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.

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.

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.

Tapasee making her debut in Aadukalam movie

Punjabi lass Tapasee who is making her debut with Vetrimaran’s yet-to-release Aadukalam is on a roll. The lady has already signed her next project in Tamil. She will now be paired opposite Jiiva in Vandaan Vendraan, directed by Kannan (of Jeyam Kondaan and Kandein Kadhalai fame). The film will go on the floors in Mumbai in August.

Genelia is brand ambassador of the year

Popular Tamil-Telugu-Hindi actress Genelia, who currently endorses nine brands including Cadbury’s Perk, Fanta, Spinz, Dabur Vatika, LG Cookie, Virgin, Margo, Garnier and Fasttrack, was selected as the brand ambassador of the year by CNBC AWAAZ Consumer Awards. The award was announced late Monday evening. Last year's award recipient was Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan.
Genelia said: "It is an honour that CNBC AWAAZ and the Indian consumers have chosen to bestow upon me and I couldn’t be happier. Stalwarts like Shahrukh and Akshay Kumar have been awarded this prestigious title in the past and I’m only glad that people think I’m worthy of the same."
"This award symbolizes a bridge between the consumer and the brand and I consider it a huge responsibility. I hope I continue to do even better in the future and I’m sure I will as I have a very strong team with me that helps me build, grow and sustain. My success is as much theirs as it is mine,” she added.

Actress Mamta Mohandas speaks about herself

Mamta Mohandas is sore about one thing- that not even a single character she had played so far gave her the opportunity to show her bubbly side. “I am so energetic in real life but I am always asked to underplay my emotions,” she sulks.

“My friends and family members know my real face. I am a big chatter box who is so bubbly and energetic. My favourite pastime is to play prank and to pull the legs of others for fun,” the actress says.

“However, the film industry is not allowing me to be myself,” she says and adds: “All the roles I have done so far kept my bubbliness in complete control. Hopefully I should get a chirpy character soon.”

But she is extremely happy about being a playback singer. “My thanks to music composers like Mani Sharma and Devi Sri Prasad for offering me energetic songs. I thoroughly enjoy each and every moment of singing.”

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Abhishek Bachchan promotes his Movie in Indian Idol

Abhishek Bachchan is planning to take the small screen route to promote his forthcoming film Raavan.

He will use Sony TV's music reality show Indian Idol 5 as a platform to create awareness about the movie which has been directed by Mani Ratnam.

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The actor will shoot on Wednesday with the show's judges - Anu Malik, Salim Merchant and Sunidhi Chauhan - and contestants for the special episode, said a source.

The episode featuring Abhishek will be aired next week.

In Raavan, releasing June 18, Abhishek plays the negative role of Beera and has teamed up with wife Aishwarya Rai and southern star Vikram. The film also stars Ravi Kishan and Govinda.

Earlier, Abhishek appeared on Colors' daily show Balika Vadhu to promote his film Drona, which bombed at the box office.

Before Abhishek, Indian Idol 5 became a promotion platform for Badmaash Company, Housefull and Raajneeti.

If Raavan(an) and Raajneeti as Epic

When it rains, it pours! That’s what it seems like now. It has been quite a while since any of our great epics have been adapted on screen. And when they happen, they are releasing within a fortnight of each other. First, it was Raajneeti; an adaptation of the Mahabharata and on the 18th it will be Raavanan; adaptation of the Ramayana.

Now, how much of an adaptation are these films; i.e., are they 100% genuine adaptations of the epics, told in a modern setting or are they interpretations of the epics that take a few liberties? This is an attempt to analogize characters in these films with their counterparts in the epics. This is purely imaginative/analytical and is not authoritative information on the film or the epic.

Raajneeti:

The modern Mahabharata. In the film, as in the real epic, the issue is the power to rule. In the epic, the cousins fought over kingdoms while in the movie, the fight is over the authority in a political party.
The Kaurava group:
Unlike the epic, this group does not have 100 brothers. But, the mastermind and lead of them all is there, Duryodhana, which is the character of Virendra played by Manoj Bajpai. Strongly objecting when his father’s younger brother is given the reins of power; scheming the ouster of his cousin from the party and resorting to all kinds of unethical tactics to get the better of them in the elections.

