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Malaysia Vasudevan passes away

The rapport Malaysia Vasudevan shared with many in the Tamil film industry was evident on Sunday, when they were present at his residence in Chennai on Sunday, to pay their last respects to the celebrated singer-actor who passed away earlier in the day.

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Kamal Haasan, who was visibly upset, said, “He has been my friend, my voice and co-actor for many years. He was ill for a long time and I had recently gone with SPB to meet him.”

Music composer Deva, who had used Vasudevan’s voice for several films, said, “His was a solid voice which emoted in a beautiful way. The Tamil music industry will sure miss him a lot.”

AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa condoled Vasudevan’s death and recalled that he had sung around 8000 songs. “His demise is a big loss to the Tamil cinema industry,” she said and expressed her condolences to the bereaved family members.
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Selvaraghavan and Geetanjali will be formally engaged today!

Director Selvaraghavan and Geetanjali Raman will be formally engaged today, February 10, 2011. The director and Geetanjali, daughter of Advocate General PS Raman, are deeply in love and are planning to tie the nuptial knot with their parents’ wishes sometime in June this year.

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The couple’s parents Mr. and Mrs. PS Raman and Mr. and Mrs. Kasturi Raja along with their family and friends will take part in the engagement ceremony that is scheduled at PS Raman’s residence in Chennai. The engagement will be a very private affair.
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‘Traffic’ to be remade in Tamil?

Malayalam cinema is abruptly stepping into new arenas in terms of concept that indeed is turning spotlights on the flicks. ‘Traffic’ is one amongst such recent movies that has done a remarkable business in box office. The film is an edge-seated thriller set in different backdrops that revolves around parallel stories in which the characters are linked through unpredictable connections.

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‘Traffic’ has an ensemble star-cast that includes Sreenivasan, Rahman, Kunchako Boban, Asif Ali, Anoop Menon, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Nivin Pauly, Sandhya, Roma, Remya Nambeesan and Lena.

Recently, many Malayalam movies are being remade in Tamil due to their innovative themes and now it looks like ‘Traffic’ too will be joining the bandwagon.

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Yuvan Shankar Raja to enter wedlock this year!

Yuvan Shankar Raja has confirmed that he has decided to enter wedlock this year. “But I am not sure whether the girl would be of my choice or the one selected by my parents,” says the music composer.

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Busy with works related to his first live concert in Chennai, which is scheduled next weekend, the younger son of maestro Illayaraja says, “My parents have given me freedom to take a decision on my life.”

Happy about joining hands with Selvaraghavan again, Yuvan says, “The script of ‘Irandam Ulagam’ was awesome and am thrilled to score music for it. The joy is doubly so since the director is my good friend Selva.”

On the live concert, he says, “I have planned to try some new things at the event. Thanks to the support from my colleagues and friends, I hope the concert would become a big success.”
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Arvind Swamy Divorce his wife Gayathri

Roja and Bombay  fame Aravind Swamy and his wife of 16 years, Gayathri Ramamurthy had parted a few months back.

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Now their divorce is coming through without any acrimonious statements or mud slinging!

The couple has agreed to the exhaustive set of terms and conditions covering maintenance, custody of children and visiting rights.

The divorce is as per mutual consent and Aravind Swamy will pay a one-time settlement payment of Rs 75 lakhs and a monthly one-time payment of Rs 1 lakh towards maintenance.

It comes with a rider that it will be paid as long as Gayathri does not remarry, and there will be no enhancement of the amount under any circumstances.

The couple who have two children have now expressly agreed to leave the custody of the children with Aravind Swamy, who shall be responsible for their upbringingand education.

Gayathri will have custody rights every Saturday and she will be allowed to spend seven days with the children during their summer holidays.
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Vanitha complaint Arun Vijay

The Nungambakkam police have registered a case against Arun Vijay and three others, based on a complaint filed by his half sister Vanitha Vijayakumar.

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Vanitha had complained to the city police commissioner that on the day of her husband's arrest, three persons had barged into her house around 2AM in the night and tried to assault her.

Vanitha said one of the gang members forced her to speak to Arun Vijay who threatened to kill her, if she lodged a complaint against the family.

