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First Wisam Ahmad Kashmiri, now Afsar Hussain

2013-02-19T03:35:00.001-08:00

Kamal’s Vishwaroopam had come under fire by a section of religious groups who stated that the film was hurting their sentiments. But one of the most striking features of the film was that the protagonist, played by Kamal himself, was a devout Indian Muslim, Wissam Ahmad Kashmiri, serving the nation as part of its intelligence network.

Now the latest piece of information emerging from the camp of Ameerin Aadhi Bhagavan is that in this film too the hero, Jayam Ravi, will be portrayed as a sincere Muslim. Jayam Ravi’s character will apparently go by the name Afsar Hussain, and he plays a fearless CBI officer in the movie.

Was Kamal’s ‘Moving out of Tamil Nadu’ threat genuine?

2013-02-15T06:57:00.001-08:00

Now that ‘Ulaganayagan’ Kamal Haasan’s Vishwaroopam has finally hit the screens in Tamil Nadu and has been declared a super hit, some shocking revelations are coming through. Speaking strictly on condition of anonymity, sources close to Kamal say that the threat meted out by the star was a ‘calculated one’ and which was going to become a reality in future.

The ‘Moving out of Tamil Nadu’ threat was meant mainly to ‘prepare’ the fans and the people to be ready for the eventuality wherein Kamal would have to be away from the state/country for at least the next 2-3 years as he is all set to commence his first-ever Hollywood venture shortly. By meting out the threat, Kamal was only conveying (albeit indirectly) that he would invariably be out of the country for a long time, it is pointed out.

The Hollywood venture is likely to make Kamal stay in U.S. for a longer period as unlike the practice in Kollywood or Bollywood, Hollywood films take too long time to complete. The pre-production work, shooting schedule, the post-production work, publicity and the process of promoting the film, etc. are expected to keep Kamal busy at least for the next two years from now.

Kamal has ‘brilliantly’ prepared the ground (for a longer stay abroad) during the pre-release crisis which resulted in the delayed release of Vishwaroopam in Tamil Nadu. It is also said that in order to make his stay in U.S. a peaceful one, he went over the board in depicting U.S. as a peace-loving country in the script of Vishwaroopam and this explains the ‘theme’ of an Indian spy going out of the way to save U.S.

Whatever be the case, we shall only be too happy if Kamal’s Hollywood venture bags him the coveted Oscars!

Siva Karthikeyan and Vemal’s holiday treat

2013-02-15T06:56:00.001-08:00

Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga, Pandiraj’s next comedy treat, starring Vemal and Siva Karthikeyan is likely to release in April, suggest reports. The multi-starrer, which also features Regina Cassandra, Bindu Madhavi and Parotta Soori, was earlier speculated to be a February release. But the upcoming exam season might not give a chance for college and school goers to enjoy the film in theaters, and hence this move.

The film is being produced by Pandiraj’s Pasanga Productions and Madan’s Escape Artiste Motion Pictures and Studio Green will be distributing it.

Thillu Mullu Movie in it’s final stages

2013-02-11T06:36:00.001-08:00

The remake of the original Rajinikanth-starrer Thillu Mullu Rajnikanth directed by K Balachander, which has Shiva and Isha Talwar in the lead directed by Badri of Veerappu fame is in the final stagesof it’s shooting. The film has been proceeding at a brisk pace with Prakash Raj and Kovai Sarala playing prominent roles.

Parotta Suri, Ilavarasu and Manobala play supporting roles in the film which has legendary music composer M S Viswanathan and Yuvan Shankar Raja scoring the music, the first time the duo will be working together. Prakash Raj will be replacing the character of late Thengai Srinivasan, who played the role in the original.

Produced by Vendhar Movies Thillu Mullu is set to be wrapped soon. Thillu Mullu, one of the most memorable movies of Superstar Rajinikanth. Shiva, who is wrapping up his work with i is also busy with Sonna Puriyadhu.

