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Saturday, October 27, 2007

Billa Movie Photo Gallery - Exclusive





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Vel Movie Photo Gallery - More Updates

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Thursday, October 18, 2007

‘Thotta’ resumes
The shooting for Jeevan’s long-pending movie ‘Thotta’ commenced recently. Directed by Selvah, the movie stars Jeevan and Priyamani in the lead roles.Selvah says, We had initially shot 15 days for the movie. After a brief delay, we have resumed the shooting. It is the story of an innocent youth, who ends up as a gangster. Jeevan is a talented actor and Priyamani surprised everyone with a stunning performance in ‘Paruthiveeran’. The two come together for ‘Thotta’.Selvah adds,The movie would be completed in one go and would be released for Deepavali
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Surya packs his bags to the US
With Vel’s shooting wrapped up and being readied for a Diwali release, Surya is ready for his dream role in Vaaranam Aayiram. This Gautham Menon film was stopped midway as Surya needed a complete transformation in the looks department, which he used to his advantage by doing Hari’s Vel meanwhile.Gautham who had dabbled with Chennayil Oru Mazhaikaalam is now ready to continue VA from where he had left, having done all the groundwork for the remaining part of the shoot.Surya, Divya, Sameera Reddy and the technical crew along with Gautham are traveling to the US, temporarily putting on hold the shooting of his Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikaalam starring Trisha. The crew would be in the US on a three-week schedule and Gautham intends going ahead with the shooting in full throttle to facilitate its release in February 2008.
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Trisha’s wish fulfilled
Some time back, Trisha expressed the wish that she be given an opportunity to act in films that would provide fodder for her acting abilities. Her wishes are to be fulfilled now.Moser Baer and Prakashraj’s Duet Films are co-producing ‘Abhiyum Naanum’ directed by Radha Mohan. Trisha is Abhi and Naan in Prakashraj. They play daughter and father in the film.Even though she acted in films with Prakashraj before, Trisha says this film is special for her. Khushboo refused to act as Trisha’s mom so Lakshmi Gopalaswamy will do the role instead. The shooting is happening now in Munnar. Like in ‘Mozhi,’ music is by Vidyasagar and lyrics by Vairamuthu.For working in this film, Trisha has turned down offers opposite popular heroes. That’s because she considers this her dream film.‘Abhiyum Naanum is my dream film!’……Trisha is back in Chennai after completing her schedule for a Telugu film with Ravi Teja. The actress had been visiting some of the beautiful locations of Pucket islands, the place known for its picturesque locations and unlimited night entertainments in Thailand and Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur for the past two weeks.Now she is busy with her Tamil project Abhiyum Naanum produced by Prakash Raj on behalf of his Duet Movies in collaboration with Moser Baer. Trisha plays as the daughter of Prakash Raj in this Radha Mohan directed film. She has left today to Munnar to attend the shooting of Abhiyum Naanum. In Abhiyum Naanum, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy plays as the mother of Trisha. It may be recalled that actress Kushoo had rejected the role few days back for some reasons.For the first time the actress is playing as the lover of a new boy in Abhiyum Naanum.According to Trisha, it is not the face value, but the story value of Radha Mohan forced her to accept the film even without any question. “I’m proud to be part in Abhiyum Naanum and the film is a dream project in my career. I hope the film will reach new highs in Tamil Cinema…” Trisha Says.The film is scheduled to release in February 2008.
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Mozart of Asia - A.R.Rahman
‘Mozart of Asia,’ musician Allah Rakha Rahman has done everything from classical to reggae and now with Shekar Kapur’s ‘Elizabeth: the Golden Age’ awaiting release, where he pairs up with Hollywood actor Craig Armstrong, he is very excited. “It has been really a wonderful experience working with Craig. We traveled a lot in places like Glasgow…Remotely working with the guys in London,” says Rahman who was in the capital recently.The singer-composer has his hands full with a lot of films, the latest being Ashutosh Gowarikers ‘Jodha Akbar’ starring Hrithik Roshan and Ashwariya Rai Bachchan. Jodha Akbar is a romantic story about a king falling in love with a princess and ARR has tried to keep the music contemporary so that it satisfies both critics and the music lovers. The music of the film is very much what is required for the film. It has celebration songs and quawallis.. Rahman, who composed the music of Subhash Ghei’s ‘Kisna’ is once again paring up with the director in his latest flick, ‘Yuvraaj’ which is a very challenging project. Practically A.R.R had a tough time composing the first two songs but now as those have been cracked he will be able to wrap it up quickly.
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Shreya gets 50 lakhs for a weeks shoot
While Shivaji - The Boss was surely a windfall that did a lot for actress Shreya Saran’s career. It gave her low profile career a high profile boost. After Shivaji was an astounding success, she almost lost out to Kamal Hassan’s Dasavatharam when she asked for 70 lakhs, which was her new price after Shivaji’s success. She even went to extent of saying that she will wear a swimsuit if required but only if the role demands it.Well while may say that she is pushing her luck, she has succeeded with one filmmaker. In Indiralogathil Na. Azhagappan, she is acting with Vadivelu. News about the two shooting for a dance in the movie was all over the media recently. Shreya apparently was paid 50 lakhs for her role in the film the shooting of which required only a week’s call sheet from her side.Lets how long more she will last with such as high price.
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

