Prakash Raj turns wedding planner to Nayantara-Prabhu Deva

Prakash Raj turns wedding planner to Nayantara-Prabhu Deva

September 2, 2011

The wedding of gorgeous Nayantara and dancing sensation Prabhu Deva has become most awaited event not only in regional film industries but also in Bollywood. Every now and then, we are hearing one or the other speculations related to their wedding. Indeed, recently gossip mongers went on to claim that the couple has secretly married. Soon, the choreographer-turned-director rubbished the rumours. However, a latest news has emerged from the rumour mills that Prakash Raj has lent his helping hand for their wedding.

Prakash Raj is playing the role of a wedding planner to his close friend Prabhu Deva. He has reportedly taken the responsibility of Prabhu and Nayan's marriage and gearing up to organise it in Mumbai. The couple will enter wedlock in October and the Akashamantha star will soon make some time in his busy schedule to make arrangements for their wedding and reception in Mumbai. It is said that Prakash has always been supportive to their relationship and helped them whenever they need arose to the love birds.

It may be recalled that Prabhu Deva and Nayantara spent a couple of weeks together at Prakash Raj's house during their initial days of love. However, they confirmed date of their marriage has not been revealed yet. (OI)

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Shruti Haasan getting too expensive for producers

Shruti Haasan getting too expensive for producers

September 2, 2011

Reports say that upcoming starlet and actor Kamal Haasan’s daughter Shruti Haasan is turning out to be quite expensive for her producers. The talented Shruti had already debuted as actress in Bollywood and Tollywood with not much success and is now trying out her luck in Tamil by debuting as Suriya’s heroine in director A.R. Murugadoss’ upcoming film ‘7aam Arivu’.

It is said that the producer is made to cough up Rs.60,000 for a day’s expenses for Shruti Haasan as she comes along with her entourage. Her costumer, touch-up artiste, make-up women and car driver are all to be paid off hefty sums by the producers for each day till the schedule is completed.

Most of the leading actresses get their fee including the allowances to be paid to their personal attendants like make-up artistes. Shruti, however, dares to be different and makes the director bear the burden of taking care of her assistants. A rough estimate puts these expenses alone at Rs.60 lakhs! (KT)

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Amy Jackson joins Kamal Haasans Viswaroopam

Amy Jackson joins Kamal Haasans Viswaroopam

August 30, 2011

British Madame Amy Jackson has landed the plump offer to showcase her skills in another Kollywood movie. Amy will play the lead in none other than Ulaganayagan Kamal Haasans upcoming project Viswaroopam. Amy made her thumping Tamil debut with director Vijays’ Madrasapattinam. The young lady has made quite a name for her Liverpool temperament as she earlier walked out of Gautham Menon’s Hindi remake of the well acclaimed flick ‘VinnaiThaandi Varuvya’ after which she has grabbed the Kamal movie in her kitty .

Kamal’s Viswaroopam went on floors recently at the Jeppiar College of Engineering and surprisingly Kamal was happy to find namma ‘Suriya’ shooting at the same college for KV Anand’s Matraan. Kamal seems to be more than content getting Amy on board, as he was in search of a foreign face as per the script demanded. His big budget trilingual (Tamil, Telugu and Hindi) will also have Rahul Bose playing the anti-hero with Bollywood trio Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy providing some delightful music.

Hope Kamal won’t have more problems dealing with Amy’s hot tempers. (KT)

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58th National Awards winners list

58th National Awards winners list

May 27, 2011

Bollywood didn’t fare well at the 58th National Awards announced in New Delhi yesterday (May 19). South Indian film industries walked away with the top honours. Tamil movie, Aadukalam got six awards including Best Director and Best Actor awards while Malayalam film, Adaminte Makan Abu bagged the Best Feature film award. However, Salman Khan’s film, Dabangg walked away with the Wholesome Entertainer award of 2010.

