Actor Arya’s first double role is on the way!

His first action entertainer Vettai may be roaring at the box-office.
If there is anything you want to learn from Arya the handsome hunk of Kollywood, then it is his patience and the fact that he doesn’t get hyper about anything.

After the release and promotions of Vettai, the actor has sulked and is trying to quietly get into the skin of the character he plays in his next film with director Selvaraghavan. While media is going gaga and speculating news that his heroine Anushka is playing a double role, here’s a bit of scoop that Arya is also doing a dual role in Irandam Ulagam.
The actor who is preparing himself for the role which is kept under the wraps, will be getting trained for some daring action sequences in US after the Goa schedule of the film is complete. Arya has earlier confessed to sify.com that it is role of a lifetime and he will push himself to get it right.
Meanwhile Selvaraghavan who is back from US is planning to start the Goa portion by March 18.
Arya pretends that he is not in the rat race but knows that it’s not how fast you run but how far you go that matters and he is determined to travel far.

Star couple’s infamous daughter returns to the silver screens

The prodigal daughter of star couple Vijayakumar and Manjula, Vanitha Vijayakumar, will be making her comeback. The actress, who was in the news for all the wrong reasons, has decided to don the greasepaint once again.

Vanitha entered the film industry as a heroine but could not sustain for long due to heavy competition. Later, she faded into oblivion and settled for marital bliss not once but twice. Both the marriages ended in divorce unfortunately.
The actress’s infamous tiff with her parents and family members is well-known. She has now joined her parents, it may be mentioned. Vanitha is planning to make a comeback and this time she will don the greasepaint as a baddie.

Tamil movie that made it in 59th National Awards

The winners of the prestigious 59th National Film Awards were just announced by Rohini Hattangady, the Chairperson of Feature Films Jury.
Vaagai Sooda Vaa' has bagged the Best Film award! The film directed by Sargunam features Vimal and Iniya in the lead roles and is a period movie that's set in the 1960s.

'Aaranya Kandam' directed by Thiagarajan Kumaraja is yet another film that made us proud. The neo-noir film bagged two prestigious awards including Best Editing and Best Debut Film Of A Director.

An ecstatic SPB Charan who produced the film speaks to IG, "I'm honored! It hasn't even sunk in yet and this is our first National Awards. I congratulate my team who have made us proud".

'Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai' has fetched its lead Appukutty with the Best Supporting Actor Award and the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment Award.

It may be mentioned that although all these three quality entertainers received rave reviews, much accolades and now even the prestigious National Award, they didn't fair too well commercially. Its sad how Tamil film patrons, who usually welcome varied ventures, didn't support these quality films. However, we'll have to wait to see if any of these entertainers will see a re-release.

IG congratulates all the winners and wishes them luck with their future ventures...

59th National Film Awards were just announced by Rohini Hattangady

The winners of the prestigious 59th National Film Awards were just announced by Rohini Hattangady, the Chairperson of Feature Films Jury at the Shastri Bhawan this afternoon.

Check out who bagged what in here...

Best Actor: Girish Kulkarni for Deool

Best Actress: Vidya Balan for The Dirty Picture

Best Hindi Film: I Am

Best Tamil Film: Vaagai Sooda Vaa

Best Bengali Film: Ranjana Ami Aar Ashbona

Best Children's Film: Chillar Party

Best Supporting Actor: Appu Kutty for Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai

Best Editing: Praveen KL for Aaranya Kandam

Best Screenplay (Original) - Vikas Bahl & Nitesh Tiwari for Chillar Party

Best Debut Film By A Director - Thiagarajan Kumaraja for Aaranya Kandam

Best Special Effects: Ra.One

Special Jury Award: Anjan Dutta

Best Choreography: Bosco - Caesar for 'Senorita...' from ZNMD

Best Make Up: Vijram Gaekward for The Dirty Picture & Bal Gandharva

Best Costume Designer: Niharika Khan for The Dirty Picture & Neeta Lulla for Bal Gandharva

Best Feature Film: Deool & Pyaari

Best Male Playback Singer: Anand Bhate for Bal Gandharva

Best Female Playback Singer: Rupa Ganguly

Special Mention: Director Shari for Adi Madhyantam & Mallika for Pyari.

