Nayan to dance with Pritviraj

Nayanthara is going back to her roots, the Malayalam film industry after a gap of three years to do a special cameo in Twenty: 20, featuring all top Malayalam actors who are members of AMMA (Association of Malayalam Movie Artists).

Nayan will shake a leg with the fastest rising star in Malayalam, Pritviraj and a host of other young actors like Jayasurya, Indrajith, and Boban Kunchacko. The dance number will be shot in a Chennai studio for four days under the supervision of ace choreographer Brinda.

AMMA is making Twenty:20 as a part of their attempt to mop up funds for the welfare activities of the organization. Mammootty, Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Dileep, Jayaram and all other actors who are members of the organization are acting in the film without taking any salary. The film directed by veteran Joshy is due for summer release.

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Mumbai Fest opens with Hema Malini's 'Ganesh vandana'

It started on January 17 and continue till February 3.

Artistes from various countries like Japan, Germany, Australia, US and Scotland are participating in the festival, in its fourth year.

Conceptualised and organised by the Tourism Co-operative, the event is a partnership between public and private bodies, and is led by a Committee consisting of some eminent personalities from fields of art, dance, music, tourism, advertising, media, NGOs and education.

Senior officials from the Central and state governments, including defence authorities and Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, are also in the committee, of which Colonel Sudhir Sawant is the Convener.

Speaking here, MFC chairman Kamal Morarka said, ''We want the festival to be world-class and yet distinctly local in character. We want to portray the unseen and untouched dazzling colours of Mumbai to all Mumbaikars and visitors.'' MFC vice-chairman Vijay Kalantri said, ''Mumbai Festival is not the celebration of an occasion, rather it celebrates Mumbai as a place and the people residing in this speedy city, that never waits even for the sun to rise in order to get going.

Mumbai Festival is not an event conceived, planned and designed by one or few individuals. It is the result of the collective efforts of numerous people and organisations.'' Whether it be gully cricket, musical competition, marathon or dance programme, the package of Mumbai Festival has it all. There has been no appointing or selecting authority. Anyone, who contributed in any form, could become a part of the team, allowing every participant to develop his own part and finance the same, informed Mr Morarka.

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Superstar Rajinikanth and A.R. Rahman are getting the prestigious awards Presented by NDTV

Superstar Rajinikanth and music wizard A.R. Rahman were among those who were conferred with the prestigious awards presented by NDTV.


The channel presented the awards to Indian heroes in a glittering function held at Taj Palace, New Delhi.

Rajinikanth, the biggest superstar of India, was named NDTV'S Entertainer of the Year, while A.R. Rahman, who continues to enthrall the nation with his mesmerizing music, was given NDTV's Music Award.

There was another Tamil hero in the prestigious list. Vishwanathan Anand was named NDTV's Sportsman of the Year.

The King Khan of Indian cinema, Shahrukh Khan, won a special NDTV award for his contribution to cinema in 2007.

The function was attended by dignitaries, celebrities and other prominent personalities.

IndiaGlitz congratulates the "NDTV Indian heroes the year".

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Kollywood Actress Nayanthara bikini to be auctioned

The hottest heroine now seems to be Nayantara with her daring and stylish potrayal in Billa with Ajith Kumar. Infact she is more talked about for her oomph factor than Namitha who co-stars in movie.

This is the first time in her career Nayantara appeared in a two piece bikini and that scene was the highlight of Billa according to her fans.

The latest buzz is that the makers of Billa are thinking on cashing in on the hot bikini scene of Nayantara which is much talked about. This proves to be the first of its sort in South India to see a heroine’s bikini kept for auctioning. They are going to auction the bikini and the person who is going to buy it is definitely going to have tough competation in order to buy it.

The bikini is supposed to bag money interms of Lakhs. Lets see if this is a trend setter for many more bikini sales!!

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Sultan: The Warrior" Rajni film release on Nov 2008

Rajnikanth's animation film "Sultan: The Warrior" directed by his daughter Soundarya will release on Nov 2008.

rajnikanth new film is a animation movie and soundarya rajnikanth directing the film under the production of Adlabs.

The total cost of the animation film is $ 10 million, except rajnikanth all the characters in the film are animated.

rajni has acted in this film. Ocher Studio will do the animation works.

special screening and trailer has been released addressing the press people soundarya give the details of the film.

