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38 Doctorate in italy Vikram

64 Simbu’s Osthi project


78 Chennai Rhinos Team Launch

22 Special song on Ajith’s birthday

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106 KV Anand to direct Udhayanidhi

36 Ko to speak in Hindi

90 Celebrities greet KB

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Dear Readers,

Summer is blazing hot this time and I see lots

and lots of people are going into movie theaters.

More people want to watch movies in theaters and

that’s a great sign to “ Stop Piracy and Save

Cinema “ There are a few things I am going to ad-

dress in this note.

June is always a tough month for Movies, because

of the school re openings and the teens are busy

hunting for college. That’s the bad news for cine-

ma and the good news is that the heat will be gone.

Speaking of heat, I want everyone to think of the

technicians, especially the light men who work

in the summer, imagine carry a very hot light for

hours in this sun. We never come to know the pain

they all go through for showing the artists pretty.

Thank you.

Now coming to the sensation that is going

around our Thalaivar Super Star Rajnikanth.

He is getting treated in Singapore and rejuve-

nating, as put by his family members. We should

all give him some privacy and respect his space.

On behalf of our Cinemamatters team we wish

him a speedy recovery and good health.

Singles, Music Directors are releasing them

to create some anticipation for a forth coming

movie eg. Vaanam and Mankaatha. This is a

wonderful trend and helps with the curiosity

among fans. I think everyone should be doing

the same.

The great Hollywood Actor Clint Eastwood

said,

“I’ve never met a genius. A genius to me is

someone who does well at something he hates.

Anybody can do well at something he loves -

it’s just a question of finding the subject.”

So lets all look within and find what we are good

and and go after your dream. Dream will become

true, just give it some time and keep working.

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Engeyum Kadhal

Eththan KandenMaaveeran

Azhagarsami yin Kudhirai

STARRING : Ram Charan Teja, Kajal Aggarwal, Sarath Babu

STARRING :Appukutty, Saranya Mohan

STARRING : Jayam ravi,Hanshika motwani

STARRING : Vimal, Sanu-sha, Jayaprakash

STARRING : Shanthnoo, Rashmi Gautam, Santhanam

GENRE :Action GENRE : Comedy GENRE :Romance

GENRE :Family / Drama GENRE :Family / Drama

BANNER :Geetha Arts BANNER : Sherali FilmsBANNER :Sri Sivaselva-nayagiamman Movies

BANNER : Sun Pictures BANNER : CloudNine Movies

DIRECTOR :S. S. Rajamouli DIRECTOR : L. K. Suresh DIRECTOR : A. C. Mugil

DIRECTOR : Prabhu Deva DIRECTOR : Suseenthiran

MUSIC :Maragathamani MUSIC : Taj Noor MUSIC :Vijay Ebenezer

MUSIC :Harris Jayaraj MUSIC : Ilayaraja

Now Running

KoSTARRING : Jeeva,Ajmal Ameer, Karthika,Piaa BajpaiBANNER : Red Giant Movies

DIRECTOR : K. V. Anand

MUSIC : Harris Jayaraj

GENRE :Thriller / Horror


Watching Engeyum Kadhal is like tasting ice cream on a hut sunny day. Both are cool, refresh-ing and tasty. And there is one more common thing too. Like how one should not think much about health while having ice cream, you should not care a lot about story while watching Engeyum Kadhal.

If you are ready for this, a fun-filled jolly ride awaits you, for Prabhudeva, in the company of Jayam Ravi, Hansika Motwani and Harris Jayaraj, has come out with a colourful and candifloss love story, in the name of Engeyum Kadhal.

Produced by Kalpathi S Aghoram of AGS Entertainment and released by Sun Pictures, the film speaks a lot about modern-age love through an Indian pair which meets and falls for each other in Paris, the capital city of France.

To elaborate, Kamal (Jayam Ravi) is a young entrepreneur, who comes to Paris on a vacation trip. His only aim is relaxation and he doesn’t even bothers to attend any phone calls.

There is a detective in the town (Suman), whose client wants to kill Kamal. Coming to know of this, the detective’s daughter Kayal (Hansika) goes in search of Kamal to save him from the hands of his enemy. As u would have guessed it right, cupid strikes and a love story unfolds.

Jayam Ravi steals the show as Kamal. Be it song sequences, romantic scenes or emotional episodes, the actor is at it as lover boy again, after a break in Peraanmai and Thillalangadi. And giving him enough company is Hansika Motwani, the bubbly and talented welcome addition to the list of heroines in Kollywood.

Prabhudeva’s brother and noted choreographer Raju Sundaram is there in an interesting character. If music is soul, cinematography is the body of Engeyum Kadhal, which is an interesting attempt by Prabhudeva. Go without much expectation and you will not get disappointed.

Verdict -Short and sweet

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Mahatma Gandhi could well be the inspiration for the team behind Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai. For, the strength of the father of the nation and this film drected by Suseenthiran lies in one common thing- simplicity.

A humble story. Honest narration. No big faces in the lead roles. With these three things, Suseen-thiran strikes the right chord, as the film silently speaks a lot about how the face of Tamil cinema is changing of late.

On par with international standards, the movie produced by Escape Artistes Motion Pictures and distributed by Cloud Nine Movies is a big relief from suffocating crude commercial stuff, for which Kol-lywood is known for.

There is a village near Theni where residents believe that their difficulties would come to an end if they conduct a festival to Lord Azhagarsami, during which the diety will be taken around on a wooden horse.

As the Thiruvizha nears, the wooden horse goes missing. When the entire hamlet is in shock, enters a white horse and they start believe that the Almighty had sent it, hearing their prayers.

The entire village falls in love with the horse. But their happiness doesn’t long for a long time. A youngster Azhagarsami (Appukutty) comes to the village claiming the ownership of the horse, as his marriage is at stake.

From Appukutty to Saranya Mohan (who comes as Rani, Appukutty’s fiancée) to Azhagan Thamizhm-ani (village president), everyone have delivered their best. But the soul of the film is Ilayaraja’s music with cinematography and dialogues complimenting it well.

On the whole, Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai, though slow in places, is the triumph of an honest script. Kudos to Bhaskar Sakthi, the writer and Suseenthiran, the director.

Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai - Slow but steady

Verdict - What’s horse



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Perhaps not ready to take much risk, producer Nazir and actor Vimal have tried to re-peat Kalavani magic in their second venture Eththan, by slightly rehashing the knot and with some changes to the screenplay.

But still, we find Eththan interesting and you have to laud debutant director Suresh for that. A student of master-filmmaker Balu Mahendra, Suresh in his maiden venture has done justice to his teacher’s name.

The story is very simple and it’s straight forward too. Laced with humour from scene one, Eththan keeps us engaged in most parts, though we are reminded of Kalavani.

Sathyamurthy (Vimal) is a good for nothing son of a teacher (Jayaprakash) who roams the town with his friends and borrows money from almost everyone he comes across.

A mimicry expert, his talent comes to his help while dealing with money-lenders. As it hap-pens, he meets a beautiful girl (Sanusha) one day and falls for her. And when his ladylove steps into trouble, the responsibility falls on Sathya to bail her out.

Vimal performs his role with ease, while Sanusha is simple and scintillating. Jayaprakash once again proves why he is the much wanted father of Tamil cinema these days. Others in the cast are okay.

Music for Eththan is by Taj Noor of Vamsam fame. If you are ready to bear with the deja vu feel this film provides and have some time to kill, Eththan could provide you fun.



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EththanSTARRING : Vimal, Sanusha, Ilavarasu, Manobala, Mayilsamy

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It’s the tale of a transgender. Often a topic of ridicule and fun by filmmakers in Kollywood, Narthaki is a sincere and honest attempt by director Vijay Padma to probe into their heart and mind. She has captured on canvas the travails, suffereings of this third gender.

Vijay Padma and her producer ‘Punnagai Poo’ Geetha deserve all accolades for they have chosen a subject that has no mass elements to entice audience. It is a bold attempt to paint the problems of transgenders - both emotional and physical.

Kalki, a transgender, plays the lead role. The whole story revolves around her.

Born as Subbu, a lovable son in a village in Thanjavur, he slowly develops physical and emotional changes. Subbu decides to elope from house one day and takes refuge in Mumbai with transgender comunity is living.

Subbu turns into Kalki. As it happens Kalki gets social condemnation. But a determined soul, she de-cides to make a life of her own and learns classical dance. How she emerges triumphant in the strug-gle for survival is what the story is all about.

A sensitive issue has been handled well, but at places gives one a feel of watching a docu-drama. Na Muthukumar’s lyrics and G V Prakash’s music lends support to the script, while Kesavan’s camera captures the emotions of transgenders well. Narthaki is a different cinema made with a purpose.

Narthaki - Travails of transgenders

Verdict - Acceptance is everything



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Narthaki STARRING :Vivin, Swathi, Kalki

BANNER :Punnagai Poovae Geetha

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MUSIC : GV Prakash

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Venu Aravindh, a popular face in small screen has turned to direction with Sabash Sariyana Potti. With Jayaram in his side, he has opted to go for a rib-tickler in his maiden attempt. Newcomers Sriram Karthik and Anjana Thambiratti play pivotal roles.

Jayaram evokes laughter with his actions. He imitates few popular actors of Tamil cinema in his own way playing an actor in the movie. Venu Aravindh has taken a dig at stars in tinsel town through his character. Delhi Ganesh, Mayilsamy and Vaiyapuri form part of the cast. Venu Aravindh in a dual role plays a cameo.

Gnanaguru (Sriram Karthik) is a happy man in Vadipatti village. An ardent-fan of actor JR (Jayaram), he never fails to celebrate the release of his movies. He is the role model for him. Meanwhile the story shifts on JR. His assistants Dass (Delhi Ganesh ) and Mani (Vaiyapuri), wants JR to enter politics.

Gnanaguru comes across his JR in a wedding in his village. He tries to impress him with his mimicry skills. An impressed JR urges him to try his luck in cinema. Taking his words seriously, with a bag full of dreams, Gnanaguru comes down to Chennai.

His attempts to meet JR ends in vain. As it happens, he slowly comes to know the real side of JR. He is vastly different from the one whom people see on screen. Now he takes a challenge to teach him a lesson.

Thaman has scored music and the best being Mudhal Mozhi sung by Rahul Nambiar. Jayaram is the saving grace of the movie. But he cannot do much, as cliched scenes and comedy fail to tickle the funny bone. Sriram Karthick is good in parts while Anjana Thambiratti has no major say in the movie.

Produced by V R Raghunathan, Sabash Sariyana Potti hardly serves any purpose.

Verdict - Fun and furious



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Sabash Sariyana PottiSTARRING : Jayaram, Sriram Karthik

BANNER : Dwaraka Movies

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Big, bigger and beautiful. This sums up Maaveeran. Set against the backdrop of an eerie theme - reincarnation - Maaveeran ( the Tamil version of Telugu hit Magadheera) unfolds on the screen with multiple shades of entertainment.

The fantasy tale speaks about reincarnation and revenge, may be an age-old theme in cinema. But what makes the movie interesting is the way director Rajamouli has presented it on the platter. The extraordinary use of computer graphics to create right visual effects casts a spell on the audience.

The story is set in 1609 AD, where the Udayagiri dynasty comes alive. Parthiban (Ram Charan) is not only the bodyguard of the beautiful princess Mitrananda (Kajal), but also the trainer of soldiers.

True to the cinema norms, the princess falls in love with her guard. Ranadev Billa (Gil Dev), the neph-ew of Udaygiri’s King, has his eyes on the kingdom and the princess, but is defeated by Parthiban. Sher Khan (Srihari), a Muslim ruler, takes advantage of the rivalry between the family members and invades the kingdom, with Ranadev Billa on his side.

In a fierce battle, both the lovers are killed. Exactly four hundred years after the incident, the four characters reincarnate in the contemporary world, playing their parts in a modern way. But the re-venge factor is supreme. How it is dealt with forms the rest of the story.

Ramcharan Teja , son of veteran actor Chiranjeevi, plays his part well.

he is impressive both as a trendy and suave bike racer and an army commander. His heroics on screen is sure to impress audience. Kajal combines beauty and elegance on screen. Dev Gill as bad-die fits the bill well while the star cast includes Sri Hari, Sarath Babu, Sunil, Brahmanandham and Mumaith khan.

Maragadhamani’s songs sets up the mood while Senthil Kumar’s cinematography and Rama Ra-jamouli’s costumes provide authenticity.

