Two love stories for Valentine day?

It looks like that two most talked about love stories- Aascar Films Ananda Thandavam is going to clash with Vikatan Talkies Siva Manasula Sakthi for the Valentine weekend- February 13 to 15. The Valentine weekend has been working for Kollywood as films like Mozhi & Paruthiveeran (2007) and Anjathey, Sadhu Mirinda (2008) were released during this period. In short 2009 Valentine releases may work big as both are love stories. The Aascar Ravichandran produced Ananda Thandavam directed by Gandhi Krishna has Tamannaah and new boy Siddharth in the lead and the songs from the film by G.V Prakash are chartbusters. The film is an adaption of late Sujatha’s novel “Pirivom Santhippom”, and is heroine oriented love story with a great twist. The media magnet Vikatan.B Srinivasan’s debut film as producer Siva Manasula Sakthi directed by Rajesh.M is also said to be a youthful love story with all essential ingredients. The film has Jeeva paired with new girl Anuya The music of Yuvan Shankar Raja which was launched last Sunday has potential to become popular with the youth.

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Director of Vijay’s 50th film announced!

Anticipation about Vijay’s half century mark has been rising ever since he announced his 49th film – Vettaikaran. The latest buzz in Kollywood is that Jeyam Raja has been roped in direct Vijay’s 50th film. Our sources say that the decision to hand out this all-important job to Jeyam Raja was because of his excellent track record. More
information regarding the title and other cast and crew is awaited.

Meanwhile, Vijay’s Vettaikaran, which is produced by AVM, will go underway in February. This film will be directed Babu Sivan, an erstwhile assistant of Dharani.

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The expensive Shriya

Kanthaswamy was almost complete except for a song. Recently, the crew was at Italy shooting a song sequence featuring Vikram and Shriya. This song sequence witnessed Shriya adorned with a costume worth a jaw dropping amount of Rs. 26 lakhs. Lo behold, this is not the end. She was wearing diamond jewelry costing a whopping Rs. 6 crores. It was reported that the hiring charge alone for the jewels was Rs. 5 lakhs per day. The crew was heard saying that they had canned the film in places in Italy which has not been visited hitherto by any film team. Kanthaswamy, directed by Susi Ganesan and produced by Thanu, is turning out to be a very expensive project indeed.
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Vivek's top honors

The prestigious and coveted Padma awards were announced by the Union Government of India on the eve of the Republic Day. The noted film personalities that were selected for this award were Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Tamil comedy actor Vivek.

Vivek is known for his comedy tracks that deliver good messages to the general public and he also tries to create awareness about issues like bribery, corruption, pollution etc. According to the actor his inspiration to handle such subjects is Kalaivanar N S Krishnan. The date of the awards ceremony is expected to be announced soon. The awards will be handed out by the President of India, Pratiba Patil.
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Trisha’s unable to make room for Dhanush film

Dhanush is having quite a few projects on the anvil post Padikathavan. While he is set to join brother Selvaraghavan for Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam, there is also the remake of the Telugu superhit Arya. The one that seems like Trisha’s unable to make room for Dhanush filmtaking off first is Polladhavan director Vetrimaaran’s untitled project. According to reports, the story this time will be set in Madurai and it will involve Anglo Indian characters. Trisha was the first choice for playing the female lead. However the lady has put the offer on hold due to her other commitments. She too is fully loaded with work being part of a Telugu mega project, followed by a bit of work for the Telugu remake of Abhiyum Naanum. The Dhanush-Vetrimaaran project now has to scout for other alternatives or wait to see whether any adjustment with Trisha’s dates is possible. The project should go on floors soon.
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Vijay and Dhanush on the campaign trail

Vijay is aggressively marketing his Villu to its target audiences in Coimbatore, Tirupur and Erode in western Tamilnadu. He went to Adlabs Ragam complex in Coimbatore where he watched the film with his fans and responded to their queries. Vijay told his fans: “ Villu has taken the best 10-day opening in my entire film career. I had visited Coimbatore because the movie was doing extremely well here”. When the fans pointed out the negative campaign unleashed by vested interests, the actor said it was all a part of the game. Vijay then proceeded to head to Trichy and Madurai and parts of south Tamilnadu to popularize the film. Meanwhile, Dhanush’s whose Padikathavan is also a super hit, went on a promotional tour to Trichy and Madurai. He has also been visiting the theatres in the area and meeting his fans and interacting with them.

