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Top News 21.12.2008


Ash in Chennai for EndhiranPhotobucket

With Sun Pictures taking up Endhiran under its wings, the film unit is gearing up for the next schedule of shooting. Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan are expected to participate in the shooting starting from December 19th. Aishwarya has flown down to Chennai from Kerala, where she had been camping for Mani Ratnam’s Ravan. It may be
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recalled that director Shankar had already filmed a few songs and important sequences of Endhiran in Peru, Goa and Chennai.

Ash is expected to participate in Endhiran’s shooting till February. Endhiran, in all probability, is expected to hit the screens at the end of 2009.


Suriya gives away guitars Photobucket

Vaaranam Aayiram's audio CD competition results are out! The prizes were announced for those who purchased the music CD of Vaaranam Aayiram. The lucky winners were selected by a lucky draw. The two lucky winners – Sharmila and Sanjay – both from Chennai were awarded guitars by the


film's hero Suriya. This competition was announced by Music World and Landmark.

Suriya, Simran, Divya and Sameera starred in the film, which was directed by Gautham Menon. The movie was produced by Aascar Films' V. Ravichandran. Music was by Harris jayaraj.
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Kamal’s opinion on ‘What makes an Indian script unique’.

The annual Screen Writer's conference, to be held this year on 13 and 14 December at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai will have Kamal Haasan attending the event as a special guest. The two day conference is being organized by the Film Writers' Association and this year will focus

on the life and works of the renowned film personality Vijay Tendulkar.

The conference will be attended by the famous names of Indian cinema including Nasreen Munni Kabir, Ashutosh Gowariker, Vinay Shukla, B R Ishara, Govind Nihalani, Dr Jabbar Patel, Amol Palekar, Imteyaz Hussain, K Hariharan, Lekh Tandon, Aatish Kapadia, Rajkumar Hirani, S M Vasanth, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Anurag Kashyap, Prakash Jha, Subash Ghai, Anurag Basu, Abbas Tyrewala and Javed Akhtar.

Various topics in regard to quality of screenwriting in Indian cinema will be discussed in the two day affair, which is divided into 10 sessions. There will be presentations, interactions, and Q&A during the course of the event. The conference will also focus on the other challenges involved in screenwriting. Kamal will chair the discussion on the topic 'what makes the Indian script unique'.


Aamir's gift and Suriya's refusal Photobucket

Recently in town for the promotion of his upcoming flick Gajini, Aamir also took some time to call on Suriya. During this friendly interaction, Aamir seems to have gifted Suriya a high-end laptop as a token of appreciation for lending voice for the Tamil version of the Hindi hit Taare Zameen Par directed by him.


However, Suriya, on the other hand, politely refused the gift reasoning that he took pride in his association with a movie like TZP. Now that didn't make Aamir give up on his decision though. The diplomatic Aamir seemed to have mentioned that the laptop was not a gift from his side and that he wanted to leave something from him with Suriya. Ahem!



Yuvan – Selva brawl intensifies Photobucket

The rift between Yuvan and Selvaraghavan took an ugly turn recently when both parties decided to make it public. A few days ago, Yuvan went public with his decision of falling-out from Selvaraghavan. The musician – director duo were synonymous with some of the most-heard hits of the past few years. Their association has borne fruitful results

from Selva's 'Kaadal Kondein' to 'Pudupettai'.

The rift became evident when Yuvan was absent from Selvaraghavan's upcoming release 'Ayirathil Oruvan'. Yuvan mentioned that he was not officially signed up for the project, yet was expected to work. Yuvan ended up scoring for one song from the movie.

Selva, on the other hand, in a recent media interaction, has come down harshly on this. He mentioned that he is comfortable working with G V Prakash since the musician puts commitment ahead of anything – as if referring to Yuvan's style of working during their association. He was also quoted as saying that Yuvan's pending pay issues needed to be taken up with the producers and not with him.

