After ‘Dasavataram’, K.S.Ravikumar is directing a film starring Sarathkumar and Sneha

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After ‘Dasavataram’, K.S.Ravikumar is directing a film starring Sarathkumar. Radhika Sarathkumar’s Raddan company is producing this film. Unconfirmed reports say that Sun TV will join hands to producing this film. Busy acting in ‘Aruvadai’, ‘Silambattam’, ‘Pandi’ and ‘Achamundu achamundu’ Sneha has now gone to Malaysia for a song sequence for ‘Pandi’. It is to be noted that Sneha will also be doing a song and dance number for ‘Kuchelan.

The Chennai Kings team, having appointed Vijay and Nayantara as brand ambassadors

For the competition to begin next month, the teams are gearing up. The Chennai Kings team, having appointed Vijay and Nayantara as brand ambassadors too is spreading the heat. To popularize the Chennai Kings team, a video album with a song featuring the Chennai Kings team is being planned. Vijay will show his dancing expertise in this album.

Rajiv Manon, director and producer of advertising commercials is producing this album. The song sequence will be shot in a set at A.V.M. Studios. Rajiv Menon assures that this album will be made in the first week of April.

After Marriage, Aishwarya is the highest salary in Bollywood actress circle

With three hits in a line up, ‘Guru’, ‘Dhoom 2′ and ‘Jodhaa Akbar’ Aishwarya Rai’s carry home salary has also been increased. It is interesting note that she is very amused when she found out that she was the highly paid actress in Indian cinema.

She is carrying home a pay packet of Rs.40 million for her proposed stint as Rajnikanth’s leading lady in Shankar’s “Robot. Its still chicken feed compared with what Rajnikanth carries home. He takes home Rs.150 million plus fifty percent of his film’s profits. With Ash in ‘Robot’ it looks like an attractive non-regional film.

Kollywood Movie releasing schedules


2008 Tamil New Year Releases (April 14), is going to be a significant this year. Four movies are confirming their releases with the theatres.

They are
Yaaradi Nee Mohini on April 4,
Nepali on April 10,
Santosh Subramaniyan on April 11, and
Arai 305il Kadavul on April 12.
This way of films not releasing on the same day will get the benefit of opening day collections.

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The trade is also not very sure of how the IPL Twenty:20 matches to be played between 7 to 10 PM in the evening between April 18 and June 1 and televised live on Sony Max will effect the summer box-office. Please note that the live cricket coverage clashes with prime time cinema business of evening and night shows, which account for nearly 70 percent of the box-office collections of any film.

So this time the Tamil film industry is playing it safe and trying to release the films a week before the IPL tournament. As usual all the four films due carry good pre-release reports, and if they live to their hype then it will be a glorious summer.

Dhanush’s new film Yaradi Nee Mohini has been censored with a clean U certificate


Dhanush’s new film Yaradi Nee Mohini has been censored with a clean U certificate on Thursday evening. The film which is a remake of the Telugu hit Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule is a romantic drama with comedy, emotion, sentiments and great music.

The censor board members who saw the film say that it is a perfect outing for family audiences sans any violence, action or lewd dialogues. For a change, Nayanthara has a performance oriented role of a girl-next-door with no big glamour and she is said to have done a decent job.

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Remember that Trisha who did the original, recently bagged the MAA TV award for Best Actress for the same role.

Yaradi Nee Mohini is scheduled for release by first week of April with over 200 prints. The basic story line of this feel-good family entertainer is said to be inspired from the classic Bollywood love story Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge.

'Sushmita Sen Productions' will be producing feature films


Right now, Sushmita Sen lives, eats, drinks and sleeps Rani Laxmibai. "Being the first product of my production house, Tantra Productions, Rani Laxmibai is something that I'm very ambitious about," she says.

"While Tantra Productions is the parent company, 'Sushmita Sen Productions' will be producing feature films. Tantra will be going into every sphere of entertainment, from television software to events management… all kinds of things to do with the creative process. There'll be different divisions of Tantra," says Sushmita.