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Asin's freedom of speech

Asin has definitely made her presence felt in a big way with the release of Ghajini. But the actress feels she deserves more than a mere recognition, given her performance in the film. The lady attributes her lack of proper lack of recognition to Aamir Khan’s dictatorial terms that she should not interact with the media until the film releases. Though Asin had agreed to this in the beginning, she realized that this was a big mistake later on. To add to Asin’s misery, all the publicity stills that were released to the media consisted of Aamir only. Sidelined by the actor and the producers, the lady had insisted to Vipul Shah, the director of London Dreams, that she be allowed to talk to the media when she wished or she would terminate the contract. Asin’s father, Joseph Tottumkal who is also her manager, says that she is merely demanding for the right to freedom of speech.
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Trisha in Sathyaraj's film

Sathyaraj’s Telugu film is shaping up with the other cast members being added to the existing list. Gopichand will play the lead and Trisha is roped in as his heroine. It is also speculated that Trisha could be playing Sathyaraj’s daughter in law to be in the film - a role that Sathyaraj would instantly have turned down in Tamil because it has dark shades. Interestingly, the film’s lead Gopichand is a villain-turned-hero in the Telugu film industry.
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Ajith appreciates Vijay in Villu

Last Sunday, Vijay received a phone call which overjoyed him. The voice on the other end was Ajith’s. Awed by Villu, which he is rumoured to have watched at Praarthana drive-in theatre, Ajith rang up his friend and colleague Vijay right away. Profusely appreciating the film and Vijay’s work in it, Ajith said that Villu is definitely one of his best films. Ajith was full of praise for the film’s astounding stunt scenes and Vijay’s efforts in them. Apparently, he also advised Vijay not to take so much risk while doing stunts. Well, all this must have left Vijay elated! While Vijay will get busy with Vettaikaran soon, Ajith has already started working on his next film Asal. He is frequently involved in the film’s brainstorming sessions with director Saran on phone. Recently, Saran declared that Asal’s filming will begin in March and Ajith has already started working on his new get-up for the film.
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Nayantara and Suriya in KSR film?

The latest rumour in Kollywood? Nayantara and Suriya will soon come together in K.S. Ravikumar’s film!

Suriya is now acting in cinematographer-turned-director K.V. Anand’s Ayan opposite Tamanna; K.S. Ravikumar is almost done with his Jaggubhai, which stars Sarathkumar and Shriya; and Nayantara is on a signing spree. Well, the situation clearly indicates this combination is quite possible. Speculations were rife even when Jaggubhai was being launched that Suriya and KSR will do a film soon; it only gained momentum with KSR inviting Suriya for the Jaggubhai movie launch. On the other hand, after walking out of Linguswamy’s Paiya, Nayantara has signed a Telugu film opposite Jr. NTR, a film in Malayalam, and is planning to sign a Tamil film to offset the loss of missing a film like Paiya starring Karthi, the new craze of Kollywood. For Nayan, a Suriya-KSR movie would only be a blessing! We will bring you more updates shortly.

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Prabhu Deva's students choreograph Villu!

Villu, Prabhu Deva’s next directorial venture (with Vijay and Nayantara paired together for the first time) is readying for release on January 12th. Meantime, Prabhu Deva, who spoke to a select gathering of the media, revealed a little bit about what Vijay fans can expect from the film.

Music director Devi Sri Prasad being the music composer and Prabhu Deva being one of the lyrics writers (albeit unknowingly), Villu is all about non-stop entertainment. The first half is full of fun and frolic, with Vadivelu and Vijay raising a lot of belly laughs; the second half is very racy and styled along the lines of a James Bond film. Prabhu Deva said five dance choreographers who had been his students have worked on the film, so audiences can expect quite a storm onscreen! At the same meet, Vijay stated he wished to watch the film in a regular theatre surrounded by his fans and that care has been taken to give audiences, especially his fans, the maximum entertainment that can be loaded into two and a half hours.

Pokkiri, which was Prabhu Deva’s directorial debut in Tamil, starred Vijay and Asin. The Prabhu Deva-Vijay team is considered lucky ever since Pokkiri became a mega-hit running for over 150 days in Tamil Nadu and elsewhere.

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Pongal treat for Vijay fans in USA!

