Shankar’S Favoritism 3 Idiots

Just as Bharathiraja mentions about Shankar’s taste for quality films, the filmmaker comes with plethoric praises for certain movies. Much precisely, he has openly appraised ‘3 Idiots’ as a wonderful film that has entertained almost every class of audiences.‘Recently, I watched the film ‘3 Idiots’ was just awestruck with the making style, it’s ingredients and a social message that has influenced present-age people to a greater magnitude’ says Shankar, who is busy now shooting for the patch-up works of ‘Endhiran’.Adding more onto this, the filmmaker said that he would like make such films that surely have a great impact on audiences.Will Shankar have an eye for this remake now? Guess what? The entire town is excited about his talk and maybe he has the ability to bring the titans together and remake it with ostentating colors.

Karan launches ‘Saidhai Chella’ audio

Actor Karan and RK graced over the occasion of audio launch of ‘Saidhai Chella’ that took place last evening at Film Chamber. The film is produced by S.R.M. and is directed by Seethapathi with debutant Vijay Anand and Mithuna enacting lead roles along with S.R. Mugesh, Seetha, Amjad Khan, Ponnambalam, Mayilsamy, ‘Chaplin’ Balu and others performing vital roles.
John Peter has tuned melodies to the lyrics of Neela Megan and V.M. Udhaya Shankar handling editing. N. Ravi has handled cinematography and Ramesh Reddy, Anand and Senthamarai have choreographed dance.
Director Harirajan, Director Pavitharan, FEFSI President VC Guganathan, Producer Swaminathan and others were also present for the audio launch.

Veteran Ravi - “A.R.Rahman’s music is Fast food’

When the entire globe is praising A.R. Rahman with such titles – Madras Mozart, academy award winner, Grammy winner and so on, ace music director Ravi is precisely dismayed with this musician. Know what? The music director has blatantly mentioned that A.R. Rahman’s musical score as a fast-food, which is simpleterms means – ‘Junk Food’.
Music Director Ravi was present in Sri Lanka to attend the musical program – Geeth Maduri 2010… During that occasion, Ravi said, “There isn’t any synch between the lyrics and music scored by music director A.R. Rahman. But Ilayaraja can be regarded as the God of contemporary music as he gives more prominence for lyrics.”
Ravi is well known in golden period of Hindi cinema as he made spellbinding works with ‘Ghunghat’, ‘Gharana’, ‘Grashti’, ‘Do Kaliyan’ and more.

Suriya’s Hindi film Images Photos

WaltT Disney Signed up Shruti Haasan

Shruti Haasan and Siddharth have reportedly been signed up by Walt Disney Company India. The stars, sources say, will work together in a Telugu film which will be directed by Prakash Rao Kovelamudi. Shruti has been juggling her career plans from acting and music and this film offer is expected to cement her place in the film industry as an actress. The Telugu film has not been titled yet. But reports are in that it will be a fantasy epic.

A R Rahman on South Scope Mar 2010 Cover Page Stills Images

Ram Charan Launching South Scope A.R. Rahman Cover Page

ARR ‘Jai Ho’ World Tour starts June 11

A R Rahman will be embarking on a ‘Jai Ho’ concert worldwide tour from June this year. The "A R Rahman Jai Ho Concert: The Journey Home World Tour" kicks off on June 11 at the Nassau Coliseum in New York and will extent to over 16 major cities worldwide.

