Tamil Superstar Rajinikanth and family Elated!!

The coming of a newborn into a family is always a joyous time. Rajinikanth and family, who were just celebrating the engagement of his second daughter Soundarya, are equally excited awaiting the arrival of the second child of Aishwarya, his elder daughter! Rajinikanth, who is a very dedicated and adoring dad, is quite the pampering grandfather to Aishwarya's first child, Yatra. He is at the beck and call of the three year old, and indulges in the kid's every whim and fancy [He supposedly even bought an entire train compartment and set it up in their backyard just to amuse Yatra!]. And now grandpa is going to have a tough time dividing his attention betweem Yatra and the next baby! Aishwarya and husband Dhanush are natually overjoyed about having a second child. We are pretty sure that grandpa Rajni's and dad Dhanush's call sheets are going to be so overloaded with baby time, their next directors are going to have a difficult time scheduling their movies!

Source:Galatta

Tamil Actress Rambha's Wedding Pictures- Exclusive.

Tamil Actor Karthi's Movie Paiyya declared a Hit!

Actor Karthi is on Cloud Nine because his latest film Paiyya has been declared a hit. When asked if he would concentrate only on mass movies now, he said, "I've just started my career and at this stage, I'm open to doing as many masala flicks as I can. I've played heavy characters in my first two films. Now, I want to play the mass hero who bashes up all the villains. But after a few years, I'll definitely do films like Paruthiveeran. When a reporter asked if he would act in a film with his brother, he humorously replied, "Definitely! But we will not play brothers or friends. Suriya will play the hero and I will play the villain."

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Tamil Mega Star Vijay's Movie Sura Reaches the final stages.

Ilayathalapathi Vijay's 50th Tamil film Sura, being directed by S.P. Rajkumar, has reportedly finished its shooting schedule and is in its final stage. Sura is expected to grace theatres on April 14. This is the first time Vijay and Tamannaah come together in lead roles. Produced by Sangili Murugan, Sura is Ilayathalapathi Vijay's 50th film. Tamannaah has reportedly upped the glamour in this typical and proper masala movie. Sources reveals that Vijay will don the role of a fisherman in Sura which has music by Tollywood sensation Mani Sharma. The duo have worked together in Shahjahan, Youth, Pokkiri, Thirupachi and many more. Most of them were chart-busters, so let's hope Sura repeats the magic again.

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Tamil Films a bad influence in Malaysia?

A Malaysian Indian official has blamed Tamil cinema for young people from the community taking to crime.

N.V. Subbarow, education officer of the Consumer Association of Penang (CAP), was quoted by Malaysia Namban newspaper as saying that the "incidence of crime among Indian youths was related to violence depicted in Tamil films".

Malaysia's estimated two million ethnic Indian community is predominantly Tamil that watches Tamil films, mostly sourced from India.

Subbarow said that so far no concrete action had been taken to cure such social ills as the government, politicians and community were "too busy blaming each other", The Star newspaper said Monday.

Ethnic Indian leaders generally complain of falling moral and social standards among the community due to lack of adequate religious and moral teachings.

Source: IANS

Tamil Super Hit Director Murugadoss signs Shruti Haasan.

Filmmaker AR Murugadoss, the man behind the blockbuster 'Ghajini', has signed Kamal Haasan's daughter Shruti and Tamil superstar Suriya for his next project.

Suriya, who will soon be making his Bollywood debut, has previously worked with Murugadoss in 'Ghajini', whose Hindi remake starred superstar Aamir Khan.

Shruti, who made her movie debut with 'Luck', has been creating waves not only in Bollywood but also in the South. She had composed the music for 'Unnaipol Oruvan' and is currently working on a Telugu movie.

The new untitled film with Murugadoss is her debut in Tamil cinema.

The music composer for the film is Harris Jayaraj and the cinematographer is Ravi K Chandran. Udhayanidhi Stalin will produce the movie, which begins shooting this April.

Tamil Cinema's Top Comedian Vadivelu in Tamil Movie Medhai.

