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.

Sampath in Kannada and malayalam

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2010 CATEGORIES: CINENEWS , SAMPATH RAJ

Actor Sampath after impressing the tamil audiences with his performance in Goa, Asal,Kattradhu Kalavu is now all set to impress the Kannada audience with two of his forthcoming flicks, which have Darshan and Puneet Rajkumar playing the leads.

Sampath who was part of the Mohanlal star Sagar Alias Jacky says It's really great to experiment with so many languages. I just finished a Malayalam film with Prithviraj, in which I play a baddie, who speaks in Tamil and English. My biggest advantage is that I can fluently speak Tamil, Telugu and Kannada, and can dub in all the languages. I am now brushing up my Malayalam. 

Sampath just cannot stop gushing about the scintillating number he did for the film. I had a blast dancing with a Ukrainian danseuse. She was so flexible that for a minute I felt she had no bones in her body. She was mind-blowing. 

And what's happening on the Tamil front other than known projects Bhavani IPS and Aaranya Kaandam? I am currently busy with the Bharath-starrer Yuvan Yuvathi. I am also eagerly waiting for Varnam directed by Raju S.M, in which I have done a spectacular role.

Trisha to pair with Salman Khan

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Asin and Trisha are growing up as leading actresses in Bollywood. Asin’s market shot up after the release Ghajini. She paired with Salman Khan in the film London Dreams. Now she is pairing with Salman Khan in the film Ready.
Now Trisha like Asin is putting a strong foundation in Bollywood. Her Hindi film Khatta Meeta in which she paired with Akshay Kumar has earned her a good name. Now she is got a chance to act with Salman Khan. She is also pairing with Akshay Kumar in two more films.
Talks are going on with regard to the Salman Khan’s film. Once this is confirmed, Trisha is planning to settle in Mumbai. Trisha is also acting in the Hindi remake of Vinnai Thandi Varuvaya.
She is also pairing with Kamal Haasan in the Tamil film Manmadha Ambu. The shooting of the film is going on full swing. Trisha will also be pairing with Vishal in a Tamil film.

Srikanth pins more hopes on Drohi

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Srikanth’s career graph hasn’t been doing well from very long time as his films are a box office disaster. His previous film ‘Rasikkum Seemane’ and ‘Kutrappirivu’ were flop shows and this time the actor has banked more expectations on his upcoming release ‘Drohi’.
Touted to be a crime thriller, the film features Srikanth along with Vennila Kabadi Kulu fame Vishnu in lead role while Poorna and Poonam Bajwa star opposite them in female lead characters. Selva Ganesh, who shot to fame with his debut in ‘Vennila Kabadi Kulu’, has scored music for this film while Alphonse Roy has handled cinematography and Sreekar Prasad on editing.
The film’s music was released this morning at Prasad Lab and there were no special celebrities attending the event.
The film is directed by Sudha, once an associate of Manirathnam and is produced by Mano Akkineni granddaughter of late LV Prasad

Vikram disappoints Boopathy Pandian

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It looks like Vikram is literally perplexed over choosing his projects. It’s noteworthy that the actor has almost dropped nearly 3 project, with one of them having completed the first schedule.
Much before his ‘Raavanan’ would hit the screens, the actor started shooting for Selvaraghavan’s untitled film, which was reported to be an edge-seated psycho thriller. Sooner, the project was dropped and Vikram made official confirmations about working with ‘Yaavarum Nalam’ fame Vikram Kumar in a sci-fi thriller movie titled ‘24’.
Apparently, the film was dropped due to creative difference of opinions between both of them. Finally, the actor moved onto choose an usual masala entertainer titled ‘Vedi, in which he was supposed to play the role of a cop.
The film’s shooting was about to take off on August 7 in Salem and Boopathy Pandian was the director. All of sudden, the actor has dropped the project and has now signed ‘Madharasapattinam’ fame Vijay for his next movie.
Let us hope the actor at least completes this project perfectly unlike his other films that were dropped on halfway.

