Friday, August 28, 2009

This is not the time for me to enter politics-Vijay

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Wherever Vijay goes, the rasikas are trying to feel his pulse. For questions about his entry into politics, he answers like an elusive fish.

A function to disburse charity measures by the charity wing of Vijay’s fan club was held at Pondicherry. After the distribution of the charity, Vijay got set to answer questions from the fans.

What should India do to become a top power is a question to be aimed at someone like Abdul Kalam , but it was asked of Vijay. "Parents go to so much trouble to educate their kids. The brilliant students go overseas and settle down there. Instead of going abroad, if these people stay here in India and work for ourselves, India could become a top nation to reckon with in 5 years."

Another question was, was he not interested in joining politics?

"I won’t say I’m not interested in politics. I like politics. But I’m not of that age yet. This is not the time for me to enter politics. There is a lot to learn about politics. I have to prepare myself, so I have to think slowly about all these things before entering politics," said Vijay.

Police protection was given to Simbhu

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Few members of Silambarasan’s fan club staged a protest in front of the actor’s house seeking justification for action against his fan club office bearer Nagu.

There were complaints against the office bearer and hence Silambarasan took action against him. Following this the angered Nagu along with few members of the fan club went to Silambarasan’s house to seek explanation. 

When matters went out of control Silambarasan walked into the house and call the police. Later with the intervention of the police the mob was cleared. Police protection was given to the actor’s residence following the incident.

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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Nayantara completes Bodyguard

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Reigning South Indian actress Nayantara, currently waiting for the release of K.S. Ravikumar-directed Suriya starrer Aadhavan in Tamil after the release of Anjaneyulu in Telugu, has completed her portions in veteran director Siddique's Malayalam film Bodyguard opposite Dileep.

Nayantara's last scene was shot at Tata Tea’s Munnar golf club, where a song was picturised on her and Dileep along with other junior artists in the backdrop of a college excursion.

The song, composed by Ouseappachan, was choreographed by famous choreographer Brinda’s assistant Poppy. Bodyguard is a typical fun movie with lots of emotion, fast and action-packed like a thriller.

The film has five songs written by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri. Ananthakkuttan cranks the camera. Also in the cast are Mithra, Undapakru, Janardhanan, Zeenat, Appahaja, Nandu, Seema G. Nair, Harisree Asokan, Anil Murali, Cochin Haneefa, Balachandran Chullikad and others. Bodyguard, earlier slated for a Vishu release, is now expected to grace screens in September.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Vikram gets Ileana in 24!

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Chiyaan Vikram and writer and director Vikram Kumar of Yaavarum Nalam fame are coming together in producer Mohan Natarajan’s new film.

The film according to sources, has been titled as 24 ( Irupathi Naalu) and it is “a thriller with a terrific twist”.

The shoot of the film will start in the first week of November after Vikram completes Mani Ratnam’s Raavan

The big news is that Telugu heart throb Ileana, will be Vikram’s heroine in 24, which will have music by Harris Jayaraj and cinematography by the master P.C Sriram.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Jayam Ravi is back to being chubby!

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Ask Jayam Ravi and he will tell you that maintaining your weight is much harder than losing it.

After knocking off those extra kilos and looking fit for his action film Peranmani, the young actor has put on weight and is back to being the chubby Ravi that he was.

Ravi who is now shooting for his next film, a remake of Telugu hit Kick under the baton of Anna (Elder brother) M.Raja says that the film will always remain special as it will be the first film for which he is facing the camera after his marriage.

Prabhu plays an important role as Ravi’s father in the film. Radha Ravi and Suhasini play serious roles in the film. The comedy department will have Vadivel and Santhanam, Mansoor Ali Khan, Livingstone, Thyagu, Satyan, Mayilsami, John Vijay, Jaiprakash.

