Rajamouli praises Balakrishna

Ace director S S Rajamouli, is one man who does not shy away from voicing his opinion. Time and again, he has praised many issues and acting performances which had caught his eye.

But S S Rajamoili’s latest praise was for none other then Nandamuri Balakrishna. As soon as he knew that Balakrishna was strongly against distributing money for votes, he took to his twitter page and praised the new Hindupur MLA.

Heard from a close aide that Balakrishna garu didn’t allow money to be distributed for votes in hindupur.if that is really true, #Respect!!! tweeted Rajamouli.

He is currently busy with the shooting of his magnum opus Bahubali which is slated to hit the screens in 2015. Prabhas and Rana plays the lead roles and M M Keeravani composes music.

Prakash Raj to play crucial role in GAV

Actor Prakash Raj was on the verge of being banned a few weeks ago. But things have been normalized and he is back in action again. The character actor is going to be seen in a crucial role in the film ‘Govindudu Andhari Vadele’.

The movie is currently not proceeding with the shoot due to the illness of Ram Charan. The film’s shoot will resume soon and it is expected to proceed in Hyderabad. The movie is being directed by Krishna Vamsi and Bandla Ganesh is the producer.

GAV has Kajal Aggarwal as the heroine and Srikanth is playing a crucial role in the movie.

Rajinikanth appreciates daughter

Superstar Rajinikanth is very happy with his daughter’s work in ‘Kochadaiyaan’. The movie might have received a mixed response in Telugu, but it is doing relatively well in Tamil. The film is being appreciated for its high technical values. Rajinikanth has publicly praised her daughter after the film’s release.

Being India’s first motion capture film, Soundarya Rajinikanth’s work has no precedence in the country and as a result, her work is kind of pioneering. While some of the artist sketches and animation work has scope for improvement, the team’s hard work is apparent and applaudable.

The film has been produced with a big budget by a number of corporate houses and A.R. Rahman has composed the music.

Will Chiranjeevi revive Uyyalavada Narasimha Reddy?

Megastar Chiranjeevi will be making his comeback with the 150th film and the project might be announced in the month of August. While no details are known about the project as of now, speculation in the Industry is going on about the story and technical team.
Many years ago, the story of ‘Uyyalavada Narasimha Reddy’ was considered for Chiranjeevi. This is a subject that has revolutionary themes as well as scope for a powerful characterisation. Will this work for Chiranjeevi now? This is a question that remains to be answered.
All that we know for now is that Geetha Arts or Ram Charan will produce Chiranjeevi’s 150th film. Other details about the project might be out soon.

Parakrama for Mahesh Babu?

A hot new rumour is doing the rounds in Filmnagar. Koratala Shiva is going to direct a new movie with Superstar Mahesh Babu and Mythri Movies is going to produce the film. This movie title might be ‘Parakrama’.
This info has not been officially confirmed by the makers. This is only a matter of speculation for now. The film is going to have a powerful storyline and Mahesh Babu has already given his green signal to the plot and characterisation.
‘Parakrama’ sounds like a good title, so let us wait for an official confirmation regarding the same.

Review: 'Blended' Is Not Just Bad, It's Uninterestingly Bad

send unlimited e animated greetings  cards free
http://www.greygreetings.com/

Adam Sandler Admits He Chooses Projects Based On Where He'd Like to Vacation

It has been a long running joke that Adam Sandler has been planning his films around vacations that he wants to take. Even in our in-house review of Blended, Sandler has been called out for using studio budgets to subsidize his desires to travel to exotic places, hang out with his friends, or be married to [insert name of ridiculously attractive actress here]. In short, Adam Sandler has been making the most expensive series of fake home movies since Cloverfield, and he's never been called out on it. At least, not until his last visit to Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Fittingly, The Onion's A.V. Club was the site to run with the story buried in an innocuous looking clip entitled Adam Sandler On Room Service In Africa. While that was eventually the main thrust of the clip, the opening set up what should have really been the focus of the moment:
Without even letting Kimmel finish his spiel, Adam Sandler just flat out confirmed that since 50 First Dates (a favorite romantic comedy among Cinema Blend staffers), he's been encouraging writers to set their films in places where he can add on to his souvenir t-shirt collection. Although, knowing Mr. Sandler's comedic stylings like we do, it's a better guess to venture that he has a series of photographs involving him peeing his pants in front of various landmarks. He's a regular Miles Davis, that Adam Sandler.

