Vijay Character in Thalaivaa

Vijay is currently shooting in Australia for his upcoming flick ‘Thalaivaa’ directed by A L Vijay. A lot has been speculated about Vijay’s character in the film ever since the title and the first look posters were released. While it was speculated that film could be revolving around politics, the film seems to be somewhat close to it.

It is believed that ‘ Thalaivaa’ is about a leader who has a past and how he emerged has a leader. The director apparently seems to have thrown some light on the film saying that a leaded is the one who doesn’t run behind posts and positions. Instead, honours should follow him/her. This seems to be the crux of the film.

Amala Paul plays Vijay’s heroine in Thalaivaa for the first time, which also has Santhanam and Sathyaraj in important roles. Nirav Shah is the cinematographer, while music is by G V Prakash Kumar.

Chennaiyil Oru Naal Movie Review

Cast : R. Sarathkumar , Prakash Raj , Cheran , Prasanna , Mithun , Raadhika Sarathkumar , Parvathi Menon, Iniya

Direction : Shaheed Kader

Music : Mejo Joseph

Producer : Raadan Media and Sun Pictures

Chennayil Oru Naal – It is based on a real incident which happened in Chennai. But, it was first made in Malayalam with the title as “Traffic” and it was a huge hit. At the hundredth day celebration of this movie, Kamal Haasan, who was the chief guest, announced that he would remake the film into Tamil and act in it. Because of his schedule with Vishwaroopam, he couldn’t make it.

Since, the story is based on Chennai and has a wonderful message related with organ donation, Radhika Sarathkumar brought the rights and produced the movie in Tamil along with Listin. Most of the realistic movies will be emotional or documentary, but this one comes under the “Thriller” Genre. Let us see whether it will satisfy only Realistic Movie Lovers or even Common Man in this Review

Story – It is multi-narrative thriller that intertwines multiple stories around one particular incident which happened in Chennai. Few years ago, heart of a brain dead youngster was transferred from Chennai to Vellore (170 Km) by road within 90 minutes to save a little girl. If Bala had directed this story, he would have surely made our handkerchief completely wet. But, Script writers Bobby-Sanjay have included cinematic ingredients to this incident to give us an edge of seat thriller.

Many actors have acted in this movie – Sarath Kumar, Prakashraj, Cheran, Prasana, Raadhika, Paravathi Menon, Iniya, Jayaprakash, Iniya, Parvathi and the list goes on. Even Surya had done a role which is much more than a Cameo role. Characterization is the major plus for this movie. All the actors have lived their character in the movie

Cinematography by Shehnad Jalal was too good in chasing sequences.

Editor Mahesh Narayanan who did editing for the Malayalam version had done the Tamil Version too. Movie runs for less than 2 hours. 1st half – 1 hr 10 minutes, 2nd half – 46 minutes. Even now, few people couldn’t understand 12B Movie which had slightly different screenplay. Story of the movie is quite complex as there are lots of characters in the movie. Editing had been done brilliantly in such a way that it doesn’t confuse the audience. He will definitely receive awards for the Tamil Version too.

Music director of the movie is Mejo Joseph. He did the Malayalam version too. May be, he was selected due to wonderful Background music in the original version. In Tamil version, BGM was awesome, but songs were very average.

Screenplay plays the key role for any movie and this is the best screenplay you must have seen in recent times. This movie is a lesson for the film aspirants to write a wonderful screenplay even for a simple plot and makes it an edge of seat thriller. Bobby – Sanjay have written the story and screenplay for both the versions and they deserve a SALUTE from us for giving us an engaging movie with a very important message to the society.

Director Shaheed Kadar was assistant director of the Malayalam version director Rajesh Pillai. He had done an excellent remake of the original version. Only negative for the movie would be the first song as it was average and starts the movie on slow note. Climax looks quite cinematic, which is little difficult for us to digest as it is based on a real life incident.

Overall, it is really a GOOD MOVIE in Tamil Cinema after long time with Marvelous Screenplay and Best Editing you must have ever seen.

Verdict : Dont Miss

Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga Movie Review

Cast : Vimal , Sivakarthikeyan , Bindhu Madhavi , Regina , Soori

Direction : Pandiraj

Music : Yuvan Shankar Raja

Producer : Escape Artists Motion Pictures,Pasanga Productions,Studio Green

Known for blending humor into the narrative of all his films, director Pandiraj has pulled off yet another full length comedy entertainer with a heart-tugging message towards the end. ‘Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga’ (KBKR) doesn’t boast of a storyline that will keep you hinged to your seats, but thankfully it has comedy to appeal one and all from the word go. Subtly addressing several issues revolving around modern day youngsters, KBKR has a winner written all over it.

