Genelia, Hansika to pair with Dhanush’s Maareesan

Just yesaterday we heard that Dhanush - Genelia paring again for Mareesan, now the latest addition is Hansika.

Even before Velayudham could hit the screens, where Genelia and Hanshika share the screen with Vijay, both the actresses will be joining hands Dhanush.
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Dhanush Vs Simbu in Box-Office (Mayakkam Enna vs Osthi)

Dhanush and Silamabarasan are heading for a clash on historical day. The actors, who backed out of Diwali race due to the releases of 7aam Arivu and Velayudham, are heading for the Box Office battle on 11-11-11 (November 11, 2011).

Well, Dhanush starrer Mayakkam Enna and Simbu's Osthi are reportedly hitting the screens on November 11. It is reported that the makers of both the films are keen to release on this rare day. Incidentally, it is a Friday and they believe that it could be the right time to release their films. The interesting part of the story is that in both the Tamil movies, actress Richa Gangopadhyay is playing the female lead roles.

It may be recalled that the movie bosses, who were supposed to release Mayakkam Enna-Osthi on October 26, reportedly decided to delay the movies to avoid unnecessary clashes with Vijay's Velayudham and Surya starrer 7aam Arivu.

While Mayakkam Enna is directed by Selvaraghavan, Osthi - the remake of Bollywood blockbuster Dabangg - is remade in Tamil by Dharani.

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What Selvaraghavan says on Mayakkam Enna delay?

That is the latest buzz in K town today! The release of Dhanush-Selvaraghavan's much awaited Mayakkam Enna has been postponed to November.
 
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Mayakkam Enna & Osthi out from Diwali race

Danush starrer Mayakkam Enna and Simbu's Osthi have suddenly withdrawn from Diwaali race due to the shortage of theaters.

We have already reported earlier that Mayakkam Enna may opt out of Diwali Race. With more development to that story Simbu's Osthi joins with Danush's film to withdraw its release on diwali. It is almost confirmed that Dhanush's 'Mayakam Enna' and Simbhu's 'Osthi' have backed out from the Diwali race due to lack sufficient theatres. So it will be a clash between our Ilayathalapathy's Velayutham and 7am arivu.

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Producer Udhayanidhi Stalin of Red Giants & Producer Aascar Ravichandran were booking more theatres for the film which looks like will release in a large number of screens which left Danush's Mayakkam Enna and Simbu's Osthi to suffer without theaters.

Update: Velayutham has been awarded a U/A certificate from the Censor Board. The total runtime of Velayutham is 2 Hours and 45 Minutes.

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Dhanush - Shruti Haasan to sing duet for 3

Dhanush and Shruti Haasan starrer 3 is turning out to be a package of surprises for the audiences. Firstly, it's being directed by Aishwarys Dhanush and we have also heard that the lead pair Dhanush and Shruti will share a lip-lock in the film.

Now, the duo lent their vocals for a song in the film. Yes, Dhanush and Shruti Haasan together have sung for a duet in the film. The recording has been wrapped up on the last Saturday. It's been ages where the lead pair is crooning for a duet that is being canned on them. Apart from lending his voice, Dhanush has also penned the lyrics for the song.

The song is believed to be a medium-paced romantic number composed by a first-timer Anirudh. Meanwhle, the shooting schedules of the film are moving at rapid pace in and around Chennai.

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'Mayakkam Enna' Highlights & Interesting facts

The songs and the teaser trailer from Dhanush's 'Mayakkam Enna' have hyped the expectations on the film multi-fold among the young. Now the latest grapevine has is that the film will see Dhanush through four different stages in his life.

 

It is said that Dhanush will be seen in various stages, as a boy just out of his teenage to an old man! This is one of the USPs of the film which will be a big hit among audience, according to sources. "The national award winning actor has pulled off a great performance and his acting in the teasers is just a prelude", say those in the know.

When quizzed Selva about his three prior hits with Dhanush and what will be different in 'Mayakkam Enna', he expressed "We planned it in a manner that the shades of our prior three films wont be seen in this. Dhanush's acting also will be different and you wouldn't have seen this side of his. Also, Richa Gangopadhyay is on par with Dhanush's performance".