Watch thuppaki HQ movie Online

2012-11-13T02:24:00.001-08:00

Thuppakki (English: Gun) is an Tamil action thriller film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss.^[3] The film will feature Vijay and Kajal Aggarwal, in the lead roles.^[4]^[5] along with Vidyut Jamwal,^[6] Jayaram, Sathyan, Gautham Kurup and Akshara Gowda in supporting roles.^[7] The film is produced by S. Thanu and features background score and soundtrack composed by Harris Jayaraj with cinematography handled by Santhosh Sivan, who with Thuppakki will introduce theArri Alexa camera to Indian cinema

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2012-02-25T12:45:00.000-08:00

Surya Starrer ‘Maatraan’ to have Tamil and Telugu versions - Surya- Kajal Agarwal- Maatraan- KV Anand- Kalpathi Agoram- AGS Banner- Tamil- Telugu - Duplicate- Harris Jayaraj- Maatran -

Fans Celebrate Nanban Movie Release Stills

2012-01-12T11:53:00.001-08:00

Vijay Fans Celebrate Nanban at Udhayan Theater, Chennai

At the Udayam Theatre in Chennai, that screened Nanban, a large group of fans carried the Reel Box of ‘Nanban’ mounted in a chariot from the nearby temple to the theatre premises. Vijay’s father SA Chandrashekar participated in this pooja and the Reel Box was finally handed over to the theatre owners for screening.

Nanban Movie Audio Launch!

2011-12-24T13:07:00.002-08:00

It was a big day for the Coimbatore crowd yesterday (December 23, 2011). The reason was the audio launch of Shankar's upcoming film 'Nanban.' The audio was launched at the venue of Harris Jayaraj's live concert - On The Edge, and the place was Hindustan College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore. Harris also is the music director of this youthful Shankar entertainer.

The entire team of 'Nanban' was in attendance for the audio launch all inclusive of the director, Shankar, the lead stars Vijay, Srikanth and Jiiva as well as the crew members. While Vijay and Jiiva were clad in semi-formals, Srikanth looked smart clad in a blue Superman T-shirt. Shankar was in his signature self. Veteran Sathyaraj who plays an important role in the film was also present for the audio launch.

According to reports from Coimbatore, nearly 19000 people were expected for the event and come they did! Along with the audio release the trailer of 'Nanban' was also released. The first disc was released by Prabhu. Vijay's Docomo ad was also screened on the big screen. When Vijay took to the stage he was all in praise for his director Shankar. He also revealed that he had earlier missed a chance to act in the former's film, 'Mudhalvan', but did not want to miss the chance second time around, that's how 'Nanban' happened.

Ilayathalapathy also revealed that his co-stars Srikanth and Jiiva had become absolutely close to him. While Srikanth was a friend of Vijay even before 'Nanban', the actor revealed that he had also got really close to Jiiva during the shoot of 'Nanban.' 'Srikanth has also done complete justice to the role Maddy did in '3 Idiots,' said Vijay.

While Vijay spoke of Jiiva he said the latter was the prankster of the team, off camera. He used to crack hilarious jokes just before a serious scene was about to be shot and immediately got into the mood of his character. But it was Vijay who used to find it difficult to hold himself from laughing out loud.

RJ Shiva was the perfect host who carried the show forward. After Vijay spoke about the film, Shiva along with the crowd urged the actor to sing a song from the album. Following this demand from the crowd the actor sang 'Edho Panale...' and the crowd went crazy. Harris Jayaraj had earlier done the jingle for Vijay's previous Coke ads, now the songs for 'Nanban' too have come out really well said the actor.

The crowd went ecstatic seeing the cast and crew of the film all in one place. And in all it was undoubtedly a grand audio launch for 'Nanban!'

3 Movie Audio Launch Dhanush style! Videos

2011-12-24T13:07:00.000-08:00

A bunch of youngsters will not be able to forget what they witnessed yesterday (December 23, 2011). The venue was the St George's school grounds where Aishwarya Dhanush's upcoming film '3's audio launch took place. The event was a huge success, not in terms of big names present but for the crowd that had grouped at the spot.

Dhanush was present clad in a white Armani and beside him was the woman of his life, wife Aishwarya. The couple looked attractive and entertained the gathered. They sang and danced. The crowd went crazy when Dhanush sang and performed for 'Kolaveri Di...' The man behind the music of '3,' Anirudh, was also present. Dhanush, in his own style, has a way of getting the pulse of the audience and he re-created the magic again.

As if Dhanush's ticklers weren't enough Siva Karthikeyan and Aadhavan were the hosts of this event and they were in their best elements! This duo made the crowd roar in laughter with their funny one-liners and comments. They also did their usual dose of mimicry, mimicking Bhagyaraj, Vijayakanth and TR on how it would be if these film personalities were to croon the soup song Kolaveri.

