the story. Also, Europe is a very lesser used location in
Kollywood.
Director Prabhu Deva’s Villu movie is emerging in to a beautiful film day by day
with vital shooting and hard work of the crew. Vijay, Nayanthara and Vadivelu
with rest of the team are busy with full swing shooting that is taking place in
Chennai. Vadivelu will dance with Nayantara to the remix version of ‘My name is
Billa’ in Villu.

Villu – 2008

Starring: Vijay, Nayanthara, Vadivelu, Prakashraj and others
Direction: Prabhudeva
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Producer: Ayngaran International

1.Rama Rama Raman Kitta – Amalraj, Kovai Sarala
2.Nee Kobapattal – Sagar
3.Daddy Mummy Veetil Illa – Mamta Mohandas, Naveen Madhav
4.Are you Crazy – Divya
5.Jalsa Jalsa – Baba Sehgal, Rita
6.Vaada Mapilley – Tippu, Rita, Vadivelu
7.Dheemthanakka Dhillana – Devi Sri Prasad, Divya
8.Jalsa Jalsa The DSP Mix – Devi Sri Prasad, Baba Sehgal, Rita

Direct Link

Dheemthanakka Thillana Dhee
Jalsa Jalsa Jalsa Kankalil Aadu
Nee Kobapattal Nanum Koba
Vada Mappille Pazha Pazha
Hey Rama Rama Ramankitta
Are You Crazy You Useless
Jalsa Jalsa Jalsa Kanka - Remix
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Daddy Mummy
Jalsa Remix
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Nee Kova Pattal
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Crazy
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England vs. India

2008-12-15T16:09:00.001+05:30

1st Test, 11-15 Dec '08
Eng 316/10 | Ind 241/10 | Eng 311/9(dec) | Ind 387/4
Ind won by 6 wkts
Man of the Match: Virender Sehwag

சென்னையில் நடைபெற்ற முதலாவது டெஸ்ட் கிரிக்கெட் போட்டியில் இங்கிலாந்து அணியை 6 விக்கெட்டுகள் வித்தியாசத்தில் வென்றது இந்தியா. சச்சி்ன் தனது 41ஆவது சதத்தை பூர்த்தி செய்தார்.
சச்சின் 92, யுவராஜ் சிங் 80 ரன்கள்

பிரபுதேவாவின் மகன் மரணம்

2008-12-04T11:58:00.000+05:30

நடிகர், டான்ஸ் மாஸ்டர், இயக்குனர் பிரபுதேவாவின் மகன் விஷால் (13) உடல் நலக்குறைவால் இறந்தார்.

உடல் நலக்குறைவு காரணமாக கடந்த 6 மாதங்களாக மருத்துவமனையில் அவருக்கு சிகிச்சையளிக்கப்பட்டு வந்தது. ஆனால், இன்று அதிகாலை சிகிச்சை பலனின்றி விஷால் மரணம் அடைந்தார்.

விஷாலின் உடல் சென்னை ராஜாஅண்ணாமலைபுரத்தில் உள்ள பிரபுதேவாவின் வீட்டில் வைக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது. அவரது உடலுக்கு நடிகர்கள் விஜய், பிரகாஷ்ராஜ், ஸ்ரீமன், அருண்பாண்டியன், ஆதித்யா, நடிகை குஷ்பு உள்ளிட்டோர் நேரில் அஞ்சலி செலுத்தினர்.

பிரபு தேவா-லதா தம்பதிக்கு விஷால் தவிர ரிஷி, ராகவேந்திரா, ஆதி தேவா ஆகிய மகன்கள் உள்ளனர்.

Thanks

http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/movies/news/2008/12/04-prabhu-devas-son-dies.html

England in India 2008-09

2008-12-02T14:23:00.001+05:30

The BCCI has unveiled a revised itinerary for England's tour of India, with Chennai and Mohali named as the two Test venues, replacing Ahmedabad from December 11-15, and Mumbai from December 19-23.

According to a BCCI press release, the ECB has informed the Indian board that it has agreed to the revised schedule, in which the warm-up match in Vadodara from December 5 to 7 has been scrapped. The tour will be officially cleared after discussions between the ECB's security consultant and officials in India, N Srinivasan, the BCCI secretary, said.

However, the ECB has yet to confirm that the tour is back on track, and is still awaiting the security audit being prepared by their security expert, Reg Dickason. No further announcement is expected from the England camp before Tuesday, as the players continue to weigh up the pros and cons of a return to India, so soon after last week's terrorist atrocities.

The new series itinerary might go some way towards calming England's fears, however. The original venue for the first Test was Ahmedabad in Gujarat, which was ruled out both because of its proximity to Mumbai, and because it was the scene of serial bomb blasts three months ago.

Chennai, which hosted South Africa during their Test tour earlier in the year, was offered as an alternate for the first Test because it is seen as having the least threat perception from a security point of view, which will help ease the immediate fears some of the England players have over touring India.

The ECB had specifically asked for a southern Indian venue for the second Test, instead of Mumbai, and Chennai was the original replacement. They have now been offered Mohali, a satellite town to Chandigarh in the north of the country. From a logistical point of view, the venue's proximity to Delhi should enable the tour party to obtain an easy passage back to England at the end of the tour and allow the squad to link up with their families for Christmas.

Despite the itinerary changes, the ECB have paved the way for a weakened squad to return to India, with the national selector, Geoff Miller, insisting that no player would jeopardise their prospects of future selection if they chose not to tour. Three senior players are already believed to have ruled themselves out: Andrew Flintoff, who also suffered an ankle injury during last week's fifth ODI; James Anderson, whose wife is pregnant, and Steve Harmison.

Harmison, unsurprisingly, has been the most vocal dissenter in the England camp. "I'm sorry, but whatever is being asked of us in the next few days, at the moment, the idea of being asked to go back out there is the last thing on my mind," he told the Mail on Sunday. "This is beyond cricket. This is beyond anything. It's all very well for people back home to say we should carry on with the tour, but none of what has happened has anything to do with cricket."

Thanks : http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/indveng/content/current/story/380349.html

Flash News : கலைஞர் குடும்பத்தில் சமரசம்?

2008-12-01T16:47:00.000+05:30

சமீபகாலமாக அழகிரி தரப்புக்கும், மாறன் சகோதரர்களுக்கும் இடைவெளி இருந்து வந்தது. இந்த மனக்கசப்பின் காரணமாக மத்திய அமைச்சராக இருந்த தயாநிதி மாறன் ஒன்றரை வருடமாக பதவியிலிருந்து விலகி இருக்கிறார்.

இரு தரப்புக்கும் பேச்சு வார்த்தை இல்லை என்ற அளவுக்கு பிரச்சினை வலுத்ததும், கலைஞர் முரசொலி இதழில் மாறன் சகோதரர்கள் பற்றி கூறியதும், அதற்கு மாறன் சகோதரர்கள் பதில் அறிக்கை விடுத்திருந்ததும் பரபரப்பாக பேசப்பட்டது.

இந்நிலையில் கலைஞர் மகள் செல்வி வீட்டில் அழகரி மகள் கயல்விழி இருதரப்புக்கும் இடையே சமரச முயற்சிகளுக்கு ஏற்பாடு செய்திருந்தார். அதில் மு.க.ஸ்டாலின், அழகிரி, கலாநிதி ஆகியோர் கலந்து கொண்டதாக தெரிகிறது.

இதில் இதுநாள் வரை இருந்த மனக்கசப்புகளை மறந்து இனி ஒற்றுமையாக செயல்படுவதாக முடிவு எடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது என தகவல்கள் வெளியாகின்றன.

இன்று மாலை கோபாலபுரத்தில் உள்ள கலைஞர் இல்லத்தில், அழகிரி, மு.க.ஸ்டாலின், மாறன் சகோதரர்கள் என அனைவரும் ஒன்று கூடி மகிழ்ச்சியான செய்திகளை வழங்குவார்கள் என திமுகவின் முக்கிய புள்ளிகள் தெரிவிக்கின்றனர்.

Thanks
Nakkheeran [Source]

Nenjukkul Peidhidum - Vaaranam Aayiram

2008-11-24T15:12:00.001+05:30

நெஞ்சுக்குள் பெய்திடும் மாமழை,
நீருக்குள் மூழ்கிடும் தாமரை
சற்றென்று* மாறுது வானிலை,
பெண்ணே உன் மேல் பிழை…

நில்லாமல் வீசிடும் பேரலை,
நெஞ்சுக்குள் நீந்திடும் தாரகை
பொன்வண்ணம் சூடிய காரிகை,
பெண்ணே நீ காஞ்சனை…

ஒ ஷாந்தி ஷாந்தி ஒ ஷாந்தி…
என் உயிரை உயிரை நீ ஏந்தி…
ஏன் சென்றாய் சென்றாய் என்னை தாண்டி…
இனி நீ தான் எந்தன் அந்தாதி… (நெஞ்சுக்குள்)

ஏதோ ஒன்று என்னை ஈர்க்க
மூக்கின் நுனி மர்மம் சேர்க்க
கள்ளத்தனம் ஏதும் இல்லா… புன்னகையோ போகன்வில்லா**…
நீ நின்ற இடம் என்றால், விலை ஏறி போகாதோ?
நீ செல்லும் வழியெல்லாம், பனி கட்டி ஆகதோ?
என்னோடு வா.., வீடு வரைக்கும்
என் வீட்டை பார்…, என்னை பிடிக்கும் !

இவள் யாரோ யாரோ தெரியாதே…
இவள் பின்னால் நெஞ்சே போகாதே,
இது பொய்யோ மெய்யோ தெரியாதே…
இவள் பின்னால் நெஞ்சே போகாதே [போகாதே... ]

நெஞ்சுக்குள் பெய்திடும் மாமழை
நீருக்குள் மூழ்கிடும் தாமரை..
சற்றென்று மாறுது வானிலை,
பெண்ணே உன் மேல் பிழை…

நில்லாமல் வீசிடும் பேரலை,
நெஞ்சுக்குள் நீந்திடும் தாரகை..
பொன்வண்ணம் சூடிய காரிகை
பெண்ணே நீ காஞ்சனை…

தூக்கங்களை தூக்கி சென்றாய் [ தூக்கி சென்றாய் ]
ஏக்கங்களை தூவி சென்றாய்,
உன்னை தாண்டி போகும் போது [ போகும் போது ]
வீசும் காற்றின் வீச்சு வேறு !
நில்லென்று நீ சொன்னால் என் காலும் நகராதே..
நீ சுடும் பூவெல்லாம் ஒரு போதும் உதிராதே..
காதல் என்னை கேட்கவில்லை
கேட்டால் அது காதல் இல்லை !

