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Topic started by Thirumaran on Tue Feb 7 12:24:32 2006.

What do you think will be future of Tamil cinema and Tamil cine personalities.

Do you think that our Tamil Industry is going in a right path? What kind of movies you are expecting in the future. Do u think the Tamil film will give remarkable works in the future?

Also we can discuss what will be position of cine stars(Actors/actresses/directors,etc...) in the future. How long they can survive, etc.. The kind of movies you are expecting from ur fav stars.

No personal bashing and Vijay and Ajith fights here(I know this cannot be controlled).

Come on..

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From: Arthas on Tue Feb 7 12:41:55 2006.

Vijay=Future Rajni
Vikram=Future Kamal
Ajith=Future VIjayKanth
Surya=Future sathyaRaj
From: great on Tue Feb 7 12:44:50 2006.

i dont have their horoscope to check
From: great on Tue Feb 7 13:28:01 2006.

Tamil cinema is fully hero dominated industry, directors needless to say many of them are copycats.... and they dont try different genres,they are continuing the same run of mill movies....

Regarding MD, except handfull of person rest are crap dont fit to be the part of the industry.........

(to be continued)
From: Ramakrishna on Tue Feb 7 13:32:21 2006.

Arthas wrote:

Vijay=Future Rajni
Vikram=Future Kamal
Ajith=Future VIjayKanth
Surya=Future sathyaRaj

comparison ku oru alavu illaya
Innu solle Danush=Sarathkumar
Simbu=Prabhu
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Feb 7 13:52:03 2006.

Restrictions tightening again - Clash between producers and actors
Cinesouth.com
- 07.02.2006

Hitherto they were holding meetings individually and passed resolutions. Yesterday both the Distributors’ Association and Producers’ Association had held a joint meeting at the Film Chamber. As usual after the meeting, the resolutions were announced.

This time again, it is the same story. The first resolution was not to provide the films of 15 actors to satellite channels, Doordarshan, Cable TV, internet and any other broadcasting medium for three years.

But there was no mention of who those 15 actors were. For others who are not included in the above 15, the restriction is for one year.

A committee consisting of the distributors and producers is to be organized to evaluate the business potential of the actors. The committee will meet once in six months to analyse and update the list of 15 actors.

The primary enemies of these two associations are Top 10 and Film reviews. A resolution has been passed to stop them totally.

Clippings and song sequences face 100% ban. Hitherto there were restrictions for actors to give interviews in TV channels. Now they have added directors and technicians to the list. (Will these people need permission of the associations even to speak at home?)

Launching of films, cassette release and Government award functions are given exemption. Even there, no screening of song sequences or clippings will be permitted.

Already Nadigar Sangam is furious about the matter of Nila and Nayantara. Now due to the restrictions imposed by the associations, even directors and actors are indignant. Both these groups are preparing to retaliate and therefore, the Tamil cinema industry may expect a strike.

Instead of choosing the right stories, is it right to take away the freedom of speech from the actors? It is time for the connected people to think.
From: interz on Tue Feb 7 16:10:24 2006.

Kollywood'ila enna nadakkuthu endru puriyala.

From: ajithfederer on Tue Feb 7 16:15:02 2006.

I can understand ur desperateness .............meanwhile good news for u U r actor visaay is again doing a masala nonsense named murasu with UR FAV DIR BROTHER MUTHU VADUGU

ROTFL

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Arthas Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:41 pm Post subject:

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Vijay=Future Rajni
Vikram=Future Kamal
Ajith=Future VIjayKanth
Surya=Future sathyaRaj

From: Kollywoodfan on Tue Feb 7 16:24:57 2006.

Why just the fact that you took the time to post all those smilies makes me laugh insanely ...this is the future AF, people can change...
From: ajithfederer on Tue Feb 7 16:42:19 2006.

why don u laugh for what arthas had posted........Cant u make out that he is doing out of sheer VAYATHERICHAL?

Please stop ur advices KF i don want to tell anything to u........

smileys which worls are u...i jus did once and i copy pasted the else......... .that doesnt take a longer time/.........
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Feb 7 16:44:13 2006.

Arthas wrote:

Vijay=Future Rajni
Vikram=Future Kamal
Ajith=Future VIjayKanth
Surya=Future sathyaRaj

For once, there is no Future Rajini Future Kamal etc etc ... The future will only look like this ...

Illayathalapathy Vijay

Chiyaan Vikram

Ultimate Star Ajith

" " Surya

" " Maddy

etc etc ...

No more NEXT business please .... Ask all the young actors to create an identity for themselves .... The world will be a better place then !! Well if not the world, at least this hub !!

From: Kollywoodfan on Tue Feb 7 16:46:04 2006.

ajithfederer wrote:

why don u laugh for what arthas had posted........Cant u make out that he is doing out of sheer VAYATHERICHAL?

Please stop ur advices KF i don want to tell anything to u........

smileys which worls are u...i jus did once and i copy pasted the else......... Wink

.that doesnt take a longer time/.........

Bad arthas...bad boy...you happy now? I was laughing at the fact that you took the time to do all those smilies...that's all...sorry if it offended you...

Who created this thread anyway

Oh Thirumaran, why does that not surprise me?

From: ajithfederer on Tue Feb 7 16:49:20 2006.

Bay mama the order is.....

Ultimate Star Ajith...............at the first.........

Let others fight for whatever positions they want for...i don care.......
From: ajithfederer on Tue Feb 7 16:50:45 2006.

I am mad about you...............
Intha sappa matterku ellam nee siripeeya?(I hope u understand this)........
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Feb 7 16:50:46 2006.

ajithfederer wrote:

Bay mama the order is.....

Ultimate Star Ajith...............at the first.........

Let others fight for whatever positions they want for...i don care.......

Adadadadaaaaa !!!!
From: Kollywoodfan on Tue Feb 7 16:52:52 2006.

What a generous heart AF has right bayarea...he is sacraficing all the other positions for those other poor people ...I tend to be jolly...jolly kolly...not moody, you always seem upset AF, relax
From: Thirumaran on Tue Feb 7 16:53:22 2006.

Kollywoodfan wrote:

Who created this thread anyway Oh Thirumaran, why does that not surprise me?
From: ajithfederer on Tue Feb 7 16:54:45 2006.

i try to be jolly....but this avenger/bavenger/cavenger.....zavenger.....

irritates me with his anti ajith posts........and that mood carries along in other posts also.......what will kuuty feddy do......??
From: Kollywoodfan on Tue Feb 7 16:54:47 2006.

another platform for fighting

From: Kollywoodfan on Tue Feb 7 16:55:39 2006.

ajithfederer wrote:

i try to be jolly....but this avenger/bavenger/cavenger.....zavenger.....

irritates me with his anti ajith posts........and that mood carries along in other posts also.......what will kuuty feddy do......?? Crying or Very sad

You're rambling, cool...the first step to relaxing!

From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Feb 7 16:57:40 2006.

ajithfederer wrote:

I don't blame you AF ... But Avenger is not the only one .... There are many more ... Unfortunately for him, he doesn't have the kinda support he needs, and he gets very worked up easily ....

From: ajithfederer on Tue Feb 7 16:57:55 2006.
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Feb 7 16:58:10 2006.

Kollywoodfan wrote:

You're rambling, cool...the first step to relaxing!
From: Thirumaran on Tue Feb 7 16:58:27 2006.

Kollywoodfan wrote:

another platform for fighting

Great that you have found the reason why i created this thread.

You are a genius..
From: Kollywoodfan on Tue Feb 7 16:59:37 2006.

There are those fans who don't let others get them worked up and don't care to defend their favorites and there are those that do get too worked up and go to such ridiculous lengths to defend out star...and get banned in the process
From: Kollywoodfan on Tue Feb 7 17:00:07 2006.

Thirumaran wrote:

Kollywoodfan wrote:

another platform for fighting

Great that you have found the reason why i created this thread.

You are a genius..

Stop it, you are making me blush
From: Kollywoodfan on Tue Feb 7 17:00:32 2006.
From: Kollywoodfan on Tue Feb 7 17:00:33 2006.

Thirumaran wrote:

Kollywoodfan wrote:

another platform for fighting

Great that you have found the reason why i created this thread.

You are a genius..

Stop it, you are making me blush

From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Feb 7 17:01:44 2006.

Kollywoodfan wrote:

There are those fans who don't let others get them worked up and don't care to defend their favorites and there are those that do get too worked up and go to such ridiculous lengths to defend out star...and get banned in the process

I dont think you can use the word FAN for the first kind ...

From: Kollywoodfan on Tue Feb 7 17:02:25 2006.

Sorry I meant to write hubbers...
From: Kollywoodfan on Tue Feb 7 17:02:43 2006.

Sorry I meant to write hubbers...
From: ajithfederer on Tue Feb 7 17:03:08 2006.

Kolly u should read and understand from my signature.........

patheengala bay naan oru tubelight...ithuvum enakku lateaa thaan thonuthu
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Feb 7 17:04:25 2006.

ajithfederer wrote:

Kolly u should read and understand from my signature.........

patheengala bay naan oru tubelight...ithuvum enakku lateaa thaan thonuthu

Enna machi, Your signature is a punch dialogue or what ??
From: Kollywoodfan on Tue Feb 7 17:05:54 2006.

Cute signature...
From: ajithfederer on Tue Feb 7 17:06:01 2006.

Appadeeyum vechukalam.........illatee unga thalaivar dialogue thaan

ENKITTEY MOTHADHAE.........
From: ajithfederer on Tue Feb 7 17:06:39 2006.

jus like the cute simmi in ur avatar........
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Feb 7 17:07:45 2006.

ajithfederer wrote:

Appadeeyum vechukalam.........illatee unga thalaivar dialogue thaan

ENKITTEY MOTHADHAE.........