His song with brother Dhanush, 'Kadhal En Kadhal...' is rocketing the charts and introduced to us to the singer in Selva who has delivered the colloquial lyrics well. But the director has a different tale to tell, he jokingly quoted that he only recorded the premix with GV but GV insisted on releasing it with Selva's voice as it has a rustic feel and when the latter didn't want credits he gave credits as well.

Richa Gangopadhyay will be making her debut in Tamil through this film and her character is sketched with ample importance in the script, something on the lines of importance given to Anitha and Divya's characters in '7G Rainbow Colony' and 'Kadhal Konden'.

Come back to IndiaGlitz for more interesting information on this Dhanush starrer that is gearing up for a Diwali release.

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Diwali 2011 battle to start in a month; Diwali 2011 vs 2007

 

The countdown to Diwali 2011 has started in Kollywood. Diwali is on October 26, exactly a month from now.

The three Tamil films which have announced a Diwali release are- 7aum Arivu, Mayakkam Enna and Velayutham. Plus Shah Rukh Khan's RA. One is getting dubbed into Tamil and releasing along with its Hindi version. Simbu starer Osthi doesn't having any official confirmation yet, but it was said to release for Diwali.
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Theatre booking has started in earnest, and the fight is to get the maximum number of screens in Tamil Nadu. It looks like Red Giants and Aascar Films producers of 7aum Arivu and Velayutham respectively are directly booking the theatres. Aum Films Mayakkam Enna is being distributed by Gemini Film Circuit.

The battle looks similar to 2007 Diwali when Vijay's Azhagiya Tamil Magan, Suriya's Vel and Dhanush's Polladhavan clashed. At that time, all the three were not so huge in terms of mass appeal.

Today, all the three heroes have a global reach, and it will be as trade says "the mother of all battles".
The market will heat up closer to release date, as all the three producers are keeping their marketing strategy under the wraps. This time, promotions will be huge as all of them want to attract the youth audiences. Everything depends on the number of screens and the opening.

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Which Movie is going to win the Diwali Race? [Vote]

2011 Diwali (October 26) is exactly a months away, but Kollywood big stars and producers are trying to lock the date. It is going to be a cracker of a Diwali as some of the biggest films have been lined up for the festival of lights.

Diwali after Pongal is the second biggest festival in Tamil Nadu. There is always a 10 % additional opening for a biggie during the festival season.
And for any star worth his box-office salt, a Diwali release is prestigious.
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Aadukalam missed to get selected for Oscar

 

Vettrimaran's Aadukalam may have won several national awards and selected for screening at many international film festivals. Sadly, it missed the cut to get selected as India's official entry for Oscar Awards.

Malayalam film Adaminte Makan Abu, which deals with the struggle of a poor perfume seller to collect money for Haj, has been named India's official entry for this year's Oscars. It was selected ahead of films like Enthiran, Ko and Aadukalam.

The movie, written, directed and co-produced by debut filmmaker Salim Ahamed, is a family drama starring Salim Kumar and Zarina Wahab.

The film recently won four National awards including Best Feature film and Best Actor for Kumar, who essayed the lead role of the struggling unani medicine and perfume salesman.

Supran Sen, chairman of Film Federation of India, the body that selects movies for Oscars, said, 'Adaminte Makan Abu' has been selected as India's official entry for the Oscars. The film beat 15 other movies in consideration.

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Mayakkam Enna enters into the Diwali race!

Looks like Dhanush - Richa Gangopadhyay starrer 'Mayakkam Enna' has seen a change in its release date and has now joined the Diwali bandwagon that already has three biggies lined up namely Suriya's '7aum Arivu', Vijay's 'Velayudham' and Silambarasan's 'Osthi'.

Incidentally, Richa Gangopadhyay is going to debut into Tamil cinema through two films at a go! Considering both her films are raving good expectations among fans, she is definitely going to make a mark in Tamil cinema through her very debut, due to the contrast of characters she plays in both the films.


