Suriya’s Maatraan 50% completed

Surya upcoming film Maatraan under the direction of K V Anand currently in shooting phase. The director who is a perfectionist is taking maximum efforts to take the movie in an international style.
As per the latest news, movie is shaping up well and it has completed 50% of the shooting.

Maatraan based on present day story with perfect blend of action thriller. Surya portraying in 5 unique get-ups in the movie. The film directed and co-written by K. V. Anand and scripted by writers Subha. Kajal Aggarwal playing the female lead, and features music by Harris Jayaraj. The film, produced by Kalpathi S. Aghoram, and fiilm slated to release in April 2012.

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Rajinikanth's Kochadaivaan shooting details

Rajinikanth's upcoming 3D movie titled Kochadaivaan which is Lord Shiva's name will begin its regular shooting soon and the movie will be released in August 2012.Kochadaivaan director Soundarya Rajinikanth says that the movie is a new film but not a reviving of Sultan the Warrior.

Rajini's Kochadaivaan movie will be made with motion capturing technique, like the recent Steven Spielberg Adventures of Tintin. Rajinikanth is said to perform each scene in hi-tech studio and his body language will be captured and assigned to animation.

Now the latest buzz is that Anushka might be signed in for the lead actress role in the film.Soundarya Rajinikanth and KS Ravikumar are in talks Anushka.Lets wait for the official confirmation of the news.

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Hong Kong Reigns Supreme At The 48th Golden Horse Awards!

The prestigious annual 48th Golden Horse Awards, or better known as Taiwan's version of the Oscars, has finally announced the winners. The big-budget Taiwanese war epic, WARRIORS OF THE RAINBOW: SEEDIQ BALE, which led the way with 11 nominations, has walked home five Golden Horse statuettes: Best Film, Best Supporting Actor (Bokeh Kosang), Best Sound Effect (Tu Duu-Chih, Tang Hsiang-Chu, Wu Shu-Yao), Best Original Film Score (Ricky Ho), and Audience Award For Best Film. But it was Hong Kong who actually reigns supreme in bagging three most important prizes, and the movie was none others than Ann Hui's heartfelt drama A SIMPLE LIFE. Hui was named Best Director, while Deannie Ip and Andy Lau both walked home Best Actress and Best Actor respectively. It was especially a double joy for Deannie Ip, who had earlier bagged her Venice Film Festival win for Best Actress as well. Here's what Andy Lau had to say upon receiving the Best Actor award.

In the past few years I've seen Taiwanese filmmakers struggling during the lowest time of the film industry, and I've seen how you revive. Now it's the lowest time for Hong Kong films. I hope we can also hang in there through the hard time, and be as good as Taiwan's achievement.

In the meantime, Peter Chan's martial arts drama WU XIA, which was nominated with five awards, managed to take home three Golden Horse statuettes -- all technical awards -- Best Action Choreography (Donnie Yen), Best Visual Effects (Yung Kwok-Yin, Andy Kang), and Best Art Direction (Yee Chung-man, Sun Li).

However, Jiang Wen's well-praised action comedy LET THE BULLETS FLY which was nominated for nine awards, managed only to snag Best Adapted Screenplay (Zhu Sujin, Shu Ping, Jiang Wen, Guo Junli, Wei Xiao, Li Bukong) and Best Cinematography (Zhao Fei).

Last but not least, Taiwan's huge hit and Hong Kong's current highest-grossing movie of the year on the teen drama YOU ARE THE APPLE OF MY EYE which has bagged four nominations, only took home Best New Performer (Ko Chen-Tung).

Here's a complete list of 48th Golden Horse Awards winners below.

