Done to death?

Cinemimi [Sunday, April 01, 2012]Daniel Craig in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.Daniel Craig in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.English-language remakes of foreign films seem to be bombing at the box office.WHEN producer Scott Rudin optioned the English-language rights on Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo books in early 2010, he'd be forgiven for anticipating a slam-dunk hit. He had a global bestseller and two lead characters likely to attract A-list actors. The only snag was that the material had already yielded film versions in the original Swedish. But these had yet to open in the key English-speaking markets, which...

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'The Dirty Picture' in Tamil - Telugu with Anushka?

Cinemimi [Saturday, March 31, 2012]'The Dirty Picture' by Milan Luthria threw light on the life of Silk, played to perfection by Vidya Balan, an item girl who goes to her career's peak and falls down right to the bottom and ends her life eventually. The film was the topic of discussion even before its release and was subject to several controversies.Apart from the main protagonist played by Vidya in the original, there are three other pivotal roles that were essayed by Naseeruddin Shah, Tusshar Kapoor and Emraan Hashmi.Anushka is known for playing strong women centric roles and her list of films stands testimony to this. She was acclaimed for...

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Dhanush: Who is he?

Cinemimi [Saturday, March 31, 2012] Dhanush is an Indian film actor, occasional playback singer and lyricist, working in the Tamil film industry. Dhanush has been in the spotlight in the wake of the mass success of his song Why This Kolaveri Di from the movie 3 .The movie 3 is directed by his wife, Aishwarya Rajinikanth with Shruti Haasan paired opposite Dhanush.The film 3 released on March 30, 2012, worldwide, with subtitles as well as dubbed languages such as Hindi and Telugu. The film will release 400 prints in Tamil and 600 prints for the Hindi version.Dhanush was born to film director Kasthuri Raja as Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri...

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Actress faints on the set

Cinemimi [Wednesday, March 28, 2012] It was 12 in the midnight when the Vetri Selvan crew was shooting at Kethi railway station in Ooty. Radhika Apte was present on the set. “Due to intense cold the actress fainted and fell like a wood on the floor”, says the crew. She was hurried to a local hospital. She recuperated within a couple of hours and returned for the shoot immediately. Commenting on the incident, Radhika Apte said, “It was so cold. I never knew I was fainting. Good thing that I could get back for the shoot immediately after the treatment. I can never forget this incident.” Last week the film’s hero Ajmal met with an accident...

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'Naan Ee' audio live on IG! Suriya to unveil music

 Cinemimi [Wednesday, March 28, 2012] IndiaGlitz is airing the audio launch event of 'Naan Ee' for film patrons all over the world! The music will be unveiled by your favourite matinee idol Suriya Sivakumar! The event will also see top notch celebrities including Karthi, Selvaraghavan and Bala. We know you can't ask for more! But wait, there is more to it. There are few more surprises in store for IG winners at the event that's sure to make it a memorable experience for you. The event will be aired LIVE in IndiaGlitz and you can watch these top notch celebrities and the film's cast and crew from wherever you are. Log on to IG on Sunday...

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3 impresses the government, gets lucky

Cinemimi[Wednesday, March 28, 2012] 3, after getting a U certificate from the censor board, was screened to a special body consisting of 24 people from both the government and the film industry. Today the special body has announced that the film would be waived of all the taxes. The film, directed by Aishwarya Dhanush, stars Dhanush, Shruthi Haasan, Prabhu, Rohini, Badava Gopi and Siva Karthikeyan. Anirudh has scored the music and cinematography is by Velraj. Looks like 3’s expectation meter has reached its pe...

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Nayantara in a Tamil movie

Cinemimi[Saturday, March 24, 2012]  Boopathy Pandian, who made movies like Thiruvilayadal Arambham and Malaikottai among others, is all set to direct Nayantara. The actress, who reportedly had a jinxed affair with Prabhudeva, is on a signing spree. She has signed a couple of films in Telugu besides a Tamil film with Ajith. Meanwhile, Boopathy Pandian will be directing popular Tollywood actor Gopichand, who acted as villain in Jayam and hero in many Telugu movies. Playing the female lead in Nayanthara. Sources say the movie would be a laugh-riot like Boss Engira Baskaran. Sakthi Saravanan cranks the camera. The movie is being produced...

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India's first comedy 3D film?

