Kollywood Up-Close

Tamanna Wants To Pair With Superstar!

noreply@blogger.com (Vicky) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:57:00 +0000

Tamanna, the hot actress of Kollywood has expressed her desire to work with Superstar Rajinikanth. It would be a great pleasure for any actress to work with Superstar. Tamanna is no exception to it. The actress has expressed that, acting with Superstar is her carrier goal.

Tamanna also said that she is new to South India but she has seen many of his films. She stated that she greatly admires Rajini’s onscreen presence. She says that acting with Rajinikanth will be the peak of any actress carrier and revealed that she will be very happy if she gets an opportunity to share the screen space with him. She also added that her mother name is Rajini.

'Aayirathil Oruvan' Hits The Screens For Pongal

noreply@blogger.com (Vicky) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:41:00 +0000

‘Aayirathil Oruvan’ directed by Selvaraghavan having Karthi on the male lead and Reema Sen, Andrea in the female lead is a much awaited movie. The movie is been produced under the banner of Dream Valley Corporation by Raveendran.

The movie has coasted about 31 crores but the producer says that it was started with a budget of 7 crores and later extended to 12 crores and it has reached this level now. Raveendran has confirmed that the movie will hit the screen for Pongal. He also said that the movie has come out well. He revealed that the delay in release is due to the graphics work. With the final portion of the movie pending Selvaraghavan has started working for his new project ‘Ladak Valley’ having Vikram on the lead.

Prabhu Says, "I Did Not Recommend Nayanthara"

noreply@blogger.com (Vicky) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:57:00 +0000

Prabhu Deva, the hottest choreographer, actor and director is turning hot against the media since it has been releasing news about him recommended Nayanthara in many films. Few days back we came across news which reported that Prabhu Deva has insisted Salman Khan and Jeyam Ravi to pair with the actress.

As an initiative to clear this issue, Prabhu Deva has reported to the media that he has no idea of doing any Hindi film as it is not that much easy to take a Hindi film, if you have already posted a huge hit for the trade. Also he claimed that he did not suggest Nayanthara to any actors.

As of now script discussions for his new movie are over and there is talk going around pairing up Prabu Deva with different heroines.

Arya Fixes Deadline For Manikandan

noreply@blogger.com (Vicky) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:52:00 +0000

Previously actor Arya was linked with director Manikandan for the film ‘Chikku Bhukku’. The film is been produced by Metro Film with Shriya Saran and Preethika taking up the female leads. The shooting schedule has been postponed many times which has made Arya frustrate. He has finally fixed deadline for Manikandan.

Arya has also signed a project with director Bala which is scheduled to be started soon. So, due to the delay with ‘Chikku Bhukku’ he may face some problem with his upcoming ventures. It seems the delay also stands as a barrier not allowing him to sign new projects.

What so ever it will be a great head-ache for Metro Films if Arya hesitates to move ahead with ‘Chikku Bhukku’.

Shruti Hassan Marks Her Foot Steps In Tollywood

noreply@blogger.com (Vicky) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:48:00 +0000

Shruti Hassan, the daughter of Ulaganayagan Kamal Hassan has found a way into the minds of Telugu audience through the promotional video song of the Telugu Version of Kamal’s ‘Unnaipol Oruvan’. She was again in news for signing a project with Prakash Kovelamudi, son of K. Raghavendra Rao, for the movie Siddharth. The latest update from Shruti’s house is that she has bagged the project with Ramacharan Tej.

Another birdie gives us a hot update that Shruti will play a role in the movie ‘Orange’ directed by Bhaskar. The scenes for her part will be shot in places of Mumbai from November 30th to December 15th. According to the birdie, Shruti will be playing some part in the flashback sequences which will act as a good opportunity for her to build her stardom. We hear that Shruti is learning Telugu and expecting more projects in Tollywood.

Let’s wait and watch if we can get a ‘Ullaga Nayagi’.

Sathyaraj To Star In ‘Passenger’ Remake

noreply@blogger.com (Vicky) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:33:00 +0000

‘Passenger’ which was a blockbuster in Malayalam is going to be remade in Tamil soon. The film fetched good review for making an excellent thriller. The film was staring Dileep, Srinivasan and Mamta Mohandas in Malayalam in which Dileep was doing the lawyer role, Mamta Mohandas as wife of Dileep and a journalist and Srinivasan as a passenger who travels in train for his work every day.

According to the source, veteran director-producer K. Balachandar has got the rights of the movie. The movie will be produced under the banner of Kavithalaya Productions. It seems Selvah, who is famous for directing ‘Nan Avan Illai’ will direct the movie. Sathyaraj will take the lead role and ‘Abhiyum Naanum’ famous Ganesh Venkatraman will accompany him. Ganesh Venkatraman will take up the role done by Dileep and Sathyaraj will do the role of Srinivasan. The heroine role is not confirmed yet.