After Pokkiri, the Prabhu Deva and Vijay team is all set to rock North American audiences, especially Vijay fans on January 12th with the release of Villu. The movie sees Nayantara as Vijay's heroine for the first time.

Insiders say that the comedy scenes involving Vijay, Nayan and Vadivelu will bring the house down. The movie has been packaged and presented with style by Prabhu Deva and will be released in the US with more than 10 prints.

The advance booking will start from Thursday and the movie will be screened across all major cities in the US, including Bay Area, New Jersey, Virginia, Detroit, Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chicago, Boston and Connecticut.

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Villu is ready for the blast

 

The Villu fever is touching new levels. The advance booking that opened on Friday (Jan 9), for the film releasing on January 12, has been amazing. All the seven screens in Chennai have been sold out for the first one week.

On Friday evening Ayngaran International held a press conference at Green Park in Chennai. Vijay, director Prabhu Deva, cameraman Ravi Varman, music director Devi Sri Prasad and producers Karunamoorthy and Arun Pandian attended the function.

Vijay in his speech said : " We have given Prabhu Deva a new name after Villu, the magic man as he made everything possible. It is my costliest film and very similar to a Bond movie. He thanked cameraman Ravi Varman for "making me handsome and dashing in the film" Technically Vijay said it is his best film till date, and he wished it was his 50th film!

Prabhu Deva said in his speech: " I got the full cooperation of producer Karuna and Arun sir, without them it would not have been possible. They met all our shooting requirements without asking any questions." He also said: "It is Vijay's most stylish film till date. The way he has danced to Devi's tune is fantastic." On Nayanthara, Prabhu said: "She looks gorgeous in the film, and her scenes with vijay and Vadivel will bring the house down."

Ravi Varman, the cameraman said the film has been shot in various locations in South India, Switzerland, Malaysia and Bangkok. "The film combines technical gloss with mass elements. The DI work is superb and on the whole it will be a treat.".

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Police rescue Srikanth Deva from Pondy beach

Arjunan Kaadhali, an upcoming venture, with Jai and Poorna in the lead is directed by Paarthi Baskar. Filmed mostly in Madurai and Kutralam areas, the director has recruited many new debutants from the Madurai area to give the film its required rustic effect. The new actors have also undergone intensive workshops to spruce their acting skills.

“I visited all the Arjunan temples in Tamil Nadu before starting off with the project,” the director reveals. Srikanth Deva scores for Arjunan Kaadhali and the tunes were composed in the warmth of the beaches in Pondicherry. The director also recollects incidents when he and Srikanth Deva were mobbed by fans for autographs while tuning some songs in the beach in the midnight. When the crowd went out of hand, Police came to their rescue, he added. Arjunan Kaadhali is produced by Sivasakthi Pandiyan who is known for hits such as Kaadal Kottai.

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Radha refuses to be Cheran's mom

Former actress Radha has refused to play the role of mom to actor cum director Cheran in a movie. Cheran is presently in the making of his dream project Pokkisham under the banner of Hitesh Jhabak. The shooting is almost complete. The unit recently shot the protagonist’s flashback scenes in Kolkata for a month. The film, which has Cheran and Padmapriya in the lead, is said to be an emotional and moving film, very similar to the director-hero’s earlier film Autograph.
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Villu audio sells like hot cakes

Villu audio CDs have slowly become hot cakes in the stalls. Initially the songs were not much impressive but the repeated broadcasting and vigorous campaigns have made the audio worthwhile to listen

According to the trade circuit, the music of Villu is expected to be a chartbuster, especially the intro number of Vijay ’Hey Rama...’ The Daddy Mummy song is a titillating mass number, which is already a favourite with Vijay’s fans. The highlight of the film will be a sizzling dance number with Vijay and Nayantara. He has also done a song with Khushboo and an item number with Mumaith Khan and her sister Sabia Khan! Villu is all set to hit the screens this Pongal.
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Taste bites of Kollywood stars

Kamal Haasan eats everything which is alive in the sky to deep sea . He is a regular customer of Samco restaurant at Alwarpet. His favorites are pepper fried chicken, crabs and prawns from Madurai, omelets without yolk. Peanut candy is a must after his lunch.