Three cheers to Geetha Arts for producing such a grand venture that provides entertainment all the way.

Verdict - Fantasy feast



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Maaveeran STARRING :Ram Charan Teja, Kajal Aggarwal, Sri Hari Raghu-mundri, Sarath BabuBANNER :Geetha Arts

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An apt title for a film which reminds us many good old love stories. But at the same time, Kanden, directed by newcomer Mugil with Shanthanu Bhagyaraj and Reshmi Gautam playing lead roles, is not such a bad attempt.

It is a breezy entertainer, which would impress youngsters this summer vacation. With Santhanam on board and with a fairly interesting love story, Mugil leaves a mark to a certain extent in his first film itself.

The story, as we have it, is about Vasanth (Shanthanu), who escapes from the clutches of his Natta-mai grandfather (who else than Vijayakumar) and comes to Chennai to find a girl of his choice.

In the city, he zeroes in on Narmadha (Reshmi Gautham), daughter of a police officer (Ashish Vid-yarthi) and to woo her, he claims himself a blindman. As everything goes well, Narmadha comes to know that his man is actually cheating her.

What follows are Vasanth’s attempts (with the help of friend Santhanam) to change the heart of his ladylove. As he is on the verge of convincing Narmadha, a sudden twist changes everything.

Shanthanu shines bright and we mean it really. The son of K Bhagyaraj proves himself in all depart-ments of acting. Reshmi is beautiful and acts well too. Santhanam and Ashish Vidyarthi add value to their respective roles.

Music composer Vijay Ebenezer makes a decent debut. Though director Mugil has rehashed some old scripts, Kanden could be enjoyed for its bubbliness and breeziness.

Verdict - We have it seen before



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KandenSTARRING : Shanthnoo, Rashmi Gautam, Santhanam

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The latest buzz in Kollywood is that Ajith has ordered a five-seater mini flight, which is on its way.

The actor, who obtained pilot license recently, is keenly interested in aero-modelling. He has chosen to buy the air-craft out of curiosity.

Meanwhile, the Thala is busy shooting for Mankatha, his 50th film, directed by Venkat Prabhu. Shooting for the movie is almost over.

Ajith looks refreshing different in it and the fact that it is his 50th film has created hype and expectations in the industry. The crew of Mankatha is planning to shoot the remaining portions abroad

Ajith on air

There could be no better way to celebrate Aith’s birthday by director Venkat Prabhu, who is wielding the megaphone for his 50th film Mankatha.

Venkat Prabhu threw a surprise to Ajith and his fans by coming out with a teaser trailer of the movie featuring Ajith in a song that runs for 42 seconds. At the end of it, the whole crew of Mankatha wished Ajith a happy birthday.

Venkat Prabhu had created enough hype by tweeting that he has got a surprise for Ajith and released the vid-eo. The song promo Vilayadu Mankatha... has become a sensational hit and it has received maximum downloads.

Special song on Ajith’s birthday


Ajith to work with Murugadoss, S J Suryah?

Get, set, go for Billa 2

Director A R Murugadoss started his career with Dheena starring Ajith. The movie went on to become a huge hit and since then, Ajith is being referred as Thala.

Likewise, director S J Suryah too started his career with Ajith, directing Vaalee, one of the best films of the Thala till date. The latest buzz doing rounds in Kollywood is that the Ultimate Star has listened to stories from both A R Mu-rugadoss and S J Suryah.

Murugadoss has reportedly narrated an one-liner to Ajith and the actor has principally agreed to do it after Billa 2. It is said that the Thala would work with S J Suryah too.

Murugadoss is currently directing Suriya for 7am Arivu while Ajith is working in Mankatha and then go ahead to complete Billa 2.

With Mankatha almost over, Ajith is all set to start Billa 2. To be directed by Chakri Toleti, the movie is a pre-quel to 2007 Ajith’s Billa. Produced by Wide Angle Crea-tions in association with the Hinduja Group company IN Entertainment, the movie would go on floors in June. Huma Qureshi, a Mumbai model, is the heroine. The others in the cast are Prabhu, Rahman and KK. Music is by Yuvan Shankar Raja. If sources are to be believed, Billa 2 would focus on how David, an ordinary man from the coastal Tuticorin in South Tamilnadu, becomes Billa, a dreaded underworld don, with Ajith reprising the role of the titular character. The actor upon completing Mankatha will undergo rigorous workouts and hit the gym to lose some weight. He would ap-pear as a youth in his twenties. Director Chakri Toleti says, ‘it is a big responsibility to do the movie that is a class apart in the history of Indian cinema. Billa is a legendary character and to make it a movie is a difficult task’.

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Suriya’s fans are eagerly waiting to watch their star perform triple roles in 7aam Arivu, as the script is said to be breathtaking and a different one from that of his earlier movies.

Director AR Murugadoss, who’s team-ing up with Suriya after the blockbuster Ghajini, said, ‘The movie is set to hit the screens by the end of July. It will meet the expectations of fans or might even exceed it.’

Produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin’s Red Giant Movies, the film has music scored by Harris Jayaraj. Shruti Haasan makes her Tamil debut with this movie.

Suriya plays a trapezium artiste in a cir-cus troupe in the movie and he under-went special training for it. Close on the heels of completing it, Suriya will start working in K V Anand’s Mattran.

Suriya, Murugadoss & 7am Arivu

Where is Karthik? Actor Karthik was in the news a few weeks before the State Assembly elections. He announced his decision to contest the elections and announced names of candidates for select constituencies on behalf of his All India Naadalum Makkal Katchi During the run-up to the polls, Karthik even chose to campaign vigorously against the AIADMK com-bine, leveling a series of allegations. He said that his party candidates were harassed and kidnapped. As it happened, the election saw a huge defeat for him and his party. The question that is doing rounds is that- Where is Karthik now? Sources close to the actor-politician say that he has left for Bangalore as soon as the results were out. It is said that Karthik would be back in Chennai soon and continue his political journey. The actor, who made a comeback with Manja Velu, has signed a couple of movies and would start shooting.


Popular actor passes awayAlex , a popular actor and a magician who found his name in Guinness Book of records, died in Chennai af-ter brief illness on Sunday. The 52-year-old actor is sur-vived by his wife and two daughters.

Alex, a railway employee, made his debut in Rajnikanth starrer Valli. He had acted in many movies including Kanthasamy and a was noted for his negative roles. He performed magic non-stop for 24 hours that featured him in book of records.

A winner of Kalaimamani and other State awards, he reportedly died of intestinal disorder.

Vijay starrer Velayudham is getting bigger day after day. Produced by Aascar Films, the film is direct-ed by M Raja.In this movie, Vijay plays a milk vendor. Genelia, who teamed up with Vijay in Sachin, plays a journalist in Velayudham. The film also stars Hansika Motwani.

The brother-sister sentiment between Saranya Mohan and Vijay is said to be one of the highlights. The intro-ductory song of Vijay has been shot in Thirumurthymalai for a whopping budget of Rs 2 crore.

Apart from 13 villains in the film, two popular villains from Bollywood have been roped in. Vijay Antony has scored the music. The cast includes Santhanam, MS Bhaskar, Ilavarasu, Pandiyarajan and Raghav.

Gang of baddies in Velayudham

News Tinu Verma, who had choreographed stunt se-quences for over 100 films in Hindi including many a blockbuster, is now directing ‘Action King’ Arjun for a tri-lingual that is titled Kaatu Puli.

Arjun says, ‘I have a passion for action and so is Tinu Verma. Hence when he narrated a story I had no hesi-tation in accepting to be part of the project.’

It is the story of three couples who go trekking and find themselves in peculiar situation. How they emerge out of it forms the crux.

Arjun is cast opposite Priyanka Desai, while former Miss India Shayali Bhagat is also part of the cast. Kaatu Puli would be a treat for action-lovers, says Ar-jun.

Arjun join hands with Tinu


K Balachander, who has been selected by the government of India for the coveted Dada Sahib Phalke award for his contribu-tion to Indian cinema, was flooded with phone calls and visitors congratulating him for the rare feat.

Tamilnadu Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin and Union Minister M K Ala-giri drove to his house on Saturday and congratulated him. Later, KB had an au-dition with Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.

Meanwhile, honchos of Tamil Film Directors Asso-ciation and Tamil Film Pro-ducers Council gathered in large number to garland Balachander and congratu-late him for the honour.

It’s party time for KB

KB has more to give, says Kamal

Kamal Haasan has worked in a total of 36 films with K Balachander. He proudly calls him his father and his Guru.

Check out the Ulaga Nayagan’s reac-tions on KB winning Dada Sahib Phalke Award.

Says Kamal, ‘there is no two feeling. Only one. It is long overdue. He can probably direct a few more films if he so wishes. I am groomed by him and everybody knows that and its a father-son relationship. He’s one package - an inimitable package and I have been telling this to people.’

‘And apart from the government, the industry already respects him but they should understand the true value of it’.

’I think he should start listening to many stories. At least even if he doesn’t want to make a film, he should advise all and sundry. I was a nobody when he picked me up so was Rajini. He should now pick up boys and impart as much knowledge as he can. ‘

(@trishatrashers)5/8/11 7:55 PMN gettn bakk to the work front.. Xcited abt mankatha audio release.. cant wait!! U1 @Raja_Yuvan is amazinggggg!

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was hospitalised on Wednesday after he complained of breathing difficul-

ty. This is for the second time that he had been admitted to hospital within a week span.

Hospital sources said the top actor of Tamil cinema had complained of breathlessness and fever but his condition was said to be stable. ‘There is nothing to worry about his health,’ they added.

Last Friday, Rajini was admitted to the same hospital in Chennai after he suffered from exhaustion due to dehydra-tion on the inaugural day of his period film Rana. He was

discharged the same evening.

The film is being directed by KS Ravi Kumar, and Bollywood beauty Deepika Padu-

kone is paired opposite him.

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Rajinikanth, who had been admitted to a private hospital in Chen-nai a few days ago after he developed breathing difficulties, today vis-ited Kalikambal Temple and Pamban Swamigal Ashram to offer prayers.

‘The actor took permission to visit the ashram to meditate for over an hour and perform special pooja at Kalikambal temple. He is back in the hospital and is under observa-tion. His health is normal now’, said hospital sources.

Questioned when he would be discharged from the hospi-tal, they said, ‘ he needs some rest and we haven’t decided on yet’. Rajinikanth was taken to hospital on Wednesday with breathlessness and fever. He was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. The shooting for his movie Rana commenced a cou-ple of weeks ago.

Sueprstar Rajinikanth is out of the intensive care unit and has been shifted to a private ward, the Sri Ramachandra Medical Cen-tre said on Sunday night.

“He is cheerful and is spending time with all the family members and is watching cricket match [on television] keenly. His vital parameters are stable,” a hospital press release said.

Visitors are strict-ly not allowed as per the advice of doctors, it said

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Actor-choreographer-director Lawrence Ra-ghavendra will be conducting mass prayer and a special milk abhishekam at Sri Raghavendra Swamy Temple that he has constructed in Chennai to pray for Superstar Rajnikanth’s speedy recovery.

Talking to Cinema Matters.com, Lawrence said, ‘I admire the Superstar a lot. I was greatly worried and shocked, when I heard the news that Rajinikanth is not well.’

‘He brought me to Tamil cinema. I started worshiping Raghavendra Swamy on his advice and it was he who chose the kind of statue that I should erect in the temple for Raghavendra Swamy’.

On 22 May at 6.30 am, special mass prayers would be conducted at the temple at Thirumullaivoyal near Am-battur for the speedy recovery of Rajnikanth.

Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today spoke to Superstar Ra-jinikanth’s wife Latha and en-quired about the health con-dition of the actor, who was undergoing treatment at Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre at Porur.

According to an official re-lease, the Chief Minister wished the actor speedy re-covery. ‘Jayalalithaa spoke to Latha over phone and en-quired about the actor’s health condition,’ it said.

Latha explained to the Chief Minister in detail, the nature of treatment being given to him. Jayalalithaa told Latha that she was praying to the Almighty for the speedy re-covery of the actor, it added.

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A day after DMDK chief Vijayakanth visited Sri Ram-achandra Medical Centre to meet Rajinikanth, Friday was the turn of newly-elected MLA from Thenkasi Assembly constitu-ency and president of Nadigar Sangam Sarath Kumar to rush to the place.

Sarath Kumar, who is also the president of All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi, visited the hospital at Porur and enquired about Rajini’s health with Latha Rajnikanth.Speaking to reporters outside the hospital, Sarath Kumar, said, ‘I met Latha Rajnikanth and discussed about Rajni sir’s health since he is sleeping. She said that he is recovering well and is fine.’

