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Suriya steals the ‘show’

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 07:17 AM PST

Monday (February 27) was an important day for Suriya for the actor took the avatar of a television anchor by hosting ‘Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi’, the Tamil version of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’, on Vijay TV. The actor emerged a winner in this new trade too, as the way he presented the hugely anticipated show won [...]

‘Billa 2′: Audio soon

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 07:14 AM PST

Expectations are already running high on ‘Billa 2′, the 51st film of Ajith. The producers of the film, we learn from reliable sources, are planning to launch the music by the second week of March, at a grand function in Chennai. “Yuvan Shankar Raja has come out with stunning songs, continuing his good show with [...]

How Rajini celebrated his anniversary

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 07:11 AM PST

Superstar Rajinikanth’s family members can’t forget February 26. For it was on this day the Thalaivar married Latha, at a solemn function in the temple town of Tirupati. On Sunday, the 31st wedding anniversary of the couple was celebrated in Chennai. “It was a small family get-together attended by Rajini’s both daughters (Aishwarya and Soundarya) [...]

Rahman’s rocking performance at Oscars

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 07:08 AM PST

Music maestro AR Rahman mesmerised actors, filmmakers, critics and movie buffs all over the world with his performance at the prestigious Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday, as a part of the Oscars band. The two-Oscar winner enthralled the audience throughout the ceremony with his instrumentals and vocals. He had performed his tracks [...]

Kochadaiyaan in London

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 06:38 AM PST

Kochadaiyaan is a film which has created expectations right from Kodambakkam to Japan. This film has Rajnikanth, Shobana, Jackie Shroff, Sarathkumar, Aadhi, Deepika Padukone and Rukmani in the cast. Soundarya Rajnikanth is directing this film under the supervision of director K S Ravikumar. A R Rahman is composing the music. Some interesting tit bits about [...]

Singam 2 in foreign locales

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 06:37 AM PST

Surya and Hari are joining hands once again after Aaru, Vel and Singam in Singam Part 2. The film Singam had Surya, Anushka and Vivek in the cast turned out to be a super hit. Seeing the success of this film, it was remade in Hindi which had Ajay Devgan in the lead role. Hari [...]

We will announce the marriage date soon! Ananya

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 06:35 AM PST

The betrothal function between Ananya and business man Anjaneyan took place recently in Kerala. But that there was news that Anjaneyan was already a married person and Ananya's parents wanted to take action against him and also kept Ananya under house arrest. Ananya while expressing her views on this matter said, “All the news are [...]

Vadivelu says he will turn a politician

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 06:33 AM PST

If reports are to be believed, Vadivelu may soon join a political party and turn a politician. The comedian was recently asked if he would campaign for DMK's victory in the Sankarankoil by-poll. To this, he had replied that he could not campaign as he has to take care of his ailing mother in his [...]

Viswaroopam, Thuppaki and Matraan are progressing well!

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 06:31 AM PST

Good news for the industry people! Finally, the shooting of some Tamil films are progressing in other parts of the country. Due to the FEFSI strike announced nearly a month ago, FEFSI members across India declined to work for Tamil films. Therefore, the shootings of several films came to a halt creating a huge loss [...]

Surya gets Shahrukh Khan’s title

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 06:30 AM PST

Surya is box office's dear child and he has been favouring the producers, distributors and theatre owners spinning them lots of profits. The actor has almost completed shooting for his next film Maatran that is directed by K.V Anand. Since the duo combo of Ayan is all back together, the business is doing great much [...]

Surya makes it big

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 06:22 AM PST

Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi, a game show on Vijay TV kicked off on Monday. It turned out to be the maiden venture of actor Surya on screen. Surya makes it big According to sources, ' the show began on a grand scale winning maximum viewership. Surya's presentation seems to have impressed one and all'. Says [...]

Bhumika does what Asin did

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 06:08 AM PST

Actress Asin played the female lead in Tamil hit Varalaru that featured Ajith in the lead role. The latest buzz is that the movie is being remade in Kannada with Upendra playing the hero. Interestingly Bhumika Chawla, a popular name in Tamil and Telugu film industries has been roped into do the role played by [...]

AR Murugadoss gets the Ilayathalapathy to sing!

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 06:06 AM PST

Ilayathalapathy Vijay will render a song in Thuppaki. Finally, AR Murugadoss and music director Harris Jayaraj has persuaded the star to sing and he has agreed, say sources in the tinsel town. This is not the first time Vijay will be crooning as he has rendered some songs before. It is worth mentioning here that [...]

Song recording for Kochadaiyaan

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 06:05 AM PST

With the kick off for the movie to be announced soon, the song recording from AR Rahman was held recently for Kochadaiyaan. As mentioned earlier, the movie is getting some spices for pre-production stint with Soundarya flying abroad for business deals. Here in the native lands, the technical crew is at slow pedaling with the [...]

Shakthi’s next Yedho Seidhai Ennai

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 06:04 AM PST

Shakthi, the young hero and son of popular film-maker P. Vasu, has signed up a film titled Yedho Seidhai Ennai (YSE). Shakthi plays the male lead in the film opposite newcomer Liyasri. The film is produced by AD Cinemas and has been in progress for the past some months. Anand, Anandbabu, John Vijay, Ilavarasan, Meera [...]

Arjun’s 150th film titled Prasad

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 06:03 AM PST

Arjun is probably the only hero in the country who has been continually starring in action-based films for more than 25 years and still going strong. Born as a Kannadiga with the name Krishnaraja Sarja, Arjun's passion for starring in and making films in Tamil is well-known. The actor is nearing a landmark of 150 [...]