Archive for August, 2008
Monday, August 25th, 2008
Media One Global Entertainment, the producers of the Jayam Ravi starrer ‘Dhaam Dhoom’, has come up with a plan to fight piracy. According to Surya Rajkumar of Media One, ‘a 24-hour anti-piracy cell with ten dedicated phone lines will be opened at our office and people can inform them if they come across pirated CDs of ‘Dhaam Dhoom’ anywhere.’
‘Media One has joined hands with Tamil Thiraipada Padhugappu Kazhagam, floated by producer K Rajan and the fan clubs of actor ‘Jayam Ravi’, in order to fight piracy’, said Surya Rajkumar.
‘The phone lines (numbers to be announced soon) would be open round-the-clock and the general public can contact them anytime’, he added.
Dhaam Dhoom features ‘Jayam’ Ravi, Jayaram, Kangana Ranaut and Lakshmi Rai in lead roles. Cinematographer – director Jeeva, who commenced the movie passed away while shooting in Russia and his associate G K Manikandan has managed to complete the movie.
The movie has music by Harris Jayaraj. Also in the Dhaam Dhoom team are Pa Vijay and Na Muthukumar (lyrics), S Ramakrishnan (dialogues) and V T Vijayan (editing). The movie will hit the screens on 29 August.
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
It looks likely that Asin might be roped in to play Vijay’s heroine for his next film ‘Vettaikkaran’, to be produced by AVM Balasubramaniam and directed by Babu Sivan, a former associate of Dharani.
Asin is currently shooting abroad with Salman Khan for a Hindi movie titled ‘London Dreams’. The movie will be completed in about two months’ time. It looks likely that if she is free by October, she can accommodate dates for the Vijay starrer. The Vijay-Asin couple is considered a safe bet in Tamil Cinema.
Meanwhile, Asin’s maiden Hindi venture ‘Ghajini’ is nearing completion and would hit the screens very soon. She plays the role enacted by her in the Tamil original. Aamir Khan plays the lead role in which director Murugadoss is wielding the megaphone.
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
Actress Sneha has been assigned to don the lead role in a movie which is to be made simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu. This film is an inspired version of the Vijayashanthi starrer ‘Vyjayanthi IPS’ which was released in the 1980s.
The action-packed flick featuring Vijayashanthi as a honest police officer was loaded with action. She fought corrupt politicians and police officers in the movie. This performance fetched her the National Award for best actress.
Sneha has reportedly agreed to do the remake of the movie which would be directed by Aarthy Kumar. The latter had directed films including ‘Sound Party’ featuring Sathyaraj before.
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
Actress Ramba was admitted to a private hospital in Chennai on Monday following food poisoning.
She was given immediate medical aid and her condition is said to be stable. A popular actress Ramba is currently hosting a dance show called ‘Maanada Mayilada’ for a private satellite channel. The whole crew of the show was by her side at the hospital.
Ramba stormed Tamil Cinema with ‘Uzhavan’ opposite Prabhu. She followed it up with films like ‘Ullathai Alli Tha’, ‘Arunachalam’, ‘Kadhala Kadhala’ among others.
She produced and enacted a major role in ‘Three Roses’. Ramba is also a very popular actress in Tollywood. Ever since she was hospitalized rumors were abuzz that she had attempted suicide. However sources close to the actress confirmed that it was due to food poisoning.
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
Sithara is one actress who surprised a lot of Malayalees with her instant popularity in other language films especially Tamil. Certainly the forerunner of present day heroines who make it big in Tamil and Telugu, she maintained her popularity in other languages for half a decade, particularly in the early nineties.
After a gap of a few years, the actress has now planned to make a come back to cinema. ”Mirgam” fame Sami’s new flick will feature her in a prominent role as the heroine to Raj Kiran. Sithara will face the camera for this movie, from the first week of September. The movie will feature Aadi and Sreedevika in lead roles.
Sithara also seems to have plans to make a comeback to Malayalam films. However her new innings would involve a lot of mature roles.
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
Never again after August 29 is a movie going to release bearing the name of Jeeva, the late cinematographer and director.
‘Dhaam Dhoom’ the last of the visual treats from the brilliant film maker will hit the big screens amid expectations and remorse of the loss of a person whose peak days of glory were yet to come.
The film starring Jayam Ravi, Kangana Ranaut and Lakshmi Rai is a tribute to the creativity of Jeeva who passed away last year while on the task of completing the shooting in Moscow.
The film with a running time of less than 2 hours and 30 minutes has been given a clean U certificate by the censor board.
Jayaram portrays a very significant character and the music has been composed by Harris Jayaraj.
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
Trouble brewed at the office of The Federation of Malayalam Cine Technicians Association (MACTA) in Kerala when two factions resorted to mindless violence. The association’s elections were slated to happen on the 6th and 7th of September.
The current general secretary of the Association is director Vinayan and an opposing group that consists of directors Fazil, Siddhique and Joshi have been quite adamant in ousting Vinayan.
At a time when filing of nominations was taking place, supporters of both groups resorted to violence in which three people were injured including a policeman. As a result the dates of the elections have been postponed.
Violence in Cinema may be appreciated but never off screen skirmish. Hope the film industry learns this quickly.
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
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August 29 will see the two films ‘Jeyam Kondaan’ and ‘Dhaam Dhoom’ fight for audiences in grand fashion. Both films have been designed with youthful splendor with slick cinematography and impressive casts.
‘Jeyam Kondaan’ stars Vinay who shot to the limelight after the stupendous success of ‘Unnale Unnale’, Bhavana and Lekha Washington. Vinay, very much on his way to becoming a heartthrob among girls will be seen romancing Bhavana on screen while Lekha Washingtom plays his sister.
‘Dhaam Dhoom’ showcases ‘Jayam Ravi’ as a medical student who is caught up with unpleasant incidents in Russia. Kangana Ranaut plays the heroine of the film. Incidentally this is the last work of Jeeva who passed away while shooting for this film in Russia. Jeeva’s assistant Manikantan worked as director from where his mentor left off.
The very fact that both these films ooze with youthful fragrance is the key factor behind a healthy competition at the box office. Let’s wait and see which of these films find more favor with Tamil audiences.
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
Ever since actor Karan started playing hero in films he has been donning varied and interesting roles. In ‘Kokki’ he played a naïve rustic simpleton who could be easily taken for a ride. ‘Karupusami Kuthagaitharar’ saw him play a small-time business man and in ‘Thee Nagar’ he portrayed the character of a student leader. In ‘Kathavarayan’ he donned an expressive role of an illicit liquor baron.
In his next flick titled ‘Arthanari’ Karan would be seen playing a transgender person. The film is to be directed by Nandha Periyasamy who had churned out the Arya starrer ‘Oru Kalloriyin Kadhai’.
Karan seems pretty happy to play the challenging role of a transgender person. ‘Gone are the days when transgender people were shown in poor light in films. Movie audiences have begun to understand and respect these people. ‘Arthanari’ would help a lot in making people understand a lot about these people’ said Karan.
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
Looks like Andhra Pradesh is cashing in more on the Nayantara factor than Tamilnadu.
‘Vismayathumbathu’, a Malayalam film directed by Fazil starred Nayantara along with Mohanlal. The film is now being dubbed in Telugu as ‘Suryamukhi’.
Mohanlal solves the mystery of Suryamukhi, who appears only to his eyes in the film.
‘The film will strike the right chord among Telugu audiences’, say circles close to the producers.
According to reports, Koteswara Rao and T Kranti Kumar had bought the dubbing rights with the banner of Sai Naveen Creations.
There are plans to dub the movie in Tamil too, sources say.
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