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SURA RELEASING ON APRIL 14TH

2010-03-23T02:48:00.000-07:00

Audio release of Vijay's 50th movie Sura is reportedly scheduled to be held on March 26. Sura's songs are tuned by Mani Sharma, who has already been associated with Vijay in movies like Shajahan and Pokkiri.

Directed by Rajkumar, Sura is produced by Sangili Murugan for his banner Murugan Cine Arts. Tamannah plays Vijay's lead in the movie that is likely to be released on April 14, 2010.

NAVYA NAIR ENTERS WEDLOCK

2010-01-21T19:48:00.000-08:00

Navya Nair tied the knot with Santhosh Menon in Alappuzha in Kerala today (January 21st, 2009). The traditional Hindu rituals began at around 2 pm at the CKHS ground in Cheppad, Alappuzha. Many film personalities, including Cheran, attended the wedding to wish the newly weds.

Navya and Sathosh’s wedding was decided a couple of months ago and it is an arranged marriage. Santhosh is currently based in Mumbai.

Film channels blogspot.com joins its readers in wishing the young couple a very happy married life!

CAPTAIN TV LOGO RELEASED

2010-01-16T05:46:00.000-08:00

Captain Vijaykanth, the DMDK chief has released the logo of his “Captain TV” on Pongal day (January 14).

Like all top politicians in Tamil Nadu, Vijaykanth too is going to have his own Tamil television channel which will be managed by his brother-in-law LK Sudhish.
LK Sudhish said : “ ‘Captain TV’ is the complete entertainment channel and will have an array of serials between Mondays to Fridays with Feature films at noon. English movies with Tamil dubbing would be telecast on Saturdays and Sundays and latest Tamil movies on weekends. Programs for women, children, students and the youth are given prime importance.”

Sudhish also said that the channel would be telecasting “news sessions voicing for the issues of the people. Apart from this Captain TV is all set to identify and encourage the talented through its programs”.
Captain TV’s trial telecast would start from March 15th and it would be launched as a 24 hours channel from April 14th.

AT THE AUDIO LAUNCH OF KUTCHERI FILM

2010-01-04T02:57:00.000-08:00

Seen are Jeeva, KRG, Sarath Kumar and many others at the audio launch session took place in Chennai on January 4, 2009.

PRAKASHRAJ PRODUCING IN HIS OWN DUET MOVIE BANNER

2009-12-25T19:50:00.000-08:00

Actor-turned-director Prakash Raj has just finished the first schedule of his Kannada directorial venture, Naanu Nanna Kanasu but he is already thinking about his next bilingual film to be produced under his own Duet Movies banner.

Pavanam (Journey) will be made in Tamil and Telugu, and star himself. It is budgeted at Rs 11 crores, and is based on the hijacking of Indian Airlines' IC 814 from Nepal to Kandahar.

Radha Mohan, who had directed Mozhi and Abhiyum Naanum, will direct the film.

"I will play the role of a bureaucrat from the Prime Minister's office in Payanam. Radha Mohan did a lot of research while writing the script. I was inspired to make this film after reading the book Flight Into Fear by Captain Devi Sharan," says Prakash Raj.

Prakash Raj, who played a villain in the Salman Khan-starrer Wanted directed by Prabhu Deva [ Images ], has now become a sought-after actor in Bollywood too. But he is in no hurry to sign Hindi films.

"I will pick and choose films as I have been consciously doing in the case of my South Indian films," says Prakash Raj.

His Kannada films include Hoo, co-starring Meera Jasmine [ Images ] and Namitha, and Dhool, co-starring Yogi and Aindrita Ray.

KARTHI AT CHENNAI FIM FESTIVAL

2009-12-22T19:56:00.000-08:00

KARPAGAM THYAGARAJAN

The Chennai International Film Festival was kick started yesterday, December 16th, 2009 at a function held at the Woodlands Theatre in Chennai. Dr. S. Jagathrakshahan, Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting lighted the traditional lamp and marked the beginning of the fest. The film festival, which will go on till December 20th, will feature 120 films from 38 countries.

Those present at the function were Karthi, Devayani, SVe Shekher, Jananadan and a host of officials from various embassies.

Speaking at the function, the Minister said that film festivals are not just for film institute students but for the general public as they can get to see a foreign film and know their culture.

SATHYA SAI BABA BLESSES MOHANLAL

2009-11-20T19:19:00.000-08:00

BY N.THYAGARAJAN

Malayalam filmdom Superstar Mohanlal is now in Puttaparthi to have the blessings of Bhaghavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.

