Jacqueline Fernandez in Mankatha

Thala Ajith's much awaited 50th film Mankatha (also spelt Mangatha) directed by Venkat Prabhu was launched on August 2, 2010. The teaser trailer of Mankatha has already created a lot of buzz in the industry. Telugu superstar Nagarjuna will play a prominent role in this film, which will be made simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu. The roles will be interchanged in the versions; Ajith will play Nagarjuna's role in the Telugu version and vice versa.
Now the latest buzz is that Sri Lankan model Jacqueline Fernandez (who made her Bollywood debut with Aladin) will play a prominent role in the film; Neetu Chandra and Lakshmi Rai are in the cast.

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Nagaram Tamil songs

Movie Name : Nagaram
Year : 2010
Cast : Sundar C, Anuya, Vadivelu...
Music Director : Thaman S
Banner: Aveni Cine Makers PVT Ltd
Producer : Kushbu
Director : Sundar C
Lyrics : Vairamuthu

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Mysskin To Direct John Abraham

Mysskin, the man behind the surprise hit Anjaathe, may be having a tough time releasing his second movie Nandhalala that also marks his acting debut, but he seems to have convinced Bollywood hunk John Abraham with one of his stories. Word has it that Mysskin narrated an action script to John who was pretty impressed.
Mysskin will now direct John after completing Yuddham Sei with Cheran, which is in post-production stage. This untitled Bollywood flick will be produced by UTV Motion Pictures and will go on floors in January 2011.

Actor Murali Is No More

We regret to announce the untimely demise of veteran actor Murali (46) due to cardiac failure. Known for his subtle performances on screen, the talented actor made it big in Tamil cinema with his unique style and ability to blend romance, pathos and comedy.
Following a massive heart attack, Murali was admitted to Ramachandra Hospital three days back. The end came today (September 8) at 7.30 a.m. He is survived by his wife Shobha, daughter Kaavya and son Adharva.
A famous hero right from his debut in Poovilangu, Murali (from Karnataka) appeared in over 100 films. In Baana Kaathadi, his son Atharva's debut movie as hero, Murali had a cameo role (his last role).
Poovilangu was followed by Pagal Nilavu. Murali became a star with Vikraman’s 1990 super hit Puthu Vasantham. His other memorable films include Porkalam, Vetri Kodi Kattu, Sundara Travels, Poomani, Ali Thanda Vanam, Desiya Geetham, Idhayam, Thanga Manusukkaran, En Asai Machan, Anandam, Samuthiram, etc. He was honoured with Tamil Nadu best actor award in 2001 for his performance in Kadal Pookal.
Prakashraj has posted the following message on Twitter: Actor murali no more. Its very painfull to lose a person u know. May his family n friends have the strength to move on. will miss u MURALI.

K.S.Ravi Passes away

Director K.S. Ravi (45) of Honest Raj (1994), Mr. Romeo (1996) and Mr. Swasa Katre (1996) fame passed away in Chennai today due to cardiac arrest. He is survived by his wife Sumathi and a daughter Aishwarya.
tamilcineupdates blog expresses heart-felt condolences to the actor's family and friends!

Vikram in Venice Film Festival

Cheeyan Vikram is sill basking in the glory of ‘Raavanan’. The Mani Ratnam directed film has taken Vikram to frontiers beyond Bollywood, Kollywood and all other Indian woods.

Presently Vikram is in Venice with Mani Ratnam and Suhasini for the screening of ‘Raavan’ in the out-of-competition category at the 67th Venice Film Festival happening from September 1-11. At the festival Mani Ratnam was honoured with ‘Jaeger-Le Coultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award’.

After the award ceremony, the festival premiere of ‘Raavanan’ was screened the Sala Grande Palazzo Del Cinema on Monday. Vikram, Mani Ratnam and Suhasini Mani Ratnam walked the red carpet to attend the premiere.

The premiere was to be attended by all the main cast of ‘Raavanan’. But Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan could not attend for personal reasons. The reason said is that the film festival is sponsored by an international watch brand that is a competitor to another watch brand Abi and Ash jointly promotes. So they heeded a request by their brand bosses and stayed back. Valid.

Nagaram Music launch

“Filmmakers should create awareness among the people on various issues and propagate rationalism. Tamil movies should reflect the culture of the land”, Chief Minister M Karunaidhi has said.

He was speaking at the audio launch of ‘Nagaram’, a film directed by Sundar C and produced by Kushboo, in Chennai Saturday evening. “There were days when movies made in Tamil failed to hail the language and the land,” he said.

“Even great poet Bharathidasan penned a verse taking a dig at such filmmakers,” the Chief Minister said and added: “But things have changed and movies these days reflect the culture well. A song from ‘Nagaram’ which was screened here now is an apt example to it.”

Urging Kushboo and Sundar (who has also played the lead role in the film) to come out with more such movies, Karunanidhi said that he would always support bold attempts in films.

The first copy of Nagaram's music album, which has songs tuned by Thaman S, was launched by Karunanidhi and received by Kamal Haasan in the presence of Tamil Film Producers Council president Rama Narayanan, actress Anuya, Sundar and Kushboo.

