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Ilayathapathy Vijay seems to be vividly going for a change. Just as his Kavalkaran will not have any traces of his past 6 films, his other projects are expected to be based on unique themes as well. While preparations are going on with his 52nd project 'Velayudham'. the actor will be soon signing his 53rd project.
Producer A.M.Rathnam of Sri Surya Movie has roped actor Vijay for his next film, which will be directly by 'Yaavarum Nalam' fame Vikram K Kumar. The Filmmaker made his debut directorial with simbu-Trisha starrer 'Alai" and nearly after 5 long years os sabbatical gap made a runaway blockbuster 'Yaavarum Nalam'.
The Filmmaker was supposed to direct Vkiram in '24' that was later dropped and now is signing Vijay for another film. With lots of eminent filmmakers - siddque, Jeyam Raja, and Vikram Kumar Lined up for his next films, his fans can expect whole lot of new things happening over his films in future.
Posted in: , , , | Tuesday, June 29, 2010


Cloud Nine’s proposed latest announcement will mark an end to the rumors surrounding Ajith’s 50th movie. The production company that owns Ajith’s call sheets is on the verge of producing a movie with Ajith in the lead, to be directed by Venkat Prabhu. Set in the backdrop of Mumbai’s Dharavi slums, this movie has been titled Mangatha.

On the other hand, Cloud Nine also owns the call sheet of Gautham Menon. Although there’s no news about what happened to the earlier speculated Gautham Menon–Ajith venture, looks like a Gautham–Cloud Nine production is in the cards. However, it is unclear if the director will wield the megaphone for a film that will have Ajith once the actor completes the assignment with Venkat Prabhu.

After the super success of ‘Varanam Aayiram’, ‘Thamizh Padam’ and ‘Paiyaa' Cloud 9 Movies has now acquired "Naan Mahaan Alla" starring Karthi and Kajal Agarwal also. The film has music by Yuvan Shankar Raja and directed by ‘Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu’ Suseendran.
Cloud 9 Movies said “We are happy to be associated with this prestigious project produced by 'Studio Green'. We love working with Karthi and it was a good experience in 'Paiyaa' too. We appreciate his selection of projects and we are confident that this film will become a bigger hit than 'Paiyaa'. “
It may be noted that the judgment of Cloud 9 Movies has hit the bull’s eye at the box office so far and all their films become super hits topping them all is ‘Paiyaa’.
Posted in: , , , | Saturday, June 26, 2010

Following Mani's bilingual epic Raavanan, this year's other much awaited extravaganza the Shankar directed Endhiran will hit the screens. If industry inside sources are to be believed, Shankar is on the verge of announcing the release date, which is likely to be September 3, 2010. Endhiran, the sci-fi fantasy has been in the making for a couple of years with superstar Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai in the lead.

Owing to its mammoth budget, Eros International decided to drop the project earlier during the recession period after which SUN pictures took it over. Endhiran is reportedly made at a whopping budget of Rs. 190 crores, the highest ever budget for a motion picture in Indian cinema. Oscar winner A R Rahman scores for the movie, which is co-written by the late writer Sujatha.

Today is the birthday of Ilayathalapathy Vijay, the darling of the young and the old. One wave of his hand is enough to send the public into a cheering and screaming frenzy.

After successfully making an impression as a mass hero, Vijay has now instilled confidence in audiences' minds that he will also be a good leader. Today, the launch of his political party is discussed along with news about his next release Kavalkaran.

It has been 18 years since Vijay entered the movie world with Naalaiya Theerpu. His earlier movies were based on romance and friendship. Slowly, he moved toward more mass films, which had liberal doses of action and comedy along with his dances. This kind of movies made him the favourite of young and old.

With a view to use his widespread popularity for the greater good, Vijay converted all his fan clubs into service organisations. Today, it is said that there are 60,000 fan clubs functioning exclusively for Vijay. Fan frenzies range from pouring milk and honey on his cutouts to organizing health camps and offering donations. Last year, he released a flag for his fan clubs. This year, talks about his forthcoming political party are circulating.

Vijay has a series of remakes coming up later this year. He is currently busy with Kaavalkaran (remake of Malayalam hit Bodyguard), which also marks the re-entry of Southern beauty Asin to Kollywood after a gap. After that, Vijay will team up with Jayam Raja for Velayudham (remake of Telugu hit Azad), with Genelia and Hansika as his heroines. Vijay will also star in the Tamil remake of the Bollywood blockbuster 3 Idiots.

