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FILM ON ILLEGAL SAND QUARRYING

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Porida Pazhagu deals on illegal-sand-mining The story of Porida Pazhagu is based on the real thing that is taking place. It is about the illegal sand mining. Master Mahendran who had acted in a number of Tamil films as child artiste, is the hero act opposite Neelambari. Mahendran works as a lorry driver for the sand mafia Riaz Khan. The heroine of the film Nilambari uses all her tricks to stop the illegal sand quarry. The film is directed by debutant director Sekar Bharathy and music directed by Bhavatharini, the daughter of Music Director Ilayaraja. Some of the scenes of the film were shot in Kanchipuram and its adjoining areas. Lyrics of the film are written by Pa Vijay, Snehan and Hridhaya.

Lakshmi Manchu in 'Kadal'

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N.Thyagarajan Lakshmi Manchu is an Indian Film actress, model, producer and host. She is the only daughter of veteran Telugu actor Mohan Babu and Late Vidya Devi. She is under the project of Director Mani Ratnam's upcoming film 'Kadal' starring Actor Karthik's son Gautham Kathik and Thulasi, younger daughter of Actress Radha. The Actress will be doing an item song in A.R.Rahman's musical note in 'Kadal'. Though Lakshmi Manchu is currently working on Marenthen Mannithen with Aravindhsamy and Actor Arjun playing a supporting role in the film. This will fetch good name to her and she is happy about working in Mani Rathnam's film.

DEVI SRI PRASAD LOOKING FOR A SCRIPT?

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By, N.Thyagarajan Music Director Devi Sri Prasad, shortly called DSP is on the look out for a good script to act, though he finds no time to act in films, instead of focusing much of his time on directing music and giving live-show performances. The music director has the ability to dance on stages and had won applause of the audiences on several occasions. In fact, DSP has danced in Sun Pictures Vedi film for the music of Vijay Antony. In Manmadhan Ambu, he has scored music and had also appeared with Kamal Hassan in the film playing guitar for the song's sequence of Neelavaanam. If DSP finds the script, it is said, that he would act in his own film, like the music director Vijay Antony who appeared in the film Naan. It is not yet known, how many music directors from our Tamil films will become heroes.

Podaa Podi- STR with Varalakshmi

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By, N.Thyagarajan Silambarasan has always been a rebel with a distinct style and vision who loves to break away from the constraints of prevailing trends. This has helped him to carve his own niche in Tamil cinema and   Podaa Podi   is an example of that.  It is an engaging watch because it wins you over with its heart warming, simple charm, immensely likeable characters, and the intrinsic humour in the writing. It's the film's excellent dialogues that ensure there's never a dull moment. The story is set in London where Arjun (STR), an urbane guy with western lifestyle and superior Tamil values bumps into Nisha (Varalaxmi) a salsa dancer who is a cheerful chatterbox. It’s their journey of love, marriage and understanding each other told in a rather different manner. The debutant director Vignesh Shivan has made it a youthful romantic musical with his style of writing and presentation of each scene. It is the tongue in cheek humour in the dialogues, especiall

PIZZA- Released this diwali

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By, N.Thyagarajan Michael (Vijay Sethupathy), the hero of the film is a pizza delivery boy. He has a live-in relationship with his girlfriend Anu (Ramya Nambisan), who is an avid reader of ghost stories. Michael does not believe in ghosts or about paranormal activities. However Anu warns him and tells him- “your moment will come”. One day Michael on a home delivery to a mysterious bungalow stumbles into something creepy that changes his life forever. Debutant director Karthik Subburaj’s premise, milieu and overall packaging of this romantic thriller make this Pizza crispy at the same time yummy. The background score and music of Santosh Narayan ( Attakathi  fame) is a major plus. The director seems to be heavily influenced by Manoj Night Shyamalan and his type of films of ‘seeing dead people’, with several nods to  The Sixth Sense  and  Shining . But Karthik has been able to create the adequate dread and suspense in the mind of the audiences – Is Michael hallucina

ANUSHKA IN VIDYA BALAN'S HINDI ROLE

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Anushka Shetty has been a successful actress through the film Arundhatti. Now the actress is acting with the leading artistes like Suriya, Karthi, Ajith in five films has been the busiest actress having the challenging roles in her films. Anushka is now going to act in the remake of the Hindi film Kahaani to be directed by Sujoy Ghosh. The story of the film revolves around a pregnant NRI lady's relentless search for her missing husband in Kolkatta. Vidya Balan portrayed the role of pregnant woman. Anushka who is going to act in this role watched the Hindi film for several times. The Tamil and Telugu remake of the film will be directed by Shekar Kammula.

Star Kids in films

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By N.Thyagarajan With Gautam Karthik, son of Karthik Muthuraman and Tulsi second daughter of yesteryear actress Radha entering the acting through Mani Ratnam's Kadal film, Action King Arjun' daughter Aishwarya is also entering the acting through the film Pattathu Yaanai. She act opposite Vishal Krishna in the film. Thirty three years ago, Radha and Karthik made their debut through the film Alaigal Oivathillai and now it is the turn of their daughter and son to enter acting. Aishwarya Arjun a B.Com graduate from Stella Maris College took to fashion design. But in Pattathu Yaanai she is acting as a 12th standard school student. Says Aishwarya, " I never really thought of becoming an actress, but it runs in my family. The script of the film came by and it seemed to be the right time". Adds Aishwarya: More than we, as youngsters, deciding to make out debuts, I think it's got to do with our fathers launching us. Healthy competition is always good. "