Yuvan's schedule for Vaanam and Mankatha

Musician Yuvan Shankar Raja is busy these days scoring the music for Vaanam and Mankatha. He has said that he is scoring the music for Vaanam during the night and has Mankatha scheduled during the day.

Yuvan is currently working on the Vaanam single and this will be released next week, probably. He is making it into a futuristic club track and is doing all that he can to make it a chartbuster. The music director also revealed that he gave a sneak preview of the Vaanam single to his fans recently. Happy with the outcome, Yuvan will soon complete the track and master it so that it is ready by next week.

Vaanam shooting nears to end

The shooting of Vaanam, the Simbu and Bharath multi-starrer, is nearing the climax. Literally! Director Krish has already finished filming the portions involving different actors in the movie. Since the plot revolves around the conjuncture of five characters in the climax, it is quite a task to acquire the dates of all the actors. According to sources, only a few scenes and the climax remain to be filmed.

Vaanam has music by Yuvan Shankar Raja and he along with Simbu, will be releasing a single track for the promotional agenda on October 15. The film's producer VTV Ganesh is also planning to premiere the movie in London. Vaanam is expected to be released during the last week of November or by first week of December.

Naan Mahaan Alla team gave very good performance

Naan Mahaan Alla is a blockbuster, no doubt. The film’s lead actor Karthi’s performance was well-appreciated by all those who have seen the movie. Also appreciated for their excellent performance were the five baddies. While one of them is an assistant to NMA’s director Sussendiran, the rest were chosen by the director by chance meeting.

It was interesting to note that these five young baddies, during climax fight sequence, caught the attention of the audience. This surely needs to be appreciated considering the fact that all these youngsters are debutantes

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.

Ameer searching heroin for Aadhi Bhagavan movie

Director Ameer will fly down to Bangkok to choose locations for his forthcoming film Aadhi Bhagavan. The movie will have Jayam Ravi playing the protagonist. Speaking about the leading lady in the film, the director has said that talks are on with three starlets and an established actress. The decision on who bagged the role will be out in a few days.

Yuvan Shankar Raja will score the music for this film and Gurudev will handle the camera. J Anbazhagan is the producer of Aadhi Bhagavan.

Baana Kaathadi audio secret of success

The audio of Baana Kaathadi directed by newcomer Badri Venkatesh who is also a professor at the Film Institute in Chennai, was released at Sathyam cinemas this morning. This film is produced by Senthil of Sathyajyothi films. When Thyagarajan, father of Senthil spoke he said that around 26 years back, Sathyajyothy films had produced Mani Ratnam’s Pagal Nilavu and its music was being scored by Ilayaraja. There used to be two tiny tots who were playing around the sets and they were Yuvan Shankar Raja and Karthik Raja.

He further drew parallels between Pagal Nilavu and Baana Kaathadi and said that in Baana Kaathadi, Yuvan is scoring music and Atharva, son of Murali who featured in Pagal Nilavu is the hero and his son Senthil is the producer. Three songs were screened during the audio. Baana Kaathadi has Samantha as the screen partner for Atharva.

Movie Review: Paiya(Actor-Karthi; Actress-Tamanna)

Starring: : Karthi, Tamannah.
Direction: Lingusamy
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Production: Thirupathi Brothers

More than two years after his debut movie Paruthiveeran, Karthi's next release was Aayirathil Oruvan. Though that movie has been getting mixed responses, there is no doubt that his performance is stupendous. The movie is an important chapter in Tamil cinema. And now we have Paiyya, releasing today

Director Lingusamy traverses on an all new road show in Paiyaa in his home production Tirupathi Brothers and has acquitted himself fairly well. Although romance seems to be the axle in Paiyaa, Lingusamy has skewed away mildly from this and spiced it up with a travel (escape) event as a backdrop.

The film opens up with an ingenious manner of credits flipping on the road and dividers, lucidly indicating the genre of the film. A creative brainwave indeed!