At the moment, her swanky new production is focusing only on the historical project. "Sushmita Sen Productions is what we're focusing on right now. I'm working very hard to put the company's logistics in place,” says the actress-producer-director. “Going into direction wasn't something I had planned.

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Unfortunately or fortunately I can't think of anyone else who feels as strongly about Laxmibai. It's in the best interest of my film that the creative people I've on board must have a trustworthy name in the market."

Sushmita is restless. “I get only four to six hours of sleep these days. Fortunately, I am not facing the camera nowadays. So I don't care how I look." Dulha Mil Gaya is Sushmita's only acting assignment at the moment. "It's my genre of film and I'm very excited about it. By God's grace the film will be a decent precursor to Rani Laxmibai."

Madonna is upset for reducing her song

Pop superstar Madonna is upset that her song Four minutes to save the world has been cut almost by a quarter before it was aired on US radio.

The song was almost pared down to three minutes, mirror.co.uk reports.

She angrily said: "It wasn't my idea. That's not enough time to save the world."

Madonna is currently doing promotional work for her upcoming album "Hard Candy". She is also working overtime to dispel rumours that she is having marriage problems with her husband, British director Guy Ritchie.

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Lakshmi Rai says, “Though I have entered Malayalam, my desire is to establish myself in Kollywood






Hot actress Lakshmi Rai’s career has so far been on a rough path in Tamil. However, she hopes to buck the trend with a decent outing in her forthcoming release Dhaam Dhoom with Jayam Ravi.Meanwhile, the good news for Lakshmi Rai is that she has been roped into act opposite Mohanlal for a Malayalam movie titled “Rock N Roll”.

Lakshmi Rai says,”It is a great delight for me to act alongside actor like Mohanlal. He is an experienced actor and I learn a lot working with him”.Rock N Roll is fast shaping up for a release this Ramzan.

Movie Nenjai Thodu has Gemini, a new face , as the hero and Lakshmi Rai of Dharmapuri fame as the heroine . The audio of the movie Nenjai Thodu was launched recently.The movie Nenjai Thodu story, screenplay, dialogue and direction are handled by director Raj Kannan. The Aspirations of the present generation of becoming a cricketer and a beauty queen are followed closely by the hero and the heroine and this outlines the story of the film. The music is scored by Srikanth Deva and all the songs are slotted to be super hits.

Lakshmi Rai says, “Though I have entered Malayalam, my desire is to establish myself in Kollywood. I am coming across good scripts here and hopefully I would realize my ambitions soon”.

Eshas Deol pinning her hopes on Kunal Shivdasan’s Hijack:


Esha Deol has been in bollywood for quite sometime now.Esha Deol has a few good flicks including “Dhoom”, “Cash”, “No Entry” and “Darling” among others.Though Esha Deol is talented and has the needed oomph factor for being a bollywood actress, she is still not the bollywood directors’ favourite.

Esha Deol is now pinning all her hopes on “Hijack“, a bollywood film directed by Kunal Shivdasani. Esha Deol plays the role of an air hostess in “Hijack“.This bollywood film is basically a high energy action entertainer that also has a huge mystery element to it. “Hijack” also has Shiney Ahuja and newcomer Kaveri with her.

Kunal Shivdasani is all praise for Esha Deol’s performance and said, “She has given an outstanding performance and I believe that this is surely an award winning performance too”.

Kunal also added, “I wanted someone who could look convincing as an air-hostess. The moment I met her, I knew she was the right face and body for the role. And to think of it, she is covered from top to bottom throughout the film. It needs some conviction from an actor coming from hardcore commercial background to be willing to be seen in only one costume throughout the film’s length.”

Glamorous actress of the Kollywood Industry Malavika has joined the Mom’s Club

The latest and the hottest news of the evening is that the glamorous actress of the Kollywood Industry Malavika has joined the Mom’s Club. yes you guessed it right. She is pregnant. The actress married Bangalore-based Sumesh in March 2007.