Rajnikanth is fond of eating lot of fruits. Mutton Thonjal is his favourite. He avoids oily food. He takes fewer amounts of rice, sugar and salt. He is fond of Raatu fish which is available in Trichy Vijay’s favourite are mutton biriyani, fried rice, noodles and also mutton trotter’s soup. He is fond of all food made out of coconut oil. Vijayakanth eats a lot of fresh vegetables, greens. His favourite are pepper rasam, buttermilk gravy, boiled peanuts, mutton dry fry, fired crabs and fishes. Trisha is a pure vegetarian at home and a pure non vegetarian outside. She gives a big take at chicken, mutton and fish dishes. Her all time favorites are boiled eggs, coconut chutney and kara kuzambhu. Ajith is fond of milk pudding, chicken 65, scrambled shark, prawns fry, rice puttu, tender coconut, guava and crunchier dosas. Nayanthara’ all time favorites are mutton biriyani, peeled mangoes, pomegranate juice and dry chapattis. Vikram likes chicken 65, fried seer fish, garlic rasam, mor kuzambhu, omelets with lot of onions, milk, yoghurt and butter. Sarath Kumar’s lunch consists of chicken leg soup, half a kilo mutton, half a kilo chicken leg piece, 4 boiled eggs and one seer fish steak. His rice intake is very less. He has two glasses of rasam. Dhanush is fond of dry fish gravy,chicken 65, prawns fry, crab rasam, unboiled cow’s milk, vathal kuzambhu and rava upuma Namitha craves for fried rice, chili chicken, wheat based foods, peanut candy, fried cashew nuts and lassi.

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Soundarya Rajinikanth to sign up Hollywood star

Soundarya Rajinikanth’s production house, Ocher Films, has tied up with the Warner Bros to produce South Indian Language films. Though the lady is busy with the animation film Sultan - The Warrior, which features her dad, Superstar Rajinikanth, the production house is also negotiating terms with the Hollywood actress, Jessica Alba to play a role in her forthcoming venture Goa.

The film is based on a real life murder that happened in Goa where a teenager, Scarlett Keelin, was raped and murdered. Jessica Alba has been approached to play the murder victim in the film. Goa will be directed by Venkat Prabhu.
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Rajini romances Ash in Vellore!

Shankar’s magnum opus Endhiran had a shoot at the prestigious Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) in Vellore. The highly guarded shoot involved the lead pair of Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The scene involved Ash being wooed by Rajini in the movie. Aishwarya, apparently plays a college student in the movie and Rajinikanth plays a scientist and a robot. The scene that was shot in the VIT campus involved Rajinikanth entering the college in a Benz car and blocking Aishwarya Rai and wooing her with his punchline comedy. The crew shot in Vellore for a couple of days and it was then that Rajini spoke of his intention to look trim and fit to match Aishwarya. So when Rajini was offered sweet delicacies like Makkan Beda a Vellore delicacy, he politely refused and said he was on a diet to keep himself fit!
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Ajith,Shalini's Baby Anushka pictures

 

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Anushka - Vettaikaran effect

Anushka has suddenly become most wanted in Kollywood. Her only previous film in Tamil was Rendu after which there has been more than a two year gap during which she has been busy in Tollywood. But now, she has been signed up for Vijay’s Vettaikaran and Karthi’s Siruthai following which her stock in Kollywood has shot up once again and she is now set to join other actresses like Nayanthara, Trisha and Ileana who are wanted in both Tamil and Telugu. Telugu films of Nayanthara, Trisha and Ileana are in demand for dubbing into Tamil. Their popularity with Tamil audiences is the reason behind this demand. A couple of Trisha’s Telugu films have been released and Nayanthara’s movies too are awaiting release, albeit low profile. Now, even Anushka’s Telugu films are being sought to be dubbed and re-released in Tamil. Looks like many people here are sure about her getting very popular with Tamil audiences.

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Shriya pairing with Suriya?