'Mayakkam Enna' directed by Selvaraghavan has Dhanush, Richa and Sunder Ramu in the lead roles and is a breezy entertainer, that is not just a love story but also on friendship and the day to day problems a youth faces.

The film has its tunes composed by GV Prakash and the music was unveiled at a radio station in the city recently. The songs have set a rage among the young due to its colloquial lyrics, especially 'Oda Oda Dhooram...' crooned by Dhanush.

As the title suggests dreamy love, we'll have to wait to know if the movie will smitten audiences as well.

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7am Arivu audio launched with glitz and glamour [Pics]

Surya and Shruti Hassan starrer much-awaited 7 Aum Arivu was released yesterday evening at the Chennai Trade Centre. Director KS Ravikumar, actor Dhanush and Harris Jayaraj unveiled the music of the album.

As expected, it turned out to be an evening of glitz and glamour. The who's who of the Tamil film industry including Surya, Shruti Hassan, Harris Jayaraj, AR Murugadoss, Dhayanidhi Alagiri, Karthi, Sivakumar, AL Vijay, Udhayanidhi Stalin Johnny Tri Nguyen and attended music launch of 7 Aum Arivu.

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Isha Sharvani, Abhinaya, Rukmini Vijayakumar and many others added colours to the music launch function through their performances. Harris Jayaraj compositional audio has six songs for which Madhan Karky, Na Muthukumar P.Vijay and Kabilan have penned the lyrics.

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Mayakkam Enna - Music Review

Star-casts: Dhanush, Richa Gangopadhyay, Sunder Ram, Mathivanan Rajendran, Pooja Balu, Soni Barring, Rajiv Choudary, Ravi Prakash and others
Music: G.V. Prakash
Lyrics: Selvaraghavan, Dhanush
Direction: Selvaraghavan 
Production: Gemini Film Circuit, AUM Productions

Selvaraghavan-Dhanush requires no introduction as their previous films have been colossal that dates back from ‘Thulluvadho Ilamai’. Moreover, the musical realms in their movies have been the greatest highlights. ‘Mayakkam Enna’ completely belongs to the Dhanush and Selvaraghavan as the duo brothers have done more than what they usually commit themselves towards their projects. They have swayed to the best with their voices and lyrics.

1. Naan Sonnathum Mazhai Vandhucha
Vocals: Naresh Iyer, Saindhavi
Lyrics: Selvaraghavan

The album opens with a pumping number that brings us Naresh Iyer in a different style. Usually Naresh Iyer goes for a sweet mellifluous kind of songs. For the first time, we hear him shifting the paradigms and crooning it in a different style. The singer had earlier worked on similar pattern with A.R. Rahman’s Telugu song ‘Ammathale’ (Komaram Puli). G.V. Prakash has done an extraordinary job with the mixing of sound, which conduces more to the embellishment of this song.

2. Pirai Thedum
Vocals: G.V. Prakash, Saindhavi
Lyrics: Dhanush

‘Pirai Thedum’ begins with a slow-paced note on fortepianos that slightly resembles the famous theme music of ‘Exorcist’. The vocalizing portions do carry the traces of ‘Anal Mela’ while the rhythmic pattern follows the style of ‘Kadhal Vandhal’ (Iyarkai). More than acclaiming the song to be a superb chemistry between Dhanush and Richa, it’s best to ennoble this number as a splendid stroke by G.V. Prakash and his sweetheart Saindhavi. No wonder, G.V. Prakash is always known for coming up with resplendent melodies and this one isn’t an exception.

3. Voda Voda Voda
Vocals: Dhanush
Lyrics: Selvaraghavan

So simple in every aspect, but it gives a clear impression that this is a situational song and will surely evoke some good laughter with the visuals. Selvaraghavan hasn’t strained himself over the lyrics as they are so naturalistic and very easily gets into our mind. Sweet and Simple always becomes the major factors of attraction. Just listen to the song once and you’ll have the lyrics by heart.

4. Mayakkam Enna Theme Music

G.V. Prakash is always on his best while delivering signature music for the films. This one starts slowly with a smooth and mild touch followed by some electrifying performance on instrumentals.