Ramarajan, who has given some classics like Karagattakkaran, is all set to come back with a difference. It had already been announced that he will act in Medhai (also referred to as Methai) in the lead role. It is well-known that the Ramarajan-Goundamani-Senthil combination has always been a huge hit among movie buffs. But in Medhai, Ramarajan will team up with comedian Vadivelu for the first time in their careers. Medhai will be directed by N.T.G. Saravanan, who had worked as an assistant to director Hari. Story, screenplay and dialogues have been written by him, and he would like to emulate his teacher Hari and produce commercial hits. The film is being produced under the banner of Kalaimagal Koodam.

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Tamil Movie Star Sarath Kumar Injures himself while performing stunt for Movie

Popular South Indian actor Sarathkumar suffered a hip fracture while performing a daring action scene for his upcoming Kannada film Sarathy near Puducherry. The star was admitted to a private hospital immediately and the shoots are momentarily halted. The doctors have advised him complete rest for a month, so he will be out of action for this period. Sarathy is directed by K.S. Selvaraj and stars Sarathkumar, Kannada actor Darshan and Sneha in prominent roles. We wish Sarathkumar a speedy recovery.

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Southern Hottie Illena Back to Tamil Movies?

Illeana is one of the top actresses in Telugu cinema, and Kollywood producers have been trying to lure her to Tamil cinema for a while now. She had earlier debuted in Tamil in Kedi opposite Ravikrishna and Kollywood's current hot property Tamannaah. Illeana, the petite Goan beauty and the queen of Tollywood, was in Chennai recently to launch the dance studio of choreographer Shobi. About her upcoming film with Vikram, she said, "At the moment, talks are still going on. I was excited about doing a film with the Vikram-Vikram K. Kumar combination as the script was very gripping. It's unfortunate that the director has been changed. Now, it's a completely different script. I'm yet to meet the new team and discuss the finalities of the project. I'm keeping my fingers crossed... let's see how it goes." "I look for a significant role. I don't generally like playing roles that have me crying for the hero all the time. I like doing roles that show me as a strong-headed, independent girl," she added. Asked about the importance of learning a language, she replied, "Language is very important. And, if you know the local language, it's such a big advantage. In Telugu cinema, I try my best to memorize entire dialogues but sometimes it becomes a bit tedious. For Kollywood, I'll be prepare myself by watching many Tamil films." Finally, when asked about the her thoughts on Chennai, she said, "I have been to the city on work before and loved being here. I'm looking forward to spending more time here in the future and exploring its sights and sounds. But I think Hyderabad is a superb city too."

Source:Galatta

Award Winning South Actor Prakash Raj to don a Terrorists Role

National award winning actor Prakashraj has acted in almost all likes of roles in films. Apparently, for the first time in his career, he will play a terrorist leader in popular Tamil-Telugu filmmaker Radha Mohan's bilingual action entertainer Payanam being made in Tamil and Telugu. Telugu action hero Nagarjuna plays a police officer in this flick which is his a direct Tamil film after almost 14 years. He was last seen in Tamil in Ratchagan (1997). Talking about the film, Radha Mohan said that the second schedule of the film is currently on at the studio of actor Venkatesh in Hyderabad. The first schedule was completed earlier in Kulu Manali. Third schedule will begin on April 10 at the Ramoji Rao Film City. The film is produced by Dil Raju (Telugu version) and Prakashraj

Source: Galatta

Tamil Cinema's Hot Hero Ganesh set to Woo Bollywood

One of Tamil cinema's super hot finds in recent days is the absolutely good looking Ganesh Venkatraman. The good-looker hid behind the beard of a Sardarji in his debut movie Abhiyum Naanum, but he revealed his handsome face in Unnaipol Oruvan in which he played a no-nonsense cop. In his upcoming action flick Muriyadi, he plays an upright lawyer who goes out of his way to protect the rights of a common man. Playing the common man battling against day-to-day struggles is ace actor Sathyaraj. Now Ganesh Venkatraman is all set to woo Bollywood audiences too. Reportedly the young actor, who is currently busy with Muriyadi, has been roped in by ace Bollywood filmmaker Vikram Bhatt for a Hindi/ Tamil bilingual which will also mark the South Indian debut of Bhatt. When asked about this, he says, "Well, I can't say much about it. They have chosen me as they thought I was right for the character. Talks are going on, I will surely reveal more details once the official announcement is made." Ganesh was also supposed to feature in the much-hyped Malayalam film Casanova with Mohanlal. "It's definitely happening, but has been postponed for a while. It's common for films to get delayed like this; we might start shooting in April," he clarifies.