State Government Tamil film awards presented
The who is who of Tamil cinema were on Tuesday presented with the State Government awards, for the years 2005 and 2006, with almost all the big names including `superstar’ Rajnikant and Kamalhassan receiving Best Actor awards for respective years.Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi gave away the awards this evening. Rajnikant was selected Best Actor for 2005 for his portrayal as a psychiatrist dealing with the leading lady suffering from split personality.Actor Kamalhassan bagged the award for 2006, for his movie “Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu,” where he tracks down two psycho serial killers.The actors were presented with gold medallions and certificates.Similarly, actors Surya and Vijay were also honoured with awards for their performance in “Gajini”, and “Thiruppachi”, respectively.Jothika, for her scintillating performance as a person suffering from split personality, in ‘Chandramukhi’ bagged the Best Actress award for 2005 while Priya Mani, for her rustic portrayal of a village girl in the smash hit ‘Paruthiveeran’ bagged the award for 2006.Jothika’s husband Surya received the award on her behalf.Other awardees include Vivek and Vadivelu (Best Comedian 2005 and 2006 respectively), Prakashraj (Best Villain 2005) Shankar (Best Director 2005, for Anniyan) actor Ajith Kumar (MGR Award) and Vikram (Nadikar Thilagam Sivaji Award).Chief Guest of the evening, Governor Surjit Singh Barnala rued the piracy in cinema field when he said that it caused huge losses to producers. Source: Hindu
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Monday, October 8, 2007

Kettavan Movie Photo Gallery

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Sunday, October 7, 2007

Shankar ready for the next!
After a blockbuster hit in 'Sivaji', director Shankar is now gearing up for his next venture 'Robot'. Since the director is wielding megaphone for Sharukh Khan for the first time, he is taking extra care in each every aspect of the film.Sources say that Shankar and his team are currently holding discussions in a farm house near Mahabalipuram to give final touches to the script.Plans are on to commence the movie this Dusshera. Robot will be produced by Red Chilies Entertainment, a production house of the King Khan himself. The movie with all its techno jazz will be released in Tamil, Telugu and other languages besides Hindi.
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No Khaki for Divya!!No Khaki for Divya!!
Divya who is currently shooting for ‘Polladavan’ with Danush has denied that she is acting in ‘Kakhi’ movie with Sarath Kumar. Currently she is busy with ‘Polladavan’ and a children’s movie in kannada.After this she’ll be starting her shooting for ‘Vaaranam Aayiram’ in United States of America. She has been getting a lot of offers in Kollywood but she is hesitant and will talk about ther next movie after ‘Vaaranam Aayiram’. She is leaving for the states in November, the shooting will be done by December. We can look forward to her next movie announcement in Tamil by January!!
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Tarakaratna as venkatadri
The grandson of NTR Tarakaratna is desperately looking for a hit, His movie Pagadai along with Raj Kiran is undergoing a series of changes.Initially Rajkrishna was supposed to direct this movie. Then he was changed and mohan ……. was brought in to direct the movie. But the shooting for the movie went on only for a few days. Before the release of the movie Tarakaratna will be seen in his next movie ‘Venkatadri’ and V Samudra is directing the film.
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Remake mania takes over kollywood!!
A brisk trend is catching up in Kollywood to remake many old blockbusters.After the great sucess of the remakes of yesteryear Tamil cinema like Naan Avanillai and Billa, here comes another movie to join the list and that’s Sreedhar’s directorial Kaadhalikka Neramillai.This movie was a great hit as it was a great family entertainer. The movie had big stars like Ravichandran, Muthuraman, Kanchana, Rajashree, Nagesh, Ballaiah and others.Now the gossip mill is agog with the news that Vinay has been offered to play the role of Ravichandran, Prithviraj on the role of Muthuraman, Asin in Kanchana’s role and Sandhya in Rajshri’s role. Plans are also on to cast Prakash Raj and Vadivelu in the movie. Yuvan Shankar Raja is expected to score music for the movie.It is not yet decided whether Manobala or some other director would direct the film!. The starcast is not comfirmed yet. Keep reading this section for more updates.
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Saturday, October 6, 2007

