Sona-SPB Charan Rape Attempt Controversy

September 16, 2011

Kollywood witnessed a bizarre press meet on Thursday when item girl Sona accused S P B Charan, son of veteran playback singer S P Balasubramaniam, of attempting to rape her and treating her derogatorily at the Mankatha success party on Wednesday night. She demanded a public apology from him within 10 days, failing which she would commit suicide and hold him responsible it. Earlier, Sona visited the Pondy Bazaar police station and lodged a formal complaint against Charan for attempted rape.

According to Sona, she attended the Mankatha success party thrown by Vaibhav and team at actor Vaibhav Reddy’s house on Bazullah Road, T Nagar, where Charan grabbed her and attempted to sexually assault her under the influence of alcohol. She also mentioned that Venkat Prabhu tried to pull away an inebriated Charan from assaulting her.

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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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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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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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Actress Sangeetha wants to see her husband Krish as an actor

Actress Sangeetha wants to see her husband Krish as an actor

August 19, 2010

Tamil singer Krish, well known as a handsome husband of actress Sangeetha is going to transform into a lyricist soon. When all the singers are taking up music direction as their profession, interestingly, Krish wants to pen the lyrics. Tamil film ‘Kanden’ will see the name of Krish as a lyricist, as the handsome hunk has penned the wordings of two songs for the movie, which is tuned by Vijay Ebenezer.

Krish is a multi talented guy and his friends of his college days, known very well about it. It is reported that actress Sangeetha is proud of her husband, for being such talented in different fields and is delighted on her selection of life partner. Close sources to Sangeetha feel that the actress wants to see Krish as an established actor in Tamil films; she deserves the post, with his handsome looks and hard work.

Sangeetha feels that Krish has all the qualities to become an actor and so she will be happy to see him on the silver screen. (HC)

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Shocking Lip Kiss Of Big Hero's Daughter

Shocking Lip Kiss Of Big Hero's Daughter

June 30, 2010

She is known as the seductive beauty by the youngsters and a chip of the old block by the cine circuit. She is none other than Shruti Haasan, daughter of Kamal Haasan and right now, this pretty girl is making headlines for some spicy and hot reasons.

Apparently, Shruti made a bold debut in Hindi when she sported a bikini in the pool and revealed her curves. Now, the buzz is that she is taking another step further and is likely to get into a steamy lip lock sequence. There is an interesting part to it.

Shruti is likely to do this with the actor Emraan Hashmi who is popular as Bollywood’s serial kisser. While no confirmation has been given on this, it is heard that this would surely come as a shocking surprise to see Shruti getting into the steamy act.

The coming days will give us an idea. (GA)

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Shruthi Hassan in Sigappu Rojakkal remake

Shruthi Hassan in Sigappu Rojakkal remake

March 26, 2010

Kamal Hassan’s elder daughter Shruthi Hassan will be acting in the remake of Tamil super hit “ Sigappu Rojakkal”, which featured Kamal Hassan and Sridevi in lead. The movie was directed by Bharathi Raja. The movie was also made in Telugu with the title “Yerra Gulabi” and was a bumper hit for adult viewers.

Now director Bharathi Raja’s son Manoj will be directing the remake of the yesteryear’s movie with Shruthi and actor Shakti in lead. The yesteryear’s movie was a remake of Japanese film “Red Roses” and the new script will have some changes.

Acting in the remake of her father’s film is said to be an excitement filled experience to Shruthi Hassan and the movie will go onto floors from this summer.

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SPB Charan Ready For Second Marriage

SPB Charan Ready For Second Marriage

March 17, 2010

S P B Charan may not have turned out to be a iconic singer like his legendary father S P Balasubramanyam but then he has proved his mettle in the role of film production. Now, here is something on his personal front. News is that S P B Charan is now looking out for a suitable alliance so that he can get married.

Charan is already a divorcee and his first wife lives in the US along with her kids. It seems that recently, all the legal processes have been done and now Charan is back to his single status. Sources say that his relatives have begun hunting for a suitable bride so if you think you are on the lookout for a groom, here is one for you. Good luck with your bride hunt Charan! (GUL)

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Shruti Haasan sings for Kannada film

Shruti Haasan sings for Kannada film

March 17, 2010

Actor-singer Shruti Haasan, who sang in Hindi film “Luck”, recently recorded a song for the much-awaited Kannada film “Pruthwi” that stars Puneet Raj Kumar and Parvathi Menon in lead roles.

“Yes, we have recorded a song crooned by Shruti in a Mumbai studio. It is written by K. Kalyan. The lines start with ‘Nenapidu, Nenapidu’,” said the film’s producer Soorappa Babu.

The song was recorded last week under the supervision of composer Manikanth Kadri. The film is directed by Jacob Varghese, who delivered hit film “Savaari” last year. It is being produced by Soorappa Babu and N.S. Raj Kumar. This particular song has already been shot abroad with Puneet and Parvathi.

“We were in talks with Shruti from the past one month and she agreed to sing March 7. She was quite busy working as an actor in a Telugu film and she was also helping her father Kamal in shifting his house from Eldams Road to Sholinganallur. Finally, she was able to allot a convenient date and we recorded the song,” said Soorappa.

