Unlike other heroes who portray themselves from poor backgrounds in films to get sentiments, Ravi acted in many films as wealthy youth and so he got fans among the wealthy in society. His roles in M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi and Santosh Subramaniam have made him the darling of this so called class audience.
Kollywood grapevine was abuzz with rumors about the marriage between Ravi and Aarthi that was said to be happened on Valentine’s Day. But director M. Raja, brother of Ravi made it clear that Ravi is shooting in Talakona forest near Tirupati and the marriage will be announced by the family soon.
Ravi was introduced as hero in film by his brother Raja in the movie Jayam released in 2002 produced by their father Mohan. It became a super hit and ultimately attached movie name as a prefix to his name. Ravi and Raja together made some super hit films like Jayam, M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi, Unakkum Enakkum and Santhosh Subramaniam. He has so far done 9 films and currently acting in his tenth film Peraanmai under S.P. Jana Nathan’s direction.
Ravi is a martial arts expert and a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. Prior to acting, Ravi had been an assistant director to Suresh Krishna in 2001 Kamalhaasan film Aalavandhan.
The most eligible bachelor, Ravi will tie knot on June 7th after two years of acquaintance with his sweetheart Aarthi. He had met Aarthi during many family occasions.
Aarthi, the elder daughter of Sujatha Vijayakumar, who is a noted Television producer and has produced Sundar C starring film Veerappu, is a successful personality in tinsel town. After finishing B.C.A. Aarthi has done Masters in International Management from Switzerland.
The marriage function will be held in Chennai Mayor Ramanadhan Chetteyar Kalyan Mandapam on grand note. There have been rumors that Ravi’s dad Editor Mohan was not in favor of the alliance.
Ravi has been spending 13 months in the jungles, for his role as a forest officer in film Peranmai. Even after being in the industry for so long, Ravi never got into any controversial gossips.
After his marriage he will act in director Ameer’s Kannabiran.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Jayam Ravi’s Wedding Card
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Sarvam Movie
Movie Name : Sarvam Director : Vishnu Vardhan After major hits like Arinthum Ariyamalum, Pattiyal and Billa Vishnu Vaddhan comes up with Sarvam starring Arya and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles with Telugu actor J. D. Chakravarthy and Malayalam actor, Indrajith.
Produced by : K. Karunamoorthy & C. Arunpandian
Starring : Arya, Trisha Krishnan, J. D. Chakravarthy, Indrajith, Rohan Shiva
Music : Yuvan Shankar Raja
Camera :Nirav Shah
Editing : Sreekar Prasad
Lyrics : Pa Vijay
Distributed by : Ayngaran International
Release date : May 15, 2009
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Asal : Thala Ajith and Charan again
Director Saran and Ajith Kumar are gearing up for the new project which will be Ajith's 49th venture. This is director Saran's fourth film with Ajith, after Kadhal Mannan, Amarkalam and Attagasam; all their previous ventures where super hits at the box office.
Asal’s tagline is as powerful as ultimate star Ajith The Power of Silence.
Asal’s pooja took place at Sivaji’s family residence. The event was attended by Ajith, Saran, Prabu, Ramkumar, Vairamuthu, Yugi Sethu, Bharadwaj, Antony and M Prabhakar.
Sameera Reddy was confirmed for female lead much before as Gowtham Menon had got her signed for this project. Later Gowtham Menon stepped out of the project. This will be Sameera Reddy’s second Tamil film after Vaaranum Aayiram.
Vivid discussions had taken place before finalizing between A.R. Rahman and Harris Jayaraj. Rahman being busy with international projects and Harris Jayaraj impressing everyone with his latest Vaaranam Aayiram and Ayan, Ajith and Saran confirmed him for Asal.
Nirav Shah who filmed Billa so stylishly is the cinematographer for Thalai of Tamil film industry, Ajith for this film. Ajith’s Billa was acclaimed to be in Hollywood style. Nirav got calls from the top with offers from Shanker for Rajnikanth starrer Endhiran.
Ajith will be sporting the walrus like moustache which Kamal Hassan wore in Virumandi and also late Sivaji Ganesan in Thevar Magan.
