Top News 21.12.2008

Ash in Chennai for Endhiran

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
Aishwarya Rai

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

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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Suriya better than Kamal - are you kidding?

Just read the column titled "Present unbeatable actor of Tamil" in Behindwoods.com. Though Suriya is undoubtedly talented, the title is wildly exaggerated when you consider legends like Kamal and Rajini are still very much active and churning out blockbusters. Suriya hasn't even scaled the heights of Vikram, let alone Kamal. While the title of the column is far-fetched, the comparison between Kamal and Suriya is off the track and the conclusion that Suriya will be more popular and versatile than Kamal is grossly premature.

I don't know what generation the writer of the column belong to, but my guess is the author wasn't even born when Kamal gave "16 Vayathinile","Nizhal Nijamaagiradhu","Aval Appadithaan" in the 70's..How about "Raja Paarvai" "Moondram Pirai" or "Salangai Oli" in the early 80's? Ok, does "Chippikul Muthu" or "Nayagan" in the mid 80's put Suriya in his place? If not, I am sure "Michael Madhana Kama Rajan" or "Indian" in the 90's will. "Virumaandi" in the 2000's still


remains.., and this is just a brief list. Well, let's give Suriya a break, shall we?. Because he hasn't even been around for one decade.

Tamil film industry is now filled with exciting new talents (Suriya very much belongs to this group) and it would be interesting to see what everyone does next. Even Karthi, his younger brother will give Suriya a run for his money. His "Paruthi Veeran" was the most remarkable debut by a Tamil actor since 1952.(I'll leave it to the readers to find out what happened in '52).Jeeva was amazing in "Kattradhu Tamil".Vikram is in a class of his own. It would make sense to compare these actors rather than commenting if they can match the likes of Sivaji or Kamal.

Its funny to read women worshipped Suriya after watching "Kaaka Kaaka"...Was he a police officer in the film or Lord Muruga?...I know the writer didn't mean it literally but by bringing Kamal into the picuture, the column was asking for it.

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