Sunday, January 31, 2010

RAHMAN’S DOUBLE GRAMMY!

The double Oscar winner Rahman has done it once again! This time he has bagged the double Grammy awards! He won the award for best compilation soundtrack and best motion picture song for Jai Ho in Slumdog Millionaire. Lyricist Gulzar shares the award with Rahman. Tanvi Shah, who penned the lyrics in Spanish also shares the award.

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The elated music director is reported to have said, “This is insane, god is great again.” Other Indians that have won the Grammy earlier are Pandit Ravi Shankar, Vikku Vinayak, Zakir Hussain, and Vishvamohan Bhatt.

Rahman beat Steve Jordan for ‘Cadillac Records,’ Quentin Tarantino for ‘Inglorious Basterds,’ and the producers of ‘Twilight’ and ‘True Blood’ in the soundtrack category to win the coveted award.

 

Vijay seeks change!

Take a look at the kind of movies Vijay has been doing over the past 3-4 years. The formula is pretty much the same: dance, action, punch dialogues plus a little family sentiment. As for his looks, there again there is very minimal change. The maximum he has done was straighten his fair for a song in Vettaikaran.

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But just when you start thinking you know exactly what to expect from his next movie Sura, he says that he is more than willing to try something new. He is willing to do experimental stories, try out new looks, anything. The problem, he insists, is that producers are not willing to fund such movies that star him!

They have seen what works, and are willing to finance only such scripts, and hence the actor has no choice but to go by the formula. However, he adds that he does make it a point to show newness in terms of his style, dance moves and action blocks from one movie to the next and when you come to think of it, it's true! So, Sura is going to follow formula, but just remember not to point your finger at the actor for the sameness!

‘Jayam’ Ravi expecting their first child

After Madhavan it is ‘Jayam’ Ravi who hasn’t lost his female fans even after marriage. This chocolate hero is humility personified even after a string of hits. Content Ravi says “It is winning every time that matters in cinema. If you take one win to your head and falls with the next you are lost”.

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He confirms his next film is ‘Ich’ and not ‘Kannabiraan’. The first schedule of ‘Ich’ starts in March.

When asked about anything special from home front ‘Jayam’ Ravi blushes. Yes, there is something something.  ‘Jayam’ Ravi will soon become a proud Papa. He and his wife Arthi are expecting their first child in another six months time.

Director Bala’s new heroine

Meet National award winning director Bala’s new heroine – Janani Iyer. Bala is starting the shoot of his next film called Avan Evan with Vishal, Arya and Janani Iyer.

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Avan Evan is Janani Iyer’s debut film, but she has been an ad model who has done around 150 ads.Janani-Iyer

Ajith playing a cop in Gautham’s next?

After seeing ultimate star Ajith at the Aasal audio launch, speculations are spreading like wildfire about his next movie with ace director Gautham Menon. The star's stylish crew cut gave rise to speculatiion if it would be a police story.

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With Gautham directing, this could be a good guess. Remember, Gautham's police stories Kaakka Kaakka with Suriya and Vettayaadu Vilayaadu with Kamal Haasan were huge box office hits.

Now, Ajith's 50th film with Gautham Menon produced by Dhayanidhi Alagiri is believed to be a police story too. Ajith has played a cop in Anjaneya, but the film was not too successful, so we hope it’s time Ajith tastes succes in a thrilling cop story.

Sources close to the actor reveal that Ajith’s next would be a totally different police story.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Soundarya- GOA’S FATE

Kamalesh Kothari, a financier based in Chennai, has filed a petition against Soundarya Rajinikanth and has asked for a stay order on the release of Goa. Goa, which is slated for release on January 29th, has been produced by Soundarya Rajinikanth’s Ochre Studios.

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According to the petitioner, Soundarya approached him for a Rs. 2-crore loan and promised Rs. 30 lakhs as royalty along with the interest. She also promised to return the amount even before the release of the film. With the impending release, there is no sign of her returning the amount, states the petitioner.

The issue will be taken up for hearing on January 28th 2010. Let’s wait for the outcome.

Soundarya Rajinikanth marrying Ashwin

soundarya rajinikanth,ashwinWe all read about Soundarya Rajinikanth marrying Ashwin, a Chennai-based young entrepreneur, soon. But not many of us have the idea on the looks of the Superstar's second son-in-law (except some blur pictures appeared on the media).