Asal is produced by actor Prabhu under the banner of Sivaji Productions. The film is rumored to be an action packed one and will present the hero as a tough encounter cop. For this Ajith have become meaner and fitter and has reduced his tummy after undergoing rigorous workouts at gym.
Ajith's last offering Aegan was a disaster at the box office so Ajith is looking for a comeback with his trusted partner Saran, who has proved himself as a good commercial director.
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One more actress overtakes Asin
Asin has been close on the heels of getting her debut Hindi flick ‘Ghajini’ hitting screens on December 25. However, those actresses who got behind her have already made their debut winning laurels. First it was actress Genelia D‘Souza with Jaane Ya Tu Jaanena produced by Aamir Khan. Indeed, her debut flick in Bollywood was Masti where she starred opposite Vivek Oberoi in female lea.
Now, Sadha who wasn’t happy over here with her reach in Kollywood has high expectations in Bollywood. At present, she has completed her film ‘Khalbali’ that will get released by end of this month. Much before the release itself, the promos have taken to the spotlights of producers and directors in town. Soon after the film’s release, she can expect a grand success in Bollywood too…
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Ashok Amritraj to produce Ajith’s remake of RACE
Ashok Amritraj, the one and only versatile personality ennobled as ‘Bridge between Indian Film Industry and Hollywood. He has produced over enormous flicks in Hollywood as well in Indian films including Director Shankar’s Jeans starring Prashanth and Aishwarya Rai in lead roles. His recent Hollywood production ‘The Other End of Line’ starring Shriya Charan in female lead flunked at World Box Office. Nevertheless, the producer seems to be more interested in producing a Tamil movie and recently approached Director Venkat Prabhu. Both of them were in deep discussions at a seven star hotel in Chennai. Ajith Kumar has been assigned to take on the lead role and rest of the star-casts would be soon finalized. Buzzes are that Ashok Amritraj and Venkat Prabhu were quite impressed about watching Hindi flick Race. Of course, even Ajith Kumar was quite excited watching the film since it has lots and lots of action packed sequences with car races and bombings.
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Surya, Prakash Raj and others to protest
Followed by Vijay, it’s the turn of Surya and Prakash Raj to showcase their identity of Tamil patriotism. Today evening, they would be taking part in the protest meeting to be held at Tidal Park between 4.00-5.00 PM. T.J. Gnanavel, representative has addressed the media channels and all individuals to take part in this occasion with the following letter.
Dear All,
People from every walk of life do condemn the practices in every possible manner. Wouldn’t we need to express our solidarity and record our sincere regards for the sufferings? Shouldn’t we stand together and voice for our fellow human beings? When people are not sure about their being in next hour, aren’t we responsible for them? Isn’t it our duty to let the entire world know that we are here for our people in Srilanka.
Let’s not keep mute when our fellow human beings are being killed in Srilanka just for the reason that we both share same mother tongue and origin. Is it a huge crime that deserves such a cruel and barbaric act?
Friends, let‚s come together and express our commonality to condemn this practice and try to facilitate the need for ceasefire at Srilanka. Let’s together emphasize that "STOPPING WAR" is the need of the hour.
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கணவரின் வழியில்...
ஒளிப்பதிவாளர் ஜீவாவின் மறைவிற்கு பிறகு, அவரது லட்சியத்தை அணையாமல் காப்பாற்றிக் கொண்டிருக்கிறார் அவரது மனைவி அனீஸ். வெறும் ஒளிப்பதிவாளராக மட்டுமில்லாமல், நல்ல இயக்குனராகவும் தன்னை அடையாளப்படுத்திக் கொண்டார். ஜீவாவை போலவே தன்னையும் டைரக்ஷன் துறையில் ஈடுபடுத்திக் கொண்டிருக்கிறார் அனீஸ். முத்திரை படத்தின் ஆடியோ வெளியீட்டு விழாவில் அனீசின் பேச்சு ஜீவாவின் ஆத்மாவை குளிர வைத்திருக்கும்! திரைத்துறைக்காக தனது வாழ்நாளை அர்ப்பணிக்க வேண்டும் என்பது என் கணவர் ஜீவாவின் ஆசை. அதற்குள் அவர் மறைந்துவிட்டார். அவர் விட்டு சென்ற பணியை நான் தொடர்வேன். ஜீவானின் நண்பர் டைரக்டர் விக்ரம் பட். முதன் முறையாக அவருடன் இணைந்து முத்திரை படத்தை தயாரிக்கிறேன். இதையடுத்து ஒரு படத்தை நானே இயக்குகிறேன். படத்தின் பெயர் 'அதையும் தாண்டி' இதில் புதுமுகங்கள் நடிக்கிறார்கள் என்றார். இதையடுத்து பின் குறிப்பு என்ற இன்னொரு படத்தையும் விக்ரம் பட்டுடன் இணைந்து தயாரிக்கிறாராம் அனீஸ். வெற்றிகள் குவியட்டும்... -மனஸ்வினி
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விஜயின் 50 வது படம்?