The other main character on the Kaurava side that actually belonged to the Pandava clan by birth is portrayed by Ajay Devgn as Sooraj. Most of you might not have much difficulty in guessing the character from the epic which Sooraj represents; the highly respected Karna; the man who gave more importance to his friendship and loyalty rather than any blood relation. He who chose to stay alongside his ally and friend even at the cost of being killed by his younger brother. The man who always stood true to his word. And he who wears the ‘kundalas’ on his ears. Karna is perhaps the character that has been most earnestly adapted from the Mahabharata into Rajneethi.

The Pandava group:

Here too, unlike in the epic, there aren’t five brothers; only two. Which two brothers are being depicted here?

The elder brother, played by Arjun Rampal, can be considered as Yudhishthira by the virtue of being eldest. But, the characterization does not fully represent Yudhishthira in the way he has been shown in Mahabharata. Yudhishthira is known as the most righteous and just of all the Pandavas. He is also the only Pandava to survive the final trek through the Himalayas. These traits are not associated with the character in the film. Yet, as the eldest and the rightful heir to the throne of power, Arjun Rampal’s character will be that of Yudhishthira. The younger brother, played by Ranbir Kapoor, is no doubt Arjuna. With his razor sharp brain that devises tactics, his proximity to the character of Krishna who is always ready with his advice and his ultimate slaying of Duryodhana and Karna, the character of Arjuna has been faithfully adapted.

Krishna:

One of the most important characters in the Mahabharata; the God who gives moral strength and courage to the Pandavas; Lord Krishna, played by Nana Patekar as Brij Gopal. He constantly advices Arjun about political tactics and at the end tells him to cross the line of ethics when it comes to putting an end to one’s enemy.

Dritharashtra and Pandu:

The younger brother handed over the rein after the elder suffers the stroke is the father of the Pandava side and should thus be Pandu. The elder stroke ridden and paralyzed brother is the father of Virendra (Duryodhana) and should thus be Dritharashtra. Furthermore, he is a silent spectator to all the proceedings from his hospital bed; much like Dritharashtra who was blind and helpless. It also goes without saying that the mother of the Pandava side is Kunti, who is also shown in the film to have given birth to Karna and then set him afloat in the waters of Ganga for their family’s charioteer (car driver) to find him.

Other characters:

There are some characters from the Mahabharata who could not be detected in Raajneeti. Some of them are pivotal characters in the great epic; like the great Bhishmacharya, the wily Shakuni, Dronacharya etc.

Now to the other film and the other great epic; Raavanan and the Ramayana It would be unwise to guess the nature of the characters even before the film releases, especially knowing Mani Ratnam’s style of film making which leaves nothing predictable. But, if Raavanan is indeed an interpretation of the Ramayana, then there are certain things that should be the way we assume.

Raavanan:

The title role of the film, being played by Vikram in Tamil and Abhishek Bachchan in Hindi. There is no doubt about the nature of this character. The extremely powerful, daring asura who kidnaps the wife of Rama. It is obvious that Prithviraj plays Rama in Tamil, while Vikram is Rama in the Hindi version. And, it goes without saying that Aishwarya Rai portrays Sita.

Now, these are the pretty obvious characters. What about the other important characters? Here is a guess.

The trailers have shown Prabhu as a part of the tribal clan, with quite fierce expressions. This leads to thinking that he should be a strong character on the Raavana side. So, we thought (no connection to his physique) that he could be playing the character of Kumbhakarna. While Munna who has also been shown as part of the tribal clan might be Vibhishana, who joins hands with Rama in the end. Priyamani too has been shown as part of the tribal clan and it is being speculated that she could represent Surpanaka. But, it is not clear whether she plays Raavana’s sister, which also leaves the possibility that she could be Mandodari.

Another key actor who has not yet featured in the trailers is Karthik. Going by reports, he plays the role of a forest officer. A wild guess from this small piece of information leads us to three possibilities. Karthik could be any one out of Hanuman, Sugriva or Jatayu.

Is our guess right? Let’s wait and watch.

Sonam Kapoor replaces for Asin

South Indian actress Asin received a shock when bollywood actor John Abraham, refused to work with her in the remake of Tamil project “ Kaakha Kaakha”. There was news that the director Vipul Shah was inclined in casting Asin in the Hindi remake of the Tamil film. But the bollywood actor John refused to work with Asin.

In his opinion, Asin is less appealing in the eyes of Hindi audiences and so he recommended names such as Deepika Padukone and Sonam Kapoor to Vipul. It is also reported that instead of Asin, john asked Vipul Shah to feature Bipasha instead.