Both your avatar and sig rock !!

From: ajithfederer on Tue Feb 7 17:09:23 2006.

THANKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Appadaa innaiku naan nimmathiya thoonguvein........

Quote:

m_23_bayarea Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:07 pm Post subject:

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ajithfederer wrote:
Appadeeyum vechukalam.........illatee unga thalaivar dialogue thaan

ENKITTEY MOTHADHAE.........

Both your avatar and sig rock !!

From: Kollywoodfan on Tue Feb 7 17:09:47 2006.

Thanks AF...
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Feb 7 17:11:03 2006.

Kollywoodfan wrote:

Thanks AF...Ajith looks awesome in that press release pic with the mustache...What is it with me and mustaches

Noooooooooooooooo !!!! All gurls are alike .... He is so handsome in a clean shave ... Surya, Maddy and Vikram are other examples ... I waana see Vijay too sometime like that ...
From: ajithfederer on Tue Feb 7 17:11:30 2006.

I like men having mustcahes..i have a medium mustache..... ....i don know why gals don like boys having mustaches.......
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Feb 7 17:11:50 2006.

ajithfederer wrote:

THANKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Appadaa innaiku naan nimmathiya thoonguvein........

Athukaaga odane poga vendaam sariyaa !!!
From: ajithfederer on Tue Feb 7 17:12:35 2006.

Quote:

Athukaaga odane poga vendaam sariyaa !!!
From: Kollywoodfan on Tue Feb 7 17:13:26 2006.

Ugh...most guys without a mustache just annoy me...I've never liked Prasanth...Yeah, Vijay looks so good with one too...
From: Thirumaran on Tue Feb 7 17:13:46 2006.

I could understand from the discussion that Tamil cinema is having a very bright future..
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Feb 7 17:14:13 2006.

Thirumaran wrote:

I could understand from the discussion that Tamil cinema is having a very bright future..

From: ajithfederer on Tue Feb 7 17:14:58 2006.

Quote:

Kollywoodfan Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:13 pm Post subject:

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Ugh...most guys without a mustache just annoy me...I've never liked Prasanth...Yeah, Vijay looks so good with one too...

Meanwhile i liked Vijays mustache in Vaseegara

From: ajithfederer on Tue Feb 7 17:16:39 2006.

Enga da EDANJAL EGAMBARATHAI kanomaennu nenaichein!!!

Very Happy

Quote:

Thirumaran Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:13 pm Post subject:

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I could understand from the discussion that Tamil cinema is having a very bright future..

From: Ramakrishna on Tue Feb 7 17:20:12 2006.

ajithfederer wrote:

Quote:

Meanwhile i liked Vijays mustache in Vaseegara

Meanwhile i liked Vadivelu's moustache in Vaseegara

From: Thirumaran on Tue Feb 7 17:20:34 2006.

ajithfederer wrote:

Enga da EDANJAL EGAMBARATHAI kanomaennu nenaichein!!!

[/quote]

Appaa. Aalaalukku vareenga. Enakku oru patta peyar koduthuttu poareenga.
Hmmm..

From: rachel on Tue Feb 7 17:23:32 2006.

ajithfederer wrote:

Quote:

Meanwhile i liked Vijays mustache in Vaseegara

i don't care...some guys with moustache look great.
some guys without moustache look great...
it depends on their face shape...IMO

i like ajith with or without moustache...

i like his moustache in thirupathi..

i liked his very little moustache in villain

From: rachel on Tue Feb 7 17:24:49 2006.

Ramakrishna wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

Quote:

Meanwhile i liked Vijays mustache in Vaseegara

Meanwhile i liked Vadivelu's moustache in Vaseegara ROTFL

vadivelu's moustache in majaa was soooooooooo big...

From: Thirumaran on Tue Feb 7 17:26:25 2006.

My goodness. I think we need to open a thread called "Who is having a good Moustache"..

Hmmm.

The title of this thread should have been "Future of Tamil Cine Audience"

Everything my mistake.

From: Ramakrishna on Tue Feb 7 17:28:10 2006.

Thirumaran wrote:

My goodness. I think we need to open a thread called "Who is having a good Moustache"..

Hmmm.

The title of this thread should have been "Future of Tamil Cine Audience"

Everything my mistake.

Sad

From: ajithfederer on Tue Feb 7 17:35:20 2006.

What the heck Shocked

is this rachel who has typed so muc.i think this is her second largest post after the one that avenger quoted some 2 weeks before...........

Laughing

Quote:

rachel Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:23 pm Post subject
i don't care...some guys with moustache look great.
some guys without moustache look great...
it depends on their face shape...IMO

i like ajith with or without moustache...
i like his moustache in thirupathi..
i liked his very little moustache in villain

From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Feb 7 18:15:05 2006.

ajithfederer wrote:

What the heck

is this rachel who has typed so muc.i think this is her second largest post after the one that avenger quoted some 2 weeks before...........
From: Thirumaran on Tue Feb 7 18:16:30 2006.

Well let me post something related to this topic.
First On Tamil cine actors..
This is purely my opinion..

Kamalhasan :
As usual he will try giving different movies irrespective of the results
of Box Office from his side. Also i hope he will do movies with some young directors
like Bala, Selva, Ameer, murugadoss etc as these young directors are keen in working with
Kamal. Another 10 years i hope he will continue his acting. Expecting another 2 national
award to his name and some international acclaim also..
Once he feels his saturation point in acting came, he may go in direction in full flow.

Rajinikanth :
May be he will do another 4 or 5 films i thing in another 5 years.
He may not go and try in character roles after 60. I dont think he will
try his attempt in politics here after.

Surya :
One actor to be watched for in next few years. Seems to be hardworking and trying to be different in
every film. I believe Surya will be the one we can feel proud of in another few years. Hope he will
not fall in the heroism mania..

Vikram :
A great actor. I feel sad that he got noticed after a long wait. Did some good performances in
the past and i expect the same from in the future too. Another actor to be noticed along with surya.

To be continued..
From: kb on Tue Feb 7 18:55:13 2006.

Thiru innum pathu varushathukkku kamal nadikanumaaa kashtam
rajini will act in two or one more movie.
Vikram told he will act only in one movie per year..
surya is gonna marry jothika
now the battle field is open two others only.. thala and thalapathy
From: ajithfederer on Tue Feb 7 18:59:08 2006.

kb ....surya jothgava kalyanam panrathunallaa ...................avarae pathi neenga enna solla vareanga

From: Thirumaran on Tue Feb 7 19:06:25 2006.

kb wrote:

Thiru innum pathu varushathukkku kamal nadikanumaaa Shocked

kashtam
rajini will act in two or one more movie.
Vikram told he will act only in one movie per year..
surya is gonna marry jothika
now the battle field is open two others only.. thala and thalapathy

There is nothing to be shocked here. Kamal knows very well about himself and the kind of roles which may suit him at different ages. Even if other creators cannot offer him a good role after certain age, he itself is capable of creating certain roles which can suit him.

About your comment on Thala and Thalapathy, Only vijay and ajith fans may be intersted in their heroism movies. The general people do not have any interest in them specifically. Their survival i believe purely depend on the kind of movies they do in the future. If they continue acting like the one they are doing now, then it will be difficult for them. Atleast i think that Ajith has some good projects in the future. I do not have any hope on Vijay.. I strongly believe he will be nowhere in the next few years.

I think even now some of the vijay fans lost interest in his movies, Though they are not openly admitting it.

From: Kollywoodfan on Tue Feb 7 19:31:33 2006.

Thirumaran wrote:

My goodness. I think we need to open a thread called "Who is having a good Moustache"..

Hmmm.

The title of this thread should have been "Future of Tamil Cine Audience"

Everything my mistake.

Sad

Sorry...but this diversion is more interesting...

From: kb on Tue Feb 7 19:39:50 2006.

Thirumaran wrote:

its nothing like loosing interest..
if kamal is goin to be their for 10 yrs and hardly 20% are interested in watching a kamal movie..
how could VJ and ajith will lose audience in few years

ur strong belief will be nowhere in few months.. when selvaraghavan directs Vj. Kamal can act for next 3 yrs.after that..may be like amitabh charaters..
in that case rajini should have gone nowhere 10 yrs back..

From: avven on Tue Feb 7 19:43:00 2006.

THIRU vijay doesnot need ur hope so u no need to hope for his best.vijay aficionados will never give him up..so stop saying some fake comments
From: Kollywoodfan on Tue Feb 7 19:44:34 2006.

Well we all tend to grow out of and into certain things here and there...Who knows? We are only getting frustrated, which can apply to anyone...I think the way I'm going to go is: be Vikram's fan full time (with occasional Vijay moments) and in a few years hopefully, if Vijay changes, just go back to him...JK...All in all, I think Vijay has the potential...and he can definitely reach great heights...in the meantime...obsessing and fighting over it is useless
From: kb on Tue Feb 7 19:49:08 2006.

kolly.. better be suryafan also.. coz.. vikram is goin to act only one movie per year..
From: Kollywoodfan on Tue Feb 7 19:51:50 2006.

Surya is good too!
From: Enigma on Wed Feb 8 6:33:28 2006.

ajithfederer wrote:

i don know why gals don like boys having mustaches.......

Wooohooo... I have no moustahce
From: Enigma on Wed Feb 8 6:36:16 2006.

avven wrote:

vijay aficionados will never give him up..

Wait till he starts learning how to act

From: Arthas on Wed Feb 8 7:05:47 2006.

