This week latest Movie Updates

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 11:11 AM CDT

Namitha not just oozes glamour, but has proved that she can handle challenging roles which demands poised performance, says director Rajeshwar.
Rajeshwar's 'Indira Vizha' starring Namitha and Srikanth is complete. Inspired by the Bollywood hit 'Aitraaz', the movie features Namitha in a prominent role.
Says Rajeshwar, "I choose to cast particularly Namitha because she combines glamour and performs with strong emotion."
On Srikanth, he says, "I wanted a suave youth, who looks trendy and cosmopolitan. He fits the role with T."
"It is a realistic portrayal. Everyone had performed up to their potential. Plans are on to release the movie around Diwali", he added.

Aditya Music to venture into Tamil Industry

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 11:10 AM CDT

Aditya Music stepped into the South Indian music market in the late 1990's. Today, it has become the king of Tollywood, creating a niche for itself in the Telugu music industry. The company has now plans to venture into other South Indian markets. Till 1996, Aditya Music was primarily into distributing and marketing the music of other labels for the entire state of AP. Later they acquired their own audio rights to distribute solely. They also started a plant in 2000, to manufacture audio cassettes. Today AM has a catalogue of over 2000 titles and has acquired labels like Shiva Musicals, Leo, Maruti Music, Echo, Pyramid Audio. Presently, AM controls about 80-90 per cent of the Telugu market which is ultimately a huge part with about 150 films releasing in a year. Further biggies like Adnan, Vishal-Shekhar, AR Rahman, Shankar Mahadevan etc… from Bollywood music industry are now making in to Telugu music bolstering as a stronghold. AM recently had some big releases like Venkatesh's 'Chintakayala' Ravi' composed by Vishal-Shekhar, V Samudra's 'Mallepuvvu' composed by Illayraja. And the recent biggest hit for AM is the 'Jalsa' audio. It may not be a surprise if mentioned that the music released through AM, for any new entrant in Tollywood, is a sure way to make it big in music. AM reduced the prices of CDs considerably to Rs.40/- even before five years ago when other players in market were selling them for Rs.200/-. This strategy helped them to stabilize their volumes in spite of the prevailing piracy. The quality of the audio rendered by Aditya Music has been drawing attraction among the customers to opt for this label. The three retail chain outlets located in the twin cities titled 'Sangeet Sagar' are sister concerns of Aditya Music, housing songs from different labels. Future plans prevail for Sangeet Sagar to come up with few more outlets in AP. Managing Director Umesh Gupta was amongst the founder members of the IMI and consequently Aditya Music has been a part of PPL and IPRS for a long time.

Quality matters – 'Dhanam' Sangeetha

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 11:10 AM CDT

Sangeetha is happy that 'Dhanam' has won her accolades from various quarters. Though she has not signed any big offers post 'Dhanam', she is confident that she has managed to make an impact on Tamil cinema.
Speaking about 'Dhanam', she says, "It is not a practical film, in the sense it may not happen in real life. It is an emotional film. I liked the unpredictability of it all. It is rather difficult to guess what happens next."
"I worked very hard. It is a full-length role for the first time. And for a change the film revolved around the heroine."
Why she is very choosy? She says, "For me quality matters the most. I don't rush to do movies. I take one after another. If the role is meaty and I have a scope to perform, I agree."

Trisha’s lessons for Marma Yogi

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 10:51 AM CDT

News about Marma Yogi, the high budget film produced by Pyramid Saimira, is pouring in every day. It is confirmed that Kamal Haasan will share the screen space with Trisha and Shriya. The photo shoot of this film has also been completed a few days ago. According to industry sources, Kamal has been insisting that Shriya should dub for the film as
well. Moreover, Trisha is undergoing a grueling Tamil phonetics class from a Tamil teacher to get her pronunciation right. It is said that Kamal wants her pronunciation to be on par with the ancient Tamil for this period film and would not settle for any imperfections whatsoever. In all probability, Shriya will also undergo this rigorous training, our source adds.