Yuvan Shankar Raja is composing music for the film. It is for the first time that he is combining with Raja. There are five songs in the film which has lyrics by Vaale, Na.Muthukumar and Viveka. P.Rajasekhar is the cameraman for the film.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Lakshmi Rai: Mammootty's favourite?

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Popular South Indian actress Lakshmi Rai, who has grabbed the No. 1 position among Malayalam heroines after the mega-blockbuster To Harihar Nagar, seems to be the favourite heroine of Malayalam super star Mammootty!

After romancing Mammootty in two films (super hit Annan Thambi and average Parunthu), Lakshmi Rai will now be his heroine for the third time in director Shafi's forthcoming action comedy Chattambinadu, scripted by Benny P. Nayarambalam.

Starring Mammootty in the role of Veerendra Mallaya, a Karnataka-based Malayalee estate owner with a Kannada accent, the film will start rolling on September 9 in and around Pollachi. Produced by Mammootty's recently-launched production company Play House, Chattambinadu will a Christmas release.

‘Aadhavan’ music launched on a grand scale

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‘Aadhavan’ music was launched recently on a grand scale. The songs are expected to set waves. Here we bring you few interesting titbits about the musical scores of the movie.

It is well-known fact that music composer Harris’s favourite singer is Bombay Jayshree. But it would be worthy to notice that this lady is not a part of this move. Instead, he has roped in another famous singer Sudha Ragunathan for “Yeno Yeno Panithuli”. He has impressively combined her talent with that of Rajasthani singer, Shail Hada, in this number.

“Maasi Maasi” is a typical tribal song sung by Mano, who has stepped into the filmdom after a long gap. Another singer who has lent her voice after a long time is Harini. She has done a number along with Karthik, another favourite singer of Harris. One can hear the magic of Dr.Burn’s rap with the song “Hasili Fisiliye”. The talented singer has for the first time sung for Harris’s movie and this track is sure to be popular among the youth.

Harris brings back his ‘Majnu’ and ‘Chellame’ singer, Sandhya (daughter-in-law of the veteran singer P.Susheela) with “Dheko Dheko”.

Did you know ‘Aadhavan’ is the fifth venture of Harris-Suriya together? Earlier, both have given together ‘Kaakha Kaakha’, ‘Ghajini’, ‘Varanam Aayiram’ and ‘Ayan’ and interestingly, they have a sixth venture on hand. All these movies have given us some memorable songs. And we sure that ‘Aadhavan’ tracks too top the chartbusters.

Vijay’s son Sanjay shake legs with his dad

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At the exotic locales of Rajahmundry the title song of ‘Vettaikkaran’ with 100 junior artists was canned, for which Vijay had his son Sanjay shake legs with him. Apart from the people present during the shoot, dad’s lucky angel has now impressed his grandpa too.

Vijay’s dad SA Chandrasekar is planning to make a film that will feature his grandson in the lead. Excited about starting this project SA Chandrashekar is driving his assistant director to watch other language movies that has a suitable subject to feature Sanjay. His Associates are also busy these days hunting for a perfect launch pad.

These days’ young people have so much chance to showcase their talent and supportive parents to help them out. If we compare the efforts of previous generations during their times, it’s obvious that toady’s people are enjoying a cake walk.

Aadhavan movie stills

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Suriya and Nayanthara sizzle in Aadhavan. The new pair is said share a great chemistry and are rocking on screen.

The big-budget extravaganza, directed by K S Ravikumar, is one of the hottest films in the trade and is getting ready for a big Diwali release.

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The songs in Aadhavan were shot in Iceland, Cape Town (South Africa), Darjeeling and Kodaikanal. And, of course, there are no bets on whether Harris Jayaraj's songs will be super hits!

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Monday, August 17, 2009

Nayantara back in Malayalam

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Having the best of both worlds in Tamil and Telugu, Nayantara is committed to do a Malayalam project. She is set to work with producer Vindyan in Electra. Reportedly the adaptation of a Greek play, the script is by director Shyama Prasad, a proven name in Mollywood. Interestingly, her screen career began with the Malayalam film Manasinakkare.

