Anil Kapoor’s daughter to debut in Tamil films?
Sonam Kapoor, daughter of veteranBollywood actor Anil Kapoor, might soon be making her Kollywood debut, one learns. Anil Kapoor has been one of the longest-surviving heroes in Bollywood. His daughter Sonam debuted in the 2008 hit film ‘Saawariya’ opposite teenage heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor. If reports are to be believed, Sonam may play the lead role in a film titled ‘Karuppampatti’ opposite Ajmal (who debuted in Myshkin’s ‘Anjathay’). Besides Sonam’s presence, the other significant factor in the film would be the dual roles to be portrayed by Ajmal for the first time in his career spanning just over a couple of years. Prabhuraja Chozhan, who had till recently been working under director Shankar, would be debuting as the director with ‘Karuppampatti’. Sonam, who has been approached to play the lead role in the film, is yet to get back to the producer with her reply. Efforts are, however, afoot from the production side to get Sonam go act in the film. The shooting of the film would kickstart from the first schedule which has been planned to be held in Bangalore from May which would be followed by shooting in various cities in Tamil Nadu. Music director, who impressed many with his musical scores in ‘Tamizhpadam’, would be scoring music for ‘Karuppampatti’.
Suriya in Parthiban direction
Parthiban is known for his creative ways of expressing his feelings to his friends on special days. His bouquets are always a talking point at the household of Suriya whenever he celebrates his birth day. Even Parthiban’s Manitha Neya Mantram is said to have influenced Suriya largely in forming his own Agaram Foundation. Now the off screen friendship between Suriya and Parthiban is all set to take roots on big screen.
Buzz is that Suriya is impressed with a story of Parthiban and is likely to do the film under Parthiban direction. It also says Parthiban and Suriya were to do a film after ‘Mounam Pesiyathey’ but that did not happen for some reasons. But the critics say director Vasanth has been trying for very long to get the dates of Suriya but not getting it. If Suriya hasn’t preferred Vasanth yet will he with Parthiban?
Actress Shammu on a cultural tour
Heroine Shammu, who started her film career with ‘Dasavatharam’, has done in Priyadarshan’s ‘Kancheevaram’ and also won best critical acclaims for her performance in the film. This paved the way to have a couple of movies in Tamil such as‘Maathi Yosi’ and ‘Mayilu’.
At present the beauty is on plans to go on a foreign trip for a cultural event. She will begin her journey on April 14th and will return back on May 24th. She will be visiting Virginia, Orlando and Kemba and performing cultural events there.
PVR Cinemas Opens On Apr 9 In Chennai
Finally, it’s a very big boon for the Chennaites as they can experience the essence of real cinema at PVR Cinemas. Hip Hip Hooray! The long awaited launch of PVR Cinemas will take place from day after tomorrow (April 9).PVR Cinemas has been situated at the center of Chennai’s Heart at Sky Walk Mall across the lanes of Poonamallee Highroad, Arumbakkam. According to the sources, the opening up of one of the biggest group of cinemas can benefit the regular moviegoers from central and North Chennai as there aren’t any quality theatres at that area.The first set of releases will be – Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya, Paiyya, Hindi film ‘Prince’ and othe releases are yet to be confirmed.
Aishwarya hurt on ‘Raavan’ set
Mani Ratnam is a task master and even the biggest stars don’t complain him for that. Recently Aishwarya Rai got bruised and cut while doing a mountain climbing sequence for ‘Raavan’ under the instructions of Mani. But the beauty took it in good right spirits.
According to the scene Aishwarya had to climb a steep path up a mountain with Ravana not once but twice because she had to do it for both Tamil and Hindu versions. Ravana character is played by Abhishek and Vikram in Hindi and Tamil respectively.
Aishwarya is a determined lady and so she didn’t mind it. First she will climb up with Abhishek for Hindi and then she will climb down to again climb up with Vikram.
At the end of the day Ash had enough scars and marks to prove her supreme professionalism.
Manisha to marry
Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala, who is currently making a comeback in Tamil cinema with Dhanush starrer ‘Mappillai’, seems finally set to enter wedlock in Nepal, her motherland.
