Surya’s next film Adhavan

Actor Suriya, who is currently working on director K V Anand’s Ayan, will start his next movie shortly.

His next project will be under KS Ravikumar’s direction, and the actor will team up with Nayanthara for it. The duo had earlier acted in Ghajini.

The new movie has been tentatively titled Adhavan, and it is learnt that KS Ravikumar will begin work on this project after completing Sarath Kumar-starrer

Nayanthara is also currently busy, working on a Malayalam flick, Bodyguard.

Following this film, Surya is expected to do Mugamudi, which will be directed by Mysskin. Sun Pictures is expected to produce the film.

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HOT NEWS: Director Bharathi Raja has been elected president of Tamil Film Directors’ Association. brings you this news within a few minutes of the official announcement.

This victory comes as the second bonanza for director Bharathi Raja, whose Bommalattam had a successful opening on December 12th and garnered critical acclaim from various film critics. But the victory also has given him the huge responsibility of satisfying the assistant directors’ faction. Knowing Bharathi Raja’s resolution and leadership qualities, it could be very well said that he will be able solve everyone’s problem and keep everyone happy.

congratulates the director on this victory. We will bring you more updates about other winners shortly.

Christmas treat from Simbu
Silambarasan's much awaited movie Silambattam is set for release this christmas all over the state.

According tothe reports, this film has sold out for good price in all areas and the pre-release talks are also very positive. Sources say that the Coimbatore area has been solf for a record Rs.1.89 crore, the highest ever paid for a Simbu film.

Mumbai based model Sana Khan is being introduced as the film's glamorous heroine and Sneha Ullal is the other female lead. Cameraman Saravanan makes debut as a director through this film.

The songs set by Yuvan Shankar Raja have already become popular. Simbu hopes high on this film to get back his place again.

Katrina most popular name on net
Guess what are the most popular names that are searched by most people on the net? Well the well known and popular video sharing site YouTube stands in the first place.
YouTube is followed by Orkut. The hot and sensuous Bollywood beauty Katrina Kaif is the most widely searched name on the net and she stands in the third place after YouTube and Orkut.

But when it comes to individuals, our Katrina Kaif is the most popular and she is the most searched celebrity on net and she stands in the first place!

Aamir drops Gul, ropes in Asin!
The one and only Aamir Khan is now all set to come up with his big and much waited film Ghajini. The film is hitting the screens on December 25. The glamorous Asin is the heroine.
Aamir Khan has been appearing in TV ads for Tata Sky for quite some time. Gul Panag has been featuring in this popular ad. But in a bid to cash in on the craze for Ghajini, the ad makers and Aamir khan have now decided to drop Gul and replace hr with sin in the ad.

All Asin fans will now have just one thing to say ‘Tata Sky lagadala tho life Jingalala’1
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Ash brings back smile on Shankar’s face
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is currently shooting deep in the forests of Kerala with hubby Abhishek Bachchan for Mani Ratnam’s Ravana. According to sources, Ash will now be joining the shoot of the Rajnikanth starrer Endhiran from December 18. A source says, “The shoot of Rajnikanth’s mega budget film is currently on but they were shooting portions where Aishwarya was not required.

From December 18 onwards, some really important sequences of the film are going to be shot in and around Chennai. Aishwarya will be present with the Endhiran unit till the end of the month, after which there will be a break for a few weeks.” Endhiram as been stopped for a while, as Ash could not give dates to Shankar as she has bee busy wit Mani Ratnam’s film.

Vidya Balan needs some loving
Ok, we did inform you about Vidya Balan’s childlike behaviour — how she loves sitting on swings and the likes. Well, there’s a new addition to Vidya’s amusement list. While in Wai, Vidya may have confined herself to the city limits where she’s shooting since the past two months, but the livewire actress refused to get bored or homesick!

She has now found a new hobby — boat riding. And there’s more. Vidya takes many unit members for the rides, too. It’s time to grow up and find some love, baby! Boat riding then will have some ajab sa mazaa altogether.

Namitha tops the list of Tamil actress
Namitha tops the list of Tamil actresses for the 2008 year-end India Zeitgeist by Google, which features this year's major events and hottest trends based on searches conducted by users in India.

Katrina Kaif, Aishwarya Rai and Salman Khan take the credit of most popular celebs online in India.

Among politicians, Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi takes the number one spot, followed by controversial MNS leader Raj Thackeray.

Among sports stars, tennis player Sania Mirza still serves in the mind of many, with master blaster Sachin Tendulkar and Football player Cristiano Ronaldo in second and third spot respectively.

Aamir’s Christmas release Gajini
Actor Suriya always say that he has something good to look up to, from actor Aamir Khan.