After the success of Gautham Menon’s Vaaranam Aayiram, Suriya will next be seen in cinematographer turned director K V Anand’s Ayan. The film will soon be ready for release. Further on, Suriya will be doing K S Ravikumar’s Aadhavan. Talks are going on with Hari for a project titled Singam with Suriya in the lead role. It has been whispered in Kollywood circles that Shriya, the Sivaji girl is being approached to play Suriya’s love interest in Singam. Meanwhile Shriya will soon be completing K S Ravikumar’s Jaggubhai where she will be seen as Sarath Kumar’s daughter. Shriya’s career graph is absolutely on the perfect track with films with popular actors of the industry. Susi Ganesan’s Kanthaswamy with Vikram will be ready soon and so is Thoranai with Vishal. She has also signed on the dotted line for the Telugu remake of Arya with Boss’s son-in-law Dhanush. This Haridwar girl sure knows how to plan her career
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Not upset with Silambarasan: Sneha

There has been quite some talk about Sneha’s role in Silambattam. Though many have liked it, there is a feeling that her character has not been given the importance or screen time that it deserves. There are even opinions that Sana Khan’s role has been given precedence above that of Sneha. Obviously, some work at the editing table seems to be behind this and rumors have been going around that Sneha is a bit upset by the chopping down of her role.

But, putting all rumors to rest, Sneha said in a recent interview that she does not have any issues with Silambattam. She admitted that her role was originally intended to be a bit longer and that many of her scenes have indeed been snipped off. However, she said that it is the director’s prerogative to decide what should come out finally on screen and that she has not got any problems with Saravanan or Silambarasan.

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Shriya- Will she take the crown in 2009?

Can she emerge as the new Queen? Will she take the crown in 2009?

Shriya Saran who did not have a Tamil release in 2008, is now concentrating more on Kollywood than ever before. She is determined to emerge as the ’numero uno’ heroine of 2009. She has given up her still-born Bollywood dreams and the failure of her Hollywood film last year has made her realize that it is better to live in K’Wood.

For 2009, she has signed some of the most interesting and happening projects with young saleable heroes and good banners. Shriya, after the stupendous success of Sivaji in 2007, has now restructured her career and is on a comeback trail. If she plays her cards well, she is in a position to be the hottest star in Kollywood by the year end. Her strategy is simple, be seen in viable projects with saleable hero’s. Take a look at her releases this year:

Jaggu Bhai - She has a pivotal role as Sarath Kumar’s daughter, and the story revolves around her. The director is K.S Ravikumar, commercially the most successful director in Kollywood, and the man who directed last years biggest grosser. And the buzz is that she oozes glamour in the film. Release Schedule- February 2009.

Kanthaswamy - It cannot get bigger than this for Shriya, as the film where Vikram is playing a super hero is gigantic. Susi Ganesan, the director as per the stills given to the media has capitalized on her glam looks. She is said to be fantastic in all the songs. The title song Excuse me, Mr. Kanthasamy… sung by Mirchi Suchitra picturised on her in a bathtub is one of the highlights of this action masala. Release Schedule- May 2009

Thoranai - Vishal is paired opposite Shriya in this masala entertainer, which has potential to be a hit. Release Schedule- June 2009 Arya - She is back with Dhanush, her old favourite in the film directed by Jawahar. It is a remake of the Allu Arjun Telugu film with the same name, and she plays a student in the film. The first half of the film has been completed in the Vizag last month. The film which is a musical entertainer. Release Schedule- July 2009

Singam - Shriya is atlast pairing up with the hot and happening Surya in a film directed by masala specialist Hari. It will be an out and out entertainer, which is likely to be Surya’s Diwali release. Release Schedule- November 2009.
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Sun Pictures: From Rajini to Dhanush

Dhanush starrer ’Padikathavan’ has been acquired by Sun Pictures. The movie stars Dhanush and Tamanna in the lead roles. Sun Pictures, an arm of Sun TV Network, is interestingly producing Rajinikanth - Shankar’s ’Endhiran’. Now after the father-in-law’s film, they have now acquired the son-in-law’s flick. ’Padikathavan’ has been shot in an impressive manner. The crew had shot a couple of songs abroad. Sun Pictures had been associated with films like ’Kadhalil Vizhunthen’, ’Dindigul Sarathy’ and ’Thenavattu’ in the recent past. Expectations are high on the movie as Dhanush’s last ventures ’Yaradi Nee Mohini’ and ’Polladhavan’ were big hits.

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Endhiran to be re-shot!

The portions of Endhiran which have been shot were recently screened for Kalanithi Maran. The producer is reportedly very happy with the way the scenes have come out and is said to have wholeheartedly praised director Shankar for the richness in every frame.

However, the perfectionist that he is, Shankar has seen some scope for improvement and has decided to re-shoot some of the scenes. With the producer already very happy with what has been made, only a director of Shankar’s quality would have been ready to put even more effort to make the movie better.
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