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Aishwarya Rai in the top place

Usually popularity of actors will slide down after marriage.

That is truth till date in Indian cinema. But Aishwarya Rai is an exception. Even after marriage, Aishwarya Rai has reached the first place getting the highest price.

The stars of Hindi films command sky-high prices, as Hindi films are in demand worldwide. After 'Om Shanti Om' Sha Rukh Khan is demanding Rs.30 crore. Akshaya Kumar's price is Rs.25 crore and Rs.20 crore for Salman Khan.Compared to them, Aishwarya Rai price is lesser. Her price is Rs.4 crore for a film. But what she is getting for 'Robot' is the highest ever. After only Aishwarya Rai, Kareena Kapur is demanding from Rs.2.5 to 3 crore. It is a national record for an actor to get the highest price even after marriage.

Lawrence in the re-make of Rajini film

The trend of re-making old films continues.

Especially so with Rajini films. A dozen films are waiting to be re-made after 'Billa'. Kadiresan has already got the rights to re-make Rajini's 'Moonru mugam'.

'Pattiyal' fame Sekar has the right to re-make Kamal's 'Kalyanaraman and Lawrence was supposed to do Kamal's role. Due to the intervention of 'Alibaba' project, 'Kalyanaraman' is temporarily suspended.Lawrence who is doing 'Pandi' has, however, not given up his keenness to act in re-make films. After 'Pandi', Lawrence will be acting in Rajini's 'Thambikku endha ooru? Lawrence himself will be revising the story to suit present day trends.

The director of the film is yet to be decided!

Kuselan – flash update!

Kuselan – Superstar Rajinikanth’s next venture – is up and running and shoots are on in the Ramoji Rao film city in Hyderabad. Scenes involving Nayanthara, Sneha, and Rajini were shot today. Rajini plays himself for this Tamil version of the Malayalam hit Katha Parayumbol that also has Pasupathy and Meena in vital roles.Besides, scenes of Livingston and Santhana Bharathi who play the smalltime local goons wanting to be photographed with Rajinikanth were also canned in today’s shoots. Prabhu and Manobala played the police officers trying to maintain the crowd under control.

Produced by Balachander for his Kavithalaya Productions and directed by P. Vasu, Kuselan’s background music is scored by G.V. Prakash. Rajini’s role for Kuselan will be extensive as opposed to the cameo Mammootty appeared for Katha Parayumbol.

Ileana- 1.75 crores

Ileana D’cruz the slim Goan beauty who made her presence felt in the Mahesh Babu starrer Pokkiri (Telugu) is currently rocking the Tollywood. Like most of the stars, she too started her modeling career before she shifted gears to film acting. She was seen in more than five Telugu films with popular stars and is committed to two other films which are in the making. In Tamil, she was last seen in Kedi with Ravi Krishna and Tamanna where she played the docile love interest of the hero.

Currently reigning the Tollywood, Ileana commands the highest pay cheque there. She has been aspiring to build a house in Hyderabad and settle down there. Her long cherished dream has come true now with the actress buying a flat for Rs 1.75 crores. She has also planned to have a massive house warming ceremony where all the leading artists of the industry would be invited.

shriya explains her role

Get ready to have Shriya rolling you in the aisles with laughter – that is what the star feels she is confident of doing with her Hollywood debut, The Other End of the Line. Shriya’s career has skyrocketed with offers pouring in from all the other woods –from Bollywood to Hollywood. Her next Kollywood movie, Kanthaswamy with Vikram is eagerly awaited, as are the roles she will do for internationally acclaimed filmmakers, Deepa Mehta and Meera Nair.

Talking of her role in The Other End of the Line, Shriya said it was a romantic comedy set in Mumbai and San Francisco. She plays a call centre employee who falls in love with an American on the phone. The American, thinking she lives in the States, asks to meet her. What is she to do? Confess to him that she lives in Mumbai or fly to Frisco to meet him and continue the deception? Shriya went on to say that her fans have so far seen her dance and cry and do romantic roles but this will be the first time they’ll see Shriya the comedian! Apparently, a lot of the places that are meant to be Frisco were actually shot in Mumbai itself. The movie will probably release around June or July.