If reports are to be believed, the 40-year-old actress, who is the daughter of one of the most powerful political houses in Nepal, will marry Nepali businessman Samrat Dahal on June 19.
“Circles close to Manisha told me about a week ago that she is getting married in Nepal,” Nepali filmmaker Dipendra Khanal, whose upcoming venture ‘Dharma’ will mark the return of the actress to Nepali film industry, was quoted as saying.
The wedding will be a three-day extravaganza that is expected to see Mumbai’s stars descend on Kathmandu. The bridegroom was reportedly educated in the United States and is a well-known businessman.
Manisha, grand-daughter of Nepal’s first elected Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, is presently shooting in Kerala for a Telugu film and will return to Kathmandu on Friday, Dipendra Kanal reportedly added.
Season Of More Dubbed Films
With Chennai and its surrounding centres turning to be the uprising hub for Hindi films, the Bollywood producers have now gradually turned their course of direction over here. Within next couple of months, there’s gonna be heavy downpour of Hindi flicks dubbed in Tamil.Vivek Oberoi’s ‘Prince’ is hitting screens in Tamil on day after tomorrow (April 9) with the same title. It’s a well known fact that Vivek Oberoi himself has dubbed in Tamil and is set to have a big opening in Chennai.Similarly, Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Phoonk-2’ has been dubbed in Tamil as ‘Bommai-2’ slated for release on April 16. The distributors and producers of Hindi Cinema have now started dubbing their films in Tamil as a must part of their post production schedule so as to release them later in time.It’s worth mentioning that most of the films churned out by UTV Motion Pictures are already dubbed in Tamil including Priyanka Chopra’s ‘Fashion’.
Sarath to direct brother’s son?
Sarath Kumar is recovering quicker than expected. The macho man who is in complete rest for the past 15 days will soon resume his work in 'Vidiyal'. Other than 'Vidiyal' in Tamil Sarath Kumar is now very busy in Malayalam also. He has also become a member of AMMA (Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes). Also there is a news doing rounds saying the supreme star has been signed for a Hindi film as well.
But the hottest news is something different. According to some close sources Sarath Kumar will soon turn a director. Sarath is said to direct the film which would introduce his brother Sudarsan's son Dinesh as the hero. Sarath was initially only to produce the film but now he will also direct it to fulfill the wishes of his dear brother.
I love cinema, not Tamannah: Karthi
If it was Tamannah to clear the air last week by saying there is nothing personal between Karthi and her, it is now the turn of the ‘Paiyaa’ protagonist to echo his co-star’s words. “I love cinema, not Tamannah,” he says with a mischievous smile.
“Though it may sound clichéd, the truth is that we are good friends and nothing more than that exists between us. We both have a passion for cinema and would like to scale great heights in our careers. So there is no way to fall in love,” says the actor.
Showering praises on Tamannah, Karthi says, “She is a thorough professional and a focused artiste. It’s great that I am going to work with her again, for the Tamil remake of Telugu super hit Vikramarkudu.”
Going down the memory lane, the younger brother of Suriya says, “to be frank, I have never fallen in love. My education was in a boys school and I always wanted to make it big in cinema, inspired by my brother and father.”
“Though it may sound clichéd, the truth is that we are good friends and nothing more than that exists between us. We both have a passion for cinema and would like to scale great heights in our careers. So there is no way to fall in love,” says the actor.
Showering praises on Tamannah, Karthi says, “She is a thorough professional and a focused artiste. It’s great that I am going to work with her again, for the Tamil remake of Telugu super hit Vikramarkudu.”
Going down the memory lane, the younger brother of Suriya says, “to be frank, I have never fallen in love. My education was in a boys school and I always wanted to make it big in cinema, inspired by my brother and father.”