என் ஜீவன் ஜீவன் நீதானே…
எனத்தோன்றும் நேரம் இது தானே…
நீ இல்லை இல்லை என்றாலே…
என் நெஞ்சம் நெஞ்சம் தாங்காதே…

நெஞ்சுக்குள் பெய்திடும் மாமழை,
நீருக்குள் மூழ்கிடும் தாமரை..
சற்றென்று மாறுது வானிலை,
பெண்ணே உன் மேல் பிழை…

நில்லாமல் வீசிடும் பேரலை,
நெஞ்சுக்குள் நீந்திடும் தாரகை…
பொன்வண்ணம் சூடிய காரிகை,
பெண்ணே நீ காஞ்சனை…

ஒ ஷாந்தி ஷாந்தி ஒ ஷாந்தி…
என் உயிரை உயிரை நீ ஏந்தி…
ஏன் சென்றாய் சென்றாய் என்னை தாண்டி…
இனி நீ தான் எந்தன் அந்தாதி..

நீ நின்ற இடம் என்றால், விலை ஏறி போகாதோ?
நீ செல்லும் வழியெல்லாம், பனி கட்டி ஆகதோ?
என்னோடு வா.., வீடு வரைக்கும்
என் வீட்டை பார்…, என்னை பிடிக்கும் !

இவள் யாரோ யாரோ தெரியாதே…
இவள் பின்னால் நெஞ்சே போகாதே,
இது பொய்யோ மெய்யோ தெரியாதே…
இவள் பின்னால் நெஞ்சே போகாதே [போகாதே... ]

Aegan - Hey Salaa HQ Full Video Song

2008-11-23T15:47:00.001+05:30

VARANAM AYIRAM (OH SHANTHI SHANTHI)

2008-11-23T15:44:00.000+05:30

Nenjukkul Peidhidum - Vaaranam Aayiram HQ FULL Video song

2008-11-23T15:43:00.001+05:30

Varanam Ayiram Ava enna enna HQ QUALITY

2008-11-23T15:41:00.000+05:30

Varnam Ayiram Live Movie

2008-11-22T23:27:00.001+05:30

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=PN2I51TB

நெஞ்சுக்குள் பெய்திடும் மா மழை- Varanam Ayiram

2008-11-22T23:26:00.000+05:30

Thevar Magan - Movie

2008-10-02T23:31:00.000+05:30

Pokkiri - Movie

2008-10-02T23:26:00.000+05:30

Ghilli - movie

2008-10-02T23:24:00.000+05:30

Ghilli - Movie Part 1

Ghilli - Movie Part 2

Ghilli - Movie Part 3

Ghilli - Movie Part 4

Ghilli - Movie Part 5

Ghilli - Movie Part 6

Ghilli - Movie Part 7

Ghilli - Movie Part 8

Ghilli - Movie Part 9

Sachin - Movie

2008-10-02T23:22:00.000+05:30

Padmapriya becomes as an assistant director

2008-08-03T17:33:00.000+05:30

Padmapriya who made her debut as a heroine in Cheran’s film Thavamai Thavamirundhu created a ruckus while acting in Mirugam. Now she is once again pairing with Cheran in the film Pokkesham. The film shooting is progress in Gobichettipalayam. Padmapriya who is the leading lady in this film has donned a new role. She is also working as an assistant director. She is prompt at the shooting spot by 7 AM.

'Robot' issue cleared

2008-07-20T23:19:00.001+05:30

Some time back, there was a rumour that the story of 'Robot' was lifted from somewhere else. Since this was more believable than true, there was panic in Shankar's office.

It started with the Hindi film 'Love Story 2050' about a couple that go into the future 2050 with the help of a time machine. A robot brings the separated lovers together.

When this film's story became public, rumour had it that it was Shankar's story, he had narrated that to some in the Hindi film industry and it had been made into 'Love
Story 2050.' Since there was no reaction from Shankar's side, people believed it to be true.

It seems there is absolutely no connection between the Hindi film and Shankar's story. In fact, Shankar and his associates are in a way relieved that 'Love Story 2050' did not live up to expectations despite the hype.

Even if the story is different, a sci-fi film like 'Love Story 2050' would lessen expectations of 'Robot.' There will be no freshness. The flopping of 'Love Story 2050' has prevented both.

Source: cinesouth.com Thanks

Ameer promises to make a film on the Eelam Tamils

2008-07-20T23:17:00.001+05:30

Denmark based Eelam Tamilian K S Durai produces and directs 'Illam Puyal,' whose audio release function took place yesterday at Chennai. The songs were released by Thol Thirumavalavan of Viduthalai Siruthaigal and accepted by Ameer.

Producer R B Chowdry, director Vasanth, actor Shaam and others participated in the function.

Ameer has been drawing media attention by his speeches at film functions and much to the shock of the media, he finished his speech with just one word "Vaazhthukkal." On request from the producer, Ameer spoke again in his usual firebrand fashion.
"For the past few days, news in the media implicating my reprimanding A R Rehman has really upset me. That's why I decided that silence is golden and refrained from speaking," he said.

"More than Tamilians, it is the Eelam Tamils who strive more for the progress of Tamil. When I went for the Berlin Film Festival, many Eelam Tamils would visit me every day. On their repeated requests, one day I went to their sets and only then did I understand their pains and sufferings.

I made up my mind then to make a film that would be imbedded with their pains and sorrows. I will definitely make this come true," said Ameer.

Subramaniapuram - Kangal Irandal - DIVX

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Subramaniapuram Trailer

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Muniyandi Vilangiyal Moondramaandu Trailer

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Sathyam Movie Trailor

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Sakkarakatti Trailer

2008-07-19T00:59:00.000+05:30

Ajith's Daughter photo

2008-07-19T00:42:00.002+05:30

Oh it's certainly a rare photo ... Ajith always dont like publicity but some how what ever he does it will be in the headlines next day... so much crazy fans are behind the ultimate star always... Recently ajith along with his wife shallini and their baby Anoushka attended one family function... All the eyes were on Ajith's daughter Anoushka... She is really very cute and good looking u can see it in the photo above... The photographer who caught the glimpses of the occassion cannot refrain without taking Ajith shallini pair... along with them their sweet little baby Anoushka was also caught in the snap... The little doll was sitting over her father's lap... her mom is kept busy you can see shallini taking something out of her hand bag for her daughter ;-) ;-)

Bookmark this post... in future if found !!! more updates of Anoushka's picture u can view it here !!!

cheers ;-) ;-)

Ileana to pair with Rajini

2008-07-18T23:38:00.001+05:30

Ileana is but a cow. So how could she not surrender to the superstar's charisma?

Though Ileana made her debut in Tamil, it was Telugu films that gave her top billing and crores. So she is naturally might miffed with Kollywood.

When asked to star with Vijay, Ajith, Surya and such front line actors, she haughtily turned down the offers saying she was very busy. But Rajini has now made her change her mind.

In 'Sultan the Warrior,' Soundarya planned to feature a lady of Rajini's imagination. She has now signed on Ileana., when she and Ileana met in Chennai. Ileana is very particular in money matters but her friends have advised her on the importance of 'Sultan the Warrior' and made her adjust her fee rate.

Was Ameer right in what he said?

2008-07-18T23:37:00.001+05:30

At a recent film function, Ameer passed some critical remarks on A R Rehman. “If he can compose music for experienced directors like Balachander and Bharatiraja, why does he not compose music for people like us? Don't we appear like directors to him?” He also wondered why Rehman did not come forward to score music for sensitive films.

Passing of such remarks at a function where AR Rehman was not present has caused dissatisfaction to Rehman supporters. They argue that Rehman has scored music for experienced as well as upcoming directors. 'Sillunu Oru Kaadhal,' 'Azhagiya Thamizh Magan' and 'Sakkarakatti' are all made by debut making directors.

Don't Deepa Mehta's 'Fire' and 'Water,' Aamir Khan's 'Lagaan' and 'Rang De Basanti' rank as sensitive films? They accuse Ameer of targeting remarks at prominent film personalities like Mani Ratnam, Kamal and A R Rehman after the success of 'Paruthiveeran.'

“All this galatta after just one hit?” is their question.

Glam Nayan in 'Villu'

2008-07-18T23:31:00.001+05:30

Nayantara danced with Vijay to a song sequence in Sivakasi. This is her first film opposite Vijay. Earlier, Nayan was to have acted as Vijay's heroine in 'Kuruvi' but Trisha had her way and grabbed the role.

'Villu' shooting is happening at Pollachi and Pazhani. Nayantara has a homely role in this. That is one reason for signing her on.

After seeing the stills of Nayantara in 'Kuselan' and 'Sathyam,' the 'Villu' crew went into a panic. Nayan dripped of glamour, even to the extent of donning a two piece. So, won't her fans feel betrayed if she was not shown even in a glimpse of her glamorous best?

The 'Villu' team set about transforming Nayan from homely to glamorous. One important scene is to take place at Kerala's Adirampalli Falls where a wet Nayan shall let people's imaginations run haywire.

'Villu' is sure to be a jillu film for sure!

Conflict between Arjun and Perarasu?

2008-07-18T23:30:00.000+05:30

Confusion over a conflict between an actor and a director on the sets and the subsequent cancellation of the shooting led to rumors that the two involved were Arjun and Perarasu. Here are the details that led to this presumption. Kavithalaya is producing two ventures: Krishnaleeai and Thiruvannamalai. While the former features Jeevan and is

directed by Selvan, the latter is directed by Perarasu and Arjun stars in it. Rumors about the tussle in a Kavithalaya production film led to tongues wagging and pointing to Arjun and Perarasu, while originally it was between Jeevan and Selvan. But all is well as K. Balachander, the patriarch of Kavithalaya, has interfered and sorted out the issue.

Source and Thanks
behindwoods.com

70 lakhs for Silambarasan and Rachana

2008-07-18T23:27:00.002+05:30

Silambarasan is never tired of trying out new things! The actor is presently busy with his dream project Silambattam. According to our sources, Silambarasan has roped in a Mumbai model Rachana Maurya for a dance sequence. The dance was choreographed with about 30 Mumbai and 120 Chennai models apart from Silambarasan and

Rachana Maurya. Apparently Rachana was paid Rs. 5 lakhs to shake her leg in this song. According to producers K. Muralidharan and Swaminathan, the song was shot at a budget of Rs. 70 lakhs

Source and Thanks
behindwoods.com

Gopika weds!