In this heroine-dominated script, Nayantara is to don the character of Alexandra.
Arya has been approached to play the male lead.

On the verge of completing the Aadhavan shoot in Tamil, Nayantara has a few pending projects in Telugu before taking the plunge in Malayalam after a long gap. Her last
Malayalam film was Thaskaraveeran (2005) opposite Mammootty.

Anushka wants a villa

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Anushka is serious about settling in Hyderabad and the actress is enquiring to purchase a villa at a range of Rs three crore in the capital city of Andhra Pradesh, say sources.

It is said that she is looking out for a palatial house in 'Cyber Meadows', a very affluent residential area in Kondapur, Hyderabad.

Kondapur has got some sophistication and convenience when compared to other parts of the city, following which the actress is seriously searching for a bungalow there, it is learnt.

Anushka is currently busy with ‘Vettaikkaran’, opposite Vijay. This would be her reentry in Tamil cinema. Her first venture was ‘Rendu’, which had Madhavan in the lead.

Simbu records a song for Nanayam

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Is Silambarasan turning to playback singing?

He has recorded one more song for SPB Charan's 'Capital film Works' Nanayam, along with Devi Sri Prasad, under the baton of music director James Vasanthan, with lyrics by Kavivarman.

The song Thanga kadhava thora da...vanga kadala siri da , is a peppy number and will be picturised on Sibiraj and Prasanna.

The film a thriller based on a bank robbery has Prasanna, Ragini, Yasmin, S.P Balasubramaniam and Sibiraj in a negative role. The film is directed by debutant Sakthi.S Rajan.

Nayantara-Prabhu Deva split?

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After a number of unconfirmed romours over the intimate relationship between South India's reigning actress Nayantara and talented choreographer-actor-director Prabhu Deva, it is now heard that the actress has finally decided to stay away from Prabhu Deva for the time being due, to continuous pressure from her parents and close friends.

According to sources, the actress’ parents are very upset about her 'affair' with Prabhu Deva, which has partially ruined her fame and career in the film industry. They even reportedly met a famous astrologer to know about their daughter’s future. Prabhu and Nayantara are rumoured to be in love ever since they worked together in Villu.

Sources say that with back-to-back flops of her three films [Kuselan (Kathanayakudu in Telugu), Satyam (Salute in Telugu), Villu and Aegan], Nayantara feels that it is high time to revive her career; that’s said to be the reason why she has decided to concentrate more on her work and keep a distance from Prabhu Deva.

Nayantara is currently busy with three films: Adurs (Telugu), Aadhavan (Tamil) and Bodyguard (Malayalam).  The actress recently bagged a female-oriented role in a Telugu flick to be directed by Kodi Ramakrishna of recent Tollywood mega hit Arundhathi fame. The movie is to be a socio-fantasy-cum-graphical extravaganza like Arundhathi.

Sneha’s stalker arrested

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A 35 year-old realtor from Bengaluru, Raghavendra was arrested by Chennai city police for allegedly harassing Sneha, by sending frequent lewd messages bordering on sexual harassment.

Raghavendra was pestering Sneha to marry him. The actress, after filing a complaint to the city police commissioner set a trap for the stalker.

Along with the help of Police, publicist John, and her uncle Suresh, Sneha asked Raghavendra to come to a star hotel in T.Nagar. The stalker walked into the trap laid by them and he was immediately arrested.

Says Sneha: “ He was harassing me for the last eight months and had approached my dad that he wanted to make Autograph-2. My father told him to approach director Cheran. Later he started sending me SMS’a asking me to marry him and also followed me to my shooting locations. Soon he started threatening me, it was then that I decided to call the cops.”

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Sunaina joins Bharath-Perarasu team!