An engineering graduate, Ashwin did his higher studies in the United States. He is currently looking after his father’s construction business. Betrothal for this love-cum-arranged marriage will take place in Chennai on February 17. Wedding date will be announced later.

Nayanthara fly back to her hometown!

Actress Nayanthara has now decided to take away from film career for a year. Oops! The actress had a very bad time for past couple of years as none of her films did well at box office and indeed fetched horrible critics for her bad show. Naturally, it’s both in films and real life as well. Now it has become so constant that unnecessary rumors are raised on her though they’re factual ones.

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The actress’ recent Telugu release –ADURS with NTR Jr has flunked terribly at box office and her Malayalam film ‘Body Guard’ has hit screens yesterday. But now with no big offers in Tamil, except ‘Boss Engira Bhaskaran’ and thusly has decided to fly back to her hometown for auyurvedic treatment.

Charmi denies marriage rumors

“Earlier, gossip columnists loved linking me with co-stars and now with an unknown person,” says Charmi, who seems to be literally outraged with the rumors about her marriage. South Indian actress Charmi made her debut in Kollywood with Silambarasan’s Sonnaldhan Kadhala and later hop-skipped into Tollywood.

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Buzz up!Recently, she made her comeback in Tamil film industry with Laadam, which didn’t get her desirable results. Recently, some of the media channels had published news stating that Charmi is all set to enter wedlock with a Punjabi guy. Much infuriated with the fabricated story, the actress makes it clear that she has no plans about marrying now. At the moment, she is busy shooting for a Telugu film Chaayatta that features her in lead role.

Shriya doing item song with surya

he glam girl of Kollywood Shriya Saran is once again doing an item number in SJ Surya’s Telugu film Puli with Pawan Kalyan.

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Remember she did an item number in Vadivel’s Indiralokathil Na Azhagappan a few years back? But in Telugu she is doing an item number for a film for the fifth time. She is reported to be getting a bomb to do this special cameo dance number.

Shriya told: “ I don’t think there is anything wrong in it. I’m dancing to the tune of Academy Award winner AR Rahman in Puli, which has Pawan Kalyan in the lead, Binod Pradhan’s cinematography and Brinda master as choreographer. Mark my words, the song is going to rock.” The film is produced by Singanamala Ramesh.

Andrea disappointed with Aayirathil Oruvan

Andrea Jeremiah, one of the lead actors of Aayirathil Oruvan, has said she is disappointed with the way her role has finally turned out in the film. The actress however said she would not regret being a part of the movie.

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’Yes, I am disappointed with the limited scope of my role in Aayirathil Ouvan. But I am not going to regret for it. Because Selvaraghavan is one of the best directors of Tamil cinema and it was a great learning experience for me while working with him,’ she says.

Explaining the reason behind not attending a press meet by the Aayirathil Oruvan team, she says, ’that is because I was busy dubbing for the heroine of Aadukalam.’

Trisha is back to work

After a long holiday in the US, Trisha is back to work.We hear that the pretty actress is currently shooting the final montage song (Aaromale…) for Gautham Menon’s Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya in Alleppey in the backwaters of Kerala – the director’s favourite song sequence location.

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During her break, we understand that Trisha went to Universal Studios, Hollywood’s theme park in LA, California. Before leaving for the one-week Alleppey shoot, Trisha held a show of her Sankranthi hit Telugu film Namo Venkatesha for relatives and friends in Chennai.

The year has started positively for the young actress, even as she gets ready to do a once-in-a- lifetime role with none other than her childhood hero Kamal Haasan in the Udayanidhi Stalin-produced Yavarum Kaelir, which will start rolling from March. The movie will be directed by K S Ravikumar, who also did Dasavatharam.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Captain TV Logo Launch – Photo

Like all top politicians in Tamil Nadu, Vijaykanth Captain TV is going to have his own Tamil television channel which will be managed by his brother-in-law LK Sudhish.

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The logo of Captain TV was launched on Jan 14th by the popular actor and DMDK leader Vijaykanth.

L.K. Sudhish, managing director of Captain TV said that the trial telecast will kick-start from March 15 to April 13 while the complete airing of 24hrs will commence from April 14. All the programs are designed to be innovative and interesting. The Channel is broadcasted through INSAT 4B Satellite.