:thumsup: we r 2 of a kind....If both Selvas and Gauthams movies are cancelled Wave

to Vj

Kollywoodfan wrote:

Well we all tend to grow out of and into certain things here and there...Who knows? We are only getting frustrated, which can apply to anyone...I think the way I'm going to go is: be Vikram's fan full time (with occasional Vijay moments) and in a few years hopefully, if Vijay changes, just go back to him...JK...All in all, I think Vijay has the potential...and he can definitely reach great heights...in the meantime...obsessing and fighting over it is useless

From: Thirumaran on Wed Feb 8 9:25:16 2006.

avven wrote:

THIRU vijay doesnot need ur hope so u no need to hope for his best.vijay aficionados will never give him up..so stop saying some fake comments

As i mentioned those were purely my opinions. If you are not interested, please leave them instead of asking me to stop.
From: Thirumaran on Wed Feb 8 9:28:50 2006.

Kb,

See my dear. Kamal was there for almost 30 years(actually 46 years if we consider from his childhood films). Still he has a very good reputation and gets second highest salary among tamil actors. If you think that, only who is part of fanclubs and and some hardcore fans who do everything for their respective stars are the only fans then well kamal may not be having that much fans like Vijay and Ajit. There are hell and lots of people who do not take part in these activities and like kamal films(like me). They are more in number than any other actors. His last movie is a flop. Accepted. But before that he gave two superhit movies.

Also he look quite good even now. Any actor if they could maintain their physique can easily act as hero atleast in Tamilnadu.

Even when Mohan and Ramrajan were in peak certain people used to say that kamal's period is gone. But that was not the case.

There are some well known quality directors(not like Perarasu) with good scripts are still approaching kamal to act in their movies. You know one thing. Director shankar before the VV announcement was frequently contacting kamal in his office for the project "Robo" as shankar believes no one can do that role except kamal. Kamal was hesitant in accepting that offer that time as the project may take around 2 years.

As far Vijay is concerned if he continue acting in the movies like the current ones then it will be difficult for him. See the mindset of Vijay. He thought that the movie Aadhi was quite a different attempt. But actually it is one more crap movie. Since he thought the movie Aadhi was a different one, that is why the movie flopped as per his opinion. Now he asked the great Perarasu to make a movie for him. That is his mindset. With this mindset i doubt whether he can accept any different/challenging roles which may be offered by some good directors. If he does those kind of roles and if can do judgement for those roles then what you think should happen.

Once again these are my opinions.
From: Thirumaran on Wed Feb 8 9:43:21 2006.

To add value to my points, already some people thought of being fans of other actors instead of Vijay.
From: ajithfederer on Wed Feb 8 9:47:42 2006.

http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/new/08022006-6.shtml

http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/feb-06-03/08-02-06-vijay.html

http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14136864

Yo Avenger ........where are u.......come open ur eyes and see then blabber...........PARAMASIVAN IS A HIT..........Bethi is the biggest flop ever...........
From: Sinthiya on Wed Feb 8 21:21:36 2006.

Enigma wrote:

ajithfederer wrote:

i don know why gals don like boys having mustaches.......

Wooohooo... I have no moustahce

gotee is nicer though....

Quote:

Wait till he starts learning how to act

...
From: joe on Wed Feb 8 22:30:44 2006.

Thirumaran,
Paavam neenga..You started a thread with different title and only you posted something related with the topic ,most of the people discussing about mustache and other nonsense.

some of your comments made me fall from my chair with laughter.

I could understand from the discussion that Tamil cinema is having a very bright future..

My goodness. I think we need to open a thread called "Who is having a good Moustache"..
From: Thirumaran on Thu Feb 9 10:06:19 2006.

joe wrote:

Thirumaran,
Paavam neenga..

En nelamai Paavam illa. Antho Parithaabam...

Aduthu Yaaravathu dhaadiya pathi discuss panna poaraanga..
From: m_23_bayarea on Sat Feb 11 17:29:52 2006.

Peeping Toms bother Vijay
February 11, 2006
behindwoods.com

He bought the Neelangarai house along the beach for peace and quiet but Vijay doesn’t find them when he goes there. He had built the compound wall low so that the sea breeze can come in unobstructed. However that is root of the problem now. The neighbours who know that they have a celebrity in the vicinity, keep looking into Vijay’s house from the sides and behind. A disturbed Vijay hit upon a plan. He erected huge cloth screen along the compound wall. Now he can relax in privacy. The only problem is the breeze can’t find its way into his house.
From: m_23_bayarea on Thu Feb 23 12:34:34 2006.

Kollywood and courts: What’s really up?
February 23, 2006
Behindwoods.com

Where do you think you would find your favorite stars? On the sets, office, home, functions, parties, right? Yes, but add an unlikely place to this list and you would be quite surprised. We are talking about the law courts. Not in films but in real life. These days you find more and more stars frequenting the courts because of summons issued to them in several cases. The recent announcement that Kushboo had gone to court demanding Rs.3 crores from the Maxim magazine for allegedly publishing her in obscene manner was a hot topic in media for a few days. Why recently Actress Reema Sen has also been sued for alleged sleazy pictures in a Tamil daily.

Kushboo and courts

Kushboo has faced a tide of cases after her comments in a magazine about premarital sex. The actress who was at the pinnacle of popularity has remained confined to home (and the court of course) because wherever she goes a group is ready to greet her with eggshells, chappals and brooms. Same was the fate of Suhasini Maniratnam. Several cases have been filed against the actresses in various district courts. Both the actresses have requested that all cases against them be transferred to Madras High Court so that they can attend the hearings.

As we mentioned earlier, the Maxim magazine published Kushboo’s photograph with the caption 100% fake. The lady was incensed at this and filed a case for compensation and threatened to file a defamation suit in case the magazine did not pay up. She has refused to accept any apology or explanation. Readers would also remember that a few years ago, a magazine did a spoof on April 1 splashing news that Kushboo and K. Balachander had married secretly. Both filed a case seeking compensation but did not pursue the matter after the magazine apologized to them. The latest in the long list of cases against Kushboo is one of defaming the dignity of the courts by commenting on judges and their judgements. Seems like the lady will never stopping putting a foot in her mouth. What a pity the lady has to maintain a call sheet for attending court cases!

Sivakasi crackers of Vijay, Asin

The two were the talk of the town with Diwali release, Sivakasi. Well, it did cause a few crackers inside courtrooms, real ones of course. Lawyers were incensed at some scenes, which they found objectionable and degrading to the decorum of their profession. Also the loud-mouthed character of the comedian Baskar, including the spoof on courtrooms did not go down well with the justice department. So, there are a slew of cases against the two and director Perarasu, producer A.M. Rathnam and Baskar. We just hope there is no Sivakasi inside the real courtrooms!

S J Surya and mobile phone menace

Coming second behind Kushboo is actor-director S.J. Suryah, who seems to have mastered the art of creating unlikely hype to publicize his otherwise mediocre films. He was hauled up for throwing his mobile phone at a woman official of the Censor Board. He was also asked to appear in cases relating to the controversies in the title and some steamy scenes in his films, BF and New. He is anxious about the fate of his Kalvanin kadhali.

Sneha’s Nag (Ravi) dhosham

Next in line is our Punnagai Illavarasi Sneha who seems to have Nag (Ravi) Dosham. The photographs circulated by Nag Ravi featuring her and him, and his suicide attempts forced girl to climb the court steps. Now, she is on a getaway in ‘God’s own country’ leaving Nag Ravi and his issues behind

Ramba too under ‘Kanthu Vatti’ crisis

Rambha who sizzled with her minis is being hassled with issues of ‘Kanthu Vatti’ from a Madurai based financier and she has been walking to the Madras High Court for days about the ‘Rising Interest’

Jayachitra under cheating case

Even yester year actress Jayachitra seems to have teething issues with Mr.Bothra, the businessman who has petitioned against the actress for cheating Rs.75 lakhs in connection with the sale of her groves. Mr.Bothra is the familiar face from Sowcarpet and he who would have become a professional lawyer by now as he frequents courts with cheating cases only against actresses.

Roja, the court-actress

Remember, the bounced cheque episode with actress Roja? It earned her the nickname–court-actress. It also took her a long time to get out of this morass. Roja has never played a lawyer in her career and may be this was her way of satisfying her urge to be part of a court scene!

Finally, the Kasturi Raja and Co.

The most recent addition to the list of court-walkers is Kasturiraja, who approached the sessions court for bail in a case filed by a Chennai doctor. His wife, Vijayalakshmi is facing several charges of cheating and financial irregularities. Previously it was Dhanush who came to court with call sheet and date problems. Now that he has run out of films, his parents have taken the cue.

Oh…divorce cases too

Financial transactions or cultural policing are not the only reasons for stars to troop into court. Another common but painful fact is that of divorce cases. Quite a few high profile marriages have hit rock bottom and the star couple usually knock the doors of the court seeking separation. Ramarajan-Nalini, Parthiban-Seetha, Vanitha Vijayakumar-Akash, Raghuvaran-Rohini, Swarnamalya-Arjun and many other big and small stars have been seen in court campus seeking annulment of marriage. Where a little compromise and patience could have brought conciliation, egos play spoilsport.

It’s better late than never

AThere is sensational news when god men with ash or vermilion plastered on their foreheads appear in court with their large entourage. But, the actors and actresses who make the courts come alive with curious onlookers usually come alone or with their lawyers. It is again the media which creates a circus out of a normal legal process and the court looks like a shooting spot.
It is high time the stars learnt their lessons. They should be more careful in their deals and deeds. The glow of popularity would wane soon if their actions do not match their image.
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Feb 27 11:59:43 2006.

Radha decides to don makeup again!
- 27.02.2006
Cinesouth.com

Do actresses act or not after they get married? Just like the tsunami is unpredictable, so are actresses! Radha remained silent when there were rumours that she was to act again, or put her daughter into films. She at last decided to break that silence.

