Posts Tagged ‘Kamal Haasan’

When Hollywood films like 2012 says that the world is going to come to an end, the Tamil film titled Saravana Bhava says there is no chance for the world to come to an end.

This film tells the view that with divine intervention of Kaliyuga Lord Murugan, the world will be saved from destruction. This film illustrates that there is an end for everything though there is reincarnation, black magic and voodoo.Master Kadhama Sabareeswaran dons the role of Lord Murugan.

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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.

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After choreographing for successful songs including movies like Aadhavan (dekho song), Kanthaswamy (Excuse me song) and Tamil Padam (Oh Maha Zeeya song), actress and dancer Gayathri Raghuram seems to be turning her attention to direction.

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It’s not easy stepping into Kamal Haasan’s shoes. And reprising a role that the legendary superstar did over three decades ago can be quite a daunting task for any actor. Teen heartthrob Varun Sandesh, who’s doing the 21st century remake of the yesteryear classic Maro Charitra, is not comfortable with any comparisons.

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The year 2009 was a disappointing one for Kollywood stars in Tollywood, as their dubbed films Eenadu (Kamal Haasan), Mallanna (Vikram), Pista (Vishal) and Ghatikudu (Suriya) bit the BO dust.

But looks like the A-listers of K-Town have put their commercial disasters behind them and are geared up to woo the Andhra audience with a variety of films. Interestingly, besides Rajnikanth and Kamal Haasan, other K-town stars who have a dedicated fan following in Tollywood are Suriya, Vikram and Vishal.

The newest entrant to the Telugu market – actor Karthi, brother of Suriya is pulling all stops to vigorously promote his new release and even showcased his multi-linguist skills by conversing in Telugu. Karthi says he’s “comfortable with Telugu” and “has dubbed” his own lines in the film. Producer Vikram Krishna is all set to release his big budget film Khilladi (Tiratha Vilayatu Pillai) with his brother Vishal in the lead. “It’s the story of a youngster who believes in the policy of picking three options before zeroing in on one. That’s the way, he chooses his ideal partner among three pretty damsels,” says Krishna.

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Bharath Reddy, who played a tough police officer in Kamal Haasan’s Unnaipol Oruvan, dons the lead role in a horror-thriller titled Kala Bhairavi, directed and produced by MGR Nambi. Continue

For a long time Kamal Haasan wanted to make his mentor K. Balachandar a hero. He even had a pucca script ready for his guru. But KB sir wasn’t interested to come in front of the camera when Kamal wanted then.

But now the veteran director has started acting and has completed two films ‘Muriyadi’ and ‘Rettai Suzhi’ with the newer generation directors. This has prompted Kamal to renew his request once again to his guru and it seems the director has yielded to his most talented pupil and agreed to act in the film.

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Kamal Haasan’s next will be a romantic comedy to be directed by K.S. Ravikumar for Red Giant Movies. The film is in its pre-production stage and the latest buzz is about the leading lady.

Earlier, there were reports of Tamannaah being the choice. Now the latest we hear is that our Ulaganayagan is considering Nayantara for the role. It is also said that it was Prabhu Deva who proposed this idea to Kamal.

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The CNN IBN Indian of the Year 2009 award will be handed over to Kamal Haasan and AR Rahman by the Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh. While Rahman has been chosen under the entertainment category, Kamal gets the special achievement Award.

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The Indian film industry is virtually being looted by the scourge of online piracy. A study undertaken by Motion Picture Distributors Association (MPDA), has put India among the top ten countries in the world, where online piracy is at its highest.

Bollywood, Tollywood and Kollywood are the prime victims of the crime. An internet company, based in the US put that online piracy of film and television content in India is mainly through the file sharing networks and cyberlockers.

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It is Kamal Haasan’s style to give variety with movies of different genres. Now he is all set to do a comedy flick with K.S. Ravikumar.

The film will be a typical comedy entertainer under the banner of Udhayanidhi Stalin’s Red Giant Movies. Sources say Ravikumar was ready with the script even before he started Aadhavan with Suriya.

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The biography on acclaimed actor Om Puri had been penned by his wife Nandita C Puri created a lot of distress to the actor, as the author had included some of the most private details of the actor including his sexual life.

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"There is no jealous between me and Rajinikanth. I request him on behalf of his fans to release ’Endhiran’ soon," Kamal Haasan said.

Speaking at the State Film Awards ceremony in Chennai Tuesday, he said, "Today is a historic day. Because we have presented an award to Kalaignar. We would tell this with all proud even to our grandchildren."

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Before Sarika parted ways from Kamal Haasan, she had been the costume designer in most of Kamal’s movies, When they split, she tried to restart her acting career by appearing in a number of roles. She did a single dance number in Punnagai Poove, and also acted in a number of Hindi films, including the role of a Parsi lady in Parzania, which fetched her the National Award for best actress.

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