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Sunday, August 22, 2010

Ayesha Takia at IIJW 2010

Ayesha Takia dazzled the ramp wearing exquisite jewellery at the grand finale of the India International Jewellery Week.

Mallika Sherawat on Bunker Hill magazine Stills

Mallika Sherawat on Bunker Hill Magazine Photo shoot

A Song in Praises of Kamal Haasan

Paramakudi No 1 is a film which has new faces in the cast. Four songs have been recorded for this film. In one of the song will depict the history of Paramakudi and also will have praises for Kamal who is the native of Paramakudi. The song with the line Kamal Sir Pirandhadu Enga Mannuda was written by Kadavul. Samuel Baby has composed the music for this song. Madhu Menon is handling the camera.

Debutant director S Saravana Perumal who has written the story, screenplay and dialogues is directing this film. Murugan and Govindaraja are producing this film under the banner Triple A. New faces Chandru, Prashanth, Mubarak and Hari are starring in this film.

The shooting of the film is to take place in and around Paramakudi. Saravanaperumal while speaking about this film said,” The film is based on the real incidents that took place between 1986 and 2010. We are trying to give a strong message to the society that how to solve a problem which has been bugging us for a long time.”

Naan Mahan Alla Movie Review

Banner: Studio Green
Cast: Karthi, Kajal Agarwal
Direction: Suseendran
Production: K E Gnanavel Raja
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja

Expectations were literally bigger than before as Susindran and Karthi joined hands together. These personalities share a common history of success in film industry and together they have outmatched their previous films now. ‘Naan Mahaan Alla’ top notches on every arenas as it holds a powerful theme and technicians glistering at their best. The film creates a lump in your throats with its serious subject and you’ll walk out of theatres with an intense emotion.

What starts as a passable entertainer turns into a gripping crime-thriller during second half. Hats off to entire team as they deserve praises for their earnest efforts and brilliancies.

The film focalizes on the increasing crimes in Chennai and how it disturbs the lives of innocuous people leading a peaceful life.

Jeeva (Karthi) has a picture perfect life with caring parents (Jayaprakash, ‘Eeram’ fame Lakshmi), affectionate sister (Priya of ‘Singam’ fame) and supportive friends. His life is filled with absolute happiness when Priya (Kajal Agarwal) comes across his life. Marked by abrupt transitions, Jeeva’s life undergoes a wild change as the dark-crude side of Chennai has other plans for him. The emotions and perplexities are now on hi s playing cards. Jeeva is now forced to handle the situations, in a way he never expected. On the pragmatic contexts, the film touches the increasing crime rates in Metropolitan City of Chennai.

Karthi showcases ne plus ultra performance and gets under the skin of his characterization. It’s a relief for those, who felt his role was incisively exaggerated in ‘Paiyya’. What is sure to surprise you is the fact that it doesn’t boast of any stunts till the climax. For the first 100minutes, the film strides with spanking narration of fun, frolic and romance. However, Susindran makes sure that audiences are provided with a clue right on the prologue about what this film is all about. The point of conjunction by involving Karthi’s character has been well designed by the filmmaker.

The most highlighting attribute of this film is the crisp and crystal-clear narration. Susindran makes sure the audiences are not dragged back and forth with fluctuating tempos. The 130mins of drama keeps you adhered to screens.

Karthi excels with his charismatic appeal and deserves special mention for his stunning performance in action sequences. Even his hilarious mannerisms during first half are enjoyable. Kajal Agarwal looks bubbly, cherubic and shares a great chemistry with Karthi. Jayaprakash continues striking gold at his performance level while Lakshmi deserves same praises for her acting. 4 youngsters (one of them looks identical as younger boy, who played Suriya’s role in ‘Nandha’) are excellent on their part.

Technically, Yuvan Shankar Raja’s musical score is the biggest asset as his Midas touch on background score enhances the visuals canned by Mathi. The cinematographer has completely changed his pattern from ‘Paiyya’ and emblazons the screens with different touch. Kasi Viswanathan’s editing is sleek and neat.

Stunts choreographed by Anal Arasu are far beyond excellence. The action sequences moves you to the edge of seats. It’s nice and realistic to see the baddies being more dominant than an ordinary guy in these stunts.

As on whole, ‘Naan Mahaan Alla’ isn’t just an entertaining film, but a hardcore reality that has been prevailing amongst the people in contemporaneous city of Chennai.