A song and a comedy track were screened besides some live performance. Others who took part in the event include Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin, Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi, FEFSI president V C Guhanathan, Vairamuthu, 'Editor’ Mohan, 'Jayam' Ravi, K S Srinivasan and Sivasakthi Pandian.

Dhanush admitted in hospital

Actor Dhanush has been admitted in a private hospital in Chennai. The usually cheerful actor was suffering from high fever for a couple of days and was hospitalized on Sunday (Sep 5). Many would have noticed that Dhanush was seen off color in Superstar Rajinikanth's daughter Soundarya's wedding. In fact, Dhanush did not attend the reception at all. Dhanush will be in the hospital for two days after which he may be discharged, according to doctors.
Dhanush is currently acting in his brother director Selvaraghavan's next movie which is titled " Maruvan ". According to the crew, Dhanush has been suffering from fever for quite some time now. His co-star in Maruvan, Hansika Motwani is also down with fever.

MANKATHA ACTRESS IN MATCH-FIXING SCANDAL

Neetu Chandra’s name has figured in the match-fixing scandal in which the Pakistani players are involved. The actress, who is currently starring in Yudham Sei and has signed up for Mankatha, has reportedly made two short calls to Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Asif on November 7th, 2009.
Pakistani actress Veena Malik, who is known for her close proximity with Asif, has reportedly said that she had seen an Indian mobile number on his mobile and he had claimed it was a Hindi actress’s number who is his fan.
Denying reports of her alleged involvement in the scandal, Neetu’s publicist Dale Bhagwagar has said that she is not aware of who Asif is, and she had first seen his photo only after these reports.

Mani Ratnam gets Glory Award at Venice

Director Mani Ratnam was honoured with ‘Jaeger-Le Coultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award’ at the 67th Venice Film Festival on Monday. Director and Jury member Gabriele Salvatores presented the award to Mani Ratnam. The Venice Film Festival (Italian Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica) is the oldest film festival in the world. The festival is being held from September 1 to 11 this year.

With the award Mani Ratnam joins Sylvester Stallone, Agnes Varda, Abbas Kiarostami, and Takeshi Kitano who have "left a mark" on contemporary cinema. After the award ceremony, the festival premiere of ‘Raavanan’ was screened in the Sala Grande.

Announcing this at Cannes in May this year Venice Film Festival director Marco Muller had said: “Mani Ratnam is one of the greatest innovators in contemporary Indian cinema. He helped introduce the auteur concept to contemporary Bollywood. We are very proud to honour the work of the great Indian director Mani Ratnam.”

Mani Ratnam was accompanied by Suhasini Mani Ratnam, and Vikram. The other leading stars of ‘Raavan’, Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek who were also to attend the festival had to stay back for personal reasons.

Thambikkotta songs Download

Thambikkottai Tamil  songs

Movie Name : Thambikkottai
Year : 2010
Cast : Narain, Poonam Bajwa, Prabhu, Meena, Sangeetha...
Music Director : D Imman
Banner: Rjeshwari Films
Producer : RK Suresh
Director : R Ammuramesh
Lyrics : Viveka

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Va Quarter Cutting Tamil songs

Movie Name : Va Quarter Cutting
Year : 2010
Cast : Shiva, Lekha Washington, SPB Charan, John Vijay, Craig, Abhinayashree...
Music Director : GV Prakash Kumar
Banner : Cloud Nine Movies
Producer : Sashikanth Sivaji
Director : Pushkar Gayathri
Lyrics : Kumararaja, Shiva


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BILLA 2 BEFORE MANKATHA

Ajith is back again on the fast lane and is fully committed to the Mankatha crew for the completion of the movie. The teaser for Mankatha was released before two weeks which got a rousing reception from Ajith's fans. Ajith's next move after Mankatha would be Billa 2. Ajith had already asked director Vishnuvardhan, who directed Billa, to come up with a compelling script. Now with Mankatha in auto-pilot mode, Ajith is keen to start discussions about the script and other details of Billa 2.

In the meantime, it has been confirmed that director Lingusamy's production house will be producing Billa 2. With the pace and the interest that is being shown, the script and finer details will be finalised before the release of Mankatha it seems.

Siruthai In December

Karthi, who is riding high on a success wave, will have his next release, ‘Siruthai’, in December. The film, directed by Tollywood filmmaker Shiva, is a remake of Telugu blockbuster ‘Vikramarkudu’, say sources in the know.

“Shiva has earlier directed films like ‘Souryam’ and ‘Sankham’. His Kollywood debut will be ‘Siruthai’, which has Tamannah opposite Karthi. Comedy portion will be taken care of by Santhanam”, they say.

After a gap, music composer Vidyasagar is back on ‘track’ with this film, which is being cinematographed by Velraj and edited by Anthony. K E Gnanavelraja of Studio Green is producing ‘Siruthai’ on a big budget.

“After completing some important portions in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, the film’s unit will soon leave for foreign locales to can songs and crucial scenes. It will be a full length commercial entertainer”, add sources.

