Yuvan Shankar Raja celebrates his birthday today

Yuvan Shankar Raja, the most popular music director of current times, is celebrating his birthday today. He began his musical journey at a young age of 16 with the Sarathkumar starrer Aravindhan. He is the most favored music director among film buffs as well as his filmi brethren. His recent tracks in Paiyya, Naan Mahan Alla, Thillalangadi and Baana Kaathadi continue to remain chartbusters for a long time. Here is wishing Yuvan a very happy birthday and loads of happiness.

Thillalangadi Movie review

Cast	Jayam Ravi, Tamannaah, Shaam, Prabhu, Suhasini, Vadivelu, Santhanam
Direction	Raja
Production	Editor Mohan
Music	Yuvanshankar Raja
Cinematography	B. Rajasekhar

After a string of blockbusters to his credit, remake king Jayam Raja and brother Jayam Ravi is back with their next venture Thillalangadi, a remake of the Telugu hit Kick. Jayam Ravi and Tamannaah play the lead roles and Shaam reprises his role from the original. Ravi has returned to his chocolate boy look after donning an action hero's look in Peranmai. This is Ravi's first film after marriage; Prabhu and Suhasini play pivotal roles; Vadivelu provides comic relief; music is scored by Yuvanshankar Raja.

Produced by Editor Mohan, the film is an out-and-out entertainer with peppy songs. Thillalangadi is the story of an intelligent thief who loots money from the rich and the famous, so who is that thief? Will he get caught? Watch out for the film!

The Plot

Thillalangadi is the story of a young man Ravi (Krishna) who is adventurous and seeks excitement in his everyday life. The urban, smart and cool-headed guy finds it difficult to stick to any job. But destiny dictates that he meet Nisha (Tamannaah), and fall in love with her. Prabhu and Suhasini play caring parents of Ravi.

Nisha sets a condition that he must stick to one job if he wants to marry her. But when she learns that Krishna has quit his new job immediately after joining, she is disillusioned and decides to leave him. She then decides to move to Malaysia, where she meets police officer (Shaam) and decides to marry him. Shaam is on a mission to nab a thief which naturally turns out to be Krishna. How Krishna manages to evade arrest and also win back his lady love forms the remaining part of the story.

The Performance

Director Jayam Raja has made every effort to efficiently deliver this action-packed adventure filmed extensively in Malaysia. The first half has loads of humour with Ravi, Vadivelu and Santhanam. The on-screen chemistry between Tamannaah and Ravi is convincing. Tamannaah dishes out a satisfactory performance as she perfectly fits her assigned role. Tamannaah as Nisha oozes glamour. The director has fine-tuned his approach and manages to pull off a good entertainer.

B. Rajasekhar's camera work is a highlight; Yuvanshankar Raja's music is just up to the mark. Ravi, as usual, stands out with his performance as he oozes energy with matching dialogues. Shaam makes a memorable performance which is the major highlight of the film.

The Verdict

Overall, the film gives light-hearted entertainment that will definitely not disappoint anyone. This is a flashy film with a predictable plot and loads of action.

Thillalangadi music releases on July 2

Call it caution or cleverness. The music of ‘Jayam’ Ravi, Tamannah starrer ‘Thillalangadi’ will make its way to the stores without much trumpeting. Recently even the music of ‘Raavanan’ was soft launched.

‘Thillalangadi’ is a Sun Pictures film. The company is set to premiere the music of the film on its television channel on July 2 after a simple intro at one of its television studios.

‘Thillalangadi’ is a remake of Telugu blockbuster ‘Kick’ starring Ravi Teja, Ileana and Shaam in lead roles. Shaam plays the same role in Tamil version also. Prabhu, Vadivelu, and Santhanam play other important roles.

Music is Yuvan Shankar Raja and he has scored six numbers for the film. Chitra, Shreya Ghosal and Yuvan have sung. Another song is Silambarasan which will have novel fusion Bhangra with Kuthu.