We wish Susindran to keep his thumbs up and producers are sure to take a cake walk. It’s yet another precious stud in Karthi’s career.

What works: Almost everything, the plot and screenplay, performances, technical panoramas

What doesn’t work: Missing a duet song ‘Oru Maalai Neram’ from Yuvan’s bank

Verdict: Just outstanding. Must watch it

Banner: Studio Green Films, Cloud Nine Productions

Production: K.E. Gnanavel Raja, Dayanidhi Azhagiri

Direction: Susindran

Actors: Karthi, Kajal Agarwal, Jaya Prakash and others

Dialogues: Bhaskar Sakthi

Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja

Camera: Mathi

Editing: Kasi Viswanathan

Lyrics: Na. Muthukumar, Yuga Bharathy, Francis

Stunt: Anal Arasu

Art: Rajeevan

Choreography: Sabeena Khan, Baba Bhaskar

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

All Smiles Team 'Magizhchi'

Known for his bio-pic on Veerappan on the small screen, director Gowthaman is all set to try his luck in cinema now. He has penned the screenplay and directed a film titled 'Magizhchi', besides playing the lead role in it.

The movie is based on a novel written by eminent author Neela Padmanabhan, a Sahithya Academy Award Winner. "It is a movie for everyone. It is one novel that impressed me and I read it over and over again. I actually spent 12 years penning the screenplay for the story," the director says.

Apart from Gowthaman, director Seeman and Prakash Raj have played important roles in this movie. "Magizhchi is a genuine record of real life that portrays affection, kindness, love and passion and very nicely upholds the now-dying values of relationships," Gowthaman says.

"The story line opens in the 13th century and touches on 1985 and 2010, thus spreading over three periods," he adds. With Anjali and Karthika playing heroines, the movie has music by Vidya Sagar.

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'Kaavalan' Movie Shooting Spot Photo Gallery

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Ananya says that she is willing to do glamour roles

Anaya who had acted in Nadodigal is now busy acting with Amitabh Bachchan and Mohanlal in the film Kandahar and with Mohanlal in Shikar. In Tamil she is acting in Seedan and a film directed by the assistant of Vasanthabalan.

Anaya recently while speaking to the media said,” Nobody would have got the opportunity to do the role which I did in Nadodigal. After the hit of the film, I got the character which I expected to do. The film is Seedan. There are lots of chances for this film to reach me to the audience in a good way.

Lot of debutant directors have narrated the stories. Since I am currently acting in two Malayalam films, I was not able to concentrate in Tamil cinema. Vasanthabalan’s assistant Sriram Balan has narrated a story to me. I liked it very much. In short while I will start acting in Tamil films continuously.

With regard to Malayalam films, I got big offers within few years of me coming to act. I am really happy that I got these offers. I am acting with big stars like Amitabh Bachchan and Mohanlal in Kandahar and Shikar. There is only one song remaining to be shot for Shikar. Scenes pertaining to me for the film Kandahar are to be shot this week. Amitabh sir scenes are over.

This film will be an innovative film in Indian cinema. In cinema life, all things which I have not expected is happening on its own. I will escalate to the next level in my cinema career after the release of these two films. People are asking me whether is donning the role of my mother. Yes. All her scenes are in flashback.

There is no scene in which I and Sneha have acted together. As far as my knowledge she is the mother of baby Anaya. I heard that the media has made a big issue out of it. There is nothing more to talk about it. I will act in glamour roles but I will not cross the limits.”

'Mangatha' Movie First Look Poster

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Monday, August 16, 2010

'Katrina Kaif' walks ramp for Nakshatra at IIJW 2010

Katrina Kaif walks ramp for Nakshatra at IIJW 2010,Katrina Kaif Photo Gallery,pictures,Images,Photos

Rattha Charitram – the Most Violent Film

The countdown has already taken its places amongst the Suriya fans, not alone in Tamil Nadu, but across Bollywood and Telugu film industry as well. In fact, the film’s release being postponed to a month later as deliberately disappointed them. But all they say is ‘the wait will be worth it’.

With the first part of Raktha Charithra scheduled to hit screens on September 17, the second part featuring Suriya in the main lead will be released only after 3-4weeks.

Meanwhile, Ram Gopal Varma has opted for the viral marketing mode to publicize his movie. Recently he had mentioned that Rattha Charitram will be ever most violent film. But behind every violent act, there lies the deepest of human emotions.