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Even as reports doing rounds that Malavika is set to start her second innings in acting, reliable sources say the actress will not don the greasepaint at least in the near future thanks to a valid reason.
“Malavika, who is already the mother of a boy child, is pregnant again. She is expecting delivery in a few months. As a result, she has politely refused some offers from the film industry recently,” sources said.
Saying that Malavika might come back to acting after giving birth to the second child, they however maintained that it would take some time. “Because she wants to take good care of her kids on her own.”
Meanwhile, the actress has tattooed the name of her son Aarav on her hand. With the first letter ‘Aa’ in Devanagiri script and the remaining in English, she is proudly showing her hand to her friends these days. Magic of motherhood, one can say.
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Nayanthara has agreed to star in the Malayalam film Madhilgalkappuram, which is the second part of Madhilgal, which was directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. Madhilgalkappuram will be directed by debutant Prasad.
Sources close to the actress say that she agreed to star in this film as it is the potential award-winning role. Bollywood actress Vidya Balan was offered the role initially but she rejected it, sources report. Madhilgalkappuram, which has Mammootty playing the male lead, happens to be his home production.
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The shooting of the Hindi remake of VTV began in Chennai on Wednesday (28 July). The first scene was canned at the Ode Cafe gallery on the scenic ECR stretch. Prateek Babbar, the hero of the movie, is in town for this purpose. Like its original, the Hindi VTV will have Rahman's hugely successful tunes. Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon, this movie also has Trisha as the heroine.
Trisha looked very cheerful after the first day's shoot. When asked about the proceedings, she replied that everything went according to the plan and it was all fun during the first day. Having worked with Gautham already, Trisha praised the director for his meticulous planning and said she feels very much at home with VTV unit. Being an experienced actor herself, Trisha has no problems working with a relatively newcomer Prateek. "We all had a blast during the first day shoot and I hope it is the same for the entire shoot", she smilingly concluded.
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Sexy siren Neetu Chandra is all set to don the avatar of a producer. The lady will produce a Bhojpuri film titled Deswa. "I want to give Bhojpuri cinema a facelift. There is so much of vulgarity and violence in Bhojpuri films that the industry is becoming synonymous with only raunchy movies. I want to change all this and reform Bhojpuri cinema by bringing in more sensibility as well as sensitivity," the actress said.
“Deswa is a coming-of-age movie about three young boys and covers the period from 2000 to 2010. It explores their journey in search of jobs from Bihar to other places and then back to Bihar. It was the subject that lured me to become a producer,” Neetu added.
Reportedly Neetu Chandra is likely to play the female lead in Thala Ajith's much awaited 50th film Mangaatha directed by Venkat Prabhu.
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Karthi Sivakumar, one of the very few eligible bachelors of Tamil cinema, may lose the status soon. For, his parents have started looking for a life partner for him and the actor himself has confirmed this.
He revealed this when journalists asked him in Chennai on Thursday whether he is in love with Tamannah, his ‘Paiyaa’ co-star. “She is my colleague and a very good friend of mine,” Karthi said.
He added: “My father and mother have been searching for a bride for me. They know me well and I am hopeful that they would zero in on a perfect girl. I would also consult with my anna Suriya and anni Jyothika before tying the knot.”
On his forthcoming ‘Naan Mahaan Alla’, Karthi said, “it is based on a real life incident happened to one of the relatives of director Suseendran. The film will show on screen a different side of Chennai, which has not been highlighted in Tamil cinema so far.”
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Kamal Haasan's Manmadha Ambu with K.S. Ravikumar was formally launched at a press meet in Chennai recently. The film is produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin under Red Giant Movies banner. Trisha will team up with Kamal Haasan for the first time. Madhavan and Sangeetha will also play prominent roles in the film. A 90 member crew including the lead pair completed their first shooting schedule in Europe recently. A major part of the film will be shot in Italy, Spain, and Greece.
“We shot for almost a month for the first schedule. We were rushing around like mad people, rehearsing and shooting our scenes. Though we were all abroad and sailing around in a cruise ship, work was very taxing. But I’m definitely not complaining. It was so nice to work with veterans like Kamal sir and K.S. Ravikumar sir. And getting back with Madhavan and Trash (Trisha) was fun. I thoroughly enjoyed it,” Sangeetha said to a leading English daily.