2008-07-18T23:25:00.000+05:30

Gopika carved a niche for herself in the Tamil film industry with movies like Autograph, Em Magan, etc. The actress, after a brief stint in the tinsel town, decided to take wedding vows. Her engagement to Ajilesh, an NRI doctor, took place on July 13th. The marriage ceremony took place according to the Christian customs at Ernakulam Kothamangalam

Marthoma Church yesterday (17-July-2008) amidst close family and friends. A reception for the newlyweds will be held at the Avenue Centre, a five-star hotel, in Ernakulam on July 20th. Film personalities from Kollywood and Mollywood are expected to grace the occasion. Gopika intends to settle in Ireland with her doctor husband. Behindwoods.com wishes Gopika a very happy married life.

Source and Thanks
behindwoods.com

Rajini’s voice irritates people

2008-07-18T23:24:00.001+05:30

Private telephone service providers have come out with novel methods of advertising - some of which are interesting, while some are not. There are incoming calls, which when picked, tells you about various promotional campaigns in a recorded mimicry voice. Recently one of the leading service providers in Chennai has opted for a unique

way to promote their services. They have used Rajinikanth's voice to advertise their products. Don’t jump to conclusions immediately... a mimicry artist who speaks in the unique voice of the Superstar asks you to download Kuselan tones, pushing many such schemes. Though the user is thrilled to hear the Rajinikanth’s voice at first, they get irritated by the continuous barrage of such unsolicited calls. Initially, it was thought to be some kind of promotional campaign for the film but later it was realized that it was only from the telephone company

A talent from Rahman’s stable

2008-07-18T23:22:00.000+05:30

Pasupathy is on a roll now. He has been continuously committed to film after film and the talented star is certainly enjoying his work. After wrapping up Kuselan with the super star, he has moved on to Vedigundu Murugesan which is touted to be a comedy caper. Further on, he will be doing the role of Nana Patekar in Taxi No. 9211 in the Tamil version.

After this, he would be working with debutant director Balu who had apprenticed with veteran film maker Bhagyaraj in many movies. Balu will be directing his first film titled Seetharaman which will go on floors on the 19th of August. Seetharaman is said to be a story about father and daughter; it also handles the theme of love in a different manner. The film will certainly not be a tearjerker but a laugh riot just like the films of Balu’s mentor, Bhagyaraj. Seetharaman will be introducing a new music director: Sivan who had worked with A R Rahman. Film of debutants indeed!

Kuselan ready to be shipped

2008-07-18T23:19:00.002+05:30

Tamil films, off late, have been creating quite an impact in the global markets. Earlier only Bollywood films were considered to be capable enough to compete in the world market. But a string of Tamil films that have made it to the international film festivals has created a niche for Kollywood films, no doubt. The next in line for which the international

audience is waiting is Kuselan. The film is almost ready and the final correction work is on at present, says inside sources. Meanwhile, it has been announced that Kuselan will hit the screens on August 1st in India while the US audience will get to see the movie a day prior to this. The film's copy is due to be shipped to the US on Monday, states some very reliable sources.

Source and Thanks
behindwoods.com

Ilayaraja's medical miracle

2008-07-18T23:15:00.000+05:30

A Tamil couple living in Germany thanked maestro Ilayaraja, which also left the music director stunned, for the great medical miracle that he performed unwittingly. The incident was reported in a well-known magazine recently. Well, it seems that a few months ago the young couple was told by the doctors in Germany

that the child in the mother's womb showed no movement. The worried couple went back home and turned on their music set to listen to Ilayaraja's Thiruvasagam. Surprisingly, the lady started to feel the baby kicking. They repeated the music many times and felt the same result. The doctors were also surprised when the lady delivered the baby a few months later through normal labor.

As a token of gratitude, the couple recently visited the maestro to pay respects and express their gratefulness.

Now, that's a true medical miracle from the maestro!

Marma Yogi Photo Gallery

2008-07-18T22:05:00.002+05:30

Even before the release of Kamal’s Dasavatharam, everyone is curious to know what his next movie is going to be. Sources have it that Kamalâ€™s next movie will be Marma yogi
Kamal Hassan is said to have started pre-production work on his new film Marmayoghi, which he is directing and producing, on first copy basis for the corporate Reliance Adlabs.

Talks are on to finalise the rest of the crew for Marma Yoghi. Rumor is that he has already contacted Bollywood actress Kajol, to play the heroine in this film and the music is by A.R Rahman.

Marma Yogi is also an old MGR flick, known as the first Tamil movie to receive an â€˜Aâ€™ certificate in 1951. This is the second time that Kamal is using an old MGR title for a film of his. Earlier he had used the title Sathi Leelavathi (1936).

This movie is said to be a multi-lingual releasing in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.

Rajinikanth Kuselan audio launch today!!

2008-07-02T07:12:00.001+05:30

The Kuselan audio launch will take place today at a suburban five-star hotel in Chennai. Rajinikanth and the rest of the Kuselan team including Nayanthara, Pasupathy, Vadivel, Meena, director P Vasu, producer K Balachandar and music director G V Prakash are expected to attend the function. The buzz is that the chief guest at the function will be Prakash’s uncle and mentor A R Rahman.

The company which bagged the audio rights of Kuselan for 2.25 crore is Big Music and it is coming out with two lakhs CD’s and cassettes of the film, which will be on sale from July 1 morning in all music outlets worldwide. The CD’s are priced at Rs. 99 and the cassettes are priced at Rs. 45 and also the digitall download rights for the songs will be sold by the music company.

The superstar will feature in three of the five songs in the film. His introduction song Cinema, Cinema, sung by Shankar Mahadevan will feature more than a dozen Kollywood stars who will join the superstar in celebrating 75 years of the South Indian film industry. Another highlight is the seven-minute song Om Zaarare sung by Daler Mehendi, Chitra and Sadhana Sargam and features Rajinikanth and Nayanthara.

The Kuselan Song List with Song and Singer details are as follows:

Cinema Cinema…
Artist(s): Shankar Mahadevan
Lyricist: Vaali

Sollamma…
Artist(s): Hariharan, Sujatha, Baby Ranjini, Baby Pooja
Lyricist: Pa. Vijay

Om Zaarare…
Artist(s): Daler Mehndi, Chitra, Sadhana Sargam
Lyricist: Vaali

Chaarai…
Artist(s): Shreya Ghoshal, Kids
Lyricist: Dr. Kridhaya

Perinba…
Artist(s): Kailash Kher, Prasanna
Lyricist: Yugabharathi

No more `Singam` for Vijay

2008-05-23T06:29:00.000+05:30

Looks like Vijay is not being lucky with the title he choses for his next movie after Kuruvi. Initially he chose ‘Seval’ which is director Hari’s upcomming movie with Bharath, but Hari refused to part with the title to Vijay.

Now Hari has again announced that his next project with Surya is titled Singam. Yes the same title that Vijay was going to act in under Prabhudeva direction. The lead actress of this movie with Vijay is Nayantara.The buzz is that the clash between director Hari and Vijay started when Vijay refused call sheet for Hari’s ‘Vel’ because of his prior commitment to ‘Azhagiya Tamizh Magan’.

Now the team of Prabudeva, Vijay are searching for a suitable title for their upcomming flick. Lets hope its not the same as Hari’s next movie after Singam.

Kuselan audio ready!!

2008-05-23T06:27:00.002+05:30

The Audio of much awaited Superstar Rajinikanth starrer is ready. All the five songs by music director G.V Prakash is complete and the music for this movie by this young musician is said to be very impressive.

The introduction song of Rajinikanth in the movie has lyrics as “MGR, NTR, Sivaji Thanthadhu Intha Cinemathan” which is sung by Shankar Mahadevan and is said to be a foottapping number. Another song has all of the superstar movie names like “Polladhavan, Murattu Kaalai, Pokkiri Raja and Rajadhi Raja ” in its lyrics. All the lyrics have been penned by Vali and Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam, Daler Mehandi, Chithra and Shankar Mahadevan have sung the songs.

The Tamil version of the movie differs from the Malayalam version on the lines that the Superstar in the movie will have a much larger role than the original version. The movie is expected to have 900 plus prints with 700 prints for Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Kuselan is being simultaneous made in both Tamil and Telugu. The movie is named Kuseludu in Telugu. Already Superstar Rajinikanth starrer Kuselan rights has been sold for 64 crores to Pyramid Saimeera. The movie will also star Pasupathy, Meena, Prabhu, Vadivelu, Santhanam and Livingston in the Tamil version

Madhavan`s deal with Adlabs!!

2008-05-23T06:27:00.001+05:30

Yavarum Nalam the Madhavan and Neethu Chandra starrer is said to have impressed Adlabs to such an extent that they have decided to rope in Madhavan for their next four films.

Saurabh Varma, Chief marketing Officer, Adlabs, was seen stating that they are pretty impressed with the performance as well as marketing skills the actor has. This led to the decision to get him in the upcoming films.

After making their Tamil debut with Trisha-Ajith starrer ‘Kireedam’, this corporate production house seems to be on a roll now. Presently busy financing Madhavan and Neethu Chandra starrer Yavarum Nalam’ that is being directed by Vikram, Adlabs has further plans to produce three other films starring Madhavan in the lead.

Yavarum Nalam is a supernatural thriller and is slated for a September 2008 release.

Vishnuvardhan strikes it rich!

2008-05-23T06:26:00.000+05:30

Director Vishnuvardhan seems to have struck gold. If one is to believe the rumours doing the rounds in Kollywood, the director has been signed by Warner Brothers and Soundarya Rajnikanth’s Ocher Studios for their next project, a sequel to Billa.

Vishnuvardhan is at the moment directing the film Sarvam, which has Arya and Trisha in the lead and the director will be taking up the Warner Brothers’ project after completing this film.

Sources in the industry suggest that Ajit will be the hero of the film while the heroine hasn’t been decided yet. Sources also claim that the director is to be paid a whopping Rs three crore for his work. Way to go Vishnu! Source: timesofindia.indiatimes

Ninaivil Nindraval next for Ashwin

2008-05-23T06:25:00.000+05:30

Remember the son of S.Ve Shekar who made his debut last year with ‘Vegam’, he is back now with his next movie Ninaivil Nindraval. The movie will be directed by director Agasthiya Bharathi and will have Keerthi Chawla and new face Gayathri as the heroines for Ashwin Shekar.