Evano Oruvan Movie Photo Gallery
Evano Oruvan Movie Photo GalleryEvano Oruvan MovieCast: Madhavan, Sangeetha, Seeman, Baby ShrutiDirection: Nishikanth KamatProduction: R. Madhavan, Abbas Mastan, Chera CheraMusic: G V Prakash
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Sameera is Surya’s heroine?
Gautham Vasudeva Menon has been on a heroine hunt for his Vaaranam Aayiram, since the launch of the film! First Deepika Padukone was approached, but she preferred to be Shah Rukh Khan’s heroine, then it was Asin but she had no dates. The lovely Genelia was signed, but when the shoot did not happen on time, she opted out. However, ‘Kuthu’Ramya plays one of the heroines.So the search began all over again for the coveted heroine’s role. The shoot of the second schedule of the film was to start at Berkley University in US in the first week of October. Trisha who was doing Chennayil Oru Mazhaikalam with Gautham was approached, but she had already committed her dates to Kuruvi and Abhiyum Njanum, which will go up to the year end.Gautham immediately flew to Mumbai, and met a lot of Bollywood stars like Tabu, Nandana Sen, Shamita Shetty and few others. The latest we hear is that the hot sexy siren Sameera Reddy flew down to Chennai last week, and had discussions. Gautham has sort of agreed to take her for the role of a beautiful NRI in an American university who falls for the hero.Sameera the dusky beauty of Musafir and Taxi Number 9211 fame and a few Telugu films is today transformed herself into a beautiful, even more sexy siren, after going through a fitness regime. Now it is up to Surya, to put his stamp of approval on Gautham’s choice as his Vaaranam Aayiram heroine.Surya is away in Switzerland shooting a song with Asin for Vel, and should be back in Chennai by October 3. Bhanu the dress designer of the film who is also with the Vel unit will have to come down and have a costume rehearsal on Sameera before the US schedule of Vaaranam Aayiram begins from October 10.
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Asin unhappy with Dasavatharam Press release!
Asin is back in Chennai after completed her Swiss schedule for Vel with Surya.The actress is unhappy with the press release of Dasavatharam which says that the actress lends her voice for the first time in Dasavatharam.Asin clarified that right from her Debut film M.Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi she has dubbed her own voice in all the films acted.Asin Says: “I wonder how the Dasavatharam crew has forgotten this. From M.Kumaran… to Pokkiri I have dubbed my own voice. In Ghajini Hindi also I’m lending my own voice. I have taken extra care to dub for Dasavatharam in which I’m playing as a Tamil Brahmin girl, and dubbed the way as it is spoken in Thanjavur.For me, to become a complete actress, she must dubs for her own. Own voice should give more authenticity to an actress…”According to the actress, she had completed her dubbing for the first half of Vel with in one and half day.
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Return of Charmi!