“The unit will decide the locations in another 20 days and we should be on board soon. We’ve shot almost 65% of the film in the first schedule. In fact, Kamal sir and I are almost done shooting for our parts. Only Trash and Maddy have to shoot for theirs now,” she added.
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‘Peranmai’ was one different type of entertainer that took Ayngaran to further reputation. A commercial film with a social message was a hit among youth and the image make over of ‘Jayam’ Ravi from chocolaty to rugged was also smoothly accepted. Jananathan who was always a socially responsible film maker again came good after relevant films like ‘Iyarkai’ and ‘Eee’.
Many people had an eye on the winning combination of ‘Jayam’ Ravi and Jananathan to rope them for their films. The winner at the moment sees to be Aascar Films which has signed the pair for a film. Aascar Films is reputed for big budget super flicks like ‘Dasavatharam’. It is the one producing Vijay’s ‘Velayudham’.
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The Federation of Tamil Associations of North America (FeTNA), an umbrella body of more than 30 Tamil organisations across the United States, said on Monday that it would boycott films starring Asin because of her visit to Sri Lanka.
This decision comes a day after the South Indian Film Artistes Association (SIFAA) said on Sunday that a joint consultative committee would decide on the action to be taken against actors visiting Sri Lanka.
In a statement, FeTNA chief Palani Sundaram said, “The Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America will boycott films of Asin because of her visit to Sri Lanka despite a ban by the Tamil film industry.”
Meanwhile, the actress, who was in Mumbai on Monday, said she did not flout any diktat of the Nadigar Sangam as she stayed away from the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) award ceremony in the island nation.
“I spoke to SIFAA president Sarath Kumar and I am ready to abide by the joint committee’s direction,” she reportedly said. The committee comprises the Film Employees Federation of India, SIFAA, Tamil Film Producers Council, South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce and directors association among others.
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Ilayathalapathy Vijay got down to the shattered scenarios as his previous films that were meant to capture the masses with his political ideologies were pathetically resent. Now, there are no more rooms for such genres as Vijay steps on high with the best projects soon to roll.
‘Kaval Kadhal’ has been almost completed and is getting released for Diwali while it will take nearly other 5 months from the release of this film for Vijay to get it done with ‘Velayudham’.
Shankar has been reported about signing Vijay for the remake of ‘3 Idiots’ while ‘Yaavarum Nalam’ fame Vikram Kumar and Lingusamy have also queued up to wield megaphone for his films.
Let the good way for Vijay begin now as his fans are already looking out these biggies.
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We know about actor STR aka Simbu's multiple talents and have to appreciate him for trying to expand his knowledge about various aspects of cinema. One talent that has been approved by many is his singing. Simbu has not only sung songs in his own movies, he has also sung for others. Now he is all set to thrill us again in 18 Vayasu as a singer.
Simbu has sung a peppy number composed by debutant Charles Bosco in 18 Vayasu, directed by Paneerselvam of Renigunta fame and produced by Chakravarthy under Nic Arts banner.
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Silambarasan is cool to all the news happening around him. He has clarified his position on the Lingusamy film and is moving forward.
Silambarasan will start working for ‘Podaa Podi’ this week. The crew of the film are flying to London on July 28 and will start work immediately. The London schedule was planned for 20 days initially but it may be extended as the Lingusamy film has been dropped by Silambarasan. Meanwhile Vettrimaran is also set to launch his Silambarasan film 'Vada Chennai' once Dhanush's 'Aadukalam' is released.
Also 'Vaanam' will progress at brisk pace to be a Diwali release. Silambarasan also has a surprise coming up this December. Watch this space regularly.
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Kollywood’s leading production house AGS Entertainments, is all set to bring the blockbuster Ayan team of Suriya and KV Anand together in an all new action adventure.
Suriya and KV Anand are a deadly combo who set the screen on fire with their blockbuster Ayan will come together again for an untitled movie for AGS Entertainments.
The rest of the cast, crew and technicians are being finalized as the film would go to floors on February 2011.
AGS is an acclaimed production house, that has come out with hits like Thiruttu Payale, Masilamani, Santosh Subramaniam, Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam and the recent hit Madarsapattinam.
