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BY N.THYAGARAJAN TV Serial Hari Giri Assembly episode fame and comedian of Tamil Films, 49-year-old Chitti Babu died in Chennai Royapettah Government Hospital on Friday evening. Babu who had acted in more than 100 films in comedy roles was suffering from sugar complaint. Last week, Chitti felt uneasiness and was admitted to a private hospital in Anna Nagar. But his condition had worsened and was taken to the ICU Government hospital. Doctors who attended on him said Babu was suffering from coma and chances for survival were remote. On Friday, he breathed his last. Babu was survived by his wife and three children.

Actor Parvathi Menon from kerala who became famous as Panimalar in the Tamil film “Mariyan” pours her heart out during the interview. When asked about the feedback which she got through “Mariyan”, she told that there were both positive and negative comments and it is up to us to take good things out of it as we know ourselves better than others. She is very particular about her role and doesn’t consider the popularity of the star with whom she is part of the film as this would make her feel nervous which in turn affects the performance. Parvathi firmly believes in the respect shown to her as a human being and not on the basis of caste, creed, sex or religion. She would like to be seen as human being who has got all the freedom in this world and not as men or women. She also added that she would like to take up challenging roles and learn new things/concepts during the process and doesn’t worry about doing few number of movies in a year. At last she compared a successful film to a de...

                                                                                 By T.Sai Vignesh Comedy Actor Santhanam's residence at Teynampet,chennai was raided by the Income Tax Officials due to the charges of earning lakhs of rupees as salary.It seems that he is charging more than 10 lakhs per day for the shoot.The officials who went in search of the black money,locked the gate and  procured some important files and documents after a thorough search in every nook and corner of the house. In the same manner,houses and officers of producers like R.B.Choudhury,Gnanavel Raja and A.M.Rathnam were raided.Gnanavel raja' house at thyagaraya nagar including his Studio Green,A.M.Rathnam's house at valasaravakkam became the potential targets.  R.B.chowdhury is currently pro...

By T.Sai Vignesh Directors always have respect for Anushka shetty because of her outstanding performance in the film "Arundhathi".She too make sure that not even in the least of her dreams the confidence or the respect shown is shattered.In her upcoming tamil movie titled "Erandam ulagam" she does dual role for the very first time,and it seems that she had gone few steps ahead to prove her acting skills.                                            So on the occasion of the audio release of this movie held at chennai and Andhra,Director Selvaraghavan had all words of appreciation for Anushka which embarrassed her to a certain extent.Director said that she will be considered as the hero of this story because of her splendid dual role performance,though Arya is the real one who deserves that title.He also added that unknowingly a brother-sister relationship started to devel...

By T.Sai Vignesh Last year, Dhanush has become popular through "Why this Kolaveri" song. He expected that with this popularity he could sneak into Bollywood too through the film "Raanjhanaa"("Ambikapathy" in tamil).Though this movie was a flop in Tamil,it is a box office hit in Hindi.It seems that Kollywood hero Dhanush had a strict 'no' for all the Hollywood chances, as he is busy with the shooting schedules of movies like "Velaiyilla pattadhari" and "Anekan".Dhanush said that in his debut, people passed funny remarks at him. Being a hero of  the movie which had landed him to act in hindi films too.He also added that the refusal to act in Hollywood movies is not because of his fear of becoming butt of jokes for somebody else but to focus on the work which he is currently doing. However he is very much confident of making a mark in Hollywood too,if he wishes.

By T.Sai Vignesh When one says thalai,what comes to mind is kollywood star Ajith kumar. His upcoming movie "Aarambam" starring Aarya ,Nayanthara,Tapsee  and other famous film stars is set to light the entire Tamil Nadu on the holy occasion of Diwali. With other heroes avoiding to act after their first round of pairing with Nayan, Ajith is surely an exception as he readily agreed to work with her once again after the movie "Billa" as long as she fits the given role.When this news reached the ears of Nayanthara, she had all words of praise for Ajith saying that it is difficult to see a human being  like him without any ego. . Unlike other stars who would like to get their scenes done first as soon as they reached the shooting spot, Ajith arrives and patiently waits for the things to get over.He even has his words of advice and tips for the other actors in the film so as to bring out a successful movie.

BY T.SAI VIGNESH Suman Ranganathan makes a come back in the film Aarambam starring famous stars like Ajith and Aarya.People would not have forgotten Suma who acted in movies like Managarakaval,Perumpulli,Puthupaatu as she re enters tamil film industry after 18 long years.After her exit from the Kollywood she began her carrier in kannada, Telugu  and Hindi movies.She even went to the extent of becoming an item girl in some Bollywood films after doing some  family oriented roles. Director Vishnuvardhan,when approached her for this movie, she initially neglected the offer.But once the director made her realize the weightage that her role carries in this film in the midst of big stars like Ajith,Aarya etc,she accepted it without any denial.When asked about her future journey through kollywood,she said that the decision would be taken after the release of "Aarambam".