This might be one the biggest shocks in the K-Town for Malavika is one of the most wanted item girls for most of the films these days. She has alredy created a great name for herself, with the item number for the song Valameenukum.. Song. Then she has been receieving a lot of offers to do the item song.

The latest item song of Malavika is the Attama Therottama, for the film Singakutty. This has already become amega hit item number throughout the South India. She had recently signed an item number for the movie, Indira Vizha.

But she has made a request to the director K. Rajsekar to postpone the shoot for three months, for she has been advised to avoid dance and take rest for three months. And Rajsekar has duly accepted and is going to wait for Malavika.

Actress illeana chance move to Actress Tammana



The latest news of the evening from the Tollywood Industry comes right the way. It was scheduled that the actress Tammana would be donning the lead role in the upcoming movie which is going to be directed by the most talented and the versatile directors, Sukumar, who has shared his hands in the casting many new talanted faces to the film industry. It was almost ready that Tammana would be the lead actress, in the movie.

But suddenlt, Sukumar felt that the role would not suit Tammana and she is not apt for the role and now she has been rejected from the film. Illeana is one of the top ranked actress in the Tollywood and there is no doubt that she would be in the second in the list.

Seems that after the sincilating performance in movis like Pokkiri and other films, Illeana would be donning the lead role in this movie too. Sukumar is one who has given the film industry actresses like Anu Mehta and Isha to the industry.

Swarnamalya will now act in place of Malavika opposite kollywood actor Srikanth in “Indira Vizha“.

Swarnamalya will now act in place of Malavika opposite kollywood actor Srikanth in “Indira Vizha“.Swarnamalya is a popular TV actress in Tamil while Malavika is a very hot actress in kollywood.Malavika had opted out of “Indira Vizha” as she is reportedly pregnant.

Malavika had married a Bangalore based businessman, Sumesh last year.Malavika’s pregnancy has taken everyone by surprise as she is the leading item dancer in kollywood.Malavika’s “Vaala Meenukum” song was last year’s chartbuster while her recent item number “Aatama Thaerottama” in “Singakutty” is already a hit.

Raghuvaran was supposed to act in “Indira Vizha” and the kollywood movie had been experiencing difficulties with his untimely death. Raghuvaran has already been replaced by Nasser.Now Malavika’s pullout will be another setback to this movie.
Though Malavika had confirmed that she would continue to act in th, movie,director Rajeshwar has already contacted Swarnamalya for the same role. Now it is confirmed that Swarnamalya would do the role in “Indira Vizha” instead of Malavika.

Shilpa shetty was earlier reported to be in miami for doing a sizzling item number in karan Johar’s Dostana


Shilpa shetty was earlier reported to be in miami for doing a sizzling item number in karan Johar’s Dostana, after a gap of almost seven years!!!Shilpa shetty became very popular last year, after she won the popular UK reality TV show “Big Brother”.Karan Johar had then promised to take shilpa shetty under his banner, but he could not find a good role for shilpa until now.

Now Karan Johar had decided to give Shilpa shetty a very special song in Dostana.This is now confirmed by Shilpa shetty’s spokesman Dale Bhagwagar.He said, “Yes, Shilpa is currently shooting in Miami along with Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham for a really special song for the film Dostana.

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I wouldn’t really call it an item number. However, the song is indeed going to be one hell of a sensational chartbuster. Let me put it this way, if she won over the nation with her U.P- Bihar song you can expect her to win a reasonable part of the world with this song.”

Shilpa shetty will also be seen in Vijeta Films’ “The Man” opposite bollywood macho man Sunny Deol. Shilpa shetty will also appear in the international flick “Hanuman“, where she will play the role of Sita. Shilpa shetty will also play one of the heroines in a comedy flick under her home production “S2 Global Productions“.