It may be recalled that the actor was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at SRMC on 18 May for improving his breathing pattern. Hospital sources had said he was getting appropriate treatment and his condition was stable.He was earlier admitted to the St Isabel’s Hospital in Chennai immediately after the muhurrat of his new film Rana on 29 April for suspected food poisoning and discharged the same evening.

A few days later, he was again admitted to the hospital for vi-ral fever. He was discharged after a few days and admitted at SRMC on 13 May.

Concerned over Superstar Ra-jinikanth’s health condition, scores of fans have been offering special worship in tem-ples across Tamilnadu praying for his speedy recovery.

Special prayers and poojas were offered at the Raghavendra Temple and Sai Baba Tem-ple in Chennai. Similar prayers were also of-fered by the fans at a Church in the southern Kanniyakumari district, reports said.

Meanwhile, calling him a ‘superhero’, Shah Rukh Khan has prayed for the speedy recov-ery of the Tamil superstar.‘Suddenly felt awful yesterday while driv-ing back from the match to know Rajni sir is unwell. He is our superhero... insha allah he will be well soon,’ Shah Rukh wrote on micro-blogging site twitter.

In the meantime, sources at SRMC where Rajnikanth is admitted said that the actor’s condition was improving.‘It’s better,’ the sources said, adding his vital parameters were normal.

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SRK, fans pray for Rajini’s heath


All eyes are on Sri Ram-achandra Medical Cen-tre (SRMC) at Porur, to where Superstar Ra-jnikanth was admitted last week.

If sources are to be be-lieved, a team of spe-cialist doctors from USA have been flown to pro-vide advanced treatment. They reportedly reached Chennai on Sunday and rushed to the hospital.

Rajnikanth is recover-ing, say doctors. Accord-ing to a bulletin from the hospital Sunday evening, Rajnikanth is improving after advanced treatment. His vital parameters are steady.

Rajnikanth was admitted to the hospital for recur-rent respiratory infec-tion and gastro-intestinal problems on May 13 and was shifted to the ICU last Wednesday to improve his breathing pattern.

This is the third time in over three weeks that Ra-jnikanth has been admit-ted to a hospital. He was hospitalised first on 29 April after a bout of vom-iting, and was discharged the same evening.

On 5 May, he was again admitted to the ICU of the same hospital after he was diagnosed with al-lergic bronchitis and fe-ver. After a week, he was shifted to SRMC

Joining several other people offering prayers for the speedy recov-ery of the Superstar, the members of the Tamil Nadu Film Directors Asso-ciation on Sunday prayed for his well being and hoped that he would return home in a hale and hearty condition soon.

Association Secretary R K Selvamani, who spoke at the general body meet-ing of the association that was held at a theatre complex in the city, said, ‘Our dear brother Rajini has been ad-mitted to a hospital. Let us all jointly pray for his recovery now.’

Responding to the secretary’s appeal, around 1000 assistant directors and 500 directors, who had gathered for the General body meeting, stood up to offer prayers for the Superstar.

Hanshika Motwani, who is going great guns in Tamil cinema with back-to-back hits in Mappillai and Engeyum Kad-hal, said that she was praying for 10 min-utes every day for the speedy recovery of the Superstar Rajnikanth.

’I admire Rajnikanth a lot and I wish his speedy recovery,’ she says.

Meanwhile she called up personally ac-tor and Rajnikanth’s son-in-law Dhanush, when a National Award was announced for his performance in Aadukalam recently.

‘Dhanush was my first co-star in Tamil when we did Maapillai which was my debut flick. I was so happy for him. His only concern was for his father-in-law Ra-jinikanth sir and he said that his real cele-brations would happen only after the latter returned home from hospital’, she says.

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Even as Dhanush, actor and son-in-law of Rajinikanth, released a picture of the Superstar in hospital and said that he is getting well, a host of Bollywood and Kollywood film personalities including Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Sarath Kumar and Lawrence Raghavendra prayed and wished a speedy recovery to Rajini. ‘I am very upset after hearing about Rajini’s health. We all should pray for his quick recovery. I spoke to him about six days back. He said ‘I am fine Paji’. I am worried about his health,’ said veteran Bollywod actor Dharmendra

Priyanka Chopra said, ‘I wish him a better health.’ Arshad Warsi said, ‘I think he is God to all actors and I hope he gets better. Industry needs him, the whole country needs him and we love him a lot.’

At Thirumullaivoyal Sri Raghavendra Swamy temple in Chennai, special prayers were organised and mass feeding was done in which Lawrence Raghavendra, Sarath Kumar, Prabhu and Bharath among others took part. Also, Rajini fans prayed at many temples all over Tamil Nadu and conducted special prayers.

Prayer time for Rajini

The tension for Rajni fans is finally over. The actor is reportedly getting better will be discharged with in a week from Sri Ramach-andra Medical Centre.

According to sources, the top actor has started taking normal diet and had Pongal and Idly as breakfast on Tuesday morning. He is rocking ever since he was shifted to a special ward from the ICU, it is said.

Meanwhile, family members of Rajini, espe-cially his wife Latha, have decided to release latest photographs and videos of the Superstar to make his fans happy. ‘Because Rajini’s fam-ily is moved at the affection showered on him by fans,’ sources say.

In the meantime, a special mass prayer is or-ganised on Thursday (May 26) at 10.30 am to 12 pm. Those who would like to pray for Raji-ni’s good health could do it from wherever they are at the above specified time.

Good news for Rajni fans

Here is the good news for Rajinikanth fans. The Su-perstar’s son-in-law Dhanush said on Tuesday that the actor is recovering well in Singapore and will be back in Chennai in 10 days.

‘He is responding well to treatment at the Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre. He should be back in Chennai in a week or 10 days,’ said Dhanush.‘Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre gave him excellent medical facilities. They made him fit to travel so he could get better treatment. The doctors have iden-tified the root cause and it is not an irreversible condition,’ he further said.

Dhanush added: ‘The superstar is eating well, watching a lot of movies and in a great mood to shop. If he doesn’t return after 10 days, that will be because we would be on a family vacation.’

Dhanush also requested fans to not believe rumours. He said Rajnikanth has not undergone a kidney transplant. ‘Soon there will be a statement from the superstar himself,’ he in-formed.

Certainly Dhanush’s words will provide some solace to his fans, who were worried since 29 April, when Rajnikanth was first admitted to the hospital.

Rajini to be back soon


Everyone knows that Rajinikanth and Amitabh Bachchan share a good rapport ever since the two came together on screen for Andha Kanoon in 1983. The Big B who was in constant touch with the family members of Rajini since the day he was admitted to hospital on 29 April, had suggested Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore for Rajni’s treatment.A source close to Rajinikanth’s family confirms. ‘Rajini has been diagnosed with renal failure leading to kidney complications. His family is indebted to Amitabh Bachchan for recommending the treatment in Singapore.’ Confirming the news, Amitabh said, ‘I’ve been talking regularly to Rajini and his wife, Latha, on his condition and on his welfare. Latha wanted to take him out and asked me to recommend a desti-nation. Of the many options that came up, I suggested Singapore.’ Heaping laurels on Rajini, he said, ‘He’s so down-toearth! How he remains that way with the kind of fan following, is a mystery. And his wife has been a wonderful support. She has brought up their children so well. We discuss issues with each other.’ Meanwhile, Rajnikanth underwent dialysis for the thrid time in Singapore. His condition is said to be stable and he has been re-covering well. He spent time with his wife, daughters and son-in-law Ashwin.

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The shooting for Srikanth starrer Ethiri Enn 3 is taking place in a brisk phase in Chennai. A song sequence featuring Srikanth and Poonam Bajwa is being shot in eight different sets erected at a popular studio.

Choreographed by Dina, the song Nasakku Nasa-kku… has Srikanth and Poonam Bajwa appearing in trendy costumes. ‘They share a great chemistry and shake their legs for the song,’ say sources.

The movie directed by Ramkumar has cinema-tography by Richard M Nathan of Ko fame. Says Srikanth, ‘it is a high-voltage song and everyone would enjoy it. There are different backgrounds, different costumes and lighting schemes. It is a visual treat’.

The movie is supposedly a crime thriller, which would release this Deepavali.

Ethiri En 3 gets shape

Rumours were abuzz that Shriya Saran would share the screen space with Kamal Haasan for Viswaroopam. Sources said she was supposed to act in Marmayogi and since it couldn’t take off, she has been offered a role in Viswaroopam. ‘I am glad to act with Kamalji. But the news which is currently in rounds is not true. Everyone just keeps specu-lating,’ she says. Remember last week there were reports that Shriya would romance with Karthi in Saguni. Denying that too, the actress says, ‘I’d love to work with both these actors, but I haven’t signed any project oppo-site either of these men.’ Shriya, who is busy doing Rowthiram with Jiiva, has just completed Deepa Mehta’s adaptation of Midnight’s Children titled Winds of Change.

I am not acting with Kamal: Shriya


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Post Mynaa, it is raining offers in Amala Paul’s kitty. The actress says her forthcoming releases would take her to new heights in Tamil cinema.

Amala Paul is part of Vikram’s Deiva Thirumagal, Vettai alongside Arya and Atharva starrer Muuppozhudhum Un Kar-panaigal.

‘I thank Vikram and director A L Vijay for guiding me a lot. I play a suave school correspondent in Deiva Thirumagal,’ she says.

Vettai is a laugh riot. The film sees me in different avatars - as a village belle and in a glamorous get-up and Muppozhud-hum....is almost like Mynaa in an urban setting. The role has a lot of shades to it, and there are similarities to the real me, she further says.

Amala Paul is eager to act in the direc-tion of big names like Gautam Vasudev Menon, A R Murugadoss, K V Anand, Bhoopathi Pandian, Shankar, Mani Rat-nam and Bala.

‘There are so many directors who think out of the box. Such films help you grow as an artiste. Cinema gives me joy. I want a script to drive me mad. I’m that passion-ate,’ she says.

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Sneha is happy at the offers pouring in her kitty. Having been in the industry for over over a decade she still manages to hog all limelight. She is currently doing a couple of big projects in Tamil and Telugu besides going to Bollywood.

Says Sneha, taking part in a private function in Chennai, ‘I am thankful to my fans, friends and well-wishers who keep me going. I am getting meaty roles and people accept me for giving my best on screen’

The actress says it is no difficult task to manage working in various languages. Cinema knows no barriers and if you are ready to give your best, obviously success would follow you’.

On her Bollywood sojourn, she says, ‘I had many offers coming my way long back. But was waiting for the right one. Finally the one opposite Nasser-uddin Shah happened. I am elated and thrilled’

After Bhavani, Sneha has taken a big break from Tamil cinema. Que-ried, the actress says, ‘I am busy with my commitments in other languages. I am doing a Telugu movie titled Ran-janaa with Nagarajuna and it is a period film. Also a Malayalam film is under progress’.

She also speaks out about her Hindi project. ‘I love to choose movies my own way. I am looking forward for my Bollywood film titled My Dad in which I play Nasseruddin Shah’s wife. It is one of the best roles that I have ever played. I thank my director Revathy Verma’.

Though she had tried her hands at glamour before in films before, Sneha says, ‘ I know my strength and do roles accordingly’.

Sneha smiles bright

Sneha’s hands are full


Salman thanks Asin

News Bollywood heartthrob Sal-man Khan, who will be back in action with Asin in Anees Bazmee’s Ready, says the southern beauty is certainly one of the better actresses inthe current crop.

‘I think as far as acting is concerned she is one of the better actresses that we have today. The amazing thing about her is that she tasted success with Ghajini, which was almost three years back,’ Salman said.

Ready, a romantic-comedy, starring Salman and Asin in lead roles, prom-ises to have the audiences laughing with its hilarious storyline. Salman said his leading lady was the brain child behind the item song Character Dheela.


A R Rahman, the Oscar and Grammy winner, is sll set to score music for for vet-eran producer-director Yash Chopra’s film in Hindi. The movie will star Shahrukh Khan in the lead.

Speaking on his collaboration with Rahman, Yash Chopra said, ‘I am starting work on the music of my untitled film with the very talented Rahman.

Apart from the great honour that he has con-sistently brought to our country, he is also someone that has created some outstanding and memorable music, something which is very important and dear to me and my films.’

Rahman, expressing happiness on work-ing with Chopra, said, ‘I am very excited to work with Yashji and I am humbled by his faith in me for his film.’

