2008 SICA AWARDS

SICA, the South Indian film Cinematographers Association held an awards night to honor the actors and actresses in the four south Indian languages Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada for the year 2006-07.

The awards night took place from Chennai Nandhanam YMCA grounds yesterday, May 01, 2008. The names of all the award winners were announced during this event.

















The evening also witnessed a gala dance function, where many known stars from the south Indian film industry performed. There were grooving numbers performed on stage by Actors Vineeth, Shaam, Suneel Shetty, actresses Reema Sen, Namitha, Sangeetha, Sherin, Lakshmi Rai, Nila, and Poorna.

The movers and shakers of the south Indian film industry were present during the event.
















The most prominent among them were cinematographer-director Balumahendra, Music Director Viswanathan, Tamil film producer council president Rama Narayanan, Producers R.B. Chowdary, D Rama Naidu, actors Sathyaraj, Prakash Raj, Madhavan, Parthiban, Jeeva, Karthi, and Saikumar with his wife Disco Shanthi, actresses Priyamani, Naethra, Sandhya, Bhavana, and Kavya Madhavan, veteran actresses Manorama and Jayanthi.

The entire function was organized by Cinematographers Association along with G Ve films

"Nalai Namathe" Movie Launch

Muthirai launched

Director Srinath was jubilant as he was speaking to Galatta’s POC, Rakesh. The reason for his joy and ecstasy is his directorial debut in a movie whose story and screenplay has been done by Anees, wife of his guru Jeeva. He said that this film is a realization of the late eminent director Jeeva’s dream of turning all his assistant directors into directors one day. Srinath has assisted Jeeva in directing movies like 12B and Unnale Unnale.

Muthirai is a joint venture by Anees Jeeva and A.S.A. Productions. This promising movie has Nitin Sathya and Daniel Balaji in the lead roles with Manjari and Lakshmi Rai respectively as their love interests.'Muthirai' in Tamil means a mark in its own right. The movie promises to leave its pleasant mark and memories; hence the name Muthirai. The director was elusive about the story, but said that though it has two pivotal actors, Nithin and Daniel, in the lead, the movie is not about their friendship. The story is very interestingly built around a very small pivotal point.

With Lakshmi Rai and Manjari in the movie, there will be no paucity of glamour. Manjari is a fresh face from Mumbai, who at the moment is doing a film with Aamir Khan. Another interesting aspect of this movie is its music, created by the symbol of youth, Yuvanshankar Raja. Saleem, who has assisted Jeeva in camera works, is handling the camera for this film which also has Santhanam, Kishore Kumar, and Srinath himself in the cast.

The movie's launch was held today in the pesence of the movie's cast and crew. P.C. Sriram was the guest of honour.

Muthirai Event Photos

Prithviraj with nine different films

Prithviraj seems to have the most happening career among the younger stars in Mollywood. At present he is being casted in nine films, all different in their plot lines and presentations.

Prithviraj has just completed Malayalam films 'Thalappavu' and 'One Way Ticket' that will hit the screens, soon. He has done a cameo in AMMA's ‘Twenty Twenty’ and has started working in director Renjith's new flick 'Thirakkatha'.

His other new film in Mollywood includes Joshy’s 'Robin Hood' and Shaji Kailas's M G Road, which will feature him in triple roles.




In Kollywood, he is in a meaty role in 'Abhiyum Naanum' which also features Trisha and Prakash Raj in important roles. He is also doing important roles in the new projects directed by Mani Ratnam, Faazil and the new film produced by Shankar.

Prithviraj’s Faazil film is produced by Priyadarshan and also features Mamtha, Vineeth and baby Nivedhitha in lead roles. He is also the lead star in the remake of Malayalm hit 'Classmates' which will also have Priyamani in the female lead.

Apart from these movies, Prithviraj will also debut in Telugu this year in a film 'Police Police' which also stars actor Srikanth in a lead role.