NAVYA NAIR ENTERS WEDLOCK

2009-11-18T19:27:00.000-08:00

MRS.KARPAGAM THYAGARAJAN

Navya Nair will enter the wedlock in the coming January. She will marry Santosh Menon, who is employed with a private firm in Mumbai.
Ms. Nair who acted opposite various film leading heroes in Malayalam films had made a mark in Tamil cinema acting in films like 'Azhagiya Theeye', 'Mayakannadi' and 'Pasakiligal'.
Nair's parents Raju and Veena arranged her wedding with Santosh Menon, a native of Changanassery in Kerala.
The actress is currently busy acting in films including Mammootty starrer 'Drona', 'Sadgamaya' with Suresh Gopi and Dileep - Kalabhavan Mani starrer film.

PRIYANKA TRIVEDI IN SMALL SCREEN

2009-11-11T05:23:00.000-08:00

Remember Priyanka Trivedi, who made her debut with the Tamil movie Raajjiyam. The actress bid goodbye to films after marrying the Kannada superstar Upendra and made her comeback with the Kannada film Srimathi opposite Uppi.

Sources say the actress will now host a Kannada TV reality show similar to the Farah Khan hosted Hindi show 'Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega'.

Priyanka, in her recent interview to a leading vernacular, stated that she was approached for the show and discussions are now on about her remuneration. If everything goes as per plan, the show will go on floors by this month end.

It is also heard that Priyanka is crazy about reality TV and her favourite shows are 'Pati Patni aur Woh' and 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa'. She has also expressed her interest in being part of such shows if Uppi permits.

LATEST NEWS ON NAYAN-PRABHU

2009-09-30T01:28:00.001-07:00

The latest news on Nayan Tara and Prabhu is that Prabhu Deva's wife Ramalath sought the help of some women welfare organisations. According to information, Ramalath won the sympathy of these organisation when she made an open appeal, that women-folks would look after the film actress affair.These women organisations will protest the actress and as well Prabhu Deva about their love affair, if it really exists as per the rumour mongers. One may get a concrete result, after these women organisations start protesting them, said.

PRABHU DEVA AND NAYAN TARA WATCH WANTED FILM

2009-09-24T02:44:00.000-07:00

BY N.THYAGARAJAN

Actor & Director Prabhu Deva watched the Wanted film in Mumbai with Nayan Tara, the dream girl of many. It is quite natural for anyone in the cine-field to have attraction with someone and Nayan Tara or Prabhu Deva are no exception to it. The problem is Prabhu Deva is an already married man with Ramalath who hails from a Moslem community. But the love has no eyes, for it is not the religion or the caste that attract each one at the time of marriage. Both the hearts meet at one point and decide to marry. In Prabhu Deva's marriage there was no open statement that the actor is in very much love with Nayan. But for Nayan, she could not stay alone though she is not married. Prabhu's extraordinary brilliance in the field has attracted many including the producers who made him to direct their films. But, Prabhu loves all.

Prabhu's wife who came to know that there was a rumour afloat that both her husband and Nayan Tara close friendly relationships, said in an recent interview, that the actress should be arrested, for she is very much in love with her husband. When some press-men contacted, Prabhu did not say anything about his friendship with Nayan Tara. Earlier, both met at the Bahrain in a mall and many public who came to know about both the actors in the shopping complex began to get autographs from both of them and when they asked about their presense in the mall, both reportedly told them that they were friends who came to Dubai for a shooting.

Only time has to tell, whether Prabhu Deva and Nayan Tara will be getting married or they will continue their friendhsips by meeting often in various places.(?)

SHIRDI SAI BABA FILM RELEASE IN SEPTEMBER

2009-08-23T04:20:00.000-07:00

Shooting, post-production and censor formalities are complete for Jagadguru Sri Shirdi Saibaba directed by G Ramakrishna and produced by BV Reddy under the banner of SRR Creations. The producer himself plays the title role in this movie and the film is slated for release in the second week of September.

Speaking on the occasion, the producer and artiste BV Reddy said, “There are seven songs in the movie and all of them are situational.
We are sure that all the songs would attract the audiences. Mohanbabu, who watched the movie, complimented that the film has been brought out well. Senior director B Gopal too expressed his happiness after watching the movie.”
Director Ramakrishna said, “We have portrayed some new elements in Baba’s life which have never been described on the silver screen earlier.”

Source - http://entertainment.oneindia.in/telugu/top-stories/2009/jagadguru-shri-shirdi-saibaba-200809.html

KAMALANI IS GOING TO ACT IN BENGALI FILM

2009-08-02T18:27:00.000-07:00

BY N.THYAGARAJAN

Actress Kamalani Mukherjee who is acting in Vettaiyadu Vilayadu film has recently completed the shootings of Kuttrapirivu.