Cinemimi[Saturday, March 24, 2012]  'Ace Raja Rani Jackie & Joker' went on floors yesterday and if sources are to be believed this movie joins the 3D bandwagon! A bilingual in Tamil - Telugu the film is touted to be India's first ever stereoscopic comedy 3D flick! AK Entertainments, a leading production house in Andhra Pradesh enters Tamil cinema with this flick that stars Shaam, Vaibhav, Allari Naresh, Raju Sundaram, Sneha Ullal, Neelam and Kamna Jethmalani in the lead roles. Anil Sunkara is wielding the megaphone. Music is reportedly by Bappi Lahiri. The film was recently launched and the puja was graced by Governor Rosiah and...

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Khushbu: The dream girl

Cinemimi [Saturday, March 24, 2012]  How many hearts she stole back in the day, when she was Queen Bee of Tamil cinema... But now she is so much more than just a pretty face... Interestingly Khushbu was No:1 for more years than any other actress...“Times have changed. Cinema has changed. As a business it has grown. The number of movies being made in a year has doubled since my time. So there is a need for a fresh face in every third movie. And with so many actresses around, it’s hard for one girl to be on top all the time. But actresses today are so smart. Given that the time they have is less, they are working in more languages at the...

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Titanic was called a Bollywood movie?

Cinemimi [Saturday, March 24, 2012]  Jon Landau, the Hollywood producer of Oscar-winning films Titanic and Avatar, was in Mumbai this week to give Bollywood a taste of his nwe offering, Titanic 3D, 15 years after the blockbuster first sailed across internationals seas and screens. The acclaimed producer, who at the time of its worldwide release, faced some criticism about the Titanic being like a Bollywood film, spoke to Dailybhaskar.com about the re-release in 3D and other subjects concerning cinema. Landau, also laughed off the charge about Titanic being like a Bollywood production by saying, "I definitely see that...

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An unusual suspect

Cinemimi [Saturday, March 24, 2012]   ‘Casablanca’ could have been a bomb — but luck turned the film into a legend For all the accolades heaped on “Casablanca” over the past 70 years, Steven Spielberg maintains that its place in cinema history was all a fluke. “ ‘Casablanca’ is a film that could have missed in many ways, but it didn’t,” the director says in a documentary that accompanies a spectacular new Blu-ray edition of the movie, due out Tuesday. One of the most quoted and beloved American movies of all time, “Casablanca’’ was one of hundreds of films turned out by the Hollywood studio system during World War II. But this...

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Utah theater chain turns 'The Hunger Games' into an event

 Cinemimi[Saturday, March 24, 2012]  Patrons seeing 'The Hunger Games' at a Megaplex Theatre in Utah can get made up like Katniss or duel like a tribute. The chain's success has the attention of Hollywood studios. The Megaplex Theatre chain, which includes the Megaplex 17 (shown here) at Jordan Commons in Sandy, Utah, has a multi-pronged strategy for turning big-ticket movies such as "The Hunger Games" into an event. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)  "The Hunger Games" is big enough of a draw this weekend that movie theaters don't have to do much to sell tickets — in the opening hours, hundreds of thousands of fans...

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Genelia gets award after crime accusation

Cinemimi[Saturday, March 24, 2012]  Genelia was recently in the news for her alleged involvement in a 250 crores scam. An FIR was filed against her and five others by the Saifabad police. Having to deal with this trouble shortly after her high - profile marriage to Ritiesh Deshmukh, Genelia was feeling low. All that has changed now as the actress has received her second Nandi State award for her performance in Katha. It is a prestigious award in Andhra Pradesh and Genelia is thrilled to bits. She thanked her fans in Andhra Pradesh and also the team who was responsible for the success of Katha. Her friends and family have rallied to her...

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Parthiepan & Sneha for a cause

Cinemimi[Saturday, March 24, 2012]  When his counterparts backed fan clubs, R Parthiepan rejected the very idea of his admirers and instead, he asked them to start humanitarian forums, under the name of 'Manidha Neyam Mandram'. This was almost two decades ago. The seeds he sowed then are bearing fruits now, as various activities are regularly conducted by Manidha Neyam Mandram. On Sunday (March 25), it will conduct a blood donation camp at Lakshmi Hall, 100 Feet Road, Ashok Nagar. Besides Parthiepan, popular film personalities such as Sneha and Suhasini Maniratnam will take part in the event and speak about the positive effects of blood...

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Academy award winner on 3

Cinemimi [Saturday, March 24, 2012]  Resul Pookutty winner of the academy award for his sound engineering in Slumdog Millionaire has also done the sound editing and mixing for 3. Working in tandem with Dhanush and Anirudh, the great man said that he enjoyed the experience immensely and they were all just boys with toys and had fun together. About the sound of 3 he said, "It's fun, lovely, nostalgic, at times as if thick oil is poured into your ears!". Dhanush was equally complimentary and said that it was an honor to work with the academy award winner and that he was a great man and a superb human being. He added that what Resul has...

