Raja Pattai Vikram’s New Film With Suseendran

Vikram’s new film with Suseendran is to be called Raja Pattai produced by SP Creations. Dheekshs Seth, the gorgeous babe who made a name for herself in the Telugu film industry will be his heroine.

Suseendran, director of films like Vennila Kabaddi Kulu, Naan Mahaan Alla, and Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai will be giving the audience yet another different film with Raja Pattai. This flick is going to be a genre-bender that combines action, romance, and comedy.

The story is set in Chennai, so shooting will proceed in and around the city and is likely to be completed within a span of 60 days. There are five songs in this film. Massive sets are being erected for three of them, while location scouts are hunting for never – before – seen spots abroad for the other two.

Yuvan Shankar Raja will be composing the music. Camera will be handled by Madhie. National award winner, Thambi Ramiah and director Viswanath are also part of the cast.

Velayudham Vijay At Director Jayam Raja Birthday Party

Director Jayam Raja received a pleasant surprise on his birthday. Workaholic that he is, he was busy shooting some sequences for Velayudham at Binny Mills.

During an intermission, he was in for a shock as a beautifully decorated cake was wheeled in with his name on it.

The director was quite overcome with joy and he cut the cake while the entire unit cheered for him and wished him a Happy Birthday.

It turned out that Vijay had planned the whole celebration and kept it a secret from him.

Thoughtful person that he is he had also arranged surprise parties for Hansika, cinematographer Priyan, and Saranya Mohan on their birthdays. Very sweet of him, we must say.

Maveeran Received An A Certificate On Censor Board

Tollywood producer-distributer Allu Aravind’s stupendous blockbuster Magadheera, directed by S.S. Rajamouli with Ram Charan Teja and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles, which is being dubbed in Tamil as Maveeran, received an A certificate from the Censor Board recently.

We have just learnt from the makers that the Tamil version will hit screens on May 27, 2011.

The biggest hit in the history of Telugu Cinema, Magadheera recently completed 600 days. Produced under the banner of Geeta Arts, Magadheera was released worldwide on July 31 last year in around 1200 screens in 14 countries.

The music of Maveeran was launched by Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam in Chennai recently.

100 Percent Love Has Completed Censor Formalities

Director Sukumar’s Naga Chaitanya-Tamannaah starrer 100 Percent Love (also spelt 100% Love) has completed censor formalities.

The film has been awarded a clean ’U’ certificate by the Censor Board on April 27 and the film is now due for release on May 6.

Bunny Vasu, who is making his debut as a producer, expressed his confidence in the success of the film.

100 Percent Love is an entertaining love story. It will appeal mainly to the youth. We have been receiving overwhelming response to the music (scored by Devi Sri Prasad).

The film was completed within the budget and it will surely be a hit, he said.

100 Percent Love is produced under the banner of Allu Aravind’s Geetha Arts. Allu Aravind is the presenter. The film stars Naga Chaitanya as a college student, while Tamannaah plays a village girl.

Engeyum Kadhal Movie Review Tamil Film 2011

Starring: Jeyam Ravi, Hansika Motwani

Direction: Prabhu Deva

Music: Harris Jayaraj

Production: Kalpathy Agoram

Set against the beautiful backdrop of Paris, the world capital of love, Engeyum Kadhal directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by A G S Entertainment, pivots around LOVE, a theme which could be relatable to a wide section of the audience. The film languorously opens up with the Engeyum Kadhal number with Prabhudeva’s slow motion movements criss-crossing the various lovers in Paris and the introduction of his lead characters.

EK is about the rich hero Kamal (Jeyam Ravi) who works hard for 11 months and relaxes for one month in a year and what happens when he meets Kayal Vizhi (Hansika) in one of such sojourns. As the name suggests, it is love love and love everywhere and Prabhu Deva has used this premise to tell his story and the three major components which help him in this undertaking are pleasing cinematography, vibrant music and uber-chic costumes.

Nirav Shah takes us round the breathtaking France and other overseas locales in an enjoyable fashion and Nalini Sriram’s costumes bring about the rich and the trendy look of the lead characters in a fine manner. Harris Jayaraj’s mostly mellifluous numbers are also one of the key positive contributing factors to EK. Having said that, EK almost appears like a musical with a song being thrown in every now and then and Nenjil Nenjil, Nangai and Thee Illai emerge winners from the group.