A beautiful and silent love story

Starring: Prasanna, Udhayathara, Vadivelu, Vijayakumar, Rajesh, Santhanam Harrish, Chitra, Rangavasan, Pondy Ravi, Javid Iqbal, Neepa Varshini, Priya, Akila, Ashok, Singamuthu

Direction: G Marimuthu

Music: Dheena

Production: Mohan Radha

Love - it is the elixir of life. Love, they say can move mountains and melt stones. Nothing can stop love and when love is sacrificed for something more sacred, it is still love that wins. For it is love that gives us the strength, and inspires us to do things that our normal selves would not. Love isn’t always about possession or being together-sometimes love also means giving up, parting ways. There have been movies before that have shown love in this light. Kannum Kannum joins that league of rare films that have shown that love can be selfless. A beautifully made, silent love story full of innocence. A whiff of fresh air amidst the rush of popcorn romances.

Prasanna plays an orphan in Chennai who has fought a battle with his cruel fate and emerged successfully as an engineer, ready to take on life. He has a hobby- poetry, and wants to get one of his poems published in a magazine. Much to his surprise he sees his poem in the magazine but under the name of Shenbagavalli. He tracks the origin of the letter all the way to Kuttralam but the poetess' identity is a secret, she had been using a pen name. Prasanna writes letters to 'Shenbagavalli', a simple, chirpy and innocent girl of Kuttralam played by Udhaythara.

The vibes that they shared soon blooms into love, unspoken but understood, silent but strong, more platonic than romantic. As they share their love through letters, destiny brings them closer, within touching distance. And yet the lovers don’t realize it. They loved through letters hoping that some day the gods would unite them for a lifetime. Little did they know that their love was with them, near them, and that time was fast slipping away. As close as they were being brought together by the hands of fate, the farther they were being swept away from their dream of living a life together. When they finally recognize

each other, time has slipped. Destiny has put them in a quandary where they will have to hurt their most beloveds for their love and the decision they have to make is not easy.

The film's message is that love is the most beautiful of all of God's creations, it is meant to spread joy, happiness and smiles. Love that hurts anyone so dear is perhaps not love as love was meant to be. G. Marimuthu, debuting with story, screenplay, dialogue and direction has provided us with one of the cleanest, most honest and endearing love stories of recent times. We can't help feeling sympathetic (a few might feel empathetic) for the young lovers but the director convinces us that the ending could not have been different. The screenplay is disarmingly cute, without any unnecessary intrusions and devoid of unsavory commercial elements. It is love, family and friendship all the way and we can for once declare with confidence that this is how a family movie should be. The dialogues have to be singled out for special appreciation. The technicians too have done their bit convincingly to help the movie on all fronts.



The only let down in the movie is Dheena's music. A more imaginative score could have done wonders to this movie that is already good. Instead, Dheena's score struggles to pass muster. The brilliant lyrics of Vairamuthu seem to have been squandered on some uninspiring composition.

Prasanna continues a busy 2008 with his third release in as many months and after the hit Anjaathey where he played the hateful baddie, getting back to the sweet lover role will be cheered by people who like to watch this simple guy on screen. Udhayathara (who originally began acting with this film but eventually had Thee Nagar releasing first) is really convincing as the bubbly and innocent college-going girl of Kuttralam. The only real commercial element in the movie is the parallel Vadivelu comedy track. Even though completely disconnected from the main plot one cannot help laughing at some of the predicaments he gets himself into. The rest of the cast, which includes Vijayakumar as Udhayathara's father, turn in good performances as well.

Kannum Kannum is a director's movie totally- the effort shows; we can only hope that audience appreciation and the box office outcome is strong enough to match the effort. There have been times when such films have hit the jackpot and times when they have been ignored. The only thing that puzzles us is why it was two years in the making. Perhaps good things take time.

And why haven't we revealed more of the story? Well, it is too good to be on the web. A small, cute and touching love story.

Land dealing

Rajini land dealing controversy - result
The Tamil Nadu government has clarified that Rajinikanth did not commit any act that brought in losses to the government exchequer. News that Rajini registered a property worth more than its guideline value created a hue and cry among some sections that the actor has paid a huge amount of money to procure land in Kannigaiper village. According to a press release issued by the Tourism and Registration Department by Minister N. Suresh Rajan, the TN government did not suffer any loss due to this land dealing. The land, situated within the limits of Arani sub registrar’s office was registered for Rs. 21 lakhs while its guideline value amounted to Rs. 20,03,963.50. For this, the actor has paid Rs. 1,68,000 as stamp duty and registration fee amounting to Rs. 21,000.

