Clash between Surya and Vijay

It’s official that Suriya’s Aadhavan will take on Vijay’s Vettaikaran, this Diwali! Abirami Mega Mall’s newspaper ads appearing today (August 28), have clearly indicated that both the biggies are going to be their –“Grand Diwali Attraction”. A few days back, Vijay had said in an interview to a newspaper “Vettaikaran will release 100 percent on Diwali day 2009. It's racy entertainer which will be a treat to watch. The audio of the film which has music by Vijay Antony will release in the first week of September. My son Sanjay has danced with...

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Problem for Prabhu Deva film

The Salman Khan starrer ‘Wanted’, directed by Prabhu Deva, is facing a legal hurdle, as the Madras High Court on Thursday directed the producers of the movie, including actress Sridevi, to deposite Rs nine crore within a week failing which orders prohibiting them from screening the film will be in force. A remake of Vijay starrer ‘Pokkiri’, the movie is produced by Sridevi Kapoor, her husband Boney Kapoor and Surendra Kapoor. Justice G Rajasuria passed the orders on an affidavit filed by G G Photo Limited represented by its director Sushil...

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Charmi in Malayalam film with Dileep

Tollywood's charming beauty Charmi, who debuted in Malayalam with director Vinayan's less-than-famous Kattuchembakam in 2002 much before she became the oomph girl of Telugu films, will be the heroine in Dileep's untitled film, scheduled to start rolling in Ooty from September 4 under the direction of veteran Kamal. Charmi came into this project after Mamta Mohandas stepped out due to "severe fever". Sources say that for the last one week, Kamal and Dileep were franticaly hunting for a heroine and finally chose Charmi since as the heroine in...

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Exclusive: Vijay enters politics

Ilayathalapathy Vijay is entering Tamil Nadu politics in a big way. Vijay had earlier launched Vijay Makkal Iyakkam (VMI) on his birthday in Chennai, and later held a meet in Pudukottai. On Sunday, Vinayaga Chathurthi day (August 23), Vijay and his VMI with the tacit support of ruling Congress party in Puducherry (Pondycherry), held a huge public meeting, which was attended by Puducherry Chief Minister V Vaidyalingam. Sify.com team has an exclusive peak of the event. The meeting was organised by Vijay's Pudhucherry fan club president and...

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Simran ready to play Dhanush’s mom-in-law

At a time when a guessing game is on as to who would play the all-powerful mother-in-law role in the remake of ‘Mappillai’, starring Dhanush, Simran says she is ready to take up the challenge. Denying reports that she denied playing the role when approached by the film’s director, the yesteryear heartthrob says, “No one has offered me the role so far. I am ready to act with Dhanush if such an offer comes my way.” Produced by Nemichand Jhabak and directed by Suraaj, the movie’s script, inspired by a Rajinikanth blockbuster of the same title,...

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Shriya to walk the red carpet

  The Shriya starrer “What’s Cooking with Stella?” is due to be showcased for the international audience at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival beginning September 10th. Shriya, who plays an important role in the film, has been invited to walk the red carpet during the event. Excited over this, the actress says that it is an honor to rub shoulders with international film celebrities. She revealed that she has discussed her costumes with her designer. Known for stirring up several controversies for wearing skimpy clothes...

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Shankar to direct Jayam Ravi

Thillalangadi, the remake of the popular Telugu film Kick; will go on floors as planned on August 19th at the AVM Studios. Soon after the customary pooja, the first shot, with Jayam Ravi, will be canned by the ace director Shankar. Yet another piece of info we have from the Thillalangadi team is that actor Vijay will give the inaugural clap, setting the movie rolling. All this is bound to happen at 9:30 am tomorrow (19th August). Jayam Raja will direct his younger brother Jayam Ravi in Thillalangadi. Others in the cast include Tamanna, Shaam...

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Sneha’s morphed photos seized

Cyber crime officials have captured numerous images of Sneha from her tormentor Raghavendra, who was arrested recently following a complaint from the actress. Apart from the morphed images of Sneha with him, Raghavendra was also in possession of various images of her taken apparently without her knowledge in shooting spots. His seized mobile phone also contained messages that were sent to Sneha. The messages are being probed into for further investigations. The cyber crime officials are also planning to interrogate Sneha in this regard as...

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Dr. Kamal Haasan Road in Chennai soon!

A big milestone in Kalaignani Kamal Hassan's career was his golden jubilee in Indian film Industry, which was celebrated recently. The film Industry and his fans are glad and proud about this achievement. Every one has a different plan to celebrate this great occasion in a novel way and here is one of them. Nadigar Sangam President Sarathkumar shared his thoughts on Kamal’s contributions in these 50 years, in a press meet recently. He also said that the big screen celebrities will initiate to rename the Eldams Road as Dr. Kamal Haasan Road...