Kalpathi Agoram of AGS has made it clear that their new venture would be a big budget extravaganza.
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Lingusamy and producer Dayanidhi Azhagiri of Cloud Nine Movies are reportedly upset with Silambarasan. Apparently, the two are irked over the fact that the actor had opted to star in Vaanam and had announced that it would move simultaneously with the Lingusamy project. Lingusamy and Dayanidhi, sources say, are considering replacing Silambarasan for the main role, as they want the actor’s entire concentration on their film.
In the meantime, Silambarasan is camping in Mumbai and holding discussions with percussionist Siva Mani and music director Dharan for Poda Podi. The actor is probably concentrating on Vaanam and Poda Podi.
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Lakshmi Rai has reportedly told that she is a part of the Ajith-starrer Mangatha, which is to be directed by Venkat Prabhu. It is already reported that Telugu star Nagarjuna and Neetu Chandra will play important roles in this film. However, it is still not certain with whom Lakshmi Rai would be paired.
The actress has returned from a trip to the US recently and is busy with the Malayalam film Christian Brothers, which has Mohan Lal as the hero, and the Lawrence-directed Kanchana.
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The buzz in Kollywood is whether Ajith would accept a multi-starrer. There have been quite a number of stories that Ajith will share the screen space with Nagarjuna while others were staunch believers that their idol will opt for a single hero subject.
This created a lot of confusion about Mangatha, which was announced to be directed by Venkat Prabhu. From what we hear now from our sources in the tinsel town, Ajith is still involved in this film. And that is not all. Neetu Chandra is rumored to have bagged the lead role in this film. It is, however, not clear if she would pair up with Ajith or Nagarjuna.
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For someone who got off with a lacklustre start in the Telugu film industry, Kajal Aggarwal, who debuted in Lakshmi Kalyanam, made up for it with director Krishna Vamsi’s Chandamama that became a mega hit. Then she went on to prove herself with Magadheera, Aarya 2 and many other projects.
The lady is all excited about her upcoming Tamil project Naan Mahan Alla opposite Karthi. “I play Priya, a typical middle class girl who falls in love with Jeeva, a middle class guy, played to perfection by Karthi. The characters are so down-to-earth that anybody can relate to them. Priya is a very realistic person and is devoid of any tantrums or hullabaloo,” she said to a leading English daily.
She added, “Suseenthiran is known for his realistic portrayal of his characters. I saw his Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu and fell in love with the film. He has recreated the magic in Naan Mahan Alla, where he has focussed on realism. There’s no scene in the film that’s exaggerated.”
When asked about her co-star Karthi, she said, “Karthi is an extremely talented actor and has come up with a great performance in the film. He is friendly and made me very comfortable on the sets. We got along like a house on fire and share the same rapport off screen too.”
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This is an unexpected development in the tinsel town! Bharath will share the screen space with Silambarasan in Vaanam. The young breed of actors are really keen on multi-starrers, it seems. Bharath will play the role essayed by Manoj in Telugu.
This is a remake of the Telugu hit film Vedam. Yuvan Shankar Raja will score the music for the Tamil remake.
Yet another dual hero film in the making that has captured the attention of the movie buffs is Avan Ivan, which is directed by Bala and has Arya and Vishal in the main roles.
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Chief Minister M Karunanidhi watched a special screening of Vijay directed Madrasapattinam at Four Frames Preview theatre.
The show was arranged by Red Giants and AGS.
After the show, Karunanidhi is said to have congratulated Vijay and the entire team for putting in “so much effort and making it so authentic”.
Madrasapattinam has been garnering a lot of critical acclaim and all media reviews have been positive for the film.
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Sameera Reddy is in Chennai shooting for Gautham Vasudev Menon’s untitled thriller with new boy Veera as the hero. She is shooting night shifts for this film which happens in the night on the coastal ECR seaside villas and on the highways.
Sameera is happy with the way thing have unfolded as two of her last Friday (July 9) ‘de-glam’ releases Red Alert in Hindi and her first film with Mohanlal in Malayalam Oru Naal Varum (ONV) have come in for critically appreciation.
On Wednesday Mohanlal’s close buddy Priyadarshan, arranged a special show of ONV for Sameera at his Four Frames preview theatre.