Rasigan Express

Reliance Mobile Vijay Awards is back with a bang after its astounding success the pervious year. This year about 107 films that were released in 2007 are in the fray. The interesting part of this show is that fans get to choose their favorite hero, heroine, director and film.

To enable fans vote for their stars, the Rasigan Express, a publicity van, will travel to important cities of the state. Honorable Minister Mr. Parithi Ilamvazuthi, Information Minister of Tamil Nadu, flagged off this van on 20th March 2008 at the Chennai City Center. Other dignitaries who attended the function are Mr. Ramanarayanan, President, Tamil Film Producers’ Council, Mr. S. A Chandrasekhar, President, Tamil Film Directors’ Association, Mr. Sarath Kumar, President, Tamil Actors Union and Mr. FEFSI Vijayan, President, Film Employee’s Federation of South India. The Rasigan Express Van would reach Salem on March 21, and then proceed to Erode (March 22), Coimbatore (March 23 & March 24), Madurai (March 25 & 26), Trichy (March 27), Tanjore (March 28) and finally reach Vilupuram on March 29.

There are 30 categories of which fans will choose four. The remaining 26 categories comprising Best Film, Best Actor Male/Female, Best Supporting Actor Male/Female, Best Comedian, Best Villian, Best Playback Singer Male/Female, Best Debut Actor Male/Female, Best Choreographer, Best Film Editor, Best Lyricist, Best Art Director will be chosen by an eminent jury comprising actor-cum-director Bhagyaraj, writer-cum-director-cum-producer Yugi Sethu, film critic-cum-cartoonist Madan and Lizzy Priyadarshan.

Rasigan Express’ journey will be aired by Vijay TV from March 30, Sundays 2 PM onwards. “Neeya Naana” Gopinath will host the initial episodes.

Kadhalil vizhundhen' – A round-up

Kadhalil vizhundhen' is a film produced by a new production company Atlantic Cinemas and directed by P.V.Prasad.

Having worked with directors like V.Sekar, Azhagamperumal, Vijay Milton and the like he has expertise and experience in direction.

The hero of the film, Nakulan, is the younger brother of Devayani. Introduced in 'Boys', Nakulan has considerably reduced his weight through rigorous exercise and strict food habit and has become quite smart.

Sunaina from Andhra Pradesh is being introduced as heroine in this film. New to Tamil cinema, she is very famous in Telugu cinema. She has acted in '10th class' and 'Something Something'.

The one line story of the film is that death can't break up love. The director is working with a passion to make 'Kadhalil vizhundhen' as an important film in Tamil.

32 years after the historic film 'Mullum malarum' by Mahendran, a fight sequence was shot on a winch. Cinematographer Vijay Milton shot the fight between Nakulan and Sampath tying a rope around his waist.Important shots with Nakulan, Livingston and Sampath were shot on the train running on Coimbatore-Mettupalayam route.

The climax shot and a shot of the song sequence 'kadavul padaitha kadaisi azhagiye' were shot at the wooded Thalakonam in Andha Pradesh.

Vijay Antony has composed sensational music for this film using innovative musical instruments.

The director hopes that Vijay Milton may win an award for this film. Vijay Milton has used handle shots for shooting the all the scenes. Especially in the song sequence, it is said that he had done world-class cinematography.

Audio function, now in TV

Holding audio function and collecting a crowd for it is old hat.

Now the trend is to go to a TV channel, make the release, and interact with the TV people and telecast them live. The audio release function for 'Santhosh Subramaniam' will be done in that fashion on 23rd of this month.

'Santhosh Subramaniam' is the Tamil re-make of the Telugu super hit film 'Bommarilu'. Jenilia is Jeyam Ravi's pair in the film. In 'Bommarilu' too she was the heroine. It can be best described as a colourful love story fit for family entertainment.

Jayam Ravi, Genilia

Devisri Prasad has composed music for the film. The live telecast of the audio function will be on Sun TV. It also includes interactions among the hero, heroine and the film unit.

You can enjoy all of them from your drawing room.

Raghuvaran passes away

It is a great loss for Tamil cinema (indeed for South Indian cinema) to lose Raghuvaran suddenly like this. This versatile, understated, elegant actor had been struggling with a few health issues, but nobody thought (or knew) how serous it was. The news that is just coming in is that he was suddenly hospitalized on Tuesday night. The cause of his death is still unknown. He was born on December 11, 1948. He debuted in the award winning film, Ezhavathu Manithan (1982), which dealt with the disillusionment of an engineering student with the corrupt wokring practises of industries. He began as a character actor, then played a hero in a few films, went on to be typecast for a very long time as a smooth villain, and then, more recently, as a character actor playing a brother, an uncle, a senior official, a father and a fellow colleague.

