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It is not yet known, whether the film playback singer and Carnatic musician, Nithyasree's husband Mahadevan had left any note before he allegedly committed suicide on Thursday. But the police began thorough inquiry as to what had led Mr Mahadevan, an Engineer by profession in a Central Government to take such an extreme step. In an inquiry made, it came to the light that Mahadevan became depressed, due to his dear mother suddenly passing away some months ago. Since then, Mahadevan had been undergoing treatment at a private hospital, it is said. The police had inquired with some of the relatives of Nithyasree to find out was there any enmity between the Playback singer and Mahadevan. Further investigations are on.

Murthy (26), Murugan (42) and Surya (42), all the three said to be fans of actor Kamal Hassan were arrested for allegedly threatening film producer and actor Rajan through several phone calls when the producer joined hands with other film producers opposing the move of Kamal's screening of Vishwaroopam film through DTH, eight hours before the release of the film in cinema halls. The director who met the police commissioner recently in a complaint has stated that some unanimous calls had threatened him, for opposing the Kamal's idea. The police who were on toes following the complaint of the producer, made a track of the phone calls and arrested the three hailed from Hosur.

Eminent Carnatic Musician and Film Playback Singer Nithyasree's husband Mahadevan committed suicide by jumping into a river near Kotturpuram on Thursday morning. The real reason for the suicide of the playback singer's husband is not yet known, however, some public who were watching the victim getting down from his car, jumped into the river. The people raised alarm, but before he could be saved from the river, he died. It is said, that the playback singer Nithyasree also consumed over dosage of sleeping pills, after she came to know about her husband's death. But this was strongly refused by the family members of the singer. Some say, that the playback singer herself visited the spot from where Mahadevan jumped into the river and cried herself louder in public on seeing her husband's body being fished out from the river. Nithyasree has been a good singer of carnatic music and is grand daughter of eminent Carnatic music singer D.K.Pattammal. Nithyasree has ...

It is after Karnan, the producers of the Rajinikanth starter Sivaji has been changed into 3 D version has been released in more than 12 cinema halls of Chennai and it may be released in 20 theaters throughout Tamil Nadu. It is hoped that the Sivaj had brought laurels and full of collections to the theaters which had released earlier, is now taking in a new dimension. The sound of the film at theaterical atomosphere, it is expected, would woo a lot of fans and other film viewers to cinema halls. Similarly, the Sivaji Ganesan starrer which ran in city theaters had brought tremendous collections with always hanging "House Full" boards. If Karnan has brought tremendous impact among film viewers which was acted by Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan, then the film which titled as Sivaji would also follow the suit, it is expected.

 Producer Bharathi Raja has supported the single preview show of Vishwaroopam, in DTH,eight hours before its release in cinema halls. The producer and director is of the view that the preview show on DTH platforms price of Rs.1000 ahead of the release would help for spreading the news of how good the film was. Producer A.Kothandaraman also known as KR said that a film of this scale with Rs.95 crore budget would require other streams of revenue to cover costs, especially since Kamal Hassan was not demanding Minimum Guarantee (MG). Kamal says the question of  MG would come into play when he was not confident about his product.

Kamal is firm on his decision of screening and releasing his Vishwaroopam on the DTH platform. The actor is keen on to introduce the film in pay-per-view mode on direct-to-home (DTH) networks on the day of its release made in cinema halls. Mr Kamal is of the opinion that by screening the film Vishwaroopam through the DTH, one could come to know about the film from the spot judgments and associated anxieties. The actor who participated in a function on Sunday said that the digital scanner should be seen as opening new avenues for revenues for cinema at a time when the video piracy was spoiling the industry by creating heavy loss to the producers. The screener would be a one-time affair priced at Rs.1000. When asked the actor clarified 'the encoded content of the movie will not be stored in DTH set-top boxes after it was viewed. The actor is of the opinion that the majority of the people would be interested viewing the film in cinema halls with the world-class-technology, a...

