Jackie Chan To Visit Chennai

Producer and film distributor Viswas Sundar was instrumental in releasing several Jackie Chan films in Tamil Nadu. This time around he has come up with Little Big Soldier, considered to be the masterpiece of all Jackie Chan films released so far. He has obtained the rights of releasing this film all over India.Jackie Chan has agreed to visit Chennai for the premiere show of Little Big Soldier. Also, he would visit cities like Delhi and Mumbai, where the film will be premiered. The dubbed version of this film in Tamil will be released. However, the title has not been finalized yet.

Mani’s next ‘Pookkadai’?

It seems Mani Ratnam has zeroed in on a title for his next venture. If reports are to be believed, the ace filmmaker, who is getting ready to launch Karthik’s son Gautham in the movie, has named it ‘Pookkadai’.
“Remember it was Mani Ratnam who directed the two important films in Karthik’s career- Agni Natchathiram and Mouna Ragam. And he was the one who announced the reentry of Karthik in Raavanan,” sources say.
“The good rapport between the actor and the filmmaker has now resulted in the latter introducing the former’s son as hero. The movie will be a typical Mani kind of urban love story with music by A R Rahman,” they add.
“The director is now keenly watching the responses evoked by his last release ‘Raavanan’ and ‘Raavan’. In the meantime, he is also busy doing groundwork for his next venture. He may reveal the details soon,” sources maintain.

Anjali goes Malayalam

Migration from one language to another by actresses seems to be more than ever before. And the significant observation in that is the actresses are not biased anymore. Earlier Tamil and Telugu were considered superior and Malayalam and Kannada were not the preferred destinations. Now that good films have started flowing from all the south Indian languages all woods are their woods.
Of the new lot Malayalam actresses Meera Nandan, Oviya and Archana Kavi are trying to get a foot hold in Kollywood. And from Tamil films Anjali of ‘Angadi Theru’ is all set to do her first Malayalam movie.
Anjali’s first movie in Mollywood would be ‘Payyans’ and she will play heroine opposite Jayasuriya. The film dwells on the complicated relationship between a father and his son. ‘Lal and Rohini will play Jayasuriya’s parents. ‘Payyans’ is directed by Leo Thaddeus.

Arya said Comedy scenes without laughing is tough

The young and handsome hero Arya who is well known for playing serious characters till now in all his earlier films like ‘Arindhum Ariyamalum’, ‘Pattiyal’, ‘Naan Kadavul’ and ‘Madrasapattinam’, says that he finds some what difficult to act in a full length comedy entertainer ‘Boss Engira Baskaran’ which is being directed by Rajesh of ‘Siva Manasula Sakthi’ fame.It is known before that Arya himself has bought the release rights of the film from its producer K S Srinivasan. Arya says “Attempting humor in front of the camera is a gift and not everyone could do it with ease. It’s doubly so for a person like me.”
He further adds “When Rajesh enacts a scene, it would sound simple. But the real challenge is performing it before the camera with all seriousness. For a fun loving guy like me, acting in comedy scenes without laughing is a lot of hard work.”
On speaking about his latest release ‘Madarasapattinam’ “I play Ilamparithi, a young dhobi who falls in love with the daughter of Governor of the Madras province. A twist comes to their affair when India gets independence on 15 August 1947. The film has been beautifully made by Vijay and I am eagerly waiting for its result.”