For this world tour A R Rahman will be collaborating with choreographer-director Amy Tinkham, who has created stage shows for the likes of Paul McCartney, Madonna, Britney Spears, Dixie Chicks, Motley Crue, etc. The concerts are said to include spectacular special effects and global cast of dancers and musicians inspired by his native India. It is termed as a “virtual journey through beauty, culture, and spirituality”.
The concerts will include songs from 'Slumdog Millionaire' as well as the Indian films 'Lagaan', 'Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na', 'Dil Se', 'Rang De Basanti', 'Roja' and others.
Here are the tour dates for the ‘A R Rahman Jai Ho Concert: The Journey Home World Tour’:
Jun. 11: Uniondale, N.Y. (Nassau Coliseum)
Jun. 12: Atlantic City, N.J. (Boardwalk Hall Arena)
Jun. 13: Washington, D.C. (Patriot Center)
Jun. 18: Chicago, Ill. (Sears Centre Arena)
Jun. 19: Detroit, Mich. (Pontiac Silverdome)
Jun. 20: Toronto, Ontario (Air Canada Centre)
Jun. 26: San Francisco, Calif. (Oracle Arena)
Jun. 27: Los Angeles, Calif. (The Forum)
Jul. 2: Dallas, Texas (American Airlines Center)
Jul. 3: Houston, Texas (Houston Toyota Center)
Jul. 9: Amsterdam, Netherlands (Ohio Arena)
Jul. 10: Paris, France (Bercy)
Jul. 18: Oslo, Norway (Oslo Spektrum)
Jul. 23: Glasgow, Scotland (SECC)
Jul. 24: Manchester, England (M.E.N. Arena)
Jul. 25: London, England (O2 Arena)
Jul. 26: London, England (Wembley Stadium)
Additional dates are yet to be announced. For ticket information, visitwww.arrahman.com.

Shriya replaces Trisha in Don Seenu

Shriya who has a foot in all the south languages has replaced Trisha in a film. The fairy who was out of Tollywood for some time is returning with a bang. Her comeback film in Telugu opposite Ravi Teja is ‘Don Seenu’, which was originally offered to Trisha.

But Trisha who is still busy shooting for her first Hindi film ‘Khatta Meeta’ with Akshay Kumar will not be able to get ready for ‘Don Seenu’ in time. More over Trisha also has another big film in Tamil ‘Yavarum Kelir, directed by K S Ravikumar, which requires bulk dates from her. As she will be seen with Kamal Haasan- Madhavan in ‘Yavarum Kelir’ she can’t afford to mess up. Smart Trisha so opted out of the Telugu film.

Meanwhile Shriya‘s first Malayalam film ‘Pokkiri Raja’ with Mammootty and Prithviraj is ready and she is waiting for her moment in Kollywood.
Shriya is returning to Tollywood after almost five years. She will also be seen doing an item number for S J Suryah directed ‘Puli’ with Pawan Kalyan.

Aishwarya Rai becomes jewel designer

Miss Universe Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has now got herself engaged into a new business. It seems that the actress has believed that she is slightly getting aged and would gradually loose out offer in mere future. Well, that makes her opt for a different business now.

According to the closer sources, the actress has been spending quality time over designing jewels. Right now, she has almost completed shooting for Rajnikanth’s ‘Endhiran’ and Manirathnam’s ‘Raavana’ in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.
As well, she is busy shooting for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Hindi film ‘Guzarish’, where she pairs opposite Hrithik Roshan in female lead.
So, we can expect decorous designs from the beautiful actress. Regrettably, the actresses in Bollywood aren’t left with options just as our heroines get into small screen ventures.

Aishwarya – Vikram Chemistry

Vikram is all smiles about the way ‘Raavan’ is being shaped up by Mani Ratnam. The ‘Cheeyan’ says the film is going to be a milestone in his career sine he is playing the protagonist in the Tamil version and antagonist in the Hindi version, which has not been attempted so far by any actor.

“This shows the immense faith Mani sir had on me. I was stunned to see myself in two different attitudes within minutes. And I made others on the sets too surprised. It’s all because of the master of perfection- Mani Ratnam,” he says.
Admiring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, the leading lady of the film, he says, “She is stunningly beautiful and a thorough professional. Her dance movements were amazing. And the chemistry we shared for the film was great. One could feel it while watching the movie on screen."
Saying he became a very good friend of Abhishek Bachch, his other co-star in 'Raavan', Vikram says, "But Abhishek knew me very well even before 'Raavan' happened. He said he had seen 'Dhil', 'Dhool' and 'Sami' many times."