Jai Celebrates Birthday With Kanimozhi
Guess what? It’s not all about your own imaginations as ‘Kanimozhi’ is all about his upcoming film. A day after Prashanth celebrated birthday on the sets of ‘Ponner Shankar’, its actor Jai, who’s on a hectic schedule shooting for ‘Kanimozhi’.Yesterday (April 6), the actor celebrated his birthday along with the crewmembers of ‘Kanimozhi’ including producer Sona of Uniq Productions, filmmaker Venkat Prabhu, actor Premji and Vaibhav, Amma Creations Siva and other technicians.Born on April 6, 1985, the actor made his onscreen debut as Vijay’s brother in ‘Bhagavathy’ and later made it bigger with his extraordinary performances in ‘Subramaniapuram’, ‘Aval Peyar Tamizharasi’, and ‘Goa’ and so on.
Manirathnam Watches CSK Wins
Kollywood seems to be possessed with IPL fever as the celebs are ardently catching up with every match held in Chepauk Stadium. Previously, we could witness the happening actors, actresses and filmmakers cheering up for Chennai Super Kings in the stadium. Of course, the crowd becomes high-spirited when their stars are displayed on the big screens.Remember commentator Ravi Shashtri mistakenly mentioning that the Chennai crowd is cheering up for Parthiv Patel’s half century. Well, it was when Trisha was shown watching the match that our people enthralled excitedly.Last evening, it was our maverick filmmaker Manirathnam watching the match between Chennai Super Kings Vs Mumbai Indians. He was enjoying the every minute of the match along with youth cohorts.
SINGAM HARI’S CONFESSION
Suriya - Hari’s Police story Singam, as the name suggests, is an out and out action movie. Or so the director claims. In a recent media interaction, Hari mentioned that there are fight sequences in the movie with every available equipment that has wheels (he added that there are also fights with wheel chair too). Suriya plays a cop and sports thick goatee-moustache for Singam.SUN TV recently procured the distribution rights of Singam, which is expected to be a summer release to cash in on the holiday season. Anushka plays Suriya’s female lead.
Tabu in Gowtham Menon’s film
Tabu will be acting in a film directed by Gowtham Menon. Gowtham Menon after the film Vinnai Thandi Varuvaya is directing a film which is yet to be titled. New face Veera and Samira Reddy are in the lead roles.
This film which is a thriller has no songs or back ground music. Tabu is acting in an important role in this film. The shooting of this film is on progress. The scenes pertaining to Tabu is yet to be shot.
Tabu was supposed to act in the film Pacchaikili Muthucharam but due to non availability of her call sheet, she could not act in that film.
“What’s wrong in wearing a bikini”!
Actress Sada is desperately waiting for hits. The actress who is experiencing sequential flops in Telugu and Tamil film industry had stepped into bollywood recently with a film titled ‘Click’ recently. The actress who used to do homely roles in south industry went glamorous and even sported a bikini for the film.
Sada when asked on this commented, “”What’s wrong in wearing a bikini. I feel there’s nothing wrong.” However, the film left a sad experience to Sada by becoming a box-office flop.
The actress is now making her come-back in Kannada film industry where she had left after a bad experience for a film. “I had decided to return to Kannada films as many people told me that one bad experience should be well forgotten and I should look forward for some good offers” said Sada.
Vijay and Ajith will be the next superstars: Vikram
So nice to hear this from Vikram: whose congeniality for his contenders has made the most-loved friend of all celebrities in tinsel town. When there’s a heavy downpour of pettifoggeries running high amongst the fans of Vikram, Ajith and Vikram on being the next superstars, the actor comes up with an intensely heart-warming regards for this actors.
“Our senior superstars Rajnikanth, Kamal Hassan, Sathyaraj and Vijayakanth have acted more than 100 films now. But it isn’t easy task for the present-league of actors as the competitions are so tougher. In that sense, it fills with me wonder and delight on witnessing both Ajith Kumar and Vijay working on their 50th films.
Well, Vijay didn’t make his way to the 50th film with an ease. He had to keep himself occupied with hard work all the times. On pars, Ajith Kumar has carved a niche for himself as a good human being with excellent values. Not alone as an actor, but Ajith means very special to the universal fans as they’ve been deeply influenced by his morals. Doubtlessly, Vijay and Ajith Kumar will be the next superstars…”
Fine! Know what? The actor keeps himself with a low-profile that he has a long way to attain the highest standards as he done merely few films in his career now.