"It's a daughter's gift to her father" - that's how Soundarya, daughter of Tamil superstar Rajnikant, describes her full-length animation film "Sultan: The Warrior" to be released Nov this year.

Film will release in 12 languages, tamil, telugu, hindi etc.

Addressing mediapersons after a special screening of the second trailer of the much-awaited film, Soundarya sounded thrilled over producing the first-ever animation film made around an Indian actor.

The second trailer showed Rajnikant fighting the villains in his familiar style.

A.R. Rahman scores the music for the film, which will have four songs. One of these will be in English, and the search is on for a Western singer.

She also confessed that her Appa (father) was initially very hesitant to play the role. She was happy, however, that he agreed after "all his apprehension were allayed".

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SuperStar Rajnikanth's new film Kuselan

Rajnikanth's new film Kuselan has been officially launched. P.Vasu is the director and produced by Kavithalaya, Seven arts, and Vaijayanthi Movies. The film Kuselan will be made in Tamil and Telugu. The heroine is not yet announced and the star cast of Kuselan will be revealed soon. As per the director Rajnikanth is not playing a guest appearance but an important role which comes throughout the film. It's a remake of malayalam movie Kadha Parayumbol. Director K.Balachander, Producers and Writer & Actor Sreenivasan attended the launch function of Kuselan movie.

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Kollywood Film with Pongal release schedule

One days to go for Pongal day (Tuesday, Jan 15), most producers and distributors want to stick to tradition and release their films only on Pongal day. Nobody is willing to experiment by releasing their film on Jan 11 or 12 to get the benefit of the weekend collections.

There is a belief in Tamil film industry that collections will be poor if it is released before the festival day, as people are either shopping or making preparations to celebrate, and movies are last on their priority!

At the moment those who have come out with theatre listings for Chennai city and have censored their films are-

1. Piravom Sandhipom- 'U' certificate, with theatre listings and date, Jan 15.
2. Palani 'U' certificate, with theatre listings and date, Jan 15
3. Vazhthukkal 'U' certificate with theatre listings but no date announced.
4. Pidichirukku 'U'certificate, no theatre listings, but date given is Jan 15
5. Kaalai- to be censored today(Jan 9), theatre listings given but no date.
6. Bheema censored with 'A' certificate, no theatre listings and release date.
7. Indiralokathil Naa Azhgappan to be censored on Jan 11,theatre listings available.

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Super Star Rajinikanth is already committed with KB's Kavithaalaya

Superstar Rajinikanth is going to do a quickie for his mentor K Balachandar, to be directed by P Vasu before he starts Robot! In a sensational development, Rajinikanth has agreed in principle to do a film for KB's production company Kavithaalaya.

It is going to be a remake of the Malayalam super hit Katha Parayumbol released for Christmas in Kerala. The film is a light-hearted sentimental comedy that pulls at your heart strings and is about the deep friendship between a barber in a village and a superstar who comes to shoot a film there.

It is a hit because of its emotional story value and outstanding performances by Sreenivasan as the barber (he also is the writer and producer of the film along with actor Mukesh), Meena as his loving wife and mother of three children and Mammootty who is brilliant as the superstar.

Last week Sreenivasan held a special screening of the film for Rajinikanth in Chennai. After the movie, Rajini who was Sreeni’s senior at South India Film Chamber Institute hugged him. An emotionally choked superstar told him- "It is the best film that I have seen in recent times, it is very touching. Hats off to you Sreeni!" Next day he called Sreenivasan home and they discussed in detail how the writer, director and actor is able to come out with stories of the ordinary man which appeals to the common man. Please note that Vellithirai is also a remake of Sreenivasan’s classic Udayananu Tharam.

One thing led to another, and Rajinikanth the do-gooder and "Mr. Nice Guy" that he is, wanted to do the film for his mentor KB. According to sources close to the development, four Tamil actors including a famous comedian turned hero wanted to buy the remake rights! As of now, Kavithalaaya is the front runner and they have signed up Pasupathy to do the role of the barber, while Rajinikanth will play the superstar and it will be directed by P.Vasu, with two village type songs by Vidyasagar.

The shoot of the film will start immediately and Rajinikanth would prefer to complete and release the film by June/ July, before he starts Shankar's Robot. It is possible as the superstar character appears in only eight scenes in the original including an item song and the stunning 14 minute climax, which is the highlight of the film. Mammootty had completed his work in 15 days for Katha Parayumbol, and even if P.Vasu changes the story to suit the superstar's image and Tamil nativity he can finish work on the film in less than a month.