Here is the 58th National Awards winners list:

BEST FEATURE FILM:
Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam)

INDIRA GANDHI AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT FILM OF A DIRECTOR
Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi)

AWARD FOR BEST POPULAR FILM PROVIDING
WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT
Dabangg (Hindi)

NARGIS DUTT AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION
Moner Manush (Bengali)

BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES
Champions (Marathi)

BEST FILM ON ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION/PRESERVATION
Bettada Jeeva (Kannada)

BEST CHILDREN'S FILM
Hejjegalu (Kannada)

BEST DIRECTION
Vetrimaran, Aadukalam (Tamil)

BEST ACTOR
Dhanush, Aadukalam (Tamil)
Salim Kumar, Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam)

BEST ACTRESS
Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar, Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi)
Saranya Ponvannan, Thenmerkku Paruvakkatru (Tamil)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
J. Thambi Ramaiah, Mynaa (Tamil)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Sukumari, Namma Gramam (Tamil)

BEST CHILD ARTIST
Harsh Mayar, I am Kalam (Hindi)
Shantanu Ranganekar and Machindra Gadkar, Champions (Marathi)
Vivek Chabukswar, Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi)

BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGER
Suresh Wadkar, Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (Marathi)

BEST FEMALE PLAYBACK SINGER
Rekha Bhardwaj, Ishqiya (Hindi)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Madhu Ambat, Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam)

BEST SCREENPLAY
Original: Vetrimaran, Aadukalam (Tamil)
Adapted: Anant Mahadevan & Sanjay Pawar, Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (Marathi)
Dialogues: Sanjay Pawar, Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (Marathi)

BEST AUDIOGRAPHY
Location Sound Recordist: Kaamod Kharade, Ishqiya (Hindi)
Sound Designer: Subhadeep Sengupta, Chitrasutram (Malayalam)
Re-recordist: Debajit Changmai, Ishqiya (Hindi)

BEST EDITING
T.E. Kishore, Aadukalam (Tamil)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Sabu Cyril, Endhiran (Tamil)

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER
Indrans Jayan, Namma Gramam (Tamil)

BEST MAKE-UP ARTIST
Vikram Gaikwad, Moner Manush (Bengali)

BEST MUSIC DIRECTION
Music Director (Songs): Vishal Bhardwaj, Ishqiya (Hindi)
Music Director (Background Score): Issak Thomas Kottakapally, Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam)

BEST LYRICS
Vairamuthu, Thenmerkku Paruvakkatru (Tamil)

SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (Marathi)
Producer: Bindiya & Sachin Khanolkar
Director : Anant Narayan Mahadevan

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
V. Srinivas M Mohan, Enthiran (Tamil)

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Dinesh Kumar, Aadukalam (Tamil)

BEST ASSAMESE FILM
Jetuka Patar Dare

BEST BENGALI FILM
Ami Aadu

BEST HINDI FILM
Do Dooni Char

BEST KANNADA
Puttakkana Highway

BEST MALAYALAM FILM
Veettilekkulla Vazhi

BEST MARATHI FILM
Mala Aai Vhhaychay

BEST TAMIL FILM
Thenmerkku Paruvakkatru

BEST ENGLISH FILM
Memories in March

SPECIAL MENTION
Bettada Jeeva (Kannada)
Aadukalam (Tamil) (OI)

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Latest Photo Of 'Rajinikanth' At Hospital With Doctor

Latest Photo Of 'Rajinikanth' At Hospital With Doctor

May 26, 2011

Here is a latest picture of the Tamil "Super Star" Rajinikanth which was released with the doctor.

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Vidya Balan needs bigger butt for Dirty Picture

Vidya Balan needs bigger butt for Dirty Picture

May 26, 2011

We haven't seen size-zero Vidya Balan so far. In fact, she has been criticised for her plumpy looks in films. But surprisingly, she is required to put on more weight for her role in Dirty Picture, where she plays Silk Smitha, who was known for her thunder thighs and big butt.

The role in Dirty Picture requires Vidya to lose weight and then put on weight at a short period of time, which is a little too much for her. So, producer Ekta Kapoor has melt down to the idea of using cosmetic help to increase the size of her butts and hips.

The makers of the film have reportedly asked the make up artistes to take care of Vidya's bust line with the help of prosthetics. The shooting of the film is scheduled to start on May 30. (OI)

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Madhavan is a simple & great actor: Arya

Madhavan is a simple & great actor: Arya

May 25, 2011

Vettai which brought Madhavan and Arya on board has completed the second schedule shoot recently in Pondicherry. Arya who is working with Madhavan has showered praises on him for his outstanding co-operation all through the shoot.

Arya says “Madhavan is a wonderful, simple and great actor to work with. He is very understanding and kind all the shoot. This is for the first time I am sharing the screen space with him and also working under the direction of Lingusamy. We just finished shooting in Pondicherry”.

Meanwhile, Arya is looking forward for the release of director Bala’s Avan Ivan.