Revolving mostly around the friendship of two childhood friends, Kesavan and Murugan, KBKR takes us the lives of these two characters and what happens in their lives when they decided to earn a career in politics. But, when things don’t go as planned, what happens in their lives? This forms the rest of the story.

Director Pandiraj, known for churning commercial entertainer, has this time very intelligently addressed the modern day relationship between parents and children in today’s era. By making a story as entertaining as possible, the film strikes chord with a little melodramatic but effective climax.

The subplots about the filth of politics and the state of politics in this country aptly fit into the narrative of the film. It also paves way to sensible comedy that at that very instant may appear stupid but will make sense later.

Performances by Vimal and Siva are satisfying, while Bindu and Regina also shine in the respective roles. It is extremely difficult to find even a single dull moment in the film, thanks to the director for that. Even though the film is a comedy entertainer at heart, but it succeeds in managing to drive home a thought worth dissection.

Yuvan’s music is partly elevates the film to certain extent, but on the whole it’s the simple story and witty dialogues work in the favour of the film. If you want to watch something worthy of every penny you spend, then here is your film

Verdict : Definitely watchable

Maddy’s Sallu Work Out

There is possibly no man on the planet who does not envy him, nor a single girl who is not affected by his attractive looks. We are talking about the chocolate boy forever, Maddy. Many people are jealous of him for his extreme control over his body, his ability to shed pounds and don them at his will. But Maddy busted all this in his micro blog after a work out session with the Bollywood star Salman Khan. He tweeted “Highlight! All misconception of me being super strong and fit were laid to rest when I worked out with the one and only Salman Khan sir. His training was simple and super effective but oh it killed me? oh god How strong is he man. I was overwhelmed with gratitude and lactic acid.”

Last seen on screen in Linguswamy’s ‘Vettai’, Maddy is currently working on the Bollywood flick ‘I Love New Year’. Interestingly, he is playing the lead role in the upcoming English movie ‘The Man Who Knew Infinity’, a biopic on the legendary mathematical genius, Srinivasa Ramanujam.

Udhay cajoles an angry Nayanthara

Nayanthara is mighty angry and it’s the duty of Udhayanidhi Stalin to cajole her. This is actually the scene the duo is shooting for Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal. The entire team is in Coimbatore shooting for the film. This particular scene was shot at a park in Coimbatore and hearing the news of Nayanthara and Udhay shooting, fans from different parts of the city crowded around the spot and had a look at their favourite actors.

Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal is being helmed by SR Prabhakaran of ‘Sundarapandian’ fame. Harris Jayaraj gets credited for the music and Balasubramaniam is handling the camera. Santhanam, Saranya Ponvannan, Chaya Singh and Sunder Ramu are part of the ensemble cast.

Kamal Haasan would make a great quizmaster?

Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan recently participated in “Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi” (NVOK), Tamil version of “Kaun Banega Crorepati”. He left the show’s producer Siddhartha Basu stunned, said sources from the sets.

“Kamal sir answered most questions effortlessly, and the confidence with which he faced each question even made Siddhartha Basu say that he would make a great quiz master,” a source who was present on the sets, said.

Haasan, who pocketed Rs.50 lakh from the show with partner Gauthami, decided to donate the prize money to Petral Than Pillaya, a non-profit organisation for cancer patients.

The special episode was recorded here March 23 at AVM studios.

In the first season of the show, hosted by actor Suriya, Kamal made his present felt through a phone call. His daughter Shruti Haasan, who participated in the show sought his help over a question.

The current season is being hosted by actor Prakash Raj. The special episode featuring Kamal Haasan will be aired on Star Vijay soon

Mariyaan is the story of human survival – Bharat Bala

Bharat Bala’s name is synonymous with Vande Mataram, the song and video with his friend A R Rahman. Equally popular was the Jana Gana Mana video. Bala had also directed the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.

His first feature film, Hari Om, produced by Tips Films, was a success on the festival circuit. It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and won eight audience awards at various festivals.

The shooting of his second film, Mariyaan, in Tamil, with Dhanush and Parvathi Menon (of Poo fame) is over, and Bharat Bala is back in Chennai.

In an exclusive chat with rediff, the director speaks about the unusual film he is making that will release this summer.

It was reported that you narrated the story of Mariyaan after the National awards ceremony in Delhi last year.

Yes. Six months before the awards ceremony, I had come across a news item about three immigrant workers from India being kidnapped in Sudan. Sudan is the largest oil producing country in Africa and a civil war is going on there.

They were working for ONGC there, and were captured by some child soldiers, who demanded a ransom. People of Sudan feel that their oil is being taken away. As always, nobody in India was bothered about the kidnap of its nationals, unlike say, America or Germany or the UK.

These three men somehow managed to escape. It’s a story of human survival, and it fascinated me.