‘Thalaivsal’ Vijay, Ilavarasan, M S Baskar, Muthukalai, Arulmani, Birla Bose, ravi Ganesh, venki form the rest of the cast. Music is by Iman and lyrics are by Vaali. The director Agasthiya Bharathi has worked as an assistant director in films like Keladi Kanmani and co-directed movies like Ooty and February 14. The movie, which is being made by Sabari Movies, will have S Ve Shekar appearing in a guest role as well.

The shooting for the movie is currently in progress and is expected to be a August or September release.

Dasavatharam Wordwide on June 6th

2008-05-23T06:24:00.002+05:30

Yes, all the fans of Kamal have a reason to rejoice. The much awaited magnum opus of Padmashri Kamal Hassan will be release worldwide on June 6th. The film is slated to be released initially in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.

Producer Oscar Ravichandran is now busy with the promotional videos of the movie which is to be played out at the last leg of the IPL matches in Chepauk. As with the producer’s prior film releases, Ravichandran will feed 1,000 poor children on the occasion.

Oscar Films is getting a 1,000 prints ready for the first run. As the demand increase from theatres, they will make more prints.

Rajini to try new looks for Robot

2008-05-23T06:24:00.001+05:30

With his upcomming release Kuselan almost complete, Rajini has started work on his next movie, Robot with director Shankar. Superstar Rajinikanth and director Shankar will be travelling to Hollywood to try out new looks for his forthcoming mega sci-fi thriller Robot. The new look and the makeup for it is expected to cost over Rs.30 million.

Rajini has finished his part of the work with Kuselan and is now concentrating on Robot, which is a big budget, two year project. The movie will have Aishwarya Rai as the heroine for the Superstar. The movie is a joint venture by Ayngaran International and Eros. The film is said to cost atleast a whopping 120 crores, which is just the intial budget of this movie. A. R. Rahman will be composing the music for this flick.

The first photo shoot for the film by famous Chennai fashion and portfolio photographer G.Venket Ram was held in mid-februvary

I am happy to be Surya`s mother - Simran

2008-05-23T06:22:00.000+05:30

Simran who is cast as young Surya’s mother is happy with her character in the movie Vaaranam Ayiram. Discussing the role in the movie, the actress is excited as the father of young Surya and her husband in Vaaranam Aayiram is Surya himself. When director Gautham menon narrrated the story to her, she could see a lot of scope to her character and hence readily agreed to it.

Marriage and motherhood has not changed the actress a lot who says her passion is acting and she loves being in front of the camera once again. Marriage and Motherhood was never a barrier to her acting. She is once again back to what she loves doing the most, acting. Her husband, parents and in-laws are most supportive of her. A constant companion of her in the shooting sets is her son.

Chennai365 team wishes Simran all the best for her second venture in kollywood.

kuruvi

2008-04-27T10:19:00.002+05:30

Kuruvi is an upcoming Tamil film to be released in May 2008 starring Joseph Vijay and Trisha Krishnan. It is produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin and LSS Sathyan. Dharani, who had success with Vijay in Ghilli, will be directing this action/adventure movie. Suman and Vivek are also part of the film's cast.

Soundtrack
Kuruvi songs released on April 16, 2008. Vijay, Vikram, Dharani along with producer Udhayanidhi Stalin, actress Trisha Krishnan attended the audio release function. There are six songs composed by Vidyasagar, one of the songs featuring the Malaysian rapper Yogi B.

Happy New Year - Yogi B, Dr. Burn and Sunidhi Chauhan
Dandaana Darna - Sangeeth Althipur
Thaen Thaen Thaen - Udit Narayan and Shreya Goshal
Palaanadhu Palaanadhu - Vidyasagar and S. Rajalakshmi
Theme Music - Praveen Mani, Dr. Burn, Ranina and Suvi
Mozha Mozhannu - Kay Kay and Anuradha Sriram

Kuruvi Trailer

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Dasavatharam Trailer

2008-04-27T10:07:00.000+05:30

Dasavatharam audio launch

2008-04-27T09:57:00.001+05:30

Here is the Exclusive photos of Kamal Hassan’s Dasavatharam audio launch function held at Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai.

Dasavatharam

2008-04-27T09:50:00.002+05:30

IPL Live Video

2008-04-19T17:59:00.001+05:30

Akshaya out of Peraanmai

2008-04-11T15:18:00.001+05:30

Peraanmai movie directed by Jananathan has Jeyam Ravi and five other heroines in the lead. Akshaya of Kalaba Kadhalan fame was also roped in one of the heroines, but the actress has now decided to opt out of the movie. Jayam Ravi plays a forest officer in the movie and the five actresses act as sports persons.

Akshaya is said to have done so following a condition put forth by Peraanmai team which said that Akshaya should not to act in any other films until the shooting of Peraanmai gets completed, for about six to eight months from now and hence Akshaya has made the decision to quit Peraanmai.

Peraanmani will also have the latest of technology used in the shooting of the movie. The team of Peraanmai has decided to use helicom will come in very handy in Peraanmai where sequences in dense jungles covered with thick vegetation. The movement of Jeyam Ravi who will run through the forest covered have a better chance of being well captured on a helicam rather than a steady cam.

Source from http://www.chennai365.com/

Salman dances for Gayatri Raghuram

2008-04-11T15:16:00.000+05:30

Gayatri Raghuram has Salman danceing to the tunes of Sajid-Wajid in the hindi version of Pokiri movie. She will be choreographing Salman for the movie. Gayatri is the daughter of choreographer Raghuram, who acted in a few Tamil films like whistle and Prabhu Deva’s Charlie Chaplin. She has now become a choreographer, following on her father’s footsteps.

Gayathri has already choreographed for a Telugu movie. She has also been roped in by producer-director Priyadarshan for his next Tamil movie. The priyadarshan movie to be launched soon will be directed by Vijay, who directed Ajith and Trisha starrer Kireedom

Sneha, Shriya in Sarath movie

2008-04-11T15:14:00.001+05:30

After Vaitheeshwaran, Sarath is all set to start his next movie under the direction of K.S Ravikumar. There were rumours the the movie was Jaggu Bai which was originally planned for Superstar Rajnikanth. However, the circle close to Sarath denied the news on ‘Jaggubhai’, but they confirmed a new project of Sarath with K.S. Ravikumar.

Sneha had already been roped in to play the lead. The current update on the movie is that Shriya Saran has also been roped in to play another heroine in the movie. Shriya has been in news for a lot of reasons lately be it her skimpy dresses, her english movie, her bollywood movie or her slapping a man for misbehaviour recently in Tirupathi.

This Sarath Kumar, Sneha and Shriya starrer movie which is not titled yet is being jointly produced by Radhika Sarath Kumar’s Radaan pictures and Sun TV. It can be recalled that the film Cheran Pandiyan directed by K.S Ravikumar was his first hit and also was Sarath Kumar’s first film as hero. The Sarath-Ravi Kumar pair has also given the super blockbuster Nattami. Lets hope they repeat the success story in this movie too

Sony Imageworks opens visual effects studio in Chennai

2008-04-11T15:13:00.001+05:30

Imageworks India, the Indian arm of Sony Pictures Imagework, Thursday announced opening of its state-of-the-art facility in Chennai. The Chennai facility has about 90 artists and technical experts and would be scaled up to 180 workers, the company said here. It also has seven animation experts. “In the first year of operation, our primary goal has been to integrate our India operations into our Culver City production workflow,” said Tim Sarnoff, president of Sony Pictures Imageworks.

“Artists are no longer afraid of technology, especially in India,” he said.“I hope to create a cohesive work group,” Joe Gareri, general manager and executive director in charge of operations in India, told IANS. Before joining Imageworks, Gareri worked with Pacific Titles and in the films like the three sequels of “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “Catwoman”, “Men in Black” and several other titles.

Founded in 1992, Imageworks - a component of the US-based Sony Pictures Digital Production - acquired 50.1 percent stake in FrameFlow (India) Private Ltd., at a cost of $5 million last year. FrameFlow was founded three years ago by the promoters of Shasun Chemicals, the Chennai-based pharma company and first worked Imageworks on films such as “Click”, “Ghost Rider” and “Spiderman-3″.

Globally, Sony Imageworks is doing business worth nearly $7 billion, and has captured 37 percent of the box office for global visual work. Imageworks has production studios in Culver City, California, and New Mexico, and now in Chennai.“One of my priorities will be to ensure multitasking training for the workforce in India and integrate the working timeframe with our Culver City studio,” Garei said. “We lose two work days, if the time zones are not integrated smoothly,” he said. The Chennai facility will work seamlessly with the Culver City facility in the visual effects of seven Hollywood films, now under production.

Imageworks has done the visual effects for “Spiderman”, “Monster House”, “Stuart Little”, “The Chronicles of Narnia” and several other academy award winning films.Its most recent films have been “Ghost Rider”, “Beowulf” and “I Am Legend”. In “I Am Legend”, the Indian team worked on the Time Square Meadow scene in which Will Smith is seen in a ruined grass-grown Time Square. “Our team is now working on the next release, a film called Hancock”, said Krishnakant Mishra, who was creative supervisor for films like “Lord of The Rings”, and is the creative director of Imageworks India. Sanroff, who came to Imageworks from Warner Digital Studios, a Warner Bros. organisation says, “a successful film is one person’s imagination vended by 50 others”.

“Film-makers are today getting very good at describing exactly what they want,” Sanroff said.“Film-makers have got the vocabulary of expression and artists have also learnt the vocabulary. At the end of it we are all storytellers. “It is finally the great visual effects supervisors like Kevin Mack and Ken Ralston who are able to bring to life the images of the filmmaker’s story.” His vision of the future, “gaming and film will come closer”.

Sanroff, who has seen Bollywood films like “Krish” and “Chak De”, said: “Imageworks is in the business of visualising, whether it is Hollywood film or Bollywood film or one made in Hong Kong or elsewhere.” Source: thaindian,IANS

Ash out of Robot!!

2008-04-11T15:11:00.002+05:30

The latest buzz doing rounds now is that Ash will not do the film Robot and Shankar is already in talks with Deepika Padukone for the role.