There was a laser show and a lot of music and dancing. And when time came for the music CD to be released, Dhanush asked his wife to pick three young men and women randomly from the crowd. These '3' pairs along with Kasthuri Raja, his wife and mom-in-law Latha Rajinikanth unveiled the music CD of the Dhanush, Shruti Haasan starrer '3' in the presence of the crew members of '3'. All this fun that took place during the audio launch of 3 will be telecast on Sun TV soon...

The album of '3' comprises of a m�lange of foot tapping numbers and some soft melodious songs sung by Vijay Yesudas, Mohit Chauhan, Shwetha Mohan, Anirudh, new singers Satya Prakash and Ajeesh. Yet another highlight is that all songs except one have been penned by Dhanush and the remaining one has been penned by Aishwarya.

Rajinikanth , Kamal hassan back in action

2011-12-19T11:06:00.007-08:00

Kamal Hassan and Rajinikanth may soon star together in a film that is to be directed by Shankar. Kamal had said in a function recently that he may share the screen space with his buddy Rajinikanth. This gives rise to the speculation that Rajini and Kamal may join hands and the day is not far off!

Director Shankar apparently has a script ready for the duo and an announcement will most probably be made on January 14, 2012.

Since Kochadaiyaan is to be made on the ‘Performance Capturing’ technology, Rajini’s call sheet will be required for just about 20 days. After this shooting schedule is done with, Shankar is expected to begin his project.

Two big audio launches on same day!

2011-12-19T11:06:00.005-08:00

Two big audio launches Vijay’s Shankar directed Nanban and Dhanush’s 3 are taking place on the same day- December 23.

Nanban audio launch is taking place in Coimbatore while 3 audio will be held in Chennai.

Gemini Film Circuit’s Nanban to be marketed by Gemini Audio will happen at Hindustan College grounds in Coimbatore.

The audio will be unveiled during Harris Jayaraj’s music concert, ‘On The Edge’.

The audio launch will happen before the concert begins and is likely to be for 90 minutes.

Aishwarya Dhanush’s 3 audio is to be launched by Sony Music.

The exact details about location and time are being kept under the wraps. It will be a musical event that will rock the city.

The grapevine has it that 3 audio launch rights have been snapped up by Sun TV at a new record price, as far as audio launch telecast rights are concerned.

Vada Chennai team on location hunt

2011-12-19T11:06:00.003-08:00

National award winning director Vettrimaran is all set to start his next project Vada Chennai soon. Simbu, Telugu star Rana Dagubatti and Andreah have been roped in to play prominent roles in the film. There are also reports that the director is currently holding talks with three leading heroes in Kollywood and an official announcement is expected soon. Meanwhile the Vada Chennai team is on a location hunt now; they are trying to shortlist few unexplored places across the city for their film.

Sources say this film will narrate the story of a good fisherman who unwittingly falls in the trap of a mafia gang. As usual, this Vettrimaran flick will be set in the bylanes of Chennai with a realistic touch. The technical team comprises of Velraj (camera), G.V. Prakash (music) and Kishore (editing).

Vada Chennai will be produced by Dhayanidhi Alagiri of Cloud Nine Movies.

Kochadaiyaan’ shooting schedule

2011-12-19T11:06:00.001-08:00

The shooting of Superstar Rajinikanth’s forthcoming film ‘Kochadaiyaan’ will start in the second week of January 2012 (post Pongal) and will be completed by the end of March. This has been confirmed by K S Ravikumar, who is supervising the film.

Besides penning the story, screenplay and dialogues, Ravikumar, the lucky mascot of the Superstar, is also assisting Rajini’s daughter Soundarya Ashwin in directing the movie. “Rajini sir is so impressed with the story,” he says.

Ravikumar adds: “The script work is completely over. The film will hit the floors after January 15 and will be wrapped by March. It will be one of the landmark movies in the history of Tamil cinema and will be a treat to the Superstar’s fans.”

The director of ‘Nattamai’, ‘Padayappa’ and ‘Dasavatharam’ also clears the air by saying that a serial that is being published by a Tamil weekly under the name ‘Kochadaiyaan’ has no connection with the story of the Superstar starrer.

