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N.Thyagarajan Malayalam beauty queen and actress Meera Jasmine said that there was no harm in acting with new faces. Speaking to our blog she said, "when I joined in the filmdom, I was a new face to several actors and actress with whom I acted. I think there is no wrong in acting with them and it will not affect the experienced artistes like me. Because I always used to think of my own character in the film in which I am acting. I always give values to my character and how to do it without any mistake".

Very recently Amitabh Bachchan has lent his voice by singing for Himani Navratna Oil to which he is a brand ambassador too. The commericial is directed by Sujoy Ghosh, who is also directing Amitabh's Aladin. Says Ghosh, "We had an amazing time shooting the advertisement with him". Besides lenting of voice, the 66-year-old will also shake a leg in the advertisement. The jingle has been composed by Vishal-Shekhar, sources said. The actor earlier had lent his voice for songs like Meare angane mein, Rang barse and Chali chali.

Actor Kaniga's Pazhassi Raja is nearing completion. Kaniga who married recently actress Jaishree's brother Shyam Radhakrishanan has completed the work of Malayalam film Bhagyadevata with Jayaram. The actress made her debut through Five Star produced by Mani Rathnam. Besides she has done memorable performances in Autograph and Varalaaru. The actress is an engineering graduate from BITS, Pilani has married Shyam Radhakrishnan.

BY N.THYAGARAJAN For the last one year, the mega-serial Megala has been running without the character Kalaiyarasu being done by Dheepan Chakravarthy. As per the story line, Kalaiyarasu, is the building contractor and head of the family is kidnapped by a gang. The story remains suspense over the whereabouts of the Kalaiarasu. His family consists of elder sister Vadivukarasi, wife Sankarabaranam fame Rajalakshmi, their three daughters - Gayathri, Sri Vidya, Revathy Priya and Bhavana Kalaiarasu are faced with a lot of problems when Kalaiarasu was dumped in a dark room. Meghala which has crossed nearly 500 episodes now, is again inttroducing Dheepan Chakravarthy as if he escapes from the imprisoned room of the goondas. But in reality, he seeks asylum in a car to escape after getting away from the room. But the very same goons take him to another place and when they tried, the car meets with an accident. In the end, Kaliarasan losts all his previous happenings and has become like a child ge

KARPAGAM THYAGARAJAN MUMBAI: Two years after the launch of Tamil kids channel Chutti TV, Sun TV Network is getting the Telugu and Kannada channels up and running on 12 April. The Telugu and Kannada kids channels are titled Kushi TV and Chintu TV. Aimed at children in the age group of 2-14 years, the channel will include local as well as international content. Programming will be positioned across different genres and will include comedy, action, education, reality shows and entertainment. Along with dubbed content, the channel will also show adaptations of popular programmes. However, the company has not indicated when the Malayalam kids channel will launch.