Rahman in Shahrukh’s movie


SAC elected TFPC chief The split is now wide open in Tamil Film Producers Council after the big win for AIADMK combine in the elections. Ram-anarayanan, a known DMK-sympathiser, quit as president of Tamil Film Producers Council (TFPC).

Now he is replaced by producer and director S A Chandrasekhar. He was elected unanimous-ly at the emergency meeting of the producers council on Saturday evening.

At the emergency meeting Saturday morning, a few producers gathered to raise their voice against Ramanarayanan and his team. The producers alleged that Ramanarayanan and his team acted against the interest of small and medium budget producers.

SAC, father of actor Vijay, had campaigned for the AIADMK combine in the elections.

Though AISMK president and Nadigar Sangam chief Sarath Kumar has been elected as a MLA from Thenkasi and has become a busy politician, he is not going to quit acting.

‘I will balance both political and career,’ says the chief of South Indian Film Artistes Asso-ciation. ‘I have to do a lot for my constituency. But at the same time would continue to act,’ he says.

On his next venture, he says, ‘Kanchana is due for release this month and my role was par-ticularly very challenging. My films in Malay-alam are doing well. I am completing a film in Telugu too.’

On the election results, Sarath Kumar says, ‘I respect the verdict of the people. They have thrown away corrupt people outside.’ The film industry needs to be given priority as lot of thing needs to be set right. It should become a level-playing field, he adds.

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After Vaanam in which he shared the screen with Silambarasan, Bharath will be seen repeating the act in Aravaan starring Aa-dhi. The movie is directed by Vasanthabalan, who had made Veyyil starring Bharath before.

Sources have it that Bharath will do a small yet powerful role in Aravaan. Meanwhile, the actor has completed shooting for Thiruthani, directed by Perarasu and Yuvan Yuvathi, di-rected by G N R Kumaravelan. He has started working for 555, directed by Poo fame Sasi.

Sasi has come up with a wonderfully etched script that is sure to be well received, Bharath says. I have no regrets doing multi-starrers. As long as my role is well-written, I don’t mind doing multi-starrers, he adds.

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Vimal is on a high after Pas-anga, Kalavani and Thoongana-garam. He is pinning hopes on Ethan, hitting the screens on 20 May.

Now, Kalavani’s director Sargu-nam has once again cast him in Vaa-gai Sooda Va. Says Vimal, ‘In this film, I play a character from the 60s, Veluthambi, a teacher with a modern outlook.’

Sargunam has created a village set near Aruppukottai to shoot most of the film. ‘The movie has love, sentiment and comedy in equal measure, with a strong message woven into the script. Iniya, a new face from Kerala, is the heroine’. She plays a tea shop owner, says Sargunam.

It’s only Vimal


Director Prabhudeva is busy completing Vishal - Sameera Reddy starrer in hectic pace.

A commercial entertainer, the movie is being shot now in Andhra Pradesh. A remake of Telugu hit Souryam, sources say the film has reportedly been titled Prabhakaran Engira Prabha.

The title has tremendous value for Prab-hakaran was a slain LTTE leader. Vijay-akanth acted in a movie titled Captain Prabhakaran that went on to become a huge hit.

Says Prabhudeva, ‘the movie is different from regular commercial masala movies.Vishal plays a tough police officer and he is determined to end rowdyism in the society’.

Vishal meanwhile is eagerly waiting for release of Avan Ivan, which he feels would give him accolades.

Choreographer-director Prabhudeva is all smiles. He is confident that his direc-torial venture Engeyum Kadhal will make it big.

Meanwhile he is busy shooting for Vishal starrer Prabhakaran. ‘Vishal and Sameera make a perfect pair and their on-screen chemistry is good. Both being good actors too, my job has become easy in the movie,’ says Prabhudeva.

He has also confirmed that soon on complet-ing Prabhakaran, he would do a Hindi movie again. This time he would direct Akshay Ku-

mar for a film to be produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. I will make it three-in-a-row, he says. Prabhudeva is popular in Bollywood, for his

Wanted with Salman Khan, a remake of Pokkiri, is a blockbuster there.

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Aparna, who debuted alongside Dhanush in Pudhukottaiyilirundu Saravanan, is all set to get married. The dusky beauty has found her perfect mate in K Bharani who is a doctor by profession. Her en-gagement would be held on 8 May in Chennai.The wedding will take place on 29 June at the Thevar Thirumana Mandapam which will be fol-lowed by a reception on 30 June at M Ramanath-an Chettiar Hall.


Kamal Haasan knows the knack of choosing right films from other languages and to remake them in Tamil. His recent venture Unnaipol Oruvan, in-spired by A Wednesday is a pointer to it.

Now the actor is expected to do the remake of Ma-layalam hit Traffic. The Ulaga Nayagan had been for the 100th day celebrations of Traffic recently. And speaking on the occasion, he expressed her desire to remake the film.

The movie is a thriller film that features an ensem-ble cast consisting of Sreenivasan, Rahman, Kun-chako Boban, Asif Ali, Anoop Menon and Vineeth Sreenivasan among others

Kamal Hassan is planning to do the role enacted by Rahman. Buzz is that his already planned film Viswaroppam with Selvaraghavan might be delayed and Traffic remake will be done as a quickie.

Kamal Haasan is looked up as an inspiration by many in the industry. Budding actors look up to him for advice and take his words as gospel when it comes to cinema and acting. The lead stars of director Selva’s Naanga were no exception. Kamal Haasan met the young actors and had a word of advice for them recently. According to director Selva, ‘Naanga stars children of film artists and technicians and is a film that takes a trip down memory lane. It’s about how a group of friends meet up and reminisce about their younger days.

Kamal liked the concept of the film and wanted to meet the star cast. And this meeting was made pos-sible by actor-director Santhanabarathi, whose son makes his debut with this film’. The director adds: ‘Kamal knows the parents of all my lead stars and was surprised how much they knew about cinema.

I wanted Kamal to launch the audio of the film, but he said he would be abroad at that time. So, he took time to meet my team before the audio launch.’

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Kamal Hassan joining hands with Selvaraghavan for a movie titled Viswa-roopam is widely known.After rumours that the project has been shelved, finally the movie is set go on floors. If sources are to be believed, it would begin at Vancouver in Canada. The film has had a delayed start after visa was denied to the crew early last month. Now with all decks cleared, the team is planning to go all the way to Canada this June.

Viswaroopam has music by Shankar Mahadevan with Sonakshi Sinha of Dabbang fame playing the heroine. Kamal Haasan, it is said, was mightily impressed with Selva’s screenplay and is eager to go for shoot. Meanwhile, the actor is re-portedly planning to start the re-make of Malayalam hit The Traf-fic.

Taking part in a music award function in Chennai, actor Kamal Haasan showed the crowd gathered in large numbers that why he is called an versatile artiste.

Speaking at the function, Kamal Haasan said that he would be all thrilled to sung a song from one of his movies. Much to the applause of the audience, the Ulaga Nayagan crooned lines from Sundari neeyum... in Michael Madhana Kamarajan.

When he started the song Sundari Neey-um... the whole crowd went berserk and joined him in chorus. Referring to Gau-thami and his two daughters who had ac-companied him to the award ceremony, he said, ‘I have come here with three sundaris (pretty women). And so, shall sing this song about a sundari.’

Viswaroopam begins soon

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Selvaraghavan is busy giving final touches to Irandam Ulagam at quick pace to kick start his next venture Viswa-roopam.

The movie has created enough buzz even before it could go to the floors for it stars Kamal Haasan and Dabbang girl Son-akshi Sinha in lead roles.

Assures Selvaraghavan camp that audience would see a dif-ferent Kamal Haasan in Viswa-roopam. He would be slim, trim and young all through, they say.

On her part Sonakshi, said, ‘I am eagerly waiting to start shooting for the movie. Hope-fully all goes well and it would be a great learning experience for me’.

The big news is here. Selvaraghavan has reportedly walked out of Viswaroopam and the film will now be direct-ed by Kamal Haasan himself. ‘The Ulaga Nayagan will wield the megaphone besides playing the lead role,’ say sources.

‘Since it is taking time for Sel-va to complete Irandam Ulag-am with Dhanush and Richcha Gangopadhyay, he has walked out of Viswaroopam and Kamal has now taken the mantle,’ say sources.

‘Kamal is planning a 35-day schedule in London, where some important scenes and songs on Kamal and heroine Sonakshi Sinha will be shot,’ sources add.

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Trisha wants thrill

Ganja Karuppu to play solo hero

I am tired of playing commercial heroine. I want to ex-periment, says Trisha, who was last seen with Kamal Haasan in Manmadhan Ambu.

The former Miss Chennai girl is going great guns play-ing Venkatesh’s heroine in Telugu remake of Kaavalan, while she recently completed shooting with Ajith for Mankatha.Know for her open talk, Trisha says, ‘I want to do challenging roles. I am tired of doing a typical her-oine’s role, running around trees and romancing’.

Her role in Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaya was admired by all. Queried why she is not part of the Hindi remake of the movie, she says, ‘I was initially approached to act. But the shooting got delayed. Hence I could not accommo-date fresh dates.’

Tamil cinema had seen many comedians playing solo hero roles. From Nagesh, Chandrababu till Vivek and Vadivelu, almost all comedians have tried their luck playing a hero.

Joining the list is Ganja Karuppu, who started his career playing a small role in director Bala’s Pithamagan. He slowly took to playing comedy roles and arrived with a bang playing a second hero in SImbhu Devan’s Arai En 305il Kadavul.

Now Ganja Karuppu graduates to play solo hero for a movie titled Mannaar Viriguda to be produced and di-rected by a newcomer. The film would go on floors very soon and gracing the launch of the film would be direc-tors Ameer and Hari.

Sonia Agrawal goes to KeralaActress Sonia Agrawal, who made her comeback in Tamil cinema with Vaanam, is going strong and steady. She is committed to do a Tamil movie besides a Malay-alam film.

Sources have it that the actress has signed on the dot-ted line to do her first Mollywood movie, a family enter-tainer opposite Mukesh to be directed by Mohan Kupleri.

Says Sonia, ‘I am keen on doing movies where my role has a say. For me quality matters the most than quantity’.

Though it was a brief role, she won the laurels of film-buffs for her performance in Vaanam, directed by Krish with STR, Bharath, Anushka, Prakashraj and Vega play-ing the lead roles.


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Suseenthiran, Yuvan in KLDirectors Suseenthiran and music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja have flown to Malaysia to compose tunes for their forthcoming film.

They would complete scoring music for the movie and return soon to India, sources say. The film stars Vikram in the lad role. Interestingly it is first film for Yuvan Shankar with Vikram.

It is a delight to work with Vikram. Suseenthiran has a great knowledge for music and I enjoy working in this project, says the music composer.

Suseenthiran says, ‘it is a musical entertainer and would feature Vikram in dual roles’.

At a time when Tamil cinema is on a high, winning 14 national awards, several movies are being remade, inspired by successful flicks in other languages.

Vijay’s Velayudham is said to be a remake of Telugu hit Azad. The actor’s Pongal release Kaavalan was a rehash of Malayalam hit Bodyguard.

Dhanush’s recent release Mappillai was a remake of yesteryear Ra- jnikanth film titled the same and Karthi’s Siruthai was inspired by Tollywood’s Vikramarkudu.

Not far behind is Sil- ambarasan. His Vaanam was a remake of Telugu hit Vedam. Also, he is play-ing the lead in Osthi, a remake of Hindi hit Dab-bang which won the national award for the best entertaining film.

Sources say Vikram’s Deiva Thirumagal is based on Hollywood film I am Sam. Director Shankar’s Nanban is the remake of Hindi film 3 Idiots. Naan Aval Adhu, starring Madhavan, Sada and Shamitha Shetty in the lead, is the remake of the Hindi film Darling, released a couple of years ago.

Analysts say, ‘the basic thing when you select a remake is to find out how much of Tamil nativity is there in the original? If it suits the taste of our audience and has the essence of the original, it will surely work’.

‘The remake industry will boom as getting content suitable for the audience is becoming increasingly difficult. Moreover remakes are considered as safe-bet since they are rehash of films which are already huge hits’.

Stating that there are no story writers in Tamil cinema as directors themselves write scripts for their films, they say, ‘in Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam, there are independent writers who understand the nuances of writing a commercially viable plot.’

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This comes as sweet news for all A R Rahman fans across the world.The Moazart of Madras is going to collabo-rate with Mick Jagger, the Golden-Globe-and-Grammy-Award-winning English sing-er-songwriter, rock musician and occasional actor, best known for his work as lead vocalist of The Rolling Stones.