Is she doing it? Is she not? is the question in everyones mind as far as Robot and Aishwarya are concerned now. Since the project started there have been a lot of speculation about if she’ll do the movie, how much she would be paid for it etc. A Mumbai tabloid reports that Shankar plans to shoot ‘Robot’ over a period of two years and this is a already known news to the chennai365 readers and that apparently is not acceptable to Ash who cannot afford to give so much of time to a project. Going by the grapevine, Aishwarya is already on her way out as she was more concerned about spending that kind of time with her family rather on the sets of any movie.

Shankar is very found of Aishwarya since she made her acting debut in Shankar’s film ‘Jeans’. Since then it has been his wish to cast her in another one of his films and nothing had materialised until now. It remains to be seen if she has turned him down again for ‘Robot’. Deepika Padukone seems to be Shankar’s next choice as the heroine opposite Superstar Rajinikanth if Aishwarya opts out of Robot.

AAI to upgrade Chennai airport

2008-04-11T15:10:00.001+05:30

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will upgrade the Kolkata and Chennai airports at a cost of Rs 3,800 crore.

“AAI will spend Rs. 2,000 crore to modernise the Kolkata airport and Rs. 1,800 crore for the Chennai airport. The modernisation process has to be completed by 2010-11,” Chairman K. Ramalingam said here on Thursday.

In Kolkata, a new runway would be laid along the existing one. In Chennai, the existing cross runway would be operationalised and an additional runway built.

“The in-principle approval for the modernisation plans of the two airports has been given.” The projects would be carried out solely by AAI.

A third runway at the Delhi airport would be commissioned by September.

Speaking at the inauguration of ‘Aerodrome India 2008’, a three-day international exhibition on airport infrastructure, security and services, Mr. Ramalingam said there was need to build aviation infrastructure at a faster rate to manage traffic and build capacity at airports.

Indian airports handled 73.3 million passengers and 1.4 million tonnes of cargo in 2005-06. Civil aviation is expected to enjoy a compounded growth of about 25 per cent per annum for the next 10 years, according to official estimates. Source: hindu

Priyamani in Classmates remake

2008-04-11T15:05:00.001+05:30

Priyamani will be next seen in the Tamil remake of the Malayalam hit movie Classmate. Priyamani is excited and looking forward to working in this movie as it will show her in a completely different light from Paruthiveeran or Thotta.

This movie is produced by Gemini Film Circuit and Priyamani will be paired opposite Prithviraj in this movie. Malayalam Classmates movie is about the alumni of a college re-uniting after 15 years. The film was directed by Lal Jose and featured Prithviraj, Indrajith, Kavya Madhavan, Narain, Jayasurya and others as the classmates.

‘Classmates’ is one among the highest grossing Malayalam movies. The songs of the movie were an all-time hit.

Priyamani will also be seen in the Telugu movie, Hare Ram where her character will have shades of humor in it. The actress is so impressed with her character in Hare Ram that she has expressed her desire to act in a similar movie in Tamil too. Chennai365 wishes her all the best in making her wish come true.

Monica says, Munna misbehaved

2008-03-23T22:21:00.003+05:30

Just look at the picture which was distributed to the media few weeks before!

HosurOnline.Com did not publish the images sent by the PRO of Silanthi, afraid of it may be an image from blue film. The image published here, is just an example and the other images that we received are worst vulgar comparing to this.

Now, the female Monica says that Munna misbehaved with her during the shooting. He tried touching her private!!!

She has created noise in a similar way that of Namitha and Malavika. Adding Monica, Kollywood will now have three dirty devies!

Hosur Paiyan: What these females own to loose further? Why do they create noise then?

It will be luckier if you are born as female

2008-03-23T22:19:00.001+05:30

Orthodox sentiments may say that being born as female is bad, but it is wrong for the girls in cine industry.

Females in the industry easily make money, the only thing they do is reducing the costume and increasing the skin show.

Money pours in for the better shining skin. Here is a case, where a female is taking 1.5 crores just for exposing her in a dance.

Katrina Kaif is being told that she is taking 1.5 crores to expose (not sure, to what extent) in a single song for a Hindi movie.

After my fees is paid, I don't care anything

2008-03-23T22:17:00.001+05:30

"Let it be double heroine subject, or a movie where I acted but I was not shown properly, or a movie which never released, or a movie which never began, I don't care about all these things as for me it is fees that has to be paid on time, mostly I take it in advance as men cheat after the shots are over" says Namitha.

She gave the above answer when we asked her, why few of her films are not released on time and why in few her acting part is not being shown properly!

Kuselan – flash update!

2008-03-23T22:16:00.001+05:30

Kuselan – Superstar Rajinikanth’s next venture – is up and running and shoots are on in the Ramoji Rao film city in Hyderabad. Scenes involving Nayanthara, Sneha, and Rajini were shot today. Rajini plays himself for this Tamil version of the Malayalam hit Katha Parayumbol that also has Pasupathy and Meena in vital roles.

Besides, scenes of Livingston and Santhana Bharathi who play the smalltime local goons wanting to be photographed with Rajinikanth were also canned in today’s shoots. Prabhu and Manobala played the police officers trying to maintain the crowd under control.

Produced by Balachander for his Kavithalaya Productions and directed by P. Vasu, Kuselan’s background music is scored by G.V. Prakash. Rajini’s role for Kuselan will be extensive as opposed to the cameo Mammootty appeared for Katha Parayumbol

Ileana- 1.75 crores

2008-03-23T22:14:00.001+05:30

Ileana D’cruz the slim Goan beauty who made her presence felt in the Mahesh Babu starrer Pokkiri (Telugu) is currently rocking the Tollywood. Like most of the stars, she too started her modeling career before she shifted gears to film acting. She was seen in more than five Telugu films with popular stars and is committed to two other films which are in the

making. In Tamil, she was last seen in Kedi with Ravi Krishna and Tamanna where she played the docile love interest of the hero.

Currently reigning the Tollywood, Ileana commands the highest pay cheque there. She has been aspiring to build a house in Hyderabad and settle down there. Her long cherished dream has come true now with the actress buying a flat for Rs 1.75 crores. She has also planned to have a massive house warming ceremony where all the leading artists of the industry would be invited.

Dasavatharam Movie Photo Gallery Update

2008-03-03T23:33:00.003+05:30

The release date of the much awaited Dasavatharam movie of Kamal Hassan has been confirmed to April 10th, just before the Tamil new year day. The film will release in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi simultaneously with the current buzz being that the total prints would be around 1200.

Confirming this ‘Oscar’ Ravichandran the producer and distributor of the movie says that they are planning on banking on the holiday season during the April-May season. The audio of Dashavatharam with music by Himmesh Reshamiah will hit the stand by the end of February.

Ulaga Nayagan Kamal Haasan plays 10 different roles in this film and for which he has dubbed in 10 different voices. Apart from this Kamal has penned the story, screenplay and dialogues himself. Asin has given her own voice to her character and that too in typical Brahmin Tamil which has come out brilliantly. Mallika Sherawat too dons a prominent character. The shoot for the film started in Chennai and continued in Malaysia, USA and in Pichavaram near Chidambaram.

Son-in-law, Mother-in-law Sandai

2008-03-03T23:32:00.002+05:30

Sandai is the upcomming movie of Sundar C with Ragini and has Nadhiya and Namitha in supporting roles. The movie is directed by Sakthi Chidambaram. Contrary to the title the movie aims at promoting peace within a family and not fight.

According to director Sakthi Chidambaram, the movie revolves around the fight in a family between the son-in-law and an arrogant mother-in-law. Nadhiya plays the role of the arrogant mother-in-law. There are lots of humor in the movie and the story is made for today’s audience, adds the director.

Namitha who plays a folk artiste has added to the glamour quotient. Namitha who was not originally in the cast had been booked for the movie in the later stages. It was through Shakthi Chidambaram’s movies that Namitha came to known as a glam doll in the Tamil film industry and perhaps it is her gratitude towards him that made her accept the role without even listening to the storyline.

Going Retro - Subramaniapuram

2008-03-03T23:30:00.001+05:30

There is a trend of making classic retro movies in Kollywood now. The latest to join the list is Subramanyapuram directed by debutant Sasi Kumar who has previously worked with directors Bala and Ameer. The movie is based on the story of a group of friends who are located in Subramanyapuram near Madurai in the early 1980.

What love can do to a group of happy-go-lucky friends is the crux of the story. The highlight is that the entire movie unfolds in early 1980s. The sets have been carefully erected to suit the period. Intense research has been done and the costumes famous during those days have been recreated for the movie Subramanyapuram.

Chennai 600028 Fame, Jay plays the hero of this movie and Telugu actress Swathi plays the heroine. Director Sasikumar, Ganja Karuppu and Samuthirakani play supporting roles. Cinematography is by Kadhir.

Santosh Subramaniam ready for early release

2008-03-03T23:29:00.001+05:30

The movie Santosh Subramaniam starring Jeyam Ravi and Genelia is ready for a early release. The movie is directed by M Raja and produced by Kalpathi S Agoram. Jeyam Ravi teams up with his brother M. Raja for the film Santosh Subramanium. The film, produced by A.G.S. Entertainment Pvt Ltd.

A remake of Telugu hit Bommarillu, Santosh Subramaniam features Prakash Raj and Jayam Ravi as father-son. The film stars Prakash Raj as Ravi’s father and the flim’s focus is on father-son bonding. The movie also stars Sayaji Shinde. Music is by Devi Sri Prasad; lyrics are by Na. Muthukumar, Pa. Vijay and Yugbharathi.

Former international cricketer Sadagoppan Ramesh plays a prominent role. It is very rare to come across a love story laced with family sentiments. But Santosh Subramaniam will be one, says director Raja.

Thoovanam in US film festival

2008-03-03T23:28:00.000+05:30

The movie Thoovaanam has been selected for screening at the coveted Four Site Film Festival in Utah, USA and is the official Indian entry in the film fest which would be held between March 5th to March 8th 2008.

Thoovanam is a low budget movie produced by S. Raman of Sri Vaishnavi Productions. The movie which was released on September 7, 2007 and features Adhitya and Nethra playing the lead roles and the movie directed by the duo Haricharan and Newton. Madhu Ambat handles the cinematography, art is by Krishnamurthi. The film’s soundtrack is by Isaac Thomas Kottukappally.

It can be recalled that Thoovaanam was also screened at the International film festival that happened in kerala on October 7th 2007.