Shruthi Haasan to compose music for Hindi films

Kamal Haasan’s daughter Shruthi made her debut as heroine in the Hindi film Luck. After this she composed music for her father’s film Unnai Pol Oruvan.

Shruthi who was concentrating in cutting albums have now turned her eyes towards Bollywood. While speaking about this, she said,” I am concentrating in composing music for South Indian language films. I also composed music for my father’s film.

People accepted me. Now I am staying in a rented house in Mumbai. I had come here to compose music for Hindi films. I was having my own music group. Now it is not there. But I will not lose the status of a singer.There are wonderful music composers in Mumbai. I will work with them. With regard to acting I am listening to many stories but none are attracting me.”

Realms Of Hindi Film In Chennai Box Office

Realms Of Hindi Film In Chennai Box Office

Hindi Cinema has witnessed a bloom of one more golden era at the present age. Gone are those days of B-Town Mumbaikars being interested in romantic entertainers with most of them canned across foreign locales.But the last few months have been disapproving of such motifs with brilliantly spectacular flicks topping on charts.Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘Paa’, Aamir Khan’s ‘3 Idiots’ and Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘My Name is Khan’ have eclipsed even the biggest Tamil films of this season.Aamir Khan’s ‘3 Idiots’ loosely based on Chetan Bhagat’s ‘Five Point Someone’ was ennobled as best film for it unbelievable record-breaking collection in Chennai alone. The film witnessed house-packed shows consecutively for 25days, which is something unusual here. Similarly, Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘Paa’ was very well received amongst Chennaites, since the film had a pleasant surprise for buffs with English subtitles. Appositely, the film attracted larger crowds of non-Hindi speaking cohorts as well.And now, we have Bollywood’s Baadshah Shah Rukh Khan striking off the biggest deal globally with his ‘My Name is Khan’. The film is produced by Shah Rukh Khan himself in collaboration with Fox Star Studios, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Karan Johar.Much prior to the film’s release, the entire town was so excited about ‘MNIK’ as it brings back SRK-Kajol 9 long years after the success of ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ with Karan Johar. And now, there are more reasons why you should ‘My Name is Khan’. The film partially reminiscences of Forrest Gump with Tom Hanks embarking a heart-touching quest of love and Shah Rukh just sweep us off with his mind-boggling performance.

RANBIR KAPOOR IN SILAMBARASAN’S PLACE

RANBIR KAPOOR IN SILAMBARASAN’S PLACE

News about the Silambarasan-Mani Ratnam association for their next film is doing rounds in the film industry. This has been cited as the reason for Silambarasan opting out of the KV Anand venture. Now, the buzz is that the film will be a bilingual. While Silambarasan will play the lead role in Tamil, Ranbir Kapoor has been signed up to star in the Hindi version, we hear. The film is expected to go on floors later this year. Meanwhile, Mani Ratnam will wrap up his Ravan, and set it for release in June, sources say.

Rekindle the passion of Love with ‘All you Need is Love’

Rekindle the passion of Love with ‘All you Need is Love’