The most happening duo combos and cousin brothers Venkat Prabhu and Yuvan Shankar released the musical album of ‘Kutra Pirivu’. The film is a dubbed v
Ramba will be getting married to Canada based businessman Indira Kumar on 8th of this month at Tirupathi. Ramba while speaking to the media said,” I went as a brand ambassador to the firm run by Indira Kumar.
After this, he approached my family and asked them that he wanted to marry me. After this our marriage engagement took place. This is not a love marriage. The marriage will take place in Tirupathi.
The marriage reception will be held on 11th of this month at Rani Meiyammai Hall at Egmore. We will be going to New Zealand for honeymoon. Indira Kumar has permitted me to act in the films after our marriage. If I get bored with acting, I will assist my husband in his business.”
Venkat Prabhu & Yuvan Launches ‘Kutra Pirivu’ Audio
The most happening duo combos and cousin brothers Venkat Prabhu and Yuvan Shankar released the musical album of ‘Kutra Pirivu’. The film is a dubbed version of Telugu flick ‘Police Police’ that features Prithviraj and Srikanth in lead roles with Kamalini Mukherji in female lead.The film is directed by Manmohan and is produced by Saadthik. Chakri has scored music for this edge-seated thriller.Actor Silambarasan was also present for the musical launch of this album that was recently held herein Chennai.
Karthi’S ‘Vikramakudu’ Rolling On Rapid Pace
Karthi seems to be overshadowing his long sabbatical gaps of 3 years between his debut film ‘Paruthiveeran’ and Selvaraghavan’s ‘Aayirathil Oruvan’. The actor is now brimmed with a high-flown idea of continuous filming of more projects. Much prior to the release of ‘Aayirathil Oruvan’, the actor completed shooting for Lingusamy’s ‘Paiyya’ that has received a good opening.Now, he is almost done with ‘Naa Mahaan Alla’ directed by Susindhran of ‘Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu’ fame and is simultaneously shooting for an untitled remake of yesteryear Telugu blockbuster ‘Vikramakudu’. The film brings back Karthi and Thamanah together with Santhanam taking care of comedy quotients. Debutant Shiva wields the megaphone for this film produced by Studio Green Productions.This film is about a small time thief, who is shocked to see a small girl claiming that he is her father. Off the late, it’s revealed that there is another person with the same looks ion the form of an IPS officer. His conflict against the baddies of deep-rooted area catches up and rest of the film is about these two deals those roughnecks in a new-fangled manner.
One woman Amy
Meet Amy Jackson, who is making her Kollywood debut with ‘Madharasapattinam’. A native of Liverpool, England, she is playing the 18-year-old daughter of the Governor of Madras in the period movie starring Arya in the lead role.
“My character name is Amy Wilkinson. While my father and step-mother hate Indians, I fall in love with an Indian youngman (Arya),” the actress throws light on the film and adds: “My role is so meaty and the climax is one of my favourite scenes.”
On working with Arya, she says, “Though he is a leading star here, he’s been really sweet and helpful to me. We are good friends now and I admire him a lot. Equally helpful are other co-stars and technicians.”
Heaping laurels on Vijay, the director of the film, Amy says, “I’ve always wanted to travel to India and act in an Indian film. Vijay made my dream come true, that too by offering such an excellent opportunity. For, ‘Madharasapattinam’ is a marvelous movie.”
Vikram Launches ‘Karan Arjun’ Movie
A yesteryear Hindi movie with the same title ‘Karan Arjun’ turned to be the most highlighting flick in the career of Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan. Now, a debutant filmmaker Saga strikes with a film with the same title in Tamil. The film features newcomers Amod and Sathya in lead roles and even the technicians are making their debut with it.The film was launched yesterday morning at AVM Studios with actor Vikram and director S.A. Chandrasekhar gracing over the occasion.Turning lights on this film, Saga said, “The film is a triangular love story set in completely contrastive backdrops of love, thrill and mystery. A gunslinger arrives in Kodaikanal for a mission and falls in love with a beautiful missy played by Akshara. Sooner as a group of cops arrive to trace the sharpshooter. Finally, when the girl realizes his love, it’s too late…”The complete film is scheduled to be shot at Kodaikanal for a full-fledged stretch of 45 days.