Jagger has formed a new band, Super Heavy, in association with the Oscar-winning Indian composer. Rahman wrote about collaborating with Jagger on his Facebook and titled his post ‘and Super Heavy is born.’

‘18 months ago Dave Stewart, Mick Jagger, Damien Marley, Joss Stone and me experi-mented at a studio in Los Angeles, trying to write songs which had meaning...We had a couple of more sessions after that trying to perfect every song that was written and pres-ently we have around 16 to 18 songs and all the songs have a world sound by contributions from all of us,’ Rahman said in a post on his Facebook page.

A R Rahman has brushed aside criticism that he has bought Oscars. Known for keeping things close to his heart, Rahman just said, ‘It’s a free country and everyone is entitled to their opinion’.

It may be recalled that a couple of years ago, Rahman won double Oscars for his work in Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Mil-lionaiore. His track Jai Ho.. went onto become a craze among the Westerners.

Now Rahman is back to do what he knows the best - compos-ing music. Besides Rajinikanth’s Rana, he is composing songs for Hindi movies Rockstar, besides a film with Yash Chopra.

Says Rahman, ‘For Rana, three songs have been already tuned. The title song in the album Engae Poguthae Vanam, sung by S P Balasuramayam has been recorded’.

Rahman had reportedly met Rajinikanth recently and had a brief chat with him at the hospital, before he left to Singapore for special treatment. Rahman is collaborating with Micky Jagger for a musical album called Super Heavy. He is keen to expand his horizons.

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Post Aadukalam, Tapsee’s stakes have gone high in Kollywood. She is now playing a plum role op-posite Jiiva in Vandhan Vendran, directed by Kannan of Jayamkondan and Kanden Kadhalai fame.

In the film, Tapsee is playing a tough girl who wants to kill a person. ‘When director Kannan told me that I’d have to chase a person with a fully loaded gun, I was very nervous. Following this, we got a professional shooter on the sets and he taught me how to hold a gun and aim at a target,’ she says.

Elaborating more on the difficulties she faced, the Punjabi girl adds: ‘With so many instructions running through my head, I was struggling to remember my dialogues. I couldn’t wait to finish those portions.’

‘In the first half, I would appear as a chirpy girl. How-ever in the second half, my character turns serious and adamant. I want to get a person killed and when no one is willing to help me, I decide to bring matters into my own hands,’ she says.

Nakka Mukka star Nakul, who started his career with director Shankar’s Boys, followed it up with some romantic entertainers, including Kad-halil Vizhundhen, Kandhakottai and Masilamani.

With his last few movies not doing well, he chose to take a break and now he is back with Eeram fame director Arivazhagan’s film.

Asked why such a big gap, the actor says, ‘Since I’m just four films old in Kollywood, I decided I didn’t want to do just any film, but wait for some-thing exciting and challenging. So when a chal-lenging offer came from Arivazhagan, I grabbed it.’‘Waiting is not new to me,’ the younger brother of Devayani says and adds: ‘I have waited before and this time it was just a tad longer. But I have been using the time to listen to scripts and my efforts have been rewarded’.

Speaking about the film, in which he plays a bas-ketball star, Nakul, says, ‘the film pivots around the life of a sportsman and the challenges he face. Also, I don’t think there have been films on basket-ball in Tamil. It’s a role I have never played before and naturally I’m thrilled.’

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Tollywood’s biggest ever blockbuster Magadheera is all set to release in Tamil on 27 May. Produced by Allu Aravind’s Geetha Arts, Maveeran, directed by S S Rajamouli starring Ramcharan Teja and Kajal Agarwal is one of the most awaited movies in Tamilnadu in dub-bing genre. Music by M M Keeravani is one of the highlights of the film.

Ramcharan, the 26-year-old son of Tollywood megastar Chiranjeevi, calls Chennai his sec-ond home. ‘I was born and brought up here. I studied at Padma Seshadri School. My peers at school always said that I was a quiet boy in the classroom. But all I was keen on were dramatics.’

His spectacular stunts without a body double were one of the highlights of Magadheera. ‘All credit goes to director Rajamouli, who etched my character so beautifully, making my job easy. After he narrated the script, I was work-ing on it to improve it. The director wanted a particular look with long hair and a sculptured body to match. I did six months of rigorous workouts to get that look.’

All is set for CCL, a sporting event involving film stars quite typical to Indian Premier League.

To be played in Bangalore, the teams taking part in the cricket tourney include Bollywood (Mumbai Heroes), Tollywood (Telugu Warriors), Kollywood (Chennai Rhinos) and Sandalwood (Karnataka Bull-dozers).

Salman Khan is the mentor of the Mumbai Heroes, while Suneil Shetty is the captain. Venkatesh is Tol-lywood team’s captain, while Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Tapasee are the brand ambassadors.

Suriya will lead the Tamil team, owned by Nadigar Sangam (Artistes’ Association). Sudeep is the cap-tain of the Kannada Team owned by Ashok Kheny. The logo of the Chennai Team was unveiled at a glittering event in Chennai on Wednesday in which who’s who of Tamil cinema including Nadigar San-gam chief Sarath Kumar attended .

Ram charan, the Maaveeran

Film stars turn Chennai Rhinos


The Tamil remake of Dabangg has been titled Osthi and it went on floors in Chennai on Monday with who’s who of Tamil cinema taking part in the muhurat.Silambarasan plays the lead role with Richa Gangopagdhyaya playing the fe-male lead. Interestingly, Jithan Ramesh plays a key role in the movie, to be di-rected by Dharani.Speaking to reporters later, Dharani said, ‘I was pleasantly surprised when I got a call to direct the movie. I had seen Dabangg first day first show and was thrilled when given the responsibility. It is a fantastic film and I enjoy being part of it’.Jithan Ramesh, said, ‘it is a fabulous script and I play a meaty role. I thank Silambarasan for accommodating me in the project’.

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Who said a tough cop should be a macho-man and flex his muscles. In Osthi, I play a different policeman who does things in his own style, says Silambarasan.The movie, a remake of Hindi hit Dabangg went on floors on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, Sil-ambarasan said, ‘It is a movie that I watched many times. I admired Salman Khan a lot’. Dwelling fur-ther he said, ‘ I will bring my unique style into it’.

On being called STR by his fans, the actor said, ‘my parents named me Silambarasan Thesinghu Raja and hence people call me STR’.

Stating that he was not getting ready for marriage, he said, ‘my parents are not on the lookout for a girl and I think I should fall in love before getting married.’

Describing Anushka, who acted with him in Vaanam, as the best co-artiste ever, Simbhu said, ‘she is dedi-cated to her profession and has immense knowledge of film-making and she was like a assistant director involving herself in every aspect of the movie’.

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Bollywood’s super hit Da-bangg is being remade in Tamil as Osthi by director Dharani, with STR aka Silambarasan playing the lead role.According to sources, the blockbust-er song from Dabangg, Munni Bad-naam Hui... will be retuned for Tamil as well.

‘The song was a sensation all over India. So it will be retuned for the Tamil version. It’s not just a dance number, but also forms an important part in taking forward the script,’ say sources.

Richa Gangopadhyay has been roped in as Simbu’s heroine in Osthi. ‘Dha-rani, who felt that the basic story of Dabangg was universal and could be made as a film in any language, has made certain crucial changes to the characters and scenes,’ say sources.

WIll Muni... be recreated in Osthi?


Simbu clears the air on Vaanam trouble Vaanam may have opened big at the box office, but it has invited the wrath of some organisations for al-legedly portraying Hindu outfits in a bad light.

They staged in front of cinema halls screening the movie and even gar-landed the posters with slippers.

Reacting to this, Silambarasan says, ‘Controversies do arise when a mov-ie is a hit. There is no need to panic. I respect everyone’s feelings and eve-rybody has a right to raise their voice. Censors have cleared the film. It was a mega hit in Telugu; no trouble was raked up there.’

It is to be noted that Simbu fans too staged protest in front of BJP office and they were arrested on Friday.

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Remember Richa Gangopadhyay who made it big in Tollywood playing opposite Rana Dagubati in Leader? She is all set to make her foray in Tamil cinema, that too in a big way.

She will share the screen space with STR aka Silambarasan in the Tamil remake of Dabbang, the Bollywood blockbuster which had Salman Khan in the lead role.

The movie to be produced by Mohan and Appa Rao will be directed by Dharani. Si-lambarasan, after the big hit in Vaanam, is all geared to commence shooting for the movie Monday.

According to sources, an intense search was on to find a heroine for Silambaras-an. Richa was finally selected to do the role. She had won the Miss India US title in 2007 and Miss photogenic at Miss In-dia Worldwide in 2008 before she landed in Tollywood. She has appeared in many commercials too.

Over 100 Silambarasan fans, who staged protest in from the BJP State office in Chennai on Friday, were arrested. They chose to stage agitation in front of the party office after the BJP workers gar-landed the posters of Vaanam with slip-pers alleging that the movie portrayed Hindu outfits in bad light.Vaanam is di-rected by Krish and it featured Prakashraj, Anushka, Bharath, Sonia Agarwal and Vega besides STR.

Meanwhile, elated at the huge open-ing for the movie, Silambarasan and the whole crew of Vaanam took part in grand celebrations in a hotel in Chennai, Thurs-day late night. The party was organised by Simbu, we learn.Among those who took part include Yu-van Shankar Raja, Tapasee, Sonia and producer VTV Ganesh.

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After Loosu Penne and Evan Di Unna Pethan, the next sensa-tional song from Simbu aka STR is all set for release.Lyrics written by Simbu have been rocking the music-buffs, getting a huge response. Simple and appeal-ing lines from him reach down the masses easily.

‘I have penned a song Love Pan-nalama? Vendama? for Poda Podi. It will be my next peppy number. I wrote this song when I was shoot-ing for Vaanam,’ says the multifac-eted personality. He adds: ‘I will work on it and come up with a sensational song, like the earlier ones. The simple, common words I write are being lapped up by music lovers.’ The actor has commenced shooting for Osthi, a Tamil remake of Dabbang.

Simply superb Simbu

Silambarasan aka STR is gung-ho over the good show of his recent release Vaanam. The actor has thanked his fans, well-wishers and the whole crew of Vaanam for making the movie count.

Queried about his marriage, he goes silent. With his colleagues Karthi and Ahswin Sekar announc-ing marriage plans, Simbu is the next eligible bachelor.

’My family is not looking for any girl for me, contrary to rumours. I’ll marry when I meet the right person. And it will certainly be a love marriage. But right now, no plans are in the offing.’

Simbu is busy acting in Vettai Man-nan, Poda Podi and Osthi, a remake of Hindi hit Dabbang.

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He is Dr Prabhu now None can forget Prabhu’s role in Vasoolraja where he played Vaddi who helps Kamal Haasan to become a doctor. But in real life, the younger son of thespian Sivaji Ganesan was proud enough to recieve a doctorate for his contribution to Tamil cinema at a glit-tering function at Sathyabama University.Prabhu recalled some interesting incidents of the past on Thursday, when he was conferred with an honorary doctorate.Speaking on the occasion, the actor said that his father Sivaji Ganesan and former Tamilnadu Chief Minister M G Ramachandran enjoyed a healthy and strong friend-ship. ‘They were very good friends,’ he said. Music composer Gangai Amaran was also conferred with a doctorate.Others who spoke include S Sundaresh, Distinguished Scientist, Defence Research and Development Organi-sation (DRDO) and Jeppiar, founder-chancellor of Sath-yabama University.

Ilaya Thilakam’ Prabhu, son of thespian Sivaji Ganesan, will be presented a honorary doctorate by Sath-yabama University, for his contribution to cinema.

The actor will be felicitated at the convocation ceremony of the varsity on the university campus on May 12.

Prabhu has appeared in over 150 films. After his debut in the film ‘Sangili’ in 1982, he acted in several movies. Apart from taking the lead role, he has acted in several types of roles, including comedian and character roles.

Stating that he was still remembering the bitter experience of his father Sivaji Ganesan, Prabhu said that he is not interested in politics for now. However, he made it clear that if need be, he would join politics in future but only after consulting his fan clubs.

He however welcomed the entry of cine artistes into poli-tics. ‘There are numerous personalities like M Karuna-nidhi, MGR, J Jayalalithaa who joined politics and be-came successful. Recently, Telugu actor Chiranjeevi also joined politics’ he said.

