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After the hit ‘Pollathavan’ the successful alliance of Vettrimaran and Dhanush are sculpting ‘Aadukalam’ to perfection. The shooting for the film is complete and post production works are on.
Meanwhile Vettrimaran wanted to reshoot some scenes and the unit is co-operating fully. ‘Aadukalam’ is set in the back drop of Madurai town and for the patch work Vettrimaran is shooting in Red Hills area of Chennai at places that matches Madurai locations.
Dhanush plays his self of a brat who refuses to budge for anything. It has romance and action as well. Noted Silankan Tamil poet Jayabalan plays the new villain in ‘Aadukalam’.
Dhanush feels this will be as different as their earlier film and started recommending the film to his friends even at this stage.
Posted in: , , | Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Ilayathalapathy Vijay will start the first schedule of director Siddique’s Bodyguard remake in Chennai from Thursday, April 1.
The only common factor between the Malayalam and Tamil version is writer and director Siddique, who has made some minor changes in the Tamil version to suit Vijay’s image.
Vijay will play the role done by Dileep while Asin is going to do Nayanthara’s role in the Malayalam original. Thyagarajan who had a pivotal role has been replaced by Raj Kiran in the Tamil version.
National award winning music director Ouseappachan’s replacement for the Tamil version is Vidyasagar. S Kumar who was the cameraman in the Malayalam version has been replaced by ace cameraman and Vijay’s current favourite Ekambaram, who has also done the actor’s Sura.
Vadivelu gives Vijay company in the comedy dapartment along with MS Bhaskar.
There was a controversy towards the end of last year over some alleged comments made by Gautham Menon saying directors like Ameer and Sasikumar don’t treat cinema with respect and they make the kind of movies not suitable for today. How ever Gautham denied saying so and all controversies were put to rest.
Proving clean Gautham Menon has now signed Sasikumar to do a film for his home banner Photon Factory. Sasikumar will write and direct the film apart from playing the hero. Tamannah has been approached to play the heroine.
Meanwhile Gautham Menon is on a tour visiting theatres to promote ‘Vinnaithandi Varuvaya’. After that he will go on a holiday to Switzerland with his family. All work will start as soon as he returns.
Posted in: , | Friday, March 19, 2010
Vijay fans have something to cheer this month and this about the launch of audio of his latest movie ‘Sura’.
‘Sura’ is directed by Rajkumar and produced by Murugan Cine Arts' Sangili Murugan. It is already the buzz in the industry, as it is Vijay's 50th film. Though Vijay is the hero, the hero on March 26th would be music director Mani Sharma who is the busiest music director in both Tamil and Telugu. Mani Sharma and Vijay have worked together in many occasions before, for example ‘Shajahan’, ‘Youth’, ‘Pokkiri’, ‘Thirupachi’, etc.
All these have been super hits, and let us hope ‘Sura’ will be included in that list.
Vadivelu is taking care of the comedy in the movie and the heroine is pretty girl Tamannah. It will be an interesting sight to see her dance with the energetic Vijay.
Ilaya Thalapathi Vijay’s 50th film ‘Sura’ is in its final stages and his following 51st film is also matching the speed of ‘Sura’.
After ‘Sura’, Vijay will be doing the remake of Malayalam film ‘Bodyguard’ under the direction of Siddique. Music director is Vidyasagar and he is ready with the compositions for six songs. Pilot recording is on and the final songs will be ready soon. Yuga Bharathi has written all the songs.
The shooting for ‘Bodyguard’ remake will begin in the first week of June soon after the release of ‘Sura’. And the other important thing about the movie is Asin is returning to Kollywood with this film.
Denying rumours doing rounds about his health condition, ace comedian Goundamani said on Thursday the he was doing well. “I am very much alive and active,” the actor reacted in his typical style to the rumours, said circles close to him.
The comedian was admitted to a private hospital in Chennai a few days ago after he complained of chest pain and uneasiness. Doctors attending to him said he was recovering fast and there was nothing to worry about his health.
However, some negative buzz was doing rounds on Thursday about Goudamani’s health condition. Following this, media persons and others close to the actor tried to contact his family members and close associates to know the truth.
When Goundamani came to know about this, he reportedly said, “I have no doubt that I am alive and active.” Meanwhile, the actor’s daughter Selvi too has said her father was doing well and requested not to spread any rumours.

 Hi Friends, Bad News for Tamil Nadu. The Great Comedian actor Goundamani as passwed away. The death news regarding Goundamani is not confirmed till now. But the final health news about him will be updated in few hours.