SURYAH BACK WITH THE WINNING COMBINATION
SJ Suryah is back this time with the Telugu movie Puli. The film has Pawan Kalyan in the lead role. Suryah has given several hit films in the past including Vaali, New and Kushi. He had also ventured into acting after trying his hand in direction and has proved his mettle in that department too.Suryah decided to don the director’s robe and cast Pavan Kalyan in Puli. This is not the first time the duo is working together as they have given a hit in the past - Kushi. The movie is expected to be released on May 14th. The re-recording work is presently on, we hear.
Interesting Genres, Innovative Themes On Race
With a riveting sense of individualism, every filmmaker in K-town are spearheading with their own rhetorically creative ideas. Not with so many films of A-stream superstars hitting screens shortly, it’s time to lookout for such releases that are expected to make high waves amongst the audiences.
Madrasapattinam – ‘Kireedom’ fame Vijay seems to be vividly influenced by his mentor Priyadarshan. Much alike his ‘Kanchivaram’, the young filmmaker too gears up for a period film set against the backdrops of ancient Chennai during pre-independence era. The film features Aarya, British girl Amy Jackson donning lead roles.
Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam – Director Chimbu Devan had much earlier proved off his adeptness with classical hits ‘Imsai Arasan 23m Pulikesi’ and ‘Arai En 305il Kadavul’. This time, he has picked yet another flamboyant tale of cowboy. Featuring choreographer-filmmaker-turned-actor Raghava Lawrence, Padmapriya, Lakshmi Priya and Sandhya in lead roles, the film has a musical score by G.V Prakash. IKMS is slated to hit screens by end of this month.
Rettaisuzhi – Directed by Thamira, the film brings the ace veterans K. Balachandar and Bharathiraja together for the first time. Reported to be a wholesome family entertainer, the film touched the farthest extent of public glare as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan released the film’s music. Since, kids are expected to have performed vital roles in this flick; Thamira assures that it will be a delighting treat to these Children for this summer.
Anantha Purathu Veedu – Shankar’s ability to experiment on various genres keeps him right on the top of world. Glimpse through his previous productions and there would be vast differences in every genre he chooses. When his other production ‘Rettaisuzhi’ is reported to offer pleasant entertainment to audiences, ‘Anantha Purathu Veedu’ is sure to chill everyone’s spines as director Naga of ‘Marmadesam’ wields megaphone. The film features Nandha and Chaya Singh in lead roles and is slated for release by next month.When these films with exceptional storylines are gearing up for releases, other set of mainstream flicks – Vijay’s ‘Sura’, Suriya starrer ‘Singam’, ‘Jeyam’ Ravi’s ‘Thillalangadi’ and many more are getting ready for a grand opening across all centres.On the dot, it’s gonna be a fantastic thing to lookout for such big releases that are anticipated to savor our tastes….
Paiyya Speaks Telugu
Followed by the grand success of ‘Paruthiveeran’ and ‘Aayirathil Oruvan’, Karthi makes it a spell of wonderful hat-trick with his recent release ‘Paiyya’. The film released on last Friday has turned to be the biggest top-drawer of this season and with accordance to continuous holidays, the producers are expecting big results at box office.Meanwhile, Studio Green Pictures has decided to release the film in Telugu titled ‘Aawara’ by end of this month. With Karthi’s previous film ‘Yuganiki Okadu’ (Telugu version of ‘Aayirathil Oruvan’ making high waves amongst masses in Andhra Pradesh, the producers are brimmed with extreme confidence that ‘Aawara’ would exceed their own expectations.As of now, Karthi is simultaneously shooting for ‘Naan Mahan Alla’ and untitled remake of Telugu film ‘Vikramaku
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