Introduced by Bharatiraja in films, Radha won over the hearts of everyone in Tamilnadu with her acting talent and beauty, but now she is double the size of what she was then.

The extra weight is because she has become a mother of two kids and age factor, but she is still as pretty as ever, say those who have seen her.

All these years, she was helping out her husband in his hotel business in Mumbai, but now she has more or less decided firmly to get back into films. As the first step, Radha is supposed to have reduced some of her excess weight.

In coming March, Radha is to dance at the Nataraja temple in Chidambaram to mark stepping into her second innings in Kodambakkam as well.

Unlike her sister Ambika, she has no intention of doing meaningless roles. She prefers to act as heroine to middle age heroes to start with and then do character roles.

This will be a lucky chance for Sathyaraj who seems to be circling around Namitha!
From: Shakthiprabha. on Mon Feb 27 12:05:56 2006.

OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDD I CANT BELIEVE IT...........

MY FAVVVVVVVVVVOURITE RADHA.........................

OH WOW......... :ecstatic: :crazy: :happy: :over-reacting:
From: ssanjinika on Mon Feb 27 12:57:10 2006.

Hmm..Always wondered what happ to her
Good actress.Great fig .
From: joe on Mon Feb 27 12:58:39 2006.

radha is my favourite too.
From: Shakthiprabha. on Mon Feb 27 13:03:04 2006.

radha is awesome. Great we all share the taste.

yes GOOD ACTRESS. SHE KNEWW TO ACT.

amman koil kizhakkalE and many more movies.
From: Thirumaran on Mon Feb 27 13:04:45 2006.

Her acting was very good in "Manithanin Maripakkam"
From: joe on Mon Feb 27 13:09:01 2006.

Muthal Mariyathai and Manithanin marupakkam are Radha's best
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Feb 27 13:13:23 2006.

Shakthiprabha wrote:

OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDD I CANT BELIEVE IT...........

MY FAVVVVVVVVVVOURITE RADHA.........................

OH WOW......... :ecstatic: :crazy: :happy: :over-reacting:

Radha was my first favorite heroine in life ... And then things changed in time ...
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Feb 27 13:14:03 2006.

Glam girl Radha is back with reduced waistline!!
February 27, 2006

Actress Radha made her debut in Bharathirajaa’s Alaigal oivathillai. She went on to become the leading star of the early 1980s, having worked will all the big heroes. She paired with Rajini in Rajadhi Raja and Kamal in Oru Kaidhiyin Diary. She won critical acclaim for her sterling performance opposite Sivaji Ganesan in Mudhal Mariyadhai. At the peak of her popularity, she married her relative, Mani, a businessman in Mumbai and settled down to domestic bliss.

Now, a mother of three, she has been bitten by the tinsel bug and has made the effort for a reentry. Drastically reducing her expanding waistline, she looks pretty now. She will be performing at the Chidambaram Natyanjali festival on March 3. She hopes to spend some time in Chennai scouting for projects. Welcome back, baby!
From: Shakthiprabha. on Mon Feb 27 13:14:21 2006.

muthal mariyathai WAS CROWINING.

i have not seen manithanin marupakkam.

HOW BOUT

sigaram. (not seen either)

I LOVED HER PERF AS snobbish lady in

amman koil kizhakkalE

From: Thirumaran on Mon Feb 27 13:15:06 2006.

m_23_bayarea wrote:

Shakthiprabha wrote:

OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDD I CANT BELIEVE IT...........

MY FAVVVVVVVVVVOURITE RADHA.........................

OH WOW......... :ecstatic: :crazy: :happy: :over-reacting:

Radha was my first favorite heroine in life ... And then things changed in time ... Wink

Hmmm..

Veetukku Veedu Vaasapadi..

From: Shakthiprabha. on Mon Feb 27 13:16:01 2006.

/////////////////she looks pretty now. She will be performing at the Chidambaram Natyanjali festival on March 3. She hopes to spend some time in Chennai scouting for projects. Welcome back, baby! //////////////

oh yeah oh yeah.........

welcome back...........

I am WAITIN....... to watch her.

hey any recent pics of hers?

From: great on Mon Feb 27 13:16:06 2006.

Shakthiprabha wrote:

muthal mariyathai WAS CROWINING.

i have not seen manithanin marupakkam.

HOW BOUT

sigaram. (not seen either)

I LOVED HER PERF AS snobbish lady in

amman koil kizhakkalE

nice movie sigaram , very good tunes by SPB..... Anathu`s movie

From: ssanjinika on Mon Feb 27 13:17:20 2006.

Yeah..Sigaram is a nice movie.Very different and well done performances by both SPB and Radha.Anand babu could have been replaced
.

From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Feb 27 13:19:20 2006.

Thirumaran wrote:

m_23_bayarea wrote:

Shakthiprabha wrote:

OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDD I CANT BELIEVE IT...........

MY FAVVVVVVVVVVOURITE RADHA.........................

OH WOW......... :ecstatic: :crazy: :happy: :over-reacting:

Radha was my first favorite heroine in life ... And then things changed in time ... Wink

Hmmm..

Veetukku Veedu Vaasapadi..
Sad

Apdinaaa ???

From: great on Mon Feb 27 13:21:16 2006.

bay
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Feb 27 13:22:40 2006.

great wrote:

bay

Great !!
From: great on Mon Feb 27 13:23:47 2006.

m_23_bayarea wrote:

great wrote:

bay

Great !!

bay , i was about to comment on that but unga manasu romba kastapadum athan vittutean
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Feb 27 13:24:35 2006.

great wrote:

m_23_bayarea wrote:

great wrote:

bay

Great !!

bay , i was about to comment on that but unga manasu romba kastapadum athan vittutean

Paravaala, Sollalaam !!!

From: great on Mon Feb 27 13:26:37 2006.

m_23_bayarea wrote:

great wrote:

m_23_bayarea wrote:

great wrote:

bay

Great !!

bay , i was about to comment on that but unga manasu romba kastapadum athan vittutean Rolling Eyes

Paravaala, Sollalaam !!! Smile

chumma timepasskaga quote pannean

btwn, whats ur name

From: ajithfederer on Mon Feb 27 13:31:31 2006.

Hi Great.........and Bay
From: great on Mon Feb 27 13:32:11 2006.

hi feddy
From: ajithfederer on Mon Feb 27 13:36:12 2006.

sollunga great......ena panreenga? navin nalaila irundhu full time hubbing panna poranamaa......so tommorrow will be full entertainment......
From: great on Mon Feb 27 13:38:40 2006.

nothing planning to sleep early today!!! what happened to thirupathy so from tomm unlimited comedy ready for us
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Feb 27 13:39:36 2006.

Parthiban turns lyricist
IndiaGlitz [Monday, February 27, 2006]

Actor-director- producer R Parthiban, with his next movie Pachchakkuthirra, takes a new avatara lyricist.

Supposedly a commercial entertainer, Pachchakkuthirra being produced, directed and enacted by Parthiban has Namitha opposite him.

Parthiban says, 'the movie has fast and racy Ghana numbers and I chose to pen them myself. Luckily, they have all come good'.

Parthiban is no stranger to poetry. He has come out with his book of poems (Kirukal) before.

Meanwhile, shooting for Pachchakkuthirra is on at full pace.

Speaking about Namitha, he says, 'she has so far been known for her glamour roles. In Pachchakkuthirra, she dons the role of a slum girl, who fights for everything. She has proved that she can also perform on the screen'.

Bubbling with enthusiasm, Parthiban, says, 'my fans can see a refreshing movie.
From: ajithfederer on Mon Feb 27 13:49:43 2006.

I think thirupathy(ntr) is banned .....his avatars are not to be seen.....yeah from2morrow unlimited comedy is available for free...

great wrote:

nothing planning to sleep early today!!! what happened to thirupathy so from tomm unlimited comedy ready for us
From: ssanjinika on Mon Feb 27 13:51:05 2006.

**DIGR**

AF - I liked your previous avatar better .Had a goodlooking Ajit init.Edhu nalla ella .

*End Digr*
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Feb 27 13:53:08 2006.

ajithfederer wrote:

Hi Great.........and Bay

Hi AF !! Sorry dint notice ...
From: great on Mon Feb 27 13:56:41 2006.

catch u all later
From: Shakthiprabha. on Mon Feb 27 14:05:40 2006.

///////////AF - I liked your previous avatar better .Had a goodlooking Ajit init.Edhu nalla ella . /////////

af,

Ss,

u are talkin bout ajit......... its not digression
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Feb 28 13:01:59 2006.

Radha Takes Fresh Guard
[Tuesday, February 28, 2006]

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/gallery/Events/9229.html

Yesteryear heroine Radha, who made a graceful exit from Tamil filmdom following her marriage almost a decade ago, is now back.

The actress will be performing a Bharathantyam at the famous Natyanjali festival in Chidambaram Natarajar temple. Talking about her comeback, Radha, who runs a restaurant in Mumbai, says, 'since my marriage I was settled in Mumbai. I am into restaurant business. My elder daughter Karthigai wanted to learn classical dance and I too decided to learn the same with her. For the last eight years, I have been practicing hard and on 2 March, my dream of performing at the famous Chidambaram Natarajar temple would be fulfilled.'

Radha, introduced by Bharathiraja, says, ' I am not hurrying into a comeback in Tamil movies. If I get only good meaningful roles, I would think of acting.'

'However in a couple of years, my daughter will don the grease paint. She is being groomed to become a heroine in Tamil', adds Radha.
From: ssanjinika on Tue Feb 28 13:07:12 2006.

She still looks cute..her face looks the same though she has put on weight...
From: Scale on Tue Feb 28 13:15:58 2006.