She is going to act in a Bengali Movie, a Tamil remake of the Raj TV Channel's film Kadhalna Summa Illa. She did the same character in Telugu too. Janaki is the name of the character in the film in which she excelled. Similarly, she is going to act in a Bengali film, the Telugu remake Bommirilu. In Telugu Genelia has done a role with the name Hasini. The same character Kamalani Mukherjee will be doing in Bengali.

CHANDRA HASAN IN PAYANANGAL THODARUM

2009-08-02T18:15:00.000-07:00

BY N.THYAGARAJAN

Follwing the sucesses of various tourism stories like Madras to Pondicherry, Sundara Travels, 12-B and Paathen Rasithen producer S.P.Ramamurthi is going to produce Payanangal Thodarum. The film is to be produced on behalf of Sri Saravanabava Movies.

The film will introduce Chandra Hasan with Swetha who made her excellent acting in Valluvan Vasuki film. Besides the new face, Ganja Karuppu, Shakila and Sundar have given meaty roles in the film.

It is a story of problems that arose between a Private Andhra Transport and the two lovers who travel everyday to their colleges. The lovers face problems with the bus in which they used to travel and tells were they able to overcome the difficulties they face?

NADODIGAL IN KANNADA AND TELUGU

2009-08-02T18:05:00.000-07:00

Following the sucess of the Tamil film Nadodigal, it has been decided to remake the film in Telugu and Kannada, and if possible it could be produced in Hindi too, according to sources. In Telugu it is Ravi Theja who is going to act. The shooting for the Telugu will be started by this month end and for the Hindi remake however the shooting will be started in the coming January 2010. In Hindi it is Shahid Kapoor who will appear and follwing its success the Kannada remake will begin with Punith RajKumar. Of all these two things are common-- the story and the film's director Samuthirakani.

MALAYALAM SUPERSTAR DONS A NEW CAP

2009-07-09T07:15:00.000-07:00

Superstar Mohanlal on Thursday donned a new cap - of the Indian Territorial Army. Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor had offered him to wear the cap permanently at a simple function that took place in New Delhi.

“It is truly a proud moment for me to have been granted an honorary rank during the diamond jubilee year of the Territorial Army. I will try to serve to the best of my ability in my newly assigned role. It is a dream come true that I can now serve shoulder to shoulder with our officers and men,” four-time national award winner, Mohanlal said.

“Lt Col (Hony) Mohanlal, Padmashri, will be yet another brand ambassador of the Territorial Army. His achievements are an example of his discipline, dedication and hard work which is very synonymous to the army way of life,” a senior Indian Army official said.

“His passion for the army is amply evident from his outstanding and realistic portrayal of the penultimate, fearless and duty bound army officer on the silver screen especially in movies like Kirti Chakra and Kurukshetra.

“As part of his preparation to truly depict the role, he shared the realities of army personnel in actual conflict zone like Tiger Hill and Drass, withstanding extreme weather conditions and combat situations,” the official added.

Mohanlal will be affiliated with the Kerala-based 122 Infantry Battalion.

KUTTY IS NOT AN ACTION FILM

2009-06-17T08:46:00.000-07:00

(By N.Thyagarajan)
Kutty is not an action film, says the director Mitran Jawahar. In an informal chat with news men the director clarified that Dhanush in this film is doing a soft hero role as per the story line and Sreya has been acting opposite him. The director says, "in my earlier film Yaaradi Nee Mohini, it was the turn of Nayantara who had excelled in her family girl character. In this Kutty, Sreya has been doing the same role without any glamour. When the shooting of the film was on, Sreya never thought that she had such a tremendous acting capacity. Really, the film is going to be a turning point for her".
When talking about the film's hero Dhanush, Mitran said, that he had been directing Dhanush second time, and his actions in this film becoming great.
The work of the film would be completed, if the shooting for the two songs were completed the director said. Though Dhanush has some other name in the film, his friends and family members call him as Kutty.
Radha Ravi and Vincent Asokan do the villains role while Devisri Prasad does the music direction,. the director said.

ACTRESS SRIDEVI WEDS ON JUNE 18

2009-06-17T08:45:00.000-07:00

Kadhal Virus and Devadhayi Kanden films fame Sridevi is getting married on Thursday the June 18. The actress who has become popular as a child artiste in many films and by virtue of her actor parents Manjula and Vijayakumar is marrying Rahul hailing from Hyderabad. Sridevi is the last daughter of the actor couples. Her other famous films were Thithikudhey and Priyamana Thozhi. Rahul is running a software firm in Hyderabad and had visited on several occasions various countries for some higher studies, it is learnt.