On Avan Ivan Arya says “Avan Ivan is a movie to reckon with in my career. Director Bala pulled out the best from me and Vishal. It was a great pleasure being part of this prestigious film”. [WaY]

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Soundarya Rajinikanth blasts a leading daily

Soundarya Rajinikanth blasts a leading daily

May 24, 2011

After Superstar falling ill, the very first news which topped the headlines is that Rana has been dropped. Soundarya Rajinikanth who came to know about this has fired at a leading daily which published this article.

Soundarya has immediately called the concerned daily newspaper and burst of anger. Not leaving them with a warning, Soundarya is ready to file a case against the newspaper. Rana is Rajini’s brainchild and at any cost the filmmakers are in a decision to release the film in 2012.

Recently the director of the film confirmed that the film is going to start its shoot in the month of July as Deepika Padukone’s dates are also not available until July and in the meantime Rajini also recovers fully.

Eros International, India's largest integrated film studio and Ocher Picture Productions of Soundarya Rajinikanth are jointly producing the film. [WaY]

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Prakash Raj wife Pony verma not happy with husband

Prakash Raj wife Pony verma not happy with husband

May 24, 2011

Actor Prakash Raj, who is assumed as a womanizer in the south film industry is sending in wrong signals to his second wife Pony verma. If reports are to be believed, prakash Raj, who divorced his first wife Lalitha Kumari, is again getting near to her.

The actor has a court settlement that, he can have his two children Pooja and Meghana at his home and on the weekends. Despite the split prakash Raj will be allowed to look after his children’s growth prospects.

But this aspect has turned negative for prakash’s second wife pony verma. According to reliable sources, Prakash Raj is again getting close to his first wife. Moreover, last month, he spent most of his nights with his children at the home of Lalitha Kumari.

It can be conferred that, Lalitha Kumari helped Prakash Raj, when one of his films, was waiting for release due to some financial troubles. From that day, prakash Raj is said to be much impressed by his first wife Lalitha Kumari. In the name of exams, his children called him to their house for some dad’s love.

From the past two weeks, prakash Raj is sleeping in the house of Lalitha kumari and is also attending his shootings from her house, which means that he is ignoring pony verma.

However, Pony verma has denied this report as baseless. She hinted that, she is well aware that prakash Raj is busy with his children, from the past two months and she has no problem, if he stays in their house. But pony verma was surprised, about a rumor that’s being circulated in the Tamil media.

If reports are to be believed, from a news source T magazine, prakash Raj along with lalitha kumari and his children, visited Hyderabad, in order to meet his co-brother Srihari and family. Prakash was said to be getting close to his first wife and his actions, words and expressions meant that he was again in love with his first wife.

Pony verma’s face went blank, when she heard this rumor and she commented “No comments”. (HC)

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Madhavan comments on Kissing scene with Kangana

Madhavan comments on Kissing scene with Kangana

February 22, 2011

Chocolate boy Madhavan’s kiss scene with co-star Kangna Ranaut in his upcoming film ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ is the talk of the town now. Some of the pictures also rounding on the net. But hero R Madhavan denies kissing Kangna.

R Madhavan has clarified that he has not shot for any smooching scene with Kangna Ranaut for the romantic comedy, releasing on February 25.

"Guys – fortunately or unfortunately there is no smooching scene between Kangna and I in the film. I don’t know how such a story originated (sic),” Madhavan posted on his Twitter page.

In the film, he plays Manu, a guy from London who comes to India in search of a bride and falls in love with a small-town girl Tanu essayed by Kangna. (CHIT).

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Reema Sen marriage

Reema Sen marriage

February 22, 2011

Tamil beauty Reema Sen, who is now spelt as Reemma Sen, will be marrying her boyfriend Shiv Karan Singh in this year. Although the news about the wedding is not yet finalized, the engagement ceremony took place, with only friends as witnesses.

According to sources, Reemma Sen was proposed by Shiv Karan Singh, on February 16th, 2011 at 11:00pm in the night. The actress could not believe it, but she liked the traditional way of proposing of Shiv and she said yes to his love proposal. According to sources, Shiv Karan Singh gifted a big diamond ring to Reema Sen aka Reemma Sen on the occasion and both the side elders are convinced, about their relationship.

Shiv Karan Singh is an owner of a chain of restaurants in Mumbai and Mocha and Smoke house grill Delhi are one of the upper market hang outs located at SLF Emporia Mall and at Greater kailash.

There are reports that the bash was organized by Shiv and it was a complete surprise to Reema, who came in a black dress. The party was attended by top socialites and as well as 3 very big business tycoons and all congratulated the couple, for getting bonded.