Another Good rival for Tamil cine SUMO wrestling. Restaurant oducha??? practising bharatanatyam hard for 8yrs

Nadhiya is shockingly beautiful yet among yesteryear tamil actresses. In hindi sridevi, rekha..
From: Shakthiprabha. on Tue Feb 28 14:53:10 2006.

NADHIYA was never beautiful ....... that she suddenly turns SHOCKINGLY beautiful!!!!!

hmmmmmmmmm radha has put on weight.

still pretty enough I suppose

hmmmm on second thoguhts... NOT REALLY. She looks AGED.

She can do mom's roles
From: Surya on Tue Feb 28 14:54:26 2006.

Radha now looks like a cow!!! No offence to cows...they're sacred animals...
From: Shakthiprabha. on Tue Feb 28 14:56:35 2006.

at 30 its great enough to look COWS and not PIGS (WHICH most look).
From: Surya on Tue Feb 28 14:57:17 2006.

Shakthiprabha wrote:

at 30 its great enough to look COWS and not PIGS (WHICH most look).

Shez 30? Isn't she like 40-something?
From: Shakthiprabha. on Tue Feb 28 14:59:57 2006.

oh shez 40?

hmm I guess so. She does look really aged.

I dont think shez 40. She must be late 30z MAY BE just entering or entered 40
From: Surya on Tue Feb 28 15:01:13 2006.

Yeah that's prolly it...even then, I'd i guess it's good for rich indian women to look like cows rather than pigs!
From: Nerd on Tue Feb 28 15:03:01 2006.

She was 16 when AO came out. I think it was 1981. So shez like 41 or something
From: Shakthiprabha. on Tue Feb 28 15:03:02 2006.
From: ssanjinika on Tue Feb 28 15:03:51 2006.

Hey comon guys shes dosent look that bad
her face does resemble the prior marriage Radha unlike her elder sister ambika whose face nor body resembles the prior marriage ambika
From: Shakthiprabha. on Tue Feb 28 15:04:24 2006.

Yeah thats what I thought.

Just turned 40 I suppose.

kewl.
From: ssanjinika on Tue Feb 28 15:04:44 2006.

kasi_sce wrote:

She was 16 when AO came out. I think it was 1981. So shez like 41 or something

Which means in reality she was somwhere around 20 huh
From: Surya on Tue Feb 28 15:04:52 2006.

U guys know Purnima Jeyaram...the chick well aunty now, in movies like Thangamagan...She looks pretty good for her age too...she's also got a pretty daughter!
From: Shakthiprabha. on Tue Feb 28 15:06:08 2006.

SS

shez not as badly bloated as ambika.

BUT FACE LOOKS CHUBBY due to age. She has SAGGING LINES (not really wrinkles) shown on her face.

DEF NOT PRIOR MARRIAGE RADHA. noway!!

yup..... pretty . even then...pretty enough
From: Shakthiprabha. on Tue Feb 28 15:07:00 2006.

Poornima jayaram

is V.V.V.V. PLUMP

Dunno bout her daughter though.
From: Surya on Tue Feb 28 15:07:08 2006.

The only acterss who somewhat maintained her health after marriage is Kushboo!
From: Surya on Tue Feb 28 15:07:42 2006.

Shakthiprabha wrote:

Poornima jayaram

is V.V.V.V. PLUMP

Dunno bout her daughter though.

I saw her in a video that was taken a few years ago...maybe she is plump now..

Yeah her daugther.....
From: Shakthiprabha. on Tue Feb 28 15:08:13 2006.

nopes. kushboo is DOUBLE her size. She was healthy looking..now shez overly-plump
From: Surya on Tue Feb 28 15:11:03 2006.

Shakthiprabha wrote:

nopes. kushboo is DOUBLE her size. She was healthy looking..now shez overly-plump

Yeah..so maybe not really healthy...still has the cute face...she looked better than teh heroin in Vetrivel Shakthivel!!
From: ssanjinika on Tue Feb 28 15:13:04 2006.

All actresses seem to have put on lots of weight after marriage.I think about how slim and pretty seetha used to look and look at her now.I know its practically immpossible to maintain your hourglass figure after having a couple of kids but I am sure you can work at it and try to stay resonably slim.
From: Shakthiprabha. on Tue Feb 28 15:13:11 2006.

yeah she has cute face and smile
From: Shakthiprabha. on Tue Feb 28 15:14:07 2006.

ss,

I am told YOGA is good to maintain (atleast if not hour glass fig, atleast a fig presentable enough )
From: ssanjinika on Tue Feb 28 15:17:08 2006.

Workout,Exercise,eat healthy.Thats how you do it..
I remember reading somewhere that Nalini who was so slim before her marriage gorged on food after marriage simply coz she depraved herself when she was acting.Apparantly her mom never used to let her eat anything coz she would put on weight.After marriage when she stopped acting there was nothing stopping her from eating fried and heavy meals everyday.
From: Surya on Tue Feb 28 15:17:39 2006.

SS,
Ramya Krishnan who is now hosting the THAKA THAKA THAKA THAKA THANGA VETTAI!!! on SUn TV has a kid...she's like in her late 30z isn't she? I remember seeing her in "Per Sollum Pillai" starring Kamala Haasan. In that she was prolly like 18 or so.

SP Akka,
Yup Yoga is good to maintain health...put off rinkles etc.

That's how Shivakumar looks so young! Same with Raj Kumar...isn't he like 70 somthing? He looks like he's in his early 60z.
From: Shakthiprabha. on Tue Feb 28 15:19:24 2006.

kewl surya.

Ramya krishnan even till padaiyappa (mid 30z) looked presentable.

now shez lost her charm. Age is peeping out !!
From: Shakthiprabha. on Tue Feb 28 15:19:56 2006.

yup shez must be in late 30z or mustve jsut entered 40

I supp!
From: ssanjinika on Tue Feb 28 15:20:18 2006.

SP,Surya,
Have you guys ever wondered how these hollywood stars do it?Look at Demi moore or even Madonna for that matter.GOD!!How do they do it?Something todo with what they eat?
From: Surya on Tue Feb 28 15:22:19 2006.

Excellent Diets! That's not the case with our Desi chicks! Kiran said she loves Butter Naan with ANYTHING WITH LOTS OF PANEER!!!

Also Demi Moore, etc practice Yoga on a regular basis.
From: Shakthiprabha. on Tue Feb 28 15:23:54 2006.

ss,

I am told MADONNA is into YOGA. They may maintain themselves by

face upliftment
skin smoothening
wrinkle removal etc.

Must be also strict with diet. (not starch hoggers like INDIANS )

Also............ THEY HAVE MONEY AND ARE NOT SCARED to do any kind of operation or treatment to MAINTAIN the looks.
From: Shakthiprabha. on Tue Feb 28 15:24:33 2006.

surya,

I thought madonna practises yoga.

i did not know demi moore practices too
From: Surya on Tue Feb 28 15:25:14 2006.

yup...It'z quite pupular here espicially among HOllywood Stars!
From: Shakthiprabha. on Tue Feb 28 15:25:34 2006.

FYI,

Shridevi, rekha(rekha also is into yoga), hemamalini

etc.........

did

FACE UPLIFTMENT or WRINKLE SMOOTHEING or something akin to that!
From: Surya on Tue Feb 28 15:26:25 2006.

Hema Malini is awesome!! She Almost (NOTE: ALMOST ) looks better than Esha!
From: ssanjinika on Tue Feb 28 15:27:24 2006.

SP,
Some might go in for operations but most of them from what I hear always watch what they eat and exercise regularly.Here its not just the stars ,but I see normal women in their 40s and 50s look years younger.It is due to regulated diets and a strict exercise regime.Butternaans and paneer def wont help
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Feb 28 18:19:00 2006.

Surya wrote:

Hema Malini is awesome!! She Almost (NOTE: ALMOST ) looks better than Esha!

Machi, Did you have to use the word ALMOST there ???
From: Surya on Tue Feb 28 18:22:58 2006.

After seeing Dhoom...I started to!
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Feb 28 18:23:50 2006.

Hoooooo !!! Now I remember that song ... Dhoom Machaalae right ...
From: Surya on Tue Feb 28 18:24:09 2006.

Athey thaan paa....athey thaan....
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Feb 28 18:25:11 2006.

Surya wrote:

Athey thaan paa....athey thaan....

Aaahaaa !!! Ippo nenacha kooda enakku ennamo pannuthe !!!
From: Surya on Tue Feb 28 18:26:11 2006.

Bay-u bay-u!!!
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Feb 28 18:26:55 2006.

Surya wrote:

Bay-u bay-u!!!

Hey ennappa ?? Unmaiya thaane sonnaen !!!
From: Surya on Tue Feb 28 18:28:26 2006.

Mai...Unmai!!
From: Shakthiprabha. on Wed Mar 1 3:06:31 2006.

SS,

true
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Mar 7 13:07:06 2006.

Radha – Back in form

tamil.galatta.com

Who can forget Radha, who was once very successful in the Kollywood industry for a period of eleven years? She had starred with the all leading stars; after her marriage, she retired from movies about 15 years ago and settled down in Mumbai. As already mentioned in these columns, her daughters are grown up, and recently gave their public dance performance. So now that her children are grown up and she is free, she is willing to act again in Tamil movies in any suitable roles. Welcome back Radha! We do hope you will have a long, illustrious second innings!
From: m_23_bayarea on Wed Mar 8 13:20:42 2006.

Ramki’s new gambit
IndiaGlitz [Sunday, March 05, 2006]

Actor Ramki was once a popular hero on Tamil screen. Having acted in several films in late 80s and the early 90s, the actor lost his place in the industry due to successive flops. His attempts to play character roles too did not go down well.

Apparently dejected Ramki has taken the bold decision now.