Goundamani was born in Kannampalayam,a village in Coimbatore,Tamil Nadu,India. He gained entry into the Tamil film industry Kollywood due to his strong Theatrical background. His actual name is Mani but he famously portrayed the role of a Oor-Goundeer in one of his Stage plays and from then on he came to be known as Goundamani. He started acting in films at his age of 26 and until then he was doing stage shows.[citation needed]. Goundamani was initially a solo act and then paired up with Senthil to form a comedy duo. Stated as Kollywood's Laurel and Hardy, Senthil and Goundamani have entertained people with their rib-tickling slapstick humour for more than two decades now. Goundamani has entertained two generations of Tamil audience with his unique style of comedy. His dialogues are woven with sarcasm and contempt and is often accompanied with impeccable timing and body language.[citation needed]

His most famous piece of comedy is the "Vazhaipazham" (Banana) joke with Senthil in the film Karagattakaran. His famous dialogue Arasiyalla ithellam satharnamappa (meaning this is common in politics), from the movie Suriyan later became one of his trademarks. He has also played the role of the protagonist in films Raja Enga Raja and Pirandhaen Valarndhaen. He has acted as Hero in 10 films.[citation needed]

Some of his memorable movies are with lead actors such as Sathyaraj, Karthik, Rajinikanth, Arjun, Parthiban, Jayaram, Kamal Hassan, Vijay, Ajith Kumar, Sarath Kumar and Prabhu. In several Tamil films, he has even accompanied the lead actor in almost all of the scenes and in a few songs.[citation needed]

Early days in his career he had a memorable role in 16 Vayathinile as a sidekick to Rajinikanth. Later in early 80's he had several hits like Unnai nan santhithen, Vaidhegi kathirundal, etc. and his career revival in Karagatakkaran after a long slump, which can be attributed to comedians like Janakaraj.[citation needed]

In the 90's his career peaked in such a way that it was hard to make a hit Tamil film without him. He also has acted in several films with a double-hero role subjects including films like Ullathai Allitha and Unakaaga ellam unakaaga.
Posted in: , , , | Thursday, March 18, 2010

This is getting completely flummoxing for all as an abrupt shift over titles has taken place between Silambarasan and Dhanush. Few days back in time, Silambarasan was reported to have signed a film ‘Utthamaputhiran’ with director Boopathy Pandian, which was supposed to be produced by director Lingusamy under the banner name of Tirupathi Brothers. But all of sudden, we get to see that Dhanush’s next film directed by Jawahar Mithran has been titled as ‘Utthamaputhiran’. It’s worth mentioning that the film is a remake of yesteryear Telugu film ‘Ready’ with Ram and Genelia donning lead roles. The Tamil version too has Genelia performing the female lead and the shooting is fast happening over the floors.
Posted in: , , | Tuesday, March 16, 2010

மே மாதம் நாம் தமிழர் இயக்கம் அரசியல் கட்சியாக ப‌ரிமாணம் கொள்கிறது. அரசியல் பிரவேசத்தையொட்டி சீமான் பரபரப்பாக இருப்பார் என்று பார்த்தால், ‌ரிலாக்சாக அடுத்தப் படத்துக்கான கதை விவாதத்தில் இருந்தார். படத்தின் ஹீரோ விஜய்.

தாணு தயா‌ரிப்பில் சீமான் இயக்கும் பகலவன் படத்தில் விஜய் நடிப்பது உறுதியாகிவிட்டது. படத்தின் ஒன் லைன் சொல்லி விஜய்யின் சம்மதத்தையும் வாங்கிவிட்டார் சீமான். ஜெயம் ராஜா, சித்திக் இயக்கும் படங்களுக்குப் பிறகு பகலவன் படப்பிடிப்பில கலந்து கொள்கிறார் விஜய்.

ஏப்ரல், மே மாதங்களில் அரசியல் பணிகள் இருக்கும் என்பதால் இப்போது பகலவன் ஸ்கி‌ரிப்டை முடிக்கும் பணியில் சீமான் ஈடுபட்டிருக்கிறார்.

தமி‌ழீழ தேசிய‌த் தலைவர் பிரபாகரனிடம் சீமான் கூறிய இரண்டு கதைகளில் ஒன்று இந்த பகலவன் என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.