Of course actors are more predisposed to take certain roles over others because they involve an element of wish fulfillment. I won't lie, if I had a chance to go somewhere I've never been in exchange for acting in a movie, I'd greatly consider that opportunity. But if what Adam Sandler is saying is to be believed, he's literally setting these films in various locales regardless of how they effect the plot. In fact, it wouldn't be surprised if the locations were mentioned in the same pitch meeting that the ideas are crafted in. Which means only one thing... Awesome-O is back, and he's got himself an upgrade!
Blended is in theaters this weekend, and I dare you to go see it. After you've seen X-Men: Days of Future Past. And Godzilla. Not to mention Neighbors is still playing. Come to think of it, if you guys want to get creative, you can start listing the movies you'd rather see over Blended. After all, the studios won't stop sending Adam Sandler on vacation, until you let them know you've had enough. For those of you looking forward to the dramatic, Reign Over Me Adam Sandler's return, Men Women And Children will hopefully be serving up some prime cut Sandler sometime this Fall.

Drew Goddard's Daredevil Departure May Mean Sony Wants The Sinister Six Soon

Marvel fans continued to reel with the news on Saturday that Cabin in the Woods director Drew Goddard was exiting Marvel’s Netflix series based on Daredevil, with a new showrunner taking over. The initial belief was that Goddard’s departure meant trouble for the television program. But maybe this means production is ramping up on Sony’s Sinister Six movie, instead.

That bit of new was buried in the THR report on Goddard’s exit, saying that he would transition from Marvel over to Sony, and start prepping the Sinister Six film, for which he has been hired. The trade says Goddard will stay on as a consultant on Daredevil, suggesting less of a "split" and more of a rearranging. In fact, Marvel moved former Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum Steven S. DeKnight as the new showrunner for DD, leaving Drew Goddard room to move on to his Spider-Man duties.

And with good reason. We have written at length about Sony’s need to shake up the stasis surrounding the current Amazing Spider-Man franchise. Though the latest installment of Marc Webb’s series has banked an impressive $640 million worldwide, it is stalling out around $179 million domestically, and reviews (outside of this Web site) have been unkind. When we spoke with Marc Webb on the Amazing Spider-Man 2 press circuit, he made it known that he was unsure if The Amazing Spider-Man 3 would arrive before Drew Goddard’s Sinister Six movie. Goddard’s exit from Daredevil seems to imply that this will be the next Spider-Man movie up to bat for Sony.

Sinister Six

Back in April, we reported that Drew Goddard’s Sinister Six was circling the idea of shooting in January. At the time, it was suggested that the Sinister Six team would consist of Doc Ock, the Vulture, the Green Goblin, the Rhino, Kraven the Hunter and Mysterio. Marc Webb later came out and said that he’d like Kraven for his third Spider-Man movie. Maybe that goes on the backburner.

Here’s what I think – and keep in mind, this is all off the cuff (but coming from an informed location). I think the end of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 did just enough to give Drew Goddard a launch pad for his Sinister Six. We have Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan) assembling a small team. We saw Paul Giamatti’s Rhino in action. I think we’ll see a group forming in Goddard’s movie, and then Kraven will show up in Webb’s third Spider-Man movie to "hunt" the OsCorp creations. That is a storyline being played out in the video game adaptation of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and it makes too much sense not to follow it on screen.

Maybe Drew Goddard’s exit from Daredevil doesn’t suggest problems with Daredevil. Maybe it means a massive greenlight over at Sony. Maybe the June 10, 2016 release date reserved for The Amazing Spider-Man 3 goes to Drew Goddard’s Sinister Six, instead. Maybe Spider-Man’s super group may be coming together sooner rather than later.

Mahesh Babu is 2013′s most desirable man

Superstar Mahesh Babu is a very handsome man and there are no doubts about that. He has topped the charts of India’s most desirable men on a number of occasions and he has repeated that feat yet again.
Mahesh Babu has been chosen as India’s Most Desirable Man for 2013 by readers in a poll conducted by Times of India. Mahesh Babu beat some pretty big Bollywood names to reach the top spot and he expressed his happiness after winning this spot.
The actor is currently busy with the shooting of ‘Aagadu’, which has Tamanna as the heroine. Sreenu Vaitla is the director of this movie. Congratulations Mahesh Babu

Ram Charan in awe of ‘Manam’

The Akkineni starrer Manam, has been the talk of the town everywhere. All those who have seen the film, can stop raving about it. Mega Power star Ram Charan was one among them and attended the stat studded premiere along with his dad yesterday. Charan seemed to have liked the film immensely had only good things to say.
” Manam is -Love,joy,passion,hatred,excitement,its almost every feeling you can imagine and more.Congrats to Nag garu and family.Hats off vikram kumar. Akhil u were sssuperb!!! posted an excited Charan on his Face book page.
Directed by Vikram Kumar, Manam had the three generations of Akkineni actors along with Samanta and Shriya in lead roles. Anup Rubens composed the music score.