He was outstanding as the sleek politician villain in Shankar’s Mudhalvan. Memorable as Ajith’s supportive elder brother in Mugavari, as Srikanth’s strict father in Roja Kootam, Vijay’s jolly father in Love Today, as Maddy’s cool brother in law in Run, Tabu’s brilliant boss in Kandukondain, Kandukondain, the husband with a secret in Anjali, Vijay’s caring neighbour in Thirumalai, an unconventional teacher in Sivappathigaram, an uncorrupt, ethical civil servant in Marudhamalai, the kind doctor who saves Rajini’s life in Sivaji, the Boss, the not so impressive villain in Bheema and a psychiatrist in Silla Nerangalil - which would become his last released film.

Fans of the actor – and there are many across the world – will never forget what a cool actor he was. He brought depth, intensity, elegance, understatement and style to Tamil acting. It is unthinkable not to see him grace the screen again. He will be terribly missed.

Ambassador for Dhoni team

It would not be an exaggerated statement to say that Indians are passionate about two Cs- Cricket and Cinema. They are almost like two religions which unite the people across the length and breath of the nation and cricket, especially, brings out the patriotic flavor from people. Hence it is only the right move on the part of the organizers to have chosen Vijay and Nayanthara as the star ambassadors of the Chennai Super Kings, the India Cements owned Indian Premier League.

Vijay was formally introduced at a function organized in Chennai on Tuesday which was attended by ace cricketer and former Indian captain K.Srikkanth along with other dignitaries. While speaking at the event Vijay said, “I have always been interested in cricket and follow the game closely. My interest is doubled now especially with my son taking a keen interest in the game”. Further on Vijay said that as he is a resident of Chennai all along and his friends, family members being avid cricket fans, he would like to cheer and support the city’s cricket team. He was also very proud that Dhoni is leading Chennai team and is confidant about his leadership skills which is sure to steer the team to victory.

Nayanthara was not present at the function as she was busy shooting elsewhere.

Kuruvi

Udhayanidhi Stalin’s production house Red Giant Movies has released the first still of its forthcoming venture Kuruvi. With the entire Ghilli team associated with Kuruvi, its progress is closely being monitored in Kollywood circles.

From Kuruvi’s still release recently we can infer that it is going to be another rollicking film from Vijay. Moreover, the design of the title also indicates that it will be an action-packed film.

Expecting this to be as huge a success as Ghilli, Kuruvi has been sold for astounding sums even in the neighboring states – Karnataka and Kerala.

Actress Amoha(Nisha Kothari)

Nisha Kothari, a Bengali girl born in Kolkatta and brought up in Delhi has a great passion for films. Her real name is Priyanka and she is well known as Amoha in south where she did her first film in Tamil and Telugu. This glamorous doll can speak English, Hindi, Bengali and a bit of Rajasthani too. She is the youngest one at home and has a peacefully settled (married) elder sister.Being the youngest one in the family, she was brought up in a very protective shell. And born to a chemical businessman and an ordinary housewife, Nisha took up a science major and completed her graduation in Chemistry from Delhi University. But she still had her dream of becoming an actress and tried to convince her parents and started doing modeling. She even says that she is born to act.

Actress Kamna

With "Samanyudu" hit talk, Kamna Jetmalani is again in hot news. With two hits in Telugu, She is one of the successful actresses of the year.
Read about Kamna Jetmalani:

Birth Place: Mumbai
First Telugu Movie: Premikulu
Hit Telugu Movies: Ranam and Samanyudu

First Ckaim to Fame: Miss Mumbai in 2004
Father is a Business man and Mother is a Fashion Designer
Education: Textile Designing

Favorite Dresses: Traditional Dresses like Chudidars
Favorite food: Andhra spicy recipes
Hobbies: Cooking and Dancing

Holiday spots: Switzerland and Goa (India)

Dream Character: Sridevi in Sadma

Favorite Actresses: Trisha in Telugu and Sridevi in Hindi

Favorite Telugu Actor: Mahesh Babu
Favorite Hindi Actor: Shahrukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan

Actress Charmi Kaur

Name:Charmi Kaur

Born: May 17, 1988 Punjab, India

The Sexy tollywood actress Charami acted with almomst all top actors in the Tollywood and kollywood.