Kamal's hand written condolence message

2008-02-28T22:07:00.001+05:30

Give them back – Vijay style

2008-02-28T22:06:00.002+05:30

By Behindwoods News Bureau.

When it comes to taking care of people who work for him, Ilaya Thalapathy Vijay always goes the extra mile.

The actor who usually meets his fans at his Saligramam residence has decided on a change of venue. He has shifted his office out of the place and moved it over to his marriage

hall. Now the palatial house is separated into smaller compartments and has been given over to his support team. His driver, his personal make-up man and his favorite cook stay there free of cost.

His fans too are happy to meet him at the kalyana mandapam, since it is bigger place and can hold more people. Vijay has two marriage halls, one at Vadapalani and Saligramam each, and is building a third one near Ambatur.

Perhaps this is Ilaya Thalapathy style of saying thanks to not just his fans but those who work closely with him

Rajini’s movie releases tomorrow!

2008-02-28T22:05:00.002+05:30

By Behindwoods News Bureau.

Sivaji - The Boss didn’t even need subtitles to pull people to the theatres in Mumbai. The magic of Rajinikanth was so empowering. Now the Superstar is set to weave his magic one more time on the people of cosmopolitan, but with his previous movie. Yes, that’s right, now Chandramukhi will be released in Mumbai, in Hindi and the best part is that Rajinikanth himself will be rendering voice.

The movie will be released by Dilip Dhanwani of the Royal Film Company with 150 prints. This is a new record for a dubbed movie.

Chandramukhi though based on the Malayalam original, Manichitrathazhu starring Mohanlal, did exceptional business in Kerala. It also broke couple of records in Andhra. The movie ran for close to 900 days at Shanthi theatre in Chennai. Now it is all set to woo the Mumbai cinema fans. In-spite of Bhool Bhulaiyaa, the Akshay starrer, which was again based on Manichitrathazhu running well in the city, distributor Dilip Dhanwani is very confident of the movie’s prospects. Talking to Behindwoods he said, “Rajinikanth is a big brand here. Though the actor has stopped doing Bollywood movies, people remember him for his unique style. I am sure they will come to just see him.”

Jeeva to follow Kamal and Ameer Khan

2008-02-28T22:05:00.001+05:30

By Behindwoods News Bureau.

Jeeva, the Kattradhu Tamil star, is mellowing into a fine actor who is open to try out different characters and does not want to get trapped into an image bracket. He chooses his roles very carefully and has been found to hone his acting skills in film after film. While reacting to a complaint that his characters in films are much older than him, he says, “In Ram, Rameswaram and Kattradhu Tamil, people feel that I had acted in

roles which were much older than my age. But I do not think so. I have proved that I can do heavy roles perfectly. I do not want to stick to action roles either. Audience will reject me if I do stereotype films”.

He further added that he wants to follow Kamal, Vikram and Ameer Khan in experimenting with different characters. Currently he is at Theni working for Thenavattu directed by Kadhir. His other projects include ‘Siva Manasula Sakthi’ and a few projects with Super Good films.

Revathi performs for children

2008-02-28T22:04:00.001+05:30

By Behindwoods News Bureau.

The summer vacation is round the corner and children must be gearing up for various interesting activities. To make their holidays even better, Mother Arts is coming up with a children’s film titled Vannathupoochi. Appropriately, this film will have children playing important roles. Another noteworthy issue about this film is that Revathi appears in a guest role. Interestingly, she has refused to

accept payment for the role. Baby Srilakshmi plays a pivotal role along with Balasingh, who acts as her grandfather.

Speaking about Vannathupoochi, its producer-cum-director said that when he approached various production houses with the story, he was given a cold shoulder; which led him to produce the film himself. The storyline is about kids being neglected by working parents. It emphasises that parents should shower love and affection on their young ones rather than being a tyrant.

Vannathupoochi has music is by Rohan and P.S. Dharan has handled the camera.

Ettappan in trouble

2008-02-28T22:03:00.000+05:30

By Behindwoods News Bureau.

The name Ettappan, for long, has been associated with treachery. But it is not so, says Ettappan Ramkumar Raja, one of the members of the Ettappan family. According to him, the King has done many good deeds to his subjects.

Wonder why this issue is being raked up after so many decades? Well, it’s all about the film titled Ettappan.

Ramkumar Raja, from the Ettappan lineage, has filed a petition in the Madras High Court that the title of the film should be changed, as it affects the credibility of the King and his descendents.

The story is said to be about a youth cheating people with false promises of obtaining them employment. Srikanth and Navya Nair play the lead pair.

When the issue came up for hearing, the High Court judge ordered the opposite party to file a reply statement within two weeks substantiating their claims.

Just be the actor

2008-02-28T22:02:00.000+05:30

By Behindwoods News Bureau.

Director-turned-actor Ameer is busy with his forthcoming venture Yogi. In fact he is taking care of Yogi’s story, screenplay and dialogues and Subramania Siva directs it. Ameer has decided not to wield the megaphone this time but hone his acting skills.

Relaxing after a hectic 40-day shooing stint, Ameer spoke about his

experience facing the camera. He disclosed that for the first 10 days he was concentrating on the technical nitty-gritty of filming making such camera angles and trolleys. But all this lasted only until director Subramania Siva made it clear to him that he is just an actor and his focus should not go beyond that. “Just be the actor”, pointed out the director to Ameer.

Yogi is about a slum youth, says Ameer. In this film, he plays the role of a beggar’s son. While it is the norm in Tamil films to show youngsters from the slums as rowdies, Yogi portrays them in a better way. This is bound to be a path breaking film, added Ameer.

Madhumitha plays the female lead. Yuvan Shankar Raja has scored the music.

Will Gopika say yes to Shankar?

2008-02-28T22:01:00.000+05:30

Director Shankar’s assistant Arivazhagan is all set to direct a movie very soon for Shankar’s production company S Pictures. This assistant director is very famous for describing scenes to the actors and actresses. Sources say that Arivazhagan is keen on roping in Gopika for his impending project. Now, it is well known that with no big offers to lure her to Kollywood, Gopika is busy with Malayalam films.

But this does not necessarily mean that she may not act in Tamil films at all, as she has starred in Prakash Raj’s Vellithirai. This is a clear indication that she is considering only offers that are worthwhile. It is expected that Gopika might disclose her consent to star in this film on her visit to Chennai for Velltithirai’s premiere during the first week of March. Will Gopika say yes to Shankar’s S Pictures?

By Behindwoods News Bureau.

A brand new look for Maddy

2008-02-28T22:00:00.000+05:30

The six-pack fitness syndrome gripping Bollywood has reached Chennai. Guess who’s working towards one now? Maddy! Oh, yes, chocolate faced Madhavan. He went all the way to London to work out. Apparently Madhavan, unlike so many stars who take vacations abroad to indulge their palates, puts himself on a strict diet and does a punishing

physical workout with trainers. His idea of a break from work is to go as far away as possible and shed pounds. But now with the six-pack abs fever reaching new heights, Madhavan is said to have worked out even harder. The results? He looks smashing, says everyone who has seen him recently. Even his face has a lean, chiseled look, minus his baby fat.

It’s quite likely that his new image is part of a huge movie project – a Bollywood movie maybe, or could he have a part in the new Mani Ratnam film? Fans will recall that the one time Maddy looked totally in shape was for Mani’s Ayutha Eluthu, playing a violent henchman. Is Maddy getting ready to play a role that requires something close to a six-pack fitness or is the star just keen to stay fit at all times?

By Behindwoods News Bureau.

Veteran’s big comeback in Black and White

2008-02-28T21:58:00.000+05:30

One of Bollywood’s most veteran directors has returned to the floor and the film will hit theaters on the 7th of March. Subhash Ghai- the dream merchant of Bollywood, hit maker is back with Black and White. Produced by his own Mukta Searchlight Films which aims at bringing out fresh faces brimming with talent, the movie will star newcomer Anurag Sinha along with a Subhash Ghai favorite Anil Kapoor.

The movie looks at the volatile atmosphere in the country with terrorists and various naxalite outfits trying to disrupt peace at the slightest opportunity. The main protagonist/antagonist played by Anurag Sinha is an extremist on a deadly mission in the movie.

Black and White is being keenly followed by many in the industry who are interested to see whether Subhash Ghai can recreate his old magic after a few off color years and a brief sabbatical during which he was busy setting up Whistling Woods International, the world- class film and multimedia institute in Mumbai.

2008 will also see a multistarrer Yuvaraj also being directed and produced by Subhash Ghai. So, this year is going to be a big one for the veteran of hits like Pardes after his last release Kisna in 2005 sank without a trace.

Sultan: The Warrior is for my Appa, says Soundarya

2008-01-22T21:45:00.000+05:30

"It's a daughter's gift to her father" - that's how Soundarya, daughter of Tamil superstar Rajnikant, describes her full-length animation film "Sultan: The Warrior" to be released Nov this year.

Addressing mediapersons after a special screening of the second trailer of the much-awaited film, Soundarya sounded thrilled over producing the first-ever animation film made around an Indian actor.

She also confessed that her Appa (father) was initially very hesitant to play the role. She was happy, however, that he agreed after "all his apprehension were allayed".

Except Rajnikant, all the characters would be animated. The superstar would have his "jodi" (female opposite). Further details about the movie, however, are strictly under wraps.

The film, being made at a cost of $10 million by Adlabs, along with Soundarya's own Ocher Studio, will be released in 12 languages, including Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and English.

Soundarya said that the film is a "collective effort of 80 of us from the Ocher Studio".

The second trailer showed Rajnikant fighting the villains in his familiar style.

A.R. Rahman scores the music for the film, which will have four songs. One of these will be in English, and the search is on for a Western singer.

Rajini goes to Himalayas

2008-01-22T21:43:00.000+05:30

Superstar Rajinikanth, who has the habit of visiting Himalayas at least once a year, has flown there to have a break before starting his new project.

He will visit the Baba Temple located in Himalayas. He will be staying in the cave of Baba Temple for a couple of weeks for meditation.

Rajini left for Badhrinath after receiving the NDTV award for the Best Entertainer of 2008 in New Delhi. He went to Himalayas by walk from Badhrinath. Two of his close friends have gone with him to the temple.

Staying in the cave and mediating seem to be the secret of Rajini’s energy and the balanced mind with which he handles the incredible fame.