So Vijay, will you enter politics? The whole industry and audiences are looking forward to your response and official statements. Happy birthday Vijay!
 
Dhanush and Tamannah will pair up for a film that is to be directed by Hari. The director says that this venture, titled Aruva, will commence in the month of August. Cameraman Priyan is expected to wield the camera for this venture. Sources say that this movie is an action film but Hari intends to make it to suit Dhanush’s image. Devi Sri Prasad will score the music. Raj Kiran plays an important role in Aruva.

According to a press statement from the Reliance BIG Pictures, Raavan has grossed Rs.20 crore (around $4.4 million) worldwide on its opening day. It furthered that all the three versions Hindi, Tamil and Telugu were released in about 2,200 screens across the world and the total collection on the inaugural days stands at Rs.20 crore. The film was jointly produced by Madras Talkies and Reliance BIG Pictures.

Casting: Vikram, Aishwarya Rai, Priyamani, Prithviraj, Prabhu, Karthik, Munna, Ranjitha.
Direction: Mani Ratnam
Music: A R Rahman
Production: Madras Talkies

Let’s get this straight. Raavanan is not Mani Ratnam’s attempt to venerate the epic villain whose name the movie is titled after. It’s not also a study on complex human relationships weighed down by trust, conviction or quandary. It’s a pure cinematic retreat spanning across the dense jungles of Southern and Central India with exceptional cinematography (Santosh Sivan and Raavanan Manikandan), by-now cult songs (A R Rahman) and interesting performances by its lead actors. And the significance of the movie appears in the same order mentioned above.

Mani’s conviction of illustrating an unachievable love story between the two leads (Aishwarya Rai and Vikram) is palpable from the very start of the movie. However, the blossoming of love doesn’t quite form the back bone of Raavanan so much. The movie digresses into other aspects - a man hunt, flash backs, revenge drama and so on and so forth. The man hunts lack dexterity, the revenge drama that is triggered by the death of Vikram’s sister seems engineered and Prithviraj often comes across as stiff – showing unnecessary tautness in the character that is probably designed to defy emotions (may be because he is in his Khakis?).

But all that is absolved, as the movie stunningly unfolds often drenching itself in the monsoonal deluge making you feel rain-soaked. If you have any doubt about Mani’s eternal love affair with rain, Raavanan stands as a remarkable testimony. It rains in the song sequences, in encounters and in emotional scenes. And at other instances, the sky is constantly downcast as if threatening to pour down. And the cinematography captures it all in delightful exuberance.

For the most part, Vikram owns the movie seizing it magnificently even from Mani’s own hands. His love blooms out of astonishment at the outwardly courage displayed by Aishwarya Rai and he makes those scenes persuasive for the viewer. He infuses life into the character and shows no jaggedness, falling for a married woman thus replicating, probably the characters of Raavanan. Suhasini’s profound dialogues come in handy in many places and the viewer is made to read between lines quite often.

Aishwarya Rai’s semblance of the late Padmini is unmistakable, it could be her dialogues or the way she manages her composure attentively even in the hardest of terrains the character puts her through. The lady sure has attempted to reach on par with Vikram in performance in many sequences. Kudos to Mani for a dignified portrayal of his lead woman. There is a refreshing strength in Ragini’s character brought out well by Aishwarya.

Prithvi plays a toughie police officer and somehow his character portrayal leaves a few questions unanswered: for instance, his love for Aishwarya Rai is weighed down by his commitment and that singular fact does not come across convincingly.

Priyamani plays the ill-fated Vennila and leaves a lump in your throat. Karthik in his second innings steals the show. Prabhu and Munna play support roles that ebb and flow with the movie.

Cinematography by Santosh Sivan is brilliant and has rendered the perfect support for Mani. His probing lens takes the audience through the thick jungles, the mighty waterfalls and the rough terrains of India. Music and art direction play equally momentous role in Raavanan as its lead actors. If not for Rahman’s songs and background score, Vikram’s unrequited love wouldn’t have been so painful for us. The songs have already been much debated about and leave no scope for further discussion. One word though: it’s not for nothing “Usure Pogude…” has achieved a cult status. You tend to try hard not to fall in love but fail with the song as Vikram heaves a sigh of relief, having seen Aishwarya Rai breathing and alive after a steep fall.

Sameer Chanda’s art direction complements the ruggedness and splendid beauty of the nature in the jungles so well you refuse to believe anything is man-made.