Boss Engira Baskaran gets U certificate

Boss Engira Baskaran, starring Arya and Nayantara in the lead roles, received a clean U certificate from the Censor Board. Music composed by Yuvanshankar Raja was launched in Chennai recently. The film is directed by Rajesh M. of Siva Manasula Sakthi fame.
Boss Engira Baskaran is the story of a middle-class family that faces common issues. Nayantara plays the role of Chandrika, a middle-class sensible girl, who expects everyone to be practical in life. The movie revolves around Arya, a fun-loving guy, and his relationship with Santhanam and Nayantara.

FICUS Accquires USA Rights

FICUS, the leader in overseas distribution has acquired the USA theatrical rights of both Telugu and Tamil versions of Superstar Rajinikanth's ‘Endhiran’.

Acknowledging Sun Pictures for the opportunity given to them, FICUS thank Kalanidhi Maran and Hansraj Saxena for giving them this opportunity to work on their prestigious project ‘Endhiran’.

Shankar's futuristic film ‘Endhiran: The Robot’ will be a real science-fiction in Tamil/Telugu after many decades. It is also going to be the biggest Indian film ever made not just in terms of the money spent on production but also on the line up cast and crew assembled for the film. Besides Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai in the lead roles other major stars in the film include Danny Denzongpa, Santhanam and Kalabavan Mani.

The technical crew of ‘Endhiran’ is hand picked by Shankar from all over the world comprising the best of the world. Oscar Winner AR Rahman, Hollywood stunt director Yuen Woo Ping who designed action scenes for films like The Matrix, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, etc, Animatronics studio Stan Winston Studios which handled visual effects for iconic films like Aliens, Terminator 2 and Jurassic Park, etc.

Industrial Light & Magic that handled the special effects for films like Avatar, Star Wars, and Titanic worked on visual and special effects. Buzz says about 40 per cent of the budget was spent on the special effects.

‘Endhiran’ is all set to make a mark in world cinema

Sethu Samudhiram

Sanjay Ram of Gowravargal fame will produce and direct Sarathkumar's next Tamil film, titled Sethu Samudhiram. The film also stars Radharavi, his son Hari Radharavi, Prakashraj, Ganja Karuppu, Ramesh Kannan and Kuyili in prominent roles.
Reportedly the film narrates the friendship between two persons: Sethupahy, a sincere cop (Sarathkumar) and Samuthirakani (Radharavi). Music is composed by Dhina while Leo T. handles the camera. Shooting will begin on September 6 and the hunt for the heroine is on.

Bale Pandiya Trailer

Music Maestros to be Honoured today

Music maestros Dr.L.Subramaniam, Ilayaraja, Harris Jeyaraj, B.Ganesh Kumar, Mani Sharma and V.S.Narasimhan are being honoured by the by the Trinity College London for their accomplishments and making the institute proud.

 Trinity College London, for the first time in India is felicitating its illustrious alumni on their professional achievements and successful music careers. The felicitation function is on September 1st at Sir Mutha Venkata Subbarao Auditorium in Chetpet, Chennai.

The illustrious people who will be honoured on that day are Dr.L.Subramaniam, Ilayaraja, Harris Jeyaraj, B.Ganesh Kumar, Mani Sharma and V.S.Narasimhan. Sarah Kemp, CEO, Mark Stringer, Executive Director and Alan Winchcombe (Senior Examiner for Trinity and Her Majesty's Inspectors) of Trinity College of London will felicitate them.

The evening will also feature musical performances by Trinity students Grammy Winner Tanvi Shah along with her band. Celebrated duo Anil Srinivasan  (Piano) and Sikkil Gurucharan (Vocal) will also perform..

K.B's Letter to kamal

One of the finest actors of Indian cinema, Kamal Haasan was recently felicitated by the Kerala Tourism department in Trivandrum. Besides the State Government, various associations from the Malayalam film industry took part in the event.
The event also featured several cultural programmes, all celebrating Kamal Haasan’s multi-lingual cinematic versatility and the characters he played in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films.
However, legenday director K.B. Balachander couldn't be a part this mega event, so he has sent his wishes through a letter. "Mention Kamal's name, somehow my ears pick up, my weariness drops, my back straightens, my knees heal, my heart lightens, my smile widens, my spirits soar - so why only beautiful Trivandrum - I would willingly go to even Timbuctoo - only to sing Kamal's praises," he began.
"Rajni stands tall for all the world to see. Kamal Haasan however, straddles the whole world. Rajni is a phenomenon! Kamal is an icon, a monarch of all he surveys," he wrote.
"Although the seeds of Kamal's career were sown in Tamil Nadu, it germinated and took roots only in the fertile literary landscapes of Kerala. Kamal learnt the basics of underplaying and the nuances of melodrama in the formative initial years of his career in a wide variety of roles in over 50 films!" he added.
"I did not discover Kamal. I only gave him the platform and the opportunity to discover himself. In the process, I was blessed enough to discover myself. Yes, I own Kamal yet he does not belong to me, he belongs to the world of Cinema," he said.
He further said, "Kamal follows no rules. Instead he makes his own, only to break them and begin all over again!"