அடுத்தவங்க பாக்கெட்ல என்ன இருக்குங்கறதை 'படக்'குன்னு சொல்லிடுற மோடி மஸ்தான் கூட விஜயோட 50 வது படத்தோட இயக்குனர் யாருன்னு கேட்டா, பேந்த பேந்த முழிப்பான். சித்திக்குலே ஆரம்பிச்சு, ஜெயம் ராஜா வரைக்கும் நீள்கிற இந்த இயக்குனர்கள் லிஸ்ட், இப்போ ஒரு வழியா ஃபைனல் ஆயிருச்சு என்பதுதான் நம்ம காதுக்கு வந்த செய்தி. சிவகாசி, திருப்பாச்சின்னு இரண்டு படங்கள்தான் விஜய்க்கு பெரிய ஹிட்டையும், துட்டையும் கொடுத்தது! கையிலே சிகரெட்டை வச்சுகிட்டு கடை, கடையா அலைவானேன்? பேசாம கூப்பிடுங்க, பேரரசுவை என்றாராம் விஜய். இருவரும் பேசி பேசி ஒரு முடிவுக்கு வந்திருக்கிறார்கள். என்னவென்று? தனது ஐம்பதாவது படத்தை பேரரசுவே இயக்கட்டும். கதை, திரைக்கதை, வசனம் மட்டும் வேறொருத்தர். அந்த வேறொருத்தரையும் ரெடி பண்ணிட்டாராம் விஜய். பொன்மனம் என்ற நகைச்சுவை படத்தையும், தற்போது அழகர் மலை என்ற படத்தையும் இயக்கி வரும் எஸ்.பி.ராஜ்குமார்தான் அவர். வைகைப்புயல் வடிவேலுவுக்கு தொடர்ந்து நகைச்சுவை டிராக் எழுதிக் கொடுத்தவரும் இவர்தான். ஆக்ஷனுக்கு பேரரசு. காமெடிக்கு ராஜ்குமார், இந்த கலவை, தனது கம்பீரமான கலையுலக வாழ்க்கையை சலவை செய்யும் என்று நம்புகிறாராம் விஜய். அதே மாதிரி படத்தை தயாரிக்கப் போவது விஜயின் அப்பா எஸ்.ஏ.சி இல்லையாம். வெயிட்டான வேறொரு தயாரிப்பாளர். எல்லாம் சென்ட்டிமென்ட்தான்! -மக்கு மாலா
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ஷாங்காய் திரைப்பட விழாவில் 'அச்சமுண்டு அச்சமுண்டு'
பிரசன்னா, சினேகா நடித்து அமெரிக்காவிலேயே தயாரான படம் அச்சமுண்டு அச்சமுண்டு. என்ன அச்சமோ, தமிழகத்தில் இன்னும் படத்தை ரிலீஸ் செய்யவில்லை. ஆனால், பல்வேறு திரைப்பட விழாக்களுக்கு ஃபிரஷ் ஆக அனுப்பப்படுகிறது இப்படம். லேட்டஸ்டாக ஷாங்காயில் நடக்கும் 12 வது திரைப்பட விழாவில் இப்படத்தை திரையிட தேர்வு செய்திருக்கிறார்கள். எழுபது நாடுகளில் இருந்து ஆயிரக்கணக்கான படங்கள் போட்டியிட்டாலும், தேர்வு செய்யப்படும் படங்களோ வெறும் எழுபது மட்டுமே! அதில் ஒன்று இந்த படம்! ஏற்கனவே 'கார்டன் ஸ்டேட்' திரைப்பட விருது விழாவில் 'ஹோம் குரோன்' விருது வாங்கியிருக்கிறதாம் இந்த படம். இப்போது மேலும் ஒரு கௌரவம். அருண் வைத்தியநாதன் இயக்கியிருக்கிறார். அதுமட்டுமல்ல, படத்தின் தயாரிப்பாளர்களில் இவரும் ஒருவர். 