Shruti Haasan denies 2 States rumours

Actress Shruti Haasan is not doing the Telugu and Tamil remake of ’2 States’ as reported by some media circles.
The actress clarified the same via her twitter account. ‘I will let you know what my future plans are,she said.
The movie’s remake rights are said to have been acquired by PVP cinema banner. The film is a runaway hit in Hindi and Alia Bhatt played the lead role.

Interview : Samanta- ANR’s sense of humor is out of the world

Manam has been one of the biggest and prestigious films in Tollywood. The film has released worldwide today, and we caught up with one of the female leads in Samantha, for a detailed interview. Let’s see what she has to say.
Q) What made you sign this film ?
A) The script of Manam was so strong that even though the Akkineni family would not have starred in the film, I would have gone ahead and done it. The entire Akkineni family making this film, is just a icing on the cake.
Q) Tell us about your role in Manam ?
A) I have one of the best roles in the film. I have played two different roles in the film which are quite unique. While one role is quite bubbly, the other is on a serious note. I would like to thank the director Vikram Kumar for choosing me for a prestigious film like Manam.
Q) How was it working with the legendary ANR ?
A) I will always cherish those moments all my life. The first time I met him was during the success meet of Ye Maya Chesyave. I still remember the compliments he gave me for my role. Even tough I had only a few scenes with him in Manam, I had a great time working with him. His sense of humor is just out of the world.
Q) Tell us something about the music of this film ?
A) I consider Anup Rubens as the king of melodies. My favorite song in the entire film is the mother song.
Q) How was it working with the director Vikram kumar ?
A) Vikram is such a demanding director. He is adamant, and will wait until you give the perfect shot.
Q) Who has done a better job among the entire ANR family according to you ?
A) Rather than speaking who did the best role in the film, the chemistry that the three of them shared, is amazing. When you watch all three of them in a single frame, it is such an amazing feeling.
Q) What kind of roles attract you, glamor or performance oriented ?
A) It is an obvious answer. Anyone would love to do a performance oriented role.
Q) How was it working with your other co-star Shreya ?
A) Shreya also has a wonderful role in the film. She looks gorgeous and will be appreciated highly for her acting in this film.
Q) Which is your best role till date ?
A) I am very critical about myself and do not easily like my performances. But the role I did in ‘Yeto Vellipoindi Manasu’ was the probably the best role in my career.

Manam takes a fabulous start in the US

The Akkineni multi starrer, Manam has become a hot topic of discussion everywhere. The film hit the screens in the US on the 22nd of June, and has kicked off to an fabulous start.
Almost all the premiere shows were sold out completely, and as the weekend is drawing near, the collections are bound to increase. The film has collected 2,92,081 dollars till date and is going strong day after day.
With Monday being a holiday in the US, this film might soon hit the 1 million mark. Starring the entire three generations of the Akkineni family, Manam was directed by Vikram Kumar and Anup Rubens has composed the music.

Chiranjeevi on Temporary Break

Mega Star chiranjeevi is truly disturbed with the humiliating defeat of Congress party all over India in the last elections. The lowest scores made by their leaders in various states including Andhra Pradesh isn’t going well with the image of Mega Star in Congress higher circles of New Delhi. Yet, chiranjeevi does not want to escape from the duties and he is all set to meet Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi in coming days to discuss on the ways to rebuild the Congress party in two Telugu speaking states.

Meanwhile, Chiru also wants to take a temporary break from politics by allotting enough time for movies so as to complete the milestone 150th film and also look into the future career of Mega Power Star Ramcharan who is currently working on ‘Govindudu Andari Vaadele’ in direction of Krishna Vamsi. It is always good for chiranjeevi to calm down and get pressure drowned off the head by concentrating on films for a while. 