Jeyam Ravi: Tamanna looks very glamorous in Thillalangadi

There is a lot of talk about Thamanna’s Thillangadi. It seems she looks very glamorous in this film. When asked Jayam Ravi about this, he laughed. Further while speaking about this film, he said,” This will be the first high budgeted film of our company.

Because lot of actors is acting, the expenses have been increased. You can laugh at each scene. Vadivelu, Santhanam, Ganja Karuppu and Sathyan are doing comedy with me. Many are asking me whether there was ego problem among them. Ego is not a negative matter. When we think our role should come well, that itself is ego.

But this is strength to a film and not weakness. Both Santhanam and Vadivelu have really rocked in the comedy scenes. If you see the film, you can come to know that how genius is Vadivelu. Santhanam is for the first time donning a role that nobody has donned so far.

Thamanna has become very close to us. She invited the whole Thillalangadi team for lunch at her house in Mumbai. Thamanna has for the first time had acted in glamorously in this film. Most of the audience would be stunned by her looks.

After the shooting was completed the whole team presented her a cake and bouquet. During this send off, she had tears in her eyes. After doing this comedy film, I am acting in a serious role in Ameer’s Aadhi Bhaghavan. You will see Ameer through me.”

Tamanna: I like Paiyaa movie very much

Director Kannan will be directing a film titled Vandhaan Vendraan after Kanden Kadhalai. Jeeva is doing the lead role. Talks are going on with Thamanna to pair with Jeeva.


There is also talk going on with Thamanna for a film to be directed by Karthik who is an assistant of Selvaraghavan. Karthi is doing the lead role in this film. After Aayirathil Oruvan, Ravindran is producing this film.

Thamanna said,” After Paiyya, Sura and Thillalangadi, I am continuing to get offers in Tamil. All the films I have acted as done well at the box office. Paiyya is also doing well. In all the Tamil films I have acted acting in Paiyya gave me a new experience. I liked the film very much.”

Jayam Ravi's Thillalangadi releases on June

Remake king M. Raja's upcoming film Thillalangadi is almost complete and the director is reportedly happy with the outcome. An energetic entertainer with many twists and suspenses, Thillalangadi is produced by Jayam Ravi's father Editor Mohan. The film is expected to grace theatres in June.



Thillalangadi is a remake of the super hit Telugu movie Kick. Jayam Ravi and Tamannaah plays the lead roles and Shaam reprises his role from the original. Ravi has returned to his chocolate boy look after donning an action hero's look in Peranmai. This is Ravi's first film after marriage; Prabhu and Suhasini play pivotal roles; Vadivelu provides comic relief; music is scored by Yuvanshankar Raja.

Jayam Raja-Vijay project to take off

The buzz in Kollywood is that Jayam Raja is gearing up to commence work on Vijay’s project soon. It is said that the ground work would begin in December and the shooting sometime in March 2010.

Jayam Raja will direct Vijay for the first time and the star had given his go-ahead a couple of months ago. While the director is a master of remakes, this time around he had penned a script specially for Ilayathalapathi.

The director, it is worth mentioning here, is currently busy directing his sibling Jayam Ravi in Thillalangadi.

Jayam Ravi joins Prabhu Deva

Prabhu Deva, who is gearing up to direct a Tamil film with 'Jayam' Ravi in the lead, has zeroed in on a title for his project. If sources close to the choreographer-filmmaker are to be believed, the film has been named 'Paris'.

A romantic entertainer, the movie to be produced by Kalpathi S Agoram will go on floors soon. Buzz is that Prabhu Deva is keen on casting Nayantara as the heroine for the movie.

However, sources also maintain that attempts are being made to rope in Shruthi Haasan as the heroine. ‘Jayam’ Ravi, who acted with top heroines like Asin, Trisha, Genelia and Tamannah has not shared the screen with either Nayantara or Shruthi so far.

Ravi is all thrilled as his 'Peranmai' has made it big at the box-office. He is currently shooting for his 'Thillalangadi' (a remake of Telugu hit 'Kick') at quick pace.