Rekindle the passion of Love with ‘All you Need is Love’
~ Celebrate the month of Love & Passion only with UTV World Movies~
4th January, 2010: It’s that time of the year again when the moon appears brighter, the birds and the bees chirpier and when all you can feel is love in the air. That’s right, Valentines Day is here and UTV World Movies is all set to celebrate the most beautiful feeling in the world by showcasing five romantic delights throughout the ‘All you need is Love’ starting from 8th February to 12th February everyday at 4:30p.m.
On the 8th of February, we have a beautiful romantic film with shades of all emotions ‘Wrap Up’ while on the 9th of February get caught in the steaming affair between Louis, a director and Alice his muse, in ‘Twice Upon a Time’. The mush of love continues as you watch on the 10th if February, ‘Identification of a Woman’, a story about Niccolo, a film Director whose wife leaves him and the incident probes the idea of making a movie about women’s relationships.
If all this leaves you wanting for more then on the 11th of February, tune in to ‘Chronicle Of Love’ a romantic film with a twist and if all this is too much to handle then chill out by watching ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, a complex love quadrangle which develops between four young lovers when mischievous forest spirits play cupid on the 12th of February.
Well the affair continues with UTV World Movies as they go on to show ‘Jules and Jim’ on the 14th of February. ‘Jules and Jim’ is a movie about Jules and Jim, two friends, who fall in love with the same woman, Catherine. But Catherine loves and marries Jules. After WWI, when they meet again in Germany, Catherine starts to love Jim… This is the story of three people in love….
Manasi Sapare, Programming Head comments “From land of romance France, and the so called stiff upper lip Briain and the hot blooded Italy & Spain : World Movies celebrates Love with different flavors, cultures and countries to welcome Valentines Day. In Our special slot “ All you Need is Love” Romance and passion run high and the result is pure , unadulterated Valentine’s experience..”
So get that popcorn, pull your loved one close and cuddle up to ‘All you need is love’ only on UTV World Movies from 8th Feb to 12th Feb @ 4:30 PM .

JAYAM RAJA – VIJAY FILM TO BE POSTPONED?

JAYAM RAJA – VIJAY FILM TO BE POSTPONED?

With Vijay shifting his focus on the remake of Bodyguard, his 51st film, touted to be directed by Jayam Raja, could be put on cold storage for the time being. Yes, Vijay, in all probability could move on to the Bodyguard remake. And this film will be directed by Siddique, who has wielded the megaphone for the original version. Guess who will be producing the remake? It is Geetha Chitra International’s Sivaraju Venkatraju, the producer of Priyamanavale, sources say.Vijay is currently working on this 50th film Sura and will move on to this film as soon as he is done with Sura. The Jayam Raja project will probably go on floors only after that

Rahman’S Double Treat Victory With Grammy Awards

Rahman’S Double Treat Victory With Grammy Awards

Jai Ho! The Madras Mozart brings two more honors for India. Yeah! It’s all about winning both categories at 52nd Grammy Awards held this evening at Los Angeles. This is most the prestigious award about honoring the ace musical genre on various criteria.

A.R. Rahman’s ‘Jai Ho’ song from Slumdog Millionaire was nominated for two categories: Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media and Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.

The entire team of ‘Jai Ho’ was honored for the second song for the best lyrics, appealing theme and good music. The song is penned by Gulzar, A.R. Rahman and Tanvi Shah while Sukhwinder Singh, Tanvi Shah, Mahalaxmi Iyer & Vijay Prakash have crooned the song along with A.R. Rahman.Previously, Rahman had the best privilege of pioneering as a first Indian to win academy awards and this time it’s obviously with Grammy awards as well. As a matter of fact, the musical maestro wanted to win these titles as Grammy happens to be the most prestigious honor for musical arenas.We, as the members of Top10Cinema congratulate our hero for making it happen again and wish him many wishes for his upcoming Oscar nomination for ‘Couples Retreat’ as well….

‘Avatar’ overtakes BO collections in the North

‘Avatar’ overtakes BO collections in the North

James Cameron’s magnificent spectacle in its 3D version in English is clearly ahead of Hindi films such as ‘3 Idiots’ in multiplexes in the Northern belt (predominantly a Hindi speaking market). While the collections of Aamir Khan’s film were reported to be Rs 24 Lakhs from the 4 major multiplexes where 3D is available, ‘Avatar’ raced ahead with a collection of around 39 Lakhs. In fact in PVR Select City & PVR Ambience, ‘Avatar’ (3D) has already grossed a record breaking 1.5 Crores each.

