LGF has bought Manmadhan Ambu and 7aam Arivu dubbing rights

Lakshmi Ganapathi Films had brought in several successful dubbing films right from the Hollywood to Kollywood is back on high spirits after a long pause.

B. Subramanyam the chief of the house released a press report that the house locked the dubbing rights of two high budget Tamil movies. One is Kamal Hassan starrer Manmadhan Ambu and Ezhanam Arivu starring Suriya, Shruthi Hassan for a sky-high price.

7aam Arivu’s movie is directed by Murugadoss and Manmadhan Ambu is being directed by K.S. Ravikumar.Both these flicks are coming under Red Giant Movies banner produced by Udhyanidhi Stalin.

The chief of LGF says we locked these films with facing heavy competition from top producers from Tollywood.He is expecting that these big budget films will replicate Robo collections in Telugu.

Actor Suriya's daredevil stunt sequences in 7 Aum Arivu

Suriya is one of those actors who likes to experiment with different get-ups, whether in reel life or real life! In his upcoming film 7Aum Arivu, directed by A.R. Murugadoss, Suriya plays the role of a circus acrobat. He will be performing all the circus acts himself without using a double in any of the sequences. Besides his circus acts, the actor will also be doing several innovative stunts in the film. A special trainer from Rajkamal Circus has been appointed to teach him the jumps and other special items he will perform in the movie.

Now the entire unit of 7 Aum Arivu along with few stuntmen from Hollywood are off to Thailand to shoot some risky stunt sequences. It is said that Suriya will perform all the acts without a body double.

Reportedly 7 Aum Arivu is a sci-fi thriller which have two stories narrated in different eras; one dates back to 1,500 years.

South Indian Actors try their luck in Hindi

During the 80's superstars like Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi, Kamal Haasan and Venkatesh tried their luck at capturing the Bollywood market.

Now our Gen Next actors are all setting their eyes on the Hindi heartland. Vikram was seen in Mani Ratnam's Raavan and Suriya in Ram Gopal Varma's Rakthacharitra. Siddharth tried his luck through Rang De Basanti and Striker.

And now Telugu stars like Rana Duggubati is doing Rohhan Sippy's film while Ram Charan Teja is rumoured to be launched in Hindi by Farhan Akhtar.

And Pritviraj is seriously discussing a project with Bollywood's ace director Anurag Kashyap. Anurag who had done films like Dev D is planning to introduce Prithviraj in Bollywood in a movie produced by him.

Lets hope that like the south belles, the south lads too make it big in Bollywood.

Suriya is now turns National Hero

October 22, 2010 is going to be a watershed day in the career of Surya. His first Bollywood outing ‘Raktha Charaitra’ is releasing and he will become a nation star from that day. Ram Gopl varma has already ignited the popularity flame of Surya in the north Indian media. His comments on the powerful eyes of Surya during the launch op the trailer and Neha Dupia finding him very hot are some news that already welcomed Surya in Bollywood.

But Surya has worked hard for his position today. If Amir Khan feels Surya as Gajini was better than him as Ghajini that’s the versatility of Surya.
Look at how a simple looking lover boy metamorphosed into one of the most accomplished actors in Indian cinema today.

A lot has been said about Ghajini already. When Amir Khan remade it n Hindi Surya also became a talking point. AR Murugadoss’ inspiration from Christopher Nolan's Memento worked wonders at the box office and in the life of Surya. He got the Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor. What more? After Amir Khan’s Ghajini released the nation turned its spotlight on Surya. Who did better? Aamir Khan flew down to gift a pricy laptop to Surya.

Nerruku Ner in 1997 introduced Surya to Kollywood. Produced by Maniratnam and directed by Vasanth, it was a perfect launch pad for Surya. He played a loving brother who also romanced with Simran. Though he shared the screen with Vijay in his first film Surya was noticed more than for being Sivakumar’s son.

After taking his time and five films after Surya got his break in 2001. Two films released this year and Surya said he is here to stay. One is Friends by Siddique and the other is Nanda by Bala. One is a comedy and the other is a classic melodrama. Surya excelled in both and said aloud that he is an actor more than a star. For Nanda, Surya won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor

Then in 2002, Surya again proved in two different genres under the baton of two special directors. Emotional Unnai Ninaithu with Vikraman and sizzling Mounam Pesiyathe with Ameer are two notable films in Surya’s career.