Katrina openly disclosed in an interview that she was in touch with Salman and was still in love with him


Katrina Kaif has brushed out all the rumors which made to the news that she and Salman were no more friends. Katrina today openly disclosed in an interview that she was in touch with Salman and was still in love with him. When she was asked about Mahek and Bruna, she also said that they are just friends to Salman Khan and he is just supporting them. Katrina also added that any more queries regarding Bruna and Mahek, it will be better to ask Salman khan than her.

Speaking about her professional life, she also disclosed that she has gained what she wanted and still needs to conquer the top one position in Bollywood. When asked about Kareena, Katrina diplomatically said that the letter “K” seems to be having a brighter phase this year and so ‘K’areena and ‘K’atrina are the two names which are doing great in Bollywood.

Katrina however accepted that Salman and she had a bitter phase for sometime after the incident which took place in Coffee shop, but also made it again clear that Salman never slapped her. But she agreed that there was a heated conversation between her and Sallu which resulted in some bitter terms for sometime.

Finally, Katrina reported that everything is over and they both are again happy together.

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Whether Aishwarya Rai will do Robot or not?


Is Aishwarya Rai out of Robot? It is now again being reported that Aishwarya Rai may not do the film Robot and director Shankar is already talking to Deepika Padukone. Whether Aishwarya Rai will do Robot or not, was the most reported news in bollywood and kollywood media.Only recently Aishwarya Rai put the rumours to rest when she gave an interview to a TV channel, confirming her presence in the Tamil film “Robot” opposite superstar Rajinikant.

The same kind of rumour are doing the rounds once again in bollywood and kollywood.It is being said that director Shankar is planning to shoot the film for almost two years and Aishwarya Rai will find it difficult to give such a long term commitment.Aishwarya Rai is currently one of the leading bollywood actresses and she is also in the family way.Hence any project that will span for so long a time, will be difficult to commit as far as Aishwarya Rai is concerned.

However when Aishwarya Rai was asked about “Robot“, she said, “I want to work with Rajinikanth. He is phenomenal. Everyone speaks of this experience. I’ll actually go through the experience. It’s very important for me to come away with something from my films since I give so much.”

Aishwarya Rai also said, “It’s a total Rajini-Shankar styled entertainer. There’s no logic as to why I agreed to do it beyond the urge to work with Rajinikanth. Shankar and Rajinikant have approached me for so many films, it’s embarrassing.”

Aishwarya Rai added, “Ever since we did ‘Jeans’ together, Shankar has approached me for all his films except ‘Boys’.Rajinikanth, being the senior that he is, has shown no egoistic traits in approaching me for his last four-five films. And my refusal to do his films was never misconstrued by him. I admire him for that. It speaks volumes for his seniority and his caliber as a human being to never take offence to my no.”

Aishwarya Rai further said, “technically the movie it will take cinema to another level. I can only say I’ll come away enriched.”

Hot Priyamani debut in telugu film industry


Priyamani, who made her Telugu film debut with ‘Pelliana Kothalo’, could not sustain her stand in Tollywood. Her next film with Tarun titled ‘Navavasntham’ could not make a score at the box office. But her film titled ‘Yamadonga’ was a hit which was with junior NTR.

But this dusky babe has changed her stand and is now only willing to act with big heroes. She says that acting with small heroes like Tarun and Akash, Nitin will make her film career decline.

So, for this reason she has declined an offer from Nitin. Presently Nitin is working on his next project VICTORY and soon after that in a hurry; he is going to start his next film. His father is producing the flick. When he approached Priyamani for the role, she politely declined and the reason for that she said was dates problem.

But, when she was questioned the same for the deed, she slowly disclosed that she is not interested in working with small heroes like Nitin and Tarun who are having a disappointing careers and is only willing to work with big stars like Venkatesh and Nagarjuna.

But truly speaking nowadays the competition has grown a lot and the senior heroes are opting for young heroines who are literally half their age. And adding to this, the audience want fresh looking faces every time, as the female leads of many films are exposing heavily and there is not much left for them to show in their successive films.

So, if at all Priyamani decides to act with senior heroes, will they opt for her? As Priyamani is considered to be a dusky babe who has only sagging breasts to expose and nothing more in her face.

