Knight and Day movie consider as flop in world hit in Tamil Nadu

Last Friday (July 9), Tom Cruise- Cameron Diaz’s action comedy adventure Knight and Day has taken a fantastic 90 percent opening in seven Chennai screens.

The amazing action scenes in the film, first in the plane and the bike chase with the bulls in Spain towards the climax is the highlight of the film. The film is turning out to be a huge hit in Tamil Nadu.

The irony of it is that Knight and Day touted as the big action summer release by Hollywood trade pundits, bombed miserably when it was released on June 25.

At the US box-office the film could collect only $ 62 million in two weeks, which is pathetic, compared to summer hits like Toy Story 3 ($ 340 million) or The Twilight Saga- Eclipse ($ 237 million).

It proves once again the taste of Indian audiences is different from US. Tamil Nadu’s love for senseless action movies is once again proved by the success of an international flop Knight and Day in the state.

Trisha has missed in Manmadhan Ambu shooting spot

Trisha, who is enjoying every minute of her shoot for ‘Manmadhan Ambu’, her first film with Kamal Haasan, gave tense moments to her mother Uma Krishnan and crew members of the movie, when she reportedly lost her way on the cruise liner MNS Splendida.

“Since the ship is very huge, everyone was given with a blueprint of the vessel which would help reach a particular place. However, Trisha somehow went missing. Thankfully we found her after some time,” a source was quoted saying.

Meanwhile, the actress, who is an active netizen, has been singing praises about the ‘Ulaga Nayagan’ on a microblogging site. “Working with the legend n my most favourite actor Mr Kamal Haasan is the best part of it all....he will never cease to amaze me,” the actress tweeted.

Happy to be working with Madhavan, her first film (‘Lesa Lesa’) hero, again, she said, “It’s so good to be working with Maddy after seven long years. His pretty wife Saritha and adorable son Vedant are also here.”

The actress didn’t stop at that, but chirped that the entire unit of ‘Manmadhan Ambu’, directed by K S Ravikumar and produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin, felt more like family than colleagues. “Such a fun and affectionate star cast and crew!” she gushed.

Movie Review: Madrasapattinam

Banner: AGS
Cast: Arya, Amy Jackson, Nasser, VMC.Haneefa, Bala Singh, M. S. Bhaskar, Omar, Periya Karuppu Devar, Balaji
Direction: A L Vijay
Production: Kalapathi S. Aghoram
Music: G V Prakash Kumar
Website: http://www.madrasapattinam.com/

Young filmmaker Vijay, who has stepped out of filmmaker Priyadharshan’s school, has made his mentor proud. If ‘Siraichalai’ was considered a master pierce from Priyan, his protégé has proved with ‘Madrasapattinam’ that he is equally skilled.
The movie is set in the 1940s when the Britishers were about to leave the Indian soil. The crux of the film is about an innocent and valorous Tamil youth falling in love with the daughter of the English Governor.
The troubles and turmoil that their romance face and what transpired between the young White girl and the Tamil youth on the day of Indian independence have been dealt clearly and crisply with a touch of political background, laced with patriotism.
Though shades of ‘Titanic’ could not be avoided in this period film, it is a sincere and a worthy attempt with the whole cast contributing their might, ably supported by sound technical brilliance behind the screen.