‘It is also not wrong to use politics as a medium to serve people. At present, I am serving people through Sivaji-Prabhu trust,’ he said.

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Venghai ready to roar

Go ahead for Aaranya Kaandam

Director Hari’s Venghai, starring Dhanush and Tamannah, is almost completed. Produced by Vijaya Productions and directed by Hari, the movie stars Raj Kiran and Prakashraj in pivotal rles.

Says Dhanush who is joining hands with Hari for the first time: ‘It is a pucca commercial entertainer. The story is racy and rivetting’.‘Raj Kiran plays a father and Dhanush is his son in the movie.This is my eleventh film and all has come good so far’, says Hari.

Dhanush is down-to-earth and has played his part ex-ceedingly well. We are planning to shoot a couple of songs abroad. With this, the whole shooting would come to end, he adds.

Director Thiagarajan Kumararaja is heaving a sigh of relief. The young director’s critically acclaimed debut feature Aaranya Kaandam, produced by S P B Cha-ran, had come under the scanner of the Censor Board for its portrayal of the gangster world.

But now, it seems the Tribunal has finally given the film starring Jackie Shroff, Sampathraj and Ravikrishna in lead roles, a go-ahead.

Kumararaja says, ‘We have been given the green signal from the Tribunal. We haven’t gotten the printed copy of the order confirming the same, but we have the verbal approval. I am absolutely delighted with their decision.’With music by Yuvanshankar Raja, the film had won crit-ical acclaims at a couple of international movie festivals.

Karthi’s Saguni will be released this Deepavali. Directed by Shankar Dayal and produced by Dream War-rior Pictures, the movie would have a Bollywood actress in the lead.

Karthi says, ‘the film has everything an avid movie-buff would love to see. It has action, romance and comedy’.

The successful pair of Karthi and Santhanam, who evoked humour in Siruthai, would come again for Saguni. There are plans to have this film released on Diwali day.

The shooting for the movie commenced recently. Karthi is doubly delighted for he had his engagement recently. His wedding is slated for 3 July.

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Former Chief Minister M Karuna-nidhi’s grandson Arulnidhi is busy with a couple of projects. It’s nearly nine months since Arulnidhi made his debut in Vamsam. ‘I wanted to take a break and do a different film’, he says.

‘We shot for 100 days for my first film, most of the time in the scorching sun. So I want-ed a break. Also I had to complete the MBA course I was pursuing,’ he explains.

Besides Udhayan, a film directed by new-comer Chaplin, Arulnidhi is acting in Mouna Guru, which would be directed by Dharani’s assistant, Shanthakumar.

He says, ‘Udayan should showcase me as a commercial hero. I’m keeping my fingers crossed. Pranathi plays my heroine. Santhan-am and I do the comedy. Music is by Mani Kadrinath’.

Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK presi-dent M Karunanidhi’s grandson Arulnidhi, who made his de-but as soft-spoken youth in Vamsam, is ready to shed his im-age to play an angry young man in Udhayan.

Directed by Chaplin, a former associate of popular filmmak-ers Dharani and Karu Pazhaniappan, the movie stars newcom-er Pranitha as heroine.

Says the director, ‘One can see a different Arulnidhi in Ud-hayan. He plays an educated youth who wants to stay away from violence. But he is forced to take up arms to set things right in his life’.

‘We completed the film’s shooting in 69 days. It is shot us-ing digital format’, he says and added: ‘We filmed a couple of songs abroad. Almost all works are over and plans are on to release the movie early next month’.

The movie has music by Mani Kanth Kadri, son of popular saxophone player Kadri Gopalnath and a catchy number has been sung by Sruthi Haasan. In the meantime, Arulnidhi has started

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’Thala’ Ajith fans queued up in large numbers in front of music stores to grab copies of Mankatha sin-gle track audio CDs, that was released a couple of days ago.

The catch by the marketing team was that 5000 copies of Mankatha single track came with a poster of Ajith signed by the Ultimate Star himself.

If sources are to be believed, Sony Music, which has acquired the audio rights, is happy with the sales fig-ures. The song Vilayadu Mankatha… was set to tunes by Yuvan Shankar Raja and is is penned by Gangai Amaran.

Happy about working for the film, Yuvan said, Vi-layadu Mankatha is the first track I’ve composed for Mankatha. It is a great privilege to compose music for Ajith’s 50th film.

Avid Ajith fans have expressed their joy. They say it is a mass number. Really peppy and groovy.

Dhanush is one of the very few actors in Kollywood who is having back to back releases. In the last six months, the actor had four of its movies hitting the screens and they are Uthamaputhiran, Aadukalam, Seedan and Mappillai.

And now, the son-in-law of the Super-star is ready for the release of his next venture, the Hari-directed Venghai. Tamannah is playing opposite Dhanush in this film, after Padikadhavan.

‘I am a big fan of Hari’s films and it is my longtime wish to work with him. I am happy that it has come true with Venghai. It is a racy script laced with commercial elements,’ says Dhanush.

Shooting of the film is over, we learn, and post production works are currently on. ‘The movie has been shaped up well by Hari and it will hit the screens either by June or July,’ say sources.

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Say Suriya, Sruthi Haasan gets thrilled. Shar-ing the screen with the actor in under-production 7am Arivu, the actress says, ‘I’ve always admired Suriya’s work and this film gave me an oppor-tunity to watch him in close quarters. It’s been a learning experience.’

Adds the elder daughter of veteran actor Kamal Haasan, ‘7am Arivu directed by A R Murugadoss is my debut as a lead actress in Tamil cinema and it has shaped up quite well and interesting.’

Buzz is that she plays the role of a scientist. When queried, she says, ‘I can’t reveal a lot about it now as it’s all so hush-hush. Working on the film has been quite an enriching experience and I can safe-ly say that it’ll be something genuinely different.’

Her hands are filled with a couple of projects in Telugu and one in Mumbai.

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Double delight for Richa Richa Gangopadhyaya, who is all set to act with Silambarasan in Vosthi, a remake of Dabbang,has made it big even before she started shoting for the movie.

The young actress, who made it big do-ing Leader with Rana Dugapatti in Tel-ugu, is cast opposite Dhanush in Iran-dam Ulagam replacing Andrea even before she started her shot for Vosthi.

Says the actress, ‘ it is a great privilege for me to act with Dhanush and Silam-barasan at the same time. They are hard working and talented actors. It is a de-light to be part of the project’.

Both the characters are different from each other and I enjoy working in them, she says.


Tamil film industry is known to be competitive. But the young generation of tinsel town personalities has mutual admira-tion for each other.

Yuvan Shankar Raja, needless to say, is making waves in Tamil cinema working in half-a-dozen movies. But a down-to-earth, the calm music composer has openly expressed his admiration for his contemporary Harris Jayaraj.

Yuvan has tweeted ‘liked Harris’s work (in Ko) and happy for jiiva and the whole team:-)’.

The Ilayaraja Junior is upbeat with the success of his songs in Vaanam. He is also thrilled with the good response for Avan Ivan audio. Yu-van says, ‘ It is a great experience to have worked with Bala so early in my career’.

Acclaimed filmmaker Sel-varaghavan is all set to direct a Telugu movie beginning this Au-gust that would feature Allu Arjun and Shruthi in the lead roles.

The filmmaker is planning to join forces with Harris Jayaraj for the movie. ‘I am starting my next Telugu film by August with Allu Arjun and Shruti on the lead for which Selvaraghavan does the di-rection,’ Harris Jayaraj tweeted on his microblogging page. Selva is currently directing Dha-nush for Irandam Ulagam. He will also wield the megaphone for Kamal Haasan and Sonkahi Sinha starrer Viswaroopam.

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Finally director Bala’s Avan Ivan starring Vishal and Arya was censored in Chennai by Regional Censor Board offi-cials.

Impressed watching the movie, the offi-cials reportedly heaped laurels on Bala for taking such a theme so beautifully and also appreciated Vishal and Arya for their performance.They handed over U/A certificate for the film.

Vishal plays a youth with a squint-eye. He says, ‘It is a tough job and thanks to Bala’s encouragement and the support of my co-stars, I pulled it off’.

Echoing the same, Arya said, ‘ it’s my second with Bala (after Nan Kadavul). It is difficult to convince him and Bala would not stop until he gets the best from us’.

Director Bala’s Avan Ivan starring Arya and Vishal is all com-plete. Produced by AGS Entertain-ment, Avan Ivan has music by Yuvan Shankar Raja.

Sources say both Arya and Vishal have played their part exceedingly well and the movie would win several laurels and appreciations.

Meanwhile, the latest buzz is that Bala had reshot some portions in the mov-ie. The director felt it would add more strength to the story. Also he had urged Yuvan Shankar Raja to compose one more song for the song, which he has promised to use in the film.

‘Bala is a task master and working in his movie would give one a great experience. I am happy that I did two films with him’, says Arya.

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No dual role for Vikram

Dr Rajasekhar injured during shoot

Chiyaan Vikram’s Vendhan, to be directed by Suseenthiran would go on floors on 6 June. After Venil-la Kabbadi Kuzhu, Nan Mahan Alla and Azhagarsami-yin Kudhirai, Suseenthiran will wield the megaphone for the movie. The who’s who of Tamil cinema would attend the muhurrat.Rumours were abuzz that Vikram would be playing a dual role in the film. Suseenthiran even prepared the looks for the character. But now it is revealed that, Vikram would not play a double role. The story has been changed in such a way to ensure that there is only one Vikram, it is said.Vikram, who recently received a honorary doctorate from a University in Italy, is eagerly awaiting the release of Deiva Thirumagal. Besides he has been assigned to act in a period film titled Karikalan.

Dr Rajasekhar sustained serious injuries on his face and fractured his legs while shooting a stunt sequence for a bi-lingual (sequel to Idhuthaanda Police) at Kilpauk in Chen-nai on Monday.

The movie is being directed by his wife Jeevitha and Dr Ra-jasekhar was supposed to run and hit a gang of baddies. Un-fortunately the actor missed the balance while running and fell on a rock.He sustained injuries on his head, leg and arms and was profusely bleeding. He was immediately rushed to a private hospital and the doctors decided that he should un-dergo a minor surgery.

Sources however say Dr Rajasekhar is fit and fine and noth-ing to worry. He would be operated today and would take rest for next four weeks. As a result the shooting has been halted.

Her debut film in Tamil, Kanden has just released and Rashmi Gautam is excited that her role has got her the much-needed attention. Although she made her act-ing debut with a Telugu film, Prasthanam, Rashmi con-siders Kanden her stepping stone to success. Rashmi was spotted by actress Sangeetha in a reality dance show and referred to Mugil, the director of Kanden. ‘Mugil is a real taskmaster but that has helped me show-case my full potential in the film,’ says the actress. She is currently acting in a couple of Telugu projects. ‘Kanden has won decent response at the box office and my performance has been appreciated. I am too happy,’ says the Telugu girl.

Kanden girl going places

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Cinematographer-director K V Anand’s Ko, produced by RS Infotainment and presented by Udhayanidhi Stalin’s Red Gaint Movies, has created a stupendous record at the box-office.

The movie has completed a 50-day run and has bettered the collections of Anand’s previous film Ayan. And what more? The Jiiva starrer is still going strong, attracting repeat audience.

Ko, starring Jiiva, Karthika, Ajmal, Piya, Prakashraj and Kotta Srinivasa Rao among others, was about the travails of a pho-tojournalist.

The movie had music by Harris Jayaraj and cinematography by Richard M Nathan. The story and screenplay were handled by writers Subha and K V Anand. The movie opened in a big way with 350 prints and garnered huge collections in Tamilnadu, Kerala, Karnataka and overseas.

Ko was dubbed in Telugu as Rangam and was released in over 150 prints. Rangam too had opened in a big way, winning criti-cal reviews besides huge collections.

Ko goes strong Ko to speak in Hindi Ko, directed by K V Anand, starring Jiiva and Ajmal, is going strong at the box of-fice. Dealing about the valour of journalists, the movie is collecting good revenues and has been declared the biggest money spinner in Kollywood in the recent times.

At a time when Ko is ready to be dubbed and released in Andhra Pradesh as Rangam, comes the news that the movie may be re-made in Hindi.

Bollywood’s heartthrob Akshay Kumar had watched a special screening of the film and expressed his delight to redo the same in Hindi.

Buzz is that he congratulated Anand and said the movie had impressed him a lot. Says Anand, ‘I felt very happy when I came to know that Akshay liked Ko a lot.’