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Perarasu is relentless in his endeavour to make as many commercial flicks as possible named after various cities in Tamil Nadu! Joining that list is the Bharath starrer Thiruthani. The two have already worked together in Pazhani, which, like every Perarasu movie, was crammed with punch dialogues, awe-inspiring stunts and rural beats. Thiruthani will undoubtedly follow suit. Providing relief in the midst of these masala elements is Sunaina. She proved the lucky charm for another Boys star, Nakul. So will she give luck to Bharath also, who badly needs a hit?

In case you did not know, Perarasu is not just calling the shots for the movie; he is composing the music as well!

Kanthaswamy biggest ever release on August 21

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Finally the wait is over. Chiyaan Vikram’s magnum opus Kanthaswamy is getting released worldwide on Friday, August 21.

Today (August 15), the Regional Censor Board in Chennai saw the Tamil original version and cleared it with a ‘U’ certificate, with cuts.

We had reported earlier that the Telugu version of the film Mallanna had been censored in Hyderabad on Friday with an ‘UA’ certificate.

The Susi Ganeshan directed film has been nearly two years in the making, and is one of the biggest movies ever in Tamil.

Says producer Kalaipuli.S Thanu: “I’m very happy that the censors have cleared Kanthaswamy, with a ‘U’ certificate. It is going to be the biggest ever release in over 900 screens.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Actress Shamili Refuse To Act With Ajith

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How are we supposed to take this like? Why will a growing actress like Shamili refuse to act with a big-shot of Tamil film industry? These questions are sure to pop-up in everyone’s mind by now. And now comes a valid answer form the ‘Oy’ girl.

Shamili hails from an acting family- the younger sister of Rishi (Tollywood) and Shalini as well as the sister-in-law of Ajith Kumar. She has no qualms in giving up the homely girl look if the script demands but, will never romance with Ajith on screen, as he is like her brother.

This looks like a convincing reason but, we just wonder if this decision was taken, keeping in mind her darling sis Shalini!The pretty girl has also decided to continue her education in Singapore soon as she was not happy with her latest release ‘Oye’. Planning to join a three years course of communication engineering from January 2010, she has decided to do a film in this six months gap, if she gets a good script.Glad that this young lady is full of clear policies, we wish her the best!

Endhiran songs on the net

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Two songs from the Rajinikanth-Aishwarya Rai starrer Endhiran has found its way to YouTube.com. The footage, which runs to about four minutes, is of good clarity and shows Rajini and Ash rehearsing with a host of dancers at the backdrop. With both sound as well as visual clarity, the two songs are creating waves among the movie buffs. YouTube is said to have recorded over 13,000 hits so far. It is worth mentioning here that Oscar winner AR Rahman had scored the music for Endhiran.

Since it is not a copyright infringement, the Endhiran team cannot ask YouTube to remove it from the site, sources say. Rajinikanth and Shankar are furious over this leak and it needs to be seen if the songs will be replaced.

Vijay is geared up!

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Call it ‘Meenava Nanban’ or ‘Urimaikural’ the 50th film of Ilaya Thalapathy is sure to corner the market of its challengers. Vijay and his team are working hard to pull up his market to greater heights with this untitled project. Latest news is that music director Mani Sharma has been roped in to create a musical spell over the fans. The songs are expected to come up exceptionally well and give a punch!

Looks like our ‘Sachin’ star is playing it safe, as he nears his half-century mark and plans to leave his fans speechless once more. He is already done with finalizing the heroine for his 50th film which is produced by Sangili Murugan and directed by SP Rajakumar. He preferred Tamannah to play his love interest in his momentous movie which will start rolling soon. He is right now too busy shooting with the curvaceous beauty Anushka for ‘Vettaikkaran’.

Are you listening MGR fans? It’s ‘Vettaikkaran’ now, ‘Urimaikural’ tomorrow and what next?

Nayanthara likes character oriented film

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Nayanthara , the glam girl who scorched the screen with her bikini appearance in Billa is all set to do an art flick.

Sources close to her say that she is impressed by a script narrated by noted Malayalam director Shyama Prasad.