Now we know - parting ways graciously is one thing not many are accustomed to.
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CM calls Rajini

Amidst this, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi had called Rajini today to wish the superstar on
Rajini
his 58th birthday. Our sources have it that Rajini's fans have organized various welfare events across the state to coincide with their star's birthday. The star, it may be recalled, had appealed to his fans not to celebrate his birthday owing to the killings of innocent Tamils in the war-stricken Sri Lanka. Behindwoods.com joins its readers in wishing Rajini a very happy birthday!


A.R Rahman's Hollywood award

The 2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association award for Best Music Score has gone to A. R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire. Set in Mumbai, and directed by Danny Boyle of Trainspotting fame, Slumdog Millionaire has become an unexpected box office hit in the U.S. and U.K. It will be released in India in January. Based on Vikas Swarup's

bestselling novel, Q&A, it tells the story of a poor young man who wins the ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ quiz show.

Rahman's brilliant score for the film has also been bestowed with another stupendous honor: the coveted Golden Globe nomination for best music score. On behalf of all his fans in India, Behindwoods congratulates Rahman for this fantastic double achievement.

The other major awards were:
Best Film: Wall-E directed by Andrew Stanton
Best Foreign-Language Film: Still Life directed by Jia Zhangke
Best Documentary: Man on Wire directed by James Marsh
Best Animated Film: Waltz with Bashir
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Best Screenplay: Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Cinematography: Lik Wai Yu, Still Life
Runner-up: Anthony Dod Mantel, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Production Design: Mark Friedberg, Synecdoche, New York



Economic crisis, Rajini’s salary plummets

The financial slowdown across the globe has finally caught up with the film industry. There were reports that many big budget films were shelved by corporate productions. The classic example of this happens to be Kamal Haasan’s Marma Yogi.

Several Bollywood actors, including Sanjay Dutt, have come forward to

reduce their pay packet keeping in mind the present scenario. The latest to join this bandwagon is the Superstar. Rajinikanth has apparently conferred with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to reduce her salary by 30 per cent for Endhiran. It is said that she has also done so. Sources say that they make get back the amount after Endhiran fetches profits after its release.
It's Rajini's birthday today! The superstar is currently camping in Hyderabad to shoot for the animation film Sultan – The Warrior. This film is directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth and produced by Ocher Studios.
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Rajini's fans disappointed

The superstar's fans were gearing up to celebrate their star's birthday which falls on the 12th of December. But Rajinikanth had requested them not to celebrate his birthday as the killing of innocent Tamils in Sri Lanka continues.

Rajini had left Chennai on December 10th to Hyderabad where he will

participate in the shooting of Sultan – The Warrior. The film is directed by his daughter Soundarya Rajinikanth. The shooting is on at the Ramoji Film City. The star is expected back in the city on December 15th. It is worth mentioning here that Rajini never stays in the city for his birthdays and prefers to spend time on his own or with his family.


Good news for Sonia Agarwal's fans

Sonia Agarwal debuted in the Tamil film industry with Kadhal Kondein in 2003 and went on to act in quite a number of films including 7G Rainbow Colony and Thiruttu Payale. The actress went into a short hibernation following her marriage to director Selvaragahvan who introduced her to Kollywood.


However, the actress in her seemed to have still remained intact and probably this could be the reason behind her role Radhika in Naanal. Naanal is a tele serial written and produced by Kushboo Sundar. This mega serial will be telecast from December 15th in Kalaignar TV.



Shriya, Vishal and Paravai Muniamma

It is known news that Vishal's next has been titled Thoranai. This film is produced by GK Productions on behalf of Vishal's brother Vikram Krishna and his wife Shreya Reddy. The good news for all Vishal's fans is that, for the first time, he is paired opposite Shriya Saran. Others in the star cast include Prakashraj, Kishore, Pandirajan, M S Baskar, Sreeman,

Santhanam, Livingston, Pyramid Natarajan, Shanmugarajan, T P Gajendran, Mayilsamy, Geetha, Aryan, Suman Shetty, and Paravai Muniamma.

