Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Tidbits… Nila, Cheran, Navya Nair…
Pattalam, based on school students, is being produced by Linguswamy. Roshan Krishna is the director. The film's pooja-cum-shooting took place recently at the Venkateswara College in Gowariwakkam. Director Roshan Krishna and Nadhiya, who dons an important role, participated in it.
Nila, presently busy with a Kannada movie, has flown down to Germany to participate in the film's shooting.
Director Vishnuvardhan's younger brother is presently acting in Alibaba. This film's audio release is slated to be held on June 10th.
Supergoods Films' venture in the pipeline is a double hero subject, which has Cheran and Jeeva in the lead roles. Thithikuthe director Brinda Sarathy is directing this film. Cheran is paired up with Navya Nair and Jeeva has Meera Jasmine as his on-screen partner in this film.
The Jeeva-Priyamani starrer Thotta has reached its 100th day on Monday (June 2, 2008) in two centers in Chennai.
Vijaya T. Rajendar's next film is titled as Oru Thalai Kadhal
Plans are afoot to celebrate Anjathe's 100th day function on June 7th. The entire Anjathe team is expected to participate in the event. However, the venue is yet to be finalized.
Nila, presently busy with a Kannada movie, has flown down to Germany to participate in the film's shooting.
Director Vishnuvardhan's younger brother is presently acting in Alibaba. This film's audio release is slated to be held on June 10th.
Supergoods Films' venture in the pipeline is a double hero subject, which has Cheran and Jeeva in the lead roles. Thithikuthe director Brinda Sarathy is directing this film. Cheran is paired up with Navya Nair and Jeeva has Meera Jasmine as his on-screen partner in this film.
The Jeeva-Priyamani starrer Thotta has reached its 100th day on Monday (June 2, 2008) in two centers in Chennai.
Vijaya T. Rajendar's next film is titled as Oru Thalai Kadhal
Plans are afoot to celebrate Anjathe's 100th day function on June 7th. The entire Anjathe team is expected to participate in the event. However, the venue is yet to be finalized.
Dasavatharam - Theatre Updates
The much awaited film of Kamal Haasan, Dasavatharam will hit the screens in a few days from now and Kamal fans all over the globe are elated beyond words. In Chennai alone seventy shows per day are scheduled across different theatres. They are Sathyam, Santham, Devi in Mount Road and Abirami, Swarna Abirami, Sangam and Padmam in Kilpauk area. Inox, till date has announced four shows but is likely to increase. In addition to these, Albert, Woodlands, Udayam, mini Udayam, Suriyan, Maharani, and Rohini will have regular shows of Dasavatharam. In the Kodambakkam belt, Kamala and AVM theatres will screen the film. In South Chennai, the open air theatre Prarthana will have two shows. The suburban Mayajaal complex has announced fifty shows per day in all of their screens which means that their ten screens will have only Dasavatharam in all the shows.
This excludes the seventy shows in the city which means that there would be 120 shows of Dasavatharam alone in a day in Chennai and suburbs. This is considered a unique feat which is first of its kind in Tamil cinema.
An interesting trivia about the film- It is a general practice of Aascar Ravichandran to make a trip to the holy Thirumala Hills with the film roll just before its release. But this time, he has changed the venue to Srirangam Ranganathaswamy temple.
This excludes the seventy shows in the city which means that there would be 120 shows of Dasavatharam alone in a day in Chennai and suburbs. This is considered a unique feat which is first of its kind in Tamil cinema.An interesting trivia about the film- It is a general practice of Aascar Ravichandran to make a trip to the holy Thirumala Hills with the film roll just before its release. But this time, he has changed the venue to Srirangam Ranganathaswamy temple.
Vijay pays heavily for Vadivelu!
Seems like Vijay has missed his combination scenes with Vadivelu in Kuruvi so much that he left no stones unturned to make sure he is a part of his next venture. According to sources close to producers, Vadivelu has been roped in for Vijay’s next Prabhu Deva directed project for jaw dropping astronomical sums. It is also said that Vadivelu has had to amend his commitments for other already agreed projects to make room for Vijay.
Nayan plays opposite Vijay for this venture produced by Ayngaran International. The movie will have Ravi Varman’s camera and Devi Sri Prasad’s music. Prabhu Deva is currently busy with the Salman starrer Hindi Pokkiri. Official announcement regarding the Vijay – Nayan venture is expected to be out soon.
Nayan plays opposite Vijay for this venture produced by Ayngaran International. The movie will have Ravi Varman’s camera and Devi Sri Prasad’s music. Prabhu Deva is currently busy with the Salman starrer Hindi Pokkiri. Official announcement regarding the Vijay – Nayan venture is expected to be out soon.