Remember that Shyama Prasad is an award winning director who has done a handful of films like Agnisakshi, Ore Kadal and many others.

This film titled Electra is an adaptation of a Greek play which will be produced by Vindyan.

Talks are on with Arya, who will play the hero but nothing has been confirmed. When contacted, Nayanthara says: " It is too early to make a comment and I will let you know after I sign on the dotted line".

But sources close to producer Vindyan who has done a Malayalam film with Nayanthara and Mammootty early in her career say that the actress will be doing the film without taking any money.

She plays the central character Alexandra and it is a heroine oriented film, which will start rolling from November after she completes her Telugu assignments.

Aadhavan songs from August 19

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The music of Suriya starrer Aadhavan will be released on August 19. Directed by K.S. Ravikumar, the movie is produced by Udayanidhi Stalin's Red Giant Movies. Nayantara teams up with Suriya for the first time.

The music of the film is composed by Harris Jayaraj and the album is being released by Think Music. The duo of Suriya and Harris have given two consecutive hits in Vaaranam Aayiram and Ayan. Aadhavan is sure to make it a hat trick for them.

Rajini,Shankar are good friends

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The audio release of ’Eeram’ produced by director Shankar directed by newcomer Arivazhagan, took place in Chennai. The VVIP guest was Rajini, who released the audio and then gave a speech.

Shankar said he found a friend in Rajini during the filming of ’Sivaji’ and ’Endhiran.’ In response, Rajini said he found a good friend in the hard working and quick thinking Shankar.

"Shankar usually is quite right when he predicts the success or failure of a film. He said ’Pulikesi’ will do well financially. He said ’Veyil’ would surely win an award. He said if people accept ’Kallooori,’ it will do well. Now he says ’Eeram’ will definitely run well. This is what I like about Shankar.

I would like to share a good news with you. About 85% of ’Endhiran’ shooting is over. We have all worked very hard together to make this a remarkable film. They have worked very intelligently in ’Eeram.’ No field that is not damp is of use. Similarly, a heart without mercy is of no use," said Rajini.

Selva- Sonia splits, applies for divorce!

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It’s official! Tamil cinema’s top director Selvaraghavan has split with his wife Sonia Aggarwal.

On Wednesday (August 12) morning they approached the family court in Egmore in Chennai and have applied for a “divorce by mutual consent”.

According to sources close to the couple, they had been drifting apart during the last one year. The grapevine has it that singer and actress Andrea who was doing Selvaraghavan’s Aayirathil Oruvan was having an affair with the director. One day during the shoot of the film in Hyderabad, Sonia is reported to have barged into the sets and slapped Andrea!

Close friends tried to intervene and save the marriage, but it was too late as the relationship was going downhill. Selva was not keen that Sonia continues her career as actress and made his displeasure clear when she started doing a television serial. For the last few weeks, they have been living separately.

Sonia was initially reluctant for a divorce, and tried for patch up. However finally she agreed for a “divorce by mutual consent”, as she realized that the marriage was heading nowhere and did not want a “messy separation”.

Selva and Sonia got officially married in style on December 15, 2006 at Rajah Muthiah Chettiyar Hall in Egmore, Chennai in the presence of 'Super Star' Rajinikanth and attended by the who's who of Kollywood. Before getting married they were living together for nearly four years, and it was on Sonia’s insistence that the relationship was legalised.

Selva first met Sonia in early 2002, when he signed her up for his path breaking Kadhal Konden, opposite his brother Dhanush. It was her debut film in Tamil and released on July 4, 2003 and went on to become a sensational super hit. Sonia subsequently went on to become a star and was paired with Vijay, Silambarasan, Ravi Krishna, Srikanth, Jeevan and Arya.

Friday, August 7, 2009

Comedian Santhanam Will Debut In Bollywood

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Santhanam is literally going places. He will soon be seen in a Hindi film titled Chinnoo Mannoo, which is simultaneously made in Tamil too.