Remember that Aamir’s Christmas release Gajini is a remake of Surya’s blockbuster movie in Tamil. Recently Aamir visited Surya’s residence and gifted him a laptop for dubbing in the Tamil version of his much acclaimed Taare Zameen Par titled Vaal Natshathiram in Tamil.

It seems that Surya was so impressed by the movie, that he did not take money to dub for Aamir’s role in that movie.

But Aamir had surprised the actor by visiting him and spent close to four hours at his home in T.Nagar. But that’s not all, Aamir told Karthi that he was surprised to see that the actual Paruthiveeran looked like this, and the artist in Sivakumar also found a new fan in Aamir.

Prithviraj in Louis Aaraaman
Young Prithviraj, whose much-awaited full-length entertainer Lollipop directed by Shafi is all set to grace theatres this December, will play the lead role in Louis Aaraaman (Louis VI), to be directed by debutante directors Jackson Antony and Rejis Antony. Scripted by the directors themselves, the film narrates the story of Louis, the sixth son of his parents; their first five children died soon after birth.

Before his birth, his parents promised the Chyrch that if their next child survived, they would make him a priest. By the grace of God, Louis survives, his parents want him to become a priest and he is naturally reluctant. What happens to Louis next is the story of Louis Aaraaman. More details are awaited.

Meanwhile, Prithviraj's Lollipop, co-starring Kunchako Boban and Jayasurya of Chocolate team, is ready to grace theatres this Chirstmas. Director Shafi, script writer Benny and Anto Joseph have jointly produced it under a new banner, ABS Combines. The movie has recently completed its shooting with a song shot at Bangkok.

Endhiran’s next schedule
Numero Uno superstar Rajinikanth’s “Endhiran” crew is gearing up for their next schedule. From mid November the crew was filming scenes that required the protagonist alone in the serene locations of Chennai. Next schedule of “Endhiran- The robot “begins on 18th of December that continues till 30th of this month, includes the lead lady “Dazzling Aishwarya Bachan” and Rajinikanth, at carefully chosen locations, in and around Chennai. Since Aishu is also shooting for Manirathnam’s “Ravan”, Director Shanker has fixed her call sheet in a way that she can perform in both movies devoid of interruption.
Endhiran will be Aishwariya’s Second movie in Shanker’s Direction after “Jeans” opposite Prashanth.

Movies for next weekend
Kavithalaya’s “Thiruvannamalai” and Lakshmi movie makers “Silambattam” is likely to join the release race next week. Both movies were slated for earlier release during the beginning of December but then postponed leaving behind perplexed fans and audiences. Perhaps this is a type of marketing tactic to build more hype and expectations from the mass. Latest update is that both the above mentioned movies will be out on 19th December 08.Surprisingly Abhiyum Naanum expected to hit the screen long back, came out of nowhere with a newspaper advert confirming to be released on 19th of December.
It will indeed be a good ending for the year 2008 if these movies get to release soon!

shooting inside the bullet train?
Producer-director Dayal Padmanabhan's Circus is making news, both good and bad, ever since the film began. The recent controversy and accusations of plagiarism which led the KFCC to intervene and penalize him has not dampened Dayal's spirit. The director, who had earlier rented an entire train from the Sothern Railway for the shooting of his film, recently shot two songs in a bullet train in Austria.

Dayal had to pay a hefty fee and spent Rs. 55 lakhs for the 15 day shoot in Austria. Getting permission to shoot in the bullet train was difficult. First he approached the authorities through the Indian Embassy in Austria but when that did not work out, he directly approached the Austrian Embassy in India. The authorities agreed and quoted a steep fee. Dayal, who was ready pay any amount to get the permission, agreed. The crew stayed in Austria for 15 days to film two songs.

So, how was the experience shooting inside the bullet train? It was awesome, Dayal says. Since the train moves very fast, the shooting also had to be done quickly, but it was a truly pleasant experience, he explains.

Today superstar's birthday
Rajinikanth, The king of Tamil cine industry and the superstar who won many hearts through his stylish performance celebrates his birthday today. He is one of the most influential and bankable movie stars in Indian cinema. He received He received India's third highest honor, the Padma Bhushan, for his contribution to Indian cinema. He is also a screen writer, film producer, Play back singer also influenced by spiritualism.
He has requested his fans not to celebrate his birthday, pertaining to prove his concern towards SriLankan Tamizhs issue, to stop the ongoing war against them. Today he flew to Hyderabad “Ramoji Rao Film City to shoot for Ocher studio’s Animation Movie “Sultan the Warrior”.