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At the shooting spot of Velayudham, Vijay threw a surprise birthday party to director Jayam M Raja on Monday. A cake cutting ceremony during the break was the highlight of the occasion.

A chocolate cake was cut in the presence of unit and Raja’s family members. It was a pleasant surprise for the director since Vijay did not inform anyone about his plan, sources say.

Vijay and Raja have struck a friendship during the shootiung of Velayudhjam and they now share an ex-cellent rapport.

After directing brother Jayaram Ravi for five films, Raja is directing a big hero like Vijay for the first time. Velayudham is produced by Aascar V Ravichandran and it features Genelia and Hanshika opposite Vijay.

Raja had said several times that he was a big fan of Vi-jay and the actor too had appreciated Raja’s directorial skills after watching all his films in the past.

Both Asin and Trisha may be competitors in the film industry but they share one thing in com-mon. The beauties say in one voice that the industry is dominated by men.

Asin, who is awaiting the release of Ready in Hindi opposite Salman Khan, says, ‘It was a great experi-ence to be part of Sallu’s movie. But I say that it is out-and-out Salman Khan’s show and I am just part of it.’

Knowing well that Salman Khan would hog all lime-light, I agreed to do the film, she says.

Meanwhile, Trisha has stated that her character in Mankatha, Ajith’s 50th film, would not be as impor-tant as the ones she played in Vinnai Thandi Varuvaya and Kamal Haasan’s Manmadhan Ambu.

But she has no regrets about it. ‘Venkat Prabhu clear-ly told me in the beginning itself that Mankatha is go-ing to be a boys’ flick. So there is no disappointment for me.’

Vijay’s surprise to Jayam Raja

Asin, Trisha say the same


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Celebrities greet KB AR Rahman the spirit of music book launch


Arun Vijay is a happy dad

Mani Ratnam frees Vijay

Actor Arun Vijay is a happy man. He became a happy daddy on Monday when his wife Aarthi delivered a baby boy at a private hospital in ChennaiThe couple already has a girl child.

A thrilled Arun Vijay said, ‘I was busy shooting for Thadaiyara Thaakka when I received the call. Since I was shooting in Chennai, I rushed to the hospital imme-diately and was there right on time for the birth of my boy! Both the mother and baby are doing well’.

He said it was a happy sight to have his father Vijaya Kumar even before him at the hospital. Arun Vijay dis-tributed sweets at the hospital and immediately returned to shooting spot where he was congratulated by one and all at the sets.

As reported earlier on Cinemamatters.com, the much-hyped Ponniyin Selvan, a movie planned by ace director Mani Ratnam, has now been dropped officially.Mani Ratnam had signed Mahesh Babu, Vijay and Anush-ka for this mega movie, which was based on a popular novel penned by writer Kalkai.

Sources said, ‘since the project involved huge expense and versatile locations, Mani Ratnam has chosen not to take the risk now’.

As a result, he has reportedly informed all artistes that the movie is a non-starter. It may be recalled that Kamal Haasan in the past tried to do Marudhanayagam, a period film, which was also shelved later citing financial con-straints.

Soundarya and Aishwarya, daughter of Ra-jinikanth have dismissed rumours that the Superstar’s health has suddenly taken a beating and that he would be flown to USA for further treatment.Rumours were abuzz on Thursday evening that Ra-jnikanth, who was discharged from a private hospital where he was undergoing treatment for uneasiness, had gone critical.

E-mails and SMSes were doing rounds about his health and there were media reports that Rajnikanth might be flown to US for treatment.

However his daughters stepped in quick to quell the ru-mours. They urged the fans not to believe the rumours and categorically stated that their father is maintaining good health. They also said there is no plans to take him to USA.

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Priyamani is busy bee

Andrea is Arjun’s wife

National award winner Priyamani is all smiles. Introduced by veteran filmmaker Bharathiraja (in Kan-galal Kaidhu Sei), she is busy in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam.‘I would love to act in Tamil films. But I am currently stuck with a couple of projects in Telugu and Kannada,’ she says.

’I want to do good quality movies. Quality matters the most than quantity for me. I am content with what I am,’ the dusky beauty adds.

In other words, Priyamani is happy with the good offers that she is getting in south Indian languages. We also hear that she is listening to some good stories in Bol-lywood.

Guess what Andrea is doing in Ajith starrer Mankatha? She plays Arjun’s wife in the film, directed by Venkat Prabhu and produced by Dhayanidhi Alagiri of Cloud Nine Movies.

The 50th film of Ajith, Mankatha, is getting bigger and bigger with many prominent faces of Tamil cinema be-ing part of it. Besides Ajith, Arjun, the movie has Trisha, Lakshmi Rai, Anjali, Premgi and Vaibhav among others.Andrea plays wife of Arjun, who is an investigating of-ficer in the film. Andrea, a good playback singer that she is, had sung the song Idhuvarai... in Venkat Prabhu’s Goa which became a huge hit.

At present, she is paired opposite Dhanush in Selvaragha-van’s Irandam Ulagam.

Actress Revathy made a name for herself direct-ing Salman Khan in Phir Milinge. The movie that spoke on the killer disease AIDS featured Shipa Shetty in a cameo.

Now, she has signed up to play Simbu’s mother in Dha-rani’s Osthi, a remake of the Bollywood hit Dabangg, which had Salman in the lead role.

Meanwhile, she will also start work on her next directo-rial venture in Bollywood.‘It’s a rural subject and I will finalise the cast and crew by the end of next month, she says.Known for her social service activities, Revathy says, ‘I manage to find time between acting, direction and social service activities. There is a purpose behind every action and we should realise it’.

Revathy is back


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After Naan Kadavul, Arya pairs up with director Bala for Avan Ivan. Known for his dark themes, Avan Ivan is the director’s first ven-ture in comedy.

‘Vishal (Avan) and I (Ivan) play brothers, who are petty thieves in the film. While his character is more inclined towards stage shows, as he wants to become an artiste, my job is to always pull his leg and let him down,’ explains Arya.

The funniest part in the film, he says, is his name - Kumbudren Samy. ‘Even in Boss Engira Baskaran, there were comedy scenes that I shared with Santhanam. But in Avan Ivan, it’s different,’ he says.

Avan Ivan is likely to release by end of May or latest by the first week of June.

Arya does not stop gushing about his role in Avan Ivan, national award winning director Bala’s first comedy film.

’In Avan Ivan, Bala has ensured that you get a full dose of comedy. His detailing for characters, sketching in characterisation with regard to body language, style and dialogue delivery is amazing. When you work in a Bala film, you grow as an actor,’ he says.

After Naan Kadavul, Arya pairs up with director Bala for the second time. Three years in the making, Nan Kadavul earned Bala a national award for best direction. Equal credit should go to Vishal, who has per-formed exceedingly well, Arya adds. The actor, who is currently shoot-ing for Vettai with Madhavan, says, ‘Maddy is simple, a great actor to work with and is very understanding.’

Arya speaks about Avan Ivan

Arya animated over Avan Ivan

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Nothing like success gives an actor great courage and confidence. Jiiva, who is basking in glory thanks to the success of Ko, is a testimony to it.

’I choose films based on the script, and instinct. That’s a trait I possibly picked up from my father (producer R B Choudhary of Super Good Films),’ the actor says. He adds: ‘I don’t see whether it will be a commercial or a critical success. And, all my films, irrespective of how they fared, are close to my heart.’ He is shooting for Nanban, a remake of Hindi hit Three Idiots and Vandhan Vendran, directed by Kannan. In the meantime, his other film Rowthiram is ready for release. The promos have won admiration of masses.

Jiiva is flying high literally. The Ko star who is basking in glory post the film’s success, is going places.

Jiiva had been to Switzerland to shoot at the famous Alps for a song sequence for his forth-coming film Rowthiram. He shares the screen with Shriya for the movie. Directed by Gokul, the movie is produced by Jiiva’s father R B Choudhary.

He had to complete the shooting in a hush and flew to Paris. In the capital city of France, he joined the Vandhan Vendran crew. He shot for a song sequence featuring himself and Tapasee.

80..Jiiva would soon be back in Chennai to shoot for Nanban, a remake of Three Idiots. Di-rected by Shankar, it features Jiiva enacting the role played by Sharman Joshi in the original. Vijay and Srikanth are the other two heroes.

Jiiva goes around the globeJumping in joy is Jiiva


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PRO Union Members wishes to Vijayakanth and Sarathkumar


Prabhudeva to roar with Siruthai

Mynaa flies to Bollywood Mynaa, directed by Prabhu Solomon, was the sur-prise hit of Tamil cinema in 2010. It starred newcomers Viddharth and Amala Paul and had music by D Imman.

Now, the film will be remade in Hindi with Prabhu Solo-mon making his debut in Bollywood. There too the movie would have new faces in lead roles.

The remake rights have been bought by Fox Star Studios. The Hindi flick is also titled Mynaa. ‘The story of My-naa is pan-Indian. It will woo Hindi audience too’, says Prabhu Solomon.

The filmmaker is retaining the same technical team, con-sisting of Sukumar, who gave such stunning visuals and Imman who elevated the film with his soulful music.

Srikanth is all thrilled to be part of Nanban, a re-make of Three Idiots.

’This is the first time ever I am working with director Shankar and in a remake,’ says the actor, who is reprising Madhavan’s role.

He is quite aware of the risk of being compared with Madhavan. ‘My wife, Vandana, used to like Maddy’s role very much in 3 Idiots and keeps asking me if I can better him. I’m sure there will be so many questions in the minds of the audiences, too,’ says the actor.

Srikanth also wants Madhavan to watch Nanban after it is ready and give feedback about his performance.

Siruthai, the first blockbuster of the year featuring Karthi Sivakumar in the lead role, is all set to speak in Hindi. Featuring Karthi in dual roles, the movie was inspired by Telugu hit Vikra-markudu, a Ravi Teja starrer.

Prabhudeva, who remade Pokkirri in Hindi starring Salman Khan, is all set to repeat the act. This time around, he would be remaking Siruthai with Ak-shay Kumar in the lead.

Buzz is hat Akshay will have Dabbang girl Sonak-shi Sinha opposite him. On completing Prabhaka-ran starring Vishal and Sameera Reddy in the lead roles, Prabhudeva will start the work, we learn.

Srikanth smiles bright

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Vijay’s Kavalan goes to Shanghai Vijay’s Kavalan is all set for screening at the Shanghai International Film Festival. Vijay has been extended a personal invitation for the event.

Kavalan directed by Siddique is a remake of Malayalam hit Bodyguard and featured Vijay and Asin lead roles. Vijay played the role of a bodyguard in the movie.

Shanghai is one of the prestigious film festivals where the best of best films from across the globe would be screened. Interestingly Kavalan would be premiered at the Panorama section of the festival.

A thrilled before leaving to Amsterdam for shooting a song sequence for Nanban, Vijay said, ‘ it is a honour for me and my whole crew of Kavalan.

Mudhal Idam, the 175th film of AVM Produc-tions, is progressing fast in Thanjavur, a place that has almost become the capital of Tamil cinema these days. The success of films like Boss Engira Baskaran (shot in Kumbakonam) and Kalavani (in Thanjavur) has brought stardom to the otherwise calm agricultural town. Over half-a-dozen films have been shot in and around Thanjavur since then. Mudhal Idam stars Myna fame Viddharth and newbie Kavitha Nair as the lead pair. The film also has Kishore, Manobala, Ponnambalam and others in the cast. R Ku-maran is making his debut as the director with Mudhal Idam.Says Kumaran, ‘the people are very co-operative in Thanjavur I enjoyed shooting there’.

Mudhal Idam in Thanjavur

Poraali, Sasikumar & Swathi The Sasikumar-Samuthirakani combo is back with Poraali which will be directed by Samuthirakani. Playing the lead role is Sasi Kumar.The movie reportedly went on floors with Angadi Theru Anjali and Trisha play-ing key roles.

However due to various reasons, both reportedly backed out of the project. As a result the shooting was stalled looking for a suitable heroine.

Now it is learnt from reliable sources that Subramani-apuram fame Swathi has been roped in to do the female lead in the movie.

Also it features popular Telugu actor Allari Naresh. Sourc-es in the unit say Swathi shot to fame in Tamil thanks to Subramaniapuram, directed by Sasikumar. Hence she readily agreed when she was approached to do the movie.


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Producer Mogan Nadarajan has lodged a com-plaint with the Tamil Film Producers Council against Ileana, alleging that the actress did not pay back the ‘advance amount’ she had received from him.