KISSING SCENES IN MUTHIRAI

2009-06-17T08:44:00.000-07:00

Tamil film Muthirai directed by Srinath is having an open kissing scenes in the film. Nitin Sathya and Manjari are the hero and heroine respectively had done the role in a kissing scene making the youngsters to watch the film in raptures. There is nothing beyond our Tamil film had gone so far, says the director. Hence, when the director was asked whether this film to be released on July 19 would bring success, he replied that mere kissing scenes alone would not bring victory to a film.
After Muthirai's release, Nitin is going to act in the remake of Palaivana Cholai and Mani Nagarajan's Pin kurippu. Mani Nagarajan was an one time assistant to Gautam Vasudevan Menon. Nitin expects the film will be turning point.
When Nitin was asked why he always acted in double hero films, he said as long as his role had been appreciated by many he would go on acting in double-hero subject films. " I really love to appear where my character is valued much" says Nitin.

MOHAN LAL BECOMES GENERAL SECRETARY

2009-06-17T08:43:00.001-07:00

Malayalam Super Star Mohan Lal has been again elected as the General Secretary of Malayalam Film Actors Union. In an election for the post on Sunday in Cochin, the actor was elected to the post unanimously.Besides Mohan Lal, Innocent and Babu too were elected to the posts of President and Secretary respectively. Mukesh and Ganesh Kumar were elected as the vice president of the union while Jagadis was elected as the treasurer. Mamooti and ten others were elected as the general council members.

VEDIGUNDU MURUGESAN IS READY FOR RELEASE

2009-06-10T09:08:00.000-07:00

Comedy film Vedigundu Murugesan is ready for its release. The film's comedy could be equalled with the comedies of the Chinnathambi and Karagattakaran, according to the film's director Murthy. If this film is released this will be the second film for the director, earlier his Karuppasam Kuthagaikarar was though not successful as expected, but paid rich dividends after its release.
Jyothirmayee in this film appears as woman cop and act opposite Pasupathy. She appears in a child-like character which draws the story in different directions but with comedy. Besides Vadivelu comedy too is enjoyable in the film.

KANTHASWAMY RELEASE WILL BE IN JULY

2009-06-10T08:52:00.000-07:00

The overseras rights of Kanthaswamy have been sold for a hefty sum and it was bought by the Ayangaran International, according to a source from the production office, but did not divulge for how many rupees the price of the film was fixed. Ayangaran International is a reputed organisation which has more than 1500 films to its credit for market will be able to sell this Vikram-Shriya starrer film not less than Rs.3 crore, the sources said. It is said the film has a big market in overseas countries including Malaysia, Europe, Sri Lanka and many other countries. Kanthaswamy is produced in Telugu besides its Tamil version and the release of the film in both the languge would take place on the same day. There is a proposal to produce the same film in Hindi without changing any storylines and dialogues, means additional income to the producer Dhanu. The release of the film was postponed due to severe rain in Theni from where most of the scenes were filmed. Similarly the film was shot in Kenya when there was very much riot in the country. The film is directed by Susi Ganesan at a total cost exceeding Rs.50 crores.

It is likely that Aamir Khan will act in the Hindi version of the Kanthaswamy, the sources said.

SWATHI'S SECOND TAMIL FILM

2009-05-29T03:12:00.000-07:00

Subramaniyapuram fame Swathi is now acting for a Telugu film without any let up for her shooting schedules. She has become famous after she had acted in the film Subramaniyapuram with Jai. The second film chance went to her after a Telugu film producer gave her chance. Now Swathi is going to act in a Tamil film to be produced by Shiva for Amma Creations. The shooting of this new film will commence immediately after Swathi finishes her Telugu film in which she is acting as heroine.

MAYAVI TO PRODUCE THREE FILMS

2009-05-29T03:09:00.000-07:00

After Naan Kadavul, B Studio is going to produce three films with Suriya and Jothika. The film is to be directed by Mayavi. The other film will be produced by the Mayavi Singapuli. Soon the shootings of the first film will be started immediately a signal from Jothika is shown, according to sources.

EKTA AND SANJAY IN A TAMIL FILM

2009-05-29T03:05:00.000-07:00

Telugu film fame Ekta and Sanjay have signed to act in a film, Mundhinam Paarthenae to be produced by Seventh Channel Manickam Naryanan. The storyline goes with a qualified person seeking a suitable girl for his life partnership has a lot of dreams. Is he able to find out the correct one? is the crux of the story. For this film, the art director Thotta Tharani has made a set of a marriage hall. It has been estimated that the artificial marriage hall had cost Rs.40 lakhs for the producer. The songs of the film will be filmed in European countries, according to the production company's information.