Navneet Kaur Photo Gallery

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 09:36 AM CDT

Shriya’s no to Vettrimaran, yes to Dhanush

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 09:35 AM CDT

Shriya refused to star with Dhanush in a project that was to be directed by Vettrimaran. The film was to be produced by Kathiresan who had produced the smash hit Polladhavan with the same team. The actress was also given Rs. 50,000 in advance to star in the film. However, owing to other film commitments Shriya felt
that she could not star in this project and hence returned the advance to Nadigar Sagam General Secretary Radha Ravi, as Kathiresan refused to accept the same.
Meanwhile, the lady seems to have entered into a pact with Gemini Films to star opposite Dhanush. Kathiresan, naturally irked by Shriya's decision, approached the Producers' Council to settle the issue. After looking into the matter Producers' Council President Rama Narayanan has directed Shriya to complete her commitments with Gemini Films and then star in Kathiresan's project.

Tandav Films collaborates various celebrities in a video for a social cause Photo Gallery

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 09:35 AM CDT

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Kangana Ranaut Photo Gallery

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 09:35 AM CDT

Actress Ileana wants what Nayanthara gets!

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 06:56 AM CDT

It is almost cretin that actress Ileana will act with Ilayathalapathy Vijay in his movie under AVM Balasubramaniam`s production Vettaikaran.
Ileana has acted in the movie TamiKD which is just one film in Tamil; however she has acted in Telugu hits such as Pokkiri in Mahesh Babu. She demands the same salary as she gets in Telugu movies, around 1.25 crore.
If she get what she is asking for it would equal what Nayanthara`s salary.

Review - Pandhayam

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 06:41 AM CDT

Star-casts: Nithin Satya, Sindhu Thoolani, Prakash Raj, Radhika, Dhaamu, Y.Gee. Mahendran and many others.Banner: V V CreationsStory, Screenplay, Dialogues and Direction: S.A. ChandrasekharMusic: Vijay Antony
Film buffs including us were quite happy with the recent Tamil releases, 'Saroja', 'Poi Solla Porom' and this week's release 'M3V'. Frankly, these films weren't produced at bigger budgets or inclusive of top-charting actor and actress. Our excitements had no end and we boasted about our talented filmmakers to our friends in other regional film industries. And now, they may start humiliating us after watching Pandhayam.
Indeed, the simple words of describing this film would be a great irritation and you would surely get the feel of watching 1980s Telugu film. Well, its fine if there are few punch dialogues in the film. But just imagine, hell losing out with continuous punch dialogues right throughout the film.
Nithin Sathya was well received for his naturalistic performance as supporting actor in few films and so was in Chennai 600028. But, getting him depicted in the role of a mass hero is the worst foolishness. S.A.Chandrashekar has only one thing to convince us: Prakash Raj and his clichéd best performance. But Nithin Satya, an inexperienced actor dominating Prakash Raj looks unapt and completely sickening. At the least, one good chance for S.A. Chandrashekar is that he could have roped his son Vijay to play the lead. Might be, Vijay should have refused this offer feeling that would be one more disaster to the queued line up of flops.
Sakthi (Nithin Satya) falls in love with Thulasi (Sindhu Thoolani), younger sister of Maasanam (Prakash Raj) a local gangster turned politician. Pretending to be the most diehard fan of Maasanam, Sakthi wins over his confidence. On the parallel, he makes his sister Sakthi fall in love with him. The later sequences reveal how Sakthi unrevealing his identity over the phone with Maasanam challenges that he would make his sister fall in love with him in next 16 days. Now, Maasanam seeks the help of Sakthi who studies in the same class of Thulasi. Rest of the story is how about both get clashed over each other and there is something more mysterious to be unraveled behind the reason of Sakthi challenging Maasanam.
An underrated performance by Nithin Satya and there are no words to describe his performance more than this. Prakash Raj appears right throughout the film and keeps winning laurels with his performance. Be it his arrogant activities or his comedy oriented sequences, they are sure to win applause from the audiences. Radhika does a neat job, but it's a worst part on designing her characterization. None of the woman in this world would remain silent after a cruel man forcefully tying marriage knot to her. Remember, he is the same person who killed her brother and father right in front of her eyes. Talk through one's hat is the word to term S.A. Chandrashekar's piece of this work.
Dhaamu and Scissor Manohar, their most irritating characters mean nothing to the film and they are merely for sickening purpose. Sindhu Thoolani works well on the quotient of glamour and there is nothing to do with her character other than shaking her legs for songs.
Vijay appearing in guest appearance is purely for his fans and his father must have his hope only with couple of scenes where he appears. But over there, he has his son's ideologies spread. Fine! It's a bit of convince for Vijay fans…
Technical aspects tots up to another pathetic scenario: immediate cuts and unwanted camera shakes has nothing to offer other than headache, giddiness and nausea. Don't know the reason, why unwanted fade ins and outs, changing tone colors of subjects are used. Preferably, it would have been for the reason that S.A. Chandrashekar wants to prove that he has purchased latest plug-ins of latest editing software. Technical aspects are something to play the psychological aspects of audiences and the director should well understand this.
Vijay Antony's music is perfect and lives up to his level. But placement of songs is really one more disaster. A sister of horrific gangster elopes with a young lad and dances in the open ground for 'Surangani'. Audiences are not fools to keep watching this…
S.A. Chandrashekar is still working on the same formulas that he tried with his son Vijay in 'Rasigan' and many more. He has to make sure that trend is changing and there would be no welcome for unwanted heroisms and old romance technique of kissing and hugging. It is unimaginable to see the same director who made the best film 'Sattam Oru Iruttarai' and more has directed this film.
Bottom - Line: Don't torture yourselves
Verdict: "Enna Koduma Sir Ithu"