BY Mrs KARPAGAM THYAGARAJAN Super Star Rajinikanth, of late, has included visiting Sri Raghavendra Marriage Hall, near Ashok Nagar in Chennai. According to sources, Rajini has been visiting the Marriage hall for the last two days, to discuss about several of his fans and the employees of the hall. Many VIPs in the tinsel-world also make visit to the marriage hall, either for discussion of stories in which Rajini will be acting, the sources close to a film production unit said. It is also said, the Super Star will be appearing in a film likely to be produced as Purandhara Dasar, a saint-composer who lived during 14th century India People had seen Rajini as Sri Raghavendra in a film produced by ace director K.Balachander. Perhaps, in order to feed many of his fans, Rajini has decided to appear as Purandhara Dasar. Like Sri Raghavendra which made a record-collection the new film on the Saint-Composer would make Rajini another Super & Super Star in India and world, it is said....

BY N.THYAGARAJAN Raja Rani film fame Nasriya who has earned the reputation of good actress has filed a complaint against Naiyandi film producer and director Sargunam for morphing her image in a loving scene with the help of another actress. In her complaint, she was not willing to act in the scene of Naiyandi when the film producer and director Sargunam had asked her. Then with the help of modern equipment, an actress waist was filmed as if the hero was embracing her and morphed. The scene had come out posters, she had complained in her letter. She also wanted the producer to remove the scene from the film, as she feels this would disrepute her image. In Naiyandi, Dhanush is the hero opposite to Nasriya. When asked Nasriya said that she did not have any enmity with Dhanush, but she was sure of removing the particular scene from the film.

BY Mrs KARPAGAM THYAGARAJAN Super Star Rajinikanth, of late, has included visiting Sri Raghavendra Marriage Hall, near Ashok Nagar in Chennai. According to sources, Rajini has been visiting the Marriage hall for the last two days, to discuss about several of his fans and the employees of the hall. Many VIPs in the tinsel-world also make visit to the marriage hall, either for discussion of stories in which Rajini will be acting, the sources close to a film production unit said. It is also said, the Super Star will be appearing in a film likely to be produced as Purandhara Dasar, a saint-composer who lived during 14th century India. of the hall. People had seen Rajini as Sri Raghavendra in a film produced by ace director K.Balachander. Perhaps, in order to feed many of his fans, Rajini has decided to appear as Purandhara Dasar. Like Sri Raghavendra which made a record-collection the new film on the Saint-Composer would make Rajini another Super Super Star in India and world...

BY MRS. KARPAGAM RAJAN Roja film fame Madhubala who has settled down in Mumbai after her marriage has been making try to come back to films. Madhubala who performed well in the Roja film has carved a niche for herself through this film. With her beautiful appearance in the film she had stole the hearts of many of the film goers . After two decades, Roja who has put on weight without loosing her charm in her appearance, says she wanted to do number of Tamil films and she would be prepared to act in films produced and directed by Mani Ratnam. She owes her gratitude to Mani Ratnam and she would act in his film. She added that she would act in Mani Ratnam's Roja Part two, in a meaty role, if it is produced by him.

Sri Priya who has carved a niche for herself in 70s and 80s through her acting as heroine in various Tamil films with leading heroes like Shivaji Ganesan, Kamal Hassan and Rajinikanth and many other leading artistes, is coming back as director to remake the Malayalam film 22 Female Kottayam into Tamil. Earlier the actress has directed Naney Varuven and Santhi Muhuratham and started acting in TV soaps. But this did not stop her from the film world. Hence, she has decided to direct the Malayalam remake into Tamil and it is said the actress who turns director is waiting for good hero and heroine for the film.

No one has kidnapped me and the time will come I will explain everything to everyone, said actress Anjali in a telephonic conversation to her elder brother Ravisankar. She narrated him, saying that her step-mother and step-father wanted to swindle away her money and also allegedly beat her. Hence she could not tolerate it and ran out of hotel where she was staying. Meanwhile, the aunt of the actree Bharathi Devi had filed a habeas-corpus petition with the High Court seeking to produce the actress in the court. The actress wanted to withdraw the complaints that she was missing and but she requested her brother not to withdraw the complaint filed against her mother Bharathi Devi and her husband.

