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SUBRAMANIAPURAM--FILM REVIEW

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Banner: Company Productions Story, screenplay, dialogues, direction and production: M.Shashikumar Music: James Vasantham Cinematography: S.R.Kathir P.R.O.: V.K.Sundar Cast: Jai, Swathi, Kanja Karuppu, M.Sasikumar, Samuthirakanni Subramaniapuram is a film about the goons whose photos we see in our daily papers. But what is their background forms the crux of this film. Five unemployed youth Jay, Shashikumar, Kanga Karuppu, Visithiran and Mari creates nuisance and gets arrested by the police only to be left off later on the intervention of the local political big wig. Jai falls in love with Swathi, heiress of a local bigwig. Since the local politician does not get the post of district secretary, he becomes frustrated. Samuthirakkani, the brother of this politician plans to revenge his brother's rival. He approaches Jay and his colleagues. He offers them a handsome amount to murder his prominent enemy in politics; if they do i

MAANAVAN NINAITHAL--FILM REVIEW

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Staring: Rithik, Aadhira, Bagiyaraj, Nalini and others Banner: Arul Movies Producer: P.K.Chandran Story, screenplay, dialogues and direction: S.P.Gnanamozhi Music: Tashi Camera: Selvakumar Stunts: Action Prakash Choreography: Ramesh Reddy, Masthaan Editing: M.R.Srinivasan Being good at studies doesnt alone help the youngsters, but cultivating good attribtues shapes up their futuristic life and Director Gnanamozhi has tried conveying this message to the masses especially of youth groups. Malini well educates her son Rithik by running a road side snack bar and in turn Rithik wins the reputation scoring high marks at 12th Government examinations. Despites holding state rank, Rithik is unable to take up higher studies due to poverty and few good hearted entities contribute their donations for his higher studies. Heading all the way to college in Chennai, Rithik is exposed to diffe

DIRECTOR SASI'S NEXT FILM NADODIGAL

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BY,N.THYAGARAJAN Subramaniapuram, which was released without much hype, is creating ripples in the industry, and has received appreciation from all quarters. This only goes on to reiterate the fact that when the story and screenplay are powerful, it does not need big names to carry it forward. Industry sources aver that after a long time, a film of such caliber has hit the marquee and popular theatres which did not screen this film earlier are accommodating the film now. Director Sasi has plans to commence his next project in January 2009 but would be showcasing his talent in front of the camera as a hero in a film titled Nadodigal produced and directed by Samudirakani. The rest of the cast and technicians will be finalized shortly and the official announcement will happen on the 15th of August. Good luck Sasi!

SWATHY IS BORN IN RUSHIA

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Q: Please give about your family background. A: I was born in Russia, brought up in Mumbai and Visakapatinam. I passed out in bio-technology but started my career as a television anchor and did a talk- show. Director Krishnavamsi approached me with an offer to act in his Telugu film Danger. It was followed by Selvaraghavan’s Adavari Matalukku Ardhalae Verulae. Impressed with the performance in that film, Sasikumar wanted me to act in Subramaniapuram. Q: Did you work hard for the Subramaniyapuram? A: I learnt a lot about the people of Tamilnadu, their culture while working in the movie. In Madurai and Dindigul where we shot the film, people showered boundless love on me. Initially I faced some trouble since I was not fluent in Tamil. However, thanks to my director, I understood the character and its demands. The whole unit worked with vigour to make it a successful film. It has turned out to be a movie to reckon with in my career. Q: Which vernacular you prefer Telugu or Tamil? A: No,

TROUBLE IN KARNATAKA FOR KUSELAN RELEASE

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BY, KARPAGAM THYAGARAJAN It looks like Kuselan will not release in Karnataka, causing a loss of Rs 1.50 crore to its distributors Pyramid Saimira. The chauvinist organization Karnataka Rakshana Vedika (KRV) is determined to block the release of the film scheduled on August 1. Their grouse is that during the Tamil Film industry's protest fast opposing Karnataka stand on the Hogenekkal project, Rajinikanth had come down heavily on Karnataka. He had warned the state not to politicize the issue. Rajinikanth in typical style seen in his films had said: "Karnataka should not test our (Tamilnadu) patience by not letting us draw water from our own land." This made Rajini a hero in the land where he became a superstar and a villain in his own home state. KRV is demanding an apology from Rajinikanth, failing which his films will not be allowed to be screened in Karnataka. Rajini at that time expressed regret if he had hurt the sentiments of anyone, but also added: “If my films do n

VIVEK REPLACES VADIVEL

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BY,KARPAGAM N.THYAGARAJAN Dhanush is one hero in Kollywood who has never depended on the two kings of comedy Vivek or Vadivel to piggy back ride on. He has done 13 films so far but has never been paired with these two top comedians of Tamil cinema. Remember that in all his films, Dhanush has done comedy himself or had little known comedians with him. So when Vadivel was signed up in his latest film Padikkathavan it was news. But now the twist in the tale is that Vadivel has been dropped by the unit like a hot potato as “he was too difficult to handle”. In fact Vadivel, the highest paid comedian ( Rs 7 Lakhs per day!) shot for two days in Hyderabad when he started throwing his weight with director Suraaj. A source close to the unit say that Vadivel was unhappy about the comedy track written for him with Dhanush including a scene which had the hero beating him. After all, how can the king of comedy get beaten by a young hero when he says that superstars like Rajnikanth and Vijay waits fo

