Trisha hikes her salary to Rs 1 Crore

Trisha hikes her salary to Rs 1 Crore

February 3, 2010

Trisha has hiked her salary to Rs 1 Crore. The Telugu film Namo Narayana which had Venkatesh and Trisha in the cast has been a great hit.Trisha had received a salary of Rs 67 Lakhs for acting in this film. Namo Venkatesa is doing well in the theatres and crowds are thronging to the theatres to watch this film. So Trisha all of a sudden has hiked her pay.

Trisha was approached to do the female lead role in the Telugu film Don Seenu. But she demanded Rs 1 Crore as her salary. She has not got this salary even for the Hindi film Katta Meeta in which is doing the female lead role. Even she took less than Rs 1 Crore for the Tamil film Vinnai Thandi Varuvaya in which is pairing with Simbhu. But if Vinnai Thandi Varuvaya becomes a hit, then she will hike her salary here also. Nayanthara, Shreya and Trisha are the highly paid heroines in Tamil film industry. (KT)

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“Rajini will remain my best friend forever”: Kamal

“Rajini will remain my best friend forever”: Kamal

October 2, 2009

Rajinikanth and Kamal Hassan, the true icons of South Indian cinema, once again proved their bosom friendship on stage. It is none other than Vijay TV's well arranged Kamal 50, a show organized to honour legendary Kamal Hassan on the eve of the completion of his 50th year in the industry.

In fact, the kind of bond and friendship between Kamal and superstar Rajinikanth, is a lesson for today's young actors, who are unnecessarily engaging in verbal fight in empty air.


At Vijay TV’s Kamal 50 event, they showed the world that they are not only best of friends but also sincere to each other whenever and wherever it is... Usually Rajinikanth likes to skip film functions and is very choosy even if he attends. He came to Kamal 50 event on time and spent throughout i.e more than 5 hours on the stage with his friend Kamal Hassan.

In his inspirational and sensational speech, Rajini referred to Kamal as 'The Lovely son of Kalaithai (the mother of arts)'. He said that he has enough material to speak on Kamal’s achievements for two days, and in 1975 when he joined movies, Kamal was already a very big star and could have easily overshadowed him in the 10 odd films they did together.

"He never interfered with my character or tried to cut me down in any of the films we did together. Please note as a star he was much bigger than me and any director would have gladly chopped my role or refused to cast me, if Kamal had asked them. But after Ninaithale Inikkum, he called me and told me that it is better for my growth as a hero if we do not work together, and I gained by it," was Rajinikanth’s open statement on Kamal.

He remembered the time when KB chided him for going out to have a smoke, at a time when Kamal was doing an important solo scene. KB in fact told him that by just observing Kamal, he could learn what acting is all about. Rajinikanth also said that the path they took in cinema was two different routes, so they never clashed.

Said Rajinikanth: "I will not go his route, as I know that I’m incapable of doing what he does. In fact as everybody knows Shankar had written the original script of Robot for Kamal. Years later when the role was offered to me, I told him that it has to be re-written to suit my capabilities. Shankar replied, do you think that I’m a fool to make you do a role that was meant for Kamal?"

Touched by Rajinikanth’s sensational and open minded speech, Kamal Hassan replied emotionally: "Which actor in the world will be so honest and straight forward in his talk like my true friend Superstar Rajinikanth? There were stars before us but they were never as friendly as we are, I'm telling this as a challenge, and we have proved that two top actors can be healthy rivals. Rajinikanth will always remain my best friend forever and he is the one and only superstar in the industry!”

The crowd gave a thunderous applaud after the speech and Kamal bowed his head for their love and affection. Malayalam stars Mammootty, Mohanlal, Telugu actors Chiranjeevi, Venkatesh and leading personalities of Tamil film industry graced the occasion.

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Trisha's Marriage On Cards?

Trisha's Marriage On Cards?

June 12, 2009

This is the hottest gossip that is making rounds especially in Kollywood. The reason behind this is Trisha’s answer when asked about her marriage recently.

She said, “Cupid may strike at any time and one day for sure I have to settle down in near future. But before that I have to find my Mr Right”. So, has Trisha found her Mr Right? She opened up about her marriage and said that she has to settle down soon (near future!!!).

Trisha has played cute daughter’s role in Akasamantha that brought her very good reviews. She said that she used to be a similar type of girl in childhood. And now she is teaming up with Venkatesh to act in the direction of Srinu Vaitla. Recently she acted with Nagarjuna in hit film ‘King’ in the direction of Vaitla.

Trisha also said that she will be balancing both the offers from Telugu and Tamil as they are gushing. She also shared her happiness for being treated as queen of Tollywood from many years.

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Sneha’s Cameo In Critically Acclaimed Tamil Movie

Sneha’s Cameo In Critically Acclaimed Tamil Movie

May 26, 2009

Sneha has done a cameo in Veyil director Vasantha Balan`s new film for Ayngaran International`s Angadi Theruvu. After his Veyil was screened at the Cannes in 2007, a lot is expected from Vasantha Balan. The film has newcomers in the lead.

Mahesh, a volley ball player, makes his debut as hero opposite Katradhu Thamizh fame Anjali, with director A Venkatesh playing a pivotal role.

The film’s dialogues are written by the famous novelist Jayamohan, and music is by G V Prakash. "Angadi Theruvu has emotions, love, doubts and a lot of human feelings . Just like every house has a tale to tell, so does every street," says the director.

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The Multiple-Starrer Trend Begin Again In Tamil Movies

The Multiple-Starr er Trend Begin Again In Tamil Movies

May 13, 2009

When two established stars with distinct styles and niche audiences come together for a movie, it is indeed a treat for movie-lovers. But making a film with these two top stars is not an easy task for the film’s makers. However, if we look back, the two-star trend is not new to Tamil cinema; the fact is we haven’t seen many two-hero projects in the recent past. Only a few multi-hero films like Chandramukhi, Pammal.K. Sambandam, Pithamagan have been made.

In earlier times, making films with two big stars was a frequent exercise; most movies that had more than one hero or heroine also had a strong story line. Thus stars worked together for the cause of the strong story and good characterizations. That also effaced any sort of image clash between the lead actors. But as time went by, the scenario changed. The increase in fan clubs is one prime reason for the change. Fans’ expectations began to influence changes in story lines. So it became difficult for film makers to make multi-starrers with top stars. Except in Mani Ratnam’shigh-budget multilingual productions, seeing two established stars in one movie became a rarity.

But now, a significant change is being observed. Unnai Pol Oruvan brings Kamal Haasan and Mohanlal on the same screen. The movie also boasts of Oscar-winner Resul Pookutty as part of its crew. Kamal’s daughter, upcoming singer and actress Shruthi Haasan, is making her debut as music composer through the movie. A remake of the Hindi blockbuster A Wednesday, Unnai Pol Oruvan is also being remade in Telugu with Kamal Haasan and Venkatesh in lead roles. Another double-hero film is Pazhassi Raja to be released in Tamil and Malayalam, starring Mammootty and Sarathkumar in lead roles. The film marks the Malayalam debut of Sarath. It also stars Suman, well known actor in the Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam film industries.

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