KV Drops Karthi And Approaches Simbhu

noreply@blogger.com (Vicky) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Paruthiveera Karthi, the younger brother of Surya seems to concentrate more on story like his brother does. We all knew that Surya orders his directors to change the sequence of scenes which suits him, that usually contains masala ingredients like opening song and fight sequences. Karthi is following his footsteps, who knows what kind of ingredients he wants? We have to wait and watch!

'Aayirathil Oruvan' has been put into cold storage and has pending post production works, in the mean time Karthi has completed 'Paiyya' and has started working for his next project ‘Naan Mahan Illai’. It seems like K.V.Aanad, the director of Surya starrer Ayan had some salty discussions with Karthi and has dropped his interest on him since he asked him to modify the script. Silambarasan has now gained access to K.V.Anand and he has given instant dates to the director.

Vijay impressed with Dharan?

noreply@blogger.com (Vicky) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:54:00 +0000

Recently released Aadhavan’s producer Udayanidhi Stalin is elated to reveal in a recent interview that his close friend Ilayathalapathy Vijay has showed interested in working with him for his 51st venture. But the current hot update which is moving around is Vijay has signed up the venture with Jayam Raja which is to be produced by Aascar Ravichandran.

Another update which makes the Vijay fans puzzle around is that 'Paarijatham' fame Dharan will score music for it. Vijay has showed interest in working with the young lad in a recent audio launch. In the same audio launch Jayam Ravi also revealed that his brother Jayam Raja wishes to sign Dharan for his upcoming project. Sources close to the Actor says that the news is true and Vijay will be dancing to the tune of Dharan. He has also composed music for the recently release 'Siddu Plus Two First Attempt'.

Urvasi To Take-Up Mother Role Simbhu’s ‘Vaaliban’

noreply@blogger.com (Vicky) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:58:00 +0000

Simbhu is ready with the script of ‘Vaaliban’. The actor got a gap from Gowtham Menon’s ‘Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya’ as the director got busy with the Telugu version of the film. Simbhu has completed the script in the mean while. The remaining portion of ‘Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya’ is expected to be completed by December.

‘Vaaliban’ is been produced by SS Chakravarthy and the shooting of the film is expected to start by January 2010. Simbhu was searching for an actor to do the mother role in the movie. The news from a source is that he has signed actor Urvasi for this. It seems that Simbhu had talks with Anushka to take up the heroine role. There is also news coming up that the actor has signed Meenakshi as second heroine.

Endhiran Shooting To Wrap-Up Soon

noreply@blogger.com (Vicky) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:54:00 +0000

Shooting of Endhiran, the much awaited movie, directed by Shankar having Superstar Rajinikanth and Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai on the lead role is going to wrap-up soon. It seems there are only few scenes to be shot more.

This film is expected to break many records. This is believed to be the highest budget film ever made in Tamil cinema, most probably Indian cinema.

It seems there are some fight sequences in the climax to be shot which is scheduled at VIT College. Endhiran making started with the song sequence in Peru and it has reached this stage with shooting in Goa, Chennai and Vellore. According to the source 90-95% of the shooting is over.

Dev Gill To Take Up The Baddie Role In 'Sura'?

noreply@blogger.com (Vicky) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:53:00 +0000

The latest hot news of Kollywood is that, Dave Gill, a famous villain in Tollywood is going to take up the baddie role in Vijay’s 50th film ‘Sura’. David Gill is famous for his great performance in ‘Magadheera,’ a Telugu movie.

As Tamil audience have seen Prakash Raj and Sayaji Shinde in the villain roles in most of the recent Tamil movies, the directors are trying to import some famous faces from Bollywood and Tollywood. Bollywood actors like Rahul Dev took the villain role in Aadhavan and Salim Ghosh is doing as baddie in Vettaikkaran. David Gill joins this list now!

Prakash Raj Honored With National Award

noreply@blogger.com (Vicky) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:44:00 +0000

Prakash Raj, who is famous for villain roles and who is capable of doing any role given to him in his own way has been honored with National Award for his excellent performance in ‘Kanchivaram’.

Prakash Raj on Wednesday received the award from our president Pratibha Patil. The director of ‘Kanchivaram’, Priyadarshan was also present for the function to receive his award for best direction. On the same stage Shankar Mahadevan was awarded the best male singer award and Shreya Ghosal received the best female singer award. Manna Dey a legendary singer was given Dadasaheb Phalke award for his contribution to music.