Rambha getting engaged

The former glam queen of south cinema Rambha will get engaged to the Canada-based Tamil businessman Indran today, January 27.

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The two have been linked ever since Rambha was signed on as the brand ambassador of Indran’s company Magic Woods. The affair all but became public when Indran gifted Rambha a BMW car.

Initially, Rambha had alleged that her relationship with Indran was just professional but now she’s set to exchange engagement ring with him at a five-star hotel in Chennai today.

Rumour has it that the marriage will take place in Tirupati on March 27, exactly two months from now.

33-year-old Rambha has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. She was last seen playing a siren in Quick Gun Murugan last year.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

No SImbhu for Nayanthara

The director of Boss Engira Baskaran, Rajesh declared that Silambarasan is not doing a cameo in the film as reported by certain sections of the media. There were reports that the actor has been signed up for Boss Engira Baskaran and this has raised the expectation meter for the film. The rumor seems to have originated from the fact that Nayanthara is playing the lead role in the film.

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Boss Engira Baskaran has Arya playing the title role. Yuvan Shankar Raja has scored the music for the film and Shakthi Saravanan has handled the camera.

Divya great fan of Ajith

Divya Spandana, who began her career with Kuthu in Kollywood, says that Ajith’s Aasai was the first Tamil film that made her decide on her Tamil film entry. The actress declared that Ajith was awesome in Aasai and ever since watching the film she has been eager to star opposite him. Will her dream come true?

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Divya is currently working in two Tamil films - Kadhal 2 Kalyanam and Singam Puli.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

DHANUSH REFUSES TO say ABOUT SOUNDARYA'S WEDDING

dhanush-soundarya-rajinikanth-21-01-10Soundarya Rajinikanth's wedding is the talk of the tinsel town these days. The lady is due to get engaged on February 17th and the wedding date is yet to be finalized. When Soundarya's brother-in-law Dhanush was questioned about the wedding, he said in a recent interview to a Tamil magazine that it is Soundarya's personal matter and he would not discuss it in public. The actor also refused to let out any details about the bridegroom stating that it would be an intrusion.

 Soundarya is directing an animation flick, which has her father, the Superstar, in the lead role. She is also waiting for her first production venture Goa to hit the screens.

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with his brother Jayam Ravi and Tamannaah for his forthcoming Thillalangadi in the streets of Mumbai. The song tuned by Yuvan is said to be a peppy number.

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The film is a remake of the Telugu Kick and is produced by Editor Mohan, so Raja and Ravi are giving it the extra care.

The film has Prabhu, comedians Vadivelu and Santhanam in supporting roles.

After the song in Mumbai, nearly 80 percent of the shoot is over. Raja and Ravi wants to give a hit to their father, so they are trying to make it with all care.

Thillalangadi is scheduled to release in the first week of May for summer.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Keerthi Chawla as a blind

Keerthi Chawla has finally landed in something for which she was longing for. We are talking about ‘Kulasekaranum Koolippadayum’, a film in which the actress is doing a ‘very meaty’ role, that of a blind.

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“Though I have acted in many films in Tamil and Telugu, I was waiting for a meaty role which would give me enough scope to perform. I had been finally roped in to play a visually challenged person in Kulasekaranum Koolippadayum’, she says.

The actress is wearing a contact lens with grey tint for the movie. “I am hopeful that my character in the film would be talked about. My gratitude to director Siva for choosing me for the role,” she says.

‘Kulasekaranum Koolippadayum’ has Prakash Raj, Sathyaraj and Natraj in lead roles. The other heroines of the film are Udhayathara and Sowmya. Meanwhile, Keerthi Chawla is acting in a Telugu film after a long gap. Titled ‘Sathyam’, the movie has Jagapathi Babu and Priyamani, apart from Keerthi.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Raids at Suriya, K S Ravikumar houses

Officials from the Income Tax department today reportedly raided the houses of actor Suriya and filmmaker K S Ravikumar in Chennai.

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Reports claimed the raids that started in the morning continued till the afternoon. Authorities arrived as teams at Suriya's residences at T Nagar and Adyar, and K S Ravikumar's house at T Nagar.

The raids commenced simultaneously at all the places at 7 am, reports added. However, no information was provided on what the authorities found during the raids.