Top Director's Son Into Politics

ndia’s top director Mani Ratnam and his wife, multi talented suhasini are working relentless to offer creative products for South Indian public. Although they might remain on and off the publicity radar yet they are most promising when it comes to quality. When these two are doing such invaluable service to the field of cinema, here is their son Nandan who seems to be no way interested in this area of entertainment.

‘Currently, Nandan is doing a Programming course in Oxford University. He is willing to do Ph. D there. We do not know when he will return to India because he is doing fine with the stream he selected. Moreover, Nandan is more inclined towards politics than cinema. He wants to do good for the society as a policy maker. In the past, he was a leftist and now a rightist. We do not know which Party he is going to join but he will make it into politics once lands in India,’ suhasini said.

Pawan to Question Modi, Naidu

The major motto and goal which Pawan

has set for him-self along with Jana Sena Party is to enlighten the people on questioning the leaders who aren’t performing to their abilities in service of poor and needy. This is the reason why Jana Sena is being established despite there is no political vacuum in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. However, Pawan shook the hands with TDP’s Naidu and BJP’s Modi, luckily both of them are declared as winners in state and center.

Even now, there is no change in Pawan’s voice and he repeats the same to media questions. ‘The rare similarities between my way of thinking and Modi’s personality brought us together. I do not mind working in tandem with any of the parties and any of our leaders who are like minded with my way of thought process. Well, I do not even mind questioning Modi and Naidu, if they go back on promises made to people before elections. Although all the promises cannot be fulfilled, at least they should try to give their best,’ Pawan said.

Mahesh Beauty Landing in Bollywood

Popular model who turned actress with the offer from director Sukumar through the film of ‘1 Nenokkadine’ is kriti sanon. The ‘Aww Tujho Mogh Kortha’ hot babe is now entering into Bollywood with the film of ‘Heropanti’ which is also the debut project for star veteran Jackie Shroff’s son Tiger Shroff. There are high expectations running on this film and Kriti is hopeful to open the Bollywood innings on positive note.

To inform you further, ‘Heropanti’ is a Hindi remake of Telugu hit ‘Parugu’ starring Allu Arjun and Sheila. The Hindi film is directed by Sabbir Khan introducing 22 new talents to industry. In fact, there are no big names attached with ‘Heropanti’ which might see it open to medium collections yet the director is enough confident to say, ‘people will like it because we are saying a good story here.’

Pawan Kalyan Dialogue Used For 'Durada'

Spoof King or Sudden Star Allari Naresh is the top comedy hero who can take a dig at any star hero with sarcastic dialogues spoofing their super hit films and dialogues. One such thing has happened now for Naresh’s new movie of ‘jump jilani’ which is getting ready for a release very soon. We all know the Simham comparison made by Trivikram Srinivas with Pawan Kalyan in ‘Aththarintiki Daaredi’ with the line of ‘Nenu Simham Laantodini. Nenu Gaddam Geesukuntanu, Adi Geesukodu… Migilinadantaa Same To Same.’   

Naresh made a comedy of this dialogue in ‘jump jilani’ trailer saying, ‘Nenu Simham Laantodini. Naaku Durada Vastey Cheththo Gokkuntanu, Adi Kaalitho Gokkuntundi.… Migilinadantaa Same To Same.’ Undoubtedly the dialogue will connect with the audience more than what was expected by ‘JJ’ team and hope that many such punches will be seen in the movie too.

Rajinikanth Magic on Her

When the case is with Rajinikanth, nobody can risk of taking a chance missed. Same do applicable with gorgeous beauty nayanathara who do not want to escape from the offer of dancing besides Super Star Rajinikanth in the new project of ‘Lingaa’ directed by KS Ravi Kumar. Currently, Rajini and his daughter Soundarya are busy managing the release works of ‘Kochchadaiyaan’ hitting the screens in next two days. However, in parallel Rajini is also participating in the shoot of ‘Lingaa.’

Surprise element of ‘Lingaa’ is that nayanathara is being roped in as item girl for one of the songs still be shot. In the past, Nayan worked with Rajini in ‘Chandramukhi, Sivaji, Kathanayakudu’ is now set to dance for a spicy number in ‘Lingaa’ although, she is quite busy with heroine commitments. Such is the magical rapport between Rajini and Nayan.