He also said Shruti was happy with the lyrics. The audio of the film will be released on March 17 that marks film’s leading star Puneet’s birthday.

Shruti sang her first song when she was just six in her father’s film “Thevar Magan” and also scored music for her dad’s Tamil film “Unnai Pol Oruvan”. [WaY]

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Is Kamal daughter in love with Siddarth?

Is Kamal daughter in love with Siddarth?

February 19, 2010

Kamal Haasan’s eldest daughter Shruthi Haasan debuted as an actress in the Hindi film Luck. After this she said that she will continue to act in Tamil films if she gets good offers. She composed music for her father’s film Unnai Pol Oruvan. She has also sung a song for this film.

She said all the praises goes to her father. She use to say,” My father never use to interfere in my affairs. My father believes that I will make the right decisions. I will not spoil his name.”At this point there was news that Shruthi will be acting in a Telugu film.

Siddarth is doing the lead role in this film. There was news that Shruthi’s role had much significance. Now there is some more news about Siddarth and Shruthi. There were rumors that both are in love and they will be getting married shortly.

To confirm this news, in recent days Siddarth is closing moving with Kamal family these days. Recently, Shruthi’s music programme took place in a famous night club in Chennai. Siddarth was there till the programme ended. He was encouraging and motivating by applauding.

Kamal and his younger daughter Akshara was also present in the party. When asked Shruthi about this, she said that they were good friend and till now she is single. (KT)

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A R Rahman wins two Grammys

A R Rahman wins two Grammys

February 2, 2010

Indian music maestro A R Rahman struck gold once again, bagging two trophies at the 52nd Grammy Awards for his music in ’Slumdog Millionaire’.

Rahman won best compilation soundtrack for a motion picture and Jai Ho won best motion picture song. Rahman shares the Grammy with lyricist Gulzar who penned Jai Ho.

Rahman won the first Grammy of the pre-show at the Staples Center in the best compilation soundtrack for a motion picture category before his "Jai Ho" won in the best motion picture song category moments later.

"This is insane, god is great again," Rahman said as he accepted his second award before a VIP audience.

The song has been sung by Sukhvinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer, Vijay Prakash and Rahman himself. This is the first time Rahman has been nominated for a Grammy. He joins other Indian music greats like Pandit Ravi Shankar, Zakir Jussain, Vikku Vinayak and Vishvamohan Bhatt who have won a Grammy in the past.

Rahman’s rivals in the soundtrack category included Steve Jordan for "Cadillac Records," Quentin Tarantino for "Inglourious Basterds", and the producers of "Twilight" and "True Blood."

In the best song category Rahman’s beaten rivals included Bruce Springsteen for his song "The Wrestler", from the Oscar-nominated movie of the same name.

The Grammy success comes after Rahman earned two Oscars for his music in "Slumdog Millionaire" at last year’s Academy Awards.

The talented music maestro picked up the best original score statuette before scooping the best song Oscar.(NDTV) (CHIT)

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Prabhu Deva makes Shruthi romance in New York

Prabhu Deva makes Shruthi romance in New York

January 22, 2010

Shruthi Rajyalakshmi Hassan, the 23 year old beauty is all set to romance with actor Jayam Ravi in New York. The actress is acting as a female lead in the movie titled as “ICH” which will be directed by choreographer turned director Prabhu Deva. This is the second movie of Prabhu and the movie is said to have an interesting script which will be shot in New York and Chennai.

According to sources, Shruthi Hassan who is also a model and Indian play back singer was adamant on a decision to remain in Chennai till March, 2010 end for personnel reason. She insisted to film the movie in Chennai till April and then she was ready to fly to New York. But somehow, Prabhu as made her accept the decision to fly to New York and participate in the first & second schedule of his “ICH”. Prabhu is keen in completing this movie project as soon as possible and is intending to release the movie in June this year. So, for this reason, Shruthi was asked to cancel her commitments and was compelled to join the shooting by Prabhu. The movie will feature Shruthi in a role of a youngster who lives in New York. Jayam Ravi happens to meet her and the two fall in love and the rest of the story will be shown in Chennai.

Harris Jayaraj is composing the music for this film and the tunes are ready for the film. Prabhu plans to shoot two songs in New York and rest in Chennai. (HC)

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A.R. Rahman to act in a Hollywood film

A.R. Rahman to act in a Hollywood film

December 8, 2009

Oscar winner A.R. Rahman (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE) for the first time will be seen in front of the camera in upcoming film SON OF A PREACHER MAN, about the life and times of Grammy winning singer-songwriter-producer PJ Morton.

Besides Rahman, other cast includes American Gospel musician Kirk Franklin (NORBIT), Grammy nominated American Idol Winner Ruben Studdard (LIFE ON A STICK), and producer Warryn Campbell (STOMP THE YARD). Shot in Atlanta and New Orleans in USA and London in United Kingdom, it will be released in 2010. Michael Akwesi Djaba (REASONABLE EXCUSE) is the director.