SUPREME COURT CONDEMNS KUSHBOO

The 5 year old court cases following her comments on women and virginity seems to be still haunting Kushboo. Her appeal to the Supreme Court, challenging the 20 something odd cases against her in Tamil Nadu, is met with the ire of judge K G Balakrishnan who observed her comments as indigestible and unacceptable.

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The case was considered for hearing today and after review, judge K G Balakrishnan, instructed Kushboo to send explanation to the court on her comments within a period of two weeks.

Kushboo found herself in the eye of the storm in 2005 after her opinions favoring pre-marital sex and stating that ‘an educated man should not expect their brides to be virgins’.

Simbu sings for S.S. Kumaran

Multi-talented Silambarasan has recently rendered his voice for composer S.S. Kumaran of Poo fame. The composer is back with a movie titled Nellu starring newcomers Sathya and Bhagyanjali in the lead roles.

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The actor was seen at a recording studio recently to render his voice for a song in the movie. Produced under the banner of Karthickjai Movies, Nellu is directed by M. Sivasankar.

Shriya’s Kutty raises her level!

Shriya Saran has had several glamorous roles in recent movies , but she has definitely got a break from her glamourous image with Kutty, a remake of Telugu film Arya (Arya part 1). This movie will take the actress to a new level in her career.

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Family audiences are encouraging the film and Kutty has emerged as the Pongal hit of 2010.

Shriya looks really cute finally proves she can actually act.

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Actress Radha and her people said ‘No’ to Simbu

Tamanna had agreed to pair with Simbu and act in liberal ways with him.  But when the producers found that they can’t meet with her liberal expenses they had considered Radha’s daughter for the role.

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But Radha and her people said ‘No’ to Simbu’s ways of offensive acting that made Simbu angry and he demanded a change.  Now they are spreading the net to catch heroines from North who will be amenable to Simbu’s ways of acting.

Mani Ratnam's Raavana has been completed

Earlier, we have reported that the shooting of ace director Mani Ratnam's Raavana has been completed and has moved to the post production stage. Now sources close to the director reveal that editor Srikar Prasanth has prepared a rough cut for dubbing purposes. The dubbing process of Prithviraj, Priyamani,  crowd voices and other supporting characters is completed. 

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The director is now busy hunting for Aishwarya's voice and Govinda's voice. Sources in the know say that famous dubbing artist Savitha was seen in Prasad Studios, where the dubbing process of Raavana is on.

Once the dubbing is over, Raavana’s sound effects will start immediately, followed by re-recording works in Rahman’s AM Studio in Chennai, possibly by February second week.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Vijay wants Bodyguard

Last week Ilayathalapathy Vijay was shown a sneak preview of director Siddique’s Malayalam film Bodyguard at a Chennai preview theatre.

He was accompanied by his wife Sangeeta. The film has Dileep and Nayanthara in the lead and is releasing in Kerala on January 21.

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Siddique is one of the most successful film directors in south India who has made 9 films in 22 years and all of them have been super hits. Vijay and Siddique go a long way back to their Friends days.

It seems Vijay loved Bodyguard a romantic comedy with some family sentiments and action, and wants to remake it as his 51st film after he completes Sura.

Says Siddique: “Actually when I narrated Bodyguard story to Vijay two years back he was very keen to do it first in Tamil, but I always try out my films in Malayalam then only I will do in other languages.”

Last week when Vijay was in Thiruvananthapuram, he told the media that after Sura, he will be doing the remake of the Siddique film. The buzz is that he is waiting for Bodyguard to release and gauge its box-office performance, before formally announcing its remake as his next project

Trisha needs a break

Perhaps, this was the question that stormed the minds of guests who had attended the music launch of 'Vinnaithandi Varuvaya' in Chennai last week.

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After working non-stop to complete her Tamil, Telugu and Hindi commitments, Trisha is taking a break in the United States with her friends. And this has stopped the pretty lass from attending the audio launch of her munch anticipated movie.

"Yes, I missed the event. However, I got all the information about it through the internet. But my day was made earlier at the London music launch, where I shared the dais with my favourite music composer Rahman," she says.

Happy about sitting next to Rahman, Trisha adds: "I also clicked some photographs with him. But it was for my personal album. I am a very big fan of the Mozart of Madras since my school days. My parents and friends know it very well."

On the US holiday, the actress says: "I am having a ball with my friends here. It's all fun no work for the past one week. I badly needed a break after working round the clock to honour my commitments. Thank God, I am having one."

