February 8th, 2010

Kollywood’s thanksgiving to Chief Minister! The Tamil film industry’s Pasa Thalaivar Parattu Vizha to thank the Chief Minister for his largesse to the film industry was a grand starry affair at a packed Nehru Indoor Stadium.The function was graced by CM, his family members including Kanimozhi and Udayanidhi Stalin, Ministers and Amitabh Bachchan who was the special invitee from Mumbai.It was an evening of song, dance, drama and poetry which caught the imagination of the audience.

Lekha Washington mesmerized the young souls with her skimpy costumes as she appeared in SS Music Channel. Now with her transcended career into film industry, Lekha has no ideas about getting back to small screen ventures.

Says Lekha: ‘I had to continuously reject many offers in Kollywood since; the directors kept approaching me with similar roles of a sister. I am not here to be only sister, but as the film’s heroine as well.’

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Padmapriya, who has made her debut in Bollywood with Chandan Aroras Striker opposite Siddharth, is all smiles after her film is getting rave reviews.

She is doing films in all the four South Indian languages. After doing the challenging role of a tribal warrior in the bilingual Pazhassi Raja, she will be soon seen in Irumbukottai Morattusimham in Tamil, a romantic comedy in Telugu with Sharavanand and a Kannada film Thamasu. Says Priya: “I’m kicked about my career as some great roles are coming my way”.

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Chief Minister M Karunanidhi was magnanimous and has virtually put an end to Jayaram’s derogatory remarks about Tamil women in reference to his maid.

A day after members of Naam Tamizhar attacked his house, Karunanidhi in a bid to cool down tempers said “since Jayaram has tendered an unconditional apology, there should not be any further controversy over it. Let us remember CN Annadurai’s words – forgive and forget.”

However the Chief Minister made it clear that if Jayaram had spoken about Tamil women in such derogatory manner it was highly condemnable.

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Kollywood’s thanksgiving to Chief Minister! The Tamil film industry’s Pasa Thalaivar Parattu Vizha to thank the Chief Minister for his largesse to the film industry was a grand starry affair at a packed Nehru Indoor Stadium.The function was graced by CM, his family members including Kanimozhi and Udayanidhi Stalin, Ministers and Amitabh Bachchan who was the special invitee from Mumbai.It was an evening of song, dance, drama and poetry which caught the imagination of the audience. The highlights of the evening were the song and dance performances by Prabhu Deva and Nayanthara, seen for the first time together in public. Prabhu Deva’s Michael Jackson number and mix of songs of various regions got a huge applause. Tamannaah’s solo dance number was truly classy and mesmerising.

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Hollywood couple Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith have filed legal papers in Los Angeles to avoid a cash plea from a former business partner.

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Hollywood star Sandra Bullock has admitted that she is not hopeful of grabbing the glory at the upcoming Academy award.

"I`m so not winning an Oscar," Bullock, who has received her first-ever nomination as best actress for `The Blind Side`, told reporters at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Friday.

The 45-year-old actress considers herself an expert odds-maker for the annual awards show, so she has strong feelings about her own chance for victory, a news website reported.

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African villagers have claimed they are being forced to relocate to give way to a new school in Malawi funded by Madonna’s Raising Malawi charity.

As many as 200 villagers were being shifted from their ancestral land and claimed they were being poorly compensated by the Queen of Pop, who agreed to pay 70,000 pounds in damages.

“My sisters and I inherited this land from our parents, whose parents have been here for over a hundred years. How can I get only K200,000? (850 pounds)” the Daily Express quoted one unhappy villager, Amos Mkuyu, as saying.

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Nayantara’s first film in Sandalwood had a perfect launch today with the pooja performed at Mahalakshmi temple in Seshadripuram.

Nayantara plays the heroine opposite Upendra and the film is called ‘Symbol’. The film is produced by Rockline Venkatesh. Upendra apart from acting will wield the megaphone also after a period almost 10 years.

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MJ’s peace anthem ’We Are The World’ is to be remade for a noble cause.

Rahman and 100 other singers including Celine Dion, Lionel Richie, Barbara Streisand and Kanye West have lent their voices for this. The Mozart of Madras had joined the gang of these big manes of Western music immediately after receiving his Grammy.

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The first copy of the much expected film of Dr Vishnuvardhana’s ‘Aptha Mithra’ sequel ‘Aptha Rakshaka’ is ready confirmed the ace editor of South India Suresh Urs while speaking at the audio release of ‘Parole’. By the way ‘Parole’ is the first production venture of Suresh Urs in Kannada. His wife Mala S Urs is the executive producer.

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Activists of a pro-Tamil outfit on Friday allegedly attacked Jayaram’s house at Valasaravakkam in Chennai, protesting the actor’s comments on a Malayalam television channel on his domestic help, who is a Tamil.

They damaged furniture and a car at Jayaram’s house. Police personnel posted at the place chased and apprehended eight of the accused persons. The attack took place even as the actor expressed regret for his remarks saying that they were made in a lighter vein.

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After ‘Rathri Mazha’ which released in 2008 Meera Jasmine was away from Mollywood ostensibly with offers in other languages. She did films like ‘Mariyadhai’ with Vijayakanth in Tamil and ‘Bangaru Babu’ with Jagapathi Babu.

After that brief break Meera has signed a new film in Malayalam titled ‘Pattinte Palazhi’ which will be scripted and directed by Anchal. The film is fast progressing in and around Srirangapatnam near Mysore.

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Ace cinematographer Santosh Sivan’s project Ceylon is believed to have been shelved.

Santosh Sivan, the internationally acclaimed south Indian film maker earlier announced that he will make a film ‘Ceylon’ based on the situation in Sri Lanka. The movie was to be based on the country’s internal conflict and the plight of Tamils displaced by war. He had also said that he will start the film by November after completing Mani Ratnam’s ‘Raavan’ as a cinematographer.

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