5. Ennena Seidhom
Vocals: Harish Raghavendra
Lyrics: Selvaraghavan

A big surprise from Selvaraghavan. Having penned lyrics with so jovialness and youthful quotients, he jumps into the spiritual line. No matter which religion you belong to, just start your day with this song and it’s gonna be very special. So captivating in all aspects is this song and you’ll never stop listening to this number over and again. This song is a blessing to all the listeners.

6. Kadhal En Kadhal 
Vocals: Selvaraghavan, Dhanush

Lyrics: Selvaraghavan

Dhanush gets down the lanes identifying himself as an ordinary guy having failed in love and so is Selvaraghavan. The brothers become pals here sharing their feelings. A boy deplored with the love failure and his friends consoling him. The song will surely grab the attention of the youth groups and you can expect some big celebration in theatres.

On the whole ‘Mayakkam Enna’ songs have a mix of classy and mass numbers. It’s yet another spectacular stroke from G.V. Prakash in collaboration with Selvaraghavan and Dhanush.

Verdict: Yet another brilliant stoke by G.V. Prakash

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Mayakkam Enna is about generation next

 

Director Selvaraghavan has cleared the air about his forthcoming film Mayakkam Enna. He revealed that Mayakkam Enna is completely a different script and has nothing to do with Ithu Malai Nerathu Mayakkam and Irandam Ulagam.

Selvaraghavan said “Mayakkam Enna is about generation next .There is something new in the script. It is not a pure love story and is going to be a different experience. Currently all my focus is on this project and music given by of GV Prakash is sure going to the chartbusters”.

Mayakkam Enna is said to be a romantic thriller which stars his brother Dhanush and Richa Gangopadhyay in the lead roles while Sunder Ramu, Mathivanan Rajendran, Pooja Balu, Soni Barring, Rajiv Choudhry and others play supporting roles.

The audio launch of the film is scheduled to take place on September 15 while the film is scheduled to release for the big Vijayadasami weekend, September 30.

Selvaraghavan also made it clear that his next film is titled Irandam Ulagam which features Arya and Anushka in the lead role.

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Tamil and Malayalam films dominate National Awards today

 

New Delhi: Veteran Tamil filmmaker K Balachander, the man behind films like Iru Kodugal, Apoorva Raagangal and Ek Duje Ke Liye, will receive the Dada Saheb Phalke honour at the 58th National Film Awards here.

The 81-year-old writer-director-producer has directed nearly 80 films in his career and launched the career of Kamal Hassan and Rajinikanth.

According to senior officials in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, President Pratibha Patil would hand over the awards in a star studded ceremony in the Vigyan Bhawan here.
Director Salim Ahmed and his co-producer Ashraf Bedi would get the coveted ‘Swarna Kamal’ and a cash prize of Rs 2.5 lakh each for their acclaimed Malayalam movie Adaminte Makan Abu. Winner of the best feature film and the best actor, the movie traces the desire of a man and his wife to go to Hajj in Mecca.

National Award winner Dhanush unplugged - NDTV

K Balachander launched the careers of Rajnikanth and Kamal Hassan.

Bollywood celebrity producers Arbaaz Khan his wife Malaika and director Abhinav Singh Kashyap would be awarded the Swarna Kamal and cash award of Rs 2 lakh for Dabangg, winner for the best popular film providing wholesome entertainment.

Vishal Bharadwaj would also get a Rajat Kamal for his music direction for the songs in the movie, Ishqiya while his wife Rekha Bhardwaj, who is also performing at the ceremony, will receive the award for the best female playback singer.

The Nargis Dutt award for best feature film would be awarded by the President to Moner Manush, a Bengali film directed by Gautam Ghose. The film is based on the life and philosophy of sufi mystic Lalan Faqir in Bengal.

The awards for best actor would go to K Dhanush for the Tamil movie Aadukalam and Salim Kumar for his role in Malayalam movie Adaminte Makan Abu.

The best actress award would be given to Mitalee Varadkar for her role in Marathi movie Baboo Band Baaja and Saranya Panvannan for the Tamil movie Thanmerkku Paruvakkatru.

