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Simbu-Varalakshmi’s next film titled Podaa Podi, First Look Stills

The photoshoot of Simbu-Varalakshmi’s next film titled Podaa Podi was done in Mumbai by Dabboo Ratnani, the famous still photographer who rarely does films in Tamil.

Tamil SUPREME Star Sarath Kumar’s daughter Varalaxmi (Varu) makes her debut opposite Simbu in “Podaa Podi”.

Kollywood Film Poi Solla Porom Review

Star-casts Karthik, Piya, Omar, Nasser, ‘Nedumudi’ Venu, Mouli, Bosky, John Vijay, Balaji, George, Justina, Lakshmi, Pittu and others
Banner: UTV Productions, 4 Frames
Production: Ronnie Screwvala - Priyadarshan
Script and Direction: Vijay (Based on Hindi flick Kosla Ka Kosla)
Music: M.G. Sri Kumar
Background Score: Gopi Sundar
Lyrics: Na. Muthu Kumar
Cinematography: Aravind Krishna
Editing: Antony
Art: Selva Kumar
Choreography: Gayathri Raguram

New genres and new surprises with the recent releases and here comes another one. Saroja, Alibaba, the last week’s releases weren’t off A-rated star casts and yet made it bigger across the masses with the appealing storyline. On the pars, Poi Solla Porom with an unique theme and pleasant deliverance is sure to provide entertainment and Elite groups.

Dibakar Banerjee’s Kosla Ka Kosla made in 2006 didn’t make it so bigger in box-office, for those sorts of flicks were just clichés. Remaking the film exactly, Vijay does modify it with comedy elements suiting to the tastes of Tamil audiences. Indeed, the emotional aspects too work well.

The film opens with Nedumudi Venu dreaming about his irony death and his family members are not paying any attention to the situations. The nightmare disturbs him a lot and immediately he wakes up in the early morning. The same day he gets along with his family members of his wife (Lakshmi), elder son Ooplinathan (Karthik Kumar), younger son (Omar) and his daughter (Justina) to plot he had purchased with his savings. Indeed, Nedumudi Venu is so curious to build his dream house, but it’s shocking for him to know that it has been acquired by a real estate bigwig baby (Nasser).

Nasser is so stubborn that he would return the land to Nedumudi if he agrees him to pay Rs.15Lakhs. Nothing helps the victimized family, not even the gundas and policemen for everyone is on Baby’s side. When Omar using the help of gundas breaks down the walls raised by Baby at their plot, Nedumudi is pushed behind the bars… When the entire hopes are dashed down, Karthik Kumar gets the aid of Bosky who was once a partner of Baby in forging fake land documents and got cheated by him.

Added to this Karthik’s girlfriend Piya, her father (Mouli) and their team are running a drama group. Now, takes the bigger twist of game that the entire group plays against Baby and win back their lost properties.

In simple, Poi Solla Porom dealing with middle-class issues is sure to attract the B and C set of audiences, but the execution is precisely taking Multiplexes group of audiences into fleet of delightedness. An intelligent move by Director Vijay and congrats to Jaideep Sahni, scriptwriter of original version Kosla Ka Kosla.

Nothing to blame on the star-casts for everyone have hit the bull’s eyes with their trenchant piece of performance. Nothing looks artificial: be it a father offering his sons a treat of hot drinks and mother preparing side dish (remember the father hasn’t sipped the alcohols even once before in his lifetime) or Nasser interacting with the site watchman Muthu Karuppan, they are awesome. Omar overbeats Karthik at many points with his performance and he is the exact replica of what each son would do in real life to get out of troublesome situation.

Mouli, Nasser and Nedumudi Venu: these versatile actors bring the entire spotlights under them. Piya hasn’t got much to perform, but with her cute and homely looks, she is sure to attract everyone.

What makes Kosla Ka Kosla and Poi Solla Porom differ from each other? Not the script or screenplay for they are same. But the comedy blended dialogues and sometimes emotional carries the entire film more rigid.