Reema Sen has assured that, she will inform the media, when she gets engaged and about the marriage day. (HC).

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Sonia Agarwal Second Marriage Plans

Sonia Agarwal Second Marriage Plans

February 22, 2011

Beautiful Sonia Agarwal is now looking forward to start her second innings. The actress separated from director Selvaraghavan and is right now living with her brother in Chennai.

She says "Right now I am not looking for any relation and I will be thinking of second marriage only after next three years. I am just 28 years and resuming my career in Kollywood with Vaanam. I am blessed with good set of friends who will stand by me in all times."

By showering her wishes on Selva and Geethanjali Sonia says "I am happy that Selva has found his partner and I always wished him to start a new life." (MU).

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Bhoomika Chawla files divorcee in Mumbai

Bhoomika Chawla files divorcee in Mumbai

February 19, 2011

There were lots of speculations in recent times regarding Bhoomika Chawala’s marital life. For quite some time now the actress personal life is not going on smoother way and finally it lead for divorce. Buzz is that Bhoomika has filed for divorce papers in the High Court of Mumbai.

Bhoomika is now seeking for divorce from her husband Bharat Thakur. The actress entered wed lock on 21 October 2007 with her long time boyfriend Bharat Thakur, who is also a famous yoga guru. The couple parted ways due to difference of opinions mainly on their business front.

They have launched a production house and also started a yoga School in Dubai with huge capital. Both the businesses failed to make profits and this paved the way for blaming each other. Bhoomika is now looking forward to comeback in south Indian films and start her career. She was seen the film like Roja Kottam, Badri and Jillunu Oru Kaadhal. [WaY]

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Priyanka’s Hot bed scenes with John

Priyanka’s Hot bed scenes with John

January 17, 2011

Vishal Bharadwaj’s ‘Saat Khoon Maaf’ is all about sex, drugs and infidelity.

John Abraham shoots a bold scene with his co-star Priyanka Chopra. John is playing one of the seven husbands of Priyanka. The film has received ‘A’ certificate for the censor board. “Neither Priyanka nor John was awkward during the intimate scenes.

They are both very professional,” says a source from the film unit, who did not wish to be named. “This is John Abraham’s boldest role, ever. He plays a hedonistic character. He is seen bedding multiple partners, and even wears noodle strap tops and satin bows in bed,” adds the source. “We knew right from the beginning that we are making an adult film. The audience is mature, and it is not about specific scenes in the film,” says Vikas Bahl of UTV, the movie’s producers. (CHIT)

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Padmapriya confirms her Bengali debut

Padmapriya confirms her Bengali debut

January 17, 2011

Malayalam beauty Padmapriya has confirmed her Bengali film debut. In a media interaction, Padmapriya accepted that she is making her debut in Bengali with the film ‘Aparajitha’. The movie will have Bengali superstar Prosenjit playing the lead and the movie is being directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdary.

Padmapriya has excelled in the south Indian cinema as she has proved her mettle and acting talent in Tamil, Telugu, along with malluwood. In the same way Padmapriya is confident that she will make big in Bengali film industry as well.

All these days, Bengali film industry witnessed beauties migrating to tollywood, bollywood and Marathi films. Now, Malluwood beauty will take on the migration from her native land to Kolkata. (HC)

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Kamal to re-launch Shruti Haasan

Kamal to re-launch Shruti Haasan

August 20, 2010

First it was mom Sarika whose good friends were used to launch daughter Shruti Haasan's career in Hindi cinema. Now, apparently dad Kamal Hassan has taken over the responsibility to put his daughter's career on the right track in Bollywood.

Her first attempt at stardom in "Luck" was a big fiasco. So now "Ghajini" director A.R. Murugadoss has been asked to create an impressive re-launch film for the pretty actress.

Murugadoss admits that his multilingual film "Ezham Arivu" ("The Seventh Sense") is planned as a re-launch for Shruti in Bollywood.

"It is a medical thriller with some of the most costly special effects ever done in southern cinema. We want to take the sci-fi to a new level in the South. Shruti has a very powerful role and yes, we're hoping it would launch her career in Hindi cinema," said Murugadoss.

The story goes that Murugadoss had gone to Kamal Haasan to collaborate on a project. Instead Kamal suggested that he work with Shruti whose experience in Mumbai was far from satisfying.