A major drawback is the lack of ‘Tamil’ feel in the film and its music; it more appears for the audience north of Vindhyas in many places. What Mani loses out is the pace over the later part of the first half; he gains it back with a major twist in the climax. Although you have a few questions about the incidents leading to the finale, those are done away with - thanks to the elegiac climax.
Posted in: , , , | Friday, June 18, 2010

Director Seeman had initially planned Pagalavan with Vikram in the lead and this venture was to have been produced by director Bala. However, Pagalavan did not take off and had to be shelved for various reasons. With Seeman now finding producer Kalaipuli S Thanu to finance this project, the work has begun. When Vikram was roped for this project, there was a buzz that Vijay was under consideration but Seeman had denied it. However, with the project now shifting hands from Bala to Kalaipuli S Thanu, it looks like Vijay will play the lead role.

Silambarasan is all set to begin work for the Lingusamy project, which is touted to be a bilingual. The Telugu version will have Mahesh Babu playing the lead; it was disclosed a few days ago.

If reports are to be believed, Tamannah could be paired up with Silambarasan in this film. She is a strong contender for the role, but sources close to the actress say that there could be a call sheet problem, which needs to be sorted out. This will be the first time Tamannah will pair up with Silambarsan, if the lady agrees to star in this film.

It was only yesterday that we broke the story of director Hari and his cameraman for 10 films Priyan parting ways. Now we have a news that would confirm the rift and new alignment.

Reliable sources say Priyan has joined the team of ‘Jayam’ Raja and will wield the camera for the Ilaya Thalapathi Vijay film ‘Velayudham’ directed by ‘Jayam’ Raja. ‘Jayam’ Raja who has directed only remakes so far is coming with an original script for the first time, his sources say.

‘Velayudham’ is said to be an entertainer with social messages suiting Vijay's current image. Genelia is the heroine and there is also an important character that of hero's sister in the film. The sentimental sister role will be played by ‘Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu’ Saranya Mohan.

One of the old and leading Tamil channels Raj TV has acquired the satellite rights of Mani Ratnam’s ‘Raavanan’ for an astronomical amount of  Rs.five crores.

Well ‘Raavanan’’s Hindi version ‘Raavan’ is being premiered in London and while the premiere’s not over yet, the sale of the rights has been announced. It is learnt that a tough battle for buying the rights had taken place and Raj TV emerged winner among all the other Tamil satellite channels. With this ‘Raavanan’ comes to the second place of the ‘Highest Paid Tamil Movie for Satellite Rights’ list. With the first being Rajinikanth’s ‘Sivaji’.

Buying the rights, Raj TV that has always been screening small budget or old movies, has for the first time bought a big budget movie for such a huge price. Nevertheless the efforts will pay off when ‘Raavanan’ will have a Television premiere on a festive day!

The audio launch of Endhiran will take place on July 18th. This is a strong indication that the film is gearing up for a release sooner than expected. Endhiran is a very high budget movie, which is being produced by Sun Pictures and directed by Shankar. The film has Rajinikanth pairing up with the former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for the first time, which has created a lot of expectations among the fans. AR Rahman’s music is another highlight.

Being a big budget film, there is a strong indication that Endhiran’s audio launch will be a grand affair. Let’s wait for more info on this.
Posted in: , , , , | Wednesday, June 16, 2010
There was a talk in Kollywood that the Selvaraghavan-Vikram project has been halted. But enquiries now revealed that the director had insisted on bulk dates from Vikram, which the actor was not able to allot. The reason for seeking bulk dates, according to the director’s camp, is that the shooting can progress only in misty climate – a major requirement for this film. It has to be mentioned here that the crew of this film camped in Ladakh, where the climate was conducive and completed the first schedule.

Vikram is currently busy with a couple of films including Vedi and Selvaraghavan is directing a Telugu flick with Rana Daggubati in the lead. There are strong expectations that Vikram and Selvaraghavan will join together after completing their respective assignments.
Aamir Khan’s office is being flooded with scores of scripts every day that the actor-filmmaker is finding it difficult to accommodate it all in his small office. Reports from Bollywood say that Aamir is looking for a larger office which will have a Script Room dedicated to these scripts. His room will be inaccessible to all and only Aamir and his close associates will be allowed in, we hear.

The actor, who is showing keen interest in producing movies, has three films Delhi Belly, Peepli Live, and Dhobi Ghat lined up at various stages at present.
With so much being talked about the proposed Ajith - Gautham Menon flick, the movie is also showing signs of going on the floors. Last heard on the script front, the movie will have Ajith playing double roles - one that of a cop and the other a villain. The movie is already speculated to be a cop movie and with this added piece of information, looks like it will be an action movie as well.