Suddenly a busy shooting spot in Chennai came to a grinding halt, when the Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu fame actress Anjali cried for a help. Not knowing what had happened to the actress, the people in the sets including light-boys and other technicians were shocked as to what should be done to the actress. Then one of the technicians noted that the actress was in contact with a live-wire and got electric shock, luckily she escaped from the shock. Buttermilk to the set was brought to the actress to have a sip, but before that a doctor was called for who said that the actress was out of danger.

Mr P. T . Selvakumar, who has a long-standing reputation of  being   Public Relations Officer in the Kollywood and also a PRO to actor Vijay  for more than 20 years   , has produced the   comedy  film Onbudhula Guru which will hit tomorrow in not less than 300  theaters . Selvakumar has written dialogues and also did direction of the film Onbudhula Guru, in which Vinay plays opposite Lakshmi Rai. Roopashree, Arvind, Akash, Sham and several others have appeared in the film. Director K.S.Ravi Kumar appears in a character role. The song, Vaa .. machi..  vaa.. Vettaivittu..written by Paa.Vijay has become a superhiteven before the film’s release. The song had more than 2 lakhs hits on the website. Power Star Srinivasan has danced for a song Alaiyadha Summa Summa, which is also another hit song of the film. Chelladurai has done the cinematography and ‘K has done the Music direction ...

Akshara the younger daughter of Kamal Hassan as of now assisting on films and the choice of acting in films is left with her and after certain point, she had to decide about either to work behind the camera or before it, said Kamal Hassan in an interview. Kamal said that he would lend his unconditional support to her. Kamal had to mortgage his Chennai house to a private moneylender to produce film. Kamal has repaid the money but mortgaged in a bank to pay off the money lender.  With the film  Vishwaroopam garnering revenue,  he would redeem the house document from the bank.

Very recently actress Reema Sen is blessed with a male baby at a Delhi Private Maternity Hospital. Reema who has married an Industrialist Shiv Karan Singh, has been running her family happily. The actress who has become popular by virtue of her acting talents as heroine and in vampire character finally married Singh and settled down in Delhi. Now the actress turned to be a mother of a child and is happy about giving birth a male child. On coming to know that his actress-wife was blessed with a baby, he bought several kilograms of sweets and distributed them to his friends and relatives.

Ulaga Nayagan Kamal Hassan's fans who wanted that their Thalaivar should act again with actress Sri Devi will be satisfied soon. The successful actor-producer is now writing a script for actress Sri Devi. Though Kamal and Sri Devi appeared in several films, Moondram Pirai and Vazhvey Mayam had fetched them a great name and in those days both the films are considered as the Golden Age of Kamal-Sri Devi combinations. Sri Devi who was seen in Vinglish English recently could surely be seen teaming up with Kamal Hassan and reportedly it has been understood that Kamal Hassan has confirmed the news.If both jointly appear in the film, one could say that it is revival of Tamil film industry's Golden Age. Kamal said, that after the script work is over, he would sit with Sri Devi for a discussion, a source said.

   It is likely the actress Padma Priya, a BBA graduate will leave for the USA for her higher education at the New York University. Now the actress has been doing MBA in the New York University and to further her higher studies she might leave for US soon, according to sources. Some of the producers who are very keen on giving roles to the actress are disappointed, after Padma Priya refused the offer to act in their films at least for another six months, it is learnt. Very recently Padma Priya left for the USA and returned India and now she is planning to go again to complete her MBA and to enroll herself for a new management course in the University.

Actor and Producer Kamal Hassan on Saturday agreed to edit sound clips in seven scenes in Vishwaroopam at a six-hour meeting held on Saturday between the actor and leaders of various Muslim outfits and various government officials. It is likely the film will be released in cinema halls in Tamil Nadu on February 8th. Mr Kamal Hassan thanked the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa and the TN Home Secretary R.Rajagopal for arranging a meeting between the Muslim outfits and paved way for the release of the film. The TN government has lifted the ban on screening the movie throughout the state after the agreement has reached. The 31 districts of the state also lifted the ban on exhibiting the film in cine theaters. Meanwhile, thousands of the actor's fans thronged the house of Kamal Hassan, on hearing the happy news and wanted to know the exact date on which the film will be released.

Superstar Rajinikanth wants the ban on the release of Vishwaroopam to be lifted immediately. The Superstar who met some of news persons on Friday said that he has been Mr Kamal Hassan's friend for over 40 years and had never seen Kamal hurting the feelings of anyone. In order to clear the wrong notion that the Vishwaroopam was filmed in which the Muslims and Islam was portrayed in poor light, Kamal had exhibited the film to many belonged to the religion. More over, Kamal had invested around Rs.100 crores and added that how much of trouble he underwent to produce the film, Rajinikanth said. So Rajini has appealed to lift the ban immediately and allow the film to be released. According to a TV Channel report, a person who watched the film in a theater in Hyderabad said that Vishwaroopam was no in way portrayed the Muslims in poor light. The same reason was given by girl who watched the movie in Bangalore on Friday. So it is hoped, that the ban on the movie will be lifted ...