Best Film: Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale

Best Director: Ann Hui - A Simple Life

Best Actor: Andy Lau - A Simple Life

Best Actress: Deanie Ip - A Simple Life

Best Supporting Actor: Bokeh Kosang - Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale

Best Supporting Actress: Tang Qun - Return Ticket

Lifetime Achievement Award: Ting Shan-Hsi

The International Federation of Film Critics award: The Piano in a Factory

Best Original Screenplay: Yang Nan-Chian, Teng Yung-shing, Qin Hailu, Ge Wen-Zhe, Xi Ran - Return Ticket

Best Adapted Screenplay: Zhu Sujin, Shu Ping, Jiang Wen, Guo Junli, Wei Xiao, Li Bukong - Let the Bullets Fly

Best Action Choreography: Donnie Yen - Wu Xia

Best Art Direction: Yee Chung-Man, Sun Li - Wu Xia

Best Editing: Chen Hsiao-Tung - The Man Behind the Book

Best Cinematography: Zhao Fei - Let the Bullets Fly

Best Visual Effects: Yung Kwok-Yin, Andy Kang - Wu Xia

Best Score: Ricky Ho - Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale

Best Song: Ascent Chen - Jump Ashin!

Best Sound: Tu Duu-Chih, Tang Hsiang-Chu, Wu Shu-Yao - Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale

Best Makeup and Costume Design: Hao Yi - The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman

Best Documentary: Hometown Boy

Best Short Film: Thief

Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year: Wong Wei-Liu

Best New Performer: Ko Chen-Tung - You are the Apple of My Eye

Best New Director: Wuershan - The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman

Audience Award for Best Film: Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale

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Amala Paul - The most wanted actresss

South actress Amala Paul tunrs out to be most wanted and busiest star in kollywod with couple of movies on board.Amala has given scintilating performances in Mynaa, Sindhu Samaveli and Deivathirumagal bagged couple of films to her kitty.

Currently Amala Paul is busy with the hectic schedules of Vettai, Muppozhudum Un Karpanai and Kaadhalil Sodappuvadu Eppadi movies.Amala Paul says that she was thrilled and excited working in all those films.She further informs that Lingusamy's vettai movie will bring her strong place in tamil film industry.

While coming to tollywood Amala Paul is awaiting for Naga Chaitanya's bejawada movie which is slated to release on December 2.

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Rana,Andrea key roles in Simbu's Vada Chennai

Simbu's next movie in the direction of Vetrimaran which is tentatively titled as Vada Chennai team growing big with star cast addition.Tollywood actor Rana Daggubati is roped in for a cameo role in the film.

Director Vetrimaran informs to the press that Rana will be well suited for the role.He further informs that Andrea will also been seen in a key role in Vada Chennai film.Vada Chennai movie story deals with the organised crimes in the city.

Vada Chennai movie shooting will begin from February, 2012 and right now director is busy in search of lead actress opposite to Simbu in the film.GV Prakash will render tunes while cinematography by Velraj.

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This Is How Keanu Reeves Looks Like As A Samurai In 47 RONIN!

Can you imagine Keanu Reeves playing a samurai? Actually it's not really that surprising anyway, considered there is other white actors who plays such role before as well. Take Tom Cruise, for instance in 2003's THE LAST SAMURAI.

Now take a first look below at Keanu Reeves as the samurai named Kai in Carl Erik Rinish's upcoming action thriller 47 RONIN, which is scheduled for a November 22, 2012 release.

In the meantime, here's the synopsis below:

Kai (Keanu Reeves), an outcast who joins Oishi (Hiroyuki Sanada), the leader of the 47 Ronin. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honor to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors. … Inspired by styles as diverse as Miyazaki and Hokusai, Rinsch will bring to life the stunning landscapes and enormous battles that will display the timeless Ronin story to global audiences in a way that's never been seen before.

A samurai movie in the way that's never been seen before? Sounds intriguing enough, but hopefully it's not all gimmick.

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Ben Whishaw Is Cast As Younger Q In SKYFALL!

When you talk about the famous gadget expert Q in previous James Bond movies, it's two older actors Desmond Llewelyn and John Cleese. However, the upcoming 23rd James Bond adventure, SKYFALL, will features a younger version of Q for the very first time. And that latest honor goes to 31-year-old Ben Whishaw (PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER). In fact, he's even younger than James Bond himself, with Daniel Craig 12 years his senior!

Ben Whishaw is certainly an unexpected but refreshing choice for the role of Q. Both him and Daniel Craig used to act together before in 2004's gangster drama LAYER CAKE. 23'rd James Bond Movie Gossips Sky Fall.