The ceremony honoring the winners will be held on May 3. IndiaGlitz wishes all the winners and wishes them all the success in gracing Indian cinema with such quality entertainers in the near future...

A R Rahman's Sister Makes Her Debut

A.R.Rahman is a World renowned Musician. It seems that, the other members of his family also don’t want to be left behind. Already, G.V.Prakash Kumar, the Son of A.R.Rahman’s Sister is rocking in the Music industry.

Now, it the turn of the A.R.Rahman’s sister A.R.Reihana to make her presence felt in the industry. Already, she has been part of Music composition for few Tamil films like ‘Machi’, which featured Dushyanth, Keerthana, and Shuba Poonja.

A.R.Reihana is the mother of G.V.Prakash Kumar. She is a famous Playback singer, Music composer and RJ. Now, she is all set to make her debut in the Mollywood also.

A.R.Reihana is composing Music for the film ‘Manchotile Veedu’. As a matter of coincidence, her Father R.K.Shekhar too served as famous Music Composer in Mollywood.

All the best A.R.Reihana!

“What Happens When a Few Pages in a Novel Goes Missing?”

‘Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom’ is the movie produced by V.S.Rajkumar and co-produced by K.sathish. It is directed by Balaji Tharaneetharan.

‘Thenmerku Paruvakkatru’ fame Vijay Sedhupathi and Debutante Gayathri are playing the lead roles in this film. A.R.Rahman’s Student Ved Shanker is making his debut. Cinematography is by C.Premkumar and Editing is by R.Govindaraj. Gavee takes care of the Art Direction.

‘Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom’ is based on a real-life incident. Regarding this, the Co-producer of the movie Satish says, “This is a film inspired from a chapter in the life of cameraman Premkumar (of Pasanga fame). Prem and Balaji are good friends and Balaji was witness to the incident that happened.”

Satish also adds that, “What happens when a few pages in a novel goes missing? There’s no continuity and you won’t understand the story. The film deals with short term memory loss, and has been said in a humorous tone.”

Cricket captain Saurav Ganguly in films?

One of India's most successful cricket captains, Saurav Ganguly though retired is not too far from the spotlight as he does commentaries and is also a game show host. Now he seems poised to make his grand entry into films. The cricketer recently watched Telugu film, Golconda High School starring Sumanth and loved it so much he went ahead and bought the remake rights for the film.
Now the film will be remade in Bengali and Ganguly himself is keen to play Sumanth's character, sources have reported. Given his natural flair it won't be surprising if he rocks in this new innings as an actor!

Actress Varalakshmi – a Starlet on Rise

Lots of birthdays to start March with. While Selvaraghavan is a birthday baby today, Sarath Kumar’s daughter Varalakshmi becomes the other one to cut her birthday cake. The actress hasn’t done any movies till the date, but has already got into the limelight for her value.

While her potentials are yet to be unleashed, the actress keeps her fingers crossed to strike gold here in Kollywood.

Her debut movie Poda Podi with Silambarasan will hit screens soon and her gate to stardom will open this year and of course, we all await for the dazzling beauty to rock soon in screens.

Popular dancer in Alfonsa commits suicide

Popular dancer in Alfonsa, who appeared in Bassaha in the song Ra Ra … is rushed to hospital in critical condition after she reportedly consumed tablets.

Alfonsa was living with her lover Vinod Kumar from Kalpakkam, in Chennai.
On Sunday, she returned from Dubai and reportedly had a quarrel with his lover. She was shocked to see him hanging from the ceiling in the wee hours of today.
Alfonsa returned home and decided to end her life by consuming tablets. She was immediately rushed to nearby hospital in a critical condition.

Actress Sneha gets a big role

Director G N R Kumaravelan is all set to start his next Haridas. The film talks about the life of a father from the point of view of his son.

Kumaravelan has roped in Kishore and Sneha to play the leads. An eight-year-old debutant will play an important character in the film.
While Rathnavelu will handle the cinematography, Vijay Antony, who was part of GNR’s last two movies, will compose the music. Raja Mohammed is the editor.

Actor Dhanush’s Raanjhnaa with Sonam Kapoor !