Prakash Raj on the occasion said, "I think my highest payment in my career, which I have received, is for ‘Kanchivaram’ and that is the National Award."

Bhagyaraj’s Film For His Son Shanthnoo Is Ready!

noreply@blogger.com (Vicky) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:51:00 +0000

Bhagyaraj, who is famous for his direction, acting and story writing, is back with ‘Siddu Plus Two First Attempt’ with his son Shanthnoo on the lead role.

Shanthnoo’s first film was Sakkarakati which did not do well in the box-office. Bhagayaraj is trying to make his son a good romantic hero with this romantic comedy script. He believes that his new film will be liked by the youths.

The film is whole based on Shanthnoo and Chandni who belong to different cities fail in their public examination. So they decide to run away from their family afraid to face their parents. They both meet in Chennai railway station and what happens after that is the story of ‘Siddu Plus Two First Attempt’.

The Audio is scheduled to be released by 31st October in Sathyam cinemas. Many popular personalities of Kollywood are expected to attend the function.

Director Hari And Dhanush To Team-Up

noreply@blogger.com (Vicky) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:48:00 +0000

The latest hot news of Kollywood is that, commercial filmmaker Hari and actor Dhanush are going to join hands together for an untitled project. Director Hari has already given commercial hits with actor Vikram, Surya, Vishal and Bharath. Right now the director is busy with Singam. It seems the upcoming project may hit the screens by June of next year.

The movie will be produced by Bharathi Reddy of Vijaya Vauhini. The same producer produced Thamirabarani for Hari were actor Vishal stared as hero.

Currently Dhanush is also busy with Aadukalam and Maappilai. So the work of the new movie will be started once they complete their respective movies.

Anushka Is The Heroine For Karthi’s Upcoming Venture!

noreply@blogger.com (Vicky) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:31:00 +0000

‘Paruthiveeran’ famous Karthi and ‘Arunthathi’ and ‘Vettaikaran’ famous Anushka are going to pair up in Karthi’s next project after ‘Paiyya’. The name of the director and the crew members have not been disclosed yet. The actor is currently busy with ‘Paiyya’ directed by Lingusamy which is in the verge of completion and ‘Naan Mahaan Alla’.

Previously it was Surya who referred Thamannah for ‘Paiyya’ to his brother and it is again the same actor who referred Anushka to Karthi's new project.

As of now the Tamil audience are eagerly waiting for the release of ‘Aayirathil Oruvan’ which is been scheduled to be release by this December.

Aadhavan Movie Review - Not Up To The Mark

noreply@blogger.com (Vicky) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:32:00 +0000

Movie Name: Aadhavan (2009)

Star Cast: Surya, Nayanthara, Murali, Vadivelu, Shiyaji Shinde, Rahul Dev, Saroja Devi

Director: K.S. Ravikumar

Music: Harris Jayaraj

Banner: Red Giant Movies

Producer: Udayanidhi Stalin

The much awaited 'Aadhavan' is finally on screens for this Diwali. But it seems that the film has not matched the expectation it had. It is the same old commercial film which Tamil cinema has been seeing so long. New elements are totally lacking in the film. Surya is been shown in a negative role from the beginning and the secret is been opened in the end. This is totally a drawback for the film. Maybe, we must say that director KS Ravikumar has tested the patients of audience.

Aadhavan is a very ordinary story about a contract killer and a sharpshooter who is proficient in killing people. Abdullah (Rahul Dev) and Aadhavan's (Surya) father Shiyaji Shinde makes a huge deal and Aadhavan has been deputed to kill a magistrate which is actor Murali. Aadhavan makes his first attempt but misses the target. The second time, he tries to kill him when he is on a holiday with his family. He enters the family with the help of Vadivelu and try to become one among them so that he can kill the magistrate with ease. But he fails again. He realizes that something destroys his plan. Then the flashback of Aadhavan is been unveiled which is the turning point in the movie.

Nayanthara totally does not suit the film. She looks old and seem like an odd pare to Surya. Saroja Devi has done her part well. An attempt of showing Surya as a ten year old boy does not seem to be a success. It totally seems to be artificial and computerized.

About the good part of the movie, the costumes are nice. The dresses used perfectly suits both Nayanthara and Surya in all songs. Surya has been constantly paying close attention in his costumes in all his movies to match the Bollywood films.

Late actor Murali has done a very good job. Shiyaji Shinde is a good actor but has been badly used. May be he must stop taking roles like this which spoils his image. Rahul Dev has done ok. Vadivelu has done his portion well.

That is all about it. There is nothing much to talk about this movie. It may do well in the boxoffice but 'Aadhavan' does not seem to deserve it.

Overall Rating: 5/10