Yuvan Shankar Raja-Shilpa Marriage Photos

Yuvan Shankar Raja-Shilpa Marriage Photos

September 2, 2011

Yuvan Shankar Raja Wedding Photos

Yuvan Shankar Raja, one of the best musicians in Kollywood, tied the nuptial knot with Shilpa, a doctor by profession, in a private ceremony attended only by family members, at Tirupathy Temple, on Sep 1st, 2011. The wedding was attended by Yuvan’s father Maestro Ilayaraja, mother, elder brother Karthik Raja,sister Bhavatharini and close family relatives.

This is Yuvan’s second after his failed marriage with London based Sujaya Rao, which resulted in divorce in Feb 2008. The wedding reception will be held at the Hyaat hotel, Chennai on September 2nd.

SouthIndianCelebrities.blogspot.com and readers wishing, Yuvan Shankar Raja, a very happy married life. (KT)

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Malaysia Vasudevan dies at 67

Malaysia Vasudevan dies at 67

February 21, 2011

Veteran singer Malaysia Vasudevan passed away yesterday afternoon at a private hospital in Chennai. He breathed his last when he was 67. He was admitted last week due to cardiac problems. The singer is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.

Malaysia Vasudevan crooned over 8,000 songs in Tamil and sung close to 4,000 songs in different languages. He worked with many top music directors like MS Viswanathan, Ilaiyaraja, Shankar-Ganesh, AR Rahman etc. He lent his voice for most of the actors in Tamil film industry.

He started his singing career with Delhi to Madras. But it was 'Attukutti Muttaittu' from Kamal Hassan starrer 16 Vayithinile, which brought him under limelight. He forayed into acting with Oru Kaithiyin Diary and went on to act in 85 films in Kollywood.

Actor Kamal Hassan, Ilaiyaraja, Rajinikanth and many noted names from the Tamil film industry have paid tribute to Malaysia Vasudevan. A few celebrities expressed their grief on Twitter.

Director Venkat Prabhu tweeted, “Our uncle singer Malaysia Vasudevan passed away!!! RIP vasu uncle!!! Love u .”

Actor Siddharth tweeted, “RIP Malaysia Vasudevan. So many great songs. A legacy lives on... ”.

Dayanidhi Azhagiri, “RIP Malaysia Vasudevan! ”. On behalf of Malaysia Vasudevan fans, we expresse our deepest condolences to his family and friends. (OI)

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Priyamani to repeat her bikini act in Tamil

Priyamani to repeat her bikini act in Tamil

February 23, 2010

Malayalam national award winning actress and gorgeous dam shell Priyamani is soon going to repeat her bikini act in a Tamil movie for director Balu Mahendra. Priyamani The director Balu Mahendra is going to make a film with a new face hero in lead and has asked Priyamani for her dates.

Priyamani has given a positive response for this project and has also agreed to repeat her bikini act in this film. A year ago, Priyamani was seen in a Telugu film in a bikini which raised the temperatures of many males. Her bikini act also increased the revenue for the film also. So, the same is expected for Balu’s project and the cinematography department will be handled by Gold medalist Anwar from Pune film institute.

The music for this film will be composed by Illayaraja and the movie will start in mid 2010. Priyamani is currently a busy bee in different languages and is waiting for the movies such as with movies such as Tamil- “Raavan”, telugu- “Sadhayam”, Kannada – “Eno Onthara” and Malayalam- “Master”.

Hope the glamorous role will fetch Priyamani another award in Tamil. But director Balu Mahendra has the potential to come up with some entertaining stuff in his films. So, these two factors and a good music by Illayaraja are enough to make the untitled film a big hit. (HC)

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Kalaignani Kamal Releases the Audio of Isaignani!

Kalaignani Kamal Releases the Audio of Isaignani!

May 5, 2009

Kalaignani Kamal Hassan, one of the most passionate personality towards the film Industry has released the much awaited audio of Isaignani Illayaraja’s Azhagar Malai on Saturday at his Azhwarpet Office.

Produced By Karumari Kandasami, the film is the shot in the beautiful backdrop of Madurai and its suburbs with the lilting tunes of Legendary Maestro of our times Illayaraja.

Interestingly, he is also appearing as a musician in a song picturised in and around his favorite locations like Ramanashram at Thiruvannamalai and his mother’s memorial at Pannaipuram.

The much awaited audio of the film was released in simple manner at Kamal’s office. Hero of the film RK, Director SP Rajkumar and Producer Lakshmana Moorthy were also accompanied in the event.

Earlier hero RK and the director got the blessings of the legendary actor.

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Ilayaraja hails Rahman as “phenomenal”

Ilayaraja hails Rahman as “phenomenal”

March 4th, 2009

By: Settu Shankar

Musician A R Rahman, who won the Oscar award for his score in Slumdog Millionaire, said that God's blessings not only helped him win the award but also collect them on behalf of his fellow Indian musicians.

Speaking at a felicitation function organised by the Cine Musicians Union and Trust in Chennai, Rahman said that his parents had sown the seed and that he has only reaped the harvest by winning the Oscars for Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire.

'Its the aspiration of all (the musicians)... God has selected me to collect the award on their behalf," Rahman said.

He repeated "Ella Pugazhum iraivanuke" (All glories go to the Almighty), which he has uttered at the Oscar awards ceremony. Rahman said that he had composed the music amidst a tight schedule and had finished his part in three weeks.

According to him, "The music has some impact in the movie and the Americans start smiling when they hear it."

He also commented that he wondered a few years back why Indian talent, albeit great, such as Ilayaraja, MSV, Naushad and others were not recognised at the Oscars. However he also said that they do not require such an award.

"But, God was seeing all this and so selected me to collect the award (this time)."

Urging websites not to compare between musicians like Ilayaraja and himself, Rahman said, "music–lovers should stop making such comments and using abusive languages."

Heaping laurels on Rahman, maestro Ilayaraja said that there are only a few who possess immense talent and go on to make it big. Rahman is a phenomenal musician. He added, "If MSV is Athara Sruthi, me and Rahman are Panchamams."

He added that Rahman has made every Tamilian proud by winning two Oscars in one year.

On his part, veteran director K Balachander, who had first introduced Rahman in his home production Roja, directed by Maniratnam remarked, "Rahman is a rare genius. When other music composers make castles with their music, Rahman builds monuments'.

Earlier veteran music composers M S Viswanathan, producer A V M Saravanan and playback singer S Janaki spoke on the occassion. Ilayaraja presented Rahman with a golden chain while popular director Harris Jayaraj presented a golden ring to the Mozart of Madras. The function was hosted by by S A Rajkumar and Abu Gabriel of the musicians trust.

Among those who took part included Shankar Ganesh, Deva, Srikanth Deva, Yuvanshankar Raja, Karthik Raja, Vijay Anthony, D Imman, T M Soundararajan, L R Eswari, Karthi, Chinmayi, Thippu, Chitra, Swarnalatha, Mano and drummer Shivamani.

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