Following protests from a section of Muslim outfits, the TN Government in a special meeting convened at the Secretariat on Wednesday has ordered to ban the release of the mega-star film Vishwaroopam for two weeks. The government on Wednesday instructed all the district collectors to prevent the screening of the film for two weeks by invoking prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Cr PC, citing a possible Law and Order situation in the run-up to Milad-ul- Nabi. It is understood that the ban order to this effect was faxed to all the District Collectors of the TN state. While Kamal Hassan is in the USA for the film's release in theaters, the ban could prove a major set back for the producer, Kamal Hassan. The film was produced in tri-lingual. It is understood, the TN Chief Minister Jayalalithaa reviewed the situation of Law and Order in the TN state and discussed about it with the high-level-officials at the Secretariat, soon after she returned from Kodanad. The decis...

Film producers should help for the promotion of small-budgeted film, appealed film producer, director and actor Parthiban at the Naduvala Konjam Pakkatha Kanom film's 50th day celebration that took place in Chennai in Rani Seethai Hall, very recently. Pointing out the last year's Tamil films, that most of the films that were produced in small-budget became super-hits and welcomed the growth of the small-budgeted films in the state had been prospering now. There was a time, that the films produced in those days were released with small-budget and nowadays, this had become big, because of huge expenditure, that the producers in course of time meted out. Parthiban said that small-budgeted films were given publicities in a big way was another added reason for theose films becoming success. Parthiban appealed that the film producers could take note of it and help out the small-budget films. At the function Vijay Sethupathy, Gayathri, director K.V.Anand participated. Attaka...

No actress has so far brought their babies in shooting spots and acting before cameras. But actress Shwetha Menon is different. She brings her daughter always with her in shooting spots and takes the baby into her arms whenever she finds time. For her motherhood is something unique and holy. The actress who was recently seen at the shooting of spot of Kalimannu, says that she had named her baby Sabarina, means beautiful girl. The actress says, her husband had chosen the name for the baby and she tells she enjoys everyday with the girl-baby. .

Finally, the Raj Kamal film has announced to premiere its 95-crore mega-budget film Vishwaroopam through Direct-to-home (DTH) platforms on February 2. The film will be released in cinema-halls on January 25th. It is understood that Kamal is interested to reduce the price of the film for a show from Rs.1000 on DTH platforms and is expected that the film would be premiered on February 2 thrice instead of one single show as was planned earlier, since the decision of exhibiting the show through DTH a day before its release was changed. The decision to premiere the show through the DTH  after the film's release in cine theaters was arrived at following discussions and hour-long talks with some cine theater owners, it is learnt. The film in Hindi and Telugu versions will be released in February 1 and it would be come to DTH platforms for subscribers who make payments on February 2. There are around 7.5 million DTH subscribers throughout India,and how many of them will be willi...

Screening of a single-show of Vishwaroopam on DTH platforms 'shall' take place, instead of a day before its release in cinema theaters as was planned. Originally, the film was scheduled  for its release on January 11th, and the single-show of the film on DTH was fixed on January 10th. But this has changed now. According to Mr Kamal Hassan, the decision of screening the film DTH and the release of the film would take place simultaneously, after consulting with some theater owners in Northern parts of the country to find out their good dates for its release. This he wanted to find out from some Andhra Pradesh theater owners too. Till then the release date of the film will remain suspense. " I am the product owner, and I have every right to sell my product in the market and not out of any fear due to the threat calls or protests from a section of people that I received, I have been postponing the release date " said Kamal. " I don't want to go in detail...

By N.Thyagarajan Kamal Hassan who is on the verge of screening his latest film through DTH Platforms, a day before its release in cinema halls on Jan.11, on Sunday met the Additional Director General of Police T.K.Rajendran that he had been receiving death threats phone calls from anonymous persons asking him to stop the idea of DTH screening of the 95-crore budgeted film Vishwaroopam. According to the latest information, the film would be screened for one time on January 10 through the DTH platforms. The actor, who lodged a complaint with Additional DGP, the callers who threatened him, saying the movie would be pirated and power supply to the cinema screening it would be suspended. The actor while speaking to some newsmen reiterated that that despite the stiff opposition the film would be telecast in DTH format. He further added that the threat callers told him saying that the movie will be pirated and power supply to the theaters screening the movie will be suspended. ...