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Sonia Agarwal and suicide rumours

Rumour mills worked overtime Monday evening saying that Sonia Agarwal attempted suicide dejected over the break-up of her marriage with Selvaraghavan. However, the actress’s family was quick to react to it claiming that she was ‘safe and well’ at their ancestral house in Chandigarh. According to Sonia’s brother, “Why should my sister attempt suicide? She is staying with us in Chandigarh for the past few days. She is fit and fine.” The actress and her filmmaker husband applied for a divorce at a family court in Chennai on Wednesday. Since...

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Karthi pairs with Kajal Agarwal!

Paruthiveeran Karthi has signed his fourth film titled Naan Mahan Allai for his cousin K.E Gjnavel Raja of Studio Green to be directed by Susindran of Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu fame. The hot and happening girl in Tollywood after that mega blockbuster Magadheera, Kajal Agarwal is the heroine of the film. In Tamil, she was last seen in Saran’s Modhi Vilayadu which did not set the cash registers ringing. Karthi is yet to have a release since that pathbreaking Paruthiveeran in February 2007. The latest news is that his Lingusamy directed Paiyya will...

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Suriya’s Aadhavan audio rocks!

The Aadhavan audio will be launched today (Aug 19) evening at Sathyam Cinemas. Shankar will release the audio while Ramanarayanan will receive it, and Malayalam superstar Mohanlal will be the chief guest at the function. Producer Udayanidhi Stalin and director K.S Ravikumar has already popularised one of the numbers from the film tuned by Harris Jayaraj. A, 45 second clipping of the song Hasilie Fisiliye…. sung by Karthik and Harini with rap by Dr. Burn and Maya is being shown at regular intervals on television. Says Harris Jayaraj: “There...

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Madhavan helping the homeless

There is something about Madhavan that make you want to smile – it’s either his boyish charm or the naught glint in his eyes! But there’s one more reason to smile – we really ust appreciate his efforts towards giving stray animals a home.   While most of us pity the plight of the cute pup whining at the end of the street, Madhavan has joined hands with Blue Cross in their endeavour to find stray animals and give them food and shelter. Word has it that he has even bought a piece of land with the intention of building a place to house...

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‘Kanthaswamy’ blows it all!

Kalaipuli S Thanu has spent more than Rs.60 Crores for ‘Kanthaswamy’! When asked about the huge funds spent on the movie, “It would have been incorrect if I had not spent this much on a super hero subject like Kanthaswamy”, justifies director Susi Ganesan. Now here is an interesting scoop to delight the confident team of ‘Kanthaswamy’ and eager fans. Chiyan Vikram’s magnum opus has taken almost all the theatres in Chennai for its release. Moreover when the reservation was opened, an entire week’s tickets were sold out by the same afternoon....

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Nakul turns singer

Nakul sings a song for ‘Kandha Kottai’. The young actor, who is on high after success of ‘Kadhalil Vizhunthen’ and ‘Masilamani’, is shooting for ‘Kandha Kottai’ opposite Poorna. It is a romantic entertainer. The movie has music by Dheena. Interestingly Nakul has sung a song ‘Aval Puruvathai Saithum...’ in his own voice for the album. Plans are on to shoot this song in Paris. The movie is directed by Sakthivel. Says the actor, "I want to establish myself as an actor who can do varied roles. I want my films to be different from each other....

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Super star inaugurates a website

Four Frames preview theatre in Nungambakkam Chennai is known for its state-of-art facilities. This theatre owned by director Priyardarshan has added one more feather to its cap with the launch of its website www.fourframes.co.in on August 10th, 2009. Super star Rajnikanth formally started the website by clicking on it. A report suggests that the website will have various information about Four Frames Entertainments, namely Preview Theatre, Dubbing, DTS Mixing, Dolby Mixing, Editing, Camera and Lights. It was also said that the film industry...

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Kollywood upcoming movies

Vettaikaran Vettaikaran’s shooting is progressing in the AVM studios after the fire accident that slightly disrupted the schedule.   Kandhakottai The Nakul–Poorna starrer Kandhakottai is being shot in and around the Kilpauk area in Chennai.   Yogi Yogi’s last leg shooting is being held in Thiruvottriyur at the famous Vadivudai Amman Koil.   Kutty Pollachi is bustling with activity with the Dhanush–Shriya starrer Kutty team is stationed in the town.   Aadhavan KSR is calling the shots in South Africa for the Suriya–Nayan starrer Aadhavan.   Milaga Director Ravi Mariya’s latest movie Milaga which has Natarajan as hero is stationed in Madurai....

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Asin upset with her imposters on Orkut,

"Hey there... Asin is using Twitter," declares the latest social networking website, and then goes on to give us gems like "I want to act in a Tamil movie" from the actress. There's just one problem. Asin is not on Twitter... or any of the social networking websites. And she can't laugh off the impersonations any longer. Asin has a very serious problem. She has impersonators on all the major social-networking sites. "I was ready to overlook these fake IDs using my name as long as they weren't harmful. But now the problem is getting out of...

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Lawrence to be honoured

Leading choreographer turned hero Lawrence will be honored by the Tamil Nadu Government on the Independence Day with the ‘Humanitarian’ award. The actor is known for his humanitarian and philanthropic activities. He runs homes for the physically challenged and recently conducted a dance programme for them. His trust looks after numerous orphans at him home in Ashok Nagar According to a Tamil Nadu government press release, the award will be conferred on him during the Independence Day celebrations (Aug 15), by the Chief Minister. Lawrence...