In fact the good news is that Priyadarshan has signed her up to play one of the leads in his next film starting in London with Anil Kapoor and Ajay Devgan, where she is rumoured to be playing a terrorist!
Says Sameera: “ I worked for Red Alert where I play a Naxalite woman without any make up and my performance is being talked about, while in ONV, I play the mother of a five year old fighting for the custody of her daughter. It was a great learning experience for me to be paired with Lal ettan (Mohanlal), one of the finest actors in the country.”
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In an extraordinary general body meeting held by the Tamil Nadu Theatre Owners Association yesterday, it was decided that the theatre owners would not extend support to any of the Vijay films until he compensates for the losses incurred by them for screening Kuruvi, Vettaikaran, Azhagiya Thamizh Magan, Villu and Sura. All these films did not do well as expected and hence the theatres suffered huge losses.
Earlier, they had demanded that Vijay pay back 35 percent of the amount. This was brought to the actor’s notice and he had said that he would announce a compensation package soon but failed to do so.
Following this, the Theatre Owners have decided that they would not screen Vijay films.
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Recently, Tamil Nadu theatre owners and distributors unanimously decided to demand refund of a portion of the amounts they invested in Vijay's 50th film Sura, since it bombed at the box office. Now, since the actor has failed to fulfill the demands of theatres owners, the Tamil Nadu Theatre Owners' Association will be proposing a boycott of his next film at their forthcoming executive committee meeting.
Let's wait and watch what unfolds off-screen! It may be more interesting than what happens on-screen!
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The entire cricket crazy nation is dumbstruck and surprised at the sudden announcement of betrothal and subsequent quick wedding of Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni with his childhood friend Sakshi Singh Rawat. It has sent a surprise wave of sorts among people.
However one person who appeared to ‘know it all’ is our very own Lakshmi Rai who was time and again linked with the smart cricketer and was perpetually involved in denying the link ups. When asked, the Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam star says, “I am very glad that my dear friend Dhoni is married now. This will certainly put an end to people linking me with him”. She also added that she had known this little secret of Dhoni that he is seeing Sakshi and was on his way to announce his wedding. Lakshmi wished the couple a long and happy wedded life together.
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For a hard core film buff, Fridays are special as there would be a new release to look forwards to. But 23rd July is going to be a double whammy for all movie lovers as Karthi’s Naan Mahaan Alla and Jayam Ravi’s Thillalangadi is set to hit the theatres on this day.
In Naan Mahaan Alla, Karthi is being directed by Suseendran of Vennilla Kabbadi Kuzhu fame and Kajal Agarwal joins him as the heroine. The story is set in Chennai and is expected to contain all the entertaining factors in a realistic manner. Yuvan Shankar Raja has scored the music for NMA.
On the other hand, Thillalangadi is the remake of Telugu film Kick and comes to Tamil through Jayam Raja. Jayam Ravi and Tamanna will be doing the roles which were done by Ravi Teja and Ileana in the Telugu version.
Hence it will be a clash of sorts for the young heroes Ravi and Karthi and movie buffs are certainly not complaining!
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Sudhakar, veteran actor who has made a mark for himself in Tamil and Telugu cinema, is in a critical state in a private hospital in Hyderabad. News from the hospital says that, Sudhakar is in coma for the past three days.
A few days back, Sudhakar had an attack of fits forcing his family members to admit him to the hospital. High blood pressure and multi-organ failure were noticed by the doctors. Latest reports have it that he has a kidney failure. As of now, the doctors are in a tough position and cannot really talk anything about Sudhakar.
As soon as he was admitted to the hospital, he was sent to the emergency ward and put on ventilator. Before getting in to coma, Sudhakar was conscious yet was not able to talk to people around him.
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Actor-turned Telangana Rashtra Samiti politician and MP from Medak constituency Vijayashanthi was arrested today by the Hyderabad police for allegedly making seditious speeches on June 30 ahead of the July 27 by elections to 12 assembly seats in Telangana.
Vijayashanthi went into hiding after a case was filed against her for making provoking statements. The Medak MP was booked for promoting animosity and hatred among people on Friday.
Tension prevailed at her house when the Banjara Hills police came to arrest her and TRS workers raised slogans against the police.
In her alleged 'hate speech’, Vijayashanti had allegedly said that chop off the hands of those who oppose the formation of the separate state of Telangana.