Kamal and Rajini soon star together in a film

2011-12-19T11:05:00.003-08:00

Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth may soon star together in a film that is to be directed by Shankar. Kamal had said in a function recently that he may share the screen space with his buddy Rajinikanth. This gives rise to the speculation that Rajini and Kamal may join hands and the day is not far off!

Director Shankar apparently has a script ready for the duo and an announcement will most probably be made on January 14, 2012.

Mankatha Made It In Google Top 10

2011-12-19T11:05:00.001-08:00

Mankatha has ranked 7th in the top 10 most searched films in 2011 through Google. It is the only Tamil film to have reached the Google Zeitgeist top 10, making the achievement very special. The movies that made it to this list are as follows:

Rank 1: Bodyguard

Rank 2: Ra One

Rank 3: Harry Potter

Rank 4: Delhi Belly

Rank 5: Singham

Rank 6: Ready

Rank 7: Mankatha

Rank 8: Transformers 3

Rank 9: Dookudu

Rank 10: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Mankatha was directed by Venkat Prabhu with Dhayanidhi Alagiri of Cloud Nine Movies producing it. Ajith, Arjun, Trisha, Premji Amaren, and others formed the star cast.

Mambattiyan’ Movie Problems solved

2011-12-17T11:07:00.000-08:00

The son of tribal leader Mambattiyan, on whose life Prashanth starrer ‘Mambattiyan’ is based, filed a case in a Chennai court last week, seeking a stay on the film.

And now, clearing the deck the film faced, Nallappan, who has filed the case, has withdrawn it. Speaking to reporters on Friday, Nallappan’s advocate Balu said a consensus on the issue has been arrived at with an out of court settlement, following which the plea has been withdrawn.

In his petition last week, Nallappan said his father had “fought for the rights of tribal people” in the Salem region. “I understood that the filmmakers were trying to portray different fictitious versions of my father’s life. I am apprehensive that the projected image would distort the facts”, he said.

Produced and directed by Prashanth’s father Thyagarajan, the film has Meera Jasmine, Vadivelu and Mumaith Khan in lead roles. The movie, which happens to be a remake of a Thyagarajan starrer of the 1980s, hit the screens on Friday.

Srikanth all smiles about Shankar

2011-12-17T11:05:00.001-08:00

Now that the shooting of ‘Nanban’ is over, Srikanth feels that he has come out of a college. Not just because he has played a student in this Shankar-directed remake of ’3 Idiots’, but also because of the bond he shared with the team members.

“We were like a family and it was a great learning experience to work with Shankar. He made sure that we all felt comfortable on the sets of Nanban. I had a nice time with Vijay and Jiiva,” he says.

“Shankar is not just a director, but a good actor too,” Srikanth says and adds: “He would imitate well all of us. Besides he would explain extremely well each and every scene before we go to shoot. I feel gifted to work in his direction.”

The film is full of emotions. It is a mix of fun, joy, sentiments and a lot of other good things. On the whole, it is going to a roller coaster ride for the audience, says Srikanth, batting for the Pongal release.

Udhayanidhi and Hansika down to Jordan

2011-12-17T11:04:00.001-08:00

The shooting for Oru Kal Oru Kannadi is nearing completion and the team is getting ready to fly down to Jordan to shoot a song. Udhayanidhi Stalin makes his debut as hero in OK OK and he has taken extra efforts where dancing is concerned.

Since Hansika is a good dancer, Udhayanidhi says that he was a bit nervous and apprehensive in the beginning. But with Hansika and choreographer Dinesh being extremely supportive, Udhayanidhi is raring to complete this song shooting.

Amy Jackson is not Bala’s choice

2011-12-17T11:02:00.001-08:00

Amy Jackson says that she was not approached to play the female lead in Eriyum Thanal, directed by Bala. The actress wondered where such reports came from and clarified that she is not doing the role, as reported by the media. It may be mentioned here that Atharva has been signed up by Bala to play lead role in Eriyum Thanal.

Amy added that she has been signed up for Thandavam by director Vijay, and she is waiting for this project to commence. In Thandavam, wherein she will be sharing the screen space with Vikram, Amy is said to have a very meaty role.