By 2003, Surya was on the verge of becoming a super star. The two films of the year Kaaka Kaaka and
Pithamagan won all the adulations Surya was waiting for. Anbu Selvan IPS has become an iconic image of Tamil cinema by the brilliant performance of Surya. He rewrote cop stories for the future and generated many clones. The superlative combination of Gautham Menon and Surya made a style statement with Kaakka Kaakka. Surya won The International Tamil Film Award.

The other film Pithamagan was another milestone. Playing along with Vikram Surya stood on his own. The bubbly effervescence Surya got, Filmfare Best Tamil Supporting Actor Award.

The dual roles in Perazhagan were an achievement in histrionics. As a pitied village a village youth who is a hunchback, Surya scaled many peaks with ease. The contrasting urban Surya was also very convincing with diagonally different mannerisms adopted by Surya. The film got him the Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award.

Vaaranam Aayiram was yet another landmark film. Gautham Menon who gave the first big big break for Surya at the box office, made him a better actor in Vaaranam Ayiram. As the dotting father who sacrifices everything for his son and as the obedient son who is not willing to trouble his father to an iota level, Surya gave a performance of highest level. Not many films are remembered as this to know the father-son relationship. Awards and rewards flowed like the Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award, Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actor etc.

Raktha Charitra movie release date

The much anticipated movie of recent times in Hindi Raktha Charitra has been made in two parts. The movie is a real life incident and is being shot in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi. Ram Gopal Verma has confirmed the release dates of the two installments of the movie. The first part of the movie will be released on October 22, 2010.

The second part of RC will be released on November 19, 2010. Incidentally, another highly expected movie Guzaarish, starring Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai is touted to be released on the same date. Raktha Charitra will have Vivek Oberoi, Suriya and Priya Mani in lead roles.

Shruthi Haasan: I don't have plan for Malayalam projects

Shruthi Haasan was recently reported of having signed a Malayalam film ‘Talsamayam Oru Pennkutty’, which is supposed to be directed by Rajeev Kumar. He has been one of the finest filmmaker of Malayalam film industry and has made it a point of portraying female characters as his lead character.

He had revived the image of Sameera Reddy in his recent Malayalam film ‘Oru Naal Varum’, in which she gained incredible laurels. Off the late, we heard that Rajeev Kumar had approached Kamal Haasan to go through a script for his next film titled ‘Talsamayam Oru Pennkutty’, which revolves around the girl and her life getting transformed into web of complications as she enrolls herself into TV reality show.

It was reported that Shruthi Haasan will be essaying this role. Recently Shruthi Haasan erased such calls on airs saying that they are baseless rumors.

At present, Shruthi wants to focus mainly into Tamil and Hindi film industry. She is acting in a Tamil film with Suriya titled ‘Ezham Arivu’, a Telugu film with Siddarth and a Hindi film ‘Dil To Baccha Hai’ with Ajay Devgn and Eemran Hashmi.

Ratha Charithram movie release date

Ram Gopal Varma’s much hyped controversial multi-lingual film ‘Ratha Charithram’ which is being made in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi with Surya, Priyamani, Vivek Oberoi in the lead roles is all set for release soon in 2 parts. As ‘Rakta charitra’ is 5 Hour length movie producer decided to release in 2 Parts. Rakta charitra-1 in telugu version is set to release on October 21st and later on Hindi version dated for October 22nd for release. ‘Rakta charitra’ 2nd part of the movie scheduled to release with a gap of two weeks of the Part 1 release.While coming to Tamil of Ratha Charithram it will be released as full length movie as Surya appears in the second half of the movie.

‘Rakta charitra-1′ is completely compress of Paritala Ravi Showcase and until his brucial murder.In the 2nd version Paritala Ravi Murder and the case running on Maddelacheruvu Suri proceding him to jail life.The whole movie which goes on faction backdrop which comprises of violence and bloodshed.The film story is based on the real concept of TDP leader Paritala Ravi which is being played by Vivek Oberoi in the film and Surya will be seen as Maddela Cheruvu Suri and Priyamani as his wife Gangula Bhanumathi.

Suriya vs Arya vs Dhanush

On this Deepavali, a big battle is spread for heroes of Kollywood. And people are already discussing on who would win the battle between them!

Yes, on this Deepavali, six Tamil films are releasing. Suriya is coming with Rakta Charitra in which he pairs with Priyamani.

And then there is Chikku Bukku in which Arya is looking for a hat-trick hit! In this film, he pairs with Shriya.

