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shruthi hassan joins Facebook


Shruti is one actress who constantly interacts with her fans through Twitter. Having under-stood the power of these networking websites, Shruti regularly updates about her filmy stuff and events on her Twitter account. She has also earned a name that she is clean in social media and never involves herself in any messy issues on Twitter Now, the ravishing girl has also enrolled herself on Facebook recently, which has been con-firmed by her on her Twitter page. She wrote, "Hello tweeps. I am now officially on Facebook. Here it is http://www.face-book.com/shrutihaason. Now show me some love he he..More fun times to be had." As of now Shruti has as many 929000 blowers on her Twitter account. It remains to be seen how many her star power can pull towards Facebook.

Shruti regularly updates about her filmy stuff and events in her twitter. Now the ravishing girl has also enrolled herself on Facebook recently

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Vijay Sethupathi sets a new trend in K'town














The audio of Alaiye Alaiye, which features Ranjith of Manada Mayilada fame and Ankitha Nayana in lead roles, was recently launched amidst several celebrities attend-ing it. The first set of audio was unveiled by Kayar and was received by actor Vijay Sethupathi and composer Imman. Speaking at the function, Kayar said, "Vijay Sethupathi is a true artiste among the contemporary actors of Tamil cinema. His natural talent makes him one of my favourite actors to watch. Nowadays, actors are not attending pro-grammes that are meant to promote their films; major actors even refuse to come to the audio launches of their own films. In such an environment, Vijay Sethupathi obliging to grace us with his presence for events that don't have to do anything with his film has to be commended. His selfless action that helps and promotes other's films has to be recognised and celebrated. Other actors should take a page from his actions and emulate him." He added, "Another actor who selflessly promotes other's films would be Ulaganayagan Kamal Haasan who treats all
movies — be it big bud-get ones or smaller - - productions, with equality. His actions prove to be a big boon for upcoming films. Actor Suriya is another name that comes to mind, who indulges in such works." Directed by debutane G. Manikandakumar, Ala lye Alaiye is pro-duced by AR Murugan and Jaw a har Pazhanizppan.


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THE TAMIL FILM INDUSTRY IS HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION


 Having completed a major shooting schedule of her upcoming Tamil film Anjaan, actress Samantha appears to have returned awestruck by all things Tamil, starting from her co-star, Suriya. “All of us have heard about his professionalism and that he’s a gentleman, but after working with him, I realized he’s much more than that. Everything, from the humility with which he carries himself on the set and how he performs in front of the camera, seem like a benchmark for me,” she confesses. 
    Despite not being the centre of the film, she is confident that her character will “make a big impression even if the screen time is less.” However, she is unwilling to share more details about her role saying, “Like characters in most Lingusamy’s films, my characterization is quite spunky and full of life.” 
    Last year, Sam caused a flutter by stating she wanted to take a break from Telugu films to concentrate on her Tamil projects. The move seems to be paying off. “I love the direction in which Tamil cinema is heading these days. Recently, when I saw Goli Soda, I couldn’t stop raving about it for a long time. I really like the fact that all sorts of films have their own space in Tamil. The offers that I got in Tamil were too tempting to let go. I’m in a happy space right now,” she says. 
    So, is she putting an end to doing commercial films? “Not really. Most of my films in Telugu this year are big action entertainers. I’m eagerly looking forward to Manam. I’ve never worked so hard on my character. I think all of us (ANR, Nagarjuna and Naga Chaitanya) surprised ourselves while acting in the film. It’ll make you smile in the end,” she signs off.

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Director Kannan hires a train for his next

Atrain plays a major role in Kannan’s Oru Oorla Rendu Raja. So much so that the director has hired a platform in the Mayavaram railway station along with a train for 10 days for the first schedule. 
    Kannan says, “This train is almost like a character in the film. We will be shooting an important sequence, sort of a flashback, in a station. So, we sought permission from the authorities almost two months ago to shoot at the Mayavaram railway station. We will be shooting from March 6 to 16 there.” 
    The film, which stars Vemal, Priya Anand and Soori, will go on floors today. “We have erected a station set with trains in the city as well,” he adds.