Vijay’s Kaval Kadhal resumes shooting

Wednesday, 11 August 2010 | Comment (0)

Actor Vijay had recently started shooting for Raja’s ‘Velayudham’ and much before that finished filming major portions of his other film ‘Kaval Kadhal’. Now the shooting for ‘Kaval Kadhal’ has been resumed at a big bungalow in Chennai…
Actress Asin had flown down to Sri Lanka shooting for the Hindi remake of ‘Ready’ with Salman Khan playing the lead role. Since, the film’s schedule was completed, the actress had flown back to Chennai resuming this project.
According to the sources, the film’s title ‘Kaval Kadhal’ maybe changed as Vijay and director Siddique aren’t impressed with the name.
As known earlier, the film is a remake of yesteryear Malayalam blockbuster Bodyguard.
The film is getting ready to release for Diwali along with Kamal Haasan’s ‘Manmadhan Ambu’.

Kamal Kamaraju the Aayiram Vilaku Villain

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2010 CATEGORIES: KAMAL KAMARAJU

Kamal Kamaraju, the telugu star was recently in the city for the audio launch of Aayiram Vilaku is excited about his entry into Tamil cinema. I’ve always dreamt of Kollywood since I was a boy. When I graduated with a degree in architecture, I put down a list of 10 directors I want to work with and more than six of them were from Tamil," he laughs.

Kamal Kamaraju, who plays a negative role in this film, says he wanted to enter Tamil cinema with a different role and this proved just perfect. When I entered acting, I did it with the intention of playing different roles. I was from a non-filmy background and it took me a while to reach here, so I know the grind. And from the bottom of my heart, I always wanted to do a negative role. I've seen how actors like Prakash Raj leave an impression on the audience and it pricked me for long. I didn't want to be just a soft hero. I wanted to get into Tamil cinema as a villain and I've done just that, he says.

He seems to feel the kollywood to be a wonderful place. I've always wanted to be here and have lot of respect for the people here. Kollywood has produced legends like Mani Ratnam. I'm honoured to work here.

When asked what was his dream roles, the Kamal  immediately says,I wouldn't really ‘choose big roles but I want to go to a level where I can add my own style to a character like Rajinikanth does or Vikram did in Pithamagan and Raavanan.Of course, there are some dream roles. I'd like to play an emperor in a period film, he smiles.

Kamal does not reveal much about his future projects either though there are a couple of films in Tamil and Telugu but he is sure to make a mark in Tamil cinema first,

Azhagar Samiyin Kudirai Posters Released

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2010 CATEGORIES: AZHAGAR SAMIYIN KUDIRAI , CINENEWS , GAUTHAM MENON , ILLAYARAJA , SUSEENDERAN

Azhagar Samiyin Kudirai, the film that is to directed by Suseendran and produced by Gautham Menon's Photon Factory Productions,will commence once Naan Mahan Alla directed by Suseenthiran releases. The director is in the course of scripting the screenplay for the movie. This film's poster has been released to the press and they are very impressive. Interestingly,Azhagar Samiyin Kudirai will have maestro Ilayaraja scoring the music. This is the first time Ilayaraja will be scoring music for a Gautham Menon production.

Arya's Chikku Bukku Controversy

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2010 CATEGORIES: ARYA , CHIKKU BUKKU , CINENEWS

Chikku Bukku  starring Shriya Saran is acting opposite Arya is Produced by Mediaone Global Entertainment Limited in association with Majestic Multimedia Limited
And recently a complaint had been filed against Arya  by the producers of the film in the Tamil Film Producers Council that the actor was not extending cooperation during the dubbing works of  ‘Chikku Bukku.

In their complaint, producers of the movie have said that post production works of the film were going on and the actor failed to attend the dubbing session twice even after a studio was rented for the purpose.As a result, the porducer  had faced lakhs of rupees as losses,

It seems Arya prefers silence than coming out with a counter allegation on a complaint against him

I don't want to make any comments about the complaint. But I will speak at an appropriate time, the actor says and adds: I don't see any difference between my movies and giving same cooperation to all my producers and directors.