Source: Galatta

Actress Anuya to appear in Promotional Song for Nanjupuram

Anuya, who made her debut in Kollywood with Siva Manasula Sakthi, will appear for a special promotional song in Nanjupuram, along with small screen actor Raghav. The song will be used for promotional activities and will narrate the outline of the film. Nanjupuram is an upcoming fantasy drama starring Raghav of Jodi Number One fame, Monika and Naren in lead roles. Interestingly, Raghav is also composing the music for this film directed by Charles.

Source:Galatta

Popular South Indian Actress Sangitha Forays into Tamil TV

Popular South Indian actress Sangitha, best known for her performances in Khadgam, Pithamagan, Uyir and Dhanam, is all set to debut in Tamil TV serials with a mystery thriller titled 'Amudhasurabhi' to be aired by Polymer TV. Sources say the actress will do a cameo as Manimekalai in this serial to be directed by Naga, maker of many horror serials like 'Marma Desam' and 'Chidambara Ragisiyam',l appearring only in one episode. Notably, this will not be the first time Sangitha is participating in TV shows. She was a judge on Vijay TV's hit show 'Jodi No. 1' and its two later editions 'Jodi No. 1 Season 2' and 'Jodi No. 1 Season 3'. She was one of the three judges along with S.J. Suryaah and Sundaram in 'Jodi No. 1', Silambarasan and Sundaram in 'Jodi No. 1 Season 2' and Jeeva and Aishwarya Dhanush in 'Jodi No. 1 Season 3'.

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Tamil Mega Movie Endhiran to be delayed?

Kollywood's master filmmaker S. Shankar's forthcoming science fiction film Endhiran, starring superstar Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai in the lead roles, is likely to be delayed for approximately four more months, since the makers have decided to bring Endhiran to theatres as India's first digital stereoscopic 3D film. Sources say the entire post production team now has to work on 250 special effects, which will approximately take four months to complete. Most of the Computer Graphics works are completed, but 200 Complicated Computer Graphics (CG) shots are yet to be completed. Though the post production work is progressing on schedule, the makers are yet to shoot the last schedule, with which all the talkie portions would be completed. Regarding the audio, the last song is in composing and has to be recorded. Endhiran, which started rolling in September 2008, brings back the famous duo of Superstar Rajinikanth and director Shankar after their blockbuster Sivaji, the Boss. The movie marks the re-entry of Aishwarya Rai in Tamil after a long gap. It has choreography by Prabhu Deva, lyrics by Vairamuthu, art direction by Sabu Cyril and cinematography by Ratnavelu. Oscar winner Resul Pookutty handles the sound effects.

Source:Galatta

Tamil Super Star Vijay all set to feature in 3 idiots remake.

Ilayathalapathy Vijay will reportedly play the role of Rancho (originally played by Aamir) in the Tamil remake of Rajkumar Hirani-directed 3 Idiots. Gemini Film Circuit has bought the Telugu and Tamil remake rights of 3 Idiots from Vidhu Vinodh Chopra recently. The company had earlier bought Sanjay Dutt's Munnabhai MBBS from its Hindi producer and remade it in Tamil as the super hit Vasool Raja MBBS with Kamal Haasan. Sources say Vijay loved 3 Idiots and agreed to do it without any change in the story. Noted director Vishnuvardhan was rumoured to wield the megaphone, but declined, citing other commitments in Telugu. Sources say noted cameraman Ratnavelu will handle the camera for the film, which is likely to have music by Vijay Antony. The original Shantanu Moitra music with chart-busters like 'Aal Izz Well' and 'Zoobie Doobie' will be retained. Meanwhile, there are also reports that Sathyaraj has agreed to play the role of Viru Sahastrabudhhe or Virus, as he was called in the film. Jiiva has agreed to play the role of Raju, played by Sharman Joshi. Farhan's role (played by Madhavan in the original) is likely to be played by an upcoming star.