'தினமும் முப்பதாயிரம் பேர் பார்வையிடும் இத்திரைப்பட விழா மிக முக்கியமான திரைப்பட விழாவாகும். ஸ்லம் டாக் மில்லியனர் படத்தின் இயக்குனர் டேனி பாய்ல் நீதிபதியாக இருந்து படங்களை தேர்வு செய்ய முன் வந்திருக்கிறார். அதுவே எங்களுக்கு பெரிய மகிழ்ச்சி' என்றார் அருண் வைத்தியநாதன். அப்படியே தமிழ்நாட்டு பக்கமும் வாங்க சார்... -ஆர்.எஸ்.அந்தணன்
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பேசி பேசி போரடிச்சுருச்சு... விஷால் அலுப்பு
தோரணை ரிலீசுக்கு இன்னும் ஒரு வாரமே இருக்கக்கூடிய நிலையில் பத்திரிகையாளர்களை சந்தித்தார் விஷால். கூடவே வந்திருந்தார் படத்தின் இயக்குனர் சபா ஐயப்பன்! படப்பிடிப்பில் விஷாலிடம் அடி வாங்கியதாக வந்த செய்திகளை மறுத்த ஐயப்பன், 'எங்க ஹீரோவுக்கு வில்லனை அடிக்கவே நேரமில்லை. இதிலே என்னை அடிக்க அவருக்கு எது நேரம்? அதெல்லாம் பொய்யுங்க' என்றார் கவலையோடு! கிராமத்திலிருந்து அண்ணனை தேடி சென்னைக்கு வரும் ஒருவனின் கதைதான் தோரணை. முதல் பாதி முழுக்க குலுங்க வைக்கும் காமெடி. இரண்டாவது பாதி அதிர வைக்கும் ஆக்ஷன். நான் ஆக்ஷன் ஹீரோவாக ஆகணும்னு நினைச்சு வரலே. லிங்குசாமியோட சண்டக்கோழி கதைய பற்றி கேள்விப்பட்டதும், நானே அவரை தேடிப் போய் வாய்ப்பு கேட்டேன். அந்த படத்திலே இருந்து எனக்கு ஆக்ஷன் ஹீரோ இமேஜ் வந்திருச்சு. காமெடி படங்களில் நடிக்கணும் என்பதுதான் என்னோட ஆசை. ஏற்கனவே மலைக்கோட்டையிலே 'ட்ரை' பண்ணியிருந்தேன். கவுண்டமணிதான் என்னோட ஃபேவரைட். நான் காமெடியிலே ஒருவேளை வெற்றியடைஞ்சா அந்த வெற்றியை அவருக்குதான் அர்ப்பணிக்கிறேன் என்றார் விஷால். த்ரிஷா, நயன்தாராவுடன் காதல் பற்றிய வழக்கமான கேள்விகளுக்கு, 'பேசி பேசி எனக்கே போரடிச்சுருச்சு. விட்ருங்க சார்' என்றார் பரிதாபமாக. அடுத்து பூபதி பாண்டியன் இயக்கத்தில் ஒரு படத்தில் நடிக்கப் போகிறாராம். -ஆர்.எஸ்.அந்தணன்
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Tamannah signed for Vijay’s 50th film
Milky white beauty Tamannah Bhatia has been roped into the 50th film of Vijay which will be produced by Sangli Murugan. This movie is said to be a closely guarded movie as the details of this movie are kept as a secret for the sake of some suspense element.
