Varanam Aayiram girl joins Youth Congress

Varanam Aayiram girl joins Youth Congress

April 20, 2011

Film actors and actresses joining politics is not at all a surprising thing as it started right from MGR, Karunanidhi, Jayalalitha, Vijayakanth, Sarath Kumar, Vijay and the list goes on. Now latest name added to the list is Varanam Aayiram girl Divya Spandana.

Actress Divya Spandana is now the member of Youth Congress and this is certainly not a surprising factor as she hails from a political background family. The actress is high in career with her recent flick Sanju weds Geetha turned out to be a hit.

The actress also confirmed that she has joined the Youth Congress and her joining in Congress is making rounds for quite sometime now in the tinsel town. Divya Spandana says that she has been invited by none other than Rahul Gandhi, President Youth Congress and has just accepted that invitation given him. Apparently the actress is the close relative to Union Minister S.M.Krishna and also Congress politician Ambareesh is her mentor and guide. If she has made this decision earlier, she could have been a star campaigner of the party for the three by-elections held in Karnataka. [WaY]

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Vijay forced to remove MGR Film Title

Vijay forced to remove MGR Film Title

July 12, 2010

The Malayalam film Body guard which had Dhilip and Nayanthara in the lead roles was directed by Siddique. This film is being remade in Tamil. Vijay and Asin are in the lead roles. Raj Kiran is donning an important role. Siddique is also directing the Tamil version.

They had planned to title the film as Kavalkaran which was the title of the yesteryear hit film of MGR. Kavalkaran is the film produced by Sathya Movies which had MGR and Jayalalitha in the lead roles in the year 1967. Sathya Movies have now objected to the use the title for Vijay film. Sathya Movies have written letter to the Producers Council in this regard.

In the letter it has been stated that,” There is news that the film in Vijay is acting is to be titled Kavalkaran. We have not given the rights to anyone. Hence it should not be permitted to use the title.”

Tamil Nadu Producers Council has also written to the producer of Vijay’s film. In the letter it has been stated,” While using the old title, the permission has to be sought from the concerned producer and also get a No Objection certificate. So in the absence of these, there is a rule in the Council that the title should not be used. Hence a fresh title should be used.”
Now the title of the film has been changed to Kaval Kadhal. (KT)

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Cut throat competition between Simbhu and Sundar C?

Cut throat competition between Simbhu and Sundar C?

March 25, 2010

Cut throat competition is waging in kollywood for the remake rights of the films. Mostly the competition is going on for the remake rights of superstars MGR and Rajinikanth.

Sundar C is currently busy with the remaking of Rajinikanth’s super hit film ‘Murattukalai’. And now, there arises a heavy competition between Sundar C and Silambarasan for the remake rights of ever green yesteryear film ‘Ulagam Sutrum Valiban’, directed and produced by MGR.

Sundar, who had already made publicized his interest in doing the remake MGR’s of super hit film. He also said that he will start the film after finishing his movie ‘Thee’. But, as the discussions with the owners of the film has been lengthened, he could not do it at the before said time.

And now, the latest buzz is that Silamabarasan is ready to get the remake rights of the film by paying of Rs. 60 lakhs to its owners. But the owners party has passed on Simbhu’s offer to Sundar, and showed its interest to give the offer to Sundar as he was the first one to apply for it but provided if he pay as much as Silambarasan only.

The countdown has been started for the rights as the issue is still going on among the members. [WaY]

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Disha Pandey shares similarity with MGR?

Disha Pandey shares similarity with MGR?

March 25, 2010

Disha Pandey, who created waves with the film ‘Thamizh Padam’, is trying to make her mark in kollywood and for that she has been seeing Tamil films to learn Tamil language as soon as possible and also to make her well known to the industry.

Disha says “Believe me or not, I have watched 70 Tamil films so far. And I am not missing even a small snippet on Tamil cinema that appears in the media. Guess I will be able to do a thesis on Kollywood soon.”

She further adds, “I share a similarity with MGR. Both of us were born on January 17. Like this, my mind is full of interesting trivias on Tamil film industry. I can host a Kollywood quiz right now.”

On speaking about her film ‘Thamizh Padam’, she says “The entire team was so bubbly. We had a great time while shooting for the film. I am happy to know that ‘Thamizh Padam’ has become a super hit and a movie to reckon with in Tamil cinema.” [Way]

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Vettaikaaran shooting in AVM Studios

Vettaikaaran shooting in AVM Studios

June 23, 2009

Actor Vijay is so keen on adapting the tactics of Superstar MGR in all his forthcoming flicks and that’s more illustrious with titles. ‘Vettaikaaran’ is fast on the heels of getting completed with all schedules. Recently, particular film sequences between Vijay and Anushka was shot in AVM Studios. Security Forces were so strong that none of the local fans could get inside.

Much incisively, one of the insider on set decoration team revealed that Vijay appears as riding a white horse resembling much alike in the get-ups of MGR. Much fascinated with the get-ups, Director Babu Sivan has included the horse-riding sequences in more scenes.

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Can Vijay be MGR just with titles?

Can Vijay be MGR just with titles?

June 4, 2009

It’s really disgusting to see that young actors are using the titles of Superstars of Tamil Cinema’s flicks to get more popularity. According to all the sources, Dhanush has bought the title rights of almost all the films of Superstar Rajnikanth. Precisely, Vijay has gone a step ahead in stapling his films with MGR Films’ titles.

Although his ‘Villu’ was just the name, the title song had the ‘Nanmai Undu’ of MGR’s yesteryear film. Now his forthcoming film directed by Babu Sivan has been named as ‘Vettaikaaran’ and his 50th film as ‘Urimai Kural’.

Oops! What these young buddies think they’re actually doing? Will they inherit superstars’ popularities just with titles…

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Kollywood Producer File A Case Against Suhasini Mani Ratnam

Kollywood Producer File A Case Against Suhasini Mani Ratnam

June 3, 2009

Producer-director Shakthi Chidambaram had said that he would file a case against Suhasini Mani Ratnam for commenting on his recently released Rajathi Raja in bad taste. The actress, in a TV show hosted by her, reviewed Rajathi Raja and said that it has used the commercial formula used in MGR, Rajini and Vijay films and added that the movie had pushed Tamil cinema where it was twenty years ago.

Irked by her comment, Shakthi Chidambaram questioned if that is so, her husband Mani Ratnam is making a film based on Ramayana, which is more that 2000 years old. He added that all Mani’s previous films were based on historical books like Karnan, Satyavan Savithri and the like. Wonder what Suhasini has to say to this?

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