Songs aren’t so appealing for they go along with the story. Thanks to Vijay: you don’t have to get struck with unwanted romance sequence or dream songs. But, the cute pair Karthik and Piya presented with bit of romance sequences would have been a sense of attraction for youth groups, especially lovers. Background Score by Gopi Sundar blended with the cinematography of Aravind Krishna offers a grand visual treat. But it doesn’t look like Antony has edited the cuts and transitions…

On the whole, Poi Solla Porom is a great light entertainment. Watch it without expectations and you will like it for sure. But, the multiplexes will have the shows booked houseful for several weeks.

Bottom - Line: Treat for multiplex audiences

Verdict: Worth Watching

Shreya and Trisha are Pursuit of heroines for the film ‘Marmayogi’

Wow! The hot missy girls are finally shoring on for a big project. Pursuit of heroines for the film ‘Marmayogi’ started all the way soon much before the release of Dasavatharam. Hema Malini was the first one to be signed in for the project while the rumors about other heroines getting in where published.

But, Kamal Haasan had his hopes dashed with most of the leading heroines refusing his offer including Bollywood’s Kajol and Shriya Charan. Finally, Trisha was roped into the project signing her call sheet for continuous 100 days and Shriya has confirmed.

Shooting for the film will hit the floors of Sweden by next month and Kamal Haasan is in talks with other heroines too. Rest of the star-casts and crewmembers would be soon specified. A.R.Rahman has started composing background score to the film as well working parallel on Rajnikanth’s Endhiran.

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The 54th National Film Awards were awarded by Indian President Pratibha Patil at the Vigyan Bhawan in the Capital on Tuesday

The 54th National Film Awards were awarded by Indian President Pratibha Patil at the Vigyan Bhawan in the Capital on Tuesday after a delay of almost one year. This award was the 54th National Film awards for the year 2006.

It was the country’s regional cinema that dominated the ceremony with Priyanandanan bagging the best film award for his Malyalam film Pulijanmam.

Soumitra Chatterjee was named the best actor for Bengali film Podokkhep, while Priyamani was judged best actress for her performance in Tamil film Paruthi Veeran.

The Best Popular award went to Sanjay Dutt starrer Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Rajkumar Hirani were present to receive the award.

Lifetime Achievement Awards were presented to Dilip Kumar, veteran actress Saroja Devi and Lata Mangeshkar whose award was collected by Adinath Mangeshkar on her behalf.

Filmmaker Tapan Sinha was awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke Award that was collected by Anandya Sinha in his place.

CNN-IBN’s video journalist N Dinesh Rajkumar recieved a national award for Best First Film in the Non-Fiction category.

Video Journalist, CNN-IBN Dinesh Rajkumar say, “With the National Film awards for 2006 done with, we are waiting for the announcement for 2007.

The announcement is expected later this month which will bring the National Film awards up to date.

Shankar Movie Endhiran - The Robot First Look

Director Shankar’s Endhiran (The Robot) with Superstar Rajinikanth and alluring Aishwarya Rai in chief roles is set to begin finally with the cameras on roll auspiciously on September 8th at America.

It’s official at last. The shooting of Shankar’s Endhiran (Robot), which is being billed as Kollywood’s most historic venture, is to begin on September 8.

Industry sources said director Shankar, superstar Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai Bacchan left for the US on Friday along with a 40-member crew to film two songs for the film.

The movie, which has generated a lot of interest, boasts of a fabulous creative team including director Shankar, music director A R Rahman and ace cameraman Rathnavelu.

While Mary E Vogt, the well known designer who has worked in Hollywood movies like Men in Black, Batman Returns and Inspector Gadget will be designing the scientific outfits for the sci-fi movie, the animatronics of the film will be handled by the Stan Winston Studio (USA), which was responsible for the impressive animation sequences in movies such as Predator, Jurassic Park, Pearl Harbor, Iron man and the Terminator. The visual effects and animatronics co-ordination will be done by Indian Artiste.

Stunt director Yuen Woo Ping, who made audiences gasp with his stunts in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Matrix and Kill Bill, has been put in charge of the action sequences of the movie.

Hollywood companies like ILM, Tippet, Café EFX; and Hong Kong companies like Centro and Menfond have been roped in to work on VFX. The movie is being produced by Ayngaran International Films Pvt Ltd., and Eros International.

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie is struggling with depression ever since the birth of her twins Vivienne and Knox two months ago.