The actor has decided to wield the megaphone.

Ramki will be directing a movie, which would feature him in the lead role along with a young hero. It seems he has completed penning the story, screen and dialogues too.

If things go well, he may commence the shooting for this untitled film in a few months from now.
From: m_23_bayarea on Sat Mar 11 12:33:55 2006.

Digital Magic gives training in animation, visual effects
- 11.03.2006
Cinesouth.com

In the field of cinema and television, there is a lot of opportunity for those with skill in animation, special effects, editing and other technical skills. Some of the work for Hollywood films is being done in India now. For example, some work in Narnia that is running in theaters now.

To do work on that magnitude and level, skilled talent is necessary. Knowing the need of the hour, Digital Magic has started the Digital Magic Visual Academy. The director Arul Murthy has this to say about his academy.

Digital magic is at the forefront of animation, editing and special effects. The graphics work done for films already released and some yet to be include 'Aathi,' 'Sudesi,' 'Yuga,' 'December 26,' 'Sivakasi,' 'Gusti,' 'Manikanta' and 'Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamaai Irukkiradhu.' They have also created theatre and channel trailers and ads for films like 'Aathi,' 'Madrasi,' 'Mercury Pookkal,' 'Sandakozhi,' 'Vanakkam Thalaiva,' 'Manikanta,' 'Sudesi,' 'Perarasu' as well as providing technical know-how.

'December 26' has been transferred from video into film for the screen. Located at Virugambakkam in 8000 sq foot area, the studio has all facilities like Digital Intermediate, Film Scanning, Film Recording, Non-Linear Editing, Graphics, Digital cameras, Shooting Floor etc.

Having many facilities like aesthetically designed classrooms, new computer lab, A/V library, Internet access, editing room, A/C Shooting Floor and Digital Theatre, it is located at 15, Muthuramalingam St, Virugambakkam, Chennai 600092.

* Digital Magic is a leading organization in the film field, so the course is structured in a systematic manner.

* For training the students, LIVE & REAL PROJECTS have been filmed.

* The teachers are experienced personnel in their respective fields. So the students will benefit greatly from their technical know-how.

* The students can get a job even when they are studying, so it gives them an opportunity to earn while they learn. Outstanding students will get a placement at Digital Magic itself.

* Since they are in touch with other studios, it will be easier for students to locate jobs.

* The students will get the opportunity to work with seasoned directors, cinematographers and other technicians on their projects.

* Outstation students will be helped to find accommodation.

* Deserving students will be given scholarships.

3D animation, Visual Effects, Non-Linear Editing, Motion Builder, Zbrush, Digital Cinema Production, Smoke Online Editing courses are being offered as these are most in demand. For those who already know 2D animation, 3D animation is taught in an easy manner.

For details, email: contact@digitalmagicweb.com

"Because of our experience in this field for so many years, we are happy to offer these courses to students, so they can train and become foremost technicians and earn a good living," says Arul Murthy.
From: m_23_bayarea on Sat Mar 11 14:32:22 2006.

From lyrics to dialogues
IndiaGlitz [Saturday, March 11, 2006]

It’s the season of lyricists turning dialogue writers.

Close on the heels of veteran lyricist Vaali choosing to pen dialogues for a movie on Sabarimala Ayyappan titled Malikapurathu Amman, lyricist Vairamuthu has decided to write dialogues too.

He would be writing the lyrics as well as dialogues for Malayalam director Kamal’s Tamil venture Poovukkul Puyal.

The movie is about the struggles and sacrifices of a young widow in bringing up her daughter. Banupriya plays the widow in the movie.

The Malayalam version of the movie (Manyu Poloru Penn) created controversies in Kerala.
From: m_23_bayarea on Sat Mar 11 14:36:18 2006.

Karan’s big gambit
IndiaGlitz [Saturday, March 11, 2006]

I am confident that Kokki will propel me to greater heights in Tamil cinema, says actor Karan, who is playing the lead role in the movie.

Directed by Prabhu Solomon, who also in charge of story, dialogue and screenplay for Kokki, the movie features a Bengali lass Sanjana as the heroine.

Speaking about the film, Solomon says, ‘The film captures the events that happen in the life of a man, in a week. Kokki, (named after the village deity Kokkisamy) lands in the city where he meets a girl, lover eventually, in the hostel. It has a powerful screenplay that offers acting scope for every artiste’.

A couple of songs set to tunes by Dhina were shot in Jaisalmer. ‘We shot in difficult conditions for nearly 15 days as the weather was very cold,’ adds Solomon.

The cast includes Kota Srinivasa Rao and Malaysia Vasudevan.
From: Priyankak on Sat Mar 11 15:33:12 2006.

athai enga kekringa......pavam tamil cinema.....
From: m_23_bayarea on Sun Mar 12 12:28:16 2006.

P 365- A new concept!
`Cinema Paradiso` has come out with a unique concept

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From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Mar 13 16:44:10 2006.

Koundamani’s narrow escape from going behind bars
March 13, 2006

He is a comedian of a different sort. He doesn’t play the second fiddle and he doesn’t knock at the production houses for chances. He takes what comes his way. Well, that way, many offers came and he has made a lot of money. Like other artistes he too invests money in real estate.

A bulk of money went into building a commercial complex on the Arcot Road. He entered into an agreement with a contracting firm Abirami Foundations and started building the complex. However, it was a period that he was experiencing a slump in his career. At one time, the project stood half completed because the comedian could not mobilize funds. The construction company has now filed a case against the comedian.

Meanwhile, when the comedian went to the site, probably with the idea of resuming construction, he was shocked that it was occupied by a Yoga Teacher and the security man at the site refused to vacate the premises. Koundamani went again in cinema style, with a group of henchmen to get them vacated. Now, the Yoga Teacher Keerti Lal and his disciples, have lodged a complaint against the comedian.

When police summoned Koundamani to be present at the station for interrogation, a sudden twist occurred. Koundamani’s lawyer appeared in the station and said that some people were sent to survey the site and Koundamani did not hire goondas to threaten the occupants. Negotiations were held and finally yoga master withdrew his complaint against Koundamani. Thus, Koudamani escaped from a legal mishap.
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From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Mar 13 16:53:58 2006.

No more spoofs for Sathyaraj
IndiaGlitz [Monday, March 13, 2006]

Sathyaraj, who in the recent past took to spoofing others in his movies and has finally decided to stop doing such roles.

'I myself am fed up with this,' says Sathyaraj.

Henceforth my concentration would be to do meaty and challenging roles and prove my acting prowess. People will see a new Sathyaraj.

Just as well. For Sathyaraj was becoming a caricature of himself.

His next film Kurukshetram and Kudisai will portray him in a different role.

Sathyaraj is evincing interest to act in films that will take part in international film festivals.
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Great transformation !!!

From: Sinthiya on Mon Mar 13 16:56:25 2006.

m_23_bayarea wrote:

Sathyaraj, who in the recent past took to spoofing others in his movies and has finally decided to stop doing such roles.

'I myself am fed up with this,' says Sathyaraj.

good...so am I....

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i don't know about making it to the International film festival....

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best wishes...

From: m_23_bayarea on Fri Mar 17 13:36:43 2006.

Felicitation function for Chinnakuyil Chitra!
- 17.03.2006

16,000 songs, 6 national awards, 6 Tamilnadu Govt awards, 15 Kerala Govt awards, 2 Karnataka Govt awards…Chinnakuyil Chitra has achieved so much already and she is only 42!

Chitra is the female equivalent of SPB in music; there is none to match her. Hailing from Trivandrum, she was introduced to Tamil films by Ilayaraja. Her first Tamil film song was ‘chinnakuyil paadum paadal ketkudha’ in Fazil’s ‘Poove oochudava.’

She has performed a feat by singing 16,000 songs in 5 languages – Tamil, Terlugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. Her song ‘Ovvoru pookalume…’ in ‘Autograph’ got her the 6th national award. Chitra will be felicitated on coming 19th at the J J Indoor stadium.

All the singers will be participating in this function.
Despite singing thousands of songs, how is Chitra’s voice still so sweet?

“I do not take anything chill like cold water or ice cream,” says Chitra with her trademark smile!

From: Alien on Fri Mar 17 22:42:15 2006.

m_23_bayarea wrote:

His next film Kurukshetram and Kudisai will portray him in a different role.

Sathyaraj is evincing interest to act in films that will take part in international film festivals.
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Great transformation !!! Very Happy

Yeah, but when r others goin to realize that and transform themselves ?

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I've no doubt on Sathyaraj , he was an amazing actor ... He can sure make it to international film festivals

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From: m_23_bayarea on Wed Mar 22 12:52:44 2006.

A website for SPB’s songs
March 21, 2006

Who can not be moved by SPB’s voice? Right from six-year old to sixty-year old croon his songs. The songs from Chandramukhi have once again placed this singer, S P Balasubramaniam, on the top of the charts again. For SPB fans, it is celebration. In association with a local website, the fan groups are creating a huge database of the master’s songs, about 35000 of them. The work is scheduled to be completed this year end. His fans recently gathered at Kothandapani Studio under the auspices of www.spbala.com to mark the 40th year of his entry into playback singing. SPB was honoured as the Chief Guest.

From: m_23_bayarea on Wed Mar 22 12:53:38 2006.

Alien wrote:

Yeah, but when r others goin to realize that and transform themselves ? Huh?!

....

I've no doubt on Sathyaraj , he was an amazing actor ... He can sure make it to international film festivals Thumbs Up!

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Who are you talking abt ???

From: Raikkonen on Thu Mar 23 0:15:06 2006.

Inga bay mattumtan post panraru...
From: m_23_bayarea on Thu Mar 23 12:42:48 2006.