( Simbu, Venkatesh, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Prabhas, Siddarth, Ravi Teja, Sumanth, Nitin, and Jr.NTR.)

Charmi career in the film industry was started when she was of 14 years old. Her 1st film is “Neethodu kavali” which gave her big flop. After her 4 flops she acted with a good spirit and “Gowri” made a blockbuster. This movie was charmi’s first hit in the Tollywood industry. Later on charmi acted in “Mass” with Nagarjuna and it became a big hit.

1977-trailer

The trailer of Sarathkumar’s magnum opus 1977 was released yesterday at a grand event in Chennaib by producer R.B. Choudhry and received by director K.S. Ravikumar and Film Chamber President KRG.

1977 stars Sarathkumar, Namitha and newcomer Farzhana in the lead roles. Sarath dons the dual roles of father and son and appears in 6 different getups in the film. Yesteryear actor Jayasudha, who had decided to quit films, agreed to act in this film after hearing the story. She plays the elder Sarathkumar’s wife. Vivek provides comic relief and is paired with Chinese actress Coral Vow.

Namitha plays a lawyer; Farzhana plays a journalist; Vijaykumar appears in a crucial role. Films with the combination of Sarathkumar and Vijaykumar have always turned out to be superhits and Sarathkumar expressed the hope that this film too, would be added in that list.

The film is directed by debutant Dinesh Kumar, a popular ad film maker. It is said to be based on an incident that happened in 1977. The cinematographer is Bubathy, a big name in Telugu film industry, having done more than 20 big budget films there. The lensman has shot the film entirely in super 35 mm, the latest in cinematography.

The big budget film was shot for 60 days in Malaysia. The climax was shot on the 50th floor of a building near the Twin towers with multiple cameras. Over 1000 fisherman in 200 boats were involved in Sarathkumar’s introduction scene, which was shot near Chalakkudi. Similarly, art director G.K. has created an entire village at Kudhiraimozhi in Ramanathapuram district (at a cost of Rs. 40 lakhs) where crucial scenes in the film were shot for 18 days.

So impressed was Sarathkumar after hearing the script that he decided to produce the film at a whopping cost of 15 crores. The unit is planning to dub the film in Chinese and Malay, as many artistes from Malaysia have been involved in this film. Speaking during the function, Sarathkumar clarified that there was no politics in the film and it is a clean action entertainer.

Many film personalities like Mumtaj, Srikanth, Lakshmi Rai, Dhanush, Prashanth, Jeevan, Sandhya, Parthiban, Manorama, Vijaykumar, Abbas, K.R., Namitha, Vindhya and her husband Gopi, Farzhana and Raadika Sarathkumar attended the trailer launch. The music for the film is by Vidyasagar and will be released next month. The film is planned for a June release.

Kandaswamy

Kandaswamy was originally was to be shot in Kenya, but due to the on going political problems in Kenya, the location was changed to Mexico. But new location landed Susi for it has led him to direct a Indo-Mexican film in Spanish. Mexico is more famous for Bull fights and now Susi has added this to the script since it demands for. Now Vikram in undergoing training for the bull fight.Vikram's bull fight will be one of the highlights of the movie. It is not only Bull fight, but Vikram will also be seen fighting with a wild elephant and taming it. These are the two new developments in Kandaswamy. The shooting is going on is a brisk face. Vikram wants to finish this and start with his other projects, which are lined up for him. keep reading about the new developments.

Nayanthara

popular South Indian actress Nayanthara also known as Nayantara was born on November 18, 1984 in Kerala, India. Her real name is Diana Kurien and she was raised in a Tiruvalla based Christian family. She completed her B.A. Literature and was planning on becoming a Charted Accountant before a big movie break came her way. Nayanthara just could not say no to the movie offer and then the rest was all history. Many refer to Nayanthara as the perfect balance between beauty and acting. She is currently one of the busiest actresses in the southern film industry and has acted in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam movies. Initially she was known to perfectly play the role of a ‘seeda saada homely girl’, but now she has transformed her image and has started accepting more glamorous roles. This young actress is now looking more sexier than ever and has a long way to go in the South Indian Film industry.

ayantara has completed her BA Literature. She was doing her CA when she got an offer to act in a Malayalam film "Manasinakkare" directed by Sathyan Anthikkad in which she paired opposite to Jayaram. The film was a great hit in Kerela. This paved the way for her entry into Tamil Cinema. She is a self confident person and is always found calm. Her hobbies are reading books and listening to music. Her favorite color is Black. She loves North Indian food. She is comfortable working with all the heroes and fully involves herself in whatever role she does and this obviously is the reason for her success in the field.