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie is struggling with depression ever since the birth of her twins Vivienne and Knox two months ago.

The actress is exhausted by the sleepless nights caused due to her twins' constant weeping and has called in doctors over concerns for her newborns' health, reports dailymail.co.uk.

According to the National Enquirer, the babies are said to be suffering from colic, a common but largely unexplained condition that causes repeated episodes of excessive and inconsolable crying.

Another magazine In Touch has stated that the babies' constant state of distress has caused Jolie to slip into 'depression mode', prompting fears she may be suffering post-natal depression.

"The 33-year-old has been trying to control her emotions around her older children Maddox, 7, Pax, 4, Zahara, 3, and Shiloh, 2, but her mood swings have been hard on the entire family," said a source. The source added: �She cries at the drop of a hat and laughs at inappropriate times.

"I'm not copying Bipasha in Trishna. It is no doubt a remake of Jism, but there are certain differences," said Rituparna

Rituparna Sengupta is all set to sizzle in the Bengali remake of Bipasha Basu-John Abraham-starrer Hindi film Jism, but she says that unlike the Bollywood actress it would be a challenge for her to play "a sexy loner" convincingly in Trishna.

"I'm not copying Bipasha in Trishna. It is no doubt a remake of Jism, but there are certain differences," said Rituparna, who is paired opposite newcomer Angshuman in the film.

"Bipasha did the film at the beginning of her career and people found it easier to identify her with her character in the film. But look at me... I have done so many roles over the last 10 years and it will be challenging for me to fit in the role of a sexy loner," she said.

Rituparna has gone in for a complete makeover for the film by debutant director Pritam Jalan. "My fans will find me in a completely new avatar with curled hair, smoky eyes and skimpy clothes. I'm sure this film is going to set a new trend in the Bengali film industry.

"My character Piyasha is one synonymous with desire. So I spent long sessions with fashion designer Suchismita to decide my costumes in the film. For the first time you will find me doing lots of skin show. But I have not done anything beyond my comfort level."

Shooting for the film has already begun in Kolkata and its suburbs. Asked whether West Bengal's orthodox audience would accept her in her new bold avatar, Rituparna said: "I'm not sure. Honestly speaking, the film is so irresistible that I'm risking my hard-earned reputation by doing it. But I have full faith in my fans."

Of late Bengali filmmakers have been influenced by Bollywood movies and now this remake. Does it mean it is running short of ideas? "I don't agree. In fact, the Bengali film industry is becoming more balanced between creativity and commercialisation. And if Bollywood can remake south Indian and Hollywood films, why can't we do so! After all, what matters is entertaining the audience with good movies," she quipped.

Rituparna debuted in the Hindi film industry with Main Meri Patni Aur Woh and later featured in Sirf. She is also doing Manish Gupta's Saab Chai Pani, Kalpana Lajmi's woman-oriented Mujhe Rang De with Isha Koppikar and Srinivas's Love Game in which she is paired opposite Randeep Hooda.

Bipasha and John's off-screen chemistry worked as a catalyst for their on-screen pairing in Jism. But Rituparna says she feels more sisterly towards actor Anshuman. "Anshuman is a newcomer and very shy. During the steamy scenes he used to go literally red. I won't say he is my brother because that will send wrong cues to people, but I do feel sisterly towards him," she said.

Venkat Prabu's Kollywood Movie Saroja Stills and Actress Gallery

Kollywood Venkat Prabhu Movie Saroja Review

Starring: Jayaram, Prakash Raj, Sampath, Siva, Vaibhav, Premji Amaran, SPB Charan, Vega, Nikitha and many others.
Banner: Amma Creations
Production: T.Siva
Story, Screenplay, Dialogues and Direction: Venkat Prabhu
Music Yuvan Shankar Raja
Cinematography: Sakthi Saravanan
Editing: Praveen-Srikanth

Fun and Frolic remains the basic concept of Venkat Prabhu. Striding with success in his debut directorial Chennai 600028 with emotions and fun blended, Saroja is a edge-seated thriller with lots of fun. In simple, the genre of comedy-thriller is something new to Kollywood and Venkat Prabhu does it the right way. Not a big star-casts or top-charting technicians in the unit: so what does it make Saroja, an excellent film? Stupendous screenplay of a simple script with equal show of emotions, thriller and comedy does make it unique. Still makes us wondering, why the most leading producers in the town didn’t realize the potential of Venkat Prabhu and offer him the chance. Congratulations and heartily thanks to Producer Siva for opting for the right director….