Karthi (Shiva), an engineering graduate with an attitude, is on the look out for a job. He does not seem to be much serious in seeking employment while his friends try their best to settle him. He spots Tamannah (Charu) in a bus stop and it is love at first sight. He finds her on a couple of occasions later and in fact misses an interview in her pursuit. Destiny seems to have something good waiting for him and he gets to spend the most beautiful phase of his life, giving her a ride in the car while waiting to pick the owner of the car at the railway station. Life takes an exciting turn from this point for Karthi who accepts to drop her in Mumbai and thus begins Paiyaa’s journey of romance, action and emotions on a highway with a few turns, some with caution and some without.

Paiyaa zooms forward in the first half where Karthi is at driver’s seat physically and metaphorically. An enjoyable performance from the young actor who appears to relish his role! For the first time in his career, he gets to cover himself with stylish costumes. He sparkles with haughty countenance, sideway glances, mischievous looks, ‘know it all’ attitude and an understated curiosity to know about Tamannah. He reiterates that he can essay any kind of role with aplomb. But there are still some vestiges of a villager in him which he needs to divest when necessary. Tamannah is fresh, youthful and emotes well too. Jagan has a small role in the second half. Karthi’s friends are adept in their performance. Except for looking hot and handsome, the much talked about Milind Soman is wasted and any one could have performed his role.

Yuvan Shankar Raja is the major backbone of Paiyaa with lovely tracks suiting the mood of the film. Tamannah looks as fresh as the raindrops in thuli thuli mazhayai number. Suthude suthude boomi speaks of art director Rajeevan’s work but he could have taken extra care especially about the stationery cloud hovering around the moon. The songs are all chartbusters and have all been picturized very aesthetically. Priya Manikandan’s costumes are in sync with the nature of characters and the mood of the film. Brinda Sarathy’s dialogues evoke laughter at the right places.

The second half slackens with some of the actions sequences appear contrived especially in the climax. How can someone even lift his head when beaten by a powerful metal rod? It is difficult to comprehend despite attributing it to cinematic liberties. The climax fights intend to be more for showcasing Karthi’s heroism than for the story warranting it. And why is Karthi shown as someone who does not speak English despite being a city bred engineer with urban friends for company?

Director Lingusamy has stuck to the genre that he has chosen for most part. He has recorded romance in a beautiful manner especially when Karthi communicates his feelings to his friends seeking advice and his dignified attitude towards Tamannah. The car chasing sequence in the open field is absolutely brilliant and so is Karthi going reverse in the opposite direction. Cinematographer Madhie needs plaudits here. Crisp editing by Anthony especially in the action sequences is a major plus point of Paiyaa and deserves a special mention.

All in all, a stylish, light hearted family entertainer for the summer!


High lights:
>> Karthi, who was seen with the soiled-lungi look in both Paruthiveeran and Aayirathil Oruvan, seems to have gone in for an appealing makeover in the film.
>> The sizzling chemistry between Karthi and Tamannaah.
>> Paiyya is a road movie, a travelogue. How would a young man, who had flipped for a beautiful girl he saw the previous day, feel when she actually walks up to him and hitch-hikes a ride to Mumbai? That forms the plot of the film.
>> This is Lingusamy's sixth film after Anandam, Run, Ji, Sandakkozhi and Bheema.
>> Yuvan's songs are a high point of Paiyya. So are Na. Muthukumar's lyrics; the rain song 'Adada Mazhai' is one of the most-awaited among them!
>> The film has bagged a clean ‘U’ certificate without any cuts.

Paiyya with new updates

Yuvan Shankar Raja has scored one more song for Paiyaa. The music director is so impressed with the way Paiyaa has shaped up and has decided to set the lyrics Yedho Ondru Ennai to tune.

Paiyaa’s music album has already been released and ever since then it has been topping the charts. Following the huge reception this album received, Yuvan decided to treat his fans with another song. Apart from setting the tune, Yuvan has rendered this song. With this song being included in the film, Paiyaa will have six songs altogether

Paiyaa, which has Karthi and Tamannah in the lead roles, will hit the marquee on April 2nd, 2010.