Tamil Nadu Theater Owners' Federation President Abirami Ramanathan has appealed to Ulaganayagan Kamal Hassan to give up the idea of screening of Vishwaroopam on the first day of its release. The idea of Kamal Hassan to exhibit the Vishwaroopam on the first-day through the DTH system has been opposed by the members of the the Tamil Nadu Theaters Owners Federation as they felt that it would affect the collection of cinema halls. The Federation's president Abirami Ramanathan said that the actor Kamal Hassan who briefed the Federation members about the only one show that would be telecast through the DTH would woo most of the viewers to theaters. A fee of Rs.1000 would be collected from the persons who wished to enjoy the film on the day of its release and this would in no way affect the collection theaters screening the Vishwaroopam. " Though Kamal has said this to us, we are in no way satisfied with the statement he had made " said Abirami Ramanathan. Mr Raman...

Actress Vidya Balan is getting married on December 14. The actress is going to marry Siddharth Roy Kapur, who is a social activist and also the Managing Director of UTV. Though only a couple of days are left for the actor's marriage, there seems no sign of  announcement about the marriage publicly. It has been said that the reception of the married couple will be taking place in Chennai. The actress belonged to the native of Ottapalam, Kerala and studied in Mumbai University. She has won Filmfare Awards and Screen Awards for four times.

Now the date for the release of the Vishwaroopam album has been fixed on December 7th. The cast and crew of the film produced by Raj Kamal Films International, will participate at two different functions to be held simultaneously in Madurai Velammal College grounds and Hindustan College Grounds in Coimbatore, sources said. Originally, it was planned to release the album on November 7 last, but the sources confirmed that it would take place only on December 7th Friday. It was expected that the birthday celebrations of Kamal Hassan's ( Nov.7 ) would go along with the release of the album. But, it did not take place. Actors Andrea Jermiah, Pooja Kumar, Rahul Bose and Shekar Kapoor who form the core cast of the film will all take part in the audio-release function. The music of the film has been scored by the trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Vairamuthu has penned the lyrics of the film.

Mrs Sneha Prasanna  eagerly waits for the release of Haridas film in which she has done a wonderful role. She feels that the role in the film would fetch her name and fame. In  an informal chat, the actress said, she has been actively engaged in the shootings for advertisements and the release of the Haridas film should not be treated as a comeback to acting in films.  " I have come to acting after seven months, spending happily, the married life with Prasanna, however,  I have kept busy myself with acting in some product-development films" said the actress who appeared in a cheerful mood. Actor Kishore is appearing is the hero of the Haridas, directed by G.N.R.Kumaravelan and music directed by Vijay Antony.    Prithviraj Das, Soori and Pradeep Rawat and other leading artistes appear in the film.

Burglars broke open the steel-almirah of the house of veteran comedian actress Kumari Sachu and decamped with at least 40 sovereigns of gold and a cash of Rs.50,000. The actress who is a close friend of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa, noticed the theft only on Thursday after she returned home, said police sources. The actress is the chairperson of the Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram. Further investigations are on, and it is said the maid-servant of the actress was found missing, since the burglary took place.

Film and Tv fame actress Bhuvaneswari who is allegedly involved in a police man attack was arrested near Ambur today (Tuesday). Five of the actress's friends too were arrested at different places in Chennai, the police said. The actress, her friend and their henchmen were coming out of a drive-in theatre on the East Coast Road on Sunday night after 10.30 PM. According to police, one Mr Kumar went to the drive-in theatre to watch the Tamil film 'Thuppakki. While leaving the theatre at 10.30 pm, Kumar asked Damodarakrishnan, an advocate, to move his car as it was parked behind his vehicle.The advocate did not respond to the request of Kumar, Kumar has blamed in his complaint. Then he (Kumar) tried to drive out without touching Damodaran's car but grazed it by accident. Damodarakrishnan who was enraged action of this attacked him. The actress who had accompanied Damodarakrishnan to the theatre, supported the advocate and both jointly entered into heated argument w...

Though Prabhu Deva has not well equipped in Hindi language, for the first time without using any dubbing artistes, he has lent his own voice for the Hindi film Any Body Can Dance (ABCD). Prabhu who has carved a niche for himself through the Hindi films like Wanted (2009), Rowdy Rathore is acting in Remo D'Souza's ABCD in a meaty role, say in a central character. Still, many noticed at the shooting spot Prabhu Deva's conversations in Hindi always has had the accent of the Tamil language, and how it could be possible for him to speak in Hindi without the help of dubbing artistes. So brave coupled with intelligence, at last Prabhu Deva himself has decided to give his voice for the role which he is doing in the film ABCD. When contacted Rucha Pathak, the senior executive director (studios), Disney UTV confirmed that there was no dubbing voice hired for Prabhu Deva in the film. In the film Prabhu Deva adores the role of a dance-teacher from Chennai who ...