Rajini will go for the shooting of his forthcoming movie ‘Kuselan’, directed by P. Vasu after coming back from the Himalayas.

Padmapriya: down to earth

2008-01-22T21:42:00.001+05:30

Padmapriya, who takes up experimental and challenging roles in films, is also interested in experimenting with challenging trips in her personal life. Whenever she finds time, she sets off for a tour, carrying just two sets of dresses.

The passionate traveler has seen all the places in Kerala. Recently she went to the tribal areas of Orissa. She interacted with the tribal people with the help of a translator. She ate whatever they gave and stayed with them without any discomfort. It was a tedious and challenging trip. “I used to walk up to 30 kilometer per day in the tribal areas”, says the actress.

She went to the area with the help of Samatha, an NGO, based in Visagapattinam. She stayed there for one week.

The talented actor, known for her realistic portrayal of her characters believes that, every actor should experience the real world that exists outside the tinsel town. Is anybody else interested?

Sneha to pair with Kalanjiyam?

2008-01-22T21:37:00.000+05:30

Director M Kalanjiyam, who received the Best Scriptwriter Award for his movie ‘Kizhakkum Merkum’, has decided to appear before the camera. He is said to have approached the leading heroine Sneha to act with him as his pair. The smiling beauty is yet to accept the offer.

Kalanjiyam is now making ‘Kalagam’ in which Dalit Panthers’ leader Thirumavalavan is acting. The leader is growing beard for the movie. The shooting will start by the month end.

It is not known whether Kalanjiam would act in ‘Kalagam’ or he is planning to act in another film. If he acts in ‘Kalagam’ and gets Sneha’s nod to pair up with him, then who would be the real hero of the movie, in which Thiruma is playing a role?

Shriya sends apology letters

2008-01-22T21:31:00.001+05:30

Shriya, who courted trouble by coming to Sivajis silver jubilee function in a skimpy outfit, has now sent apology letters to the Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, director Shankar, and superstar Rajinikanth.
Shriya has stated that she had no intention of insulting anybody by coming to the function in a sexy outfit. According to the letter, she had come directly from a shooting for a Hindi film Mission Istanbul. I have no intention to insult the dignitaries or the sentiments of Tamils or Hindus. I seek apologies for my act, was her appeal in the letter.

We hope that the controversy will die after this letter.

A pat on the back!

2008-01-22T21:28:00.000+05:30

The overall atmosphere of Tamil film world is fast becoming healthier these days. We can see a lot of creative experiments being tried and more professionalism being brought in with the arrival of corporate companies. In addition to these developments, there is a welcome change in the attitude of the stars. They move with more friendliness and seek to make it a healthy competition rather than a bitter one.
We can site the example of leading stars like Vijay, Suriya, and Madhavan viewing Billa and appreciating Ajiths performance. The so-called and much hyped cold war between Ajith and Vijay is nowhere in sight.

Now Vijay has appreciated the efforts of younger actors Bharath and Silambarasan for their respective performances in their latest films that came out on Pongal day. Vijay is said to have hugged Silambarasan to complement him for his acting in Kaalai. He has also praised Bharath for his amazing performance in the fighting sequences in Pazhani.

Bharath is on cloud nine, as he has been appreciated by his role model. He has decided to continue to act in action movies. He also has plans to team up with director Perarasu again.

Vikram-Selva come together

2008-01-22T21:26:00.000+05:30

With the entire struggle and hurdles for the past two years he faced, the dedicated actor finally can have a sigh of relief. His long awaited "Bheema" has finally hit the screens and is running successfully.
Now, Vikram is fully focused on his upcoming venture "Kandaswamy" directed by Susi Ganesan and produced by 'Kalaipuli' S.Dhanu. Vikram says this movie will be a visual treat to all and children will love this movie. Get set to see Chiyaan as a Super Hero.

So whats next for Vikram?

In a press meet held at Chennai, Vikram confirmed his venture after Kandhasamy. He will be joining hands with ace director Selvaraghavan, whose passion for realistic cinema is clearly evident from his earlier blockbusters. Selva is currently busy with "Ayirathal Oruvan" starring Paruthiveeran fame Karthik. Work on the new project will begin, when the two are finished with their existing commitments. Vikram is always known for his commitment to only one project at a time and that dedication was very evident in Bheema.

Stay tuned to IndiaGlitz for further updates on this latest announcement.

All the best ISAI ARUVI

2008-01-20T23:32:00.000+05:30

Isai Aruvi launched today around 11:00 IST. The channel has started by playing kalaignar written film song followed by Billa, Beema and Kaalai songs. The channel is of good clarity and digital sound. It is rumored that most of the Sun Music DJs have already shifted to Isai Aruvi to do the programs. The logo of the Isa aruvi looks similar to the Kalaignar tv logo.

Kaalai - Review

2008-01-19T00:39:00.000+05:30

What happens when three men with distinctly different qualities and status share the same name? Well, that is the basic plot that gives an alluring lead into the movie.

Simbu, the villain and a cop share the same name. All three get linked up in the plot. The main story begins with a flashback. Seema (Simbu's grandmother) rules the village. Nobody questions her orders; all bow to her superior wisdom. Why does this old woman command such great respect and reverence?

When she was barely ten, Seema had killed five illicit liquor brewers in the village to demonstrate her obedience to her father orders. Thus began her recognition as a born leader, accepted and worshipped by the villagers. Lal is a cop, a terrible, crooked, wicked cop. He comes into the village, ostensibly to spot and stop unlawful activities, but misuses his power and position to harm Sangeetha, a member of Seema's family. But the villagers, devotees of Seema, teach Lal a fitting lesson. Lal takes an oath to extract his revenge; in due course, he burns Seema alive.

This brutal killing affects Simbu. With a quiet will, he vows to pay the malicious inspector back in his own coin. With this plan, he begins by going out of his way to woo and charm Vedhika, daughter of Lal.

Simbu's all-round performance is enthralling. His dance steps in 'Kutti Pisaase' are just mind-blowing. Vedhika is a glamour doll who lights up the frames. Lal has done his role well. Seema's role is refreshing and different.

R.D. Rajasekar's camera is the crowning glory of Kaalai. Each scene is like a poem; the camera has moved with verve and will, maintaining a fine balance between art and mundane values. One song has been shot in Venice. Nila appears in an item number. G.V. Prakash has given fast numbers for Kaalai. 'Guthka Lakhidi' and 'Vanduttaanda Kaalai' are two outstanding songs in the six energetic numbers.

Bheemaa - Review

2008-01-19T00:38:00.000+05:30

For the makers, artists and technicians who have worked for Bheemaa, and for eager fans of Chiyan Vikram, all of whom have been eagerly awaiting its grand release - the long wait is over. Now, as the movie joins the Pongal blast, it's celebration time for all of them! Does Bheemaa meet fans' expectations? Vehemently, YES!

Chinna (Prakashraj) and Periyavar (Raghuvaran) are local gangsters who operate separate rowdy groups with a power war between them. Chinna was Periyavar's loyal follower before he was expelled from the group by the then-mighty Periyavar. Chinna does not forget Periyavar's insults and Periyavar now feels challenged by Chinna's growth that interferes with his hegemony.

Sekhar (Vikram) relocates to the city from Rameshwaram. With the single-minded plan to join Chinna, he bravely kills two men who are on Chinna's hit-list. Curious, Chinna enquires from his close aide (Thalaivasal Vijay) about the bold and baffling killer. Soon Chinna and Sekhar meet each other. Sekhar's flashback reveals the reason for his actions.

In the flashback, Sekhar reveals that Chinna, then a budding rowdy in Rameshwaram, had attacked a goonda who was insulting Sekhar's father (a police constable). While leaving the crime scene, Chinna had handed over the weapon to young Sekhar. Since that day, Sekhar idolized brave Chinna and wanted to follow his footsteps. Chinna immediately appoints Sekhar as his chief subordinate. With Sekhar by his side, Chinna attains great strength, and rights Periyavar's wrongs. Sekhar also unites Chinna with his childhood sweetheart Padma (Lakshmi Gopalswamy).

With blind devotion, Sekhar carries out his allotted agenda of terrorizing, beating and killing. Gangster politics flare up when Sekhar kills Periyavar's sons and some of his key men. The Commissioner of Police (Ashish Vidyarthi) is the leader of 'Operation Bheemaa' aimed at stopping the two gangster groups terrorizing the city. The Commissioner has a 'shoot at sight' order against all members of these groups.

Sekhar's life takes a sudden turn when he meets Shalini (Trisha). After a string of chance meetings, Shalini and Sekhar begin to like each other. Shalini wants to marry Sekhar at once. But Sekhar sees his profession and family as major minus points. Soon, a decisive moment arrives.

While escorting Chinna to a meeting, Sekhar, smitten by Shalini, gets distracted. Feeling guilty, Sekhar confesses his mistake and gives up his job, but not for long. His devotion to Chinna drives him back to Chinna's camp. Sekhar waits for the right moment to quit the life of crime to enable him to unite with Shalini. Before that, he has to vanquish Periyavar and his men, has to intelligently elude the wrath of his own group, and also has to survive the police encounter.

Does Sekhar fulfill his desire to lead a quiet life with his dear Shalini? Does this film have a 'happy ending'? What happens in the final climax? Find out when you watch remarkable Bheemaa on the silver screen!

Bheemaa is a gangster film, dealing with underworld life, but it has a new grittiness and edge to it. It is difficult to imagine any artist other than Vikram in such a powerful role. Vikram breathes life and credibility to the character Sekhar and portrays its contemporary overtones convincingly. We get to see Vikram with a tough look - close-cropped hair, dense beard and small ear studs. His physique and body language communicate the character he portrays - vibrant, tough and unpredictable.

Prakashraj's involvement and acting are glowing, as ever. Raghuvaran appears on screen after a hiatus! He pulls off his role with his usual coolness, to the degree of likeability. Ashish Vidyarthi's performance is impressive. Trisha is glossy and lovely. The highlight of her role is well-delineated when, with her charming romance and a strong poise, she tames the beast, the tough thug Sekhar.

Antony's editing, Rajeevan's art and Harris Jayaraj's music - all shine through cameraman R.D. Rajasekar's lens. Though this is RD's first film with Vikram and Lingusamy, the understanding and planning is evident in each shot. RD has aptly used the action script to display his creative talents too. S. Ramakrishnan's dialogues have a realistic touch. Kanal Kannan's stunts deserve special mention.

