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Vishal's sathyam

After Malaikottai, Vishal will be seen in Sathyam which is a high budget film for the dark and handsome actor. For the first time in his career, he will be donning the role of an encounter cop for which he is reported to have had his training from a senior police officer to bring more authenticity to the character.
Sathyam

Nayanthara will be the lady lead for Vishal which has increased the expectations about the film in the industry.

Sathyam is touted to be an action film and stunt master Kanal Kannan is in charge of action sequences. Some time back, there was a report which indicated that due to some misunderstanding, Kanal Kannan had withdrawn from the film. However he is said to have reported for duty at the sets after things have been patched up. Sathyam also features Kannada actor Upendra in a significant role.

Ajith join hands with vijay

Ajith is a one of the few actors in Tamil filmdom, who speaks less and let his movies do all the talking.

An actor to reckon with in the industry with a huge fan-following, he is eagerly awaiting the release of Billa, a remake of Rajnikanth's yesteryear blockbuster titled the same.

2007 has been a wonderful year for Ajith with several awards, accolades and hits going his way. He won the Filmfare award for the best actor, conferred MGR award by the State government, 'Azhwar', 'Kireedom' hit the screens and 'Billa' ready to take wings.

In an enthusiastic mood, the actor called on media persons in Chennai Friday. Over to Ajit now:

On the pressure factor doing the remake of a Rajnikanth film:

“I was actually thrilled to work in it. No sooner we decided to do the remake of 'Billa', we called on Rajnikanth immediately. He blessed us to go ahead with the project, which gave us the courage. So there was no pressure factor in me.”

Whether 'Billa' was an attempt to step in to the shoes of Super Star?

Certainly not. Rajnikanth and Kamal Haasan are role models for the contemporary actors. We can only emulate them. The idea to do the remake of Billa struck me a few years ago. It took shape only now.

On the plethora of remake movies and remix songs in Kollywood:

I was impressed watching the remix of yesteryear’s song Thottal Poo Malarum by A R Rahman. It struck me immediately that when a three-minute song can be retuned and remixed to become a big hit, why not a yesteryear movie.

Will he act with Vijay again?

No. We both are good friends. We have great respect for each other but have adopted different style and approach. There is only a healthy competition between us. There is little possibility of both acting together as we are busy with various assignments.

Next movie?

It will be for Ayngaran International. Choreographer Raju Sundaram will direct the movie.

Ajith join hands with shanker

Ajith has finally accepted to don the role of shankers dream project ROBOT.At first it was kamal
who was to do and later king khan who had accepted to act and produce the film.So finalloy the chance goes to the ultimate star who has not been able to proven his worth in recent times.How ever he is confident after the billa experiment.
Despite being the leading stars, Ajith and Vijay haven’t done any film with ace director Shankar, who has proved his mettle as a leading director with guaranteed success, handling big stars and big budget. Hence, acting in his film is a dream of many heroes.

It is believed that Ajith will come to Shankar’s film after finishing his next directed by dancer turned director Raju Sundaram.The coming together of the Ajith, who has a good opening despite his failures, and Shankar, a proven victor, could prove to be a deadly combination.

Oram po

Introduction:
Movie that takes kollywood to bollywood.might be a trend setter.i mentioned this word because you see only in bolly wood covering these areas of peoples life.A definite entertainer.The movie starring arya has been released very late than xpected.while its songs have created xpectations in audience mind.The movie looks into the world of a section of Chennai auto rickshaw drivers as realistic as possible. The approach by debutant directors Pushkar and Gayatri is refreshingly new, as they do not look at them from outside. They make a sincere attempt to look at their lives from within.

Plot:

Chandru (Arya) and ‘Bigilu’ (Lal) are close friends. Chandru is an expert in auto race and Bigilu, a mechanic is an expert in customizing the autos to run at a dream speed of 130 km/hr.Son of Gun (John Vijay) is the chief of rival group who wants to outsmart Chandru-Bigilu group. Chandru, the race champ tries to settle his dues for his auto through a race, which is almost a cakewalk for him. He and Bigilu challenge Son of Gun to a race. And the day for race is fixed.

Bigilu meanwhile introduces Chandru to his sister running a Biriyani shop. Chandru is attracted towards her daughter (Pooja), and woos her into his fold. The affair grows stronger and ends in sex. The care free auto driver however, is not interested in long term commitment and tells it on the face of the girl. Shocked Pooja curses him and moves away from him. The champion gets distracted on the D day because of the memories of his love affair and fails in the race. He looses his auto and later his dearest friend Bigilu, who comes to know about his affair.

The sub plot of the search for the missing diamonds by a smuggler adds flavour to the proceedings. The unpredictable and fun filled climax puts everything in order.

Arya looks credible as an auto driver but struggles to exude varied emotions demanded by various situations. His expressions are monotonous and hence tend to be boring. His expressions in the race and in wine shop sequences are impressive. He also scores in romantic sequences.

Pooja fits into the casual girl who serves Biriyani in her father’s mess. Her chemistry with Arya is good. She has enacted the romance, disappointment, and anger well.