A day before Naga Chaitanya's birthday, (on November 22, 2012) the first-look of the actor in the film Auto Nagar Surya was revealed. The film is directed by Deva Katta and produced by Venkat for RR Movie Makers banner in which Samantha plays opposite Naga. According to the director, the schedule of the films at various important locales were completed, except a few patch-up scenes and songs have to be filmed. The launch of the audio of the film will take most probably in December 2nd week and if the film is released it will be a super-hit, it is said. Sure this birth day is going to be a grand success in the life of Chaitu.

Police very recently arrested the maid-servant of actress Ramya Krishnan for looting away gold ornaments worth more than several lakhs from a steel-almirah of the actor's house. The actress who is busy with the schedules of films and tv serial was away surprised when she noticed some of the gold jewels from the bureau was missing. Ramya is living in Injambakkam, Chennai on the ECR Road. She immediately asked her father to file a complaint with the police. The police also suspected that some of the close visitors to the actor's house must have hand in the theft. The maid-servant also did not turn for her duties for several days, hence the police made a hunt and caught hold of the servant, near Guntur. The maid-servant also confessed to the police, that she alone took the jewels from the house. The police further recovered gold ornaments from her. The maid servant was remanded to judicial custody for further interrogation, according to police. Ramya Kr...

N.Thyagarajan Irandam Ulagam, the period film, directed by Selvaraghavan is nearing completion with its final schedule to take place at important locales in Hyderabad, sources said. Arya and Anushka Shetty who are in the lead roles, have given their dates for the schedule. The final schedule will take not less than 20 days, in the capital of the Andhra Pradesh, a source said. Most of the scenes of the film were shot in Georgia, it is said and the film has come up properly, said another source.

Following the protests from a very few of the Muslim organisations, the director and producer of the Vijay-starrer Thuppakki have decided to delete some scenes in the film. Some of the organisations in their protest staged on Wednesday said that some of the scenes allegedly portrayed the community in a bad light. On Thursday, the TN State Chief Secretary Debendranath Sarangi held talks with the film's director A.R.Murugadoss, producer Kalaipuli S.Dhanu and representatives of about 24 Muslim organisations, it is learnt. As of now around 1400 prints of Thuppakki are in circulation across the world and an expert said removing the objectionable portions would not be difficult, as it could be done digitally. It is also learnt that about five controversial portions in the film are likely to be removed. According to information, the film is doing good business at the box office and the removal of the portions from the film in no way affect the revenue of the film, it is said.

  By, N.Thyagarajan RJ turned Actor Shiva  married today (15th N0v 2012) his girl friend Priya who is a badminton player and  State Level Badminton Doubles partner for Shalini Ajith. Mirchi Siva, the actor, follows a unique style and impresses audience through comedy. He has gained a position for himself in Kollywood cinemas. Siva debuted into the cine field through the Tamil film  Chennai – 28. Also, Siva did an important role in Saroja. The young Siva turned hero through ‘Thamizh Padam’ which was a box-office hit. Siva did one among two heroes in Kalakalappu, directed by Sundar C. Play back singer S.P. Balasubramaniam,Sundar. C and Kushboo, Actor Vaibhav Reddy, Ajith and Shalini with their lovely daughter Anoushka and others attended the marriage and blessed the young couples. Priya with Shalini Ajith received the honour of State Level Badminton Tournament Championship. The Love blossomed between Siva and B...

By. N.Thyagarajan The saga of the late legendry actor, Nadigar Thilagam continues. It never dies. For the Nadigar Thilakam whose expressions and dialogue deliveries have not died down from the hearts of various Tamils.His sons Ram Kumar and Prabhu who have has had done several masterpieces in the Tamil film industry like producing films and acting in various films, the legendary actor’s grandson Vikram Prabhu is entering the film world with the film  Kumki . When the actor’s Karnan film was released it has become a box-office hit. Thirty-years after the film’s digitalization, and the release of the film in city theaters and elsewhere in Tamil Nadu states, the film proved a success with largest collection of ticket sales. It shows clearly, that the future generations too quietly agree with the acting of Shivaji Ganesan. Sixty years ago, Shivaji’s Parasakthi film was released and had brought laurels in and around the world. Similarly, it is expected that Vikram Prabhu’s Kumki...