Earlier it was said Sameera Reddy will play the female lead but now we hear that Samantha, who played Trisha's role in the Telugu version of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa will be signed up. More details awaited.
Silambarasan, after the astounding success of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, is busy with several prestigious projects. Sources in Kollywood report that the actor is unusually quiet these days and is not seen mingling with the group of friends with whom he frequents various coffee shops and pubs in the city. Silambarasan, however, does not fail to make it to the premières and film shows held.

Sources close to the actor say that the actor is probably working on a project that requires a lot of time and concentration and this could be the reason.
The upcoming film by Pushkar-Gayathri is going to be an important film for Mirchi Shiva. After the surprise winner ‘Thamizh Padam’ Shiva had donned a different role for this. The film which was initially titled ‘Quarter Cutting’ will under go a name change soon. In this film Shiva plays the hero as a fan of Ilaya Thalapathi Vijay. Lekha Washington will be his love interest.

While talking to IndiaGlitz about the film Mirchi Shiva shared an interesting anecdote involving Ilaya Thalapathi. It goes like this. While doing the promotion for his ‘Thamizh Padam’ on a television call-in show Shiva got a call from a listener who appreciated him very much for the film.

The caller spoke as if he knew Shiva for long and was generous in his praises. It was only after a while Shiva got to know the caller was Vijay. Shiva was more than surprised at the humility of one of the biggest new generation stars and went speech less for some time.
With the Vijay-starrer Kaavalkaran progressing well, the news about his next film Velayudham, which will be directed by Jayam Raja, has created a lot of expectations. There is buzz in Kollywood that this film is a remake of the Telugu film Azad, which had Nagarjuna and Soundarya playing the lead pair. Azad, industry sources say, is an action thriller and Jayam Raja intends to modify the screenplay to suit his style. It’s also learnt from reliable sources that Vijay will undergo a makeover of sorts for Velayudham.

It has to be noted that Vijay’s next, the Siddique-directed Kaavalkaran is also a remake of the popular Malayalam film Bodyguard.

After the super hit of his Paiyaa, popular Tamil director Lingusamy is now gearing up to commence production of his seventh directorial venture, a Tamil-Telugu bilingual.

In a recent interview, Lingusamy confirmed: "It will be a bilingual with Silambarasan in the Tamil version and Mahesh Babu in the Telugu version. Dhayanidhi Alagiri will be the producer of the Tamil version, while Tirupati Prasad of Mega Supergood Films will produce the Telugu version. The Tamil version will start rolling in July after Simbu completes the first schedule of Poda Podi, while the Telugu version will commence by September." Currently, the director is busy completing the script.

Meanwhile the latest buzz is that the director has roped in Madhavan to play a prominent role (as Simbu's brother) in the film. An official confirmation is expected soon!
Its good news for movie buffs waiting for the release of the Karthi starrer Naan Mahaan Alla. The film is almost complete and is expected to be released in August. Given the fact that we celebrate our Independence Day on August 15th the film may be released on that weekend (August 13th).
Karthi’s on screen pair in this film is Kajal Agarwal. Naan Mahaan Alla is directed by Suseendran of the Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu fame. The music is scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja.
Posted in: , , , | Monday, June 7, 2010
What happened to the Gautham Menon-Ajith project, wonder many in Kollywood. This is following rumors that news about this film seems to be coming only from Gautham’s side and that Ajith remained non-committal about it.

When Gautham was questioned about this issue, he denied it. The director rued that it is disheartening to note that such rumors surface just four days after he had discussed the film with the star.

Gautham clarified that Ajith would be available for the film’s shooting soon after he completes his car racing assignment. Meanwhile, the producers of this venture, Cloud Nine Movies will also complete their two projects, which are going on.

He added that the entire script is ready and that shooting would begin as soon as he gets a go ahead from Ajith and the producers.

A grand audio launch function is being planned for 'Vamsam', a film which would mark the arrival of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's grandson Arulnidhi Thamizharasu as hero.
If sources are to be believed, the music release event is scheduled in Chennai on July 2. The Chief Minister would preside over the function and would release the audio.
And the first copy would be received by Vijay and Suriya, the two top league actors of Tamil cinema. Many big guns of Kollywood would attend the grand function, sources maintain.
Arrangements for the event are being made by M K Thamizharasu, Arulnidhi's father and the producer of 'Vamsam'. Directed by Pandiraj of 'Pasanga' fame, ‘Vamsam’, set in the backdrop of a village in southern Tamil Nadu, has Sunaina as heroine.
Posted in: , , | Friday, June 4, 2010
As much as they are famous for their riveting stories and performances, Mysskin’s movies are equally remembered for their item numbers. Before the Vaala Menukkum riot settled down, Mysskin ushered in some unrest with Kathaala Kannala. Not to mention, the songs were super hits and gave the item girls a fresh leash of career.