Utthamaputhiran has Rajinikanth’s son in law, Dhanush and Genelia in the lead roles!

Next in the race is action hero Arjun with the movie Vallakottai in which he pairs with Haripriya.

While the main fight is between these four, two more films, which are releasing on the same day i.e Mynaa and Va. Cutting are releasing too to join the fun!

But who will win the Deepavali battle, needs to be seen!

Actor Suriya's images in Rattha Charitram movie

Suriya's brother Karthi adopts tiger

Karthi Sivakumar, who is currently busy with Siruthai, has adopted a white tiger cub from the Chennai Vandaloor Zoo recently. The actor named the cub Namratha and also handed over a cheque to the forest official towards its food expenses. Karthi visited the zoo with his niece Diya and a bunch of other kids. The forest department officials thanked the actor for his contribution. Interestingly, Karthi's brother Suriya did a campaign to save tigers recently.

Rattha Charitram audio has been launched by Mani Ratnam

The music of Ram Gopal Varma’s controversial flick Rattha Charitram (Tamil version of Raktha Charitra), starring Vivek Oberoi, Suriya and Priyamani in the lead, was launched in Chennai yesterday by ace director Mani Ratnam . Music is by Mani Sharma. Ram Gopal Varma, A.R. Murugadoss, Suriya, Sivakumar, Karthi, Vivek Oberoi, Shatrughan Sinha, Priyamani, Dayanidhi Alagiri and Lingusamy graced the event. The music of the Telugu version was launched in a simple function at Hyderabad recently.

The movie is an intense political drama focusing on the life of Anantapur Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLA Paritala Ravi. Made as a trilingual in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil by Madhu Mantena and Sheetal V. Talwar, the film has completed its entire shooting and is expected to hit screens by October end.

Shivakumar reveals his secret of youthfulness

 

Actor Shivakumar who was the yester year hero and father of Surya and Karthi while speaking to the media spoke about the secret of his youth. He said,” I will be 70 years next year.



There are lot of people who have the looks of youthfulness and fresh face. But the reason of my youthfulness is because of the connection I have with yoga from 1958.

Yoga will make the brain function with energy. After 40 years it is good to switch over from non vegetarian food to vegetarian food. When we are not able to labor hard, the vegetarian foods digest easily. This will prevent diseases.”

Karthi has sined as Airtel's new brand ambassador

After Suriya, it's the turn of his younger brother Karthi now! Mobile giant Airtel has roped in actor Karthi as its brand ambassador for South India. Karthi will now feature in a series of TV commercials that will be aired across South India. 'Indraikku Enna Plan' will be Airtel's new campaign.

Interestingly, big brother Suriya is the brand ambassador of arch rival Aricel!

Actor Suriya surprises his father Sivakumar

“We never expected that Suriya could make it this big in films. He was so timid when he was young and his fiery performance on screen is a pleasant surprise to all of us”, says Sivakumar, the proud father.

The veteran actor, going down the memory lane, says, “In his college days, Suriya was a calm boy who would not even talk freely to his friends. He was as shy as I was before I entered the film industry”.

On his younger son Karthi, Sivakumar says, “He is a bold guy who always wanted to make a career out of films. Even when I sent him abroad for studies, he made it clear to me that his passion was movies. And he is proving it now”.

Saying that never had he advised so much to his sons, the actor adds: “All that I asked them was not to rejoice so much during victory and not to feel bad during failures. And to respect everyone with equal importance”.

Cloud Nine acquires Suriya's Raktha Charithram

Suriya’s first multilingual movie has already created high waves in tinsel town. In fact, the actor has gained more appreciations and fans have started following him in Bollywood as well. The latest we hear is that Dayanidhi Azhagiri of Cloud Nine Productions have acquired the rights of the film’s Tamil version titled ‘Rattha Charithram’.

It’s noteworthy that Dayanidhi Azhagiri commenced his career as a producer obtaining the rights of Suriya’s ‘Vaaranam Aayiram’. The duo was successful together and now they’re back for this film.

‘Rattha Charithram’ will be released in Telugu and Hindi as ‘Raktha Charithra’ in Part 1 & 2. Suriya performs the role of Bengali gangster Suri, who hatches plans to kill his opponent, Parithala Ravi – Andhra based gangster turned politician.

The film is based on real life incidents of rivalry that existed between Ravi and Suri. Ram Gopal Varma has directed the film and it will get released in October.