Hansika is 'Wonder girl'

Guess the nick name of Hansika Motwani on the sets of 'Mappillai'? The answer is 'Wonder girl'. Yes, she is being called by this name by the cast and crew of the Dhanush starring movie.

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"They named me so because I would never trouble the director, making him to go for reshoot again and again. I would deliver in front of the camera what the director would have expected from me,” she says.

Explaining the reason behind her 'stunning performance', she says, "Because I am there in the field since my childhood. After acting in various commercials, I stepped into tinsel town at the age of 15."

Hansika is aware that the film she is currently acting is a remake of a yesteryear Rajinikanth blockbuster. "Rajini is one of my favourite actors. The director told me that I had to play the role did by Amala in the original. Hence my responsibility is doubled."

Vijay in Thiruvananthapuram

Tamil actor Vijay was in Thiruvananthapuram to promote his newly released film ‘Vettaikaaran’, in which Anushka is the heroine. He celebrated Vettaikaaran 25 days run at 1440 seater New Theatre one of the biggest screens in India.

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According to Hundreds of fans came over to attend the function. Police found difficult to control the people and fans.

Namitha is a box office darling

Say what the critics may but the loyal fans of Namitha are lining up to watch her movie ‘Black Stallion, which despite a slew of bad movie reviews, is going strong at the box office down south.

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Namitha’s magic works again and the producers of ‘Black Stallion’ are galloping their way to the bank. Yes, reports from the South indicate that the trilingual movie (in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu) has managed to break-even and might even rake in a handsome profit.

The movie has Namitha playing a sexy bar dancer who is constantly being wooed by lusty men. Kalabhavan Mani, who plays the eponymous hero, tries to woo her but only gets stabbed by her. The film’s other hero, Bala, plays a photographer who promises to help Namitha reform her life.

One reason why the movie managed to break even could be that it was made on a shoe-string budget of Rs 2.85 crore in the first place. Secondly, the intensive publicity campaign that focused on Namitha’s glamour and sexiness seems to be paying the dividend.

Critics may have panned the film but the fans are loving it. And at the end of the day that’s what matters for Namitha and the film’s makers.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

SILAMBARASAN’s VAALIBAN - Simbu NAYAN LOVE

Silambarasan has completed Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya and is moving on to Ko, as announced earlier. However, there is buzz in the tinsel town that his proposed directorial venture Vaaliban is based on his brief fling with Nayanthara in real life.

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Reacting to this, the actor has said that he was disturbed about reports that Vaaliban is inspired from his love life. He says that while the world knows about the love he shared with Nayan and the subsequent rift, Vaaliban is all about one-side love. So where is the similarity, asks Silambarasan.

He reveals that the heroine in the film will never love the hero, so the question of touting the film as a real life love story does not arise.

Shriya Cute Expressions

Bollywood actress Shriya Saran different in moods (crazy reaction) at press meet event of Kutty movie in Chennai.

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Shriya become one of the south top actress after pairing with Rajinikanth in Shankar’s Sivaji: The Boss.

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Trisha’s mom seeking a suitable alliance for her daughter

Like every mom, Trisha's mother Uma Krishnan also wants her daughter to get married and settle down in life. Sources close to Uma say she is seeking a suitable alliance for Trisha and has given Trisha’s horoscope to her close friends.

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Trisha’s mother wants to conduct Trisha’s marriage once she completes her debut Bollywood film Khatta Meetha with Akshay Kumar and an yet-to-be-titled film with Kamal Haasan directed by K.S. Ravikumar. But it seems that Trisha is not interested in marriage for the time being.

Sources also reveal that the actress wants to get married after a few years. But her mother wants to finalize her marriage ASAP. Meanwhile, her Tamil film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya is slated for an early 2010 release.

Nayantara moves to Sandalwood

Nayantara moves to Sandalwood to try her luck there. She was very much successful in establishing her as an actress both in Malayalam and Tamil.

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Buzz up!This untitled film is being directed by Upendra. He himself plays the hero in the film. Sources say that Nayantara is very much excited about her role in the film as it has got a good part to play. Meanwhile her movie Body Guard opposite Dileep is hitting the screens on 21 Jan. the shooting of the Kannada flick will start rolling from April. Wishing her all the very best!

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