Ajith's heroine in a Samira Reddy
Sameera Reddy has promised a lot with her maiden Tamil film. Playing the female lead alongside Suriya in Varanam Ayiram, she hogged the limelight with her subtle performance. Buzz is that she has been urged to play Ajith's heroine in a film to be produced by Sivaji Films. Saran is most likely to be the project's director. Sources close to the director said, Samira Reddy would play the heroine in all probability. She impressed everyone with her excellent performance in 'Varanam Aayiram'. Titled 'Asal', the Ajith starrer is expected to go to the floors very soon'. Saran and Ajith are considered a safe bet in the industry and the two had delivered hits in 'Kadhal Mannan', 'Attagasam' and 'Amarkalam' earlier. With Aegan not doing up to the expectations, Ajith is keen and determined to make 'Asal' count.

Lakshmi Rai and Indian team’s captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni!

While many are blowing this out of proportion, the beautiful actress who rose to prominence with her stellar performance in Dhaam Dhoom, has announced that it was nothing more than a meeting between two good friends. She also explained how she struck a friendship with the star wicket-keeper-batsman. When Lakshmi Rai celebrated her birthday this year in a five-star hotel, she found out that few cricketers playing in IPL, including her favourite Dhoni, were staying in it. Immediately the serious cricket fan in her took over and she could not resist the idea of inviting these cricketers for her birthday party, which was also attended by Namitha, Simbu, Jayam Ravi, Nila, Arya and Srikanth. She was thoroughly surprised by Dhoni’s simplicity despite having achieved so much at such a young age. This added to the respect she had for the cricketer and a mutual friendship bloomed.

The beautiful actress brushed off the talks about a blooming romantic relationship between her and Dhoni as rubbish.

Asin clears off with rumors
South Indian Actress Asin is all excited about her debut flick 'Ghajini' hitting screens on December 25. Apart from this, she has almost completed shooting for her 'London Dreams' starring opposite Salman Khan and Ajay Devagan in lead role with Vipul Shah as the director. Earlier, Vipul had confirmed that Asin had demanded for a pair of shoes that costs Rs. 2Lakhs. Nevertheless, the actress has denied it saying they're rumors and also assured the media channels to verify it with designers of the film.
Also there were rumors pertaining to the fact that she locked Jiah Khan inside a room while filming for Ghajini. She jocularly comments on this saying both of them never have a sequence together and how come she could have done this

‘Maruthanayagam’ gets life now
Maruthanayagam was conceived by Kamal Haasan after his vivid research from the pages of ancient history. The film was launched by Queen Elizabeth before few years and Kamal Haasan was on seventh cloud with extreme happiness. But due to financial constraints, producers of the film backed off and the project got shelved. After many many years now, Kamal Haasan gets new hopes with India-UK Film Corporation getting collaborated. The agreement was signed between British Government and various Countries where talented filmmakers are unable to produce their works.

This treaty will not alone turn dream projects into reality but get them sold internationally by making western countries aware about those projects.
So, when ‘Marmayogi’ dropped off, it’s ‘Maruthanayagam’ brimming him up with more hopes

Release of A…Aa…E…Ee… postponed
AVM Production has been extensively promoting it’s forthcoming venture ‘A…AA…E…EE’ to greater levels with more promos. AVM Shanmugam produces this film while Sabapathy handles story, screenplay, dialogues and direction. Navdeep, Monika, Aravind and Annapoorani dons lead roles while Prabhu, Manorama and Haneefa are playing prominent characters.

Earlier, plans were to release the film on December 18, but with many films lined for release, producers have developed second thought now. The release date of film has been postponed to Jan 9, 2009 a week prior to Pongal releases. That would be the right time as this month’s releases may run out of theatres and producers can witness some profits prior to Pongal releases like ‘Villu’ and Bala’s ‘Naan Kadavul’.

Shriya Saran denies pay cut
Today, with talk of recession and pay cuts and power cuts, can the ultra-insulated film world be left behind? Now rumours of big stars taking salary cuts as producers struggle to stay afloat are surfacing. The big corporates that stepped into the South Indian film world and paid the stars any price they asked are now being cautious in projects they take on.

Shriya is one of the first female stars to cross the magic amount of one crore per film. Now, she is extremely hurt by gossip that she has slashed her fee drastically, gossip that is creating confusion on her career front.