Even in its 4th week of release, ‘Avatar’ is still ruling the Indian Box Office and having grossed Rs 83 crores till date, it is all set to become the biggest Hollywood film ever in India.
The collections from the 3D screens is more than encouraging – with 54 3D screens (9%) contributing to 35% of the total three week box office collection in India.
Worldwide too, the film has beaten all competition and has now hit the No.2 spot by becoming the highest grossing movie (globally) of all time after Cameron’s own ‘Titanic’.

AR Rahman Destiny Child Turns 45

AR Rahman – Destiny’S Child Turns 45

Ever heard about a famous proverb that says – The Men who scaled greater heights toiled while others were sleeping… If there needs to be an illustration for an entity, who strived creatively hard with dedication and passion for the work he was engaged with, it cannot get better than A.R. Rahman.Just as the tagline of his famous ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ says –

‘From Rags to Riches’, A.R. Rahman has manifestly proven this mantra of success. He’s been intensively hemmed with piousness and believes that God alone can make wonders happen.

Born as Dileep Kumar on Jan 5, 1966, the young lad didn’t go through a legato of uplifted childhood. His father R.K. Sekhar, wizardry in instrumentations passed away at Rahman’s early ages and he was raised by his mother Kasturi (Later rechristened as Kareema).As Kamal Haasan said, “There isn’t anything called ‘LUCK’ for those who deserve it”, A.R. Rahman got himself worthy to claim this call and worked harder to peak through the glorious path, though he wasn’t specific about the results.This day, A.R. Rahman is swaying across the epitome of success with his musical bonanzas reaching towards the far-flung corners and abysses of the globe.‘A Man of Few Words’ – A.R. Rahman holds a special mention for being a genuine personality, who maintains cordial relationship with everyone. And perhaps, this could be the only reason of fetching a best team.At this age, he turns to be a role model for aspirational youngsters, which doesn’t stop with his profession, but extends further into the personal life as well. A.R. Rahman has been a son who makes his mother embellished with honor and happiness, a lovable husband, an adorable father and a friendly person.Ages may pass, but his magnificent deed and resplendent gestures will keep him rejuvenated with youthfulness in years to come as A.R. Rahman himself jocularly said – “Next time you offer me ‘Life Time Achievement Award, please rethink and don’t make me older…” while bagging Life Time Achievement Award at IIFA. Moreover his message at Academy Awards Ceremony – ‘I chose Love and I’m here’ had just awestruck everyone to stride on the same paths.We, as the members of Top10Cinema wish a very happy birthday and extend our heartiest regards that’ll gain more fetes and laurels.

Paa for Tendulkar

Paa for Tendulkar

The success of Paa and his excellent portrayal as 12-year-old progeria patient has put Amitabh Bachchan in a pedestal that is very difficult for the actors to reach. The Big B’s performance was praised by several actors across the country, the notable among them being Rajinikanth, Waheeda Rahman etc. Now Big B wants to show the film to thespian Dilip Kumar and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. Amitabh had posted in his blog that he would arrange a special screening for Dilip Kumar soon and would wait for Sachin to finish the Sri Lankan series. Paa is a critically acclaimed film that has Abhishek Bachchan playing Amitabh’s father.

Asin rescued by SRK

Asin rescued by SRK ?

‘Ghajini’ star Asin Thottumkal had King Khan coming to her rescue when she was caught in a difficult and awkward situation at a Mumbai event recently. Around 300 persons, who posed themselves as the actress' fans, tried to mob around Asin and got close uncomfortably.
Shah Rukh was also to the event, with his six well-built security guards at the next room. Seeing the damsel in distress in no time SRK came to the rescue of the beauty and instructed his guards to set thing right. The guards helped her wriggle free of the gang of 300.
The timely intervention of SRK and his body guards finally helped her feel relieved. Asin now a popular face in North, having acted opposite to the likes of Aamir and Salman should think of getting out with her own security from next time.