Lal as an elderly friend to the hero gets a sumptuous role and does it convincingly. He handles the character with ease. John Vijay plays the villain cum comedian role perfectly. His presence lights up the proceedings and his handling of Nellai dialect is simply enjoyable.

Others including Vijay TV fame Jagan (Chandru’s friend), Ashwini (Chandru’s sister), and Nellai Siva are competent. The debutant director duo has avoided melodrama and sentiments. The narration is simple and smooth. The turning points are convincing. The script has avoided the routine sequences one could expect from this kind of stories. The separation and reunion of Lal and Arya are handled well.

The story has many threads like the financial problems of the protagonist, his casual love affair, the race, the tug of war between two groups, the diamond mystery, and the ups and downs of the friendship between Lal and Arya. All these threads have been deftly put together to make a neat script.

MUSIC:

Music needs special mention in this movie.The music by G.V. Prakash Kumar goes with the tone of the movie. It is loud and entertaining. The background score add spice to the proceedings. ‘Nandavanathil’ song fits into the narration perfectly. The lyrics by Na. Muthukumar and the rendition by Manikka Vinayagam are impressive. The item song is enticing in terms of picturization and music as well. Alka Yagnik’s voice is mesmerizing.

PLUS:

• Music
• bigillu role
• direction
• stunts
• T.R's song gam ganapathy
  

MINUS:

• Son of gun is odd one out

Overall:
orampo a treat of entertainer.

Kalluri

INTRODUCTION:

Balaji Sakthivel, who has given us an amazing film 'Kadhal' is undoubtedly a good filmmaker. In fact he has been one of the trendsetters in the recent times for realistic films that defy the set rules. Kalloori, his latest offering under the banner of director Shankar’s 'S' Pictures, has reiterated Balaji’s mettle as a filmmaker who attempts to make meaningful movies.

KALLORI:

'Kallori' is a simple story told in a straight forward manner. It revolves around a group of friends. The portrayal of these friends with varied background provides you an experience of living amidst the circle. The various colours and shades of each person and the emotional ups and downs keep the movie going. The depiction of the sublime friendship is near perfect.

PLOT:

The film begins in a bus that has a lot of collage students heading towards Government Arts Collage in a small town. A set of friends are introduced as long term friends. There is a small build up to the introduction of the hero (Muthu played by newcomer Akhil), who is part and parcel of the circle. All are studying in the same class. They enter into the collage for the first time.

In the class room they see a new girl (Shobhana played by Tamanna), who is strikingly different from the lot. She looks fair. She looks sad. She is aloof. The group sympathizes for her and brings her into its fold. The girl soon becomes part and parcel of the group.

The movie goes on to narrate the collage life with fun and colour. It shows the strength of the friendship besides showing the backgrounds of the friends. Most of them are from poor background. The protagonist has an aim in his life. Being an athlete, he wants to excel in sports and get a good job through sports quota to give his poor family a new lease of life.

Shobhana, a rich girl from an upper caste feels for the boy and helps him achieve his goal. In fact every friend does the same thing but Shobhana does it with some sort of special attachment. Slowly the love develops in the minds of both but they chose to put it on the back seat for the sake of the larger friendship they share with the group. In fact the poor lovers don’t even share their feelings.

The narration moves on to a point when they are compelled by the circumstances to come out with their feelings but life has some other designs. Balaji Saktivel has remarkably recreated the collage atmosphere and the bondage between the friends. The script has deftly handled the struggle between love and friendship. No scene or turning point seems to be unnatural and contrived. He has amazingly extracted natural performances from the cast that is full of newcomers. He has thankfully avoided melodrama and clichéd sentiments.

He has executed some scenes with aplomb. The death in Saleema’s house and the game in the rain stay in our memory. The development of love looks natural. Balaji has worked well in minute things. The grandma of Shobhana sounds proud when she tells about her ancestors. She suddenly turns shy when she mentions about her husband.

The script however, lacks the excitement, which could keep the interest of the audience intact. Though the proceedings are natural and enjoyable, they lack an element that could hold your attention. The result is that you tend to see the movie with a laid back approach.

The climax is powerfully conceived and executed. The shocking mishap that reminds you a real life gruesome happened in Tamilnadu a few years ago. No doubt that it is credibly portrayed. But it doesn’t fit well into the script which moves in a different path right from the beginning. The climax has no answers to the questions raised by the proceedings. It actually evades the crucial issue of the struggle between friendship of a group and the love between two persons among them.

PLUS:

• tamana done justice to her role
• music
• script

MINUS:

• Logical errors could have been corrected
• climax
  

Overall:
The movie is has natural narration, amazing visual quality, effective music and credible performances. The lack of excitement and the less convincing climax weakens the remarkable efforts of the director and his team.

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Evano oruvan

INTRODUCTION:
So much awaited movie of madhavan Evano oruvan has finally reached the screens this friday.
this is a remake of a kannada block buster.with sangeetha as a heroine.Hope it goes well with the socity message.

PLOT:
The film opens with showing the routine of a family that lives in the outskirts of Chennai. The routine is full of struggles for various things like water, space in a train, time to relax, and of course, money.