Remember Charmi, Simbu’s Kathal Azhivadilai heroine? After doing some insignificant Tamil and Malayalam films, she struck gold in Telugu. She played the role of the bubbly and mischievous “Little Miss Sexy” in Telugu films like Lakshmi, Pournami, Style etc, but could not make it to the top.Now after four years Charmi, is making a comeback to Tamil films in a heroine oriented role in director Prabhu Solomon’s (Kokki, Lee fame) new film Laadam, opposite a new boy. The rumour mill has it that Charmi is playing the role of a female gangster, and has five top south Indian villains opposite her!Laadam is being produced by Chola creations, with music by Dharan. The shoot of this gangster thriller will start by the end of the month in Chennai. For Charmi it is her second innings in Tamil, and she may grab more roles in Tamil where there is acute shortage of glam girls.
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Four releases this Friday!
Suddenly October 5, is turning out to be the big Friday for Tamil films. Four medium and small movies- Katrathu Tamil, Pasupathi c/o Rasakkapalayam, Thavam, Veeramum Eeramum are ready for release. All the four releases are significant in their own way.Katrathu Tamil- There is a lot of pre-release hype around the film, with Jeeva saying it is the best film he has done so far. The director Ram Subbu has graduated from Balu Mahendra school of film making, and Yuvan has made soul stirring music with his Appa singing a song in the film, which may become popular once the film releases. It is also Jeeva’s big ticket to being recognized as an actor of substance. And comedian Karunas has taken the distribution rights of the film for entire Tamilnadu.Pasupathi c/o Rasakkapalayam - Ranjit is trying to get a foothold as a hero with this film, where Vivek plays a parallel hero role, and also has Sindhu Tolani. The first half of this film is a full of comedy inspired from the Malayalam Jayaram film Uthaman, and the second half is steamy sentiments. The film is directed by Selvabharathy and has music by Deva, and is aimed at B & C audiences.Thavam, has Arun Vijay in the lead as an action hero along with Vedika and new girls Arpita and Vandana, and comedy by Vadivel. The film is produced by our “Action King” Arjun and directed by Sakthi Parameswar, with music by D.Imman and said to be an out and out action movie with lots of songs and glamour. For Arun Vijay it is one more chance to prove that he has the making of an action hero, and let us hope that lady luck favours him with a hit.Veeramum Eeramum- It is the real life story of the dreaded don of south Tamilnadu Venkatesha Pannaiyar, who was killed in a police encounter during the previous Jayalalithaa regime in September 2003. Pannaiyar for the locals was a modern day Robinhood and an important caste leader. Saravannan after that brilliant performance in Paruthiveeran, is playing Pannaiyar in the film , while his wife’s(now a DMK, MP) role is done by Sonia. The film is directed by Sanjay Ram and has music by Yugendran, Malayasia Vasudevan’s son.
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Simbu to sign ‘Vengai’
Silambarasan is busy doing Kettavan and Kaalai simultaneously. Meanwhile, the actor has been roped into act in a movie titled ‘Vengai’ which would go to floors soon.The movie is directed by Paneer, an associate of director Lingusamy.Buzz is that the movie is a remake of Chiranjeevi’s son Ram Charan Theja’s maiden venture Chirutha.Silambarasan is now giving final touches to Kaalai, which is expected for a release this Deepavali. Lingusamy has accepted to pen the screenplay for his protégé’s film.The actor is also nursing ambitions to commence his directorial venture early next year.
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Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Efforts galore – Jeeva in Katradhu Tamil!!