Mysskin’s upcoming Yudham Sei will also have a similar song, with the Bihari babe Neetu Chandra doing the item number. We also hear the song will feature director Ameer shaking a leg with Neetu. Yudham Sei’s shooting is in progress right now.
நீங்க இயக்குனர் கஜேந்திரனின்/ராம நாரயணனின் லாஜிக் இல்லாத காமெடியின் தீவிர ரசிகரா? அப்ப இந்த படம் உங்களுக்கு தான்...படத்துல சூர்யா ஒரு சூப்பரோ சூப்பர் போலீஸ், நம்ம கேப்டன் மாதிரி இவரை விட்டா தமிழ்நாட்ல சட்டம் ஒழுங்கை காப்பாத்த வேற யாருமே இல்ல.. படத்தோட ஆரம்பத்துல எஸ்.ஜ, இண்டரவெலில் இன்ஸ்பெக்டர் கொஞ்சம் நேரம் கழிச்சி AC. இவரு போவுற ஸ்பீடை பாத்து படம் முடியும் பொழுது டிஜஜியோ இல்ல முப்படை தளபதியாவோ ஆயிடுவாருன்னு வடை பெட் கட்டுனேன்.. பச்ச் வட போச்சி.

வட போனது போனது தான் கதையாவது பாப்போம்..சூர்யா ஒரு சூப்பர் போலிஸ், பிரகாஷ்ராஜ் சென்னையை கண்ட்ரோல் பண்ற வில்லன். சென்னையில் நடந்த ஒரு கொலை/தற்கொலைக்கு US Embassy, FBI, CBI கிட்ட இருந்து வருகிற பிரஷரால, பிரகாஷ் ராஜ் சென்னையில கைது பண்ணி தூத்துக்குடிக்கு பக்கத்துல ஒரு குக்கிராமத்துல, சூர்யா எஸ்.ஜயாக இருக்குற போலீஸ் ஸ்டேஷன்ல போயி ஜாமின் கையெழுத்து போட சொல்றாங்க.இப்படி பண்ணா, சும்மா இருக்குற நானே காண்டு ஆவேன் எவ்வுளவு பெரிய ரவுடி அவரு அவர் காண்டாவாம இருப்பாரா?

இது தெரியாம் நம்ம ரூல்ஸ் ரூலாயுதம் சூர்யா சவுண்டு விட்டு சும்மா இருக்குற பிரகாஷ்ராஜ்ஜை உசுப்பேத்தி.பிரகாஷ்ராஜ் காண்டாகி நம்ம ஏரியாவுக்கு இவனை கூட்டிட்டு போயி தட்டி ஜூஸ் புழியலாமுன்னு நெனைச்சி.சூர்யாவை சென்னைக்கு ப்ரோம்ஷன் கம் டிரான்ஸ்பர் குடுத்து, கூப்பிட்டுகிட்டு வந்து சொந்த செலவுல சூனியம் வெச்சிகிறாரு.அம்முட்டு தான் கதை.

முதல் பாதியில உள்ளூருல பறந்து பறந்து சண்டை போடுறாரு, வழக்கம் போல பாட்டி வீட்டுக்கு வருகிற அனுஷ்காவோட பொருட்களை எல்லாம் ப்ரில்லியண்டா கண்டுபிடிச்சி குடுக்குறாரு, வீர வீரமா வசனம் பேசி நம்மளையும் கொல்றாரு. சரி கருமம் இடைவேளைக்கு அப்புறமாவது ஏதாவது செய்வாருன்னு பாத்தா. சென்னைக்கு போயி கேமிரா ஆட ஆட ஜிப்சி ஜீப்புல இங்குட்டும் அங்குட்டும் போறாரு, ஏழு அடிக்கு பாய்ந்து மூஞ்சை சிங்கம் மாதிரி மாத்திகிட்டு கடிக்கிறாரு சே அடிக்கிறாரு..