Although Prabhu Deva has such major supporting features by his side, he has failed to utilize them to the fullest. The intentions may be worthy but the execution is frivolous. This is a clear case of a weak content failing a movie despite support from other departments. The screenplay is given a short shrift by the director and EK goes south in the engrossing scale too.

The love between the lead characters is very shallow and EK never makes you invest enough emotions in its characters. EK is also plagued by feeble characterization. The premise of the film may be soaked in love but the reason why the lead pair falls in love with each other appears very flimsy and lacks depth resulting in a flat and abrupt climax. Added to that, there is no chemistry between Ravi and Hansika.

In the name of comedy Raju Sundaram is irksome and Suman is completely wasted. And the boy who is shown to have a crush on Hansika is a caricature. The lip sync of the heroine is not in tune and the voice of the dubbing artist is highly pretentious. There are not many redeeming factors which makes the two hour and five minutes film seem much longer than its actual period.
Jeyam Ravi looks smart and scores well in the dancing department. It is also interesting to hear him take a dig at his own voice and the ticket checking scene in the train is delightful. But unfortunately such patches of goodness are far and few in between and the film fails to connect.

Verdict: All glitz, no substance

-Behindwoods

Actor Vishal His Next Project Is Walter Vanangamudi

Actor Vishal and his fans are all geared up for the release of his forthcoming movie ‘Avan Ivan.’

While his forthcoming movie is eagerly awaited by all to watch him play “Walter Vanangamudi”, looks like his next project, an action packed thriller under Prabhu Deva’s direction will be titled as ‘Prabhakaran’ or ‘Prabha.’

The movie will see Vishal play the role of a cop, this is his second flick where he plays a cop, his first being ‘Sathyam’ that was well-received by all for his performance.

The movie has Sameera Reddy playing Vishal’s love, and Vivek will entertain the audiences with his comedy scenes, while the music is composed by Vijay Antony.

Sources say that in this movie, Vishal will play a very serious role where the protagonist doesn’t take breaks in doing song sequences with his lady love or joke around but is a serious police officer! They also add that the movie is the remake of Tollywood super hit, ‘Shouryam’ that was directed by Gopichand.

So what’s the update on the progress of the movie? The climax is now being shot in a village near Hyderabad with which around 80% of the movie will be completed. The movie is all set for a release on Independence Day, August 15!

- IndiaGlitz

Engeyum Kadhal Has Been Confirmed For Release On May 6

He is more than six feet tall with good looks and a smile that can knock you down on to your feet – the right material for a lead’s role in any romantic film. And that is exactly what Prabhu Deva has done signing Jayam Ravi as his hero for the soon-to-be-released film ‘Engeyum Kadhal.’ Hansika Motwani will play female lead in this rom-com and this film will make people fall in love with it, claims the director of the film.

The film’s music, which recently hit stands, has been received very well and Harris Jayaraj has delivered yet another hit album with this film. ‘Engeyum Kadhal’ sees Ravi as a young entrepreneur in France for whom love does not exist. Hansika plays a character who is ever in love with love. So what happens when opposites attract forms the matter of ‘Yengeyum Kadhal.’

It is touted that this film will prove very successful for ‘Jayam’ Ravi, for whom success has been eluding of late. Ravi is at the moment neck deep into his next project with Ameer titled ‘Aadhi Bhagavan.’ He plays a character quite contrary to his role in ‘Engeyum Kadhal.’ Sources suggest that he plays the role of an old man in this Ameer offing, most of the details of which are strictly under wraps.

‘Engeyum Kadhal’ is coming with a clean ‘U’ stamp. So make sure you watch the film with your family. We hope you get your money’s worth and chill out with this uber cool offing from Prabhu Deva!

-IndiaGlitz

Rangam Remade In Hindi Version With Akshay Kumar

Jeeva, Karthika starrer Rangam, the dubbed version of the Kollywood film KO will soon hit the big screens.

Meanwhile, there is a strong buzz that the film might soon be remade in Hindi version with Akshay Kumar in the lead.

Akshay, who has recently watched the film is said to have impressed with the script and director’s work and have already started his negotiations with the producers of KO for its remake rights.

If the discussions end fruitfully, Akshay gets the rights and he might produce it under his Hari Om Movies banner with Anthony D’Souza as director.

Well, before coming into the conclusions let’s wait for the official announcement.