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Love marriage: Trisha's mom gives a nod

Cinemimi [Saturday, March 24, 2012]Uma Krishnan is more than a mother for Trisha. She is a good friend, philosopher and guide for the actress. The bond they share is so close that there are no secrets between the two to hide from each other. Well, coming to the news, Uma has given a nod to Trisha to marry a man of her choice. "Love marriages will be apt in today's era. I have asked Trisha to pick a right partner who is understanding and caring," Uma said in an interview to a Tamil magazine. She was further quoted as saying: "If Trisha makes a choice, it will be right. She is so smart and intelligent and it is tough to cheat her. I will surely...

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Nic Arts announces their next!

Cinermimi [Saturday, March 24, 2012] Nic Arts production house launched their upcoming film “Deal” yesterday, in the city. The film will be directed by R Siva Gnanam, an assistant of 18 vayasu payale’s director, Selvam. The film will have Jhonny and Radhika Apte doing the lead roles. The music will be composed by Thaman. Ganesh Chandra, an assistant of camera man Sakthi, will take the place behind the lens. Anthony will be editing the fi...

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Will Superstar grace Billa 2 audio launch?

Cinemimi [Wednesday, March 21, 2012] The long and most awaited movie of the season, Billa 2 will be holding their audio release by mid April. The gossip is that Superstar Rajnikanth will grace the event with his presence. The Superstar had earlier attended the audio and movie launch of Thala’s Billa and Asal. Right now the Superstar is in London for the shoot of Kochadaiyaan. The rumour is that Billa 2 audio launch will happen once he returns. Billa 2 features Ajith, Parvathy Omanakuttan, Bruna Abdullah and Vidyut Jamwal. Unnai pol oruvan fame Chakri Toleti has directed the film and Yuvan Shankar Raja has scored the mus...

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Aravindhan to set foot in K’town

Cinemimi [Wednesday, March 21, 2012] Aravindhan is keeping his fingers crossed! The young, Canada-based filmmaker is making his debut in a Tamil flick titled Kadhal Pisase, which is soon to hit the marquee. He has not only directed the film, but also acted as the lead protagonist. Says Aravindhan, who has done a stint in Toronto Film School, “I am passionate about Tamil cinema and a regular at the first-day-first-show of any Tamil movie that gets released in Canada. I was listening to a few scripts to launch myself as a filmmaker in Tamil movies. Thangavel, an assistant to K.S. Ravikumar, narrated an action script and I grabbed it immediately. It’s...

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The progress of Paradesi

Cinemimi[Wednesday, March 21, 2012]  Bala has titled his new film Paradesi and we hear a lot of exciting things about the film. The film’s first schedule was completed at the director’s fav location at Theni. The visuals for the two songs were the highlight of the shoot. GV Prakash is scoring the music for the film and Na Muthukumar has penned the lyrics. Another highlight is that GV has done the composing after the visuals were ready and it has come out extremely go...

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Simbu to croon for Siddharth?

Cinemimi [Wednesday, March 21, 2012]   It's no longer news that Siddharth - Shruti Haasan - Hansika Motwani starrer Telugu flick 'Oh My Friend' is getting dubbed in Tamil and is releasing as 'Sridhar'. The latest is that Siddharth has put his foot down and refused to dub for the movie! The actor wrote on his microblogging page, "Guys there's no way I'm going back to a dubbing theatre to dub a new language version of any of my older films. No way! Not now. Not ever". The makers are now left with no option other than finding a new voice for their hero. There's a track, 'Sri Chaitanya...' in this film that's crooned by the lead,...

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Sneha's search for her husband

Cinemimi [Wednesday, March 21, 2012] You don’t get it, do you? There are reports from the sources that the actress might be doing the role of Vidya Balan in the Tamil remake of the recent Bollywood hit Kahaani. Though the news hasn’t been confirmed yet, the buzz around the industry is that she will be shooting for the film after her marriage on May 11 with Prasanna. Kahaani is a Bollywood thriller directed by Sujoy Ghosh that features Vidya Balan as a pregnant NRI woman who is in search of her missing husband in the city of Kolka...

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Karnan rules

Crafted with care "Karnan" featuring Sivaji Ganesan CINEMA “Karnan,” the classic featuring Sivaji Ganesan and a slew of other stars, releases in some theatres in the city today in its restored format As N. T. Rama Rao in the role of Lord Krishna walks on the battlefield that has turned bloody with bodies of soldiers lying all around, I wonder how director B. R. Panthulu could have filmed the mammoth scene more than 40 years ago when graphics and gimmickry were unheard of! “Exactly,” says Mrs. YGP, dean and director, PSBB group of schools, who was among the audience that watched “Karnan” recently. “Panthulu's son, Ravishankar, told...