This action-packed entertainer hit the floors recently with an introductory song that was shot in Karaikudi. Mani Sharma scored the music for this song and it is sung by Ranjith. A huge set was erected for this purpose, which includes a 60-feet statue of Goddess Durga and over 500 shops. Meenakshi of Karuppasamy Kuthagaitharar fame features in the introductory song along with Vishal.

Priyan will wield the camera for this venture. Editing will be done by V T Vijayan, art by Velu Prakash, stunt is by Stunt Siva, and the lyrics are penned by Snehan and Viveka.
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Ajith's Asal – will it or wont? Photobucket

While the media went crazy writing about Ajith's next movie with director Charan, the actor and the director remain tightlipped about the issue. The movie is said to be produced by Sivaji pictures since the company has officially acquired Ajith's call sheets recently.


While numerous news sources state that the movie is named Asal and Sameera Reddy has been roped in to play the lead, no official confirmation in this regard has been released by Ajith, Sivaji Pictures or Charan so far that does not completely rule out a possibility of such a project. Grapevine also has it that the movie is scored by Harris' music.



Karthi’s heroine dilemma Photobucket

Looks like the heroine hunt for Karthi’s Payya seems to have hit the road to nowhere. After Nayan refusing to come down from her 1 crore mark, Trisha was approached. While initial reports averred that Trisha was booked for 80 lakhs, lesser than Nayan’s remuneration, news from the director’s stable state otherwise.


Industry sources, citing the director/producer’s close allies reveal that Lingusamy is resorting to his third option in the list, which is Tamanna. Incidentally, the Punjabi lass’ pay check is way lesser than that of Nayan and Trisha. Besides, she also joined the elite league recently after having been starred with Surya for Ayan. More news in this regard awaited.

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Villu resumes! Photobucket

Prabhudeva is not letting his personal grievance pull down his responsibilities at the professional front. The director turned actor, who lost his eldest son to a mysterious form of cancer, a few days back is back at the sets of his upcoming project Villu with Vijay in the lead.

Vijay, Nayan, Ranjitha, and Geetha

participated in the Villu shooting that resumed recently. The shoots were held in a private bungalow near Meenambakkam. A song sequence with Nayan and Vijay was also shot in Binni Mills, as part of the shoots.

Lawsuit against Ghajini Photobucket

The posters of Ghajini pasted across the country have stirred a lot of controversies. Only recently, a Mumbaiu-based doctor alleged that she has been receiving numerous calls and SMSes after mobile number was displayed on the posters. As per the story, Aamir Khan suffers from short term memory loss and hence to remember the phone numbers he

would have tattooed the most important numbers on his body. One such number happened to be Dr. Surekha Varma's.

Now a business man, Trilochan Singh, has complained that he is also receiving several calls day in and day out. According Mr. Singh's advocate, his client is a BP patient and such calls are detrimental to his health. Moreover, Singh is not able to distinguish between personal call, business call and Ghajini calls, he says. A lawsuit has been filed seeking a compesation of Rs. 50 lakhs, he added.

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Rahman's Puli – redefining deals Photobucket

As it seems the Madras Maestro Rahman is redefining music right deals in Tollywood. His latest soundtrack album for the movie Puli in Telugu has been sold for an enviable sum of 2.5 crores to Sony Corporation. This is said to be a record quite unseen in the history of music deals in Tollywood. Puli stars Pavan Kalyan in the lead and is

directed by S J Surya. Puli's music is expected to be out soon.

With this deal, Sony will have exclusive access to the release and publicity of the soundtrack of the movie. This deal also includes access to a handsome profit obtained from selling caller tunes and dialer tunes supported by cellphone network providers.



Aishwarya Rai - No expectations! Photobucket

Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan starrer The Pink Panther is ready to hit the screens soon. The gorgeous actress disclosed to the media the reason for accepting to star in the film. According to Aishwarya, Peter Sellers, the British comedian who has starred in four of The Pink Panther films was her favorite actor.