So, poor Nitin better luck next time ‘Yaar’ and not only that, Priyamani looks much older than you and so it’s better to neglect her.

The MNS has written letters about Tanushree in bollywood


The Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has taken strong exception to allegations of "indecent behaviour" levelled against Bollywood actor Nana Patekar by upcoming star Tanushree Datta.

The MNS has written letters to different associations of cine producers to 'blacklist' Tanushree for accusing a senior actor like Nana of bad behaviour during the shooting of an item number for the movie Horn OK Pleassse on Wednesday.

The organisation, which was recently in the news for its violence against the north Indians living in Mumbai, has threatened to agitate against the actress if she does not give an unconditional apology to the actor, whom it describes as the "pride of Maharashtra".

Meanwhile, producer of Horn OK Pleassse, Sami Siddiqui, filed a complaint Saturday with the Association of Motion Picture and TV Programme Producers (AMPTPP) against Tanushree.

He alleged that his production firm, Sunshine Pictures Pvt. Ltd, incurred a heavy loss because the actress failed to complete shooting for the item song being filmed on her and Nana.
In his complaint, Siddiqui also stated that the goodwill of his production firm was tarnished because Tanushree went to the media saying that she was "coerced" by director Rakesh Sarang and choreographer Ganesh Acharya to do steps in the item song she did not feel comfortable doing.

Acting quickly on the complaint, the AMPTPP dashed off a letter to the actress, asking her to pay a compensation of Rs 65 million. This would include Rs 15 million to Sunrise Pictures Pvt. Ltd. and Rs 50 million for defaming it in public.

Sunrise Pictures Pvt. Ltd. had signed Tanushree for Rs 1.5 million for the item number to be shot over four days. She had been paid an advance of Rs 500,000.

According to Siddiqui, he as well as Sarang and Acharya had explained to Tanushree what her steps would be in the dance number.

"She had agreed to it," Siddiqui said.

"They [Sarang and Acharya] also agreed when she requested them not to compel her to wear a costume she would not be comfortable with. So we were surprised when she walked out of the sets on the last day of the shooting [March 26] after taking part in it for two days," Siddiqui said on Saturday.

On Friday, Tanushree shot off a letter to the Cine and Television Artistes' Association (CINTAA) explaining the sequence of events that led to her stomping out of the sets and the scuffle that subsequently took place between media persons present on the sets and her secretary.

In her letter, the actress also referred to the "unbecoming" manner in which Nana Patekar behaved with her during shooting of the item number on the first day and why she felt the need to ask her parents and her secretary to be present during the shoots later.

CINTAA is yet to act on her letter, but it is likely to ask Patekar for his explanation.

It is rarely that a member of a cine association complains against a fellow member. In this case, what makes it unique is that an upcoming star has lodged a serious complaint against a senior member at the risk of her budding career.

Malayalam Mollywood Movie Review and Hit List


After a few months of chart toppers, that essentially was a star film, this week end witnesses a brand new film with younger stars on top. Johnny Antony's ‘Cycle’ starring Vineeth Sreenivasan and Vinu Mohan has made surprising initials and is on first spot in the very second week of its release. The top five Malayalam films of the weekend are:

1. ‘Cycle’ - Vineeth Sreenivasan's debut film as an actor, is making waves as it is receiving the same overwhelming responses from all over the state. This refreshing, edge of the seat thriller, directed by Johnny Antony and written by James Albert of ‘Classmates’ fame, also features Vinu Mohan, Sandhya and Bhama in the lead.

2. ‘Roudram’ - Mammootty’s cop film is continuing with its success ride even in the fourth week with steady collections. The film, already a hit, has reached break even point and has started making profits for its distributors. The weekend shows register hundred percent collections all over the state, while the week days are registering 50-70 percent collections.