Rattha Charitram insults Pawan kalyan -head tonsure scene

MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2010 CATEGORIES: CHIRANJEEVI , PAWAN KALYAN , RAKTA CHARITHRA , RATTHA CHARITHRAM

When Ram Gopal Varma started shooting for Rattha Charitram, he must have anticipated that the film would run into controversy. After all, it does revolve around the rivalry between two Andhra politicos — Paritala Ravi and Maddelacheruvu Suri. In fact, Suri is currently in Bangalore Jail for killing the former.

And it has happened even before the film’s release. In a scene from the movie, Vivek Oberoi, who plays the late Ravi, watches a rebel going through the humiliation of having his head shaved in public. This scene has sparked off much resentment among the public after Varma released as the still.

Fans of Power Star Pawan Kalyan and  brother Chiranjeevi have posted angry messages against Varma. They believe that this scene confirms rumours that Paritala Ravi had got Kalyan tonsured years ago.

Apparently, when Ravi was alive, Pawan Kalyan and he had got into a dispute over a plot of land in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. The actor was roughed up by the Telugu Desam Party minister who had said he’d teach Kalyan a lesson he’d remember for life. A few days later, Kalyan was seen  tonsured head. When asked, he maintained dignified silence.

After this incident, Kalyan doesnt want to talk on this. Chiranjeevi is said to be really upset with Varma for raking up an old story and is supposedly running him down in his Praja Rajyam Party office.

However, Varma wasn’t very forthcoming. “Seems there’s a lot of speculation on this photograph. Tonsuring is a standard practice in matters of humiliation. There is no role of a film actor in Rakta Charitra,” was all he was willing to say.

Chellams, I introduce you to my chellam

TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2010 CATEGORIES: CINENEWS , PONY VERMA , PRAKASH RAJ

Prakash Raj, the winner of the Best Actor award in the 57th Idea Filmfare Awards 2009 (Tamil ) for his brilliant performance in Kanchivaram, as the art weaver, of the traditional silk sarees, directed by Priyadarshan had a great saturday inspite of suffering from cold and fever the previous night, Proud and ecstatic, Prakash Raj, reveling the fact that he could take home this lovely black lady regularly, also took the opportunity to officially announce the love of his life Pony Verma to friends in the film fraternity.

“Friends, I’ve been a bachelor for quite some time now and I take this opportunity to introduce the special person in my life, Rashmi Pony Verma,” he said. With those words, he introduced his pretty lady love on to the stage. “Meghana, please come up too,” the actor said, urging his little one as she hesitantly flinched in her seat. It was heart-warming to note how the little one bonded with Pony, as she spent a good part of the ceremony cosily seated on her lap.

Once his two special women were on stage, the actor uttered his Ghilli words that got the audiences cheering and clapping. “Chellams, I introduce you to my chellam,” the actor stated, much to the delight of his fans. The blushing Pony for her part, said ‘Vanakkam’ to the audience.

Venkat Prabhu Speaks on Mangaatha

TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2010 CATEGORIES: AJITH , CINENEWS , MANGAATHA , VENKAT PRABHU

Director Venkat Prabhu  launched his fourth film, Mangaatha, with Ajith and Nagarjuna. The film, which was officially launched on August 2, is also Ajith’s 50th film.And this would be Nagarjuna’s straight Tamil film after Ratchagan. Other key roles will be played by Manoj Manchu, Ganesh Venkatraman, Premji and newcomer Mahaat.

Venkat throws more light on Mangaatha

“I had known Ajith from the time I worked with him in Ji and we’ve been good friends till date. He would always watch my films before it hit the screen and give his feedback. The two of us kept talking about how we should do a film together, but things have fallen into place only now. Call it a game of destiny! After a long delay, I end up making thala’s 50th film! He completed 18 years in cinema on August 2 and since it was also aadi perukku, an auspicious day, we decided to shoot the trailer of the film on that day,” begins Venkat.

he also reveals as usual “It’s a commercial film and will surely strike a chord with the audience. It’s a fresh script - an action adventure, a tale of friendship. Mangaatha is a simple game of probability that not everyone wins. There’s hope, betrayal and loss. Similarly, this movie is also about a group of people who are hell-bent on winning a game. But, destiny has its own plan,” .