A national newspaper quoted her as saying, “I have no clue how such rumours originate. It’s not that I demand a hefty sum for my work. In fact, I have done movies without any pay. I have not demanded big money for Deepa Mehta’s What’s Cooking, Stella? or the Hollywood film. It’s not because of recession that I am cutting down on my pay. The industry needs money to flourish and at such hard times, I don’t think I will choose money over good movies. I always give importance to the script. At the end of the day, it’s all about having a nice movie in your kitty.”
Her Hollywood film, The Other End of the Line, an English film produced by Ashok Amritraj is now running in US theatres; Shriya is eagerly waiting for it to release in India. Though she had no releases in Kollywood or Tollywood this year, she is involved in many other projects, one of which is Kandasamy (Tamil) starring Vikram, titled Mallanna in Telugu. She has also signed up for Vishal's next project Thoranai and another untitled flick with Dhanush

Bhumika to launch husband
When Bhumika got married, fans were worried she would stop acting soon after tying the knot. But unlike most men who marry film stars, Bhumika’s husband did not put a full stop to her acting career. Sources close to the couple say that he takes a special interest in her career and has been a very supportive spouse. Now it’s time for Bhumika to do him a favour. The lovely starlet desperately wants to launch her hero as a leading actor in tinselville and has been recommending him to various directors. With no positive response from anyone, the actress has now decided to do it herself! Bhumika has launched her own production house and is busy discussing scripts for films with her husband in the lead role!

Aishwarya Rai’s love for Peter!
It's not what you think, guys! The gorgeous Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan has not dumped her husband for another man. The man we refer to is (late) Peter Sellers, the Hollywood actor who starred in all four Pink Panther movies; the love we refer to is her adulation for him!

Aishwarya says she grew up watching and thoroughly enjoying the Pink Panther movies and has always been a big fan of Peter Sellers, who played the lead role. In fact, she insists that her admiration for the actor and the joy that his movies gave her prompted her to star in the soon-to-release Pink Panther movie. Ash says she knew her role in the movie would not get her critical acclaim, because the plot revolves around Steve Martin, but she was honoured to be a part of a movie that has added smiles to her childhood. Hence she willingly jumped on board.

Rajini's request: No celebrations
Given his demi-god status in Tamil Nadu, Rajinikanth’s birthday is quite a colourful festival in the state amongst his huge fan following. But it turns out that this year, given the tense situation in Sri Lanka with the Tamils still dying and the terror attack on Mumbai, the Super Star is in no mood for celebration. December 12the, his birthday, should go by with no celebration, is what he has advised his fans who were all set to celebrate in style. There will be no garlanding of huge cutouts or special poojas in honour of Rajinikanth this year. As though his fans understand the need for respectful silence now, they are quite disappointed by his message.

Gilli off to Bollywood?
The Vijay-Trisha starrer Gilli was a mammoth hit in Tamil, as was the original Telugu version. Now it is said that the movie is to be remade in Hindi. Given that the script is entirely tailor-made for a South Indian audience, it’s quite surprising that it has caught the attention of Bollywood filmmakers. Some say the main attraction was the song 'Appadi Podu' which was used in a mobile phone ad that starred Abhishek Bachchan. The advertisement had Abhishek performing some typically kuthu dance steps that had everyone amused.

The song further gained popularity through reality dance shows up North, with couples dancing to the pacey music. It’s no wonder that soon, everybody wanted to watch the movie and now, it’s quite possible that they will get to see it in their familiar Hindi. Though nothing is confirmed yet, the Hindi Gilli is likely to star Abhisheik Bachchan and Deepika Padukone. This rumour comes soon after the announcement of Amitabh starring in Gautam Menon’s Hindi remake of Vettaiyadu Villaiyadu.

Raman Thediya Seethai to be remade in Telugu
Raman Thediya Seethai starring Cheran is to be remade in Telugu with the title Billi Patrika. The role played by Cheran is yet to be finalized. Jagan who directed the Tamil version will also direct the Telugu version. Except Cheran and Navya, others who acted in Tamil will do their respective roles in Telugu version.

The female cast of the movie, including Karthika, Kajal Aggarwal, Vimala Raman and Ramya Nambeesan, will also be part of the remake version. Nithin Sathyaa and Pasupathy will be a part of the movie in Telugu as well. Produced by Moser Baer, ‘Raman Theydiya Seethai’ was the journey of a young man and his search for a bride.

BPO from Hungary plays background music for Nanthalala?
We already knew that Illayaraja scores the music of Nanthalala, but the latest news is that BPO or Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra (Symphony Orchestra) from Hungary is probable to be a part of conceiving the background music of this movie. Philharmonic means Love of Symphony music. BPO is the oldest and one of the most prestigious Hungarian orchestras today as well as being considered one of the leading orchestral ensembles in Europe.
We will be certainly gratified if our Maestro Illayaraja joins BPO to emanate another master piece like Beethoven’s Symphony.