Ramcharan Replaced by Veteran's Son

The entry of Ramcharan

into Hindi film industry with ‘Zanjeer’ is a disaster. Later on many of the directors and producers approached Chiranjeevi with the proposals of doing second film with Cherry but they do not want to risk so. Best among them is Karan Johar who wanted to do the film based on the book of ‘Immortals of Meluha’ written by AK Tripathi. Film maker Karan felt that Charan will suit to the protagonist character to core and this could offer him a break. Nevertheless, the project did not take off.

Latest we hear is that veteran actor Jackie Shroff’s son Tiger Shroff is being offered the same hero character by Karan. In fact, this is the first book which speaks on Shiva’s trilogy with a Tibetan immigrant Shiva invited into the kingdom of Meluha. One more advantage is Tiger believes in Lord Shiva which makes his real life persona match the reel life characterization. If the deal is finalized, this can be the best film for Tiger.

Aishwarya Rai's comeback film has been confirmed

For nearly two months it was being reported that former Miss World and actress Aishwarya Rai will be making her comeback in silver screen with a film to be directed by Mani Ratnam who introduced her in cinema. However the project has been put on hold as per sources. But fans need not be disappointed. Ash's coming back to scorch the screens is certain.

Aishwarya Rai who had taken a long break from acting owing to her motherhood duties has decided to start acting since her daughter Aradhya who was born in November 2011 has started going to 'play school'. The 'Enthiran' actress has signed a film titled as 'Jazba' to be produced and directed by Sanjay Gupta whose last film was 'Shoot out at Wadala' with John Abraham in the lead role.

Confirming the news in a recent interview, Sanjay has said that, Aishwarya will be playing an out and out action role in the film and she will be performing her own stunts without using a body double. The director has also revealed that Aishwarya is like the hero of the film but was quick to add that the film cannot be called a female centric one. 

The Bachchan Bahu has already performed a few stunt scenes in 'Dhoom 2' in which she was paired up opposite Hrithik Roshan. However watching her in a full-fledged action role will be a new experience altogether.

Mani Ratnam drops the Nagarjuna-Mahesh Babu project

It seems Mani Ratnam has cancelled the Telugu project that he had planned to do as his next after the 2013 Tamil film 'Kadal' which was a colossal failure at the box office. Even the veteran director's actress wife Suhasini had confirmed to media that her husband's next directorial will have Tollywood stars Mahesh Babu and Nagarjuna in the lead roles. But now the director seems to have put off the idea for unknown reasons.

Nagarjuna has revealed in a recent interview that Mani Ratnam had told him that the project has been shelved. He also said he did not know the exact reason for the ace filmmaker's decision. It is to be remembered Nagarjuna had earlier told that he was completely bowled over by the script narrated by Mani Ratnam to him. Mahesh Babu who was supposed to play another lead role in the flick had equal importance. Meanwhile it is also rumored that Mani Ratnam will be directing Telugu Superstar Chiranjeevi in his 150th film that will be produced by the star's son and actor Ram Charan Teja.

We will have to wait for an official confirmation from the director's office.

Vidya Balan to debut in Tamil cinema with Ajith?

The Paa actor may soon debut in a South action film

While all eyes are on the drama unfolding in Delhi, it looks like Vidya Balan is quietly considering her debut in Tamil cinema. The lucky hero is likely to be Ajith. Siva who directed Ajith in the hit film Veeram is currently working on his next script and Vidya Balan could make her Tamil debut in this action film.

This is of course not Vidya’s first brush with southern cinema. She acted in Santosh Sivan’s Malayalam film Urumi that was also dubbed into Tamil. And she won several accolades for playing a Silk Smitha like character in The Dirty Picture, including the National Award for Best Actress. Vidya has also had another experience in regional language cinema. Many mistakenly think that she made her debut with Parineeta whereas in reality, she debuted in the Bengali film Bhalo Theko that also starred Dadasaheb Phalke award winning legend. Many mistakenly think that she made her debut with Parineeta whereas in reality, she debuted in the Bengali film Bhalo Theko that also starred Dadasaheb Phalke award winning legend Soumitra Chatterjee.

There have been other instances of top Bollywood heroines debuting in regional languages. Aishwarya Rai debuted in a dual role in Mani Ratnam’s Tamil film Iruvar before making her Bollywood debut in Aur Pyar Ho Gaya. She returned to the Tamil film industry to act in Jeans, Kandokundain Kandukondain, the bi-lingual Raavanan/Raavan and Enthiran that was dubbed into Hindi and Telugu as Robot. Aishwarya also forayed into Bengali cinema with Chokher Bali.