From a farmer’s family to a busy villain
March 23, 2006

Sayaji Shinde, who played Subramania Bharathi in the Tamil hit Bharathi, and baddie in Vikram starrer Dhool, is now playing villain in Telugu films too. Recently we caught him at the sets of Veerabhadra, a Balakrishna starrer. After the shot, he was panting. How was his feeling working for South Indian films, especially Bharathi? “Great,” smiles this guy who exudes confidence even when he smiles. “I have a fan following of sorts here. Here in Telugu too, I have a lot of fans and lots of offers. But then, I am playing the bad guy but that too, is fun,” he adds. Sayaji Shinde comes from a farmer’s family and he made his debut in Shool, a Bollywood flick. His performance as Bharathi brought him rave reviews. For his role in the Marathi film Abholi, he got the Maharashtra State Award.

He made his Telugu debut with the Chiranjeevi starrer Tagore. He went on to do Andharudu and now he is playing the bad guy in Veerabadra. Shinde speaks a smattering of Tamil but manages very well in Telugu. He plans to buy a house or flat in Chennai and Hyderabad so that he can be nearer to his places of work.
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Saidapetta illa na Ranipettaila nipaen .... Karaikudi illa na Thoothukudi la ninnu jeipanda paradesi ....

I loved his acting in DHOOL !!!
From: m_23_bayarea on Thu Mar 23 12:43:13 2006.

Raikkonen wrote:

Inga bay mattumtan post panraru...

And now, you join the club too !!!
From: Raikkonen on Thu Mar 23 22:19:20 2006.

News reporters club
From: m_23_bayarea on Fri Mar 24 12:37:56 2006.

Ameer’s ‘Ram’ at Cyprus International Film Festival
- 24.03.2006

In 1960, at the Indo-Africa International Film Festival at Cairo in Egypt, the best actor was Sivaji Ganesan, best music award went to G Ramanathan and best film was ‘Veerapandiya Kattabomman.’

Many Tamil films have been chosen for screening at international festivals at Czechoslovakia, Venice, Toronto, Yugoslavia, Moscow and so on. But no Tamil film has been nominated for competition for the award categories.

45 years after ‘Veerapandia Kattabomman,’ the Tamil film that has been chosen for competition is Ameer’s ‘Ram’ that will go to the CIFF - Cyprus International Film Festival.

Produced and directed by Ameer, ‘Ram’ was not only a successful film, it was different from the run-of-the-mill story and left a deep impression on the viewers. ‘Ram’ was screened at the 36th Indian Panorama Film festival at Goa and won the appreciation of all who saw it. It was indeed a proud moment for Tamil cinema.

Now, Ameer’s ‘Ram’ is to do us proud on an international level. The Cyprus International Film Festival that is to take place from March 24 to 27, is as distinguished as the film festivals at Cannes and Toronto.

The Cyprus festival will feature 130 films from 40 countries. Only 2 films from India are being screened. One is Hindi film ‘Paheli’ featuring Shah Rukh Khan and directed by Amol Palekar. The other is ‘Ram.’

‘Paheli’ will be screened only for the Indian panorama, but Ameer’s ‘Ram’ will be screened along with other international films as well as compete for the Golden Aphrodite Award. Only 11 films have been chosen to compete for the Golden Aphrodite award and ‘Ram’ is one of them. It is wonderful that a Tamil film is to participate on an international level after 45 years!

Ameer has been invited to participate in the festival and he flies to Cypress today (march 24, 2006).
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The future of Tamil Cinema is really looking BRIGHT !!!
From: m_23_bayarea on Fri Mar 24 12:41:38 2006.

Mid Valley to invest 50 crores in Tamil film field
- 24.03.2006

Mid Valley Entertainment has entered the world of Tamil cinema, so one can expect that good times are ahead for Kollywood. ‘Thambi’ that is having a dream run all over the world was released by this organization.

Now, Mid Valley is to collaborate with United Export Yahia that has created a record by releasing more than 900 Tamil films world wide, to produce Tamil films. From this company, the investment on the part of Dato K K Eswaran is roughly 50 crores

With the investment, Mid valley plans to release all Indian language films worldwide, buy the rights for VCD and DVD, buy the rights for satellite audio, give grant for deserving films and so on.

Dato Eswaran plans to bring about a turning point in the field of cinema with his measures and also speaks of converting all theatres in India to digital format. In the first phase, 10 theatres in Tamilnadu and 20 theaters in Andhra are lucky to get digitalized soon.

Mid Valley has bought over the shares of C TV that has produced many successful films. After ‘Thambi,’ they plan to produce a film starring Jeyam Ravi.

Dato Eswaran plans to produce 3 to 5 films each in Tamil and Telugu per year as well as construct multi-purpose theatres in Chennai and Madurai.

A question put to Eswaran was, how he got into the production aspect when there is so much strife right now among producers themselves. “I do not have the time to interfere in the strife among members of the Producers Association. If they mind their own business, there will be no problem at all,” says Eswaran.

Putting so many crores into his schemes, Data Eswaran puts down 5 conditions.

Films should be made featuring actors who speak pure Tamil, heroes should not interfere with the director’s work, the film should be something one can watch with the whole family, no shooting abroad, no featuring obscenity.

Wow! That’s professionalism!
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What, They're expecting actors to speak PURE Tamil in Tamil movies !!
From: m_23_bayarea on Sat Mar 25 18:37:44 2006.

Autograph’s success in Kannada

tamil.galatta.com

Cheran’s Autograph was dubbed in Kannada and was released in the Karnataka theatres with the name My Autograph. This film proved to be a big hit in Kannada and was also responsible for lifting the market of hero Sudeep. Pleased with the success of My Autograph, Sudeep arranged for an extravagant party at Bangalore with Cheran as the chief guest. He praised Cheran for the invention of such an artistic film and also revealed that he had also bought the rights of Cheran’s Thavamai Thavamirunthu to be dubbed in Kannada. We hope that it will also be another success!
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Go Cheran !!
From: Thirumaran on Sat Mar 25 19:03:18 2006.

m_23_bayarea wrote:

The future of Tamil Cinema is really looking BRIGHT !!!

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Perarasu is still directing tamil films.
From: interz on Sat Mar 25 19:15:17 2006.

Future is not looking bright, and i blame it on some fans of the actors/actresses, they want stars to act in specific way, eg. vijayakanth has been acted as tuff cops on many movies, sarath kumar has acted many double roles, arjun as the patriot who saves india, kushbu as the hardtalk lady, suhasini as the too-wise- woman etc. etc. Fans should accept if their idols try to differ from the usual.

From: Raikkonen on Sun Mar 26 10:31:31 2006.

m_23_bayarea wrote:

Mid Valley to invest 50 crores in Tamil film field
- 24.03.2006

Mid Valley Entertainment has entered the world of Tamil cinema, so one can expect that good times are ahead for Kollywood. ‘Thambi’ that is having a dream run all over the world was released by this organization.

Now, Mid Valley is to collaborate with United Export Yahia that has created a record by releasing more than 900 Tamil films world wide, to produce Tamil films. From this company, the investment on the part of Dato K K Eswaran is roughly 50 crores

With the investment, Mid valley plans to release all Indian language films worldwide, buy the rights for VCD and DVD, buy the rights for satellite audio, give grant for deserving films and so on.

Dato Eswaran plans to bring about a turning point in the field of cinema with his measures and also speaks of converting all theatres in India to digital format. In the first phase, 10 theatres in Tamilnadu and 20 theaters in Andhra are lucky to get digitalized soon.

Mid Valley has bought over the shares of C TV that has produced many successful films. After ‘Thambi,’ they plan to produce a film starring Jeyam Ravi.

Dato Eswaran plans to produce 3 to 5 films each in Tamil and Telugu per year as well as construct multi-purpose theatres in Chennai and Madurai.

A question put to Eswaran was, how he got into the production aspect when there is so much strife right now among producers themselves. “I do not have the time to interfere in the strife among members of the Producers Association. If they mind their own business, there will be no problem at all,” says Eswaran.

Putting so many crores into his schemes, Data Eswaran puts down 5 conditions.

Films should be made featuring actors who speak pure Tamil, heroes should not interfere with the director’s work, the film should be something one can watch with the whole family, no shooting abroad, no featuring obscenity.

Wow! That’s professionalism!
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What, They're expecting actors to speak PURE Tamil in Tamil movies !! Laughing

This is where i watch Tamil Movies....

From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Mar 27 8:38:35 2006.

Karthik's dilemma
IndiaGlitz [Monday, March 27, 2006]

Romantic hero of yesteryear Karthik, who jumped to politics and even went ahead to become the leader of a prominent political party in the State in a short span of time, has now become a political orphan. His rise and fall happened has at a quick pace.

The actor initially tried desperately to forge an alliance with the DMK and things failed to workout in his favor. He then tried hard to convince Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa and strike a deal with them. Unfortunately his attempts failed to yield the desired results.

Now left with no option Karthik has announced that his party would be contesting alone in over 100 seats in Tamilnadu.

Say people in the industry, 'it's not too late even now. The spot left by Karthik in Kollywod is still vacant. It's time that he understands his wrong moves and return to concentrate on his career in filmdom. Certainly he has a bright future here than going unidentified in the fight of bigwigs at the political battle'.

Is Karthik listening?
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Mar 27 8:46:46 2006.

Mohan's loss
IndiaGlitz [Friday, March 24, 2006]

Remember actor Mohan? Called in the industry as the 'silver jubilee hero' in 1980s for almost all movies featuring the actor witnessed a fantastic run then, Mohan disappeared from the filmdom following a series of flops.