Actress shriya

DOB: September 11, 1982

Place of Birth: Haridwar

School: Delhi Public School

College: Shriram College (LSR) New Delhi

Knows: Kathak

Loves: Dancing

First showbiz break: Music video 'Chalti Kyon Hawa' by Renu Nathan

First Telugu film: Ishtam

Biggest Hit(yet!): Santhosam

Latest Telugu Hit: Chatrapathi

Latest Telugu Film: Bhageeratha

Claim to Fame: Has acted with all top heroes in Telugu like Chiranjeevi (Tagore), Nagarjuna (Nenunnanu), Balakrishna (Chennakesava Reddy) and Venkatesh (Subash Chandra Bose)

TV ads: Coke, Ponds

First Hindi film: Tujhe Meri Kasam

First Tamil Film: Enakku 20 Unakku 18

Latest Tamil Film: Mazhai

Favorite Actors: Amitabh Bachhan, Shah Rukh Khan

Favorite Actresses: Madhuri Dixit , Madhubala

Actress Nila

Meera Chopra
Born
8 July India
Occupation
Actress
Meera Chopra, known as Nila in the Tamil cinema industry, is an Indian actress.
She did her bachelor's degree from Saginaw Valley State University in Saginaw, Michigan, U.S.. After studying mass communications in New York, Meera worked with a leading national television channel but soon gave it up because she felt she was given a raw deal.

Meera Chopra is originally from the modeling world. Her first film was Anbe Aaruyire (Ah Ahh) produced and directed by S.J. Suryah, in which he played the lead role. It is Suryah who was responsible for bringing her into films and who changed her name to Nila in Tamil.

Actress Preity Zinta

Preity Zinta

Born: January 31, 1975 , Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Star Sign: Arius

Height: 5' 5"

Father: Durganand Zinta

Mother: Nilprabha Zinta


Brothers: Deepankar Zinta and Manish Zinta

College : St.Bedes College,Bombay University

Debut: Dil Se, with Shahrukh Khan

Years active:1998 - present

Partner: Ness Wadia (2005 - present)

Preity Zinta one of the bollywood lovely actress, she hails from a family of Rohru in Shimla District. Preity Zinta initially planned to do an English honours but later decided to pursue psychology. Preity Zinta also attended Bombay University. After earning a degree in criminal psychology at the St. Bedes College, Zinta began her career as a model and commercial ad films actress and Preity Zinta was seen in Lyril's soap ad film.

Actress Priyamani

Priyamani was born in Palakkad to Vasudeva Mani and Latha Mani. She is the most notorious one in her school days and she has done modeling for Kancheepuram silks, Erode silks and Lakshmi silks. After her 12 th standard it was the famous Tamil Director, Bharathiraja who introduced her into this marvelous Film Industry. Priyamani has a great craze for acting and her favorite actors include Mammooty, Mohanlal and Dilip. Being as very smart talkative girl, she loves chatting with people and her hobbies include music and dance.

Mandira Bedi

Mandira Bedi
Born April 15, 1972
India
Occupation Actress and TV Host

Mandira Bedi is an Indian Bollywood actress, who shot to international fame first as television serial Shanti (1995) and then as a television presenter during the 2003 Cricket World Cup and also in 2007 Cricket World Cup.

She was in the middle of a controversy recently when she was spotted wearing a tatto of Ik Onkar on her back, leading to infuriation of the Sikh community. She has reportedly apologised to the SGPC (The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, a Sikh organization).

Mamta

Nick name(s) Preetam Singh
Name Preity Zinta
Birth date 31st January AquariusAquarius
31 January 1974
Height 5'5" or 1.65 m
Weight 52 kgs
City Simla
Country India
Siblings Brother
Marital status Single
Favorite food Home-made food and ice-creams
Favorite color Electric blue Favourite
Favorite actor Guru Dutt, Sanjay Dutt, Aamir Khan, Shahrukh Khan and Al Pacino
Favorite actress Madhubala, Waheeda Rehman, Sridevi
Hobbies Fitness
Occupation Model/bollywood actress
Languages Hindi, english
Spouse Dated Marc Robinson but broke up
Education Graduated in Criminal Psychology (Bombay University) Favourite
Other facts She hates waking up early in the morning