Nanban Audio Release Posters

2011-12-16T08:57:00.000-08:00

The music release of the much awaited Nanban, starring Vijay, Jeeva, Srikanth, Sathyaraj and Ileana D’cruz will be held on the 23rd of this month. The launch will happen at Harris Jayaraj’s On the Edge Concert in Coimbatore with the musician performing some of the tracks live. The movie, which is the remake of the highly successful Hindi film 3 Idiots, is directed by ace director Shankar.

The trailer of the film has already been making waves on the internet and the song featured in it – En Friend Pola is a hit among the youngsters.

Dasavathaaram team comes back

2011-12-16T08:56:00.001-08:00

Kamal Hassan’s mega blockbuster is Dasavaatharam. The movie which got released on 2008, got overwhelming response from all sides and turned out to be the year’s box-office grosser.

The film was produced by Aascar Ravichandran with story and screenplay done by Kamal Hassan himself and directed by KS Ravikumar. Kamal Hassan portrayed 10 stunning avatars and created waves among the audience.

Now it’s heard that Aascar Ravichandran is willing to rope the same Dasavaatharam team to create the magic once again with Ulaganayagan. The news will get official once Kamal Hassan wraps up his upcoming film Vishwaroopam says sources.

Vijay’s Nanban Audio release at Coimbatore

2011-12-16T08:55:00.001-08:00

The audio of Nanban will be launched formally on 23 december in Coimbatore, sources say.

Nanban is the Tamil remake of Raju Hirani-Aamir Khan’s 3 Idiots and its stars Vijay, Srikanth and Jeeva in lead roles.
‘Here I am… The audio of Nanban will be launched during my concert On The Edge on 23rd December at Hindustan college Coimbatore.

Couple of songs from the film will also be performed in the show, tweeted Harris Jeyaraj.
Gemini Film Circuit (GFC), the film’s producers and distributors are releasing the Nanban audio through their Gemini Audio.

Roja returns as Item girl

2011-12-16T08:54:00.001-08:00

Roja the yesteryear top actress who was last seen in Vijay’s Kaavalan as Asin’s mother is turning glamorous. The actress who was asked to perform a hot item number in the upcoming film ‘Vettayadu’ directed by Vijayabalan.

The actress was paid a big amount for this song it seems, Roja will sharing the item song with actor-director Pandiyarajan. The film unit says that it will be a attraction of Vettayadu.

Already we know that Pandiyarajan who appeared in the item song ‘Kathala Kannala’ along with Snigdha from director Myshkin’s movie Anjathae was a big chartbuster.

It seems like Roja is going to heat up the song after a long gap.

Nanban Movie Audio launch in 3D

2011-12-13T10:46:00.001-08:00

Yes, you heard it right . If all goes well , Nanban audio launch will happen in 3D , which is first of its kind in Tamil cinema .It is believed that Harris Jayaraj has come up with six unique tracks for this movie which will be launched in Hindustan College of Arts and Science in Coimbatore on December 23rd.

The guests attended the audio launch will be provided with special 3D glasses . The man behind this idea is none other than ace director , Shankar . He wanted the audio launch to be unique with style and elegance and he proposed this idea to Gemini Film Circuits , who seems to have accepted this innovative idea. Nanban has Ilayathalapathy Vijay in a new avatar breaking his commercial films and also stars Jiiva, Srikanth , Sathyaraj, Ileana and Anuya in prominent roles.

Ajith says ‘NO’ to body doubles for Billa 2

2011-12-13T10:45:00.005-08:00

Riding high on his Mankatha success hero Ajith has quickly shifted gears to the fresh n new, Billa 2.The movie will be a prequel taking fans back to the young days of David, who went on to rule the underworld and become a kingpin .Billa 2 Director Chakri Toleti who has been roped in for this new flick, is pleased with how things have turned out so far.

The unit last completed a 40 day Goan schedule and is on for it’s 3^rd schedule now. Recently Chakri called upon his crew members to shoot for an action sequence, asking them to find a suitable body double for Ajith. He felt that the stunts to be performed were really risky but on knowing about the search for a body double, Thala stepped in saying that he dint require one and was quite confident to pull off the stunt himself. Now Chakri sounds totally impressed to have seconded Thala’s decision as he said, “Thala fans should be proud… He’s been doing amazing stunts!!! Unbelievable… Without any stunt doubles!”.

Now that’s Thala bringing you some adrenaline pumping action for Billa 2.