The family dispute within the Vijayakumar family is getting from bad to worse. The latest is Vanitha threatening to spill family secrets with an autobiographical book that she plans to write.
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Vanitha raised a new issue against her family

Earlier Vijayakumar's son-in-law was arrested due to the complaint logged by Vijayakumar following a family dispute. The Chennai suburban police arrested Vanitha Vijayakumar's husband, Anandarajan at his office in Nungambakkam.

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Now, Vanitha Vijayakumar has raised a new issue regarding their family dispute. She has accused her father and step-brother for threatening her and her second husband Anandarajan. She has confessed to the media that the police have not reacted properly to her complaint. She also added that the Chennai police is moving the case in favour of her step-brother and her father Vijayakumar.

Moreover she said that  Arun Vijay, director Hari - husband of Preetha Vijaykumar, and father Vijaykumar are jealous of her growth as their company Vijay Kumar Video Entertainment is doing good business. Finally she threatened to commit suicide leaving behind a note holding Vijayakumar, Hari and Arun Vijay responsible for it.
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Shankar’s '3 Rascals' to kickoff on December 6

According to the earlier reports, Shankar was about to start the Telugu remake of 3 idiots first. The latest buzz suggests that, Shankar will be apparently working on Tamil and Telugu remakes of '3 Idiots'. The bitter part is that only Vijay and Mahesh Babu have been confirmed for playing Aamir Khan's part in Tamil and Telugu versions respectively.

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The movie will be simultaneously shot in both Tamil and Telugu, as a bilingual, starring Mahesh Babu in Telugu and Vijay in Tamil. Vijay’s and Mahesh Babu’s portions only will be shot along with Ileana’s who plays Kareena Kapoor’s role of the Hindi version. This is because the other two actors are not finalized till now.


As many of the stars who were proposed with the offer have turned their hands down, Jeeva is likely to be signed for the movie. Sathyaraj will be apt for Professor Cherian’s role as in the book ‘Five Point Someone’.
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Director Shankar summoned by High court

In the recent past, Endhiran's story was claimed by two well-known writers, which followed their legal complaints to the government authorities. But there were no response from the Director and Producer's side regarding this issue.

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While commenting on this issue, Aarur Tamil Nadan says, “I wrote a novel named 'Jugiba' which is published in the year1996 and 2007 in a magazine with my consent. The director and producer had made this film based on the story written by me”.

The second one to lodge a complaint against Endhiran's makers was Arnika Nasar who is well known for science fiction novels. In regard with this issue writer Arnika Nasar lodged a complaint at the Chennai city Police Commissioner’s Office.

The Chennai high court on Tuesday issued summons to the director and the producer of ‘Endhiran’ on receiving a complaint from the writer who claimed that the story was illegally taken from his book.
The civil suit was present for admission before Justice S Rajeswaran and he asked the production house Sun Pictures and Shankar to answer the file by November 18. The film is already released and doing a good business. Sun Pictures also opposed any temporary order to see that the film will continue its screening.
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GV Prakash,Saindhavi are tying the knot

GV Prakash Kumar the young talented music director and nephew of AR Rahman  and singer Saindhavi are tying the knot next year. 

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The soft spoken GV as he is known among friends, announced that he will get married by December 2011 after his Bollywood debut. 

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He also added that they had fallen in love during school days and has now decided to make it official with the blessings of their respective parents.

GV had made his debut with Veyil followed by films like Kireedam, Pollathavan, Aayirathil Oruvan, Angadi Theru, Madhrasapattinam and many other hits. Chennai based Saindhavi is a trained classical singer and her claim to fame is AR Rahman's  Anniyan number Andankakka.

On why Saindhavi has not sung under him, GV is quick to respond with a smile:  "She had not sung for me but  L.Vijay director of Madharasapattinam suggested her name and she sang for the hit number .. Aaruyire in the film.  She is also singing for Vijay’s next film under my baton"
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More films are ready for release

Nearly 70 small, medium and big movies  are ready for release in Tamil! Some of them have been lying in the film box for months, as there are no takers.

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The latest from Kollywood is that producers of these films are making one last attempt to release their films this year itself.