After 3 with Shruti Haasan, Dhanush is all set to act in Tanu Weds Manu director Aanand L Rai’s Raanjhana.
The film will have Dhanush playing a character called Kundan and is partially set in Benaras. Meawhile the buzz is that Sonam Kapoor is all set to play Dhanush’s ladylove in the film.

She has been offered this film opposite Dhanush,’ says a source.
Meanwhile it is confirmed that Dhanush’s 3 will hit the screens on 30 March. With Kolaveri Di making it big, expectations are high on the film.

CM Jayalalitha’s appearance in Veerappan’s film

Director AMR Ramesh’s Vana Yuddham, a bio-pic on sandalwood smuggler Veerappan is almost complete.
The latest buzz is that actress Jayachithra plays the role of Tamilnadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in the film.

Says Ramesh, ‘We will have Jayachithra playing the role of the Chief Minister in the film. During the period of Veerappan’s encounter, it was the then CM Jayalalithaa who gave all the freedom to DGP Vijayakumar in terms of carrying forth the operation.’
‘My movie would not throw Veerappan in bad light. We have done enough research and I don’t see any controversy in it’.

Director Murugadoss' Brother Is a Hero Now

A.R.Murugadoss has become one of the biggest Directors in Indian Cinema. Recently, he became as successful Producer too through the movie ‘Engeyum Eppodhum’, which featured Jai, Anjali, Shravanand and many others.

Now director-turned-producer Murugadoss has decided to launch his younger brother Saravanan. He is launching Saravanan in his own Production venture.

Earlier, Murugadoss teamed up with Fox Star Studios for the movie ‘Engeyum Eppodhum’. He has decided to join hands with Fox Star Studios in his second venture.

One of A R Murugadoss’ Assistants named Kinslin is directing this film. It is touted to be a Romantic thriller. It is to be mentioned that, Anjali would become the Heroine in Murugadoss second production venture too. This could have been probable, as he was satisfied by Anjali’s performance in his first film.

The Music Composer Gibran, who made his debut through the film ‘Vaagai Sooda Vaa’ would be scoring the Music for this film. The other details are expected to follow soon.

Actress Sneha Ullal purrs in a seductive video

Posting raunchy, erotic photographs and videos seems to be the norm amongst starlets these days. After Poonam Pandey and Sherlyn Chopra, southern actress Sneha Ullal has posted an ‘aesthetically shot’ erotic video of herself on the vimeo.

Now all those who don’t remember Sneha, we don’t blame you. Sneha was launched by Salman Khan in a film called ‘Lucky’ and till date she is best known as Aishwarya Rai’s look-alike. Sneha then went on to do a film with Sohail Khan called ‘Aryan’ which also failed to do much to her career.

Post her dismal outing in the Hindi film industry, she shifted base down south and even tasted success in number of Telugu films. Known for her girl-next-door image, Sneha now perhaps wants to raise the bar.

The actress posted an erotic video of herself recently on vimeo. Sneha is seen wearing a see through shirt seducing the camera, withering on the bed.

While the exact purpose of the video is not known, Sneha says that there are a few more of such raunchy videos in store.

Radha’s daughter Karthika says that she has lived as Annakodi

Ko film’s heroine and actress Radha’s daughter Karthika is currently acting in Tamil and Telugu films.
Karthika while speaking about her roles in these films said, "I am currently acting in the Tamil film Annakodiyum Kodiveeranum directed by ace director Bharathiraja and in the Telugu film titled Dhammu. I am donning the role of a village girl in Bharathiraja’s film while in the Telugu film I am donning the role of a ultra glamorous girl.
It is a challenging matter to act in these contrast roles at the same time. No one will get this kind of opportunity. I feel that I am lucky in getting this opportunity. In film Annakodiyum Kodiveeranum I am donning the role of a girl called Annakodi. I have donned four kind of roles right from infancy phase to old woman. To tell the truth I have lived the role of Annakodi."

Abhinaya Starts Mela Thaalam

Abhinaya made her debut in the film ‘Nadodigal’. From then, there is no looking back for her. She has proved her talents continuously in the films like ‘7Aum Arivu’, ‘Easan’ and so on.