Keevna to reach great heights

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 06:41 AM CDT

Keevna, a native of Tirunelveli and brought up in London has set the screen on fire with her fiery titillating item number in the film M3V.She has high ambitions to become one top star in Kollywood and Bollywood. She has been signed for a few Tamil and Hindi films. A doctor by profession she had a passion for cinema since her childhood as her father was a close friend of veteran film-makers like Bharathan and Balu Mahendra. Director Krishna Seshadri Gomadam introduced her to silver screen with M3V.
Keevna is hopeful that more offers would come her way now. Her priority is to do decent meaty roles and she loves to work with directors Shankar, Manirathinam, Vettrimaran and Selvaraghavan.

Actor Mohan to score big in Kannada

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 06:19 AM CDT

Not just in Tamil film industry, the wonderful actor has planned to make it big in both the film industries of Tamil and Kannada. Actor Mohan is all we are speaking about. He delivered sensational hits of 25 continuous films including some of the biggest hits and his songs are evergreen till today. Of course, he is entitled as 'Silver Jubilee Hero'. But, he is still in his unfinished film 'Shuba Kala Barthaithe' in Kannada directed by T.S. Nagabharna is still remaining under cans.
It was nearly before 10 years, the Actor had put up a break in his film industry of Kannada and Tamil. Recently, he is back again into Tamil film with 'Suttapazham' and then recently he has received offers from Kannada. The Kannada film titled 'Gauthama' features him in the role of Ananthnag's son directed by Rajeev Prasad. The film is produced by debutant Malini Subramaniam of Synergy Ads in Chennai…

Big Day of Yuvan’s musical fiestas

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 06:18 AM CDT

For those who yearned out the scintillating musical tunes of Yuvan Shankar Raja, they had a great delight with Venkat Prabhu's recent release Saroja. The songs are really donning the audio market and the fever of Yuvan's music will continue haunting his music lovers. The most rocking combos are back in the town: Silambarasan's Silambattam and Ajith's Aegan.
Audio launch of Silambattam would be held on September 30 followed by Ajith's Aegan October 1. Yuvan's combo with Simbhu had swayed with hits like Manmadhan and Vallavan while for Ajith 'Dheena' and 'Billa' had charged up your spirits. So, watch out for the best days of musical extravaganzas.

Trisha to speak pure Tamil

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 06:00 AM CDT

Trisha is being taught historical Tamil with its ascent and pronunciation since the film Marmayogi is an historical film. The 100 Crore project is being produced by Pyramid Saimira and directed by Kamal Hassan. Trisha and Shreya are pairing with Kamal in the historical film. Kamal has requested these artistes to speak in their own voices instead of dubbing to order to get the real effect.
Kamal's assistants and Tamil teachers are now training Trisha to speak in immaculate Tamil. The photo session featuring Kamal and Trisha has already taken place in AVM Studios.