Katradhu Tamil (previously titled Tamil M.A) hero Jeeva in a press conference in chennai says “The shooting of this movie has been going on for one year now. The past 75 years of tamil cinema has seen a lot of unusual movies. This movie also will fall into that group. Till now I have acted in 7 movies and the efforts I have put in those 7 movies have been given to this movie alone.This movie is of International standards. Efforts are on to show the movie in Cannes film festival. This movie has not been produced keeping awards in mind. Katradhu Tamil depicts the struggle of a Tamil graduate in our society. The quality on the movie is on par with Hollywood”.There are no gossips surrounding him and any actress. He feels since all the heroines in his movie mostly have a guest appearance he has not been caught in the gossip web.
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I am producing films? - Meena surprised!!

Actress Meena who is currently acting in a Malayalam movie is surprised with the rumors that she is going to produce a movie. Discussing this she says that she would like to remain a good actress always and has no intention of turning a producer.Meena is currently not acting in any Tamil movie. When asked about this she says that all the current movies involve the heroine to sing duet songs and dance around the trees and she is not interested in those kinds of roles any more. She will definitely take up an offer with in-depth character. Till then she is not willing to sign any movies.-->
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Dashaavtaram Movie Photo Gallery - Exclusive First Official

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Maddy turns producer with Evano Oruvan
The Filmfare Award-winning actor Madhavan is turning into a producer with the movie Evano Oruvan. Madhavan has set up his own production company, Leukos Films, which will distribute several of his forthcoming films, first of which is going to be Evano Oruvan.He is now shooting in Colombo for ‘Vaazhthukal’, but he is personally seeing the entire marketing of ‘Evano Oruvan’ which is lined up for a worldwide release in December 2007. This Nishikanth directed film is carrying excellent pre-release reports, and is expected to do well in cities and multiplexes across India and overseas.Special premieres are being held overseas, before its theatrical release in India. `Leukos Films` is going to have sponsored international premieres for Evano Oruvan across the globe. This is first of the sorts where a premiere is held outside India before its release in the theater. Madhavan is taking time off his hectic shooting and will be present at all venues and will also have a “Meet &Greet” with winners of contests in every city along with his team of actress Sangeeta, Nishikanth and Seeman.Premieres in Los Angeles, New York and Toronto has been planned for 26, 27 and 28 October respectively. The film will be premiered from Nov 6 to 12 in UAE and Nov 22 to 24 in Singapore and Malaysia.
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Journey of Pa. Vijay - Lyricist to Actor
Pa. Vijay is a much admired lyricist and is also the recipient of National award. Soon he will be exploring different aspect in his career by taking to acting and will be playing lead in the movie ‘Thai Kaviyam’. The film will be directed by debutant Bali Srirangam.The film is based on famous Russian author Maxim Gorky’s “The Mother”. CM M.Karunanidhi converted Gorky’s novel into Tamil and will now be writing the script of the film. The CM is interested in this because Pa. Vijay is his favourite. Karunanidhi and the CM has bestowed the title ‘Vithaga Kavingar’ on Pa. Vijay. Karunanidhi will officially start the film in his residence on October 20. Shooting for the film will begin after that.Discussing about this Pa. Vijay says the he never wanted to be a hero, because as a lyricist he is doing very well, but his friends feel that he can portray the lead in Thai Kaviyam better than any one else.
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Advertisements only for Christine
The heroine of the movie ‘Chennai 600028′ is Christina Zedek. She has distanced herself from tamil movies and is currently doing only advertisements.She got the oppurtunity to play the lead role in ‘Chennai 600028′ in her modeling days and after the movie did not get any good offers from the tamil industry. She also did not take any active steps in getting any offers. Hence she is back to her modelling and is now concentrating only on her modeling and ad film offers.Discussing this she says she does not have any acquitance or friends in the flim industry. This is one of the reason that she does not get any good offers.The rumors that she goes out with actors of ‘Chennai 600028′ and is trying to get offers in the industry through them is not true and she is not in contact with any of the actors in that movie, she says.
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Surya-Sameera pairup for ‘Vaaranam Aayiram’
Deciding on the heroine for ‘Vaaranam Aayiram’ has been a big problem for Gautham Menon for a long time. Since the launch of the film many actresses have been considered for the movie to pair up with the handsome Surya. Divya plays one of the heroines.‘Vaaranam Aayiram’ (A Thousand Elephants) is a forthcoming Tamil film being directed by Gautham Menon and produced by Oscar Ravichandran. It stars Surya Sivakumar, Sameera Reddy and Divya in pivotal roles with Daniel Balaji acting in a supporting role. The film’s score and soundtrack will be composed by Harris Jayaraj with lyrics penned by Thamarai. Shooting for the film has already begun in Afganistan and is soon expected to move to locations in the United States of America, India, Malaysia and Russia. The film is slated for release in early 2008.The list of actress approached look really long, with Deepika Padukone to Asin to Genelia to but all of them backed out for some reason or the other. The shoot of the second schedule of the film was to start at Berkley University in US in the first week of October and a search was on to sign an actress for the desirable heroine’s role.A worried Gautham went to bollywood to talk to actresses like Tabu, Nandana Sen, Shamita Shetty and few others. The travel to bollywood seems to be successful with Gautham finding the leading lady for his film. Sources are that dusky beauty Sameera Reddy has agreed to do the film and she flew down to Chennai last week for a discussion about the film. If she does the film she’ll be seen in the role of a beautiful NRI in an American university who falls for the hero.Sexy siren Sameera is looking ever more beautiful after her fitness regime. It is now left on Surya to put his stamp of approval on Gautham’s choice. He is currently away to Switzerland shooting a song with Asin for ‘Vel’ and will be back on October 3. Bhanu the dress designer of the film is currently with the unit of ‘Vel’ and will have to come down and have a costume rehearsal for Sameera before the US schedule of beginning from October 10.