The Madras then has been craftily recreated by art director Selva Kumar. The dhobikhana, the waterways at Buckingham canal, which were used for ferrying, the Central Station and its platforms, trams and the royal Government houses of the British era have been erected close to perfection.
What more, the lens of Nirav Shah has been at its best capturing them well on screen. The lights and shades, the colour tone and the difference in flashback and contemporary on screen hog all limelight thanks to the cinematographer. His work is one of the assets of the film.
Manohar Verma’s stunts are pulsating and racy. Especially the chase at the Central Station is astounding. Antony’s editing as usual peps up the proceedings, though he could have trimmed a little in the second half. However his scissors seems to have woked with a purpose.
But the scene-stealer is young G V Prakash Kumar. He has come up trumps with the songs that reflect the time. What more, the background score is apt for the movie. At places, he reminds one of maestro Ilayaraja. He has shown a lot of promise and ‘Madrasapattinam’ is sure to take him places. The sorrow of a woman missing her lover has been brought out well by Prakash’s background score.
The movie begins more like Titanic as an old English woman (Emy Jackson) almost at her death bed in London, wants to come down to Chennai in search of a young man Parithi (Arya) whom she last saw on 15 August, 1947.
Almost 60 years from then, she is clueless as she has just a picture of Parithi, which was taken then. The search begins. There are scenes where she recalls her past. It is revealed that Parithi was a valorous dhobi in ‘Madrasapattinam’. He revolts against the British officials for they plan to construct a golf course in their dhobikhana.

Comes Emi, daughter of Madras Presidency Governor, and she develops an affinity towards Parithi. She is friendly and helpful. Sequence of events leaves romance blossoming between them. Parithi calls her affectionately as Duraiamma.
Even as they face trouble from the angry White officials, comes 15 August 1947 which brings freedom to India. Duraiamma is now forced to go back to England. Parithi runs from pillar to post and fights to hold his sweetheart’s hands. But he couldn’t achieve his mission. Cut to present, Duraiamma is back in search of Parithi. Did she realise her mission forms the climax.
Arya excels in his role. He fits the role to T. Be it an angry youth voicing against the Whites or a romantic youngster running around to save his beloved, he is right there giving his best. Emy Jackson walks away with aplomb. Her spontaneous expressions are the highlight. For a foreigner to give right emotions in a Tamil film is no easy task. But she does the impossible with ease.
Cochin Haneefa’s one-liners are rib-tickling. The rest of the cast including Nasser, Balasingh, M S Baskar, Balaji, Kishore and Jeeva are adequate. English man Jack James as a greedy British cop is an apt choice.
Vijay has shown immense maturity in taking up such a difficult theme and working it out well with right entertaining and engrossing elements. His nose for minute details is worth mentioning. His adept screenplay and catchy screenplay work out right magic.
Produced by Kalpathy Brothers’ AGS Entertainment and presented by Udhayanidhi Stalin’s Red Gaint Movies, ‘Madrasapattinam’ is a movie to cherish for movie-buffs. Away from the madding crowd of commercial clichés, it is a film that would send positive vibes among those who love meaningful films.

We Are Family movie is a fun film

There aren't many surprises in the promo for Karan Johar's Stepmom remake, the Hollywood tearjerker clearly choosing to put a fun foot forward instead.

Taking its title from Sister Sledge's hit song, Siddharth P Malhotra's We Are Family stars Kareena Kapoor and Kajol in the roles made famous by Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon in the Chris Columbus original.

The trailer starts with Kareena chirpily telling her stepchildren that they won't be going to school today, a balloon Kajol wastes no time in hysterically popping. We then see a bubblegum montage of moments of conflict between the two leading ladies, surprisingly sparing with the high melodrama the film obviously contains.

Arjun Rampal steps into Ed Harris' shoes and really leaves the film to the ladies, who both seem ready to amp it up.

Kajol, appearing hysterical and more than a trifle unhinged, seems content to let her lack of makeup do the talking, while Kareena, a far more assured actress, seems to be revelling in a role this meaty not to mention the chance to show up that other K woman.

The weird bits of the promo are how completely unreasonable Kajol's character seems to be, and the sudden dose of happy song-dance madness, culminating in both ladies sporting matching hats as they dance on stage.

The trailer's best moment comes at the end when Rampal asks his young son how difficult it'll be living with all these girls. 'Tell me about it,' says the kid, 'and now you've gone and gotten one more. It's such a mess.'

'Eat your food,' Rampal deadpans back. This could just be fun after all.

Genelia enters Mollywood

She is already a popular face in Kerala after movies like ‘Boys’, ‘Sachin’ and ‘Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Naa’ doing well at the box office there. Genelia who has a great youth following in Kerala has finally found time to do a straight movie in Malayalam for the first time.