Vadivelu returns while Villu team stays on!

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:37 AM CDT

Cast and crew of Villu are camped in Europe for filming a few song sequences and comic sequences involving Vadivelu. With the combination scenes of Vijay and Vadivelu getting over, Vadivelu has flown back to Chennai recently. However, the rest of the team is still stationed in the continent hunting for exotic locales.

The remaining Vijay-Vadivelu scenes are slated to be shot by the end of this month in Chennai. Director Prabhu Deva is aiming Villu for the Pongal market. The Vijay-Nayan starrer's music is scored by Devi Sri Prasad.

A film seeks Sonia Gandhi’s approval

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 06:49 AM CDT

Director T.D. Kumar and producers Montage International and Das Entertainment have finally won the two-year battle they had been waging against the Censor Board to release their film Sonia. As the title suggests Sonia is loosely based on the life of the UPA Chairperson and Indian National Congress Party Chairman Sonia Gandhi. According to the
director, the Censor Board had directed him to seek permission from Sonia Gandhi before releasing the film. On a petition filed by the producers at the Bombay High Court it was held that the Cinematograph Act does not require personal approval. It was further held that the order passed by the Censor Board was against the fundamental rights of self expression. T.D. Kumar noted that Sonia is neither a defamatory nor critical film. Wonder what that film is all about? Well, to know that we have to wait till December 9th, the day set for the film's release. Incidentally, December 9th also happens to be Sonia Gandhi's birthday.

Rajni in Pyramid Saimira film

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:33 AM CDT

Rajnikanth has signed a film to be produced by Pyramid Saimira and to be directed by Murugadoss. Rajni has agreed to do this film in order to make up the losses incurred in Kuselan. Rajni is also to do a guest role in the upcoming film of Murugadoss. The crew of 'Endhiran' is in the United States. With Rajnikant and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the lead and a big band of technical experts from Hollywood chipping in to give the film its sci-fi touch, there is already a lot of hype about 'Enthiran.'
Currently two song sequences featuring Rajni and Aishwarya Rai is being extensively shot in the beautiful locales of Argentina.

Villu Movie Photo Gallery

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:39 AM CDT

Director Prabhu Deva's Villu movie is emerging in to a beautiful film day by day with vital shooting and hard work of the crew. Vijay, Nayanthara and Vadivelu with rest of the team are busy with full swing shooting that is taking place in Chennai. Vadivelu will dance with Nayantara to the remix version of 'My name is Billa' in Villu.
Villu Movie Photo Stills
Cast: Vijay, Nayantara VadiveluDirection: Prabhu DevaMusic: Devi Sri PrasadBanner: Ayngaran International Films

Poo Movie Photo Gallery

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:37 AM CDT

Poo tamil movie directed by Sasi and produced by Moserbaer Entertainment. Poo movie starring the actor Srikanth in the lead. Actor Srikanth is paired with Malayalam actress Parvathi who is making her debut in Kollywood with Poo. Poo film is dealing with a love story with a rural and semi urban background. New music director S.S Kumaran does the music for Poo movie. Actor Srikanth is currenly acting in Ettappan with Navya Nair.
Director Sasi gave the first break to Srikanth with the movie Roja Kootam. The movie Poo story is based on a short story 'Veyilodu Poi' by Tamilselvan. The director has said that he has done a flawless adaptation of the short story and has recieved praises form Tamil Selvan. The movie Poo cinematography is by Sakthi Saravanan.
Poo Movie Photo Stills
Banner: Moserbaer, Nesagee CinemasCast: Srikanth, ParvathyDirection: SasiMusic: S S Kumaran

Maheswari walks down the aisle

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 06:00 AM CDT

Maheshwari entered the Tamil film with Bharathirajaa's Karuthamma and went on to star in quite a number of films. She also happens to be a cousin of well-known actress Sridevi. Maheshwari entered into the holy matrimony on September 18th with software engineer Jayakrishna. The wedding, which took place in Tirupati, was attended by close family and friends in the film industry. Sridevi and husband Boney Kapoor made their gracious presence. Others from the tinsel town that attended the wedding were Meena, Sangeetha, Vijayakumar and Manjula Vijayakumar.

