Movie News on 24/03/2009

Actress Genelia loves to action packed roles

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 10:05 AM PDT

This cute bubbly missy dreams all about donning an action packed roles. Genelia D'Souza made her debut in Kollywood with Shankar's Boys and later followed by 'Sachin' with Vijay.
She won laurels for her best performance in 'Santhosh Subramaniam'. Now she's gone so busy amongst Bollywood, Tollywood, Tamil and Kannada Film Industries. Says Genelia, 'I've been so used to the characterizations of love and glamour in films…

So, I would love to take up action based roles that are usually done by the heroes. Since, I am an athlete and mastered several martial arts… Thusly, If I go through any such scripts of action based roles, I am ready to sign it'.

Are you listening filmmakers who were yearning out for such actresses?

Dhanush trains in the Madurai lingo

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 10:03 AM PDT

Actor Dhanush's dedication to his job is well known. The actor, who is currently juggling between Mitran Jawahar's 'Kutty' and Vetrimaran's 'Aadukalam', has amazed his film crew with his adaptability to he different roles that he is playing.
The actor has just returned to Chennai after a grueling schedule of shooting in Madurai for 'Aadukalam'. Paired with Trisha for the first time, Dhanush teams up with 'Polladhavan' director Vetrimaran for this project once again. In fact, Vetrimaran had himself spent over six months living amidst natives in Madurai while scripting the project.
It is said that shooting will resume next month. But Dhanush's homework for the role will not. The actor is said to be busy, trying to get the Madurai slang right, and is said to be practicing incessantly to get the lingo right.
Following these, Dhanush will play a guest role with negative shades for Subramaniyam Siva's remake of 'Nandanam'.

Hindi Pokkiri ready to rock

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 10:03 AM PDT

Well, the journey of remake is more happening around the circle of Bollywood-Kollywood-Tollywood. When Mahesh Babu Starrer 'Pokkiri' made high waves across the box office, Prabhu Deva and Vijay weren't far behind in striking jackpot in tinsel town.

Though Prabhu Deva had remade the Telugu version directed by Puri Jaganath, Salman Khan and Producer Boney Kapoor watching the film were enthralled by Prabhu Deva's Tamil version.

Shooting for this film is over now and here's the first look posters exclusively revealed on Tamilomovie.com…

Aayisha Talkia plays female lead while Mahesh Manjrekar and Vinod Khanna have got meaty roles to perform.

Nayan’s spiritual venture!

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 08:11 AM PDT

With the Anushka starrer Arundathee dubbed from Telugu raking in mullahs even in Chennai, Koti Ramakrishna, of Amman fame and director of Arundathee, is toying with the idea of another similar supernatural movie. This will be another heroine oriented subject and is most likely to be a bilingual considering that Koti's earlier ventures including Devi and Amman are dubbed into Tamil and were successful.
Give her popularity in both languages, Nayanthara is considered for the role, it is learnt. The new flick will be co-produced by M S Raju and Koti himself.

Bala’s change for Soundarya

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 08:07 AM PDT

If you are weak hearted who can't stand depressing scenes in movies, you have every reason to keep off from Bala's movies. Although critically acclaimed for their intensity and powerpacked performances, there's no denial of the fact that his movies are disturbing. However, as per the latest grapevine, Bala seems to have decided to revisit his decision about serious movies by opting for a light-veined one.
If sources are to be believed, Bala's next film will
be a sugary sweet romantic comedy with lots of mush. And given the fact that there are rumors about his association with Soundarya Rajinikant's Ochar Studios for his next flick, the change could only be welcome.

Will Billa strike jackpot in box office?

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 08:04 AM PDT

Followed by 4 versions of 'Don' and 'Billa, the stunning remakes goes to Tollywood now. Yeah! Prabhas starrer 'Billa' was earlier supposed to release this weekend on March 27 and has been postponed to April 2. The film is directed by Meher Ramesh who shot to fame with Kantri. The film is produced by Narendra and Prabodh with the banner name of Gopikrishna Movies. Pvt. Ltd. Mani Sharma has tuned melodies for the film and songs are already a great hit. To make the film more stylish in looks, the entire portion has been shot with Super 35mm Camera.
With both the remake versions of 'Don' and 'Billa' in the recent years, Prabhas is brimmed with high expectations about the film. Anushka dons the female lead while Namitha with the same characterizations that she donned in Tamil version of Billa….

Akshaya goes for dual role

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 07:59 AM PDT

Actress Akshaya made her debut in Tamil Cinema with 'Kaalaba Kadhala' where she enacted the role of a girl seducing her sister's husband. Later, she geared up for a period film titled 'Uliyin Osai' starring opposite Vineeth. Now, she is performing female lead in a film titled 'Inbathilum Aasai Varum' where Santhosh is donning lead role.
Raj and Minar are performing prominent roles in the film and Rajendran once an associate director of S.A. Chandrasekhar. Malayalam Music Director Susanna is tuning melodies. The story is about a village youth who indulges in an immaculate love. What is the problem he encounters is being narrated in a poetic way in this film. Akshya is donning dual roles in this film.