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Mayakkam Enna - Audio Songs Track list

All you guys get ready for the musical extravagance of Mayakkam Enna from the combination of Selvaraghavan-Dhanush-G.V. Prakash. All you guys might have been waiting for the audio release from long time and to reduce some of your excitement and eagerness we have brought you the track list of the film. The album has six songs scored by G.V. Prakash. The audio is slated to hit the stores on September 15, 2011.

KollyInsider exclusively brings the track list of Mayakkam Enna for Dhanush fans and viewers. Here we go with it…….


1. Naan Sonnadhum Mazhaivandhucha

Singer: Naresh Iyer

2. Pirai Thedum

Singers: G.V. Prakash and Saindhavi

3. Voda Voda Dhooram Korayala

Singers: Dhanush

4. Ennenna Seidhom Ingu

Singers: Harish Raghavendra

5. Kadhal En Kadhal

Singers: Dhanush, Selvaraghavan

6. Mayakkam Enna

Theme Music

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Dhanush - Shruti Hassan's '3' First look posters [Pics]

"3" Dhanush New Movie Posters

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Danush's full focus on Aishwarya's 3

 

Dhanush is going to focus on the film 3 which is to be directed by his wife Aishwarya. The actor is soon going to wrap up his ongoing project Mayakkam Enna which is in on the heels of completion.

In fact, Aishwarya is waiting for Dhanush to start the shoot of 3. This is the first directorial venture of Aishwarya as earlier she worked as an assistant to for a couple of films. The film is said to be a romantic entertainer laced with loads of comedy. Dhanush is going to share the screen space with Shruthi Haasan for the first time. The film 3 has turned out to be one of the hottest films in Kollywood.

The technical team comprises of debutant Anirudh for music, Velraj for camera and Kola Bhaskar for editing. Interestingly, Velraj worked as a cameraman for Dhanush’s Aadukalam.

The film has been titled 3 which is going to be produced by Dhanush’s dad Kasthuri Raja under R K Productions.

It looks like it can’t bigger than this as Superstar Rajinikanth’s daughter is going to direct Ulaganayagan Kamal Haasan’s daughter

3 may see a release for Pongal 2012!

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Danush - Chimbudevan film titled Mareesan

 

We have earlier reported that Dhanush has signed a film which is to be directed by Chimbudevan. Now have some interesting tidbits about the film for Dhanush fans.

The film is reportedly said to be a period fantasy entertainer and is tentatively titled as Maareesan. The film is set in 12th century BC where Dhanush will be seen in a all new look. Chimbudevan impressed Dhanush by bringing fantasy as the key point in the script. Not only Dhanush, UTV also liked the script and has immediately given their nod to produce this big budget film.

The budget of the film will be around Rs 30 Crore and sets a record of Dhanush’s high budget film so far in his career. Maareesan is the first fantasy period entertainer in Tamil and UTV is all thrilled about this venture.

Chimbudevan’s ace production designer Muthuraj will be erecting sets for the film. The heroine and the rest of the cast are yet to be finalized. The principle photography of the film will kick start from December.

Maareesan in the hands of hit combo Chimbudevan- Dhanush-UTV is set to strike gold at the box office.

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Mayakkam Enna to release for Diwali-Oct 26

Selvaraghavan known for his unique style of filmmaking has announced that his film Mayakkam Enna will hit the screens in the month of October on the eve of Diwali.

Mayakkam Enna is said to be a romantic thriller which stars his brother Dhanush and Richa Gangopadhyay in the lead roles while Sunder Ramu, Mathivanan Rajendran, Pooja Balu, Soni Barring, Rajiv Choudhry and others play supporting roles. Though the film faced some hassles during the initial days but after sorting out everything, Selvaraghavan has taken a perfect steering to complete the project as soon as possible.

Music scored by GV Prakash is gearing up to hit the stores in a couple of weeks.

Director Selvaraghavan says “Mayakkam Enna is straight from my heart. We are trying to release it in the first week of October or latest by Diwali (October 26).”

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