He tried hard to stage a comeback by producing, directing besides playing the lead role in a movie titled Anbulla Kadhalukku. Unfortunately his bad luck continued and the movie disappeared from the box office without any trace. He took a new avatar as the producer of tele-serials and managed successfully to come out with a serial in a prominent Tamil satellite channel.

It is rumored that the actor was approached by Editor Mohan to play Jeyam Ravi's father in Something Something.

Unfortunately after listening to the whole script, the actor had reportedly turned down the offer. Now he has been replaced by actor director Bhagiyaraj.

Mohan's loss is Bhagiyaraj's gain now.
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Mar 28 12:33:21 2006.

TR's election dream is a burnt out fuse
- 28.03.2006

TR made a sudden announcement yesterday. "Whether I will contest for DMK or as an independent will be announced on April 2." It looks serious but in fact, it's rather hilarious.

Both the major parties of Tamilnadu have already announced their candidates as well as divided the seats, so with whom is TR going to form an alliance?

TR thought he could soft soap Amma and get about 5 or 6 constituencies, but she's a step ahead of him. She not only kicked him out of her party, she also appointed her own candidate at the Poonga Nagar constituency, which is TR's regular place.

This has so upset TR that he does not even know what he is saying or doing any more.

Till yesterday, he was all big talk about defeating Karunanidhi in his election propaganda travels, but now he's like a tame snake. It's doubtful if we will see him on the election dais after this.

One good thing is, our ears will have a lucky escape!
From: m_23_bayarea on Tue Mar 28 13:14:31 2006.

Only one out of many
IndiaGlitz [Monday, March 27, 2006]

A slew of film stars joined the ruling AIADMK party with Assembly elections around. A host of names among these actors and actresses were tipped to figure in the party’s candidates list.

Interestingly but for actor and playwright S Ve Shekher, none of the film stars found their name in the AIADMK candidate list announced on Monday by Chief Minister and party supremo J Jayalalithaa.

Even the sitting MLA from Saidapet and a prominent actor Radha Ravi’s name does not figure in the list.
From: m_23_bayarea on Thu Mar 30 13:05:13 2006.

Raam makes history
IndiaGlitz [Thursday, March 30, 2006]

Director Ameer's Raam, which was selected for the screening at the famous Cyprus International Film Festival, won the admiration of cine aficionados gathered from world over. Among 11 movies screened for awards from over 140 countries, Raam won for actor Jeeva, the award for the best actor and for Yuvan Shankar Raja, the best music director.

A thrilled Ameer,says, 'It is a rare honor for the Tamil film industry .The festival committee at Cyprus Film Fest appreciated my movie'.

'Ram was never made keeping in mind these awards. Now, the recognition has made me more responsible and I should live up to expectation', he adds.

Ameer is currently working on Paruthi Veeran starring Karthik, son of veteran actor Sivakumar and brother of Suriya, in the lead role.
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The Future of Tamil Cinema is BRIGHT for sure ...
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Apr 3 10:16:21 2006.

Sarathkumar to quit DMK?

By Moviebuzz | Monday, 03 April , 2006, 12:22

Is Sarathkumar preparing to quit the DMK and launch his own party? His relationship with Karunanidhi turned cold after Dayanidhi Maran was made the Union Minister for communication.

The only thing stopping Sarath so far from not leaving DMK was that his wife Radhika and her Radaan TV is Sun TV’s biggest content provider. In fact Sun TV had always promoted Sarathkumar films and gave them top billing in countdown shows. Added to that, they purchased the satellite rights of all Sarath films at a higher rate than actual market rate.

But in politics, you have to get positions if you have to grow. Sarath realized that he will always have to play second fiddle to the Marans in DMK. Last month when his fans organized a meet in Tuticorin, they urged him to float a political party for the Nadars. Sarath tried to play it down but he was ignored within DMK when it came to selection of candidates in the Nadar majority districts of Tuticorin and Tirunelveli. Some of his fan members who were recommended by Sarath for party tickets were ignored by the party high command.

Now his fans feel that the actor has no future in DMK. They also cited the incident of superstar Vijay being called to New Delhi by Dayanidhi Maran for the release of postal stamp in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as representative of Tamilnadu. Sarath was ignored and not even called for the function! On Sunday Sarathkumar fans association members met in Chennai and took a bold and daring decision not to campaign for DMK led front in the forthcoming assembly elections.

Says A.N.Sundaresan, president of All India Sarathkumar Fans Association and the hatchet man of the actor: “We have appealed to him not to campaign for DMK and its allies. The party had used the fan body during elections but is not willing to give any position or post to its members”. Meanwhile Sarathkumar who mysteriously disappeared for a week while the fans were peeved with DMK said: “I will announce my decision in a couple of days keeping in view my political affiliation and feeling of my fans who made me what I am today”.

What is also bugging Sarathkumar is also the growing popularity of Vijaykanth and his brave and daring decision to fight the elections alone. Even if ‘Captain’ gets one or two seats he will become a hero and probably a new power centre!
From: Raikkonen on Mon Apr 3 11:43:35 2006.

They snubbed Sarath and picked Vijay for Delhi stamp fucntion
From: m_23_bayarea on Thu Apr 6 11:38:31 2006.

Arvindsamy’s divorce case– compromise fails
April 06, 2006

We had earlier informed about ex-actor Arvindsamy’s marriage on the rocks. In a lighter vein, the actor was once referred to as the blue-eyed boy of Manirathnam, after he was cast in a string of hits like ‘Roja’, ‘Bombay’, and ‘Thalapathi’. The actor was married in 1994 to Gayathri, a lecturer with Stella Maris. Of late, things have turned awry and it is said that both are living separately.

Gayathri filed a divorce petition with the family court at Chennai and also sought custody of their kids Adhira and Rudhra. When the couple came for another hearing at the court recently, lawyers representing both sides, tried to strike a compromise between the estranged couple. However, their attempt made no headway and the two went their separate ways.
From: m_23_bayarea on Thu Apr 6 11:59:32 2006.

Italian Film Festival: A Happy Function

tamil.galatta.com

The Consulate of Italy, Chennai and the Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation conducted the inauguration of the Italian Film Festival yesterday at the South Indian Film Chamber Theatre, Chennai. The Chairman of Ashok Leyland Shri R.J. Shahaney inaugurated the festival. Actresses Pooja and Diya were among the guests of honour in the inauguration. The function went on well and the occasion was a happy one. Click here to view exclusive pictures of the event.

http://tamil.galatta.com/entertainment/events/gallery.asp?name=images&id=288&star=Italiyan%20flim%20festival%20-%2005-04-06
From: m_23_bayarea on Mon Apr 10 19:37:05 2006.

Raghuvaran comes back to films
- 10.04.2006

In the list of novel kind of villains, one can see Raghuvaran's name also. For some time now, his chair has been vacant in Tamil films. Now, Raghuvaran says, "I am back again!"

He had a happy love marriage with actress Rohini and with his wife and child, he was living quite happily till fate dealt him some unpleasant blows and Raghuvaran went missing from the Tamil film scene.

There were rumours floating around that he had become an alcoholic, a Saibaba devotee, a sadhu and so on and lo and behold, he appears fresh on the scene and says, "Here's a new Raghuvaran in front of you!"

Your life is an unsolved quiz? In his low volume speech he made us sit up and take notice, so you guys listen too....

"Since my life has been beset by many problems, I did veer towards spirituality. Immediately people started saying that I have become a samiyar. It's like a man who goes to find out about a tsunami being written off as having perished in the tsunami!

I still have a good reputation in Tamil films. Even a newcomer has a role for me in the film he is to make. That's why my chair is still empty in this field.

It is true that I had become an alcoholic for a while. Once I started making money in films, I started drinking a lot. Many things happening around me added to my confusions. At one stage I realized that drinking will not solve any problem.

I am not sure about how good an actor I am, but my friends and the public want me to act again. To make them happy, I have decided to return to acting. Life is full of ups and downs. Now you will see a new Raghuvaran."

Yes, these words of Raghuvaram were very clear.
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Oh man !! What an honest interview ... This is surely great news for all Raguvaran fans !!
From: Sinthiya on Mon Apr 10 19:40:42 2006.

....yes...welcome back Raguvaran, but he never really left...

he's the best villain in recent times....then comes Prakash Raj... ...
From: Thirumaran on Fri Apr 21 11:34:20 2006.

Pictures of the movie Mayakannadi starring Cheran.

Seems interesting.

http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/gallery/album05.
From: m_23_bayarea on Sat Apr 29 12:48:10 2006.

“Not for Ajith or Vijay!” – Roja adamant
- 29.04.2006

For some actresses, the word ‘mother’ makes them see red. They dislike being offered mother roles when they are still young and glamorous.

Unwilling to do mother roles at first, Roja has played mother to Prithviraj in ‘Parijatham’ and to Vikranth in ‘Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthein.’

A perky reporter asked Roja that since she has played mom to Vikranth, when would she play mom to his elder brother Vijay. That irked Roja and she shot back, “I will not play mom to senior young heroes like Ajith and Vijay” and softened that with, “ but maybe as elder sister or sister-in-law!”

Is she also playing mom to Prashant in ‘Pulan Visaaranai II’ directed by Selvani. That maddened her. Prashanth was her jodi in her first Tamil film ‘Sembaruthi’!

Roja is eager to finish all the assignments she has on hand, as fast as possible. One reason is her daughter Anshumalika is to start schooling this year and Roja has to be on hand to teach her. Second reason is Roja is again in the family way!

That is why she is keeping a low profile in politics too!
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* From heroine to Prasanth to Mom ...

* And she also acted with Ajith in Unnidathil Ennai Koduthaen, and an item number with Vijay in Nenjinile right !!!

* Poor Roja, she's got no options at all ... Hmm ... Sounds like all actresses have to go through this stage after all !!!

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