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Comedian Santhanam Will Debut In Bollywood

Santhanam is literally going places. He will soon be seen in a Hindi film titled Chinnoo Mannoo, which is simultaneously made in Tamil too. “The producer of the movie, who earlier made Khakhee, is introducing his son in Bollywood and Tamil industry through the film. I play his friend in both the versions,” says the comedian. In a lighter vein, he adds, “Hindi dialogues are not so difficult for me. It takes just five takes for me to okay a shot. In Tamil, I used to okay a shot in two takes.” Santhanam is currently acting in a long list...

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Who is Raavana’s Mandodhari?

Mani Ratnam’s ‘Raavana’ steals a lot of attention, both for good and the dark reasons. He is busy churning out ‘Raavana’, the bilingual project, in spite of lay-backs. The director had at times remade epics into modern day stories ever since ‘Thalapathi’ (story of Karna from Mahabharata). And inspired by ‘Ramayana’, he is working on ‘Raavana’ with lots of diligence to bring it out as a masterwork. As per his plan, for the Hindi version the characters based on Rama and Seetha is played by Abhishek and Aish while Vikram would play the shades...

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Kushboo turns 16, Jayaram is 20!

The Lord of the Rings, special effects team is going to work on Ponnar Shankar. The film based on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi’s novel, directed by Thyagarajan with his son Prashanth in the lead. In the film as per the story line Kushboo, who is playing Thamarai Nachiar, will be turned into a 16 year old maiden while Jayaram will look like a 20 year old youth, thanks to the graphics works of the special effects team from Hollywood! del.icio.us Tags: kushboo,prashanth,m karunanidhi,kollywood gossips,hot Technorati Tags: kushboo,prashanth,m...

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Simbhu on cloud nine

Simbhu is over the moon, narrating his experience of working with director Gautham Vasudev Menon in Vinnai Thandi Varuvaya. Knowing the actor's fondness for direction, how did he enjoy playing the role of an assistant director?  Though his role was made easy in a well-etched character, he had to get the lines right to the director's satisfaction. Simbhu said the movie would be a milestone in his career, in a role which he hoped to bring out other facets of his personality. "There are characters  where you simply live with that and...

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Rahman's son to sing in Tamil

A week after reports claimed that music composer AR Rahman's son Alim would sing in a Hollywood film, the Oscar-award winner today said his son would render voice for Tamil movies too. Speaking at a function to release the album 'Sing along with rhythms', brought out by the students of KM Music Conservatory run by him, Rahman said, 'Alim is just six. He is learning music now and he will certainly sing in Tamil films soon.' On the album he said, 'I am happy that my students have come out with an album. My prayers to Almighty for these students...

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Actor Prakash Raj Denied His Marriage Rumours

Actor Prakash Raj who recently got separated from his old wife has tied knot secretly to Shobarani the Mahila Rajyam Chief at Chennai. Reports claim that Shobha Rani, being a censor board member, had known the actor and that she had even distributed a couple of his flicks which bombed at the box office. Prakash Raj divorced his old wife because of this affair says one of the reliable source.   Prakash Raj married Shobha Rani   Meanwhile, circles close to the actor and the woman politician denied the reports and...

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Mallika Sherawat dance in the Flim 'Raavana'

Mallika Sherawatdance in the movie Raavana Actress Mallika Sherawat who director Mani Ratnam put in a special song performance in the movie‘Guru’ is doing the same thing again. This time actress Mallika Sherawat is rubbing shoulder with the South Indian top actor Vikram for a song. The movie is Raavana which is also directed by the director Mani Ratnamand it is a bilingual production. Among the other top stars in the movie are Abshiek and his darling wife actress Aishwarya Rai. The movie is in fast production in the state of Kerala which...

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Trisha missing from Gopichand's birthday bash

Reigning South Indian actress Trisha, who is currently busy shooting for the Telugu film Shankam opposite Gopichand, recently created an uneasy situation among the crew members when she tried to stay away from Gopichand's birthday bash held last month at the shooting location of Shankam. According to sources, Gopichand had decided to celebrate his birthday on location of Shankam in grand style. While cakes were brought and the place was decked up beautifully to celebrate his birthday, and everyone was present, Trisha was missing. While the...

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Vikram-Gung-ho about Kanthaswamy!

Vikram is gung-ho the way his Susi Ganeshan directed Kanthaswamy has shaped out. Last week before he left for Ooty for Mani Ratnam’s Raavan shoot, he saw the film. Vikram says: “ Kanthaswamy is one of the most stylish films ever made in Tamil, it is class at the same time very mass and racy. The film is fun with lots of entertainment, yet has a serious message to convey.” The songs of the film tuned by Devi Sri Prasad are topping the charts. Says Vikram: “ The songs are chic with oodles of oomph and glamour. Devi’s music and background...

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