 Mamta Mohndas is working round the clock and is as busy as a bee. Mamta who is a popular in Telugu as an actress as well as a singer hails from Kerala and was brought up in Bahrain. There are talks doing the rounds in the film town that Mamta might soon act in a Tamil film with Madhavan playing the lead role. The film might be directed by Selva. Mamta who has done one Tamil film with Vishal got too busy in Telugu that she was unable to give her dates in Kollywood. Mamta has two soon-to-be released films in Telugu titled ‘Victory’ and ‘Homam’. She has also signed one film opposite Venky titled ‘Chinthakayala Ravi’ for which the shoot has not yet begun. Rajinikanth’s ‘Kuselan’ too has a prominent role for Mamta. We wonder where this heroine gets so much energy to do so many different roles. We guess time management is the key! |
Archive for April 30th, 2008
Mamta with Madhavan in Kollywood?
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Namitha’s house on fire!
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Kollywood bombshell Namitha got the shock of her life yesterday evening when her bedroom was on fire.
Namitha stays in a rented house in Numgambakkam, Chennai. She stays in the house along with her aides and has a watchman and imported dogs for her security. Her parents stay in Gujurat, which is their native town.
Usually Namitha is gone for most of the day because of the tight shooting schedule. She is right now shooting for ‘Indira Vizha’ and after shoot she was home by around eight yesterday evening. A tired Namitha turned on the A/C and was trying to catch some early sleep when she saw the fire and her entire bedroom filled with smoke.
The panicky actress called for help and her maids extinguished the fire from the A/C vent. Everything is settled now but for the A/C that is completely burnt.
Namitha, our suggestion would be to install a fire alarm so that you can sleep in peace hereafter.
A day with Rahman!
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Just imagine! If you have a bent for music and if you are creative enough to please the selectors you will win a day to spend with the Mozart of Madras A.R. Rahman.
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The leaders in mobile phones – Nokia and Big Music have are getting together for this music carnival. All the participants have to do is remix two leading compositions of this music icon from the forth coming flick, ‘Ada’ A way of life.
This is the first time ever that Rahman has allowed anyone to remix his compositions. The interesting fact is that Rahman had done music for this film as soon as he completed working for the Aamir Khan-starrer ‘Laagan’.
This competition will go one for a month wherein fans of Rahman can remix two songs ‘Gulfisha..’ and ‘Gum Sum..’ from the album of Ada and remix it using Nokia’s recently launched Nokia XpressMusic mixer application.
For those who are not aware of this application, Nokia XpressMusic mixer application is an online music mixer available on www.nokia.co.in/XpressMusic that has pre-loaded Ada tunes.
The chosen one will get to spend a day with the music supremo and also remix the Ada soundtrack from Rahman’s studio.
Ada-A way of life has new comer Ayaan Ahmad and Nauheed Cyrusi playing the romantic lead pair. The film also stars Ayesha Jhulka, Rahul Roy and Milind Gunaji.
So grab a Nokia mobile and start your remix now!