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Christian Bale Has Few Things To Say About His Co-Stars In THE DARK KNIGHT RISES!

In a recent interview with the Philippine Daily Inquirer about working with Zhang Yimou in an upcoming war epic, THE FLOWERS OF WAR, Christian Bale has also shared his juicy thoughts about his co-stars -- Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt -- in Christopher Nolan's THE DARK KNIGHT RISES.

On Anne Hathaway, who plays Catwoman:

I had plenty of scenes with Anne. And I was there when we did the screen test for her. The thing that I said to Chris [Nolan] that day was that there were many very accomplished actresses who had read for the role. I'm terrible at auditions, so I'm very impressed when somebody really seems to acquire an ownership of a character without having worked on it or prepared for some amount of time.

I saw that in Anne. When Chris watched the screen test, he agreed that Anne did a wonderful job. In many ways, she has the hardest job. There are a number of people who feel that the Catwoman role has been defined previously. So, I always saw Anne's role as being the toughest job of any of us. In my case, I've stopped referencing outside sources. I now reference Chris' own world of Batman as a guide to what I will continue doing.

On Tom Hardy, who plays Bane:

I like working with him a great deal. He goes the whole hog. I know that Bane has been seen in movies before. But, in my eyes, Tom is essentially creating Bane for the first time so there's great freedom for him to be able to do so.

On Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who plays John Blake:

Joseph is a very intriguing guy. I would see Joseph's performances in other films while we were filming. He's somebody who truly seems to love acting. He's a good, smart guy. He did a very good job in the movie.

Lastly, Bale himself has once again confirmed that THE DARK KNIGHT RISES is definitely the end of his journey as the Bat.

I wrapped a few days ago so that will be the last time I'm taking that cowl [Batman hood] off. I believe that the whole production wrapped yesterday, so it's all done. Everything's finished. It's me and Chris – that will be the end of that Batman era.

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Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal Final Today

The shooting of Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal will be wrapped up today and post production work is expected to begin soon. The shooting schedule was slightly delayed because music director GV Prakash was busy with the promos of Mayakkam Enna.

He has completed setting the tunes for the last song and it is being filmed at the Binny Mills in Chennai. This song is expected to be completed today following which the team will wrap up the shooting.

MUK stars Atharva and Amala Paul in the lead roles. It is romantic film that will hit the screens during early 2012.

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Rajinikanth now in Godspeed

Superstar Rajinikanth aka Thalaivar that’s how their fans call him so, has started his daily routine in Godspeed it seems. The Superstar amidst all this bad climate wakes up so early in morning near by 4am, steps out of his house in poes garden covering ears and body with a shawl with face only mostly visible.

Then the style king starts his morning walk with high speed outside the streets in poes garden. The Superstar who is well known for his speed, meditation, yoga has risen back to his form says sources. But know that he doesn’t take any guards with him, justs goes walking like a simple ordinary man.

But the guards from other houses are there to protect him if any trouble comes his way. It shows that the superstar has got fans in every side. With these activities Rajinikanth is ready to kick start his next project Kochadaiyaan.

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Amala Paual in high demand

The Mynaa girl is flying high. Amala Paul is currently one of the busiest actors in Kollywood. After delivering stellar performances in movies such as Mynaa, Sindhu Samaveli and Deivathirumagal, Amala is busy travelling across the country and abroad shooting for Vettai,

Muppozhudum Un Karpanai and Kaadhalil Sodappuvadu Eppadi. In Vettai, she shares screen space with popular actors such as Sameera Reddy, Arya and Madhavan. She says, ‘ I am happy and thrilled to do many movies. Even my Telugu venture is shaping up’.

She is confident that Vettai will establish a place for herself in Kollywod.

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Anushka in Rajinikanth’s Kochadaiyaan?

Is Tamil cinema’s hot and happening girl Anushka going to be superstar Rajinikanth’s heroine in Kochadaiyaan ?

The grapevine is abuzz that Soundarya Rajinikanth and KS Ravikumar who are directing the film have spoken to Anushka to do this animation 3D film.

Sweety, as she is popularly known is currently doing Karthi’s new untitled film directed by Suraj. And then she will be doing Vikram’s Thandavam with Vijay and finally she has committed to Selvaraghavan’s new film with Arya.