Actress Vedhika

Elegant, ravishing and enigmatic – Vedhika is a beauty with brains. Born in Mumbai, Vedhika has completed her B.Sc. and M. Sc. Business Administration in UK. The actress has a caring mother and a charming young brother. Endowed with creative and artistic talent, the actress has a great penchant for dancing and acting right from childhood. Her interests attained fruition when she entered into the tinsel town. Her debut was in a noted Tamil film titled ‘Madrasi’ opposite Arjun in 2005. The movie became a hit and hence was remade in Telugu as ‘Sivakasi’ starring Jagapati Babu, Arjun and Vedhika. The Telugu version also became a hit.
Following that success, Vedhika starred with Lawrence Raghavendra in the Tamil-Telugu bi-lingual ‘Muni’. An entirely different film with a unique storyline, the movie was received quite well in the industry. Then, she starred opposite Silambarasan in ‘Kaalai’. With hit after hit, Vedhika has established herself in the film industry.

Namitha Kapoor

Name: Namitha Kapoor
Born: May 10, 1981, Surat, India
Occupation:Actress
Hight: 6ft
Weight:70 kg
Salary:Rs. 18 lakhs per film

Namitha Kapoor is a Tamil actress. Namitha also acted in Kannada, Telugu, Hindi films. Although she started out in Telugu movies, she became famous after the Tamil film Engal Anna opposite Vijayakanth.

Namitha Kapoor appeared in an English film named Maya directed by Eric Manning.

Namitha kapoor loves White and Black colors. White roses are her favorite flowers. Namitha swims and plays Badminton in her free time. Interestingly she used to coach

Simran Come back

The Superstars’ programme provides a platform to encourage and mould those who aspire to act in films. The purpose of the programme about to be telecast in Sun TV is to identify talent and bring new faces to the spotlight.Hundreds of people from Tamilnadu will be participating in the programme sponsored by Silverline Film Factory. Those selected will be offered a chance to act in films. Simran will be the judge in the programme to be directed by Ram Kumar.This programme coordinated by Vijay Adiraj will be telecast for 52 weeks. The highlight of the programme telecast every Sunday between 9 and 10 P.M. will be Simran’s tips on acting. The programme will also contain important information on Tamil cinema.

Trisha

Original Name: Trisha
Date of Birth: 4th May
Place of Birth: Chennai
Hails from the state of: Palakkad
Mother Tongue: Tamil
Languages Known: English, Hindi, Tamil and French
Languages Spoken: Same as above
About Family Members: I am an only child. Live with my parents, my grandmom and my dog MINX
Education - Schooling and
College: Church Park – Ethiraj College

About the entry into the film Industry...
Name of the first film: Mounam Pesiyadhey
Director/Production: Amir – Aparjeet Films
Co-star: Suriya
Name of Latest Movies: Kireedom, Something Something Unakum Enakum
Achievements/Awards: Won Miss Salem - 1999
Miss Chennai - 2000
Miss India Miss Beautiful Smile – 2001
Hobbies: Music, Reading, Swimming

K.S. Ravikumar’s plans for Rajini’s Jaggubhai!

With Sarathkumar joining hands with K.S. Ravikumar, rumors on Jaggubhai – supposed to be made with Rajinikanth – are resurfacing again. However, Sarathkumar plays his cards safe and quickly clarifies that he has no clue on whether his project with KSR will dust and use the script of Jaggubhai. His Vaitheeswaran is releasing this weekend, where Meghna Naidu is paired opposite him, and the actor in Sarathkumar is waiting in anticipation for the box office response. He states that the movie is based on reincarnation and he plays the role of a psychiatrist. “This movie’s result will decide my next course of action in accepting similar movies,” Sharath notes.

Up next is 1977, which the actor claims to be an action adventure film on par with Casino Royale. Besides, he is also a part of the Malayalam movie Pazhassiraja with Mammootty in the lead and an untitled Selvaraghavan movie that hits the floors in December 2008.

Before signing off, Sarathkumar clarifies that Vaitheeswaran’s dialogues are not influenced with his political stand and he treats politics and cinema differently.

Stars galore in Kuselan

Groundwork has begun for the upcoming superstar Rajinikanth starrer Kuselan and Vasu seems to be on a signing spree for the rest of the cast. Looks like the Rajini – Prabhu combo will continue in Kuselan after the hugely successful Chandramukhi. The duo’s chemistry and impeccable timing in Chandramukhi has come in for widespread acclamation. Prabhu is likely to don the role played by Mukesh for the Malayalam original Katha Parayumbol.