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‘My films are script driven’

He may not have hit the bull’s-eye with his debut flick Samurai with Vikram, but he made heads turn with his subsequent blockbuster Kaadhal and revolutionized contemporary Tamil cinema.His strength is getting the right cast together, consisting mainly of newcomers!He is none other than Balaji Shakthivel, who is all set to rock the film scene with yet another realistic movie Vazhakku Enn 18/9, produced by Lingusamy and UTV. “Lingusamy was to produce Kaadhal with Dhanush in the lead and he even sent me to Malaysia to narrate the script to him.But it didn’t work out due to various reasons and director Shankar stepped in and made the movie,” revealed...

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Hollywood’s Craziest Director Tony Kaye, Seeks Redemption, With ‘Detachment’

Director Tony Kaye burned every bridge in moviedom with his 'insane' behavior. But now, with his new drama, Detachment, earning great reviews and conquering film festivals, he tells Chris Lee it was all an act. With the help of Kabbalah, Kaye’s determined to get back into Hollywood’s good graces.ony Kaye after winning the revelation prize and the international critic's prize for 'Detachment' during the American Film Festival in Deauville, France, in September, Damien Meyer, AFP / Getty ImagesThe most shocking aspect of British director Tony Kaye’s acclaimed new drama, Detachment, which goes into limited release in New York on Friday, may be its...

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Podaa Podi nearing completion

Silambarasan’s long pending ‘Podaa Podi’ that went on floors in 2009 is nearing its completion. The team could be leaving to Macau for a ten-day schedule that features a song shoot and with it the shooting of this dance musical could be wrapped.The dance musical is helmed with Vignesh Shivan who recently came up with an evidence for the film’s delay. ‘Podaa Podi is a movie that sees Simbu and Varalakshmi in three phases of life. Thus this film after all takes more time to wrap than usual flicks. The film is entirely being shot in London and we require to shoot it only during a selected season because the script demands it’, says Vignesh.The helmer...

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In conversation with Amy Jackson

The gorgeous Brit and rising southern star Amy Jackson talks about her debut in Bollywood, with her movie Ekk Dewanaa Tha.How was the experience of working in your first Bollywood movie? How different was it from Tamil cinema?There wasn't a huge difference. Both the directors I have worked with-Gautham Menon (Ekk Deewana Tha) and AL Vijay (Madrasapattinam)-are from the south, and so was the whole crew. I suppose the only difference was that Ekk Deewana Tha was more dialogue-based than Madrasapattinam, and it was also completely in Hindi compared to an English/Tamil format. And the climate! Chennai is insanely hot compared to Mumbai.How...

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Cinema's future 'avatar'

Digital cinema has become the buzzword after the success of “Avatar.” Though only 35 per cent of screens have adapted to this platform in the country, the technology will soon transform the way we watch movies. “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” was released in 126 Scrabble digital theatres across India, on 145 2K Scrabble and 138 3D screens by Scrabble Entertainment Ltd., which offers “the first and only 2K DCI- compliant cinema for Hollywood content screened in India,” according to CEO Ranjit Thakur. “We've long been in partnership with Warner Bros,” he says. “Scrabble's upcoming projects are ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'...

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Now, Udhayanidhi's wife in Kollywood

Cinemimi[Wednesday, March 14, 2012]That Kiruthiga, wife of producer Udhayanidhi Stalin, is a short film maker and editor of a lifestyle magazine is no more news. The latest about her is that she would soon make her directorial debut in Kollywood!Her maiden film, which is a rom-com, will be produced by none other than Udhayanidhi under their home banner Red Giant Movies. Kiruthiga is currently holding discussions with her assistants at the office of Red Giant."A popular actor and actress will be roped in as lead players. Talks are currently on and Kiruthiga will be backed by a strong technical team. Udhay is hopeful that his wife would emerge...

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The leader of the pack

Cinemimi [Wednesday, March 14, 2012] YOU’VE SEEN the TV show Entourage , right? The one based on Mark Wahlberg’s wild hangers-on during his early Hollywood years? Well, Mark Wahlberg’s real-life entourage, a couple of guys wandering back to Dublin’s Merrion Hotel from a Claddagh ring souvenir shopping trip, are disappointingly unlike their fictional television equivalents.Wahlberg, too, lately arrived in Dublin from Dubai, is more sedate than one might have supposed. Jetlagged and anxious to get home from a whistle-stop tour for new movie Contraband – “I just really, really want to get back to my family,” he says later – the actor and producer...

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