Genelia D'Souza will debut in Mollywood opposite another heartthrob Prithviraj in a new movie directed by Santhosh Sivan titled ‘Urumi’.

Urumi is a bilingual in Tamil and Malayalam based on the assassination of Vasco Da Gama. The film is about a group of men, who wanted to assassinate Vasco Da Gama. Genelia will play a Portuguese princess in this 15th century period film.

Santosh Sivan is already known for making critically acclaimed international projects ‘Terrorist’, ‘Navarasa’ and ‘Beyond the Rains’.

Silambarasan to play Vedam tamil version

It seems like Silambarasan who was cleverly managing his acts not getting into the remake wagon has finally boarded the wagon. Silambarasan has signed the remake of the recent sensational Telugu hit ‘Vedam’ that starred Allu Arjun, Manoj and Anushka in lead roles.

Silambarasan who recently saw the Telugu ‘Vedam’ was floored immediately by the Cable Raju character played by Allu Arjun. The Tamil remake rights are with R B Choudary of Super Good Films and with the Tamil version R B Choudary's son and actor 'Jithan' Ramesh will also turn a producer. Silambarasan has even completed a photo session for the remake.

Anushka was contacted to play her role in Tamil also. But the actress is said to have denied the offer. So the new sensation Tapsee of ‘Aadukalam’ may play the role of the commercial sex-worker in the film.

Silambarasan who was supposed to be is London this time for the 'Podaa Podi' shoot is still in Chennai for some reasons. One reason doing the rounds is that the artistes playing the secondary characters are being trained in dance as the film is a dance subject. Another reason said is that the team still hasn’t got the permissions to shoot at some special locations in London.

I Hate Luv Storys movie's collection is 22 crores

Bringing the candy floss days back, Dharma productions ‘luv stories’ has captured the charm of the youth in metros and has registered a strong opening weekend.

The movie has done net business of approximately Rs 220 million (Rs 22 crore) across India in the first three days.

Opening with a net collections of Rs 65 million (Rs 6.50 crore) on Friday, the collections picked up in metropolitans due to positive word of mouth.

UTV which has got this film at around 20 crore is sitting pretty at this weekend collections which has already crossed 22 net in the first three days.

Actress Bipasha Basu learns Waka Waka moves

Actress Bipasha Basu has featured in sizzling dance numbers like Beedi and Billo Rani, but now she wants to learn Shakira's moves in Waka Waka, FIFA World Cup 2010 official song.

"Monday music... Waka Waka all the way...takes away the Monday blues. Want to learn Shakira's Waka Waka moves!" Bipasha posted on micro-blogging site Twitter.
The actress joined the Bollywood bandwagon on Twitter on Sunday.

Vamsam Movie audio launch

The audio launch of Chief Minister M Karunanidhi’s grand son Arulnidhi’s launch as hero in Pandiraj directed Vamsam, held at Sathyam Cinemas was a grand affair.
The security was very tight as Chief Minister Kalaignar Karunanidhi, his sons Union Fertilizer Minister MK Alagiri, Deputy Chief Minister MK Stalin were present at the function along with Tamil cinemas current superstars Vijay and Suriya and director actor Sasikumar.
Two songs and the movie’s trailer were first screened and later speeches were given by the dignitaries. Vijay and Suriya jointly released the audio album given by Kalaignar. Taj Noor a former assistant of AR Rahman is the music director.
The director Pandiraj said that even though Pasanga was critically raved about, he found it difficult to get his next film. Pandiraj said: “ It was Udhayanidhi Stalin who introduced me to Arulnidhi. Initally I thought he would not fit the role as he was a city boy while the story takes place in a rural milieu. But Arul is a hardworker and proved me wrong. He is the highlight of the film.”
Karunanidhi in his speech wanted Arulnidhi to become big like Vijay and Suriya who had made it due to their hard work and not their family connections of being SA Chandrasekhar or Shivakumar’s sons. Kalaignar was apprehensive of the title of the film (Vamsam) but Pandiraj convinced them that the title is apt as per the story line.