இவர் தான் இப்படி பிரகாஷராஜ்ஜாவது ஏதாவது பண்ணுவாருன்னு பாத்தா சூர்யாவுக்கு குடைச்சல் குடுக்குறேன்னு அவர் வூட்டு கண்ணாடியை ஆள் வெச்சி உடைக்கிறாரு. கொலை நடக்குதுன்னு போன் போட்டு ஜுன் மாசத்துல ஏப்ரல் பூல் பண்றாரு. கதை கேக்குற நமக்கே கடுப்பாவது பாவம் சூர்யா ஆவாரா இல்லையா? அங்க அனுஷ்கா குடுக்குறாங்க பாருங்க ஒரு motivation talk..அதைக்கேட்ட எனக்கே IPS பாஸாகி வடை சே ரவுடிங்களை சுடனுமுன்னு தோணிச்சி..(அனுஷ்கா மாதிரி ஒரு பிகர் சொன்னா IPS என்னாங்க GPSயே பாஸ் பண்ணலாம்).

படம் தான் இப்படி காமெடியாகிப்போச்சேன்னு க்ளைமேக்ஸாவது கொஞ்சம் ரிச்சா இருக்குமுன்னு பாத்தா. ஏதோ பொத்தண்ணாங்கிறாரு ஊரே அவர் கண்ட்ரோல்ங்கிறாங்க, ஊரை காலி பண்ணிட்டேன்னு சொல்றாரு...கடசியில ஒரு 4-5 ஸ்கோல் பசங்களை அடிச்சிப்போட்டுட்டு பிரகாஷ்ராஜ்ஜை வட சுட்றமாதிரி சுட்டுட்டு ரயிலேறிவந்து மெடல் வாங்கிட்டு ஊரைப்பாக்க கிளம்ப்பிடுறாரு சூர்யா.

படத்தோட இன்னொரு கொடுமை நம்ம தேவரய்யா விவேக்கு, காக்கா மட்டும் இவரை கொத்தியிருந்தா இவர் தலையில இருந்து ஒரு இன்சி அளவுக்கு தண்ணி வந்து இருக்கும்.இவர் போவுற ஸ்பீடை பாத்தா வெ.மூர்த்தியே தேவலாம் போல.

இவ்வுளவு கொடுமையை கூட பொறுத்துகலாமுங்க ஆனா படத்துக்கு நடு நடுவே அஜீரனக்காரனோ இல்ல வாயூகோளாரு காரனோ வந்து சிங்கம்ம்ம்ம்ம்ம்ம்ம்ம்ன்னு சவுண்டு குடுக்குறான் பாருங்க பொறுக்க முடியலை.

இதை எல்லாத்தையும் தாண்டி படத்தை பாக்க ஒரே காரணம் அனுஷ்கா தான்..வயசானலும்..சும்மா..எந்த ஆங்கிளில் பாத்தாலும் அழகா இருக்காங்க..சும்மா மெயிண்டென் பண்ணுவாரா நாகார்ஜுன்.

எனக்கு என்னவோ நகுலுக்கு போட்டியா இருக்குற சூர்யாவையும் விஜய்யையும் ஒழிக்க சன் பிக்‌சர்ஸ் ப்ளான் பண்றாங்களோன்னு தோணுது.

கேபிள்ஜி படம் ஸ்பீடா இருக்குன்னு சொல்லி உசுப்பேத்தி அநியாயமா ஜந்து உசுரை கொல்லப்பாத்தீரே இது நியாயமா சாமி?
The recent reaction of theatre owners after the release of Sura is one of the worst happenings in recent past. Time and situation changes everyone, but really not to this extent. The same theatres owners who once hailed Vijay as a Messiah to them, have all of sudden been projecting him as someone who has ruined their lives with unreal claims, that even God cannot approve.

What really hurts is their speeches as if he hasn’t given any profit to them. Vijay is the one who always wishes that everyone from parking boy to theatre owners to distributors and his producers earn profits from his films. And he managed to achieve it number of times which even earned him the Minimum Guarantee hero sttus.

We have a few questions to these protesting theatre owners.

1. If 5 Vijay movies continuously failed as per your claims, on what gut feeling you invested 50 lakhs in his 6th consecutive movie? This seriously lacks any logic. A Good business mind won’t commit same mistake for 6 times in a row. They still look at cashing upon his opening power and fans excitement to see collections for first few days. If they say it’s the trust they had on Vijay it is an escape statement to hide the real source of their losses and shift the blame on Vijay.
  

