Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj on Aayiram Vilakku

THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2010 CATEGORIES: AAYIRAM VILAKKU , INTERVIEW , SHANTHNOO

Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj,debut film, Sakkarakatti, may not  have received lukewarm response, but for debutant  it did the necessary trick.Yes It was Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj who was initially approached by Sasikumar to play Paraman in ‘Subramanaipuram’ but since Sakkarakatti was in the making for two years he was unable to be a part of the film. The actor,now after completing a Angel John  in Malayalam with Mohanlal, is back with a bang with Aayiram Vilakku directed by Hosimin, where veteran actor Sathyaraj is his co-star. He speaks to DC in an exclusive interview.

Salman Impressed on Asin Courages and professionalism

THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2010 CATEGORIES: ASIN , SALMAN

The Malabar beauty, Asin, sure is definietly dedicated to her work. She has been shooting non-stop for the last two months. She shot for Ready with Salman Khan in Colombo and then travelled all over to shoot for her endorsements and also with all her courage broke the unity call of Tamil film industry and resumed her work for Vijay's film 'Kaaval Kaadhal'. The actress was seen shooting with Vijay in RCR region of Chennai with out any protest even to the minimum.Asin was right from the beginning when she daringly challenged the dictates of FEFSI.

Sources say “Salman was very much impressed by her courage and professionalism And  in spite of the actress  shooting non-stop for 22 hours almost every day, she did not let her hectic schedule affect the unit and nor did she cause any delays. In fact, she would shoot her portions on the sets, then fly to other locations for her ad shoots and other regional commitments and rejoins the unit in Colombo with ease.”

The next schedule will begin soon in Bangkok and Mumbai.

Colombo Music composers at Kollywood

THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2010 CATEGORIES: CINENEWS , VIDEO

Dinesh Aaryan Kanagaratnam and Charles Bosco the young Colombo Tamil musicians are now set to make a mark as music composers in Kollywood. They are being introduced for upcoming movie “18 Vayasu” directed by ‘Renigunta’ fame R.Panneerselvam and produced by NIC Arts S.S Chakravarthy.







The song Charles Bosco and  Dinesh Kanagaratnam did for Jodi No.1 . Dancer Sathish Krishnan




Dinesh Kanagaratnam made his first debut in Indian movie industry collaborating with Vijay Antony on the song ‘Athichudi’ which is a total remake of Dinesh's song ‘Suraangani’ from the solo album ’Thamila’, his other hits are Chinna Thamarai from vettaikaran with Krish, and Odi Polama) in 2009,

Dinesh has also launched his third Rap album SL2SG collaborating with Charles Bosco which was launched in Singapore, Malaysia and Sri Lanka.

Charles Bosco born in Colombo is a popular composer in London

Krish turns a lyricist.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 2010 CATEGORIES: CINENEWS , KRISH

Krish@Vijay Balakrishnan has mesmerized his audiences with super hit numbers like Oru Chinna Thamarai from Vettaikaaran ,June Ponal... from Unnale Unnale and Adiye Kolluthey...from Vaaranam Aayiram, now singer Krish is all set to don a new avatar. Yes, the handsome singer who is hunting for Hero chance is now turning a lyricist.

Krish will write two songs for upcoming film Kanden, which will have music by Vijay Ebenezer (assistant to Harris Jayaraj). “I have always been passionate about the poetic prowess of Tamil. Credit also goes to lyricist Kannadasan sir, who has been a huge inspiration,” says an excited Krish, and Thamarai (‘I call her akka’) and Na Muthukumarare his role models.

On how he grabbed this offer, Krish says, “Vijay is a very close friend. When he first composed a tune and asked me to sing the track, I used some dummy lyrics instead of just humming the tune. The director approved the same!” Well, a singer, a lyricist and an aspiring actor. All the best Krish,

Siddarth clarifies Trisha Speaks Second time

FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 2010 CATEGORIES: CINENEWS , SIDDHARTH , TRISHA

Siddharth and Trisha, the cute young pair who stole the show in Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana(2005)and Aayitha Ezhuthu(2004), still maintain a great rapport and that's quite obvious online.

Recently, Trisha who has agreed to speak in her own voice for Manmadhan Ambu for the first time in Tamil Cinema. said  that she’s looking forward to be on the sets of Manmadhan Ambu, her forthcoming flick with Kamal Haasan produced by Red Giant Movies,. “You’ll be hearing my voice in Manmadhan Ambu,” added, “And, you’ll be hearing my voice for the first time in this film,” obviously referring to working on sync sound that’s used in the film.

On hearing this Siddarth reminded her back stating that their film together - Aayitha Ezhuthu - too was done in sync sound! And Trisha immediately clarified the same to the other, “Ok for the second time,” she said.

Well, good to see Trisha and Siddharth are still in touch!

Arya's Thali Trick with Amy Jackson

FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 2010 CATEGORIES: AMY JACKSON , ARYA , CINENEWS

Arya shares some of his funny moments  at the sets Madraspattinam.

He says Amy has been my hottest co -star. But  the beautiful girl Amy was alarmed  throughout the shoot of Madrassapattinam. He laughs quietly Well, I was blackmailing her using a thali.


Now, don’t write it wrong The story goes like this. Apparently, before shooting the scene where I tie the thali around Amy’s neck, Amy had asked me what was the significance of  thali. And the joke that i told her was  if  I tied it around your neck, she would become my wife and she will not be able to go back to the UK. 


So, whenever I  needed to get something done from Amy during the shoot, I would just tell her that I would tie the thali and Amy would instantly agree.Wasnt  that a smart move!! the entire press laughs..

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Endhiran Telugu Rights Fraud

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2010 CATEGORIES: CINENEWS , ENDHIRAN , SUN PICTURES

While the Endhiran producers were planning to Telugu version(Yanthram) for no less than Rs 30 crores two days back there was a news spreading stating the the rights were sold for 27 crores.

When Sun Pictures,was contacted for the confirmation of the news they were taken by surprise and confirming the news spreading across  went on to file a complaint at the Pattinapakkam police station in Chennai

The inital police Investigations revealed a duo  had cheated the distributors and on further investigestion two persons were arrested for selling the distribution rights of Endhiran's Telugu version titled Robot. Udayakumar (46) Director Shankar's production manager and Surendran(44) an employee of Tirupathi Tirumala Films for creating fake documents  and having  sold the distribution rights to Tirumala Tirupati Venkateswara Films owned by Srinivasa Rao for Rs. 27 crores and received Rs. 2 crores as advance by fabricating the documents. The duo also had contacted theatres in Andhra Pradesh and collected Rs 2 crore from them as advance amount.The two of them have been arrested in Chennai on Tuesday.

We have not sold any rights of ‘Endhiran, be it Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, overseas or satellite rights, to anyone. How could a production manager be authorised to strike a deal? We have filed a complaint against Udhayakumar and his friend, Sun Pictures COO Hansraj Saxena has said.