Deepika Padukone debuted in the Kannada film Aishwarya before making her Bollywood debut with Om Shanti Om. She, or at least a performance capture version of her, will be seen in the Tamil Kochadaiiyaan, which is also being released in several other languages including Hindi and Telugu, opposite Superstar Rajinikanth. Deepika’s turn as a Tamil girl in Chennai Express was much appreciated, despite her atrocious accent.

Historically, heroines who have acted across Indian languages are plenty, and audiences have accepted them much more than cross-language heroes. The most famous examples are Sridevi, Jayaprada, Rati Agnihotri, Padmini and Vyjayanthimala to name but a few. The ethereal Manisha Koirala had some memorable films in the south including Muthalvan, Indian and Bombay while graceful legends Suchitra Sen and Sharmila Tagore successfully straddled the Bengali and Hindi film industries.

Tamannaah Bhatia debuted in Bollywood with the forgettable Chand Sa Roshan Chehra but thereafter forged a successful career in the Telugu and Tamil industries and is one of the most sought after leading ladies there. Her re-entry into Bollywood with Himmatwala is a well-documented disaster. It remains to be seen how much of a role she will have in Humshakals, with three each of Saif Ali Khan, Ram Kapoor and Riteish Deshmukh hogging screen time; or in It’s Entertainment where she’ll complete for eyeballs with Akshay Kumar and a dog.

Screen time is what will be interesting to see if Vidya Balan signs on for the Ajith film. Ajith’s directors love him and so does the camera and in each of his recent films the gaze is firmly upon him, scrutinising his every languid action and every flick of his salt and pepper coiffure. Vidya these days is used to acting in only author-backed roles. Just how much of that she’ll get in an Ajith vehicle is debatable.

Shankar will announce 'Ai' release date

Director Shankar's upcoming magnum opus 'Ai' starring Vikram and Amy Jackson in lead roles willbe releasing in eight languages across the globe. As per sources close to the film the Tamil dubbing for the film has been completed and the 'Nanban' director has started supervising the dubbing work for other seven languages. 

Another news from a reliable source confirms that the film may not release in June as reported earlier. The delay is caused because, Shankar, the strict perfectionist is not satisfied with the VFX work and he wants to redo the same. Also the film's composer A.R.Rahman has sought some more time to complete the re-recording for the mega budget venture produced by V.Ravichandran under his Ascar Films banner.

Sources aver that Shankar himself will officially announce the release date of 'Ai' during the audio launch of the flick that is scheduled to take place in the month of June.

Rajni’s Linga to be shot in Mysore Palace

The principal shooting of superstar Rajnikanth’s upcoming film Lingaa, is all set to be shot in the prestigious Mysore palace. Already the the first schedule has been completed, and in the process, the entire unit will move to Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad for the second.
Once this schedule is done, the unit will film some key scenes in the prestigious Gold Room of the palace. Initially the team was denied permission, but with some higher officials got into action, the permission was eventually given.
This is perhaps the first time that a film unit will be allowed to be shot in the Gold room which the Mysore Maharaja used to live. The entire room is made out of gold, and one song and some key scenes have been planned there.
Linga has Sonakshi Sinha and Anushka Shetty in the lead roles. K S Ravi Kumar is the director, and A R Rahman provides the music.

Shruthi Hassan loving it in Coimbatore

Shruthi Hassan is currently enjoying a successful run in both Bollywood and Tollywood. With block buster films like Balupu and Race Gurram, Shruthi is hot property in T-town.
She is currently busy shooting for Vishal’s movie in Coimbatore, and is having a lot of fun there. “Shooting in coimbatore – such a lovely place! And the yummiest food #poojai #sun #workathon”, tweeted the actress.
Shruthi is paired opposite Vishal for the very first time in this Tamil flick, which will eventually be dubbed in Telugu. This action entertainer is directed by Hari, who had earlier delivered a block buster with Singham.

Break time for Vijay

After continuous shoot schedules at various locations across the country, team 'Kaththi' has taken a break for a week's time.

Preceding the break, director A.R.Murugadoss had shot some important portions in a grand set erected in Chennai. Soon after the break the shoot will resume with an action planned to be shot with the film's hero Vijay. Team 'Kaththi's is working round the clock to complete the shoot as scheduled and release the film for Deepavali 2014.