Source: Galatta

Music Wizard A R Rahman Adjudged the Global Icon Of the Year

Double Oscar winning musician A.R. Rahman and the Baadshah of Bollywood Shahrukh Khan were adjudged the Global Icons of the Year at the ongoing FICCI Excellence Awards 2010. Rahman, whose appearance at the event was a closely guarded secret till the last day, said in his acceptance speech, I am glad I made it. It's a new experience. The three day Global Conference on the Business of Entertainment discussed various issues such as piracy and the state of script writers in India. The event commenced with a dazzling closing ceremony comprised of fireworks, performances and awards show. Amitabh Bachchan and Vidya Balan accepted their Best Actor awards for Paa; Ranbir Kapoor won the Entertainer of the year award. 3 Idiots won the best film and Best Director Award. Pritam Chakraborty was presented the best music director award for Imtiyaz Ali's Love Aaj Kal.

Source: Galatta

Actor Madhavan comes back to Tamil Cinema

Director Naveen Rajkumar of Mazhai fame is all set to direct Madhavan in an upcoming Tamil flick. The director will start the project after completing a film titled Modhal starring Bharath. Madhavan, who is currently doing three films in Bollywood, is finally back in Kollywood. He will also play a prominent role in Kamal Haasan's upcoming flick directed by veteran K.S. Ravikumar.

Source: Galatta

Tamil Actor Arun Vijay replaces Super Star Suriya.

Arun Vijay, son of reputed character actor Vijay Kumar, will reportedly replace Suriya in Major Ravi's upcoming Tamil-Malayalam bilingual Kandahar (also starring Malayalam superstar Mohanlal and Amitabh Bachchan). Suriya was chosen to play the role of a commando in the film but had to opt out due to unavailability of dates. It is also reported that Naadodigal girl Ananya has a role in this film. Amitabh will be seen as the father of a passenger on the ill-fated plane that was hijacked and Mohanlal will play a commando chief. Produced by Mohanlal's own Pranavam Arts, the film is inspired by the hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 in 1999. It was hijacked by five Pakistani militants while on its way from Kathmandu to New Delhi on Christmas Eve and was forced to land in three different airports (Amritsar, Lahore, and Dubai) before spending a week on the tarmac in Kandahar with 186 hostages on board. Kandahar will be shot in Delhi, Nepal and Kerala.

Source: Galatta

Tamil Superstar Rajanikanth's Daughter Aishwarya all set to Direct Movie

After assisting director Selvaraghavan in Aayirathil Orivan and Shankar in Endhiran, Aishwarya Dhanush is all set to try her hand in direction. The elder daughter of Superstar Rajinikanth is ready with her script, reportedly a romantic comedy. There are also reports that hubby Dhanush has showed the script to his good director friends Vettrimaran and Mithran Jawahar who suggested some improvements. Sources close to them say that Mirchi Siva and Vishnu of Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu fame are being considered for the lead roles while Vijay Antony will create the music. The film is likely to start after her sister Soundarya's marriage.

Source: Galatta

Southern Star Priyamani was apprehensive to be Part of Trilingual Movie

Reigning South Indian beauty Priyamani, who dons the role of Gangula Bhanumati, wife of Maddelachervu Suri (played by Suriya) in director-screenwriter-producer Ram Gopal Varma's upcoming Hindi-Telugu-Tamil trilingual Rakta Charitra, said that she was initially afraid of working in with Ram Gopal Varma. The National Award winning actress was sharing her experience about starring in Ram Gopal Varma's Rakta Charitra. However, my first trip to Mumbai to complete the shooting changed my perception totally. Working with RGV was a wonderful experience and he was easy to deal with on the sets, Priyamani said. The director took the final decision of casting Priyamani after he was impressed by her performance in Paruthaveeran, for which she won a National Award, it is said. Starring Vivek Oberoi, Shatrughan Sinha (Hindi), Mohan Babu (Telugu) and Radhika Apte in the lead roles, Rakta Charitra is the story of rebel-turned politician Paritala Ravi (Vivek Oberoi), one of the most-feared individuals in the blood-ridden faction politics of South India. The film, currently in its production stage, will be released in late 2010.

Source: Galatta