Abhinaya is presently acting in the movie ‘Mela Thaalam’. It features Debutant Nischala Krishna and Abhinaya in the lead roles. It is a romantic Comedy which is produced Dado Creations. Anbu Stalin is directing the movie.

Abhishek Lawrence is scoring the Music. The Shooting for the movie has commenced just few days back. Going by the talents expressed by Abhinaya, this movie could turn into an entertaining one.

No more semi-nudes for Kajal Aggarwal?

First Kajal Aggarwal created a furore with her semi-nude photo shoot in a men’s magazine and then later dismissed it as a morphed picture.

After that the T-town hottie was in the news for an intimate liplock with superstar Mahesh Babu in the film Businessman.
Such moves after her B’town stint were probably what made K-town director Murugadoss reportedly request the actress to show some skin in his upcoming Tamil film Thuppaki. To his surprise, the actress sternly refused, making it very clear that there would be no skin show in the film.
“We did a photo shoot with Vijay and Kajal and she was very co-operative. In the course of discussions, the director informed her about a specific scene, which was almost a semi-nude act in order to register a crucial idea in the storyline. He also mentioned about the photo shoot done for a men’s magazine and requested something similar, but she just refused to do it,” says a source close to K-town superstar Vijay.
Now, the production house is determined to convince the actress and wrap up the pending portions, as the film is slated for release in April or May.
However, Kajal’s mother Vinay Aggarwal denies the report saying,“Murgadoss knows Kajal well enough to be aware that she would never act in such a scene. They share a great rapport and he hasn’t come up with any such proposal to Kajal. Of course, she did a photo shoot with co-star Vijay for the film which went well.”

Mumtaj to create a sensation in Saguni

All along we have known Mumtaj as a glamour girl. But now, she is ready to create a sensation by playing a baddie. Yes, the actress will be seen in a villainous role in the Karthi starrer Saguni. This film also has Radhika and Roja in important roles and if sources are to be believed, Mumtaj as a baddie is set to have the silver screens on fire. Interestingly, Mumtaj has dubbed for the film.
Saguni has Karthi and Praneetha as the lead pair. The film has been directed by Shankar Dayal with music by G. V. Prakash Kumar.

Aravaan Movie Review

Starring: Aadhi, Pasupathi, Dhansika Direction: Vasantha BalanMusic: KarthikProduction: T.Siva ( Amma Creations )

When a film is the oeuvre of a man who has proved his raconteuring skills at national and international platforms, it is but natural that the expectation meter shoots up to stratospheric levels. Added to that when the story is from the pages of the Sahitya Academy winning novel of Su Venkatesan’s Kaaval Kottam, the product glides up several notches in the anticipation domains.
Aravaan as Vasanthabalan has been saying in all his interviews is a character from Mahabharatha, is the son of Arjuna and is a complete MAN in all aspects. Vasanthabalan has juxtaposed this quality onto a character belonging to South Tamil Nadu from 18th century.
The film opens up to an imposing and a strong Pasupathi who is on a heist mission with his fellow men on a dark night. The ensuing 10-15 minutes take you on a thrill ride and you gear up for Vasanthabalan to weave his magical baton on you.
Balan should be credited for his attempt to chronicle the lives of people of South Tamil Nadu of 18th century. The intriguing locales, his key men Aadhi and Pasupathy are the major factors that turn the tables in Aravaan’s favor. We get to learn the customs, traditions, lifestyles of these people and are convinced that Balan and his team have done their research well. The tribe called Kallar, the nitty gritty details of their thievery, their ethics, and their own methods of justice are all interesting. In the Oore Oore ditty too, Viveka comes to Balan’s aid in conveying the ethnicity of the tribe and their belief systems.
The amount of hard work that Aadhi and Pasupathy have put in for their roles not just in the physical aspect but also in the histrionics segment is palpable. Post Aravaan, Aadhi’s career graph is sure to go north. In fact, it is these two, who shoulder the entire film. Another positive force for the film is art director Vijay Murugan for bringing in front of us the habitat of a particular period.
On the flip side, Aravaan does not have a homogenous engrossing quotient. And its length (2 hours and 48 minutes) don’t contribute to this either. Some of the dialogues and body languages are so contemporary that you wonder how a director of the calibre of Vasanthabalan could have missed this. The way Aadhi says ‘romba pasikkudhu’ with a 21st century urban drawl, Archana Kavi’s dialogues to Aadhi to marry her, Dhansika’s urban body language, Singam Puli’s humor are all completely jarring to the period in which Aravaan is set. The all too obvious and sloppy CG work in the scene where Aadhi rescues Pasupathy should have been avoided.
While the first half focuses on Pasupathy’s tribe, the pre-interval block puts forth the suspense about Aadhi’s background. But the second half is filled with so many scenes which move back and forth from flash back to present that sometimes confuse the audience. The suspense factor about Bharath’s murder is well handled.
Bharath, Anjali and Shwetha Menon appear in cameo and it is sad that Dhansika fail to make an impact. An example is the scene is where Aadhi accuses Dhansika of her sexual desires. When substantial years have passed by and some of the main characters appearances have also changed, Karikalan and Dhansika remain just the same. This could have been taken care.
Singer Karthik makes his debut as music composer and his tracks are fairly serviceable. Cameraman Siddharth’s work just passes muster.
There is an end card which says that capital punishment should be banned. But if this is what Balan wanted to convey, it baffles as to why he brought in 18th century Tamils. Finally when the film draws to a close, there is something amiss that you are not able to place a finger on.
Verdict: High on detailing and effort, low on engaging.

