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Radaan's mega serial Chellaemae which had crossed more than 1200 episodes ended on a sad-note by giving the character Chellammal additional burden of looking after the newly-born-female-baby and her husband's second wife. Chellammal's husband kills Sneha for saving his child to prove that he wants to do some justification for his character. The Chellamae did not talk about what has happened to the characters AK, Vadamalai brothers and sisters, Chellamma's father Avudaiyar ( Ravi Kumar), Thavasi ( Delhi Ganesh ). Most of the viewers expected that the Radaan could do something for the characters, if not for the story, at least for its millions of viewers who would even give up their personal engagements and watched the serial sincerely on all five days. Though it is presumed that one day Vadamalai will come out of jail and take care of his wife and the newly born female baby, the other characters are not justified with the link of the story. But in toto, the ser...

Radaan TV's Chellamae which has been telecast through the Sun TV channel for more than four years, is now reaching its climax scenes. According to sources, the serial will come to end by the second or third-week of January this year. In the serial, Ms Radhika Sarath Kumar as Chellamma has been facing severe problems from her own relatives and friends. Chellamma as a bravery woman takes cudgels against all those who had acted against her. She was under the belief that one of her daughters (twins) born to her died in the hospital at the time of delivery. Later, she comes to know that the child was kidnapped by some thugs for want of money and finally it reaches her elder brother's wife who becomes a wealthy widow. Chellamma comes to know about this and when she starts searching for one of her twins, she found it was kidnapped by her own family friend's daughter. Chellamma also faces problems when her husband marries second time after ditching her in...

Prakash Raj may not act in a big role opted by S.J.Suryah for the film Isai as Prakash Raj is busy man and has been travelling to shoot for his films in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. Prakash Raj who is competent enough to act with any leading artistes has been offered to do the role of a musician in Isai in which S.J.Suryah is in the lead role of another musician. As per the story the two musicians aim to become music director in films for which they undertake various methods to entrench themselves. Suryah thought the roles could be done only by eminent artistes like Prakash Raj, but he is busy with the schedules of his own productions. While talking about the role Suryah says, " the character is very crucial to the film's plot and I am trying someone who would fit the role and I am now scouting for a good character artistes to replace Prakash Raj".

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.

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.

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.

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, especia...

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 – I...

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.

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. "...

BY, AISHWARYA THYAGARAJAN Archana Kavi is laughing at media reports, which suggested that she was set to marry soon. "I request those spreading this rumour to find out a suitable guy for me," says the 'Aravaan' girl.  "I am yet to come across my kind of man. Even if I do so in the near future, I will take some three to four years to enter wedlock. So there is no question of me marrying someone soon," she explains. Saying that reports were being written in some sections of the media without bothering about verifying the facts, Archana says, "The worst part is that my wedding date was also published without any confirmation." The actress says she is game to do more interesting roles, like the one she did in 'Aravaan'. "My focus at present is on cinema and nothing else," she concludes.

By, Aishwarya Thyagarajan  R Parthiban is back after a little break. The actor-director, who was last seen in the film 'Vithagan', will soon be seen in a sequel to 'Puthiya Paathai', a film which announced his arrival to the tinsel town more than two decades back. Confirming this, Parthiban said he will be acting and directing the movie, the work will gonna start soon. The movie has been titled Meendum Puthiya Paathai. It will come with a nice message." 'Puthiya Paathai' was about an orphan who was dumped in a dust bin and the emotions he undergoes. In the sequel, it is said that Parthiban will play a middle-aged man and will continue from where he left in the first part. After completing 'Meendum Puthiya Pathai', Parthiban will start working on his long pending project 'Yelelo'. Interestingly, the movie will have music by Oscar-Grammy winner AR Rahman.

by, Aishwarya Thyagarajan Trisha is playing Maya, an Indian girl working in a foreign country, in 'Samaran', which has Vishal in the lead role. The film is being directed by Thiru, who earlier delivered 'Theeradha Vilayattu Pillai'. "What starts as friendship between Vishal and Trisha blossoms into love. Though this sounds cliched, we have given a different treatment to the screenplay," says the director, who is optimistic about the movie's success. He adds: " Trisha will dub on her own for Samaran. There is one more heroine, Sunaina. She plays a girl from a rich family in Ooty. There is no connection between the characters of Trisha and Sunaina as per the script. But there are some interesting things." Recently, some crucial scenes for the movie were shot in Ooty. The cast and crew of 'Samaran' will soon leave to a couple of foreign countries to shoot the songs and stunt sequences for this action entertainer.

The ‘dream pair’. Aarya, who has proved in the past few years that he has it in him to take on any kind of role(s) and do full justice to them, and Anushka, the most tallented actress in Tamil and Telugu film industries at this very moment,so both of them are coming for the first time as a pair. The film, titled "Irandaam Ulagam", is directed by Selvaraghavan whose latest venture Mayakkam Enna has been earning him rave reviews from the print and television media.Actor Aarya and the tall and slimly beutyAnushka are already being referred to as the ‘dream pair’ by some sections of the media.Ramji, who was Selvaa’s trusted cinematographer in Aayirathil Oruvan and Mayakkam Enna, would be working behind the camera for Irandaam Ulagam too. The Aarya-Anushka starrer is planned as a short-term production after which Selvaa is likely to plunge deep into the making of the sequel to his Aayirathil Oruvan. The film, seen by many as the Indian version of Indiana Jones, released early last...