Rajinikanth would be the ideal choice to play the superstar and Pasupathy the right choice for the barber character. And with KB giving his valuable inputs to the script, P.Vasu the master in remaking Malayalam films into Tamil, the combination is sure to click.

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Vazhthukal, Pongal release has been postponed to January 26

News has just come in that the Madhavan- Bhavana starrer Vazhthukal, directed by Seeman scheduled as Pongal release has been postponed to January 26!

The film which was seen by the censors has been given a clean "U" certificate. After seeing the "genuine" response to the film from select preview audiences, the producer 'Amma Creations' Shiva and its worldwide distributors Pyramid Saimira thought that it is better to go for a solo release.

It is a very good decision as all commercial mass masala films are releasing for Pongal, and a good film like Vazthukkal will get lost in the melee.


In all probability the film will now release for Republic Day (Jan 26) weekend, and get advantage of a solo release.

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Cheran Next Movie with Siddharth

Boy’s was his first movie. Then Siddharth made a superb move in his career with ‘Ayudha Ezhuthu’ and shot to fame not only in Kollywood but also in Bollywood. It can be recalled that his memorable role in ‘Rang De Basanti’ was very much appreciated. Now Siddharth has been cast in a film by director Cheran. It is said the film would go to floors once Cheran completes ‘Pirivom Sandhippom’ and Siddharth is done with his existing projects.

Siddharth at every opportunity has expressed his desire to act in Tamil films but was waiting for a good script. Siddharth is really happy with the script and his wait has fulfilled his dreams.

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Director Vishnuvardhan’s next silver screen offering will be ‘Sarwam’

Much-admired Kollywood director Vishnuvardhan’s next silver screen offering will be ‘Sarwam’ .

For his ‘Sarwam’ the director has obsessed in Arjun and his pet Arya to essay the lead roles. Earlier Suriya was considered for this role. It seems that, Suriya had shown some initial hesitation with the script and as such was ruled out of the project. The heroine of this film is yet to be finalized.

Ayngaran International will be producing this musical thriller that will have its music by Yuvan Shankar Raja and lyrics by Nirav Shah. This film, which will be shot in Munnar for the most part, will start rolling in the early parts of January.

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Actor Simbhu is now busy shooting acting on two films simultaneously kaalai and kettavan.

Simbhu was busy doing a couple movies simultaneously, one in Kettavan and other in Kaalai.

He was more expecting in Kettavan and for that he was having a long hair, but Kettavan production has been stopped in the middle.


He was acting in Kaalai with the same get-up as he had for Kettavan, but as Kettavan is indefinitely stopped, he has changed his hair style.

To be noted is that for more than a year, there was no movies from Simbhu, which makes his fans sad.

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S.J Suryah returns back to direction

S.J Suryah who has ventured into acting offlate returns back to direction with his next project titled ‘Puli’.

This Pawan Kalyan starrer, Telugu project is set to start rolling from early January. Ramesh of Kanakaratna Films who had earlier achieved great success with Vijay starrer ‘Pokiri’ will be producing this film.

Suryah’s movie Vil produced by Nik Arts Chakravarthy where he acts as a hero has taken the back burner now since the distributors are not showing intrest in the film.

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Kollywood Movie Mirugam:Given 'A' certificate

Mirugam movie, which keeps on hitting the headlines in the media, is given ‘A’ certificate. This film was censored yesterday by a six-member committee in which 2 women officers were present. They suggested for 30 scenes to be deleted for a U certification, which the director denied. And so it is labeled as Adult movie.

This movie is based on an incident based on a true story, which happened in Thiruvarur in 1970 in which a youth kills a pregnant wife brutally. Samy is the producer of this movie who was in the headlines last month for assaulting the heroine on the set for not performing well . Padmapriya and debutant Adhi are the hero heroine.

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Kollywood Actor Ajith Kumar met Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi

The proud Papa Ajith Kumar met Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi at his residence on to share the blissful happiness of fatherhood.

He also invited the Chief Minister to watch is recently released hit moive Billa in a special screening that can be arranged at the CM’s convinience. The CM was happy to see Ajith and Congratulated the proud parents Thala Ajith and Shalini on their bundle of Joy. He also promised to watch Billa soon.

Ajith and Shalini became parents to a sweet little girl on January 3, 2008

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