3. ‘College Kumaran’ - Director Thulasidas with another outing with Mohanlal doesn’t prove to be a winner. The movie just continues in the theatres with around 40 percent collections in major centers.
4. ‘Calcutta News’ - Blessy's biggest film in term of budget, and visual impact is also expected to become his biggest failure in box office. The film in its fifth week doesn’t even collect like average Dileep flick.But collections are better in bigger cities where the family audiences are supporting the movie.

5. ‘Sound Of Boot’ - This Suresh Gopi starrer directed by Shaji Kailas slips down to the fifth position, even in its third week. The film showed good technical finesse and narrative styles, but sadly didn’t appeal to the majority of the masses.

'Katha Parayumpol' still maintains its audience pull at 30-40percent in major centers, where it is entering 65 days. The other major release of the week ‘Anthiponvettam', starring Arun and Saiju, has opened to average collections.

The long list of actresses appearing for a song in Superstar Rajinikanth starrer ‘Kuselan’


The long list of actresses appearing for a song in Superstar Rajinikanth starrer ‘Kuselan’ is still growing, with Trisha and Flora being the latest additions.

According to sources, Flora, who is facing a ban in Kollywood following her alleged involvement in the US visa forgery racket is shaking legs for a peppy number in the Telugu version of the film.

Suja, the item number specialist of Kollywood is doing the number in Tamil while Trisha, Sneha and Mamta Mohandas are also there.

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A.R.Murugadas is directing the Hindi version of Gajini with Amir Khan


After becoming super hits in Tamil and Telugu, ‘Gajani’ soon will be trying its luck in Bollywood too. Down south some scenes for the B-town version are being completed at Ramoji Film City.

If it was the dubbed version of the original Tamil film directed by A.R.Murugadas starring Suriya that became a super hit in Tollywood, in its B-Town version Amir Khan is the main man.

Although Amir Khan nowadays is seen around with a similar hairstyle that Suriya had in the Tamil Version, it’s been said that some changes have been made in the story of the film to suit the tastes of the Hindi viewers.

A.R.Murugadas is directing the Hindi version too and Asin as the heroine also tries to get a good Bollywood opening.

Perfectionist Amir Khan does not take up a project without thinking. But there have been instances of widely anticipated movies rejected by the audience too.

Let’s see after conquering Tamil and Telugu hearts, will ‘Gajini’ be able to hit its target in Bollywood.

Sneha accept the offer of glamour roles


Actress Sneha, who chose to stay away from glamour roles, has finally taken to a skimpy show in her forthcoming release ‘Pandi’.

The movie featuring Ragava Larencce in the lead role is produced by Hithesh Jabhak and is directed by Madhuravan. Namitha and Sneha play the heroines. Ganja Karuppu play the comedian.

The movie went to floors a few months ago. Madhuravan has managed to shoot the entire talkie portion of the movie in a quick time.

He says, 'The climax was shot in Dindigul at a grand set erected at 5 acre of land. A huge statue of Ayyanar was erected and a grand Thiruvizha was set up'.

Both Sneha and Namitha have oozed glamour in the movie. For Ragava Larencce, it is a movie to reckon with in his career, he adds. The movie has music by Srikanth deva and cinematography by Senthil Kumar.

Next Sarathkumar movie with Sneha and Shreya in K.S. Ravikumar Direction


After Vaitheeshwaran, Sarath is all set to start his next movie under the direction of K.S Ravikumar. There were rumours the the movie was Jaggu Bai which was originally planned for Superstar Rajnikanth. However, the circle close to Sarath denied the news on ‘Jaggubhai’, but they confirmed a new project of Sarath with K.S. Ravikumar.

Sneha had already been roped in to play the lead. The current update on the movie is that Shriya Saran has also been roped in to play another heroine in the movie. Shriya has been in news for a lot of reasons lately be it her skimpy dresses, her english movie, her bollywood movie or her slapping a man for misbehaviour recently in Tirupathi.