Shanthanu ready with his next mission
Shanthanu Bhaghyaraj son of versatile film maker and actor Bhaghyaraj made his debut through Sakkarakatti. Though the movie failed at box office Shanthanu carved a niche in viewer’s heart with his acting and dancing skills. His next movie which is also his father’s directorial venture “Pudhiya Varpugal” has completed shooting and is on post production. Surprisingly though the film has Dharan and Thaman scoring music for the songs, the background music has been taken from the Lekha Sonoton Music Library that is tailor-made.
Bhaghyaraj is known for his distinct trendsetting nature, he has done it again because it’s simply easy and cost saving.
Well done Director, may your son follow your lead!

K. Bhagyaraj’s rerecording with Sonoton

With Tamil Cinema witnessing changing phase in all aspects, Sonoton Music Library has been having its impact. Right now, K. Bhagyaraj has geared up with pioneering works on blending his innovative presentation with the pre-recorded live music of different genres. Yup! K. Bhagyaraj is known as the versatile personality in penning stupendous screenplay in such a way that’s entertaining and with great impact.

At present, he has completed shooting for his directorial ‘Pudhiya Varpugal’ featuring his Santhanu in lead role. Being completed with shooting works, both father and son are cool working on re-recording works. How can they be so cool during the crucial time of post production works? It’s so simple as they wouldn’t be having music directors straining themselves in studio tuning more and more melodies for background score. They have geared up with Sonoton Music Library.

Now, it’s Lekha Sonoton who has been working on for the entire film. As we happened to catch up with them while recording for scores, we could get some bites regarding this from Bhagyaraj.

Speaking on this, Bhagyaraj said that earlier he had some misconceptions that it was something that wouldn’t match exactly for the film. But now after glimpsing through hundreds and hundreds of tunes, he’s really awestruck with.

Though the film has duo musicians Dharan and Thaman scoring music for the songs, the entire background score has been adapted from the Library as the director felt it is cost effective and process is so easy.

Premji's tuneVenkat Prabhu sings

Jai starrer 'Adhey Neram Adhey Idam' has musical score by Premji Amaran, Gangai Amaran's younger son. Singer, actor and popular director c the elder son of Gangai Amaran and Premji's brother, has sung for his brother's tune.

The song 'Namma Ooru Chennaiyilae Naal Thorum Veedhiyilae...' was recorded recently. Venkat Prabhu has sung several songs before in films like 'Thulluvatho Ilamai', 'Enakku 20 Unakku 18' and 'Chennai 600028' among others.

Directed by M Prabhu, the movie has Vijayalakshmi playing Jai's ladylove. Lollu Sabha Jeeva, Nizhalgal Ravi and Rahul are also a part of the cast.

Marmayogiwill restart on Jan 13th.

The latest word about Marmayogi, which was kept in cold storage due to financial shortfalls, is that it will resume shooting on January 13th. Though there have been many rumours about the film being dropped, Kamal Haasan and producer Swaminathan (Pyramid Saimira) maintained that the film is only suspended for a brief period. Meanwhile, Kamal Haasan announced an interim project Thalaivan Irukkindran and news surfaced that this would be his milch cow whose earnings would go into making Marmayogi, meaning that Marmayogi will be held in abeyance for long.

But proving all these surmises wrong, the message that comes as a big relief for Kamal fans. Reportedly, Kamal Haasan will also go ahead with his Thalaivan Irukkindran, which according to the latest rumours, will star Tabu and Venkatesh too! It is to be noted that Kamal Haasan has not yet come up with an official statement about Thalaivan Irukkindran’s cast.

Vijay's remade into Tamil superhits.

Tamil super star Vijay has always taken inspiration from Telugu movies; often, he remade Telugu movies into Tamil. Some of his movies that he are Pokkiri, Ghilli and Aadi.

His last flick, Kuruvi, was a damp squib for the general audiences, and left his fans wanting a better film. And now, Vijay is keeping tabs on the progress of 2 Telugu extravaganzas that he wants to remake: Komarum Puli starring Pawan Kalyan and directed by S. J. Suryah, and the Mahesh Babu starrer directed by Trivikram Srinivas

Previously, Vijay has remade Mahesh Babu's Pokiri in Tamil with Asin as Vijay's romantic interest. Now Vijay is making his next project Villu with Nayantara as his love interest. This is Vijay's second movie with Prabhu Deva after Pokkiri and his first with Nayantara.

Panchamritam songs launched in style

The first film of Abirami Mega Mall Panchamritam produced by the veteran Chennai exhibitor Abirami Ramanathan was held in style at his Swarna Sakthi Abirami theatre on Sunday (Dec7).