Kochadaiyaan is being made using the motion capturing technique, like the recent Steven Spielberg Adventures of Tintin. All that Anushka requires to do is to face the camera and her body language will be captured and it would be assigned to animation.

Her entire role will be completed in a high-tech studio. Anushka also technically will be known as the heroine of the film. The chances of her lending her face for a Rajinikanth film are bright.

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Rajapattai Movie confirmed for X’mas!

PVP Cinemas have confirmed that Chiyaan Vikram’s Rajapattai will release in December, most likely for Christmas on December 23.

An ad of the film announcing a December release has been splashed in today’s (Nov 27) newspapers.

Rajapattai has Vikram and Deeksha Seth in the lead and is directed by Suseenthiran. The audio of the film which has music by Yuvan Shankar Raja is most likely to be released at a big function in Chennai on December 4 or 5.

Since Vikram has a huge market in Andhra, the film is getting dubbed in Telugu as Veedinthe with the tagline ‘By Birth’.

It would release simultaneously along with the Tamil version. The veteranTelugu director and actor K Vishwanath is playing Vikram’s father in the film.

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Sherin Back With ‘Abaayam’

Sherin was once one of the most wanted young heroines in Tamil. The star who was introduced in ‘Thulluvatho Ilamai’ with Dhanush delivered a series of hits in Tamil like ‘Student No. 1’, ‘Visil’ and ‘Urchaagam’ is back in Tamil now.

Her Telugu hit film ‘Danger’ is getting dubbed and released in Tamil as ‘Abaayam’. The thriller directed by Krishnavamsi was a big hit for Sherin in Telugu and the star hopes, “With this film ‘Abaayam’, I’m returning to Tamil. This will be a start of my second innings in here”.

Sherin is currently working in Malayalam and Kannada films. She is also approached by filmmakers in Tamil and is waiting for a story that gives the right break. She also intends to get into direction in future.

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TKK Claim Osthi Not Tamil Word

The latest film to get into a fix over its title is Osthi.

Tamizh Kappu Kazhagam (TKK), a pro-Tamil organisation has objected to the title of the film.

They claim there is no word in Tamil called Osthi, and it is not a pure Tamil name.

During the earlier Karunanidhi regime, there was a strict rule that films with only Tamil titles could be eligible for total entertainment tax exemption.

But under the new regime, entertainment tax has been increased to 30 %, so producers are not particular about using pure Tamil titles for their films.

STR’s Osthi has already been censored with a U certificate, and the film is slated for release on December 8.

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Will Rajni Do Guest Role In 3 Movie?

When he did it for SRK in Ra.One, will he do it again for his daughter in 3? That is the latest buzz in Kollywood today. After the Kolaveri mania, it is said that Superstar’s daughter Aishwarya is planning to get in Rajinikanth to do a cameo appearance in film, which had Dhanush and Shruti Haasan in lead roles.

It is said that Rajni is highly impressed with the Kolaveri song and appreciate Dhanush for his wonderful effort. 3 is an emotional love story which is expected to be different and catchy.

So will Thalaivar make an appearance in 3? Let’s wait and watch!

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Rana Daggubati Do Cameo Role in STR’s Vada Chennai

Rana Daggubati who is considered as the hot property from Tollywood is all set to make his debut in Tamil.He will perform a cameo role in National Award winner Vetrimaaran’s next venture, Vada Chennai which will feature Simbhu in the lead. It is reported that the movie is about planned crimes that takes places in and around North Chennai.

Meanwhile, Andrea is also roped in for an important role in the movie and the director is not ready to disclose any more details about the movie . He makes no changes to his technical team which worked for Award Winning movie Aadukalam. Velraj will handle the camera while G.V.Prakash will compose for this flick. Vetrimaaran and Co. are busy hunting for the heroine . The photo shoot of the movie is underway and the movie will go on floors from February .

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Nayantara impersonated!

If you read any messages on the critical issue of 'Dam 999' ban in TN from Nayantara on her microblogging page, well, it's not her who is posting them!
 
The actress's profile in a leading microblogging page was active ever since her 'break' from the industry, but it came as news toNayantara itself that she had a profile on a social networking site!
 