The producers have 10 Fridays left in 2010 from October 29 to December 31, to release their films. Nobody wants to delay the release as situation next year may be different, and trends may change.

There are far too many little known small films with mainly newcomers to be listed here. Let us take a look at star movies ready for release this year. Dhanush has Uthamaputhran confirmed on November 5 for Diwali and either Aadukalam or Maapillai  for December 24

Suriya has Raktha Sarithram confirmed on November 19. Younger brother Karthi is targeting December 3 or 10 to release his Siruthai. Jiiva's Singam Puli  is ready for release on November 19 or 26. 

Arya has announced that his Chikku Bukku would hit the screens on Nov 19 or 26. Jayam Ravi's Engeyum Kathal may come on December 3.

However, the biggest release in December is going to be Kamal Hasaan's Manmathan Ambu ready for release on December 17.

Vijay is trying hard to release his Kaavalan on Dec 24 for Christmas. Meanwhile Simbu and his producer Ganesh has said that they will release their Vaanam  on December 31.
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Swarnalatha passes away

Noted South Indian playback singer and National award winner Swarnalatha died at a private hospital here today following lung infection. She was 37.

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Born in Kerala’s Palakkad district, Ms. Swarnalatha had sung in various languages including Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam since 1989.

She won the 1995 National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her song ‘Porale Ponnuthayi’, composed by A R Rahman, in the Tamil film ‘Karuththamma’.

Ms. Swarnalatha, who was also a dubbing artiste, is survived by parents.

Expressing shock over the death of Ms. Swarnalatha, playback singer and music director M G Sreekumar said her demise was a loss to Indian film music.
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Pasanga to be screened in China

Indian films are to be screened in the Indian embassy at China. This is being organized to celebrate the 60 years celebration of Indo China relations. This is showcased in the programme India in China 2010. pasanga-movie-stills-images-1

The film to be screened are Pasanga (Tamil), Keshu(Malayalam), Taare Zameen Par (Hindi),Antaheen (Bengali), Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!(Hindi), Ek Cup Chai (Marathi), The White Elephant, Shob Charitro Kalponik (Bengali),Gabhricha Paus (Marathi) and Harishchandrachi Factory (Marathi). The programme is commence on June 24th.
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Ranjitha breaks her silence

Ranjitha has finally surfaced after her video clipping with the controversial Godman Nithyananda was shown on a private channel.

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Ranjitha has issued through her lawyers PM Law Chambers, New Delhi a statement- “Our client strongly objects to being referred to as one of the persons in the video. The said imputation by anyone is causing unnecessary loss of reputation, mental harassment, agony, loss of earnings, which are all actionable wrongs.”

The statement also pointed out that that there was a “huge conspiracy” against the actor and declared that she would fight until the end to stop “criminalisation of journalism”. Her lawyers also made it clear that they would be taking legal action against the perpetrators for defamation and other offences under the IPC, besides provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

Ranjitha’s lawyers also made it clear that all the “interviews” attributed to her which appeared in some Tamil magazines were “totally fabricated”.
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Controversial swami Nithyananda arrested

nithyananda arrestedThe controversial Swami Nityananda who was captured having sex with Tamil actor Ranjitha in a video camera at his Dhyanapeetam near Bangalore was arrested onWednesday about 50 km from Shimla.

The 33 year old controversial godman Nithyanada was arrested from a house near Arki town,' according to Prem Thakur Solan police comissioner said. Nithyananda is said to have destroyed the lives of several women, this was alleged by his estranged disciple Lenin who is said to have actually shot the scenes between Ranjitha along with the swami.
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A film based on Nithyananda

Director Ram Gopal Varma is adept in converting real life incidents to movies. The director has drawn inspiration from several such incidents in the past. He was in the eye of the storm several months ago, during the Mumbai attack incident, when he visited the Taj Hotel along with the then Maharashtra Chief Minister and his actor son to get first hand information on the terrorist attack to convert it into a movie.

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The director has now decided to make a film based on Nithyananda. He has said that on seeing the video clippings on television, he has drawn inspiration to make a film. The movie would be titled as God and Sex, sources say.
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