Besides Kuselan, Prabhu has also accepted to play a vital role in Silambarasan’s Silambattam

Siva manasula sakthi' caught in a jam

The maiden production of Vikatan Talkies, 'Siva manasula sakthi' is in trouble.


Writer Jayamohan in his article 'Thopi Thilagam' that appeared on the Internet had mocked both M.G.R. and Sivaji. Vikatan weekly had published this article recently.

In a meeting held on Sunday at Nadigar Sangam, all actors condemned both Jayamohan and Vikatan Publication. They demanded an apology from both with a deadline of one week.

They announced that if the apology was not forthcoming, they will not extend cooperation for their films.
Jayamohan is writing dialogues for the films 'Nan kadavul' and 'Angaditheru' and Vikatan group is producing 'Siva manasula sakthi'.

These three films will have a testing time if they don't tender an apology.

Jessica alba-boy baby

Sources say that actress Jessica Alba and her boyfriend Cash Warren are going to be parents of a bouncing baby boy. Jess was shopping at the very chic Petit Tresor in L.A. (doesn't anybody in Hollywood got to Babies R Us?), where she purchased a set of baby furniture in a nautical theme.

Still not convinced? Maybe they just like boats?

Well, Jessica also picked up a blue Huddy Buddy onesie reading "I'm a Boy" on her way out of the store, so, unless she's messing with us, we're thinking she's definitely got the baby blues.

Neetu chandra-ripped off her pants

Neetu Chandra, who was shooting for Ashwin Dheer’s 123 in Manali, recently ripped off her pants while doing an action scene in the film.

The actress is reluctant to reveal the details of the incident but after much coaxing she finally says, "I play a cop in the film — a Jat inspector who is loud and boisterous in her actions. I have performed a lot of stunts in the film. There was one particular scene in the film where I had to perform some kicks. Since I am a martial arts expert, I was doing this scene with much sincerity. The action director kept asking me to improvise. When I finally performed the kick, the pants that I was wearing were so tight that they ripped. Fortunately for me I was wearing slacks under my pants and it saved me from embarrassment," says Neetu.

The actress continues, "I also had to ‘kick’ Murali Sharma in the scene. When I was rehearsing, I didn’t realise that Murali was standing next to me. I just aimed and performed a kick and it fell heavily on him. Unaware of what was happening, he fell to the ground. Poor man! He was so stunned that he went and rested for two hours before he could act again. I went and apologised to him but he realised that I had not done it deliberately."

This will be Neetu’s third film after Traffic Signal and Garam Masala. The actress is looking forward to great films this year. "I am doing Dibakar Banerjee’s second film Oye Lucky where I play a simple Punjabi girl opposite Abhay Deol. I will be wearing no makeup in the film. Paresh Rawal plays a triple role in the film. Then there’s a Tamil/Hindi bilingual with Madhavan titled Flat No 13-B which is a ghost thriller. The film is being directed by P.C. Sriram, a National Award winner and Rahul Dholakia’s Mumbai-11, which is a realistic story. I am playing a house maid in this film," reveals Neetu.

The actress, who is also a youth icon for the Unicef in Maharashtra ,says that failures don’t trouble her. "I live for today. I learnt the value of life when I was doing Madhur Bhandarkar’s Traffic Signal. I met street urchins and spent time with them. I learnt how they live for the moment," says Neetu.

Illeana

Birth Name	Ileana D'Cruz
Date of Birth	August 19th, 1987
Sex	Female
Height	5' 5"
Nationality	Indian
Birth Place	Mumbai, India
Current Residence	Goa
Ethnicity	Christian
Languages	Hindi, English, Telugu
Occupation	Model, Actress
Education	Schooling – in Goa, India Graduation – Persuing graduation through correspondence from Bombay university
Other interests(Hobbies)	Ileana was very good in sketching which she inherited from her father She is very good singer, though does not have any specific style Ileana is avid reader of English novels(Sydney Sheldon is her favorite author)
Hindi Debut Film	Ek - The Power of One ( in 2008)
Tamil Debut Film	Kedi ( in 2006)
Telugu Debut Film	Devadasu (in 2006)
Siblings	Ileana has two brothers and three sisters
Mother	Sameera(was Muslim before the marriage)
Favorite Actors	Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan
Favorite Actress	Kajol