Jaggubhai, Sibiraj

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:43 AM CDT

The Jaggubhai cast and crew under the auspices of director KSR is back after the Bangkok shoots. After a brief sabbatical, the team will be taking off to Australia in the first week of October.
Anjaadhe Prasanna will star in Kavasam directed by Shakthi. However, the crux of the news is that the recently-wed Sibiraj will play the antagonist.
S.S. Kumar debuts as the music director for the Srikanth-starrer Poo. However, scoring music for the movie is only a part-time occupation for Kumar, as he is employed with the Central Government. That's one smart idea, we say.
Prithviraj-Priyamani had an Onam release 'Thirakkada' in Kerala. Recently, spotted at the Four Frames Theatre for the movie's special show, Ms. Mani was confident about the movie's success and said that the story deals with real-life incidents that happened 25 years ago.

Silambarasan and Vijaya T Rajendar Press Meet Gallery

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:43 AM CDT

Silambarasan and his father Vijaya T Rajendher held a press meets to explain on the car theft matter. Simbu provided a new aspect to the 'news', providing proofs to substantiate his version. Simbu dismissed all these rumors as an attempt to malign his image.
Simbu stated that there was no truth in the news reports, 'I left for Sri Lanka on 3 September for the shoot of Silambattam. I returned to Chennai only on September 14th. Simbu dismissed all these rumours as an attempt to malign his image. Vijaya T Rajendher said, 'Silambarasan is a teetotaller and I can prove it in the court.

Priya Mani's rush to finish projects

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:33 AM CDT

The Priya Mani-Bharath starrer Arumugham, directed by Suresh Krishna, is nearing completion. Shoots have been carried out in Mayajaal on the ECR and also in Guindy recently. With that Priya Mani's portions are said to be over only with the title song pending. Priya is expected to attend the song shoots scheduled on October 3rd. Another
interesting fact is that Ramya Krishnan makes a comeback in Arumugham by playing a vicious vamp.
Meanwhile, Priya is also on the verge of finishing up her Ninaithaale Inikum where she is cast opposite Prithviraj. Her commitment for the movie would be over after the remaining two songs are shot.
It is also to be noted that there were speculations about Mani Ratnam asking for Priya's bulk call sheets.

'Aegan' comes as a diwali delight

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:31 AM CDT

Ayngaran international produced 'Aegan' is slated for a deepavali release making Thala fans more euphoric and would sure be an extravagance for the thunderous festival.
A release on Deepavali is considered to bring fortune for the Star. His earlier films like 'Varalaru', 'Amarkalam' released on the day of Deepavali turned out as big hits at the box office and reaped accolades. Renowned Choreographer Raju Sundaram makes his directorial debut through this film. After the terrific success of 'Billa', Nayanthara once again shares screen space with Ajith.
'Arinthum Ariyamalum' fame Navdeep is in to enact a key role, while Suhasini Maniratnam, Nasser, Jayaram, Sree Man, Suman also play prominent roles in this flick. Inspired by the Bollywood hit 'Main Hoon Na', Aegan was shot in Hyderabad, Yercaud and in many exquisite locales of Hong Kong and Bangkok. Music for Aegan is set to tunes by Yuvan Shankar Raja and the audio launch is expected to be in early October.

Sangavi forays on a soap

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:37 AM CDT

Yesteryear heroine Sangavi is the latest to foray to the television screen. She would be playing the lead protagonist in the teleserial to be telecast in Kalaignar TV.
Renowned television serial director C J Baskar, who worked with the likes of Radhika Sarath Kumar and Meena before, will be directing Sangavi.
Titled 'Gokulathil Seethai', it would be aired from 22 September. It is produced by Srithan Productions.
Sangavi had acted opposite several top heroes including Ajith, Vijay and Prashanth. She managed to mark in both Tamil and Telugu film industry.
She now joins the big league of artistes like Kushboo, Radhika Sarath Kumar and Devayani. Hope Sangavi delivers it big this time.