Vijay’s much expected movie Sura audio is all set to be released on March 19. The music for the movie has been scored by Mani Sharma. As per sources a massive set has been erected at a cost of 40 lakhs in Anumondhai near Puducherry for a kuthu song featuring three Mumbai models featured along with.
Sura features Vijay and Tamannah in lead roles. The movie is being directed by S.P.Rajkumar and produced by Sangili Murugan. The movie distribution rights has been aquired by Sun Pictures.
Earlier, we have reported that the shooting of K.V. Anand's Ko is progressing in Kullu Manali. Now the latest news is that the crew is back home after finishing a four day shooting schedule at the hill station. According to sources, a breath-taking melody was shot at the beautiful locales featuring the lead actors Jiiva and Karthika. They also add that the melody tuned by Harris Jayaraj was wonderfully choreographed by Gayatri Raghuram. We also hear that the director K.V. Anand is happy with the outcome and the entire crew is expecting the song to be a chart-buster!
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Actress Ranjitha who is in the limelight for the wrong reasons has apparently been unreachable on her mobile ever since the recent controversy about her appearance in a video with a Saint.
As she is currently part of Mani Ratnam’s ‘Raavan’, there were a few scenes that needed to be finished with her but her mobile is apparently not reachable. Considering the time value, Mani has decided to shoot all the scenes involving Ranjitha with another actress and complete the movie.
This means waste of money and waste of time to the producers. Earlier, rains in Kerala, ruined a huge set that was built and had to be re-erected to complete the scenes. The costs have only been adding up to the producer’s woes. Mani would just hope to finish the petty things and complete his project as soon as possible.
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Ajith’s 50th film is gearing up for a kind of launch never seen before in Tamil industry. The grand function is being planned in Madurai, the stronghold of Alagiri. Gautham will start the film in June immediately after he completes his underproduction low budget thriller starring his associate Veera and Sameera Reddy.
Dhayanidhi Alagiri who produces Ajith’s 50th film has sounded a grand function at the famous Thamukam Grounds in Madurai. Elaborate plans are being made to have Union Minister and the father of Dhayanidhi Mu. Ka. Alagiri and the Super Star Rajinikanth on the stage together as chief guests.
Gautham Menon is planning to convert Ajith as the new James Bond of south cinema. At the same time he has given full freedom to Ajith to decide on how he wants to look in the film. Ajith’s terrific macho appearance in ‘Asal’ is still fresh in the minds of the people.
As said before Gautham has applied the title ‘Kaaval’ for this film and if that title is not available then he would call the film ‘Khaki’.
Posted in: , , , | Monday, March 15, 2010
Ever since Gemini Film Circuit bought the Telugu and Tamil remake rights of 3 Idiots from Vidhu Vinod Chopra, there is widespread anticipation about the lead roles.

The latest buzz is that the producers are trying to rope in Vijay to play Aamir Khan's role in the Tamil remake and that Udhayanidhi Stalin may enact one of the lead roles. Madhavan has already stated that he is open to reprise his role in Tamil.

3 Idiots is the highest grossing Hindi film in Tamil Nadu, where it has managed to gross a record Rs. 1.65 crore from 22 screens in its very first week. Nation-wde, the film is said to have grossed about Rs. 240 crores in just 10 days.

Let's wait for the official confirmation!
The title for Ajith’s 50th film seems to be the hot topic among his fans. There were reports that the film is to be titled Thuppariyum Anand, but Gautham Menon denied it. Gautham had said that it is true that he has a script titled Thuppariyum Anand but Ajith’s project is different.

There are reports that Gautham is considering to name the Ajith-starrer as Kakhi or Police. But both these titles have already been registered. Police, sources say, has been registered by noted actor and producer Thyagarajan.

There are also reports that Gautham is contemplating on the title Kaaval.

As opposed to basking in the glory of the success of Goa, Venkat Prabhu seems to have kick started his next project almost stealthily. Sources aver that Venkat’s next project, also a comic caper, will have Premji Amaran and Thamizh Padam Siva playing the leads.

Produced by yet another Venkat Prabhu regular Siva for his banner Amma Creations, the movie tentatively titled Poochandi, is scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja. Other details and an official confirmation in this regard are awaited.


அன்மையில் வெளியாகிய சூர்யா,அஜித்,விஜய் ஆகியோரின் படங்களின் சென்னை இன் முதல் மூன்று நாள் வசூல் விபரங்களின் அடிப்படையில் பார்த்தால் முதலிடத்தில் விஜயும் இரண்டாம் இடத்தில் சூர்யாவும் அதற்கு அடுத்த இடத்திலேயே அஜித் உள்ளார்.