Paiya movie release date is April 2nd

The Karthi-Tamannah starrer Paiyaa will be released on April 2nd. The film has come out of the Censor Board with a U certificate. Paiyaa is directed by Lingusamy and produced by Subash Chandra Bose. The film will be distributed by Dayanidhi Azhagiri’s Cloud Nine Movies and this fact has made it already a surefire success at the box office.

Bollywood actor and model Milind Soman plays the baddie in this film. Yuvan Shankar Raja has scored the music.

Valiban movie story

Silambarasan has already moved on to his next project – Valiban. Apart from playing the lead role, he will also direct the film. Valiban is touted to be a love story with a patriotic message. The heroine for this film is yet to be finalized. Yuvan Shankar Raja will compose music for this film.

Valiban will start rolling from March 25th, sources say. The actor said that since he was busy with VTV, he was not able to begin Valiban on the time he had planned earlier.

Kumbakonam shot in Boss Engira Baskaran

Denying reports that traffic came to a standstill in Kumbakonam thanks to the shoot of 'Boss Engira Baskaran', the Arya-Nayantara starrer, director of the film Rajesh says the film's crew never disturbed traffic.

"A big bus was hired and scenes on Arya and Nayantara were shot in Kumbakonam. Though locals gathered in large numbers to watch the shooting, they were very co-operative and never disturbed us. Even we too did not disturb their movement," he says.

After a good showing in 'Siva Manasula Sakthi', the director is now busy with 'Boss Engira Baskaran'. The movie is produced by Vasan Visuals Ventures, who came out with 'Naan Kadavul' last year.

"Boss Engira Baskaran is a complete laugh-riot. Arya plays a light-hearted role. He would be the darling of the masses, once the movie gets released", Rajesh says.

Dwelling further, the director says, "the story is character-driven and all artistes have a role to play in the film". The movie has music by Yuvan Shankar Raja.

Sun Pictures gets Theeratha Vilayattu Pillai

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Good News for Vishal. His home production GK Film Corporation’s Theeratha Vilayattu Pillai, will be marketed by Sun Pictures.

The film has Vishal in the company of three beauties Neetu Chandra, Sarah Jane and Tanushree Datta. The catchy music of Yuvan Shankar Raja is climbing the charts.
Says Vishal: “ TVP is a complete entertainer with all essential ingredients which my fans and the youth audiences are sure to like. The film will release in the first week of February.”
And with Sun Pictures marketing muscle it is a win- win situation for the actor. The film is likely to release on February 5 or 12, ideal for the Valentine day weekend.

Music director Yuvan Shankar Raja and Prabhu Deva's first live show

Music director Yuvan Shankar Raja and Prabhu Deva is all set for their first live show on December 1 and 2 at the Dubai cricket stadium.

Prabhu Deva will have his first live show on Wednesday (Dec 2) night and he will have Bollywood celebrities like Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Neetu Chandra, Mumaith Khan, Reema Sen, Celina Jetley and Tanusree Dutta perform live.
These mega events are generating plenty of excitement among the fans across the globe. Today, Yuvan (on Dec 1) will have all the top singers from the industry including his dad Ilayaraja who will be singing with him. Added to that, Yuvan’s best friend Silambarasan will also join him on stage to croon a few numbers.
Says a source close to Yuvan: “This concert is going to be one of a kind, never been attempted before in the Tamil film industry. The young composer had also got a special photo shoot giving him various looks, including one that turns him into a rock star to be used for the promotional and publicity material for the tour”

Yuvan Shankar Raja is ready to Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Yuvan Shankar Raja is ready to trot the globe. He is all set to begin his world tour at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on December 1st. Following this, the musician will hold a concert in Canada. Shankar Mahadevan, Hariharan, Karthik, Harish Raghavendra, Silambarasan and others will add attraction to the event. The LED presentation onstage will be spectacular, we hear.

