Working his way to top

Date posted : 22-Oct-2005 Total Reads : 266
You take any music anywhere in the world, time-tested compositions are all melodious, says music-composer Jayachandran, who is a busy bee in Malluwood. When he started his journey in 1993 with the movie with Chantha, none expected him to rise his way to

Shahrukh strikes deal with t series for friend

Date posted : 22-Oct-2005 Total Reads : 301
Not many are aware that Shahrukh Khan is behind choreographer Ganesh Hegde's debut album "G". Besides managing the mystery campaign of "G", which generated a lot of curiosity, SRK also roped in T-series for the music rights of the albu

Zest for writing led adman to u bomsi and me

Date posted : 22-Oct-2005 Total Reads : 246
It takes a lot of courage to quit a cushy job in the advertising world and venture out into filmmaking where the box office dictates the fate of a film. However, it was his zest for writing and filmmaking that led, Jairaj Padmanabhan, the ex-vice preside

Pooja bedi out of ek ajnabee

Date posted : 22-Oct-2005 Total Reads : 4625
Pooja Bedi's comeback plan seems to have been aborted. The erstwhile actress and current TV anchor shot for Apoorva Lakhia's "Ek Ajnabee" but will not be seen in the film. Explains Apoorva: "All of us, Sanjay Dutt, producer Bunty Wallia an

Saif thaara adoor shine as kalam presents national film awards

Date posted : 22-Oct-2005 Total Reads : 398
Malayalam filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Kannada actress Thaara and Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan shone on an evening of glitter and glamour as President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Friday gave away the National Film Awards for 2004. Some of the loudest cheering

About alzheimer

Date posted : 22-Oct-2005 Total Reads : 509
Tanmatra directed by Blessy features Mohanlal and Meera Vasudevan. Throwing light on the film, Mohanlal says, 'it is an offbeat film coupled with commercial elements. It also deals with the present educational system and Alzheimer disease. On the whole,

Will it be a musical

Date posted : 22-Oct-2005 Total Reads : 225
YVS Chowdary is a man of his own mind. He does not do things the industry way. This maverick man has his own style. You could have seen it in his films. The same individuality is now evident in his Devadasu that is expected for release in December. The

A last stand

Date posted : 22-Oct-2005 Total Reads : 763
Shireen arrived in both Tamil and Telugu filmdoms as a beautiful and glamorous actress. She was seen as the most promising of the young lot. But a series of missteps has brought down her high-flying career to a quick halt. Now Shireen hopes for a major

A bigger present

Date posted : 22-Oct-2005 Total Reads : 229
It is now clear that Trisha will play the heroine in Chiranjeevi’s new film Stalin. It was well known that many heroines like Nayantra, Asin, Shreya and Ayesha Takia were in the race fort the slot. But all of them must have felt disappointed when Tris

A hot ticket

Date posted : 22-Oct-2005 Total Reads : 168
After all the heavy noises of big films, there is a relative lull in terms of releases. This Deepavali too it will be bereft of any heavyweight fireworks. The next big expectation in the industry is on Bangaram. This Pawan Kalyan-starrer seems to be keep

Vishnu’s confidence

Date posted : 22-Oct-2005 Total Reads : 326
He had a bad beginning in Kollywood with his debut movie going unnoticed. Undeterred, he worked on the script and ensured that his next Arindhum Ariyamalum delivered the right goods to the audience. As a result Vishnu Vardhan, has emerged a sought-afte

Secret of her shape

Date posted : 22-Oct-2005 Total Reads : 209
Namitha has lost several kilos and looks trim and slim now. The secret she says is the food from the Subway outlet at Spencer plaza. Last week, she quietly walked into the joint at Nungambakkam and helped herself to a vegetarian delight. When curious

Centered on chennai

Date posted : 22-Oct-2005 Total Reads : 226
After Madurai in Thamizh, Thirunelveli in Samy and Nagercoil in Kovil, director Hari has his Aaru, featuring Surya, revolving around Chennai. Hari, who has completed shooting a song sequence in Jordan for the movie, being produced by Charan, says, 'the e

Laila going strong

Date posted : 22-Oct-2005 Total Reads : 1191
The bubbly looking Laila is determined to stage a comeback, the actress waited patiently for her turn and today she is among the race for the top-slot with lot of films coming her way. Laila, in her second innings, is acting in Kanda Naal Mudhal directed

Okay for glamour with a limit

Date posted : 22-Oct-2005 Total Reads : 185
Asin is all delighted. She says, she is having a "double dhamaka". The reason - not just a couple of movies in Tamil (Sivakasi and Majaa), but the young actress has a couple of films releasing on Deepavali day in Tollywood too. Talking over p