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Kanthasamy in Tamil
It is a superhero film with outstanding special effects and grandeur. The photo session and the promo shows Vikram in six getups, including that of a lady, a Zulu, a Krissh-like comic-book hero, Ramana Maharshi , and with a rooster mask. In a couple of photos, the Vikram-Shirya pair looks like business executives flanked by Africans in the backdrop of Sahara desert. The album has turned out to be a curious product in the industry.
Mallanna (Kanthasamy in Tamil), with Vikram & Shriya in the lead, is getting ready. Post production work in full swing and the audio will be launched on May 19.
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No 'Jai Ho' in polls: A.R. Rahman
In an interview given to a leading international news channel, music maestro A.R. Rahman has expressed his unhappiness over political parties using his Oscar winning song 'Jai Ho' for poll campaigns. A.R. Rahman reportedly said that he felt dehydrated and exhausted when someone told him people are still using his song for poll campaigns. “I hate politics. I just want people to serve the people. I want whichever government comes to be unbiased and say there should be justice in the country; that's my purpose in life," Rahman was quoted as saying. The Congress had bought exclusive rights to the song 'Jai Ho' for its poll campaign but later dropped it, worried by its similarity with the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) ‘India Shining campaign’ which failed to click with voters in 2004. The composer also explained how his accolades for Slumdog Millionaire are also recognition for India. When asked about his next project post-Oscars, A.R. Rahman said that he has already bagged a couple of new offers from Hollywood. The full version of A.R. Rahman’s interview will be aired on May 20, with repeat telecasts on May 21 and May 23.
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vivekananda Biography
A spiritual genius of commanding intellect and power, Vivekananda crammed immense labor and achievement into his short life, 1863-1902. Born in the Datta family of Calcutta, the youthful Vivekananda embraced the agnostic philosophies of the Western mind along with the worship of science. At the same time, vehement in his desire to know the truth about God, he questioned people of holy reputation, asking them if they had seen God. He found such a person in Sri Ramakrishna, who became his master, allayed his doubts, gave him God vision, and transformed him into sage and prophet with authority to teach. After Sri Ramakrishna's death, Vivekananda renounced the world and criss-crossed India as a wandering monk. His mounting compassion for India's people drove him to seek their material help from the West. Accepting an opportunity to represent Hinduism at Chicago's Parliament of Religions in 1893, Vivekananda won instant celebrity in America and a ready forum for his spiritual teaching. For three years he spread the Vedanta philosophy and religion in America and England and then returned to India to found the Ramakrishna Math and Mission. Exhorting his nation to spiritual greatness, he wakened India to a new national consciousness. He died July 4, 1902, after a second, much shorter sojourn in the West. His lectures and writings have been gathered into nine volumes.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
“We are together for a successful relationship”
There had been reports that Warner Bros. opted out of the Tamil project Goa over some differences with the Ocher Studios. This was denied by the US production house major Warner Bros as well as Soundarya Rajnikanth’s Ocher Studios.
In a press release Richard Fox Executive Vice-President International, Warner Bros, has said: “Warner Bros. has been and will continue to work with Ocher Studios. Together, our companies have a number of southern Indian language projects in various stages, from early negotiations to active development. We will announce these projects at the appropriate time. But, any rumor that suggests otherwise is simply not true.”
According to Soundarya Rajinikanth Managing Director, Ocher Studios Pvt Ltd, “Ocher Studios Pvt. Ltd and Warner Bros have already established a very successful relationship and the team will very soon announce their forth coming projects. The rumors suggesting otherwise which are doing the rounds are part of someone’s fictitious imagination.”
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Ameer’s name missing in voters list
Director Ameer was in for a shock when he realized that his name was missing in the voters list at his voting booth in KK Nagar, Madhurai. The director-actor, who had left for Madhurai from Chennai last night to cast his vote, says he was appalled to find his name missing. “When I had enquired about my name in the voters list, I was told it would feature in the second list. However, it wasn’t there in the list this morning. And what’s shocking is that my wife and almost everybody else in my family have their name on the list,” says an agitated Ameer, who says he’d rather keep off the blame game about who would be behind this. “I don’t know how this single vote can achieve anything for anybody else, but I wanted to take it in stride and have officially filed a complaint with the election commissioner,” says the director, who will return to Chennai tonight. “I only think it has been negligence on their part to not include my name,” he says.
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