Anirudh Ravichander has completed composing four tunes for his maiden project with Vijay as well as as Murugadoss.

The film is being produced on a grand scale by Ayngaran International and Lyca Entertainments. It stars Vijay in dual roles and Samantha is the lead heroine.

Ajith's literary contribution

Everyone knows that Ajith has many passions apart from cinema. We have heard news and seen photos of the actor's driving and aero-modelling skills. Now what may surprise many is that the 'Arrambam' actor has contributed something to the literary world also.

Ajith has been highly inspired by 'Aathichoodi' a collection of single-line quotations written by ancient poet Avvaiyar and organized in alphabetical order of Tamil language. The modern version of 'Aathichoodi 'has been written by our National Poet Subramaniya Bharathiyar who lived in the 20th century.

Ajith's admiration for Aathichoodi has led him to translatr it in English. He has also published what he has translated as a small booklet and has been distributing it to people close to him since he believes everything required to live a happy life is available in that set of guidelines given by Avvaiyar.

Ajith has also started following many guidelines prescribed in 'Aathichoodi' in his real life. Too.

Rathnavelu prioritizes Rajini's call

Acclaimed Cinematographer Rathnavelu has been rejecting many offers since he has been secretly doing the groundwork his directorial debut. However he has put his direction plans at the back seat and signed the offer to crank the camera for Superstar Rajinikanth's  'Lingaa' that will be directed by K.S.Ravikumar.

Rathnavelu says he has been receiving quite many offers from Tamil and Telugu industries after seeing his work for 'Endhiran' and Nenokkadine.' He says he let go them because he wanted to started writing the script for his directorial debut which has been his seven year long dream. However Rathnavelu accepted the offer to work for 'Lingaa' just because Superstar called him up and requested him to work for the film. Rathnavelu has also said that he admires the Superstar and can not disappoint him.

Rathnavelu has also revealed that 'Lingaa' will be a action entertainer like 'Muthu' and 'Padiayappa' the earlier film directed by Ravikumar with Rajini.

'Lingaa' star Rajinikanth in dual roles. Anushka and Sonakshi Sinha have been confirmed to play the heroines and A.R.Rahman will be composing the music. The film has been launched in Mysore today (May 2).

Sudheep and Santhanam with Rajinikanth

Superstar Rajinikanth's 'Lingaa' has been launched in Mysore today (May 2). The film directed by K.S.Ravikumar and produced by Rockline Venkatesh will have Anushka and Bollywood beauty Sonakshi Sinha playing the lead heroines for two roles to be played by Rajinin in the film. Popular Telugu actor Jagapathi Babu has been roped in to play an important role in the flick.

Now we have learnt from reliable sources that Sudheep of 'Naan Ee' fame has been approached to play a friend-turned-foe to Superstar in the film. Sources add that the director has narrated the script and to Sudheep who is yet to take a call on the offer. It is worth remembering that Sudheep will play 'Ilayathalabathi' Vijay's villain in the latter's 58th film to be directed by Chimbudevan.

Another source claims that ace comedian Santhanam is also being approached for a role in 'Lingaa.' It is said that the director is keen on having Santhanam on board for the project. Santhanam has already acted with the Superstar in 'Kuselan' and 'Enthiran.'

Let's wait for an official confirmation on the villain and comedian of 'Lingaa'

T.Rajendhar's role in Vadivelu's debut

Popular Actor-director Rajkiran is being credited for introducing  Vadivelu as a sidekick comedian in 'EN Rasavin Manasile' that released in 1991. However little was known about the ace comedian's real on screen debut unless he revealed it in a recent interview. Nevertheless Rajkiran deserves credit indeed for introducing Vadivelu in a noticeable role that has helped him reach the position he is in today.
Vadivelu said that when he visited Chennai for the first time he was not having any intention to enter cine field and he just went to the AVM studios for passing free time. The shooting of T.Rajendhar's super hit 'En Thangai Kalyani' was going on at that time. An unknown face was required for a cycle driving scene in the film and T.Rajendhar selected Vadivelu who was one of the onlookers, as the suitable person to enact the scene. This is how Vadivelu made his on screen debut. Vadivelu added that after seeing the film many of his friends and well-wishers in his hometown near Madurai wanted him to try his luck in films since they had identified his acting potential in the number of dramas he had acted.