Revealing how he roped in the Telugu superstar, he says, “Nag Chaitanya is a good friend of mine. I narrated the story of Mangaatha and told him it would be nice if his father could play one of the lead roles. Nag Chaitanya also liked the script and introduced me to his father. When Nagarjuna heard the story, he was thrilled about being a part of it. In fact, he was so eager that I decided to make the film in Tamil and Telugu.”

Isnt manoj Injured“Manoj, who was supposed to do Vaanam, droppped out of it  because of a problem in his shoulder is also a part of this film., he was reluctant to commit himself to any projects. But, I convinced him and now, he will get his surgery done after finishing work on my movie,” he adds.

So, who will be playing the female lead?  there are talks of Neetu Chandra and Lakshmi Rai  “ nothing’s confirmed as yet because I want to firm up the script first,” he answers on the safer side.

Venkat says this project close to every one “Even Cloud Nine's Durai has  postponed the production of his other projects so that he can concentrate on this. And Yuvan is already started  his composing . We will begin shooting by September. ,”

And as finishing touch he says Mangaatha on the lines of Bourne Ultimatum

Best wishes to the director who has a huge task now

Ravi varman on Moscowin Kaveri

Monday, August 9, 2010 Categories: cinenews , interview , Moscowin Kaveri , ravi varman

Ravi varman on Moscowin Kaveri
Ravi Varman,the award-winning Tamil cinematographer,turns as director in Moscowin Kaveri has seen, every small step has sprung as a surprise for the cinematographer-turned-director. “Life has indeed been great. I’m enjoying every moment of it,” begins Ravi Varman.

The director is all excited as his maiden directorial venture Moscowin Kaveri, a romantic fare that revolves around the current generation, is gearing up for release. “Youngsters these days do not really have the time to bask in the essence of true love. Life for them has become a race and hence, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call their love avasara kadhal! I wanted to explore romance with its egos and quarrels as prevalent among youngsters these days,” effuses the director.

Disclosing details about the star cast and how he selected them for them for the movie, Ravi says, “There are primarily three characters — Rahul Ravindran, Harshvardhan and Samantha. I saw Rahul in few television commercials and instantly realised that the boy is a powerhouse of talent. As for Harshvardhan, who is the son of veteran actor Y Gee Mahendra, acting is in his genes. Samantha plays the female lead and she has done a fabulous job in the film. In fact, Moscowin Kaveri was supposed to be her launch vehicle.”

The title of the film is quite unpredictable. “Quite unpredictable, isn’t it? Moscow is the Capital of Russia by the Moskva River and Kaveri is in south India. The relationships portrayed in my film are like a blend of two rivers — pure but confusing. Once you watch the film, you’ll understand why I named it that way,” he says.

The film has been in the making for quite some time. why? the director is asks back. “Why is it that questions are raised only when a regional film is delayed? I just want my film to be perfect. In fact, I finished shoot in just 50 days. Some minor touch-ups were needed and that delayed the film’s release. Moreover, it’s not easy to come up with a film for which you are handling the megaphone, cranking the camera, writing the script and also handling the costumes!”

So you feel hard to handle so much depatments? “Not really! It was, in fact, easy because the film was entirely my baby.”

57th filmfare Awards -Pazhassiraja and Maghadheera Bags most

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Monday, August 9, 2010 Categories: cinenews , Filmfare Awards , video


Over 40 awards in various categories were given to Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films were announced on Saturday night.Malayalam film Pazhassiraja' won seven awards, Telugu film Magadheera' walked home with six, and national award-winning Tamil film Kanchivaram' netted three.

In Tamil, Kanchivaram' fetched Priyadarshan the best director award, while Prakash Raj won the best actor award for the same film. Shammu, who played his daughter in the movie was the best supporting actor (female). Nadodigal' walked off with the best film award, in a year that saw a number of contenders, from commercial pot-boilers such as Ayan' and quasi art house films such as Kanchivaram' to films with unusual plots such as Pasanga'.Pooja was awarded the best actress(Tamil for Naan Kadavul)








As each award was announced, there were tears and joy. Singer Priya Himesh, who took home an award for Ringa Ringa' from Telugu film Arya 2' smiled, declared herself a Tamilian, burst into tears and asked her music director to present the award again.