Kanimozhi MP released the audio of the film, which was attended by the entire cream of Tamil film industry. There was Ramanarayanan the Tamil Film Producers Council chief, leading distributors like Tirupur Subramaniyam and Tiruchi Francis, Producers S.A Chandrasekhar and his wife Shobha Chandrasekhar, Kalaipuli Dhanu, Kalaipuli Sekharan, Ramesh Prasad, lyric writer Vaali, legendary composer M.S Viswanathan and others.

All the four songs tuned by Sundar.C Babu were shown before the audio launch. A solo song on new girl Saranya Mohan who is making rapid strides in Kollywood, a romantic peppy number on the lead pair Saranya and Aravind, an item song on Nasser and the film's director Raju Easwaran who is playing an evil genie and another on Jayaram a good angel were the highlights.

The Abirami family of Nallammal Ramanathan, gave a hearty welcome, her daughter supervised, grandson was the emcee, while granddaughter sang the prayer. All this made it a unique affair, with Ramanathan giving a very humorous speech on how each guest on the dais has helped him in some way or other.

Arjun will be having back to back releases

Action King Arjun will be having back to back releases this month. In a way it is unique but also puts a lot of pressure on the actor, as both the films will eat into each other's collection.

The first of the block is Bharathiraja's Bommalattam, in which Arjun plays a CBI officer investigating a murder. It is said to be a slick thriller and releases on December 12.

A week later Arjun will be playing a local cable TV operator who locks horns with a powerful politician in Perarasu directed mass masala film Thiruvannamalai.

In the film Arjun does what all mass hero's does- mouthing punch line dialogues , fighting and dancing. The film releases on Dec 19.

In fact, Arjun badly needs a hit, especially after Dorai’s lukewarm response at the box-office a few weeks back.

Sarathkumar 1977 shooting has been completed.

Dinesh Kumar, director of the starrer Sarathkumar 1977, announced that his film is nothing short of an adventurous James Bond film. The sleek movie is expected to release on Pongal as its shooting has been completed.

Shot mostly in Malaysia, the film stars Sarath in dual roles – father and a son. Veteran actress Jayasudha plays mother to the younger Sarathkumar; Namitha and newcomer Farzana add quite a lot of glamour to the movie. Sarath plays a scientist, all the more reason to display flashy and futuristic gadgets. So, with a brainy and brawny hero, ultra-modern gadgets, and beautiful girls, the film definitely offers all that a James Bond film can deliver.

Above all, Sarath has pulled off many stunts on his own and the stunts involving cables have come out excellently. One particular scene where Namitha and Sarath jump off a flyover onto a speeding truck would thrill the audience very much. Though performed using safety harness and cables, the risk associated was high, given the height of the flyover and speed at which the truck moved.

Soon, we will sit back in theatres and enjoy this film in which Sarath takes on the baddies who tarnished his father’s image.

Ganja Karuppu Double role in 'Aaru Maname'.

At a time when heroes go to any extent to perform dual roles in Tamil Cinema, comedian Ganja Karuppu has bagged a plump opportun ganja karuppuity that allows him to play dual roles in a film.

Karuppu, who started his journey with 'Ram', directed by Ameer, has emerged as a popular comedian acting in numerous films in just a short period of time. The actor has also played one of the lead roles in the film 'Arai En 305il Kadavul'.

Ganja Karuppu will now be seen playing a dual He appears as an auto driver and as a cheating agent in the film.

'It is an interesting film and I have enough scope to prove my acting skills. I enjoy working in it', he says.

A, A, E, EE releasing on 18th December.

Charming and pretty she looks, Petite femme Saranya Mohan is the most sought after actress at present. She made her first ever debut to Kollywood as a child star through “Kadhalukku Mariyadhai”. However her infatuated teenager performance in “Yaaradi Mohini” fetched her fame whilst film makers lined to book her on their forthcoming ventures. With “A, A, E, EE” she graduated to heroine followed by “Panchamirtham” and Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu” in lead. She has also performed in “MSMP” and Jeyam Kondan. She might be very young though Saranya is determined to choose strong roles with reputation.

Catch this appealing beauty in “A, A, E, EE” releasing on 18th December.

Naan Kadavul screens on Pongal.

Director Bala has finally completed the shooting of Naan Kadavul. After filming for almost 300 days, the crew did some “patchwork” at AVM Studios on December 4th. They shot some leftover scenes and re-shot some scenes to better them or to correct them. The crew was in a party mood after completing the last schedule. It is believed that the film will finally hit the screens on Pongal. The filmmakers also plan to release the audio in December.