2. The 50 lakh MG concept would apply only for theatres in major cities like Chennai, Madurai, Kovai, Trichy, Salem and Nellai. Has the movie been sold for same amount to theatres located in places like Karur, Pollachi, Pazhani etc and the other rural areas of TN? We guess the rate is only according to area and projecting it as a Tamilnadu wise problem is again a media stunt.

3.What was the Ticket rates for first 2 weeks? Is any theatre following rules implemented by Govt of Tamil Nadu? People who saw the movie on 20th day paid a Ticket price of min 100. The first 5 days Ticket prices were 150,200 in many places whereas according to Govt norms it should be 50,75 even for an AC theatre. Few theatres outside Chennai has A/C only in its name. With ticket prices min of 100 till 20th day and reasonable crowd flow as confirmed by those who visit theatres, how could an owner face loss?

4. Just a Small calculation. Let’s take a Theatre capacity of around 1000. And a Vijay movie for first 10 days will have minimum 80% Crowd on an average. With theatre ticket prices at a min of 100 and Daily 4 shows, movie sold for 50lakhs. Let keep per Show 800 seats gets filled. Per day 3200 seats (Includes all 4 shows). For 10 days, 10*3200 seats= 32,000*100 ticket cost= 32,00,000.With having 60% average occupancy for next 10 days, with same calculation a theatre would get 24 lakhs back. This itself amounts to 56 lakhs returns roughly with minimum assumed values. Then where comes the claim of money? It looks more like an intentional act to degrade Vijay’s fame in Industry.

4. There is also a point mentioned by theatre owners that Kamal, Rajini, Mani Ratnam and T.R. compensated them. Let us know one thing. Did Kamal compensate for Aalavandhan or Anbe Sivam loss? He did only for Mumbai express which was his own Production. Did Rajni compensate for Kuselan loss? He did only for Baba which was his Own production. Its ages since Mani Ratnam or TR worked in a project for another producer. So its clear that everyone had compensated only for their own Production. If Vijay has been asked compensation for Aathi its fair. Claiming loss for other movies which wasn’t his own Production is heights of stupidity. If they are really failures, why would someone be willing to invest 50 lakhs on Sura after 5 failures?

5. Even after Sun pics themselves said Vettaikaran is their highest grosser, how can these people call that as a flop? If Vijay movies are been called continuous Failures, then what about most of the heroes who give a hit once in a blue moon and still rated as top heroes on par with Vijay? And calling al movies after Aathi as flops, which includes Pokkiri is he most ridiculous thing ever heard recently. And their most unrealistic claim that Sun Pictures cannot be responsible for this highlights their only motive behind all these. How can a distributor selling at a high price be responsible for their loss?!

6. The theatre owners must have forgotten that Vijay is the only hero in current generation who delivered 16 mega hits and several super hits to reach his 50th movie. The same complaining owners have looted lakhs and lakhs when Vijay delivered series of hits by setting high ticket fares, selling tickets in black on their own and providing poor facilities at high ticket rates.

Vijay is indeed the most profitable hero than any others in current generation and this was also said only by their fellow Theatre owners and also Producers and Distributors. All these media stunt looks clearly like a drama to create a negative image in the minds of people by keeping ahead false claims and provoking statements. Before pleading on basis of humanity they should have some gratitude for the person who has laid them Golden eggs when everyone else were delivering duds. When in future a time comes and Vijay delivers hits, let us see what these humanitarians speak about him and at least lets see if they have a heart to thank him for their profits!

TO THE MEDIA:

The fourth estate called Media is a powerful tool in a democratic country. We respect their power to either construct or destruct with the power of their words. But are they doing justice to the articles they write? Definitely not always. Especially almost never when it comes to what they write about Vijay. Those who are their eye candies get hailed every other day and if they are biased about someone, we are sure to see double standards in their articles on them. The hatred or bias which media has been showing of late towards Vijay is really shocking and this article poses a few questions to them on this:

1. Many websites wrote that Vijay will be banned following the recent uproar about Sura from few theatre owners. Anyone with commonsense knows banning an actor directly lies within powers of Nadigar Sangam or Producers council and not Theatre owners who are empowered to issue red cards to an actor’s films and not bans. This itself is a clear example of their attitude towards Vijay and what they really expect to happen. We wonder if they can write with same cruelty about any other hero in similar situation.

2. Every now and then we see articles criticizing Vijay to the lowest levels of even abusing published in websites and few magazines using unparliamentarily language. Aren’t journalists required to have some amount of professional ethics and maintain some levels of discipline when writing about celebrities?