Actress Asin Loves Adventure Sports

Asin is a talented beauty. This fact may not be known to many that, she is a Lover of Adventure Sports also. There is news that, recently she has done Paragliding.

Asin is presently involved in the Shooting of the Bollywood film ‘Bol Bachchan’. The filming of this movie, by Rohit Shetty is on in Panchgani. In between, Asin got a day off. During that break, she wanted to try Adventure Sports.

Close sources to the Actress Asin say that, “Very few people know that Asin is a fan of adventure sports and loves trying out new stuff all the time. So, when she found out about the paragliding facility in Panchgani, she immediately made a plan to try it out.

Asin does not stop with Adventure Sports like Paragliding alone. She rents Cycle in the evenings after the Shooting is over, and goes on cycling on a unique trail, which is made especially for cyclists. The Sources adds that, “Asin tries that, she does not miss out on her cycling as it’s an easy form of exercise,”

Isha Sharvani Out Of Viswaroopam

It looks like things are yet to settle down when it comes to the leading ladies of Kamal Haasan's magnum opus, 'Viswaroopam'. Bollywood actress Isha Sharvani, who was expected to share the screen space with the Ulaganayagan, has reportedly opted out of the project.

"With a heavy heart, I had to walk out of Viswaroopam due to date issues. I was so happy when I was approached by Kamal sir's office. I was thrilled to act with an actor like Kamal. But I had no other option than to stay out of the film since I could not allot dates," she said.

'Viswaroopam', directed by Kamal and produced by the actor's home banner Raajkamal in association with PVP Cinema, is being reportedly made at a budget of nearly Rs 150 crore. Kamal is said to be playing more than one roles in the movie.

Recently, the cast and crew returned India after shooting some important scenes in the United States. It is said that Kamal is planning to release the movie by the middle of this year, in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.

Trisha's call sheet Management

Trisha is very keen in keeping her dates busy. She is currently doing two projects in Tamil and Telugu with Vishal and NTR respectively.

Richa Gangopadhyay shoots in freezing cold

The Mayakkam Enna star Richa Gangopadhya is in Petra in Jordan where it is snowing, and she has no warm clothes to protect herself from the biting cold!

Richa is shooting for two songs for her forthcoming Bengali film Mahashatru, a remake of Karthi’s Siruthai. It’s her first film in her mother tongue.
Richa and the unit took 24 hours from Kolkata to reach Petra via Dubai and Amman the historical and archaeological city in Jordan, where many Tamil film songs have been shot.
The weather in Petra was supposed to be cool but unusually there was snowfall and Richa had not taken any warm clothing.
The actress who reached Petra at 3am in the morning will be purchasing some winter clothing, so that she can shoot the songs in the outdoor.
For the nextfive days Richa baby is sure going to freeze. Brrrr!