While the show in Sharjah has been confirmed, talks are on to conduct similar shows in Muscat and Kuwait. The tickets for this concert have already been sold out and about 30,000 people are expected to be present at the stadium to cheer Yuvan.

Paruthiveeran Karthi v/s Aayirathil Oruvan Karthi

After nearly three years since his first film Paruthiveeran released, it looks like for Pongal 2010, Karthi will have two of his films releasing the same day.

A few days back producer R Raveendran said his long in the making Selvaraghavan directed Aayirathil Oruvan will release for Pongal. A couple of day’s later producer and director Lingusamy has announced that his Karthi- Tamannaah starrer Paiyya will also release for Pongal!

The trade is totally confused as big people in the industry are backing both the projects. Raveendran feels that his film should get priority as it was started earlier and the delay was due to the graphic work on the film.

However, Lingusamy is within his rights as he completed his film on time and cannot sit on it as his interest amount taken to produce the film mounts. How many times the release of Aayirathil Oruvan has been postponed in the past?

Let us hope that the matter is amicably settled as both the producers of Karthi film are waiting to see who blinks first and withdraws from the Pongal race. Meanwhile the audio of Paiyya which has music by Yuvan Shankar Raja will be released by the end of the month.

Sony buys Theeratha Villaiyatu Pillai's audio

Sony Music is an aggressive mood to acquire Tamil film titles. The latest acquisition is Vishal’s home production slated for Pongal Theeratha Villaiyatu Pillai (TVP).

TVP is said to be a romantic comedy entertainer, with peppy music by Yuvan Shankar Raja. Recently Vishal and his team Neetu Chandra,Sarah Jane and Tanushree Dutta were in Australia picturising two songs for the film. Another song was choreographed by Bollywood choreographers Bosco-Caesar in Mumbai.

The Yuvan-Vishal team has always delivered hit music in the past like Sanda Kozhi, Thimiru. Let us hope Sony has a winner in the music of TVP when the audio releases in December.

Ilayaraja and Kamal revive classics hit songs

As reported by us earlier, Manoj Bharathiraja is geared up for the remake of his father’s super hit thriller Sigappu Rojakkal. He’s also roped in Yuvan Shankar Raja for scoring music. Latest in the series is that Kamal and Ilayaraja are rendering voices for the classic hit songs Ninaivo Oru Paravai and Minminikku Kannil respectively.

Of these, Ninaivo Oru Paravai was sung by Kamal in the original version while Minminikku Kannil was earlier rendered by Malaysia Vasudevan.

Venkat Prabu's Big day

Guess a similarity between Kamal Haasan and Venkat Prabhu? Both celebrate their birthday today- November 7.

Last year the filmmaker celebrated his big day in a fun-filled way with his special gang of buddies, including the likes of SPB Charan, Shiva, Yuvan Shankar Raja and others. This year too he is planning one, say sources close to him.

After having given blockbusters like 'Chennai 600028' and 'Saroja', the filmmaker is now gearing up to deliver a hat-trick with 'Goa', produced by Soundarya Rajinikanth for Ocher Productions.

His family is synonymous with Tamil Cinema, since he is the son of director-music composer Gangai Amaran. His uncle is the legendary Maestro Illayaraja and his cousins are the famous music composers Yuvan Shankar Raja, Karthik Raja and singer Bhavatharani.

His younger brother Premji Amaran is an actor, singer and of course a music composer too. Though he had the ambition to became a successful music director after completing his music degree from Trinity College of Music London he however started his career as a singer in the film industry and later became an actor.

He hogged spotlight for the first time when he turned director with the summer hit 'Chennai 600028', after which he directed the comedy thriller film 'Saroja', which again proved to be successful and established him finally.

Venkat Prabhu is married to Rajalakshmi, the foster daughter of dance teacher K. J Sarasa, and has a daughter named Shivani.