3. Every Vijay movie is degraded with the tagline of “Only for Vijay fans” or by giving the lowest possible star rating with all negatives highlighted. Similar type of films from their eye candy actors or those who are influential will come with a totally different tone from same reviewers, and the star rating would be unbelievably high, not worthy of its value. And the review will definitely have a line which says all negatives are overcome by the performance of so and so actor. They can instead term themselves as fan sites of particular actors which would be more justified on their part.

4. When Sun Pictures, the distributors of Vettaikaaran themselves declared it as their biggest collection grosser, these media still try to project it as a flop. When Vijay movies that have been super hits were termed as just average, average movies are termed as flops and washouts by these media. Why cant they maintain the same scale of box office analysis for their eye candy actors or influential actors?

5. Of late, there has been a new trend to write letters and requisitions for Vijay claiming it as from the point of view of a fan which are nothing but injecting negatives in the form of sugar coated words when his movies are not received well. Why can’t there be articles from the same fans’ point of view when Vijay delivers super hits, and that time, we can see only “average” and “nothing new” kind of reports which has no meaning when most fans like a film.

6. Why can the media offer free advice for actors who claim themselves as family entertainers yet act in bedroom and exposing scenes, actors who does one movie every two years and yet every time come up with similar story of one song millionaire concepts and many others who commit blunders in the name of movies which neither benefits fans nor the people in business? Why do they have to turn their fake attention to Vijay when he has already planned for the change wanted from him?

7. As for Vijay, we have to notice the first and foremost thing that he has avoided any protest that’s against Media in the past as he feels a gratitude that they are ones who strengthen his position to what he is today. Other actors who attend these protests and speak abusive things on the press and media just because they were handed over the mike, as still treated as favorites by media.

8. Vijay is always an easily approachable media friendly hero who has readily agreed for many interviews to even those magazines in the past even when he was hurt by their comments on him and his films. A recent example is his interview to Kumudham in spite of their worst review for Vettaikaaran.

9. If Vijay doing commercial movies is a sin as projected by media, why can’t they offer some guidance to actors who have been acting in similar kind of stories for past 18 odd years or those who miserably fail to deliver bankable movies in a consistent manner and doesn’t even speak openly to media?

10. The festival editions, special editions of magazines will feature an interview of Vijay. They put up series about him to boost up their sales. Yet when it comes to writing about him, it is in the most inhuman way which readily buildup a negative impression in the minds of the readers. And even when their articles are least related to Vijay they use his face on posters to draw attention. Is Vijay a commodity to boost up their sales and then thrown away when they don’t need him?

This article is not intended to ask media to support or come up with articles that always shower praises on Vijay. We want to condemn their worst attitude towards Vijay and being unmindful of the fan power he has. Its high time they stop spreading rumors and publish writings degrading him and his films. They should try to do justice to their profession in whatever they do. Least, they need to posses some humanitarian traits and give respect for everyone’s feelings.

By Orkut Vijay Fans
ஏறக்குறைய 150 கோடி செலவில் தயாராகி வருகிறது எந்திரன். தயா‌ரிப்பது சன் பிக்சர்ஸ். சாதாரண மாசிலாமணிக்கே நொடிக்கொரு விளம்பரம் போட்டவர்கள்... ூப்பர் ஸ்டா‌ரின் படத்துக்கு என்ன செய்வார்கள் எப்படி செய்வார்கள் என்று அறிய தமிழகமே ஆவலாக இருக்கிறது.

ஜூலை மாதம் 11ஆ‌ம் தேதி முதல் எந்திரன் படத்தை புரமோட் செய்ய சன் பிக்சர்ஸ் தீர்மானித்துள்ளது. சன் தொலைக்காட்சியில் படத்தின் இயக்குனர் ஷங்கர், ஹீரோயின் ஐஸ்வர்யாராய், ஒளிப்பதிவாளர் ரத்னவேலு ஆகியோர் எந்திரன் படம் குறித்து பேச உள்ளனர்.

மேலும், எந்திரன் உருவான விதம் குறித்தும் அவர்கள் தொலைக்காட்சி நேயர்களுடன் பகிர்ந்து கொள்ளவிருக்கிறார்கள்.

ஜூலை 11 திட்டமிடப்பட்டிருக்கும் இந்த தொலைக்காட்சி நிகழ்ச்சியில் ர‌ஜினி கலந்து கொள்வது இன்னும் உறுதி செய்யப்படவில்லை என்பது முக்கியமானது.
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