“The producer of the movie, who earlier made Khakhee, is introducing his son in Bollywood and Tamil industry through the film. I play his friend in both the versions,” says the comedian.

In a lighter vein, he adds, “Hindi dialogues are not so difficult for me. It takes just five takes for me to okay a shot. In Tamil, I used to okay a shot in two takes.”

Santhanam is currently acting in a long list of films including Endhiran, Kanden Kadhalai, Ayyanar, Kandha Kottai, Singam Puli, Tamil remake of Kick and Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai.

Who is Raavana’s Mandodhari?

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Mani Ratnam’s ‘Raavana’ steals a lot of attention, both for good and the dark reasons. He is busy churning out ‘Raavana’, the bilingual project, in spite of lay-backs.

The director had at times remade epics into modern day stories ever since ‘Thalapathi’ (story of Karna from Mahabharata). And inspired by ‘Ramayana’, he is working on ‘Raavana’ with lots of diligence to bring it out as a masterwork.

As per his plan, for the Hindi version the characters based on Rama and Seetha is played by Abhishek and Aish while Vikram would play the shades of Ravana. On the other hand the Tamil version will have Vikram replacing Abhishek’s role and would pair up with Aish. Prithiviraj would play the baddie in this version. We are also aware that Priyamani is roped in for the role of ‘Surpanagai’ for both the versions.

But, for quite some time there is a delay in fixing up an actress for the role of Mandodhari (Ravana’s wife). As most of us know, the gorgeous Nayantara has refused this juicy offer from the maverick movie maker. It was said that she turned down the role of Mandodhari as there was no glamour quotient. Guess what? A small birdie says that Mani Sir is now eying Reema Sen, for the same role. The ‘Aayirathil Oruvan’ girl is still busy with the project’s patch work. But Suhasni Mani Ratnam had directly approached Selvaragavan and had asked for his permission to hire the lady for her husband’s project just for ten days.

Be it ten days or fifty days, will Selvaragavan allow Reema to cross his territory?

Kushboo turns 16, Jayaram is 20!

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The Lord of the Rings, special effects team is going to work on Ponnar Shankar.

The film based on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi’s novel, directed by Thyagarajan with his son Prashanth in the lead.

In the film as per the story line Kushboo, who is playing Thamarai Nachiar, will be turned into a 16 year old maiden while Jayaram will look like a 20 year old youth, thanks to the graphics works of the special effects team from Hollywood!

Simbhu on cloud nine

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Simbhu is over the moon, narrating his experience of working with director Gautham Vasudev Menon in Vinnai Thandi Varuvaya. Knowing the actor's fondness for direction, how did he enjoy playing the role of an assistant director?  Though his role was made easy in a well-etched character, he had to get the lines right to the director's satisfaction.

Simbhu said the movie would be a milestone in his career, in a role which he hoped to bring out other facets of his personality. "There are characters  where you simply live with that and this experience is something I would cherish for a long time," said Simbhu.

The actor is convinced that an artiste should not restrict himself to a parameter. "The audience is sure to accept the star if the character so portrayed is convincing," said Simbhu with an air of assurance.

And talking of his first love, Simbhu said his next directorial venture is Vaaliban, doubling up as an actor. All he has to do is wait till Vinnai Thandi Varuvayo sees the light of day.

Rahman's son to sing in Tamil

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A week after reports claimed that music composer AR Rahman's son Alim would sing in a Hollywood film, the Oscar-award winner today said his son would render voice for Tamil movies too.

Speaking at a function to release the album 'Sing along with rhythms', brought out by the students of KM Music Conservatory run by him, Rahman said, 'Alim is just six. He is learning music now and he will certainly sing in Tamil films soon.'

On the album he said, 'I am happy that my students have come out with an album. My prayers to Almighty for these students to go and rock in the world of music.'

Andrea, Shruthi Haasan and filmmaker Goutham Menon among others were present.

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