Vikram’s holiday

May 05, 2011 Vikram has been working hard to complete the films on hand and has decided that it is time for a break. He took off to Italy for the summer vacation with his wife, Shailaja and kids. The family enjoys these little getaways as it allows them to spend quality time together and recharge themselves. Vikram and his family are going to do a lot of sightseeing, shopping and will gorge on pizza and pasta for two whole weeks. When the star gets back, he will begin the promotional work for Deiva Thirumagal and start work on Suseendran’s next.

AR Rahman’s famous fan

May 05, 2011 The Mozart of Madras is moving in exalted circles these days. He is collaborating with Michael Bolton, the American music icon. The song is called Sajna and is a heartwarming romantic melody. Michael Bolton is very impressed with ARR and is enjoying working with him. Bolton has said that ARR is simply incredible. The musician is awed with his simplicity and dedication. His music is also inspirational, according to Bolton. The Grammy award winning rock star is impatient for his fans to hear this song as he considers it to be a masterpiece.

Kaavalan goes international!

May 05, 2011 The 14th Shanghai international film festival selects Kavalan in their panorama section. The Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF), founded in 1993, is China’s only A-category international film festival accredited by the FIAPF. The FIAPF stands for International Federation of Film Producers Associations based in Paris, created in 1933, is an organization composed with 31 member associations from 25 of the leading audiovisual production countries. FIAPF is also in charge of supervising international film festivals, including some of the world's most important ones. In International panorama section: The SIFF receives nearly 2,500 annual submissions from well over 80 countries and areas over the past several years and the total festival submission number still maintains fast growing. Among more than 200 selected international films of high quality, all Panorama programs are strongly presented by a variety of commercial blockbusters, art-house films, indies, box-office top rankers and award-winning films by master filmmakers - to nurse multi-leveled consumption concept for local Chinese market. In recent years, International Panorama draws high attention by prestigious film directors and stars with their new works. Premiers and red carpets, talents and crew Q&As with audience and press conferences not only raise possibility for local market entrance but also greatly helps to boost future box office for theatrical release. Mr. Barry Levinson won the 1988 Best Director Oscar for Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. This film brought him the Academy Awards Best Picture and Best Director, and the Best Picture Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. The 14th SIFF will kick off on June 11 and Barry Levinson together with other six international judges will attend the opening. Besides, Levinson's classic works will be shown in the Tribute to Masters section where our Tamil film Kaavalan  (Body guard) will also be showcased. SIFF has issued an invitation to actor Vijay as guest of honor. The exact date of screening will be announced soon.

ENIGMATIC ENTITIES! - THURSDAY TRIVIA

May 05, 2011

It has been a few weeks since the TN elections took place and the public and politicians are awaiting the results with bated breath. Speculations as to who will emerge triumphant are the biggest debate on news channels and among the public. However, movie buffs out there (including us) are definitely pondering over other mysteries- the storyline of some upcoming big films! We break our heads over who plays what role and how things will start and end! Here is a list of much awaited films that has us contemplating and waiting! • 7am Arivu: This Murugadoss-Suriya film definitely tops the list. Rumors say Suriya plays two roles and some say it is three- a Buddhist monk, circus artist and scientist! Wow! Does it get any better? But we have no clue as to what the movie is about or what is Shruti Hassan’s part in that. 7am Arivu team is definitely keeping the secret corked tight. • Deiva Thirumagal: Albeit rumors and some obvious guesses about this movie being an inspiration from Sean Penn’s ‘I am Sam’, DT has us wondering about the plotline and about how the movie will end. We are also curious about the roles of Amala Paul, Anushka and the little girl Sara and how they all affect Vikram’s life! Well, all we can do is wait and watch! • Mankatha: It was recently in news that Ajith, Premgi, Vaibav and Ashwin will play the roles of cricket match fixers and Arjun will play a cop. How do they fix matches? Why do they do it? Will they end up getting caught? All these questions remain unanswered but Ajith sure looks dapper in the Salt ‘n Pepper look and smart suits. • Velayudham: Vijay is a milkman, he has a sister (Saranya Mohan) and Hansika is his love interest, or is she? We are also seeing Genelia cozying up with Vijay and she is touted to play the role of a journalist in this movie. We wonder what the movie will be about and how it will resolve!