A BIG CUTOUT FOR RAJINIKANTH IN THE USA

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BY N.THYAGARAJAN Many big cutouts of Super Star Rajinikanth have been placed on the entrances of many cinema halls in the USA, announcing that the release of the Kuselan will be taking place on August 1. This is the first time in the history of the USA and Tamil cinema that the 20-feet bigcutouts were placed in theaters. Many of the fans in the USA after seeing those cutouts were overjoyed on knowing the release of the Kuselan taking on August 1.

KARAN NOW A ACTION HERO

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V.P.Films maiden venture is titled Kandan. Karan is donning the lead role. Mithra a keralite will be pairing with Karan. Mumbai model Megha is also doing a pivotal role in this movie. Niamath who was introduced in the film Bomallattam by Bharathiraja is donning the villain role. Babu K Viswanath who was an assistant director to Cheran is directing this film. The film is an action film and has the backdrop of Thanjavur and hence the entire will be shot in and around Thanjavur. Sakthi R Selva is composing the music for the lyrics penned by Pa Vijay, Snegan, Tamarai, Yughabharathi and Eknath.M.Simeon wields the camera while Suresh Urs does the editing for this film.

VISHNUVARDHAN 'SARVAM' GOING TO BE CHANGED

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BY NEWS Vishnuvardhan, the talented director of movies such as 'Arindhum Ariyamalum', 'Pattiyal' and 'Billa' wrote the story of 'Sarvam' with Suriya in mind. However, Suriya could not accommodate dates for the film and so Vishnu's favorite Arya was roped in. Then a major setback happened when two members of the production unit died in an accident in the shooting spot. All these events upset the director a great deal and now the latest news is that he is not happy with the name 'Sarvam' and is going in for a name change. The new name however is being worked on and not yet revealed to the press. The movie which is expected to be action-packed would feature Arya and Trisha in lead roles. Chakravathy will be playing the villain. The movie is produced by Ayngaran International.

KUSELAN RELEASE ON AUGUST 1

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Rajini starrer Kuselan film will be released on August 1. Earlier the film was scheduled to be released on July 25, but due to the film's rerecordings and other touch up work, the release of the film is postponed. Rajini in this film in a guest role will appear after three reels of the film. Pasupathy is the hero also a friend of Rajinikanth who appears as a Super Star.

CHETAN THE REAL ACTOR OF THE SMALL SCREEN

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Name: Chetan Sex: Male DoB : 30/09/1970 Marital Status: Married City: Chennai State: Tamilnadu Country: India Educational Qualification: BBM Weight: 70 Height Feet: 5 Height Inches: 6 Eye Colour: Brown Hair Colour: Black Skin Colour: Brown Languages Known: Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi ,English. Experience : YES Films : 8 films in kannada Album : sang for a film in kannda and also for a serial in tamil Television : 25 serials in tamil i am an actor who has done around 8 films in kannada and more than 25 tv serials in tamil.i got my first big break in the superhit serial 'marmadesam',directed by naga and produced by minbimbangal.After this,i worked with all the leading directors, like c.j.baskar, sundar.k.vijayan, thirumurugan to name a few.Right now, i am doing the main roles in 'metti oli' and 'aadugiran kannan'.i am looking at the poosibilities of doing some good roles in films aswell. i am really looking forward to do roles differently. Right from the

SIMRAN AS AMMAN ROLE FOR THE FIRST TIME

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N.THYAGARAJAN It is apt role for the actress Simran who has been dissuaded by various film directors and producers who have been refusing the role of heroine, after she got married and has become mother of a child. There is no one after the veteran actress K.R.Vijaya to do the role of Hindu Goddess in Tamil films. Somehow actress Nalini has been doing the role, but because of her fatness she is not given the role of Goddess. Even after marriage and has become mother Simran is slim and more active like young college girls having bewitching eyes has been offered to do the role of Goddess in Simran Chinnathirai to be telecast through the Jaya tv channel. The actress when spoke to our Blog she said that she was happy to do the role. She also felt happiness that instead of acting as mother or the elder sister in films, her new role as the Goddess would bring her fame and name. Hence, she said she had accepted to do the role in Nava Velli. As per the story line a negative character man claim

VASANTHA BALAN NEXT FILM ANGADI THERU

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BY,N.THYAGARAJAN After Veyil, Vasanthabalan is all set to shine once again. According to sources, the director of one of the most talked about films, which had a field day in various International Film Festivals is now directing a film titled Angaadi Theru If sources are to be believed, the movie, which is being produced by Ayngaran Films would have a 12th standard student as hero, while a new face heroine playing opposite him. The film is to be extensively shot in and around Tirunelveli. It may be recalled that it was Virudhunagar, which formed the backdrop for Veyil.