But finally, there is news that Sonam Kapoor has replaced Asin the remake. Moreover, Asin felt very bad after listening to Vipul Shah’s explanation and is said to take Sanyas from bollywood films soon.

Raavanan ( Raavan,Villain) gets clear U certificate

The wait seems to be over now! Yes, we are talking about ace director Mani Ratnam's big budget extravagance Raavanan (Raavan in Hindi and dubbed in Telugu as Villain). On Friday, the Censor Board has awarded a clean 'U' certificate without any cuts for the Tamil version.Meanwhile, the Hindi version (Raavan) and Telugu version (Villain) too got clean U certificates without any cuts!

Raavan is produced by Mani Ratnam's sister Sharda under Ratnam's banner Madras Talkies.

Neetu Chandra with yellow saree sentiments

After Yaavarum Nalam and Theeratha Vilayattu Pillai, Neetu Chandra is all set to perform a dance number in Mysskin's Yuddham Sei which has Cheran in the lead role. The pretty lass will wear a yellow sari for the dance number (remember 'Kathala Kannala' from Anjaathey). Neetu is also happy with the response she’s been getting for her Hindi thriller Apartment directed by Jagmohan Mundhra. Her upcoming films include Khusar Prasad Ka Bhoot, Love Jaisa Kuch and Anees Bazmee's No Problem.

"I’ll be rehearsing my dance movements for a day and shoot for it from the next day. I’ve heard only a scratch of the song, and I loved it. It has a folkish feel to it. And I’m hoping my dance movements will be slow, sensuous and something on the lines of 'Vaala Meenu' and 'Kathala Kannala'. I will be heavily accessorised and yes, I’ll be wearing a yellow sari, which has proved to be lucky for the director,” she said to a leading English daily.

Bollywood stars to promote Milaga movie

Ace Bollywood cameraman turned Kollywood hero Natraj or Nutty as he is known in Mumbai is promoting his forthcoming Milaga in a unique manner.

He has managed to rope in Kareena Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Ajay Devgan, John Abraham and Neil Nitin Mukesh to endorse the film in the two minute trailer of the film.
The Milaga trailer was launched on all Tamil channels, to coincide with the audio launch of the film. Says Nutty: “I have worked with a lot of Bollywood stars in feature films and hundreds of ads, as cameraman. Kareena, Vidya Balan and Deepika have told me personally that I have been able to make them look stunningly beautiful on screen. They are all my friends and when I told them that I’m turning hero all my friends wanted to see the film.”
Natraj arranged a preview of Milaga in Mumbai with English subtitles for his Bollywood friends. “They enjoyed the film a hot and spicy comedy with Madurai slang and made like a typical Kollywood mass masala entertainer by director Ravi Maria. Later we captured their feelings about the film which has been shown in the trailer “, says a beaming Nutty.

Monica has not lost her hopes yet

Monica is one actress who has everything to feature in the A-list of actresses. But only it seems the lady is missing the much needed luck. After gaining a reputation for performances in films like ‘Azhagi’ Monica even tried glamour in ‘Silandhi’. But the much needed momentum still eludes her.

But the good thing is the beautiful Monica has not lost hope yet. She doesn't even want to think whether the delayed success may have been due to her Tamil family tree. She is confident that her forthcoming releases will show her the way.

Monica currently has three films – Varnam, Nanjupuram and Kauravargal - under various stages of production. She will accept new offers only after the release of these three films. But again she is clear that her glamour tang ended with ‘Silandhi’ and will never try glamour again.

Anushka's glamorous avatar in Singam Movie

Be it a bikini or traditional wear, Anushka always sizzles. With her performance in Arundhati (where she practically carried the entire film on her shoulders), this talented actress proved she is not just a pretty face. In Billa, she proved she could look glam and yet mean business. After the success of Arundhati in Tamil (dubbed version), Kollywood has witnessed a meteoric rise in demand for Anushka Shetty’s flicks in Tamil.
And this time, in Singam, directed by Hari, she displays both avatars with glamorous costumes in the song sequences and a homely look in the rest of the film. Anushka's glamorous avatar in 'En Idhayam' and 'She Stole My Heart' has been sending heat waves across theatres.
According to sources close to the unit, “The Censor Board felt that though the oomph has been shown decently, it might upset audiences. So they suggested we mask two scenes in the songs. Had we not masked them, the film would have got an 'A' certificate. Now, the film is doing well in theatres with a U/A certificate.”