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Mohanlal and Lakshmi in ishqiya remake

After the astounding success of Jilla, vet-eran actor Mohanlal has reportedly been flooded with offers from K'town. The latest on the grapevine is, that the actor will be reprising Naseeruddin Shah's role in the Tamil remake of the 2010 Hindi hit Ishqiya. The Bollywood cult film also starred Vidya Balan and Arshad Warsi in lead roles. Rumour has it that Arya will likely be roped in to play Arshad Warsi's character The producers are likely to cast the southern beauty Lakshmi Rai in the female lead. When the popular actress was contacted, she revealed, "It's too early to comment. But having said that, I 'have' been approached for the Ishqiya remake. We've just had a tele-phonic conversation and we're yet to sit down and discuss the script in detail. Nothing has been finalised as yet. But yes, if all goes well I'd love to do the role as the original had a very strong female lead
character" Sources reveal that, the film will be re-oriented a lit-tle to suit local sensibilities and will be apparently dubbed in Malayalam. Watch this space for further developments.

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Once is not enough

Second outing is a crucial thing for any debut filmmaker who has given a block-buster hit. S.R. Prabhakaran's maiden ven-ture Sundarapandiyan was a smash hit. This time round, he has joined hands with one-film-old Udhayanidhi Stalin who is also in a position to establish his credentials that his debut Oru Kal Oru Kannada was not a flash in the pan. Kadhirvelan (Udhayanidhi), an ardent Anjaneya devotee, travels from Madurai to Kovai to set things right in his sister's (Chaya Singh's) life. There he falls for Pavithra (Nayanthara), his sister's neighbour. It was love at first sight for Kadhir and he fore-goes his bachelorhood and follows Pavithra who works in a TV showroom. However, she tells Kadhir not to pursue her as she has a soft spot for Goutham (Sundar Ramu) who is her long-time friend. When Kadhir realises Goutham's real intention of merely having a good time with Pavithra and drop her after he achieves it, he decides to stay back to win Pavithra's heart. But he has several hurdles to cross to attain his goal. His brother-in-law (Bharath Reddy) is at constant logger-heads with Pavithra's father (Jayaprakash). Also Kadhir's father (Naren) is dead against love marriages and for this very reason, he disowns his daughter when she marries a boy of her choice. How our simple hero overcomes his problems with the help of his loyal 'friend in need is a friend indeed' essayed by Santhanam forms the rest of the story. Udhayanidhi has improved a lot in his acting and dancing abilities from his debut venture. His success mainly lies in the fact that he chooses uncomplicated scripts that
would go well with his demeanor, and keeps 'Comedy King' Santhanam as his company throughout the screen space. So, here in IRK also, he makes no mistakes and it works to a large extent. Santhanam is the scene-stealer and is the strong pillar of the movie, although some of his humour is repetitive. Despite her de-glam role, Mayan appeals and does a neat job. Saranya is as usual a doting mother; Naren, Bharath Reddy and Chaya Singh do what was expected of them. There's hardly any-thing by way of story. The sub-plots are plain and there are no surprising twists. With an ordinary screenplay, one wonders if it was the same director who gave us the notable film Sundarapandiyan. And why would Sundar blurt out his dirty motives towards Mayan to a friend in a crowded coffee shop which makes every head turn? Although Harris Jayaraj's tunes give a feeling of (1011 vu, they are still hummable. Balasubramaniem's visuals are exotic. The movie drags a bit and needs urgent trimming.

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A MENTAL RIDE AWAITS

The trailer of the much anticipated Valeba Raja released recently, and it was well worth the wait — as the KLTA team seems to have come up with a laugh riot again! Billed as a `psycho-comedy'... wait, what exactly is a psycho-comedy anyway? "It's because the film has a lot to do with psychology! It's basi-cally the story of a mentally con-fused guy (Sethu) who is in love with two girls (Nushrat and I) — and he is taking advice from an even more mental person! (Santhanam). I'm actually the most sane character in the movie, and as you might have seen in the trailer, I end up slap-ping Sethu a lot throughout the film!" laughs Vishakha Singh, one of the two hero-ines in the movie. And did she enjoy it? "Oh, I had a blast. Sethu and I are good friends, and I totally went all out going phatak on him a number of times! Its been around 6-8 months since Santhanam and I worked together, but we have a great chemistry, and know each other's timings very well. We just picked up from where we left off earlier in KLTA. Our scenes were shot the fastest," she says. In other news, the feisty actress has also picked up a nomination for Best Breakthrough Performance at the Stardust awards for her role in the runaway hit Fukrey. "It was such a pleasant surprise! I don't expect to win, but being recognised by your peers and contemporaries is a great feel-ing indeed. I really feel happy about it," Vishakha concludes. Oh, I had a blast. Sethu and I are good friends, and I totally went all out going phatakon him a number of times!


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