Ash disclosed that she grew up watching The Pink Panther and the films were such a comedy and never failed to at least bring a smile on one’s face. Ash added that she knew well that the film is all about Steve Martin and The Pink Panther and does not expect to be critically acclaimed for her role in it.
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Solli Therivadhillai gets underway Photobucket
December 08, 2008

Solli Therivadhillai with debutants in the lead kick started today in a formal event held at the Ganesha shrine located inside the premises of the AVM Studios. The movie is produced by Suryakiran on behalf of Track and Trolly media network who also handles the story and the script.Chithiraiselvan directs the

movie and takes care of the cinematography.

The kick off ceremony witnessed attendance from some of the kingpins of the industry including Rama Narayanan, S A Chandrasekhar, S P Muthuraman, Parthiban, Y G Mahendra, Manorama and Vairamuthu. The shooting that formally started today is also planned to be held in Hyderabad, Moonar, Allapuzha, Chalakkudy, Cochin, and Rajasthan and the movie will be completed in a single schedule.

Solli Therivadhillai is scored by debutant musician Sivan who has graduated from IIT. The movie stars, among newcomers, Nasser, Y G Mahendra, Sumanshetty, Sugumari, Kaveri, Suryakiran, Bala, and Sona.


Monica’s blues Photobucket

She showed no qualms in getting drenched in a tomato red sari for the thriller Silandhi, but upcoming actor Monica seems to be repenting her decision now. “I have been approached with similar roles for more than half a dozen movies after Silandhi’s release. All of them required me to shed clothes in one way or other,” she whines in a

New Minika Stills

complaining tone in a media interaction recently. She did not, however, take up any of those roles for fear of being stereotyped.

She vouches for the success of her upcoming flick A, Aa, E, Ee… and states that this movie has an endearing storyline like that of Santosh Subramaniam. Monica is paired opposite Aravind in the movie that also has Prabhu in a significant role.

As for future projects, she has Agarathi and Varnam in the pipeline in Tamil and a Kannada movie.


Panchamirtham for children Photobucket

Panchamirtham, the much-awaited children's film, is due to hit the screens soon. But, first things first! The film's audio launch was held at the Swarna Shakthi Theatre at the Abirami Mega Mall in Chennai. Panchamirtham is produced by Abirami Ramanathan and his wife Nallammai Ramanathan. The film,

which is an out and out children's movie, stars Nasser and Jayaram in important roles.

The audio was released by Kanimozhi, MP and received by ace lyricist Vaali. Speaking at the function, Ms. Kanimozhi said that it was Mr. Ramanathan's initiative that Chennai got its first mega Mall with a Cineplex attached.

Those who attended the function include Rama Narayanan, Kalaipuli S Dhanu, MS Viswanathan, SA Chandrasekar, Shoba Chandrasekar, and Karunas.



International pop star to sing for AR Rahman Photobucket

Kylie Minogue, the international pop star, will croon for the first time for ace Indian music director AR Rahman. It may be noted that earlier Madonna was approached but she could not confirm her participation due to her ongoing divorce. Kylie Minogue has reportedly been paid Rs. 5 crores for this deal.
Kylie Minogue

The song will be shot for the Bollywood film Blue, which stars Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt and Lara Dutta, probably in Hollywood. It is expected that Kylie will visit India sometime in January 2009 for the song recording. The budget of Blue has so far touched Rs. 130 crores, minus Kylie's pay and other expenses.


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Vadivelu dares Captain

Making it clear that he has not left the past behind, Vadivelu kicked up dust once again in the episode of his famously bitter feud with Vijayakanth. He addressed newspersons at Hotel Green Park in the event organized by the producers of Ellam Avan Seyal to thank the media for helping the movie to pull it off at the theaters.
Vadivelu

For a question, as to whether he would want to compete against Vijayakanth in the elections Vadivelu shot yes as reply. "I would stand in elections against him in the same constituency as he competes," was Vadivelu's answer. However, he is not for election propaganda against Vijayakanth if the actor is not competing in the elections. "My job is not to do election propaganda," he replied.