Ishant Sharma Enters Bollywood
First he bowled out his opponents in the field with his fast and furious bowling. Then he bowled out everyone in the audience with his pace, consistency in performance, and hairstyle. Now he is all set to bowl over the audiences of Hindi films.Yes! The fast bowler of Indian Cricket, Ishant “hurricane” Sharma, is acting in Victory, a Bollywood movie alongside Harman Baweja. Harman is an upcoming actor who is making a grand debut as a hero in the much-talked-about film Love Story 2050 (due for worldwide release on July 4, 2008) opposite Priyanka Chopra.
Ishant’s manager R.S. Sehrawat said that Ishant is doing a short appearance in this film but has many dialogues. He also added that Ishant is acting in this film as it is about cricket; also, he is not alone in this film but has his team mates for company too. Yes! The film also features Sreesanth, Munaf Patel, Ashish Nehra, and Manpreet Goni.
There have been rumours that he has been dating Sameera Reddy. When asked about this, he put on an appalled look and denied it. One cannot help pitying him, when he uttered, “I have met Sameera in IPL matches when she was introduced to me. That is it. There is nothing between us. Main toh abhi bachcha hoon…” (I am still a kid.)
It is desirable for us to protect valuable players like these from rumours. It might affect them badly and derail their game
Kuselan shooting interrupted
A song featuring Rajinikanth and Nayantara in Kuselan was being filmed at Alapuzha in Kerala. But it came to an abrupt stop when cameraman Arvind Krishna was injured in a mishap.A special set with 10 boats was arranged on which Rajinikanth and Nayantara were dancing. Arvind Krishna was shooting all these proceedings from another boat. When he tried to jump into another boat to get a better camera angle, he bumped into it abruptly instead of landing on it and fell into the water.
His leg was badly injured and he was admitted to a hospital. Following this, the shooting was kept in abeyance until the worried crew got the news that Arvind Krishna is doing well except for his leg injury. After this, Arvind Krishna's assistant donned took over and the filming resumed.
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Chaos at Kuselan shoot
In the backwaters of Alapuzha, Kerala, you can spot none other than Rajinikanth shooting for a song with Nayanthara. The movie is, of course, Kuselan. Along with the stars was also Mamta Mohandass. Security, though, has been tight around the shoot, with more than hundred security guards keeping the public at a safe distance. Close to 20,000 bystanders and tourists were on the scene to watch the shoot.Confusion ensued when some media persons sneaked in close to the houseboat with cameras. Cameraman Aravind Krishna was the first to be hurt when he sprained his ankle. The song in questions is melodious (by G.V. Prakash) and has been choreographed by Raghava Lawrence.
As always, after a film’s completion, Rajini takes off to the Himalayas for some silence and contemplation. Sources say that he plans to do this soon, but has not made fixed plans yet.
Vishal puts Udhayanidhi’s project on hold!
Looks like Vishal’s announced project with Udhayanidhi might just take some time to commence. Our sources heard it from the horse’s mouth. Vishal confessed that he would work on a superhero Tamil movie signaling that the Udhayanidhi project has been postponed until further announcement. Although Vishal did not reveal other details about the movie, apart from the fact that he would be directing it, he stated that the venture would appeal to kids and family audiences alike.
If you might remember, Mysskin earlier had plans for a superhero movie for which he even zeroed in on Vishal and later finalised Surya. However, Mysskin eventually became busy with his Nandalala postponing this project until Nandalala's completion.
Yuvan- Selva patched up?
In Kollywood, the combination of music director Yuvan Shankar Raja and director Selva Raghavan had resulted in many good films and their sync in terms of thought and expression had rendered a different dimension in Tamil films. This was evident in the tracks and the background scores scored by Yuvan in all of Selva’s films. However due to reasons unknown this pair had split
up and in the upcoming Aayirathil Oruvan, Yuvan’s place is taken by G V Prakash Kumar.
The good news now is that duo has managed to iron out their differences and would work together once again in Selva’s forthcoming ventures. The latest whispers in Kodambakkm circles reveal that Selva and Yuvan had met each other and reportedly had a one to one chat which resulted in their rejuvenated camaraderie. For the films to be produced for UTV films by Selva, Yuvan will be scoring music.
up and in the upcoming Aayirathil Oruvan, Yuvan’s place is taken by G V Prakash Kumar.
The good news now is that duo has managed to iron out their differences and would work together once again in Selva’s forthcoming ventures. The latest whispers in Kodambakkm circles reveal that Selva and Yuvan had met each other and reportedly had a one to one chat which resulted in their rejuvenated camaraderie. For the films to be produced for UTV films by Selva, Yuvan will be scoring music.
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