This Sarath Kumar, Sneha and Shriya starrer movie which is not titled yet is being jointly produced by Radhika Sarath Kumar’s Radaan pictures and Sun TV. It can be recalled that the film Cheran Pandiyan directed by K.S Ravikumar was his first hit and also was Sarath Kumar’s first film as hero. The Sarath-Ravi Kumar pair has also given the super blockbuster Nattami. Lets hope they repeat the success story in this movie too.

Kollywood Movie Yaaradi Nee Mohini Review


Starring: Dhanush, Nayantara, Raguvaran, Karthick, Karunas, Mano Bala

Direction: Jawahar

Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja

Production: R.K. Productions

'You guys going to work'? asks a distressed and unemployed Karunas - accompanied by Dhanush - to a few girls waiting in the bus station. There you have the quintessential Danush plot: a jobless youngman, his love-at-first-sight, a far from considerate and a subject-of-abuse father, and a love embroiled in an inconsiderate relationship. Yaaradi Nee Moghini is smartly packaged with everything inevitable in a Dhanush movie. With subdued emotions that hardly ever go overboard and in your face humor, director A. Jawahar gets everything right. Well, almost.

Dhanush is a happy go lucky guy desperately in search of a job despite his bare minimum qualifications. One of those job-search episodes makes him catch a glimpse of Nayan who works for a software company. Dhanush falls instantly in love and luck favors him to secure a job in the same company, much to his delight, in Nayan’s team.

While Dhanush nurtures his love for Nayan secretly, she turns a blind eye considering his lack of education and proper upbringing. And when he reveals his feelings, Nayan turns him down, further humiliating his father Raghuvaran, leading to death. Although secretly in love with Dhanush, Nayan, considering her orthodox Brahmin background, decides to be married to Karthick instead. The wedding has already been planned by her parents. However, in the end, she expresses her love to Dhanush the night before the wedding. Now it is for Dhanush to decide whether to accept the love that cost him so dearly or to turn his back and pretend to lead a normal life.

Dhanush has immense scope in a role that is tailor-made for him and he pulls it off with consummate ease. Be it as a distraught jobless youngster or a love struck man craving for the impassive dream girl, the job couldn’t have fit anyone else this well. Nayan dispels her bombshell act and proves that she can more than just that. She breaks into tears when needed, shows vicious contempt when rubbed the wrong way in the name of love, and looks endearing in songs.

Raghuvaran’s performance deserves a standing ovation and is a proof of how magnificent an actor he was. Ironically, there are scenes in the movie that has Dhanush perform Raghu’s last rituals that will reduce a viewer to tears.

The humor goes with the flow, and scenes like the whole family of a dozen’s trip to the textile shop in a single vehicle is sure to bring the house down. Karunas establishes that Dhanush brings the best out of him yet again. Remember Polladhavan? However, it is hard not to frown, and often sneer, at the dialogue since it has B & C center audience written all over it.

Director Jawahar has neatly packaged the movie with less melodrama that is surprisingly tad unusual for a movie that focuses on a love story of a girl hailing from an orthodox family. Yuvan’s rerecording breathes life into the movie. So do the songs. Three of them linger long after you have left the theatre. Special mention must be made of the item number performed by a desi Shakira in the train that averts folks from sneaking out of the halls for a smoke. Kudos to the cinematographer who has captured Australia’s vibrant landscape breathtakingly. Bhaskar’s editing helps keep up the pace of the movie.

If you do not mind the usage of crude language, especially between a father and a son, and the dialogues in general that seem a little bent towards a B and C center audience, you are in for a total treat in the Dhanush brand style.

Hillary Clinton is hoping the Colbert bump will help propel her to victory in Pennsylvania.


Hillary Clinton is hoping the Colbert bump will help propel her to victory in Pennsylvania.

The Democratic presidential candidate will make her first appearance on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report on Thursday. Both Clinton and Colbert have come to Pennsylvania ahead of the state's hard-fought Democratic primary on April 22.

Clinton rival, Barack Obama, is also in Pennsylvania, but has thus far declined Colbert's invitation. Obama's wife, Michelle, will appear on the show on Tuesday.