Endhiran Top Slip top secret Photobucket

The crew of Shankar’s Endhiran was stationed at Chennai recently and they had canned a reasonable portion of the film with super star. Shankar had shot a few comedy scenes in and around Chennai and the unit was expected to go to Kulu Manali for their next schedule. However, the plans are changed and they have decided to go to Top Slip in the Pollachi region

where the ambience is said to be similar to that in Kulu and Manali. Shooting at top slip and the details regarding the dates of shooting has been kept under wraps.

Trisha walks over Nayan


In less than few days of Nayan having been shown the door from the Lingusamy directed Payya, Trisha bagged the project and is all set to star in the movie. It is learnt that Nayan demanded a crore for the movie and refused any negotiations whatsoever. The producers, on the other hand, were ready to shell out 75 lakhs on her pay check. This tug of

war eventually ended with the producers finding a replacement for Nayan. Last heard, Trisha lapped up the project for 80 lakhs and signed in the contract papers giving away the required dates to Tirupathy pictures.

Payya is expected to kick start soon and it would be Karthi's third venture after the long-pending Selvaraghavan directed Aayirathil Oruvan.
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On how Naan Kadavul influenced Arya's decision..!

It's probably stale news that Arya is turning producer with his new venture and that his as-yet-untitled production venture will star debutants in the lead. Latest in this series is that Arya, after having been impressed with the Maestro Ilayaraja's music for Naan Kadavul, has persuaded to agree Ilayaraja score for his project.
Arya

As for his acting career, he seems to be on a long wait until the cows come home, since his only pipeline project Naan Kadavul, mired with battles between the producers, seems to be showing no progression in its release.


After Bhavana it's now Trisha's turn

The closure of Bangkok airport SuvarnaBhumi had Trisha on hot waters for a few hours. The actress was in Thailand to take part in the shooting of the Telugu film King. Trisha shares the screen space with Tollywood actor Nagarjuna in this film. After completing the shooting, the team returned to the airport to fly down to Chennai but was shocked to

find the airport closed. The police requested them to leave the place immediately.

Later the team decided to take the road to Phuket Islands and from there flew down to Kuala Lumpur to reach Chennai. Trisha, while recalling her experience said that though she knew about the problem in Bangkok she did not anticipate the closure of the airport. It may be recalled that Bhavana also faced a similar situation a few days ago and got out of it safely.


Yuvan spills the beans on the split

The combination of Yuvan Shankar Raja and Selvaraghavan scorched the Kollywood screens some time back and then came the news that the duo had split and G V Prakash Kumar was roped in to do Selva’s Aayirathil Oruvan. Though Selva and Yuvan never talked about the actual reason, media was at its best giving out different shades to the issue.

However, in a recent interview to a weekly, Yuvan was quoted as mentioning about the actual reason that resulted in their split. He had stated that though they were friends, the same kind of relationship cannot be extended to work and one needs to be professional in that aspect. It was said that Selva never committed Yuvan for his films and the latter was not compensated for his work at any time. When Yuvan’s personal life was in doldrums, the music director was in need of financial assistance but Selva did not help him then.



Kushbhu's new role

The Tamil Nadu Government has formed a committee headed by the former Chief Justice of the Madras High Court AK Rajan to identify films that were released during the year 2007-08 for awards. The committee will include Kushbhu, Vagai Chandrasekar, Kumari Muthu, YG Mahendran, music director Deva and lyricist Arivumathi. The committee will

decide on the best film, director, actor and actresses among others. The awards for Television Technician College students will also be decided by this committee for the years 2006-07 and 2007-08.

This was announced in a press release by the Tamil Nadu Government yesterday (5th December).
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