Sridharan Vasudevan (Madhavan) is constantly disturbed by the corruptive and insensitive system. He is too sensitive to tolerate these things. He is too honest to indulge in dubious methods to fulfill his desires.

Result? He becomes unfit in the society. He is humiliated by everyone. His honesty is perceived as weakness by his wife (Sangeetha). The submissive man is provoked by his wife. Provoked by his colleagues. Provoked by the shop keepers.

The pressure grows. It gets more and more intensified by each passing day. One day he bursts into action. He turns violent.

The violence puts him in more isolation. He swings into impulsive action whenever and wherever he sees injustice. He is now chased by the police. Finally he is defeated but his actions touch the right chord in the public conscience.

Nishikanth Kamath has successfully depicted the pressure undergone by an ordinary citizen, who wants to live according to the laws and rules. The metamorphosis of the protagonist is convincingly portrayed. Nishikanth hasn’t shown him as a superman who could bring about miraculous change overnight. He has shown the power of righteous anger of an honest man and the limitations of an average middle class man. He raises sharp questions against the system on behalf of the ordinary citizen without providing any solution.

The director has conceived and executed many scenes well. The telephonic conversation between husband and wife is one such scene. The two living in two different worlds unsuccessfully trying to communicate with each other has been excellently portrayed. Seeman’s introspective conversation with his wife in the midnight too stands out. The investigation process – particularly the interrogation with the wife – is credible. The character of the beggar boy is etched out well.

The director however, slips in his approach to the script and the concept. Though Sridharan’s outburst against the shop owner is a stupid act, it can still be accepted as a natural outburst of a terribly disturbed man. But the stupidity continues and the film moves on the same path. The film struggles to move ahead. Madhavan and Seeman keep on churning out thought provoking messages. The ending is touching but not revealing.

PLUS:

• madhavan has done justice to his charecter
• sangeetha a perfect suit of a middle class house wife
• sreeman plays his own part well
• background music P. Sameer
• The camera work by Sanjay Jadav is marvelous

MINUS:

• Should have had the tamil viewers in mind
• logic gets hurt in certain places

Overall:
Nishikanth has made a sincere and commendable effort. He has executed many scenes well and extracted some top class performances. Had he worked more meticulously on focusing his ideas and the way they have been translated into a film, 'Evano Oruvan' could have been a memorable experience.

A man in your society.

nayantara smoking habbit

While gaining on the weight side, nayan let her vices take over her and eventually bring her downfall. She was recently seen at a Filmfare Awards party in Hyderabad throwing up. Friends took her to her house after the mishap.

Now to add to her list of problems, she seems to finding it hard to breathe having been smoking for so long. Her sensuous lips have gone black and her skin too her has been affected by this vice of hers. Her personal health advisors have advised against continuing her smoking habit if she wishes to top the actress charts in Kollywood. She is now struggling to come down from four packs to one pack a day.

Poor girl she doesn't know that her secret was not in how she looked but in her bubbly self.

Billa: a music review

Billa: will it release on 12th december?
on the other sides the over all songs also not satisfing as xpected except the fans.


While Don's Revisited and Chase Begins Again themes were phenominal, the rest of the song seems to be stock tunes from his earlier hit with Director Vishuvardhan (ironically, the one directing this remake) Pattiyal. Time-pass I guess.
So this is ultimate stars ajith much awaited movie BILLA
remake of rajinikaths movie of the same title starring nayantara,prabhu,namitha and many more leading artist of the kolly wood.

comments on billa songs:

My name is Billa ends up becoming a short remix with some unclear vocals of singer Naveen. It's a track that's still needs time getting used to. For that, we blame MSV. Not for his music, but rather our habitual growth with the SPB tune.

The other two tracks, Naan Muttum (a pale copy of "Yeh Mera Dil" [DON] and Sei, not being the "Aaj Ki Raat" [DON]. Just imagine Sunitha Sarathy or some pop singer with some techno jig and groove and bam, there's your filler tracks.

Sevval Kodi [Maurya Re] is proably the best track I've heard in this album. For that we must thank Vijay Yesudas for giving me the grace of de-grading this review. I'm not sarcastic. Great instrumentals!

With bated breath my favorite song of the 80s Billa was "Vethalaya Pothendi" by Malaysia Vasudevan [Their version of Khaike Paan Banaraswala.] Here's it's all jazzed up with some kuthu-ized percussion and there's your remix. Add in Shankar Mahadevan and subtract the "Vasudevan" out while shooting it in "Malaysia" (pun intended). Again, it's more or less gone the way of the recent Vijay flop movie Azhagiya Tamil Magan's hit track "Ponmagal Vanthaal." This also goes the same for "My Name is Billa."

In the end, Billa 2007 ends up being an average album. In comparison to this remake and Last year's blockbuster in hindi,the latter had some great tunes. Here's it's all re-mixed and re-jazzed instead of the "Stealthness" it Enjoy "Sevval Kodi" and "Theme Music" and forget the rest.
The trailler just rocks asof now.But will it reach the box office.God only knows?