She expressed that she is not a member of any networking sites and that someone has impersonated her and is chatting with all her fans.
 
Initially Nayan announced through a media house that she is not the one using this profile to chat with her fans or fellow industry members. But now after the person had posted messages on sensitive issues like 'Dam 999' with Nayan's name, she wants to take this up to the cyber crime officials in the city.

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Kamal plays terrorist in Vishwaroopam?

Kamal Haasan is presently starring in the film Vishwaroopam whose shooting is going on in the West Asian country of Jordan. The film, which is produced and directed by Kamal Haasan himself, happens to be the first-ever Indian film to be shot in the picturesque Jordan. U.S.-based Pooja Kumar, a former ‘Miss India USA’, is paired opposite Kamal Haasan in the film.

Vishwaroopam, however, won’t be Pooja’s debut film as she had already starred in a Tamil film titled Kaadhal Rojavae way back in the year 2000 and has also starred in some English and Hindi films. The multi-faceted Pooja has also produced short films and had been a successful model. She had also worked as veejay in Channel V, the music channel besides a brief stint as a newsreader in the television show Namaste America.

The film is being made simultaneously in Tamil and Hindi. For the first time in his career, Kamal Haasan would be playing a terrorist in this film. He has boldly taken on the role of a Mujahideen terrorist belonging to a group which thrives in Afghanistan. While Kamal’s penchant for taking on roles which many of contemporaries might feel hesitant to look at is well-known, it remains to be seen what message does he intend to convey through his role.

Beautiful-looking Bollywood actress Isha Shervani, who is rumoured to be about to tie the nuptial knot with Indian fast bowler Zaheer Khan, would be playing a significant role in the film. Besides producing and directing the film, Kamal has also taken upon the additional responsibilities of penning the story, screenplay and dialogues of the film. The film has music by the famed trio of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.

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Vishnuvardhan dub or remake Panjaa?

Vishnuvardhan is one of the most promising young directors in Tamil cinema.

His claim to fame is Ajith’s remake of Rajinikanth’s Billa which was a super hit.

Now Vishnu is doing his first straight Telugu film Panjaa with power star Pawan Kalyan and music by Yuvan Shankar Raja.

Initially, there were reports that the film releasing on December 9 will be dubbed into Tamil as Pawan has a market in Tamil Nadu.

However, the latest we hear is that the producer plans to dub Panjaa into Tamil as Kuri and will release a month after its Telugu release. There are unconfirmed rumours that Vishnu wants to remake Panjaa in Tamil with Ajith as the hero.

The buzz is that Vishnu is waiting for the success of Panjaa in Telugu before he remakes it in Tamil. It does not make sense to dub the film in Tamil and release it a month later.

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Nayanthara to approach the cyber-crime police

Its only hours since we put up the news that Nayanthara is miffed about someone impersonating her on Twitter and the actress had denied being on the social networking site.

But now Nayan has decided to take up the issue seriously and is filing a case with Indian cyber-crime police authorities today.

A peeved Nayanthara said: “I understand that these are star trappings. All that I wanted was to gently warn the person to deactivate the fake Twitter account. But now understanding the intensity of the situation, I will be approaching the cyber-crime police.”

We understand that after Nayan denied being on Twitter, the impersonator put upsome tweets on the sensitive issue of the ban on the film Dam 999. This had the actress see red and take up the issue with higher authorities.

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Vijaykanth the Savior of Tamil people

Vijayakanth the actor turned politician on Nov 24th launched a one-day fast, protesting the hike in milk price, bus fare and the state government’s decision to revise the power tariff. Vijayakanth was observing the fast at a makeshift pandal in front of his Party headquarters at Koyambedu along with his party members.

Vijayakanth said the two fold hike in bus fare and milk price severely affected the poor and middle class people. The actor who not only performed roles as a savior in his films who chases down terrorists, rowdies from kashmir to kanyakumari and defeats them. VIjaykanth proves that he always care for the nation as a hero even off-screen.

The actor’s last film was VIrudhagiri which got released last year had him the role of a police officer and the film had a lukewarm response from the audience too.

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