Rahman and Morton collaborated on Sajna song in recent Hollywood comedy COUPLES RETREAT.

Rahman, who has reportedly recorded sales of over 300 million, was called "Mozart of Madras’’ by Time magazine. Rahman sees music "as a way to connect to spirituality and embrace it" and for "creating harmony in troubled times".

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Shruthi Hassan rejected to work with Legend director

Shruthi Hassan rejected to work with Legend director

November 5, 2009

Legendary director K Vishwanath is directing a movie with Comedy hero Allari Naresh for this movie Music composes By Manishrma.K Vishwanath first approached Shruti Haasan, Kamal Haasan’s daughter, for female lead opposite Allari Naresh but she declined to do the movie.

As per the sources K Vishwanth is trying to rope Sonam Kapoor who is a daughter of bollywood hero Anil Kapoor. Sonam kapoor entertained the audience with her beauty in “Saawariyaa” and “Delhi 6” in bollywood. Did Sonam will accept to do with Allari Naresh.

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Another Sexy Heroine Ready for Prostitute

Another Sexy Heroine Ready for Prostitute

October 29, 2009

Hot and sexy Beauty Sangeetha, who made her debut in Telugu with "Khadgam" Movie. She married Tamil singer Krish.

After marriage some heroines says good bye to their career, but Sangeetha wants to continue acting in films and she is ready to any type of roles if script needs, whether it is romance or exposing and even that of a prostitute.She says I have full support of my husband for pursuing my career.

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Shruthi Hassan to sing in Telugu for Mickey

Shruthi Hassan to sing in Telugu for Mickey

October 29, 2009

Tollywood’s young stallion Siddharth of “Nuvvu vastanante nenu vadantana” fame is pairing with Kamal Hassan’s daughter Shruthi Hassan in his next project. The movie will be directed by director Raghavendra rao’s son K. Prakash who debuting in the direction field with this film.

The movie had its muhurut shot on October 25th, 2009 and actress Shruthi Hassan was seen in a designer saree flaunting her assets on the occasion. While getting onto the stage, Shruthi was out of balance and was about to fall. But senior director Raghavendra Rao lent his hand to the young beauty who latter on balanced herself. Speaking to the media, debutant director Prakash disclosed that Siddharth and Shruthi will be ‘official lovers’ in his film on reel and will give a message strongly to the present society.

The movie is said to be an innovative story with graphical background. Love theme will be a major part of the movie and is going to be a family entertainer. ‘Happy Days fame ‘Mickey J Meyer’ is composing the music for this film and Raghavendra Rao id producing this movie under ‘A belly full of dreams entertainment private limited’.

Shruthi Hassan is said to sing in Telugu for the music of Mickey J Meyer in this film

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Surya to sing for his 25th film!

Surya to sing for his 25th film!

June 30, 2009

Leading actor Surya is all set to join the league of heroes who are doing playback singing for themselves.

According to the reports, the hero is going to hold on to the mike for a song in his own film Singam.

Director Hari, who is all set to begin this project with Surya, is planning to make the actor sing for the film.

Heroes like Vikram, Vijay, Bharath, Simbu and Dhanush are already there in the league, along with the legendary actor Kamal Hassan.

Singam is Surya's 25th film and the actor wants to make it an unforgettable one in his career. Sources close to the director reveal that the hot music director Yuvan has signed the dotted lines and Anuska plays the lead lady role.

The film is produced by his cousin Gnanavel who has already produced the block buster Paruthiveeran.

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Andrea reveals about ‘Aayirathil Oruvan’

Andrea reveals about ‘Aayirathil Oruvan’

June 24, 2009

Actress Andrea, the red-hot voluptuous actress and indeed a dazzling singer is right on her seventh heaven. It’s all about the mania of ‘Aayirathil Oruvan’. The film’s audio is picking with good business in audio markets. Here’s Andrea who made a statement, ‘It’s not just a flick for me, but a great resurgence of life.’

With posters for her next film ‘Idhu Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam’ directed by Selvaraghavan on the airs, the project hasn’t taken off yet. Now Andrea utters, ‘Script works for this film is yet to be completed. All that I can reveal about the film is the tagline –Being Single is Bliss.’

Looks like Andrea believes to be more off that sort of remaining single.

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SP Balasubrahmanyam Compares His Body To Elephant

SP Balasubrahmanyam Compares His Body To Elephant

June 18, 2009

He is known as the ‘Dasakanta gana gandharva’ (man with ten voices) of the Indian cinema and has the Guinness record for singing the maximum number of songs across various languages. He is none other than S P Balasubrahmanyam but despite his greatness, he still has loads of simplicity in him.

It is known news that he is one of the judges for the song reality show ‘Little Champs’ which comes in the Zee Telugu program. Balu as he is fondly known as is noted to be a sportive person who does not hesitate to have a self mocking session too if needed.

Recently, one of his co-judges Bhuvanachandra brought the topic of elephant and was saying few things. In no time, Balu intervened and said that “I am around don’t say that” which sent all those around into splits of laughter.

That’s Balu’s wit and the way he cracks jokes on himself.

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