She has been charged under section 53-A (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth and residence) and 505(2) (Statements creating or promoting enmity, ill-will or hatred between classes).
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Here is good news for all Karthi fans! The songs of Karthi's upcoming flick Naan Mahan Alla will directly hit stores on July 5, 2010 and the film will grace theatres on August 13, 2010.
Naan Mahan Alla, directed by Suseendran of Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu fame, is expected to showcase the romantic side of Karthi in a script designed by Suseendran and backed by the music of Yuvanshankar Raja. And for the first time in their careers, Tollywood sensation Kajal Agarwal will team up with Karthi in this film. The latest buzz is that Durai Dhayanidhi's Cloud Nine Movies has acquired the release rights of this film.
Reportedly, the film will be dubbed and released in Telugu simultaneously.
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Trisha was always a fitness freak and the actress is doing everything maintain her shape fit and slim. She survives even after knowing the south Indian's like chubby chicks.
Recently director K S Ravikumar asked Trisha to put a few kilos more for ‘Manmadhan Ambu’ but the actress said a passionate no. She told him to ask her anything else but to put on weight. Trisha is now seriously considering a career in Bollywood and so she is taking Size Zero as serious.
Another actress who got interested in Size Zero is Lakshmi Rai. Even Rai is doing it for a career in Bollywood. She is now into Ayrvedic therapy to lose all her flab quickly. Laksmi Rai vacated her Chennai apartment and moved to Mumbai for being close to Bollywood. She doesn’t have any film in Tamil except ‘Kanchana’ directed by Larencce.
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Arya is becoming an expert travelling on two roads without compromising on his destinations. The actor who is also producer is also becoming a master tactician. Apart from acting Arya is producing ‘Padithurai’ which is getting good reports even while under production.
To make his producer tag stronger Arya has bought over all the rights of his upcoming film ‘Boss Engira Baskaran’ from its producer Vasan Visual Ventures. The film stars Arya and Nayantara in lead roles. It is a comedy and one of the anticipated films of the year as the pre-release talk is extremely good. It is directed by Rajesh of ‘Siva Manasula Sakthi’ and has music by Yuvan Shankar Raja.
The unit of ‘Boss Engira Baskaran’ is currently in Switzerland for the shooting of final songs. Santhanam’s comedy track is also said to be a key positive of the film. ‘Boss Engira Baskaran’ is likely to be released by the end of this month.
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Nadigar Sangam Secretary Radha Ravi was questioned recently on what action the Sangam would take on Asin, who had traveled to Sri Lanka, to participate in the Hindi film shooting Ready. It is worth mentioning here that the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce and several other associations of the Tamil film industry have issued a warning to all the Tamil stars not to visit Sri Lanka for shooting purposes. They also made it clear that the Tamil film industry would not cooperate with their Sri Lankan counterparts.
When news about Asin flying down to Sri Lanka to take part in the shooting of Salman Khan-starrer Ready started making rounds, there was a lot of opposition. The actress, on the other hand, stated that it was not her preference but she had to go with the crew of the film.
Speaking on this issue, Radha Ravi said that the association would meet to discuss the issue.
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Vijay’s Siddique directed Kavalkaran is in deep trouble.
First the producer Johnny Sagariga who made the original version of the film Bodyguard in Malayalam has gone to the court over the rights issue with director Siddique.
Then Radha Ravi a member of the powerful Nadigar Sangam has said in an interview that the association will definitely “take action against Asin for shooting for a Hindi film in Sri Lanka. All those associated with Tamil films should not even visit Sri Lanka whether it is professional or personal.”
An important schedule of Kavalkaran is due to start in Chennai from July 12 in which Asin is likely to take part. So Vijay and producers of the film has to sort out the “Asin issue” at the earliest.
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Jayam Ravi is blessed with a baby boy. His wife Aarthi delivered a healthy baby boy in the Apollo Hospitals, Chennai at 4 pm today. Ravi married Aarthi in June 2009. A visibly happy Editor Mohan family was seen distributing sweets in the hospital and among the film fraternity after the news.
Ravi's Thillalangadi is under post production and he also has Ich and Aadhi Bhagavan in the making. We wishes Ravi and his family on the occasion.
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