Vijaykanth’s fan waxes lyrical

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 05:08 AM PDT

Looks like the actor-turned-politician Vijayakanth just earned himself a new fan from the film fraternity! Lyricist Puthumaipithan is all smiles about the respect Captain Vijayakanth accorded him at the audio launch of Vikraman's 'Mairyadhai'.
"I'm glad that he called me on the dais and thank him for it. I also consider myself lucky and thank Dr MGR for giving me the opportunity to pen the song "Inbame Undhan Per Penmaiyo" in the 1975-film 'Idhayakani'. The song has been remixed for 'Mariyadhai', whose audio was launched at a grand function held on Firday.
Heaping praise on Vijayakanth for giving him all the 'Mariyadhai' he deserved, as the original lyricist of the song, he lauded the captain for finely balancing cinema and politics.
'Mariyadhai', directed by Vikraman, features Vijayakanth in a dual role, along with Ambika, Meena and Meera Jasmine to play his love interests. Raj Television Network has bought the film from Amma Creations, its original producers. The film is slated to be released on April 10.

The curious case about Tamannah’s rise

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 05:07 AM PDT

Hardly does anyone remember and associate Tamannah with the role of a demure girl that she played, as Shobana, in 'Kallori'. Her rise has been nothing short of meteoric, in an industry that was largely dominated by Nayantara and Asin, at the time of her entry.
But Tamannah isn't the one to crave for the top slot in the industry. "I don't care if I'm the top heroine or not. Positions really don't matter. I concentrate only on my work," says the actress, with oodles on confidence. "But luck and fate are as important as hard work in the film industry if you wish to be in the top slot. I'm giving my best in whatever role I take up but the rest is not under my control," she says when asked if she is eyeing the top slot in the industry.
Despite her modesty, industry pundits call her 'the next big thing' in Kollywood. In a move that would confirm this, the actress replaced numero uno Nayantara in Lingusamy's Paiya when Nayantara opted out of the project. Here's wishing Tamannah all luck to reach the pinnacle of success.

Lakshmi Rai’s denial about Dhoni

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 05:04 AM PDT

Lakshmi Rai is currently busy with several projects in her kitty including Vamanan and Naan Avan Illai II in Tamil and Pazhassi Raja in Malayalam. The lady has also been in the news for quite a while for her linkup with cricketers like Sreesanth and Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Lakshmi Rai seems to be perturbed with the media hounding her to know about her relationship with the Indian cricket team captain Dhoni. The actress said
that the rumors were floating freely and has made it national news. Lakshmi Rai said that gossipmongers were working overtime and even went on to state that she accompanied Dhoni during the New Zealand tour. However, Lakshmi said that this was utterly baseless because she was in India shooting for Tamil and Malayalam films.

Jayaram’s loss is Nadiya’s gain

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 05:08 AM PDT

Actress Nadiya might seem to perfectly fit the bill of the character of a dignified school teacher in 'Pattalam', but the truth is that she was not the original actor chosen to play it. In fact, director Rohan Krishna and his writer wife Sheeba Rohan had planned the character to be played by a man and so had approached Jayaram for the role.
The actor, known for his gift of the gab, was thoroughly excited with the script and expressed his interest in doing the film. This was when he was acting in the Malayalam film, 'Veruthe Oru Bharya' with Gopika. Sheeba and Rohan narrated the script when the actor was shooting for the film in Ottappalam. The actor said he would be unable to do the film as he had already committed to do a trip to the US and had received advance for it.
It was then that producer Subash Chandra Bose came up with Nadiya's name. This required the script to be reworked, and when Nadiya was met in Mumbai and told the new script, she was excited beyond bounds.
'My biggest attraction in the script was that I didn't have a pair. This is a novel script for me," says the actress, who leads a herd of nine sprightly school kids in the film.
Subash Chandra Bose, the producer, is the brother of popular director N Lingusamy, and has produced the film under the banner of Thirupathy Brothers. Music for the film is by Jassie Gift and cinematography by Krishnasamy.

Based on a true story

Posted: 24 Mar 2009 04:57 AM PDT

Remember 'Kuppi', the daring film that delved into the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi? The film, directed by AMR Ramesh, won accolades for its powerful story telling, and was even released into Kannada as 'Cyanide'. The director is back with another true life called 'Kavalar Kudiyiruppu' this time.
'Kavalar Kudiyiruppu', is an interesting bilingual in the making, and is inspired by a fascinating story of love, sentiment and action, which happened in 1982. Made simultaneously in Kannada as Police Quarters, it has new comers Anees Tejeswar and Sonu in the lead.
Music for the film is composed by James Vasanthan of 'Subramaniyapuram' fame, while the camera is cranked by Dwaraknath, who got a big break in Autograph. The film is being produced by Anitha and S Indumathi under the banner of Vasishta Films, with the story, screenplay, dialogues and direction handled by AMR Ramesh.
The film will be launched in a grand manner in the Dodda Ganapathi Temple on March 27.