Trisha's Mother Uma Krishnan turns Actress

It's all happening for Kamal Haasan. Many directors tried to persuade Uma Krishnan, the beautiful mother of Trisha Krishnan to act in films but the lady politely turned away all the offers saying daughter's career first.

Even the biggie PL Thenappan asked her once and she refused. Director Radha Mohan tried for the mother role in 'Abhiyum Naanum'. But now Uma Krishnan could not say no to Kamal Haasan. Reliable sources say Uma Krishnan has agreed to do a cameo in Kamal's 'Manmathan Ambu' which largely filmed in a luxury cruise.

The team is already in Europe for the first schedule. ‘Manmadhan Ambu’ stars Kamal Haasan, Madhavan, Trisha and Sangeetha in main roles.

Madhurima and Ritika in Hindi comedy Movie

Southern bombshell Madhurima and Ritika will be seen in a Hindi comedy titled ‘Chunnu Aur Munnu’ which stars Aryaman Ramsay.

The movie marks the return of director Aziz Sajawal who directed the hit comedy ‘Baap Numberi Beta Dus Numberi’ starring the hit comedy jodi of Kader Khan and Shakti Kapoor.

The movie is entirely shot in Thailand and also has a Thai chimpanzee playing a vital role in the flick. The movie is produced by Kiran Ramsay.

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Kareena Kapoor encourages Education

Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor, who has been busy with her back-to-back shooting schedules, is taking time out to arrange books and stationery items for donation to NGOs to encourage education.

A source revealed Kareena is arranging these things for a couple of non-profit learning institutes. The actress is currently shooting for beau Saif Ali Khan's Agent Vinod in Morocco.
"Kareena feels very strongly for the cause (of educating children) and in spite of being in Morocco she is constantly making calls to India to co-ordinate books she wants sent to some orphanages and learning institutes," the source said.
Kareena recently joined the team of the Global Campaign for education - 1Goal as their Indian ambassador. The campaign backs the cause of education for 72 million children out of school.

Mugdha Godse acts very glamorously in Help movie

Although she’s done ‘Fashion’ a film based on glamour world, Mugdha Godse’s ‘Help’ till date will be considered as her sizzling best.

The beauty has now gone in for an all new glam and sexy look in her upcoming horror film ‘Help’, where she has powered the film with some hot and sensuous bikini scenes, flaunting her curvaceous body.

She will also be seen romancing on screen with co-star Bobby Deol in one of the most unconventional pairings today.

Produced by Rupali Aum entertainment Pvt. Ltd., ‘Help’ is all set to release on 13th August, 2010 all over. The film is directorial debut of Rajeev Virani.

A supermodel turned actor, Miss Godse started her career with Madhur Bhandarkar’s Fashion and went on to mesmerize audiences with her performances in ‘All The Best’ and ‘Jail’.

Suchitra Sen admited in hospital

Suchitra Sen, the legendary Bengali actress, reported to have admitted in a private nursing home in Kolkata owing to chest infection and breathlessness.

The 79-year-old was admitted at the Intensive Therapy Unit, the Bellevue Clinic. According to the nursing home, Suchitra Sen was admitted with respiratory distress in the intensive therapy unit due to chest infection. She is responding to therapy and her condition is stable now.

The actress is expected to be discharged in a day or two.

Sen said to have been admitted to the nursing home on June 20th.

Popularly known as the Greta Garbo of Indian cinema, is mother of actress Moon Moon Sen and grand mother of Riya and Raima Sen.

We Are Family movie first look

And finally here we have the first look of ‘We Are Family’, the much-awaited film of Dharma Productions.

Starring Kareena Kapoor, Kajol and Arjun Rampal, the film had been making news for sometime for being a remake of Hollywood film ‘Stepmom’.

‘We Are Family’ is directed by Siddharth P.Malhotra and co-produced by Karan Johar and Hiroo Johar. The film is presented by UTV Motion Pictures along with Sony Pictures.