Bala’s Naan Kadavul tries to delve into minds that are highly unfathomable – like the minds of aghori sadhus who, scientifically speaking, live in an altered state of mind all the time. Just like the scientific community, Bala has always been curious and intrigued by people who have an “altered state of mind”.

Arya, the protagonist of naan-kadavul, has worked as hard as Bala. Both these artists have been diligently working on this project for the past two years. In fact, Arya almost transformed himself into an aghori sadhu for this film – he grew his hair long and kept it unkempt, flowing beard, and it is reported that he even followed the austere lifestyle of a sadhu to make his character most realistic.

All this has gives filmgoers the impression that Bala might outdo his own Pithamagan this time, which has made them extremely eager to see the film.

Endhiran's comedian role in Santhanam

It's not Vadivelu nor Vivek. Santhanam has been given the prestigious opportunity to enact the comedian's role in superstar Rajinikanth's 'Endhiran'.

This appointment comes as a big boost to the young santhanam who is already making waves with his comic way of acting. Director Shankar hitherto used the services of Vadivelu in 'Kadhalan' and 'Mudhalvan' whereas Vivek was the comedian in the films 'Boys', Anniyan' and 'Sivaji'.

The opportunity of acting with Rajinikanth in 'Endhiran' might just propel the talented Santhanan to absolute stardom.

Harris Jeyaraj, a new alliance

Music composer Harris Jeyaraj has caught the admiration of every music-lover with his stunning tunes in 'Varanam Aayiram'. Before everyone could enjoy the scintillating songs, he announced his estrangement with director Gautham Menon, sending shock waves and disappointments among film-buffs.

Harris seems to have found a new partner after his fallout with Menon. The person is none other than cinematographer-director KV Anand, who is currently directing Suriya for 'Ayan'.

According to sources close to the music director, all the songs have been composed for 'Ayan'. They are nothing short of foot-tapping and scintillating numbers.

Produced by AVM, the production house preens that the songs are going to rock. 'Both Harris and Anand are happy with the tunes rendered. They believe that the album would satisfy music-lovers.'

Harris Jeyaraj and Suriya share a good rapport. They worked together in movies including 'Ghajini' and 'Khaakha Khaakha' and both have went on to become big hits.

Actor–director Parthiban ready for his next film

Actor–director Parthiban is gearing up to do what he knows the best. He would be directing besides enacting the lead role in a movie shortly.

Though he had been part of several films, he always evinces keen interest in wielding the megaphone. Sources say the he has planned his next tentatively titled 'Vithagan' in which he enacts the lead role. Search is on for the rest of the cast. His last direction attempt was 'Pachaikuthirai', in which Namitha played a prominent role.

Meanwhile, about the delay in completion of Selvaraghavan's 'Aayirathil Oruvan', in which he plays a prominent role, Parthiban, says, 'there is a lot of chance for movies made in big budget getting delayed. Yet, it's worth it for the completed portions seem good. I am sure it will rock'.

Pattalam in Chennai on Wednesday,

If you are curious to know what's the secret of success behind 'Super Star' Rajinikanth, the man who is dominating the industry for over 25 years, ask director Lingusamy for he has an answer.

Speaking at the audio release of his home productionlingusamy Lingusamy said, ' when I met Rajinikanth in 1992, I asked the same question to him. He smiled and said that he considers every film to be his last and works with great dedication. The result would obviously be positive'.

'Pattalam' is a movie about a group of adolescent students and Nadhiya plays a prominent role. Produced by Lingusamy, the movie is directed by newcomer Rohan Krishna.

The audio launch witnessed the coming together of prominent artistes including Prabhu, Jeeva, Jayam Ravi, Bharath, Prasanna, Sakthi among others.
On Nadhiya, Lingusamy said, 'she is a great actress. I had watched Poovae Poochudava several times. She inspired me to come out with a bubbly character in 'Sandai Kozhi' played by Meera Jasmine.

'Mala Malai' in Vedhika. out pooja.

Actress Pooja pulled out of 'Mala Malai' in which she was supposed to star opposite Arun Vijay. Now donning the role is actress Vedhika. She rocked the screens in 'Muni', Silambarasan's 'Kaalai' and with Shanthanoo in 'Sakkarakatti'.

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The movie would go to the floors soon. To be directed by Venkatesh, the highlight of the movie is the unique and different role played by Prakashraj. Buzz is that the movie is a racy commercial entertainer and would have pulsating stunt sequences.pooja

Speaking about the project, Arun Vijay said, 'I am thrilled to be a part of such a mammoth project. And I have undergone rigorous workouts and learned martial arts to do justice to the role'.

