Genelia the warrior princess emerges victorious

Santhosh Sivan’s magnum opus offering Pathinaindham Nootrandu Uraivaal or Urumi (Malayalam) has roped in heroines from all the woods and did you guess who is getting all the attention lately? It’s the bubbly Genelia who has captured hearts already with her glimpses in the Urumi trailer unleashed earlier. It took a bit extra effort for the chic actress who took special training from martial art experts in Kerala in pulling off her Kalaripayattu sword fights in the movie. CLICK TO WATCH URUMI  TRAILER

The ever chirpy lass has under gone a complete makeover from the cute face to the bold daring warrior princess role opposite Prithviraj in the flick which is based on the attempted assassination of Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama. “Genelia is playing a Portuguese princess and she has done a great job portraying the role inspired from a real life princess who lived in Kannur during the 16^th century”, said an elated Santhosh Sivan,director of Urumi.

The movie will be releasing this March 31^st and with Tabu and Vidya Balan on board together this time, fans do need to calm their nerves for just another month.

Surya and Jyothika are back to Screen

'Jyothika is making a comeback alongsideSurya, but it’s not the movies this time. The star couple will be seen together in a television ad soon.

Well it took Surya a lot of convincing to get Joready for the shoots. It brought back a lot of memories for the actor.“I so miss her presence on the sets, I really wish if she could come back to movies”, said a sentimental Surya.

Well Jo would have given in to Surya’srequest but now that she is married there are kids to look after and she takes much pride in taking care of them and being a lovely mommy at home.

Ajiths punch dialogue in Mankatha

Ajith’s Mankatha had a surprise for fans when Venkat Prabhu had revealed his plans for a 3-5 minutes animation sequence earlier. While the additional animation sequence brought smiles to many faces others made a cry over the postponement of the movie which was expected for Ajith’sBirthday on May 1.

Now what we did get hold of was Ajith’s punch dialogue in the movie, “Ellarum kettavan na ivan romba kettavan.”

When we inquired about the release dates further the director says, “Fans need to be patient as the dates for audio release and movie launch will be announced soon.”

Venkat din’t reveal much on the Vijay-Ajith multi starrer project when he quipped, “Right now Mankatha is my priority and I don’t want to deviate any further.

Ekta Kapoor: Vinu Chakravathys Approval is not needed for Silk Film

Ekta Kapoor, famed Bollywood filmmaker , has lashed out at veteran Tamil actor Vinu Chakravarthy’s statement that script of any film on the late ‘Silk’ Smitha would invariably have to seek his approval and consent as it was he who ‘created’ the myth called ‘Silk’ Smitha, by introducing her in the Tamil film ‘Vandichakkaram’ more than three decades back.(Click here for More)

‘Silk’ Smitha went on to become one of the most celebrated ‘item’ girls in the country as she acquired almost a ‘magnetic’ image which drew many actors, producers and directors as she continued to sizzle throughout the eighties and till the mid-nineties.

Recently , Ekta announced the launch of the film ‘The Dirty Picture’, a film based on the late ‘Silk’ Smitha’s life. The film would also explore the reasons which abetted Smitha’s suicide, it was said. Bollywood’s Kerala-born Vidya Balan, not known for many glamourous roles, would be playing Smitha’s role. Vinu had also criticized the choice of Vidya Balan, whom he described as having a ‘sad face’ and had said that either Deepika Padukone or Aishwarya Rai would have been a better choice.

Getting back at Vinu, Ekta dismissed Vinu’s claims of being Smitha’s ‘godfather’ and said he wasn’t not even a ‘blood relative’ of the late actress and that there wasn’t any need for her to either take his approval or discuss with him about the making of the film. “Your services, free or otherwise, aren’t needed at all,” says Ektaa and adds that she was ready to face him in Court if need be.

Shruti Haasan and Siddharth to pair up again

This duo is surely on fire. After recently denying our reports on being in a relationship personally certainly Shrutihas found a professional match withSiddharth .

They willl create magic on screen with yet again after Walt Disney’s fantasy-adventure film Anaganaga O Dheerudu, wants to work together again.

According to close sources Shruti Hassan, will replace Nithya Menon in Oh My Friend. As after signing the film Amrita has now backed out of it for reasons unknown.

Director Venu Sriram is also very supportive of Shruti playing the female lead in the film.The movie is rooted to be have all the ingredients of a promising musical romantic comedy.The shooting started back on January 17, 2011.