Actress Priyamani's expectations on Raktha Charithra

The Telugu film industry is murmuring that after Trisha and Asin, Priyamani has started flattering the Bollywood producers, directors and actors in order to get offers. Priyamani was under the expectation that she would get lots of offers after the release of Raavanan directed by Manirathnam.

But to her misfortune the film bombed at the box office. Priyamani was very upset over this. Currently Priyamani is acting in the film Raktha Charithra which is being made in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi languages and directed by the famous director Ram Gopal Varma.

This film is to be released next month. Priyamani is now once again under the anticipation that after the release of this film, she might get lot of offers. Priyamani while speaking said,” Now I am able to speak Hindi fluently.

I am able to speak without mistakes. Language is no problem for me. Many are asking me that whether I will shift my residence to Mumbai. I don’t know that how many offers I will get. For time being I don’t have the intention of moving to Mumbai. I will think about it after getting lot of offers.

I love traveling and going to Mumbai is not a big thing. My favourite Bollywood actors are Amir Khan, Salman Khan and Sharukh Khan. I like Aishwarya Rai and Sri Devi very much.

Here actors and actresses are very professional. Aishwarya Rai and Sharukh Khan had acted as brother and sister in the Hindi film Josh but in the film Devdas, they lived as lovers. This is an example that shows their dedication towards their profession.”

Suriya replace Ajith in Thuppariyum Anand heroin Amy Jackson

Now that Ajith and Gautham Vasudev Menon have parted ways from doing a film together, it is said that the filmmaker would now make the movie with his favourite actor Suriya as the protagonist.

“Gautham likes to work with Suriya very much and he feels that the actor would suit to any kind of role. Hence his next choice for the project, which is a thriller, would obviously be Suriya”, say sources.

Tentatively titled ‘Thuppariyum Anand’, the film is set in pre-Independence era. “It is about a detective who zeroes in on culprits involved in sensitive cases in his own style”, sources in the know maintain.

One more interesting buzz about the project is that Gautham Menon has signed British Model Amy Jackson, who played the lead role in ‘Madrasapattinam’, for the heroine role. “His favourite cinematographer Manoj Paramahamsa is busy doing research for the film”, sources add.

Suriya doesn't dub himself in Raktha Charithra hindi version

Suriya, who is making his Bollywood debut with Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Raktha Charithra’, has suggested the director to opt for a professional dubbing artiste to dub for the character played by him.

“Because, the role I play in ‘Raktha Charithra’ should be real. Audiences should get convinced with my character. Hence I wanted a dubbing artiste to do the job to maintain the nativity”, he says.

Saying that he was scared of speaking in Hindi right from school days, the actor adds: “I don’t know why. But it was always tough for me to learn Hindi, though I married a Punjabi girl and the language is often spoken at my home”.

On the film, he says, “RGV has shaped it up in a very interesting way. It is a realistic film with a raw touch”. It may be recalled that the actor roped in a Hindi tutor to get his act right on the sets of ‘Raktha Charithra’.

Harris Jayaraj is Busy with his upcomming projects

Kollywood's prominent music director Harris Jayaraj is on a roll. The musician is currently busy with a series of projects: Ram Charan Tej-Genelia starrer Orange, K.V. Anand's Ko, Prabhu Deva's Ich (starring Jayam Ravi and Hansika Motwani), Suriya-A.R. Murugadoss' 7Aum Arivu and the Hindi remake of Khakka Khakka, starring John Abraham and Deepika Padukone.

"The music of 3 Idiots will be done simultaneously in two languages (Tamil and Telugu). We are hoping to release the audio of Ko by October. But Ich and Orange will be out by next month," he tweeted. "A full-fledged English track was recorded for Ich today with Emce Jayze, Kriss and Renaina. Hope it works for the film," he added.

Kamal's daughter has Shruti Haasan injured

Shruti Haasan, who is making her acting debut in Kollywood with Suriya starrer ‘7am Arivu’, got injured Sunday afternoon while shooting a stunt scene for the A R Murgadoss directed film.

The accident took place when the cast and crew of the Udhayanidhi Stalin’s production venture were shooting some ‘dangerous stunt scenes’ on the Velachery -Tambaram main road, on the outskirts of Chennai.

According to the daughter of ‘Ulaga Nayagan’ Kamal Hassan, the injury is on her elbow, and she is now taking rest. Suriya, on seeing her groaning in pain, immediately rushed to her side and helped a lot.

Shruti added saying “Suriya is a super supportive co-star ready with magic medication and lots of concern!”