விஜயின் வேட்டைக்காரன் :- Rs. 89,08,491

சூர்யாவின் அயன் :- Rs. 67,81,107

அஜித்தின் அசல் :- Rs. 62,53,908
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விஜயகாந்திடம் தன் நண்பரின் குழந்தை இதய ஆபரேசனுக்காக உதவி கேட்டு போயுள்ளார் ஒரு உதவி இயக்குனர்.

அவர் விஜயகாந்த் நடித்த கண்ணுபடப்போகுதய்யா படத்தில் பணியாற்றியவர்.

உதவி கேட்ட அவரிடம் விஜயகாந்த் இதுவரை இரண்டாயிரம் பேர் வரிசையில் இருக்காங்க நீ வேற போயாஎன்று சொல்லவும்,அந்த உதவி இயக்குனர் மருத்துவ செலவுக்கு தேவையான இரண்டு லட்சத்தில் ஒன்னேகால் லட்சம் இருக்கிறது தேவை எழுபத்தி ஐந்தாயிரம் மட்டுமே.முழுதும் கொடுக்க முடியாவிட்டால் உங்களால் முடிந்ததை கொடுங்கள் என்று சொல்ல கடுப்பான விஜயகாந்த் கோபத்தில் திட்டி விட்டாராம்.

மனம் தளராத அந்த உதவி இயக்குனர்,மருந்து வாங்க 500/ ரூபாய் கேட்டாராம் அதைக்கூட தராமல் துரத்தி விட்டாராம் விஜயகாந்த்.


நொந்து போன அந்த உதவி இயக்குனர் தன் நண்பர் உதவி கேமராமேனிடம் விஷயத்தை சொல்ல அவர் அஜித்திடம் அழைத்து போனாராம்.

படப்பிடிப்பில் இருந்த அஜித் இவர்கள் மூவருக்கும் உணவு வழங்கி விட்டு நடிக்க போய் விட்டாராம்.பேசாமல் அவர் போனதும் மனம் வெந்து போய்விட்டார்களாம்.

ஒரு மணிநேரம் கழித்து வந்த அஜித் சரி ஆரம்பிங்க என்றவுடன் இருவருக்கும் புரியவில்லை .

அஜித் இவர்கள் கதை சொல்ல வந்திருக்கிறார்கள் என்று நினைத்து இவர்களுக்கு நேரம் ஒதுக்குவதற்காக வேக,வேகமாக நடித்து கொடுத்து விட்டு வந்தாராம்..

மணவாளன் குழந்தையின் ஆபரேசனுக்கு பணம் கேட்டு வந்தோம் என்று சொல்ல கோபத்தில் துடித்த அஜித் இதை முதலிலேயே சொல்ல கூடாதா நான் கதை சொல்ல வந்தீர்கள் என்றல்லவா நினைத்தேன் எனறு கடிந்து எவ்வளவுதேவை என்று கேட்டாராம்.

விஜயகாந்திடம் திட்டு வாங்கிய பயத்தில் உதவி இயக்குனர் ஒரு ஐயாயிரம் கொடுத்து உதவுங்கள் என்றாராம்.


கோபமான அஜித் மொத்தம் தேவை எவ்வளவு என்று சொல்லுங்கள் என்று அதட்டவும்,எழுபத்து ஐந்து ஆயிரம் தேவை என்று சொல்லவும் ,மொத்தமாக நானே தருகிறேன் ஆனால் இதை பத்திரிக்கைக்கு சொல்லக்கூடாது என்ற கண்டிப்புடன் உடனே செக் போட்டு கொடுத்து விட்டாராம்.


அஜித்தின் இந்த மனிதநேயம் எனக்கு நெகிழ்ச்சியில் கண்ணீர் வரவைத்து விட்டது.நாட்டை ஆள்வதற்கு துடிக்கும் விஜயகாந்தின் மனதிற்கும் ,செய்வதை பிறர்க்கு தெரியாமல் செய்ய நினைக்கும் அஜித்தின் மனதிற்கும் உள்ள வித்தியாசத்தை நினைத்து.

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Udhayanidhi Stalin's Red Giants Production is on a high; the production house is all set to team up with Suriya again after the successful Aadhavan. Udhayanidhi Stalin will produce Suriya's upcoming flick directed by A.R. Murugadoss. Ravi K. Chandran is expected to handle the camera and Harris Jayaraj will be the music director. "Shooting will commence soon and plans are on to release the film by the end of this year," says the young producer.