Lyricist ONV Kurup who won the Black Lady for Kunnathe' from Malayalam film Pazhassiraja' gave a dignified acceptance speech. Actress Abhinaya, who debuted in Tamil film Nadodigal' and has a speech impairment, moved the audience with her thanks.

The awards were interspersed with performances by Vineeth, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy, Padmapriya, Lakshmi Rai and Sameera Reddy.

Best cinematographer awards went to Senthil Kumar for Magadheera' and Thiru for Kanchivaram'.

Magadheera' grabbed awards for best film, best director (SS Rajamouli), best actor (Ram Charan Teja) and best music (MM Keeravani) and best male playback singer (Anuj Guruwara).

Lifetime achievement awards went to Kannada actor Ambareesh and Malayalam thespian KPAC Lalitha. Yuvan Shankar Raja won the special jury award for Telugu film Oye', while actors Yagna Shetty and Srinagar Kitty picked it up for Kannada.

In Malayalam, period film Pazhassiraja' was judged the best film, while Hariharan was best director. Mammootty, an eternal favourite with Chennai crowds, won best actor and Shweta Menon was best female actor.

In Kannada, Josh' won best film, while Guruprasad won best director for Yeddelu Manjunatha'. Ganesh and Priyanka Kothari won best actor awards.

Meera Jasmine to turn producer shortly

Monday, August 9, 2010 Categories: cinenews , Meera Jasmine

Meera Jasmine the 28 year old National award winning actress actress is currently very busy with simulatenously doing 8 films in all the four south indian languages now has set next set goals on line, yes Following the likes of his co-stars like Prithviraj, who has recently floated a production firm with ace cinematographer Santhosh Sivan,

The actress who is in the sets of her malayalam movie 'Paattinte Palazhy' will shortly turn a producer by creating a movie under her own production firm.

The actress who has earlier expressed her intentions to become a director someday, had already started discussions with her peers about her first film as a producer. The details about the cast and crew of her first movie will be announced soon.

Meera who had become much selective in recent days had her Tamil Flick Pen Singam release in june and now will have her new malayalam 'Pattinte Palazhi' into theatres in a short while. A musical, the movie will feature her as an aspiring singer. The shoot for her ‘Four Friends’ directed by Saji Surendran, is currently progressing on at the different parts of Kerala.

Vikram in hunt of directors

Monday, August 9, 2010 Categories: Bhoopathy Pandian , cinenews , Director Vijay , Madrasapattinam , vikram

Lady luck is just not behind cheeyan Vikram seems ,After ‘Raavanan’, Vikram got involved in a Selvaraghavan film and even completed a schedule of shooting for seven days. But production hitch ups like the complete script wasn’t ready and the new heroine wasn’t up to the mark etc. shelved the project. He then started a film called '24' to be directed by Vikram Kumar of ‘Yavarum Nalam’ fame. Even this film got into trouble and Vikram walked out of the project after shooting for four days.

Now coming to the latest, If it was Ajith who got impressed with its making and had called Vijay and had given him a film recently, an industry source reveals Chiyaan Vikram is soon to follow suit. According to sources, the Vikram-Bhoopathy Pandian project Vedi seems might not take off immediate,Apparently, the Anniyan star had watched Madarasapattinam and he was floored by Vijay’s style of making.

Having waited for long after Raavanan’s release, insiders reveal that Vikram met the director recently and also listened to a one-liner. He has asked Vijay to come with the full script and in all probability, would start with it soon. In the meantime, one hears that Bhoopathy Pandian is also pursuing his script Pattatthu Yanai with actor Vishal.