Poonam Pandey the most searched hot model

Hot model Poonam Pandey has topped the Google celebrity search in India. She is the hot girl who went topless. An excited Poonam thanked her fans on Twitter. She tweeted, “Google.co.in/trends/ India is Searching me ” Poonam further tweeted, “TweetHearts!! Thanx for Loving so Much muuuuuwhhhaaaa! i alwayz love to be top on Trend …”

It may be noted that Poonam had earlier featured in the Kingfisher Calendar.

'Raavanan' in Austrian Film Museum

The reputed Austrian Film Museum, which has so far only 15 Indian movies in its list, will have one more addition soon. It is Mani Ratnam's 'Raavanan', which has Vikram and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in lead roles! It may be mentioned, the Hindi version of the film, 'Raavan', featured Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai.

The library boasts of 25,500 films in its collection, which is considered a treasure trove for movie-buffs. Also, it is home to a library with more than 20,000 books and over 200 magazine titles covering a broad range of film related topics.

According to reports, the museum's director Alexander Horwath was stunned when he watched 'Raavanan' at an international film festival recently, and following this, he decided to have a copy of the movie at his workplace.

"It was a glorious evening," he was quoted as saying about watching 'Raavanan'. He reportedly added: "While reading more about the project, I was struck by Ratnam's approach of shifting around the traditional role of a hero and antagonist in the service of a commentary on present day India."

Parvathy says that it is an unforgettable experience working with Ajith

Billa 2 is a film which has Ajith in the lead role. This film which has been directed by Chakri Toleti has Parvathy Omanakuttan in the female lead role. Parvathy who had so far been acting in Bollywood films is now debuting as heroine through the Tamil film Billa 2.
Parvathy said, "Since I had acted in Bollywood films I learnt the intricacies in cinema. I came to know from Bollywood that one can become popular only if you act with big stars. In that way I got that kind of opportunity in Billa 2.
When I signed for this film there was some kind of uneasiness and nervous feeling. I use to speak Malayalam in my house. I was wondering that how I will speak in Tamil and act. Anyway I was cheerful because I was going to act with my favourite actor Ajith. It is unforgettable experience acting with him. He use to respect everyone without seeing any status. I was amazed seeing his character."

Cannes extends its deadline for Kamal Hassan's Vishwaroobham?

In order to accommodate the screening of Kamal Hassan’s upcoming Tamil film Vishwaroobham, the Cannes Film Festival, an event to preview new movies from around the world, has reportedly extended its deadline.

A Mumbai-based tabloid reports that the prestigious film festival has extended its deadline to March 15. Speaking to the publication, Kamal Hassan has said that he is doing his best to finish at the earliest. The actor is confident of completing the task on time.
Vishwaroobham directed by Kamal Hassan himself features Pooja Kumar, Rahul Bose, Andrea Jeremiah, Samrat Chakrabarti, Jaideep Ahlawat, Zarina Waheb and others. The upcoming movie has Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy’s music.

Vikram’s Thandavam to release on 15 August

Director A L Vijay is planning to release his much-awaited Thanadavam on 15 August. Starring Vikram, Anushka and Amy Jackson, the movie produced by UTV Pitucres is gearing up fast.

He says,’ a major portion of the movie occurs in USA and the crew ill pack up to US after completing the Chennai schedule’.
There are six songs in the movie set to tunes the G V Prakash. Vikram is upbeat that Thandavam will make it big. A few portions of the movie were shot in New Delhi recently.

Actor Raghava Lawrence – Friend of God and Ghosts

Following the grand success of Kanchana Muni-2, the career graph of Raghava Lawrence has touched the peak. The producers are unceasingly knocking his doors with more opportunities. However with much calmness, he has almost completed shooting for his Telugu movie starring Prabhas in lead role.

Soon after completing this film, he will start shooting for Muni-3 and the preproduction works are on full swing.

On the pars, Raghava is constantly involved in the spiritual lanes as he believes that the construction of Raghavendra Temple has paved him way of success.

Well, he could be the only person far-famed for its acquaintance with God and Ghosts (onscreen).