Dasavatharam audio topping the charts
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008|
Within a week of its release, Dasavatharam audio is being sold like a hot cake in the audio market. Starring Kamal Haasan in ten different roles, the movie directed by K S Ravikumar, has musical score by Himesh Reshammiya. The album has six songs which have the likes of Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam, Kamal Haasan and Himesh rendering their voice. A mix of peppy and hip-hop numbers, the audio is being sold thick and fast. Released by Sony, the audio of Dasavatharam has a huge demand in the market. The producers are happy that it is doing brisk sales. The movie, produced by Oscar Films, will be released very soon. |
All thrilled is Devi Sri Prasad
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
 Devi Sri Prasad, who has composed the background score for Dasavatharam, is happy and thrilled about his work. I am not bothered whether I have composed the songs or not in the movie. All I would say is that I am part of a Kamal Haasan venture. It is a rare honor for me. Expressing his admiration at the work of Himesh Reshmaiya in the movie, he says, he is phenomenal. His songs Kala mattum and Mukundha are my favorites. Devi Sri Prasad adds that he has used Kamal Haasan’s voice for re-recording and he has sung a brief number. I have found a place in the history of Tamil cinema working in Dasavatharam, he says. |
Vasantha Balan going strong and steady
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
 Vasantha Balan, a former associate of director Shankar, has emerged a director to reckon with in Tamil industry. Though his maiden venture Album disappeared without any trace, he bounced back strongly with Veyyil, which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival. He is currently busy wielding the megaphone for Angadi Theru, a movie featuring Thamizh MA fame Anjali in the lead role. Soon after Angadi Theru, Vasantha Balan would be doing a off-beat film for Amma Creations, who is currently producing Saroja directed by Venkat Prabhu . |
‘Captain’ is ready for the finals
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
 Arasangam, the 150th venture of Vijayakanth, will hit the screens very son. The post-production works for the movie directed by Maadesh is almost over. The movie has ‘Captain’ in the role of a professor in a Police Training College. Stunts are always special in Vijayakanth films. But as an added advantage, Hollywood stunt masters have been roped into work in Arasangam. Madhesh says, Arasangam features Vijayakanth in a never-seen-before role. He has trimmed his body to suit the character. It will be an action-packed entertainer with special focus on stunt sequences. In short, it will be a movie for Vijayakanth fans. Navneeth Kaur and Seril Brindo play Vijayakanth’s heroines. Srikanth Deva has scored the music while A Venkatesh has handled cinematography. ‘Pattukottai’ Prabhakar has penned the dialogues, while stunts are by Rocky Rajesh. |
Distribution rights value surges higher
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
 More famous the actors in the film field, everything attached with them increases in value. And if it is the superstar then there is no mention. After the release of Shivaji-the Boss the distribution rights for Rajini’s film have increased many fold. The superstar of Kollywood is right now busy shooting ‘Kuselan’ from Hyderabad. The film is being directed by P. Vasu and is being shot in two languages simultaneously. There is a lot of competition going on to purchase the distribution rights for this film. We have sources suggesting that there will be an auction for this! There is also news making the rounds that Pyramid Saimira has purchased the rights for the Tamil and Telugu version for this film for Rs. 64 crores. ‘Katha Parayumbol’ is the original version which has inspired movie people throughout the country. Rajini will play himself in this film with Kavithalaya producing the film in tamil and Ashwini Dutt producing the film in Telugu. The same film is being filmed in Hindi with SRK playing the lead role and titled ‘Billu Barber’. |
P Susheela bags Swaralaya award
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
 Playback singer P. Susheela has been selected for this years Swaralaya-KPAC Sulochana Award. The award instituted in memory of K P A C Sulochana, the great theater playback artist, which carry a purse of Rs 50,000 is given to female playback artists. The award is given to P Susheela for the great contribution that the veteran artist had made to the growth of South Indian film music. Recognized as one of the greatest stars the world of south Indian cinema has ever known, Pulapaka Susheela, born in 1935 at Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh has recorded several songs in most of the Indian languages including Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada. In her career spanning about four decades, she received National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer five times in 1969, 1972, 1978, 1983 and 1984. In 2001, Andhra Pradesh Government honored her with the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for lifetime achievement to Telugu Cinema. In 2005, she achieved Special Jury Swaralaya Yesudas Award for outstanding performance in music. She is also the latest recipient of Padmabhushan awards. |
Rajini and his Japanese connection
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
 Rajinikanth enjoying a huge fan-following in Japan is well known. All his films since Muthu were released in Japan and they enjoyed good patronage. Muthu released as Dancing Maharajah in Japan witnessed packed audience. Utilizing his popularity in Japan, director P Vasu has roped in stars from Japan to take part in Kuselan along side Rajinikanth. Actors from the foreign country would be taking part in the shooting alongside the actor. |