Viral Fever Prevents Aishwarya Attending Robo Audio Rlease

Categories: aishwarya rai , chiranjeevi , cinenews , endhiran , Rajinikanth

While Robot fever has attacked music fans of Hyderabad after the release of the album in a grand function arranged in Hyderabad, The rampant viral fever in Mumbai had attacked Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and she had to miss the function that was attended by Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi, Tamil actor Bharath, Kajal Agarwal with our superstar, director Shankar and Randy along with other celebrities of the Telugu industry.

The music was an instant hit among the audience and trade pundits are gung-ho about the prospects of the movie.

A video featuring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, apologising for her absence,recorded message from her was played for the crowd that had gathered to see her. She also sent personal apologies to Rajnikanth and Chiranjeevi.

On Friday morning Aishwarya woke up with burning fever and was hardly able to move out of her bed. Apparently, On Abhishek's and mother-in-law Jaya Bachchan's insistence, Aishwarya gave the function a miss.

Regretting her sudden illness, Aishwarya said, "I was so looking forward to being in Hyderabad. But due to high fever, the doctor insisted I stay home and rest."


Wish Aishwarya recovers and is back for the other Endhiran promotions.

Trisha to Dub her Voice for Manmadhan Ambu

Categories: cinenews , K S Ravikumar , kamal , Manmadhan Ambu , trisha

On Request of Kamal and KS Ravikumar Actress Trisha has agreed to speak in her own voice for Manmadhan Ambu for the first time in Tamil Cinema.

Trisha,bone is chennai and has done her schooling at the Sacred Heart Church Park, Chennai, has good understanding of English and Tamil and speaks them well too. More over her voice is pleasant to listen. But when it comes to films Trisha has always depended on dubbing artistes to give voice for her in films.

Trisha to Dub her Voice for Manmadhan Ambu:www.kolly-theater.com

Starting from her first film 'Lesa Lesa' in 2002 until ‘Vinnaithandi Varuvaya’ in 2010, Trisha has never spoken for herself in Tamil films in the last eight years. But that will change when 'Manmadhan Ambu' releases. Kamal and KS Ravikumar have clearly told Trisha that she should dub for her role in 'Manmadhan Ambu' and she has no choice.

Of course she could not refuse the commanding team of Kamal and KS Ravikumar and so she is brushing up her Tamil diction and style to be at the microphone.

Gouravargal Audio Launched Stills

Categories: Gouravargal , Sathyaraj , Stills

Gouravargal Audio Launch StillsThe audio of Gouravargal, starring Sathyaraj,Vigneshwaran,Monica,vijayaraj , sowganthi , ranjith , kuyili , rameshkanna ,sachu , Alex ,Dheena and Sanjayram,directed by Sanjay Ram, was released amidst much fanfare recently.

The first copy of the film’s audio was presented by Tamil Film Producers’ Council President Ramanarayanan to Abirami Ramanathan in the presence of several celebrities including directors K Bhagyaraj, R Parthepan and actors Sathyaraj, Vigneshwaran, Monica, Ramesh Khanna and Chachu.

Speaking on the occasion, K Bhagyaraj lauded director Sanjay Ram’s ability to narrate a story in a convincing manner.

He said, “At a time when getting a script okayed by even a single producer is proving to be difficult, Sanjay Ram has narrated a story to ten producers and convinced them about its potential to succeed. This itself stands testimony to the director’s ability to narrate a story convincingly.”

Music for the movie has been composed by Dheena.



Gouravargal Audio Launch Stills 2
The movie marks the beginning of a new chapter in the history of Kollywood as it has been produced by ten theatre owners

Vijay Sangeetha Bond

Categories: cinenews , Sangeetha , vijay

Vijay Saneetha
Vijay-Sangeetha and Sangeetha- Krish have been good friends for long .

As a testimony to it If you call actress Sangeetha on her mobile, you can hear the Oru chinna thamarai... tune from the Vijay-starrer Vettaikaran.

“Well, this song has been my hello tune ever since vettaikran was out and I’ve no plans of changing it,” she blushes.

As her the Reason? She says “It’s a song that features two of my most favourite people — my husband Krish and actor Vijay. In fact, Vijay’s wife Sangeetha also has the same hello tune. The four of us have been good friends for the longest time and when the song came out in Krish-Vijay combination, Sangeetha immediately made it as her hello tune. She insisted I have it as mine as well,” she reveals.