That's how Murugadoss ended up signing Shruti opposite Suriya in the Tamil "Ezham Arivu" ("The Seventh Sense"). Originally the film was meant to be in Tamil and Telugu. But now a Hindi version is also being made. It will be made in Tamil Nadu. (GUL)

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Madhavan not in Mani Ratnam's next project

Madhavan not in Mani Ratnam's next project

August 19, 2010

There was a report recently that filmmaker Mani Ratnam is planning to cast actor R. Madhavan and Vidya Balan in his next movie. But Madhavan has denied this report of starring in Mani Ratnam’s next project.

The actor posted a tweet on his page in Twitter saying that unfortunately he has not signed any such project with Mani Ratnam and Vidya Balan. However, he would have loved to do a film with them if given an opportunity. Mani Ratnam’s story was supposed to be a love story.

The sparking chemistry between Madhavan and Vidya was loved by the audience when they were paired in film Guru starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Bachchan. Though the duo was not cast in the lead role in that film, the little bit of scenes that they had together were eye catching and they looked very nice together on-screen.

There was also a recent report of filmmaker Sanjay Gupta trying to sign the pair for his next project, which did not take off. Earlier in an interview, Madhavan expressed his interest to work with Vidya again provided some really big project comes on their way.

Later, they were again seen together in a commercial of Airtel and both rocked together.The pair became instant hit after the Airtel ad and many wanted to cash in on this popularity. Hopefully, Mani Ratnam comes out with a lovely project for this much talked on-screen pair and create a magic on screen again. (OI)

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Anonymous ‘aunty’ tries to kiss Bipasha

Anonymous ‘aunty’ tries to kiss Bipasha

August 18, 2010

Onlookers at the Bangalore Airport were shocked on Saturday when a middle- aged woman rushed towards Bollywood bombshell Bipasha Basu and tried to kiss her.

Bipasha reached the airport to catch a flight back to Mumbai after attending an event when the woman, obviously a star- struck fan, made her smooch attempt.

“Bipasha is used to handling enthusiastic fans. But she was certainly not expecting this sort of an expression of love. In fact, she seemed quite stunned about the entire incident afterwards,” a source close to Bipasha said.

Later, the actress tweeted that the ‘incident with an aunty’ had “shocked” her. “Funniest thing happened at BLR ( Bangalore) airport entrance! One aunty pulled me down almost pinned me to smooch me! Somehow I was saved! Near escape!” Bipasha wrote on her Twitter page.

This is not the first time that Bipasha has been at the receiving end of affection from a female fan, though.

At the recent IIFA awards function in Colombo, a girl pulled the actress’s hand and bit her finger. Bipasha, however, felt that the Bangalore episode was more shocking for her. (GA)

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My wedding outfit colour should be green

My wedding outfit colour should be green

August 18, 2010

Katrina Kaif has no plans to get married anytime soon, but she has already decided the color of her wedding outfit. The actress, who walked the ramp at the inaugural of the India International Jewellery Week (IIJW) to showcase the Nakshatra bridal collection, will go green on her D-day.

"At the moment I don't know when I'll marry. I had once said 2012, but for that too I have two years to go. Such things are not planned. You never know what's in store for you, but whenever it happens, I would love to wear something in green. I don't know, why, but I have this thing in my mind," Katrina told repoters here.

Talking about her association with the brand, 26-year-old said: "It's an iconic brand because its not just a jewellery brand, it symbolises the Indian woman."

For Katrina, jewellery given to her is very special.

"Jewellery is something that becomes all the more special when it is gifted. My favourite piece of jewellery is a pendant that was gifted to me. It has a religious symbol on it, something from the Quran. That piece is very special to me." (GUL)

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Kamal Haasan praying for 'Robo' success

Kamal Haasan praying for 'Robo' success

August 18, 2010

It is known news that superstar Rajinikanth and the iconic Kamal Haasan share a strong camaraderie and friendship. So if you are wondering that Kamal is praying for the success of Rajini's film 'Robo' then here is the inside story.

It is heard that Kamal is keen on reviving his ambitious projects such as 'Marudhanaayagam' and 'Maramyogi'. In today's rates, these films will touch a whopping Rs 200 crores. Now, 'Robo' has been made at Rs 150 crores and Kamal is hoping that this film becomes a big success.

This will give him the confidence to bid for his projects and he would find the investors also easily. The market analysts say that there is potential for 'Robo' to make profits but the truth shall be known once the film releases. (GUL)

Endhiran (Robo) Movie Trailer

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