So, what does Saroja center on? Anything tried with a different script? Not at all….

An already foreseen stories revolving around a son or daughter of a rich tycoon abducted for money: protagonist getting onto the help the parents in rescuing them. Saroja travels on the similar storyline, but the narration is more and much different.

Ajay Raj (Shiva) a TV artist, Ganesh (Premgi) a fun guy, and two brothers Jagapathi Babu (S.P.B Charan) and Ram Babu (Vaibhav) are close friends residing in Chennai, who kill their time catching up together. Saroja (Vega), 12th standard student is the daughter of richest businessman Viswanathan (Prakash Raj) in Hyderabad. Both the parents don’t have concern for their daughter as they keep going on their own ways. All these characters are well established with their own lives unlinked. But there takes a turn of twist, when the four youngsters head Hyderabad for a cricket match between India and Pakistan. Well, things get frizzled obstruction as a heavy container lorry is turned upside down on the road due to an accident. With no option left, they take their own way assuming it to be the short cut to Hyderabad. Meanwhile, Viswanathan receives a phone call that his daughter has been abducted and they demand for money. He takes the aid of his close friend Ravichandran (Jayaraman), assistant commissioner of police.

Getting through the short-cut route, they get more tightened up with the route they travel on. They haven’t gone through it before. Over there, they find something mysterious happening there and it more horrific for them when a police officer is murdered by group of unknown people murdered. However, they escape from the place without any troubles and while they are yet to catch a goods train that is running by the place, Jagathpathy Babu realizes that he has dropped his purse over there that carries his identity card and all his details. With no option left, all of them return to the same place and find that a girl has been tied there and it is none other than Saroja. Well, they get her freed and run together outside fighting against the baddies. But things aren’t so simple as they expected. Again starts a roller coaster ride of thriller with unexpected twists and turns.

All the 4 characters have done an excellent job that is so naturalistic and none of them are caricatured by Venkat Prabhu. They are so real on the screen making us feel they one amongst us.

They way they handle the situation with their brilliance and inability to fight in action is so pure and realistic. Prakash Raj and Jayaram have done splendid jobs doing justice their roles. Premgi Amaran steals the show with his enchanting rib-trickling comedy tracks. However, may be so serious the situation, Premgi keeps working out his comedy. Especially, saying the dialogues of Vijay and Rajnikanth’s Sivaji dialogues, ‘Cool’, ‘I was cornered, I was helpless’ are awesome and mind blowing as they raise us from our seats and applaud with great laugh.

Venkat Prabhu’s narration style is somewhat relevant to Babel and Bollywood flick Sunday. The time display shown on the screen is somewhat the same we see in Sunday…. Some the sequences do resemble Mysskin’s Anjathey, but up to certain extent.

Yuvan Shankar Raja’s musical score adds more to the film, but songs are really not necessary.

Yup! 2.45 hrs of thriller and songs doesn’t get merely matching up for the screenplay. Sakthi Saravanan’s cinematography is really nourishing with richness and top-notched quality. Especially, 98% of the film shot in dark night is a stupendous work. Praveen-Srikanth editing works strengthens up the thriller and tension. But, there is bit of immature works by using lots of plug-ins as much as possible.

Venkat Prabhu hits the bull’s eyes with a trenchant piece of work…. Saroja is the best film that can be watched more than once.

Bottom - Line: Simply best and new

Verdict: Must watch film

Kollywood Actress Tamanna and Dhanush in Padikathavan Movie Stills

Dhanush plays the lead role in Padikathavan movie. After Yaaradi Nee Mohini the next venture of Dhanush is Padikathavan movie. Padikathavan movie directed by Suraj. Featuring Tamanna opposite Dhanush, the movie Padikathavan is produced by Vijaya Vauhini Productions.

Dhanush, son in law of actor rajnikanth is following his footsteps in selecting the title. After the success of polladhavan dhanush now choos Padikathavan as his new film title.