This encouragement had lead Vadivelu to makeup his mind to act in films and he came to Chennai to search chances. Rajkiran was kind enough to offer him a role and what followed next is history.

Till this day, Vadivelu remains one of the most successful comedy icons of Tamil cinema and he has carved a niche for himself with his unique comedy style.

STR says Marriage has to wait

While many of his peers have got married and also got children, Silambarasan aka STR remains one of the eligible bachelors in Tamil film industry. The actor's well publicized love relationship with his co-stars Nayanthara and Hansika have broken up.
The young actor who is on the verge of completing his long delayed project 'Vaalu' has opened up about his future plans in a recent interview. To a question on when he prefers to get married, Simbu said he has become more spiritual in recent times and he is yet to ascertain whether marriage will be the right choice for him or not. He also said he cannot force his life partner  to be spiritual like him and that is also the reason for which he feels marriage has to wait for some more time.

Speaking about the short lived love episodes in his life, the 'Manmadhan' actor said his love remains same like the 'God' but the girls keep changing like there are many religions.

The man needs no introduction and along with May day, entire Tamilnadu also rejoices for this great man's birthday. Ofcourse we all jointly celebrated Thala's birthday yesterday with a lot of pomp and pleasure.

Here is a look at how our Thala celebrated his birthday. Having turned 43 this year, Thala Ajith was happy about his completion of Veeram that released earlier this year. Wanting to spend some quality with family, Thala spent his birthday his near and dear ones including his best buddies.

Known for his humane nature and knowing the generous contributions he does on his birthday, there were blood donation camps done at various places. Of course the fans also had a fun time cutting cakes for their thala.

What was amazing to find out was that over 2000 fans gathered at his residence at Thiruvanmiyur to celebrate and rejoice. Ofcourse with the social media in boom, fans went crazy in conveying their wishes. Tweets counting up to a few thousands and Facebook statuses adding up to few thousands too went viral, all dedicated to the wonderful man.

This birthday yet again was celebrated in a special manner considering the movie 'Amarkalam', the first movie with wife Shalini, his 25th film in his career was re-released at many places. The one's who love the outdoors chose this option. Ofcourse the television lovers chose to watch him on screen, at home at the comfort of their couch. 'Veeram' blocked for the evening primetime was the one much awaited amongst all. 'Aarambam' too was telecast on TV, which ofcourse was also one of his hit film in the recent past.

We definitely can understand how happy every fan was celebrating one of the wonderful actors' of South India's birthday. Raaga.com takes this occasion to wish the actor many more years of success.

Kochadaiiyaan

The Tamilnadu Government fixed ticket rates for various kinds of theaters and charging any amount beyond the maximum rate is legally punishable. However many theaters across the state have been charging exorbitant rates for tickets during the opening weekend of films having star value. They capitalize the mad rush of fans to watch their favorite star's films on the first day. These violations hardly come under the eye of law.
However an organization called 'All India Consumer-Human activity against Anti corruption and Crime' has initiated a campaign to put an end to this illegal technique followed by theatre owners to mint money.

As Superstar Rajinikanth's magnum opus 'Kochadaiiyaan' is gearing up to release on May 9, a statement from the consumer organization has urged film buffs to not buy tickets by paying more than the stipulated rate and to check whether the name of the theatre, rate of the ticket etc have been mentioned in the ticket.  If these details are not printed on the tickets or if the tickets are sold at a rate more than what has been stipulated by the Government, the movie goers are urged to launch a complaint with the nearby police station or Commissioner Office or district Collector office in the case of rural areas. The organization has assured that those who present a copy of FIR or CSR filed on such complaints will be rewarded with a special prizes.

This has been done as an initiative to increase consumer awareness on violations in fixing movie ticket rates and formulate steps to curb them.

Movies named after stars are not new and it creates a emotional stretch between the fans. Now the latest to join the bandwagon is the bilingual which has mahat in the lead. The film is titled as Simbu, yes in accordance with the actor. How can we forget this youngster from the stylishly portrayed Mankatha to his latest pongal release Jilla.

The charming lad is also a close buddy of STR. So with a title as simbu, is it because of their friendship or sheer coincidence? Well when quipped about this to the young sensation simbu, he is said to have retorted that the film has a requirement for such a title and he has no qualms in Mahat using it. The upcoming flick is also bring made in Telugu simultaneously as Puri Jaganath another major star. Well an interesting catch indee

d.