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  1. Ilayaraaja tune at Olympics opening ceremony

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    / June 27, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Celebrated music composer Ilayaraaja’s composition from the 1981 Tamil film `Ram Lakshman’ will be part of the grand opening ceremony at the London Olympics on July 27. The tune will be played along with a few other samples of world music. Radioandmusic.com reports that the track ‘Nanthaan Ungappanda’ composed by...

  2. `Shakuni’ makes all the right moves

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    / June 23, 2012 / Leave a comment
    “Shakuni” is an interesting title of Karthi Sivakumar’s new film, named after the most interesting character in Mahabharata. Despite being a dubbed film (“Saguni” in Tamil), it was marketed well by Telugu producer Bellamkonda Suresh and generated quite a buzz before other big releases lined up like “Eega” and “Julai”....

  3. Vikram’s `I’ with Shankar

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    / June 23, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Director Shankar and actor Vikram are teaming up once again, after `Anniyan’ in 2005. Their next project is interestingly titled the Tamil alphabet `I’, which it is explained, means beauty, King, Guru, Astonishment and vulnerability. The film will also star Samantha, Santhanam and Malayalam actor Suresh Gopi. A R Rahman...

  4. Ajith – Cool, grey and Billa 2

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    / May 15, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Actor Jeeva was shooting inside the Madras Race Course and a large crowd had gathered, hoping to catch a glimpse. This was December 2007 and my cameraperson and I were waiting for Ajith Kumar to arrive, to record what was going to be his maiden interaction with a national TV...

  5. Vijay in `Rowdy Rathore’

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    / May 8, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Tamil actor Vijay will be seen in a Hindi film for the first time in `Rowdy Rathore’ directed by Prabha Deva. The song was recorded in a studio in Mumbai recently along with Akshay Kumar. Vijay has been directed by Prabha Deva in `Pokkiri’ in Tamil. These photographs courtesy vijayfansclub.com...

  6. Vijay smokes, Ramadoss on fire

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    / May 5, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Posters of `Thuppakki’ have actor Vijay smoking. That’s like showing a red rag to the PMK and former Union Health minister Anbumani Ramadoss who has protested against the violation of the ban on tobacco promotion. `Thuppakki’ stars Kajal Agarwal and is directed by A R Murugadoss of Ghajini fame. Incidentally,...

  8. Rajinikanth will not do a `Baba’ with `3′

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    / April 21, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Rajinikanth is not doing a `Baba’ with `3′. The Superstar has denied reports that he was going to compensate for the losses incurred by distributors who had released the Dhanush-starrer ‘3’, which was directed by his daughter Aishwarya (who is Dhanush’s wife). Rajini clarified that he was not involved in...

  9. Filmy report card

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    / April 18, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The report card for the Indian film industry is out. According to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), Bollywood has come first in 2011 with 206 Hindi films. In second spot is Tollywood with 192 Telugu films, followed by Kollywood with 185 Tamil films. The interesting part about the...

  10. `Tamil New Year’ back in April

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    / April 13, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The Tamil New Year is back in April, the first month of the Tamil solar calender called `Chithirai’. This follows Tamilnadu chief minister J Jayalalaithaa reversing the decision by her predecessor M Karunanidhi who had changed the Tamil New Year to mid-January, coinciding with Pongal, the harvest festival during the...

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