She further says, “Interestingly, Krish and Vijay also share the same name as Krish’s full name is Vijay Balakrishnan. And then, there are two Sangeethas. I wonder if there’s anything to this bond!”

Simbhu Leaves for London for Podaa Podi

Categories: cinenews , Poda Podi , Silambarasan , Vaanam

simbhu Poda Podi
Silambarasan@Simbhu@STR has already completed the first schedule of Vaanam, and The second schedule involving the actor will begin in the first week of September. Meanwhile, with Bharath joining the Vaanam camp, scenes that involve him are being shot.

The Vaanam team, which had trouble finding a leading lady for the stars, have finally zeroed in on Sneha Ullal.

Vaanam, which is the remake of the Telugu blockbuster Vedam, is being directed by Krish. The music for this film will be scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja. Nirav Shah is wielding the camera for this venture.


Now that vaanam is wrapped up STR is flying to London for the shooting of Poda Podi. Directed by Vignesh Siva, Poda Podi's heroine is Varalakshmi Sarath Kumar. STR, says "Leaving to london tonight for podaa podi for Next 40 days of shoot , I will be missing chennai till then !!!". STR is expected to join the Vaanam crew on September 15 for the next schedule.

DSP and Charmi at a Party

Categories: charmi , Devi sri prasad , gossips

Tollwood hot heroine Charmi and South Indian music director Devisri prasad were spotted at a dance pub in Hyderabad Charmi and Devi Sri is the hot news. Gossips have been surrounding them from several years. There were rumors that they are getting married.

Now, two pics are spreading across the internet as DSP and Charmi at a PUB. Actually these are the pics when both Devi and Charmi danced together in the after audio release function of Sayyata telugu movie. Charmi rocked the floor wearing sari. Devi Sri also joined her. Her chappal was thrown away during the dance. When Charmi was trying to take the chappal, DeviSri is helping her with a lovely touch

Radhika Joins DMK party

Radhika Sarath Kumar, whose family has long been associated with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, has decided to join DMK yet again. The actress is not new to this party, as she has canvassed for it during during 1998 parliamentary elections.

Radhika and Sarath left DMK before 2006 Assembly elections, owing to differences with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's family members, and Joined AIADMK and also campaigned vigorously for that AIADMK during the 2006 elections.

But in between while sharing a stage with Kalaignar who won the 2006 election, Radhika maintained that the DMK was like her maternal home, leading to jayalalitha dismissing her from the party on grounds anti-party activities, Later Sarath also quit AIADMK quoting his workload in the film industry as a reason and went on to float a new political party Akila Indiya Samathuva Makkal Katchi.

However, Radhika was never into active politics sudden decision to join this party has come as surprise for many. It has to be mentioned here that Kushboo, joined the DMK just a couple of months ago.

Vijay,Madhavan,and STR in Shankars 3 Idiots

Director Shankar who is known for credited with delivering expensive, high end CGI movies, the director has now decided to remake Hindi ‘3 Idiots’ into a bilingual in Tamil and Telugu after the release of his ‘Endhiran’.

Right from the time when Gemini Film Circuit bought the rights and decided to remake the film imagination have been flying across all corners finally it was confirmd that Shankar will be in charge of the south Indian remakes.

Immediately after signing the project director Shankar had met Vijay and confirmed him for the Aamir Khan's role. Then Madhavan was confirmed for the same role he played in Hindi version. But there is still news saying Madhavan is not interested to do the role again. Whether will he say no to a Shankar film is a question. For the third main lead Silambarasan@STR is confirmed. Initially Jeeva was pushed to do this role but Shankar has opted for STR.

Mean while in Telugu, Mahesh Babu will replace Vijay and is told Madhavan and STR are being retained for the Telugu also.

But for music Shankar may have to leave A R Rahman out this time as he will be busy on his 'Jai Ho' World Tour all this year. Sources say Shankar has settled for Yuvan Shankar Raja this time.

Another film to watch out is in the making.