Mayandi Kudumbathar.10 directors coming

Kollywood is known for its innovative themes and new ideas. In the recent past, several young directors have made their foray to Tamil cinema and brought a whole new concept of movies, rich in both technicality and content.

Now director Rasu Madhuravan, who directed Pandi recently, is all set to commence his next movie which has for the first time 10 acclaimed film directors coming together to act in a movie called Mayandi Kudumbathar.

Interestingly the movie marks the debut of director 'Thimiru' fame Tharun Gopi as hero. Besides film-makers like Ravi Mariya, Pon Vannan, Raj Kapoor, Seeman, Jaganjki, Manivannan, a part of others artists play prominent roles.

Sabesh – Murali scores the music for Mayandi Kudumbathar. The movie would go to the sets on Friday during which who's who of the film industry will take part.

Prabhu Deva's elder son Vishal has passed away

Prabhu Deva's elder son Vishal has passed away in the wee hours of Thursday due to brain cancer in Chennai. The young boy was just 13 years old and it will be an irreplaceable loss for the multi faceted filmmaker.

Prabhu Deva, had made a name for himself as a choreographer and played the hero in several films including Kadhalan, Rasaiyya, Indu, before becoming as a successful director. He has directed films like Pournami, Nuvvastanantae Nenodantana in Telugu and Pokiri in Tamil. He is currently wielding the megaphone for Villu starring Vijay and Nayanthara. Married to Latha, Prabhu deva has three sons - Vishal, Rishi Raghavendra Deva and Adhith Deva.

Film personalities including Ajith, Vijay, Prakashraj, Sreeman, director SA Chandrasekharan, cinematographer Raviverman, directors Tharun Gopi, Arun Pandian among others thronged to Prabhu Deva's house. Vishal will be buried at Besant Nagar crematorium.

rasiganexpress expresses its heartfelt condolence to the bereaved family members.

A real-life story that happened in Madurai.

This sure is the season for satellite television channels to foray into film production. Joining the list of television channels producing movies is NDTV Imagine. The famed channel in association with Wide Angle Creations will be churning out a movie titled 'madurai-sambavam' to be directed by Yurekha.

The movie brings together choreographer – actor Harikumar and Karthika, who acted together in 'Thoothukudi'. John Peter will be scoring music for the film.

According to reports, ' it is an action-packed venture based on a real-life story that happened in Madurai. Harikumar has undergone rigorous physical workout to suit the role'.

Shooting is slated to happen in and around Madurai.

I am interested in working, Keerthi Chawla,

Keerthi Chawla, who began her sojourn in films with Telugu hit opposite NTR Junior, managed a place for herself in Tamil cinema with movies including 'Naan Avan Illai', 'Uliyin Osai' and the recently released 'Magesh Saranya Matrum Palar'.

'I have done movies in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. Once I establish myself, I will be able to get meaty roles in Bollywood and I have plans to move there', she says.

Keerthi Chawla, who is now working in Rajakumaran's 'Thirumathi Thamizh' and opposite S Ve Shekher's son Ashwin Shekher in 'Ninaivil Ninraval', adds, 'I want to do memorable roles. Hence, I am interested in working in Mollywood as I am so fond of their natural way of film making.'

Christmas release. 'Guru En Aalu'

Will this December be a special one for Madhavan? The actor, who has not had a release for some time, is eagerly awaiting the release of 'Guru En Aalu' later this month.guru-en-aalu

The movie, a remake of the Bollywood hit 'Yes Boss' was supposed to hit the screens during Deepavali. However it backed out at the last moment. Now producer KRG has confirmed that 'Guru En Aalu' will have a Christmas release.

A comical entertainer, the movie features Mamta Mohandas, Vivek and in the lead roles besides Madhavan. 'Comedy films are a rarity here and hopefully 'Guru En Aalu' will rock. We waited for the right moment to release the film', says the producer.

Can Madhavan manage a hit and the end the year on a good note? Let's wait and see.

Narain: Pookada Ravi shot in Madurai and Chennai.

It is a matter of little doubt that among the new Malayalee heroes who made it big in Tamil, Narain has been the luckiest. After starting with a big hit like 'Chithiram Pesuthadi', Narain has been always exceptional with his selection of films. He preferred to wait for the right script rather than to jump into every offer that came his way.narain

became successful again with Mysskin's 'Anjathey' which went on to become a big time hit.

After keeping himself idle for some time, Narain has again started working for his next in Tamil, a film titled 'Pookada Ravi'. Directed and scripted by Sivakumar, an assistant to Selvaragahavan, the movie is being shot in Madurai and Chennai.

Sun Pictures who are producing the film will release it through Radaan Pictures by next March.