In his complaint, the producer said that he paid Rs 36 lakh as advance to Ileana for acting opposite Vikram in a Tamil film (which later became Dheivathirumagal). ‘However, she was not part of the movie,’ he said.

‘So, we asked her to repay the money she had received from us. But there was no proper response from her side. The Tamil Film Producers Council should in-tervene and ensure that the actress gave us back the money,’ he said.

Ileana is currently acting with Vijay in Shankar-direct-ed Nanban (a remake of Three Idiots), while Mogan Nadarajan is gearing up to release Dheivathirumagal, which has Anushka and Amala Paul as leading ladies.Ileana is now in Amsterdam shooting a song sequence for Nanban.

Saranya Mohan may have played a cameo in Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai. But she is happy with the role.

Says the actress, ‘ there are several reasons why I agreed to do this role. The first is that I have immense faith in director Suseenthiran. Also, the entire crew is a very nice one. The other important reason is that I know Appukutty well. Had it been his first film with me, I might have hesitated to do this role. But since I have worked with him in VKK, I had no hesitation in doing this role opposite him.’

Says the actress, ‘With Suseenthiran, everything is up-front. He doesn’t lie or mince words. Even when ap-proaching me for this role, he said, ‘I’m doing a film. There’s a beautiful character but it is only a very short role. Also, Appukutty is the hero.’ I was a little sur-prised but really happy for Appukutty’.

On her role in the film, which is about a man earning his livelihood through a pony, Saranya says, ‘I play the role of Rani, a lively character that appears only in the second half of the film.’

Short but sweet role: Saranya Mohan

Ileana in soup

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I wanna try my hands in varied roles. An actor should not restrict his skills and never become mo-notonous, says Ajmal.

After Ko, Ajmal has emerged an actor to reckon with in Tamil cinema. His portrayal of Vasanthan Perumal, an aspiring young politician in the movie, directed by K V Anand, has won him fans across the State. The movie features Jiiva, Piiya and Karthika. Music is by Harris Jeyaraj.

Stating that even the likes of Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan had become big after playing roles with nega-tive shades in early part of their career, Ajmal says, ‘ I had faith in Anand’s credentials and blindly agreed to do the movie’.

In one of his forthcoming films, he plays dual role. Ajmal says, ‘happy that so early in my career, I am getting chance to work with great people like Anand and Mysskin. It is a nice learning experience.’

Meastro Ilayaraja is all set to start a music uni-versity along with veteran Telugu film personality Mo-han Babu, who owns Sree Vidyanikethan Educational Institutions near Tirupati.

Ilayaraja who had been to Tirupathy temple to have darshan of Lord Balaji along with Mohan Babu on Tuesday lauded the effiorts of the actor is spreading quality eductaion to need and down-trodden.

Speaking on the occasion, he said that is willing to associate himself with him and start a university for music there. He said there are colleges and smaller in-stitutions for music, but no university in India. I want to fill the void, he added.

Mohanbabu’s elder son and actor Vishnu Manchu, who oversees the operations of these educational in-stitutions, says this establishment will be a one-of-its kind university in India. ‘We will finalise all the details after I am back in India. This will be something music lovers can look forward to.’

Music university by Ilayaraja

Ajmal ready for the race


Jayam says Jayam Ravi Engeyum Kadhal has opening big across Tamil-nadu and Jayam Ravi is thrilled with the audience re-sponse. The actor visited a couple of theatres on the first day of the film and interacted with fans.

Directed by Prabhudeva, the movie produced by AGS Entertainment and released by Sun Pictures, stars Jayam Ravi and Hanshika Motwani in key roles.

’For the first time, I liked myself in the film. Prabhu Sir looked into every detail of my look- be it hair, clothes and body language. It was great working with him,’ Ravi says.

He further says, ‘the whole movie was rich in content and very stylish. I am getting non-stop calls and all are raving about my looks in the film’.

Meanwhile his next Aadhi Bagawan, directed by Ameer, is shaping up fast. Says Ravi, ‘It is my first gangster film and I sport a beard and tough look’.

Udhayanidhi of Red Giant Films, who pro-duced many blockbusters including Kuruvi, Aad-havan, Manmadhan Ambu and successfully dis-tributed films like Madrassapatinam, Vinnai Thandi Varuvaya, Boss Engira Baskaran and the recent Ko, is an actor now, playing lead role in Oru Kal Oru Kannadi, directed by Rajesh.

The latest buzz doing rounds in Kollywood is that Udhayanidhi on completing OK OK will act in a film to be directed by K V Anand.

The ace director of Tamil cinema will wield the megaphone for Maatran starring Suriya next. Up on completing it, he would work in Udhayanidhi’s film. His writers Subha have already started searching for a story that would suit Udhayanidhi.

Meanwhile, OK OK is progressing fast. Everyone including Rajesh have heaped laurels on Udhayani-dhi and said that he has played his part terrific.

K V Anand to direct Udhayanidhi

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Silambarasan starrer Vaanam, that was re-leased last week, witnessed some protests. At a thea-tre in Chennai where the movie is screened, score of activities belonging to a Hindu organisation staged an agitation, apparently annoyed over the portrayal of Hindu outfits in few scenes of Vaanam.

They had reportedly shot a legal notice to the director and producer of Vaanam.

In the scenes involving Bharath, a group of Hindu ac-tivists appear and also in Prakjashraj’s procession, a Vinayaka Chathurthy procession at Coimbatore would be shown.

Condemning thy manner in which they were shown in the movie, the Hindu outfit said ‘we were pained to see Hindu outfits painted in a bad colour. They were shown crude and rude on screen. When they picture other communities well, why Hindus are targeted on films’.

It has been specified in the legal notice that those scenes be removed from the movie. They further an-nounced that they would resort to protest if it is not done so.

Vaanam stars Silambarasan, Anushka, Prakashraj, Bharath, Sonia Agarwal among others. Recently The-var outfits protested against Vikram’s Deiva Thiruma-gan and forced it to rechristen it as Deiva Thirumagal and Goundars protested againt Uthama Puthiran.

Brickbats for Vaanam

Vishal is Walter Whoever has watched the pro-mos of Avan Ivan, directed by Bala, has been heaping laurels on Vishal’s perfomance. The film starring Vishal and Arya is all complete and ready for release.

Sources say that Vishal’s role as Wal-ter Vanangamudi is something to look forward to in the film. The movie has been given a ‘UA certificate’ by the Censor Board.

The movie is a first comedy entertain-er by director Bala. Music has been scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and the film has been produced by Kalpathi S Aghoram’s AGS Entertainment.


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Devayani at Pregnancy Care Classes


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Madhura Murali Music Album Launch


After protests from Thevar outfits over the title Deiva Thirumagan, producer Mogan Nadarajan, actor Vikram and director A L Vi-jay have chosen to rechristen the movie as Vikramanin Deiva Thirumagal.

Thevar outfits alleged that naming the movie as Deiva Thirumagan would be demeaning their leader Muthuramlinga Thevar. In the movie, Vikram plays a youth with the heart and brain of a five-year-old boy. They even laid siege to Vikram’s house in Chennai.

Finally the decision to rename the movie was taken not to harm anyone’s sentiments, said director Vijay. He said henceforth Deiva Thirumagan would be called as Vikramanin Deiva Thirumagal.

Italy has become a preferred destination for Tamil film stars. Politician-actor Vijayakanth after a hectic political campaigning for 13 April elections, has chosen to go on a vacation to Italy to spend quality time with his family.

He is expected to return only on 12 May, just a day before the election re-sults are announced.

Meanwhile, Chiyaan Vikram who has completed shooting for Deiva Thirum-agal too has packed his bags for Italy.Vikram will be back in Chennai by the third week of this month.

After the release of Deiva Thirumagal, he would start shooting with Suseenthiran. Italy has many exotic locations and histori-cal places to visit and enjoy. It is preferred destination for shooting many Bollywood movies.

Title change for Vikram film

Two Vs chill out in Italy

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Two Vs chill out in Italy

Close on the heels of Azhagar-samiyin Kuthirai, director Suseen-thiran of Vennilla Kabbadi Kuzhu and Nan Mahan Alla fame, will start shoot-ing for a Vikram starrer very soon..Says Suseenthiran, ‘ all is ready for Vikram’s movie.I have conceived a different look for Vikram in the film. He plays a dual role in it. He is stylish in it’.

There have been many films in Tamil cinema in the past featuring heroes in double role. But this one would be strikingly different. I am all thrilled to start the shooting, he adds.

Vikram too has expressed his joy to work with Suseenthirann. I am glad that I am getting new and interesting projects like this now, he says.

Finally Chiyaaan Vikram’s next film with director Suseenthiran gets a title. It has been named Vendhan (meaning King).With Dhieva Thirumagal is complete, the actor is on a vaca-tion to Italy. ‘Vendhan will hit the floors once he comes back. Vikram plays a dual role. Yuvan Shankar Raja will compose the music,’ sources say.

Says Suseenthiran, who is ready for the release of Azhagarsami-yin Kuthirai, ‘Vikram is a great actor and I am all thrilled to work with him.’ With cast and crew getting finalised we would com-mence shooting shortly, he says.Meanwhile, Vikram is also plan-ning to do a period film soon.

Chiyan Vikram who won a name for himself playing var-ied roles will be part of the mag-num opus Karikalan, (a period and a contemporary flick) being produced by in a grand mannaer by SilverLine Film Factory of SS Vasan and S Parthi.

The production house had made Singam Puli starring Jiiva before. Directing the mega-budget venture is L I Kannan, who worked for spe-cial effects in films like Enthiran, Anniyan, Eeram, Ghajini and Siva-kasi. Harris Jayaraj, who is known for coming up with catchy tunes, will be the music composer.

Zarine who acted opposite Salman Khan in Veer is the female lead. Pasupathy and Shanmuga Raja play prominent roles in it.

L I Kannan, who has rich experi-ence had studied Hollywood Cam-era Works. The movie is made using Animatronics, Miniature, Computer Graphics and few por-tions have been shot already at Thalakonam Forests.

N Karthik, who was associate cin-ematographer in many hits like Yaradi Nee Mohini, Enthiran, Pu-gaipadam, and Mumbai Express is cranking the camera. Mahesh, who was part of Bheema, 1977, Sakka-raikatti, Muthinam Parthanae, han-dles editing.

SS Murthy who worked as art di-rector in Aval Peyar Thamizharasi, Avargalum Ivargalum, Konjam Veyyil Konjam Mazhai handles art directoin with Maya pandi, who studied animatronics and worked in films like Enthiran, Eeram, Veyyil and Dishoom.

Vikram is Karikalan

Vikram’s movie gets its title

Vikram ready to shoot


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Kajal opposite Suriya?

Kajal is going great guns.

The latest buzz doing rounds in the industry is that Nan Mahan Alla girl Kajal Agarwal will be seen sharing the screen sapce with Suriya for Maatraan. The movie will be directed by K V Anand. Expectations are high on this Suriya-K V Anand project for they have combined to-gether to render a big hit in Ayan before. With Harris Jeyaraj confirmed to score the music, Maatraan is expected to hit the floors early next month. Sources close to the unit say, it looks likely that Kajal Agarwal, who acted alongside Karthi in Nan Mahan Alla, will play Suriya’s heroine. She is currently part of Hindi remake of Singam. Suriya has his handsfull for 2011. At present, the actor is busy working in 7am Arivu which is fast nearing completion. Di-rected by A R Murugadoss, the movie fea-tures him in the role of a trapezium artiste. After 7am Arivu and Mattran, he is tipped to work with Hari for a new project.

The actress, who is still basking in the success of Naan Mahaan Alla, Mr Per-fect, Brindavanam and Darling, is on a ca-reer high — she now gets to romance big-gies Mahesh Babu and Pawan Kalyan in her future projects, not to forget her meaty role opposite Ajay Devgan in her Bollywood de-but, Singham.

With Maaveran, Tamil version of Magad-heera ready for release this week-end, she is off to Mumbai for shoot.

Says Kajal, ‘It is wonderful working with Ajay Devgn. I’m happy I’m debuting with him in Singham in Bollywood,’ said Kajal, who laughs off rumours about her shifting base to Bollywood.

‘I love Tamil and Telugu films too much to ever think of moving. I start missing Chen-nai and Hyderabad when I’m away shoot-ing,’ she says.

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Spot The 6 DifferencesKajal is going great guns.1.Heroine Dress design 2.Hero Shirt lope in hand 3.Small boy hand 4. Old man Towel 5.Vijayakumar belt 6.Hero maalai color


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