Now we also hear it through grapevine that Siddharth recommended Dilraju to bring changes with the cast and bring in Shruti.We are still to receive confirmations from the director, let us see what he thinks.

Oh my what a friend you have Shruti.

Amala Paul to say goodbye to movies

Amala Paul has been bagging important offers with renowned directors after she enjoyed stupendous success with her latest flick Mynaa which completed a 100 day run at the theaters recently.

The young girl also earned herself a bad name for her easy going attitude when Director A R Murugadoss sacked her earlier followed by Director Sargunam showing the door to the actress for not showing up at the shoots. Now the lady is deciding to put her filmy success hanging on the rope as she plans to go back to college to get educated. She wants to give studies more priority and feels a break from movies will help her achieving her academic dreams. Amala will be seen in Vikram’s Pitha which is the latest project tucked away safely in her kitty.

Now did Pitha(daddy) have a word of advice for his daughter?

Dhanush gets comments from Kamal Haasan

Dhanush gets comments from Kamal Haasan

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Seedan is coming up on 25^th starring Dhanush in a cameo; nevertheless he was present at the promotional press meet alongside father Kasthuri Raja, mother Viajayalakshmi, wife Aishwarya and brother Selvaraghavan a total family package. Here is an excerpt from the interview .Well we never missed to grab the golden opportunity and did not hesitate to ask the entire family.

So Aishwarya you really seem to be supportive of Dhanush career choice how has it been following his moves closely?

You know it has always been a great journey and always try to stay away from being an obstruction in his path. I really understand the difficult part of being an actor and always try not to be a disturbance during his shoots, it is necessary. 

Latha ma’m what do you think about your son-in law he is surely a directors favorite these days?

He is first a son to us than a son-in-law. We are always happy and proud when we discuss about him amidst our professional circle. He is a good actor, no doubt.

Being close to legends like Rajnikanth personally and professionally do you get advice from him too?

He has always had the confidence in me and never advised me on any occasion as far as I remember but yes Kamal Sir has really candid comments sometimes we speak. It is great to receive feedback from legends. I really appreciate it. Thank you.

Trisha and Priyamani in Fashion Tamil Remake

The Bollywood flick Fashion made by Madhur Bhandarkaris being remade in Tamil. The movie sheds light on the lives of young models and the glamorous lifestyle they lead. Earlier rumors were afloat that it would be Nayantarawho would be playing the lead. Now a trusted industry insider has revealed that the movie will have Trisha to playPriyanka Chopra’s role and Priyamani to play Kangna Ranaut’s role.

The director and music composer have yet to be decided upon but arguably both of them will be heavy duty additions to the movie as it is expected to be a big budget offering. The movie will be produced by UTV movies.

One thing is for sure though; we can look forward to some award winning performances from both Trisha and Priyamani as earlier Priyanka and Kangna received National awards for their performances.

Vijay at Nagai- Urges Fans to send telegrams to PM

Vijay at Nagai- Urges Fans to send telegrams to PM and CM Condeming Sri Lankan attacks

Vijay forayed into the world of politics on the 22nd of February by holding a protest meet attended by around 25000 fans from across the state,. The meet was held at the VDP College Grounds in Nagapattinam which saw the actor condemn the activities of Sri Lankan Navy against the innocent Tamil Nadu fishermen.

The meet did have a jittery begging as rains played a spoilsport which delayed the event expected to begin at 4 pm by almost an hour. Fans had swarmed the place and were too close to the stage where Vijay had to deliver his speech.  AsVijay entered the podium energy levels were so high that it resulted in the microphone wire being snapped which saw a mild lathi charge followed after fans attempted to ransack the stage. Disturbed Vijay walked back without uttering a word. Later after the crowd calmed down the actor made a re-entry and voiced out his opinion on the sensitive issue of the fishermen. And the gathering also observed a minute’s silence over the demise of Parvathy, mother of slain LTTE leader Prabakaran.

The hero requested his fans to send out a Telegram to the Prime Minister and the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister to bring a solution to the critical situation, and take action against recurrent “Sri Lankan attacks. While Vijay handed over a solatium of Rs.2 lakh to the family of the Pushpavanam-based fisherman allegedly killed in Sri Lankan naval attack. Chief Guest father SA Chandrasekhar handed over Rs.50, 000 each to 2 families while 10 other families were provided withRs.10000 each along with some fishing equipment.

With this public event Vijay has established his first solid political step.