Karpagam Thyagarajan Deepika was cast as Rajinikanth’s heroine in Rana whose film pooja was held on 29th April this year. Unfortunately, Rajini fell ill on the same evening and was hospitalized in two hospitals in Chennai before being go to Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital for the treatment of the kidney problem which had been troubling him for the past few months.Though the shooting of the film was scheduled in December, it is now said that the shooting may not start before August next year. Rajini, in the meanwhile, would be starring in Kochadaiyan to be directed by Soundarya. The fact that nobody bothered to inform Deepika about the postponement of Rana that already-delayed hasn’t gone down well with Deepika.Ravikumar’s statement that Anushka was likely to be cast as heroine of Rajini in his new film was the last draw as far as Deeps was concerned. This upset Deepika, when queried about the postponement of Rana’s shoot, said that she wasn’t formally informed about the same a...

Indian media said the country had lost an "evergreen hero". Meanwhile, the actor's manager told that the cremation would take place in London later this week. Anand was known as the Adonis of Indian cinema for his good looks and the ease with which he played romantic roles. His films included Guide, Paying Guest and Jewel Thief. He continued to direct almost until his death, releasing his last film, Chargesheet, in September. Anand, who produced and acted in dozens of films, became sick and had gone to London for a check-up. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the screen legend was "an embodiment of a life-long passion for acting and film-making." "I join millions of his fans in mourning his death," he said.

BY KARPAGAM THYAGARAJAN The exact outcome of the 2-G Spectrum scam which created reverberations in many political circles and saw several upheavals in some of the political parties winning and forming government during the last assembly election, has been made plot of a film. The Pooja for the new film was held on July 11 with the title of the film as 2-G Spectrum. It is known that the 2G Spectrum scam which saw the fall of the DMK government in Tamil Nadu and also resulted in the former chief minister's daughter Kanimozhi and former Union Telecom Minister A.Raja who were arrested and sent to Tihar Jail for making inquiries, is being made a story of the film.The 2-G Spectrum , what the other opposition parties would call it a scam, the Special court will go ahead with the inquiries in which many persons are arrested. It is said to deliver the judgment it may take several years. But our Tamil film industry will not wait for this because it has been facing severe scarcity for good...

BY KARPAGAM THYAGARAJAN At a time when a guessing game on the story of 'Mugamoodi' is on, Mysskin's next venture starring Jiiva in the lead role which is touted to be a 'super hero' subject, we have an official version on the 'mega-budget' film. "The story of the movie is based on the theme of the superhero that lies dormant in every human. Destiny pushes a love-struck young man into a dangerous world of adventure", says a source from UTV Motion Pictures, which is producing the movie. They also say: "How he fights the evil incarnate and becomes the savior of society forms the rest of the story of Mugamoodi". Meanwhile, the pre-production on the project is already in progress. In the meantime, UTV is currently busy with works related to the release of Vikarm-starrer 'Deiva Thirumagal'. The movie directed by Vijay, co-produced by Sree Rajakaliamman Medias and UTV Motion Pictures and will release across 350 screens in India July 15.

BY KARPAGAM THYAGRAJAN It was an auspicious day for Selvaraghavan who was rarely or never spotted in any spiritual events so far, as his wedding with Geethanjali was performed in Chennai on Sunday as per traditional Hindu customs. The 'Pudupettai' and 'Aayirathil Oruvan' director entered wedlock with Geethanjali, who is his close associate and daughter of former Advocate General of Tamil Nadu, P S Raman, at a star hotel in Guindy. Kasthuriraja, a happy father that he is, was beaming with a big smile and was seen having a whale of time with his younger son Dhanush. Clad in 'pattu veshti-satti', the director father and actor son took good care of those who had attended the marriage. Linga and Yathra, the sons of Dhanush and grandsons of Superstar Rajinikanth, were kept out of the media's eyes at their Periyappa's wedding. But still, some shutterbugs claimed to have managed to capture their images

BY KARPAGAM THYAGARAJAN Prakash Raj to start Acting Academy Acting power house Prakash Raj has announced a plan to set up an acting school in south India to train actors. Prakash Raj revealed this plan while speaking at the 125 days celebration event of his first directorial venture ‘Naanu Nanna Kanasu’ on Sunday. ‘Prakash Raj Academy of Acting’ will most probably set up in either Hyderabad or Bangalore on 20 acres of land. An American Indian Mr Prasad has come forward to invest Rs.300 crores in Indian film industry and Prakash Raj is the prize catch for him. With the American NRI the meeting with Karan Johar, Aamir Khan, Prakash Raj the first meeting was held recently and the outcome of it is ‘Prakash Raj Academy of Acting’. The NRI investor is keen on funding Rs.20 crores on this acting Academy says Prakash Raj. Prakash Raj sitting next to his wife Pony Verma at The Bell Hotel in Bangalore said he has two projects in Telugu, two in Tamil, two in Kannada and three projects in Hindi li...