'Mudhal Mazhai' and 'Ragasiya Kanavugal' in Harris's music top the charts. 'Rangu Rangamma' is a dance number with glamorous Shirin on a ship, exclusively decorated for the sequence.

Bheemaa is smartly written and stylishly crafted by Lingusamy. It is the outcome of one-and-half years of sweat and slog; the result cannot be anything but positive.

Pazhani - Review

2008-01-19T00:37:00.000+05:30

As promised by the tag line, Pazhani is indeed a commercial potpourri. Perarasu has taken up the familiar brother-sister sentiment for Pazhani and it has worked out favourably.

Bharath is the affectionate brother and guardian angel of his elder sister Khusbu. Khusbu knowledge is limited to maintaining the home and showering unconditional love on her one and only brother Bharath. Obviously, she is not aware of her husband Biju Menon's other life. A businessman, Menon maintains another family that he has coolly set up with mistress Aishwarya. Menon, trapped by her magical charm, has a wild and irresistible lust for Aishwarya. During one of his weak moments, he drafts a will, naming Aishwarya as the sole owner of his entire property after his demise. Aishwarya's assistant (Raj Kapoor) is the mastermind behind all her wily ways.

Bharath, after spending a period in jail, comes to meet his loving sister Khusbu. Incidentally, Bharath comes to know about his brother-in-law's sly ways and the double game he is playing with his sister. Angry and affected, Bharath vows to protect Khusbu from the emotional assault and to expose Menon's true colours.

How he unites his loving sister Khusbu with her husband forms the rest of the story. Working in his task to reveal the scam played by Menon, Bharath wages a relentless battle with Menon, Aishwarya and Raj Kapoor. In between, he takes romantic breaks, dancing and singing with Kajal Aggarwal. So there is enough action, romance and sentiment to savour in Pazhani.

Bharath has shed the aura of the soft lover-boy that has been around him for long. His action sequences in Pazhani are excellent and show the hard work and interest he has showed in working for this role. Kajal Aggarwal is pretty, glamorous and does her job satisfactorily. Khusbu, as usual, has given a sterling performance. Raj Kapoor shines as the new villain. His words and expressions spew enough venom on his enemies.

Srikanth Deva, Perarasu's favorite music director, has fulfilled his expected role. The songs belong to the trendy 'Kuthu' type. Perarasu has sung a foot-tapping number along with Suchitra. He has also handled the story, screenplay and direction, in addition to penning the lyrics for the songs.

Had the brother-sister sentiment been portrayed with more depth, audiences would have been able to empathize even more effectively with their trials and tribulations. Pazhani will definitely please the masses.

Pirivoam Sandhippoam - Review

2008-01-19T00:36:00.000+05:30

Family plot-based films familiarly deal with familial bonding, feuds, follies. follow? But though family plot-based, Pirivoam... differs. Hence, it succeeds. The story and director are the actual hero/ heroine in the film, driving it ahead. Pirivoam... deals with family relationships and group dynamics within a family.

The story deals with some of their attitudes, the respect and loyalty the younger generation in this family shows towards the family's seniors, along with their bitter-sweet moments, losses, gains and celebrations.

Sneha, with an urban background, marries Cheran and steps into a large traditional joint family with 35 members. Though the group dynamics of a large family initially overwhelm her, she adjusts to the same. She follows the traditional norms of the household and dutifully accepts family practices. For young Sneha, the relatives' presence and relative interference appeals as a rare treasure in the increasingly independent life; she basks in marital bliss, secure in the caring cocoon of her husband's loving family, blooming in the midst of fond and caring family members of all sizes, ages and quirks. She thinks she cannot survive even a single day if separated from this lovable family. Predictable, to move Cheran's story forward, Sneha is forced to vacate this warm nest. Alone, she feels lost, incomplete, longing for the warm support she had got used to.

Why did she leave the house? Will she return? Will she end the story thus? Who/ what circumstance will rescue her?

Beautiful Sneha lingers on audiences' minds as Sala. Her plight wrings audiences' hearts to a great deal. Cheran shines with his natural performance. It is difficult to isolate each artist's performance in Pirivoam..Jayaram as the psychiatrist impresses with his excellent performance. Without the valuable support of the remaining large cast, the movie would not have been this striking. Neither Cheran nor Sneha has 'sung' in the movie; the director says there is no situation which requires them to break out into song. A grand Chettinad wedding was created exclusively for the film creating immense grandeur and authenticity.

Vidyasagar's tunes for Pirivoam... are based on pure melody. 'Kandaen Kandaen's' melodious tune resembles the yesteryear hit 'Andimazhai Pozhigiradhu'. 'Kandum Kanamal' transports the listeners to a different world and 'Iru Vizhiyo' is charming, with a sweet and immediate appeal evoking the joyful mood. Karu Pazhaniappan has crafted a saga that gracefully stresses the importance of relationships and family values. His apt and sharp dialogues aptly convey the intended emotions.

Pirivoam Sandhippoam has possibly started an inspiring trend to change the idiom of modern Tamil cinema.

Vazhthugal - Review

2008-01-19T00:35:00.000+05:30

Vazhthugal is a story about love, not just love between a man and woman but the love and affection within an entire family.

Madhavan is a successful entrepreneur, socially responsible and an affectionate and dutiful son. He runs Amma, a software company that is also involved in charitable activities. But Maddy is not a happy man. Though an eligible bachelor in the prime of youth, he shuns marriage. Why? Because he views marriage as an arrangement to separate the loving son from his affectionate parents. He firmly believes that his 'Amma old age home' is filling up with a steady stream of abandoned parents because modern married girls are brainwashing their husbands to banish their parents to old age homes. According to him, wives are dangerous creatures who mercilessly cut off family relationships. Careful not to involve himself in the mess, Maddy avoids marriage.

Bhavana, a winner in the young achievers slot, appears on TV and declares she owes her success and achievement to the support of her large family. She remarks that she has scaled great heights in life only because of her happy childhood.

Impressed by her attitude, Maddy sets out to meet and woo her. He goes to her college along with his friend Venkat Prabhu. After failing in all his efforts to ignite her interest, Maddy finds an appropriate opportunity when he learns that her family is searching for a good interior designer to renovate their traditional family home.

Though not familiar with interior design, Maddy takes help from a skilled designer and undertakes the job himself. What follows? A gripping family drama! Maddy as usual is lively and effortlessly carries out his job well.

Bhavana is bubbly and charming and shares great onscreen chemistry with Madhavan.

Avoiding English words in dialogues, offering elaborate introductions to the characters during the first part of the movie and conceiving idealistic characters who are principled and flawless are Seeman's imprints in this movie.

Music by Yuvanshankar Raja has produced some hummable tunes. 'Endan Vaanamum' and 'Chinna Chinna' are soft numbers that establish the mood perfectly.

Had it been polished with stronger characterizations and more convincing situations, Vazhthugal would have evolved as an even more poignant family tale!

Simran, GV Prakash in Rajini`s Kuselan

2008-01-19T00:29:00.000+05:30

The days after the official announcement on Kuselan have been busy for director P Vasu with him zeroing on the other crew of the movie.

It was already announced that Pasupathi would play the important role of Superstar’s friend in the movie. Now Simran has been chosen to play Pasupathi’s wife.

This will indeed be a very good re-entry for Simran as she was not getting right opportunities in Tamil after she decided to came a comeback post marriage and baby. She also missed out on a chance to act in Chandramukhi.

G. V. Prakash Kumar the nephew of veteran film composer A.R. Rahman will be composing the music for this movie Kuselan. The young 20 year old was introduced as a film composer in the critically acclaimed Tamil film Veyil, directed by Vasanthabalan. He has also composed music for Kireedom, Polladhavan, Oram Po, Kaalai.

Valluvan Vasuki Tamil Movie Stills

2008-01-19T00:26:00.000+05:30

Produced by A.M. Vasakkam and V.S. Kumaran under the banner of Kamalam Kalaikoodam Productions, Valluvan Vasuki is a film directed by K. Bharathi.

Sathya and Swetha play the lead roles in this movie. There are a total of 6 songs in the film. S.A. Rajkumar also dances in a song in this movie Valluvan Vasuki. This song in which he dances has been penned, sung and composed by S.A Rajkumar himself.

The story is about the Konar dynasty. Actor Ranjith plays a character from the Konar community, which is based on a real-life person.

Valluvan vasaki photo gallery

Yaavarum Nalam is Channel in Bollywood

2008-01-19T00:24:00.002+05:30

Yavarum Nalam is the Madhavan, Neetu Chandra starrer bilingual which is directed by Vikram Kumar of Alai fame. The movie will be released in Tamil and Hindi and the title of the movie will be Channel in Hindi.

Yavarum Nalam is a thriller, about some mysterious happenings in an 13th floor apartment complex. Madhavan’s character is the only person to be aware of the things around. How he saves his family form the crux.

Madhavan’s Leelai is ready for release. He is also acting in the movie Endrendrum Anandham with Shruti hassan as his is pair. Shruti Haasan, who makes her debut in this movie. Produced by Gnanam and music scored by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.

Mansoor`s Kanthasamy connection

2008-01-19T00:24:00.001+05:30

Mansoor Ali Khan is back in cinema as the baddie in the Vikram, Shriya starrer ‘Kanthasamy’. After suffering a setback in his film as well as political aspirations, it seems that the actor is now in a mood to make amends. He is seriously considering reviving back his sagging acting career by making the right moves. The actor is convinced of his poor take as a hero and has now agreed to settle down for any interesting character roles to perk up his career.

The positive response came from director Susi Ganesan who was out on a hunt for a villain for Vikram and Shriya starrer ‘Kanthaswamy’. So we can see Mansoor making a comeback in Kanthaswamy.

Bips Babe with Ajith

2008-01-19T00:22:00.000+05:30

After the humongous success of Billa Ajith is all set to start his next movie with Raju Sundaran in Hong Kong on the 18th of this month. Ajith has already flown to Hong Kong for this and the shooting will have some fight scenes picturised on Ajith.

Raju Sundaram who was almost at his wits end finding a suitable co-star for this Ajith starrer flick is believed to have finally settled down for Bollywood bombshell Bipasha Basu. Raju is said to have paid a huge sum and signed the actress on.

Ajith who is now the proud papa of a baby girl is missing his daughter already. He calls her by her pet name ‘Jaan’ and is going to name his little angel very soon.