By N.THYAGARAJAN The impact of the comedy tv episodes of the Japanese Shin Chan, makes an Indian girl who is in her twenties to learn the Japanese language. The parents of the girl are wondering over the girl, T.Aishwarya, a Chennai Women's College student, was attracted to the cartoon series and whenever she used to chat with her friends, she would not miss out to talk about the young boy Shin Chan character. Even some of Aishwarya's friends started calling her as the first fan of the tv series, which is dubbed into various languages including the Indian languages like Tamil,Kannada, Telugu and Hindi. Aishwarya's penchant to learn the Japanese language started only after she has started viewing the Shin Chan. Somehow she was moved by the comedy dialogues and pranks of the boy Shin Chan with his teachers and his friends, especially with his mother, made her to learn the language, but without the help of going Japanese classes. She started learning the lang...

The combination of Vishal, Trisha, Manoj Bajpai and J.D.Chakravarthy is the  hightliht of the film Samar. The film is directed by Thiru. Thiru says that the film will be a treat for the audience. When some newsmen contacted him he said that the film team had been busily engaged editing work followed by dubbing. The heroin of the film Trisha had been dubbing for herself. After Aayitha Ezhuthu, Manmadhan Ambu and Mankatha, the Samar was the film in which Trisha has been doing dubbing for herself. The audio launch of the film would be taking place in the near future, says Thiru.

Sun TV Channel's All in All Alamelu woos the channel viewers with the impeccable acting of film actress Nalini whose penchant for acting in leading roles has not died not down. Very recently, Nalini portrayed her character Alamelu to expose her father-in-law who pretends to become a monk. When the monk takes the first gulp of his alcoholic drink with his aged followers, Nalini who wanted to take revenge against him, surrenders and starts talking in a humble way, for she knows that the monk has become a crorepati immediately on attaining monastery. But Alamelu's father-in-law does not want to take her along with his followers, hence, Alamelu herself plans out to become a nun, planning to become another crorepathi like her father-in-law. The spiteful conversation of Nalini with her father-in-law brings out laughter. In an another episode, Nalini wears the dress of a school going girl and walks on a road. The dress-code attracts all who walk on the road, especially the youngster...

Renowned Hindi Film Actor Rajesh Khanna breathed his last at a private hospital in Bandra on Wednesday. He was 69. The first Super Star of the Hindi film married Dimple Kapadia in 80s. Rajesh Khanna is survived by two of his daughters. The funeral will be taking on Thursday, his family members said.

BY, Karpagam Thyagarajan  A ctress Priyanka got married to her long-time lover and director Lawrence Ram on Wednesday (23rd May).  Priyanka debuted as an actress in the Vasanthabalan-directed Veyil which also had Bharath and Pasupathy in lead roles.  Priyanka paired up opposite Pasupathy in the film and also featured in the hugely popular Urugudhae song. She then went on to star in many Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films.  Though she wasn’t able to shine in Tamil films, she won the ‘best actress’ award from the Govt. of Kerala for her character in the Malayalam film Vilabangalukku Appuram.  In between her professional commitments, she had  fall in love with Lawrence Ram, a director. The couple has been in love for the past couple of years.  The parents of both Priyanka and Ram opposed the marriage at the beginning and then relented and gave the nod for the marriage.  The marriage was formally solemnized as per Hindu rituals at th...

World renowned film actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao who entered the filmdom as an actor through the Tamil film Dharmapathini in the year 1941, has been in the forefront in the Telugu film industry by acting in 256 Telugu and 26 Tamil films as well. His acting career spanning over 70 years in the film industry has fetched him Dada Saheb Phalke Award, Padmshri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan for his meritorious and talents in acting, will be appearing in the Jaya TV Channel’s Thirumbi Parkkirren, to be telecast at 10 PM to 10.30 PM from Mondays to Thursdays. (From April 9, 2012). The 87-year-old veteran actor reminisces, shares his thoughts and talks about his achievements for the Jaya TV Channel viewers.