News of Clinton's visit was divulged on Monday night in Philadelphia by MSNBC pundit Chris Matthews. He blurted it out during taping of the show at the University of Pennsylvania's Zellerbach Theatre. The news was confirmed by a person close to the satirical news program, who insisted on anonymity because the date of the visit hadn't been publicly announced.

Comedy shows have played a role in the presidential campaign, and good things have happened to guests on Colbert. Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee was a regular on the show before his unexpected—but short-lived—success in pursuing the Republican nomination. And a Saturday Night Live sketch was credited for helping Clinton gain momentum in February.

Simran, K. Balachander and Chennai Mayor Maa are invitee to open a resort

Veteran actor Rajesh plans to open a resort tomorrow in the Chennai-Bengaluru highway near Rajiv Gandhi memorial in Sriperumbudur called East-West resort. For the inaugural function, many dignitaries from Kollywood are expected to attend.

For the convenience of the film fraternity, Rajesh has arranged for a luxury coach from Film Chamber office which will bring the guests to the venue. The special invitee for the event is Chennai Mayor Maa. Subramanian. He will be accompanied by Simran and director K Balachander.

Trisha and Vijay in Kuruvi audio release on april 16th


Looks like the Kuruvi team has gone back on the decision about the movie’s audio release. Earlier, it was decided to release the movie straight to the audio selling outlets.

However, it is now learnt that a formal audio launch has been decided to be held by the producers on the 16th of April at the Little Flower Convent premises, Mount Road, Chennai.

The event is expected to be attended by the who’s who of the industry and if credible sources are to be believed, Local Administration Minister M.K. Stalin will preside over the audio release.

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It is to be noted that Kuruvi is the debut production venture of Udayanidhi Stalin.

Directed by Dharani, the action/adventure will have Trisha playing Vijay’s lead lady. Vidyasagar scores for the movie that hits the screens in May 2008.

Bollywood Actress Asha Saini feel for her innocent about visa scam

Actress Asha Saini, who got blemished in the visa scam, repeatedly claimed that she was innocent, but had to spend ten days in jail, for no fault of her’s. She spoke to the media in Hyderabad: "I come from a very decent family. I am totally shaken after seeing the reports in the media. We all know pen is considered mightier than sword. As such, it is the utmost duty of the media to consider its sharpness before executing their duties"

She deplored. "My one and only mistake in life is to believe Venkat Reddy. Just because he said he was the personal assistant to veteran actor Mohan Babu, I believed his words. I had not taken any money from Srilatha. Anyone can enquire about my character in the industry."

Another accused in the scam, Srilatha, however, said that apart from herself, Venkat Reddy was also innocent. Meanwhile, AP Human rights association Chairman Vasanthakumar Gowd said that the case would be pursued with a human face. He maintained that while letting several biggies scot-free and nailing down one woman is not just.

He said about 300 persons in the Indian film industry are said to be involved in this visa scam. "Very soon, we are going to reveal the details with us," he said. Earlier, the actress said the same thing at a media meet in Chennai.

Swarnamalya MMS scandal problem

It’s appalling the way new age technology is used to tarnish the name of celebrities by fraudsters who believe that once celebrities go on screen, they are public property and one can just go about doing or saying anything without fear of retribution.

Blurred images and hazy videos of are circulated over the net and via MMS and the barely distinguishable forms are said to be one actress or another. These pictures and videos are invariably scandalous; even though most often they are mere look-alikes of the actresses, they still manage to mar their images.

Being subject to such trials come with the territory of being popular, but people who circulate such wrong information should be given lessons in morality and etiquette.

Swarnamalya, who was already in a sorry MMS scandal, seems to have landed in one yet again! This time it’s a picture of her lip locked with an unidentified man.


While the actress has struck back saying the picture could easily be a morph, the actual question is ‘so what’! As an audience, we must realize that even our dearest stars are human and would like to have a private life that they would like to keep private! While we sympathize with the innocent artistes who get entangled in this vicious web, we also wonder ‘When will the prying stop?’
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