When asked about his other production venture directed by K.S. Ravikumar with Kamal Haasan in the  lead, he says, "Kamal sir took me to the discussion room where I was stunned by his knowledge. He is a master of all subjects. We had discussions about 10 times so far. An official announcement will be made soon."
After creating waves in Bollywood with 3 Idiots, Popular pan-Indian hero Madhavan will share screen space with the legendary Kamal Haasan in an upcoming Tamil flick to be directed by K.S. Ravikumar. Meanwhile, ever since Gemini Film Circuit bought the Telugu and Tamil remake rights of 3 Idiots from Vidhu Vinod Chopra, there is widespread anticipation about the lead roles. Madhavan was expected to reprise his role in Tamil, but the actor has now reportedly denied these rumours and says, "Because I had already given my heart and soul to the character I played in the Hindi version, I don’t think it will be interesting if I do the Tamil remake too." 

He suggested Ajith, Vijay and Vikram's names for the lead roles. “Ajith, Vijay and Vikram will be the right choices to play the lead roles if  3 Idiots is remade in Tamil. The film will sure become a super hit here if the three come and join forces. The top actors would fit the roles well, besides adding star value to the movie,” he said.

In Thiruvananthapuram at the awards ceremony of the Baby John Foundation Actor Mohanlal presented the bravery award posthumously to martyr Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, The award was received by Sandeep’s father K. Unnikrishnan and mother Dhanalakshmi.
Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan was one of the martyrs who gave his life in fighting terrorists who attacked Mumbai city on November 26, 2008.
Sandeep’s mother told Mohanlal that Sandeep was a big fan of his and the brave heart has seen every new release of the actor. Just before the award was handed over to Sandeep’s parents, the audience lit candle lights and stood in silence for a minute in remembrance of the brave soldier.
Mohanlal gave the Baby John oration. Shibu Baby John, Vakkachen Mattathil, Aryadan Mohammad and Shaji B. John also spoke on the occasion.
After she started working opposite Mohanlal in T.K. Rajeevkumar's film ‘Oru Naal Varum’, Sameera Reddy has literally fallen in love with God’s own country. Sameera says Kerala is a breath-taking place. The greenery, the back waters and particularly the food -Appams and payaru payasam top the list and then comes puttu- Sameera loves everything Kerala.
Sameera thanks Priyadarshan for being in Mollywood. One day Priyan called her and asked her if she knows somebody called Srinivasan. After she went blank Priyan only continued and told her, well you will know him soon because you are working in a film scripted by him, it was so quick recollects Sameera.
Sameera is already a popular face in Kerala through Tamil films ‘Varanam Aayiram’ and ‘Asal’. Sameera is also cast in another Malayalam film Casanova again with Mohanlal. Tamil actor Arya also plays an important role in ‘Casanova’.
So after doing films in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam, will Kannada be the next touch down? May be she says. “As far as I am concerned it’s all cinema and languages don’t matter”, she says. Her mother is a Kannadiga and at least for her Sameera will sign a Kannada film in the future.
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After a tough fight for acquiring the rights of the sequel of Apthamithra (Kannada version of Rajinikanth’s Chandramukhi) , ‘Aptharakshaka’, producer Bellamkonda Suresh has finally chosen his hero. IndiaGlitz discovers who!
Aptharakshaka, the bumper hit movie in Kannada that is breaking all time Kannada records, will be remade in Telugu by producer Bellamkonda Suresh for his Sri Sai Productions with hero ‘Victory’ Venkatesh. Suresh added that the lead character of the movie will suit Venkatesh’s image.
P.Vasu, who made the super hit ‘Chanti’ with Venkatesh before, will remake his Kannada blockbuster in Telugu. Producer Suresh has planned to start shooting of the movie this May.  He further reveals that ‘Aptharakshaka’ is a family entertainer and will suit the taste of Telugu audience. He welcomed the Vasu – Venkatesh combination after a long time and expected to be a blockbuster just like the Kannada version.
Mean while ‘Victory’    Venkatesh is excited about this untitled project. Sources say he saw the Kannada version and would love to do it. Venkatesh would be elated to have his tag ‘Victory’ stuck to him with projects like these. All the best Venky!
Kollywood's sensational director Shankar, promises that Yanthram (Endhiran, in Tamil) will be releasing this year.  The film has been in the making for more than two years now.
As a matter of fact, only one song is understood to be canned and the film will be done with the shooting part.  Writing in his blog, Shankar said, "most of the CG works are completed, another 200 complicated CG shots are yet to be completed."
Of course, there is a heavy amount of post-production works that are pending.  "Final editing and back ground score is there to be done," writes an upbeat Shankar.
For that matter, sound mixing is still to be done.  Being a technically high-tech film, Yanthram will take months to complete the tasks.
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