Friday 13 June 2014

Oh my God…



What an achievement I done today!
I am very proud of myself here!

Only the thing, fear, rising in the mind
Again overtaking everything.
All the alternate thoughts fading out,
On the days filled the fortnight.

I would like to meet him,
I want to tell what is in the mind.
But didn’t able to tell,
And didn’t know how to tell.

He is staying just upstairs;
He will be in front of the door
Of my house by ten steps
Down through the staircase.
There is fear in the mind
Every day that he may come.
Even he came to check
The water level in the well
In the backyard,
The mind is trembling here,
As he came to look at and talk to me.

This is not started today,
Or yesterday.
Still it looks alike new.

Once he asked “why you didn’t came upstairs”,
I am confused and couldn’t answer.
“Okay, when will you come?” he asked again.
There is no answer to tell.
Still had a courage in mind,
Because of the fear that
He might ask something,
If I keep silent.

“I will give next week”
I told.
“Always your are like this”
“I can’t bare it anymore”
He told and gone away
With a gesture of hate.

Days were gone.
Next week and
The next to that next week also came.
The fear ant tension spread
Inside like the fire.

The mind trembled
As he may come again.
The stress, inability and
The tiredness because of it
Along with that.

Today, reach a decision
And take deep breathe,
Climb the staircase.
Go and stand in front of the door.
Rethink for a moment.
Is it right what I am doing?
There is no other way

It is better I am going
Inside his house
Than he is coming
In front of my house.

Pressed the calling bell.
Waited. 
He came and opened the door.
Because of the tension,
My tongue shivered rapidly,
Before he ask something,
And the words had fallen out.

I couldn’t remember how much I talked
But, the content I told is clear.
“I couldn’t..
please wait for one more week..”
Having a very good character,
He understand and smiled.

“What the next week means?”
He look at my face.
“The next Saturday”
I told avoid looking his eyes.
“Will you give surely?”
“Surely I will give”
He agreed as usual!

What else he can do looking my poor eyes!
He told
“I will wait”
I turned telling “Okay.”
When stepping down
Through the staircase,
Felt that the weight in the mind
Also coming down.

Oh.. what a satisfaction!
What an achievement!
Felt happy as I won the whole world.

I am continuing this for the tenth time,
Because there is no other way in front of me.
I don’t know when a solution will get for this.
“Shit.. what a life is this”
The mind scolded to the maximum.

“Oh my God…”
“Why you didn’t care about this?”
“Don’t you hate to see it again and again?”
“Don’t you get bored,
To hear the same dialogue repeatedly?”

The same tension sustaining
From the first day to
Tenth of every month.
Because of it,
Doing many works,
To earn from the tenth
To twentieth day,
Even the mind didn’t like.
On the twenty fifth day,
When giving the money to ‘him’,
Who came to collect the rent for
The house he gave to me
And when I take deep breathe..

The first day of the next month,
Will come down to tear my face,
As to take revenge on me
For tearing it daily.

Because I came to the city
As a poor, I couldn’t reject it.
Because living just above
The poverty level, I couldn’t avoid it.
There is no way to change the way of life!
There is now way to earn as required!

As I am travelling with
An aim of achieving success
In the film industry,
I forget
The self-respect, 
The decency,
The dignity etc.,
Most of the time.

I reserved all these
For the hero of the screenplays
I wrote!

When ti is happened to me..
“Oh my God”
“Don’t you ashamed or felt…”

“Either leave me to live as I like”
“Or to make half this torture

Fix the months in a year as six.”

Wednesday 11 June 2014

அடக்கடவுளே...




என்னவொரு சாதனை நான் புரிந்துவிட்டேன் இன்று..
என்னைப்பார்த்து நானே பெருமைப்படுகிறேன் இங்கு.

பயம் என்ற ஒன்று மட்டுமே மனதில் எழுகிறது,
மீண்டும் அனைத்தையும் ஓரம் கட்டி
மாற்று எண்ணங்கள் எல்லாம் மறைகிறது,
பாதிமாதத்தை நிறைத்த நாட்களிலே.

அவரை பாக்கத்தான் விரும்புகிறேன்..
என் உள்ளத்தில் உள்ளதை சொல்லத்தான் விரும்புகிறேன்..
ஆனால் சொல்லத்தான் முடியவில்லை..
எப்படி சொல்வதென்றுதான் புரியவில்லை.

அவர் இருப்பது என்னமோ மேல்மாடியில்தான்..
பத்தடி இறங்கிவந்தால் அவர்
என் வீட்டு கதவுமுன்னால் நிற்பார்.
அவர் வந்துவிடுவாரோ என்று
தினம் தினம் மனதிற்குள் ஒரு பயம்,
பின்முற்றத்தில் இருக்கும் கிணற்றில்
நீர் இருக்கிறதா என்று பார்க்க வந்தாலும்
அவர் என்னைப்பார்த்து பேசத்தான் வருகிறாரோ
என்று இங்கே படபடக்குது நெஞ்சம்.

இது இன்றோ நேற்றோ ஆரம்பித்தது இல்லைதான்..
இருப்பினும் என்றும் புதியாதாகவே தோன்றுகிறது.

ஒரு முறை கேட்டார் ஏன் மாடிக்கு நீ வரவில்லை என்று,
பதில் சொல்ல முடியாமல் தடுமாறினேன்.
சரி எப்பத்தான் தருவாய் என மீண்டும் கேட்டார்,
சொல்வதற்கு பதில் இல்லை.
இருப்பினும் ஒரு தைரியம்..
மௌனமாக நின்றால் அவர் வேறு
ஏதாவது கேட்டுவிடுவாரோ என்பதால்
அடுத்தவாரம் தருகிறேன் என்றேன்.
எப்பொழுதும் இப்படித்தான்
இனி என்னால் பொறுக்க முடியாது
என்று சலித்துக்கொண்டே சென்று விட்டார்.

நாட்கள் சென்றது..
அடுத்த வாரமும் அதற்கு அடுத்த வாரமும் வந்தது..
உள்ளுக்குள் பயமும் பதட்டமும் தீயாய் பரவியது..
மீண்டும் வருவாரோ
என மனம் படபடத்தது..
அத்தோடு தவிப்பு> இயலாமை>
அதனால் வந்த தொய்வும் வந்த்து.

இன்று ஒரு முடிவுடன்
பெருமூச்சை இழுத்து விட்டு
மாடிப்படிகளில் ஏறினேன்,
கதவு முன் சென்று நின்றேன்.
ஒரு நிமிடம் மறுயோசனை..
நான் செய்வது சரிதானா என்று,
வேறுவழியில்லை..
அவர் மீண்டும் என் வீட்டுக்கு
முன் வருதை விட
நான் அவர் வீட்டுக்கு
உள்ளே செல்வதே மேல்.

அழைப்பு மணியை அழுத்தினேன்..
காத்திருந்தேன்.
அவர் வந்து கதவை திறந்தார்,
அவர் எதையோ கேட்க ஆரம்பிக்கும் முன்னே
பதட்டத்தால் என் நாக்கு அதிவேகமாக துடிக்க
வார்த்தைகள் கொட்டியது.
போசியது எவ்வளவு என்று ஞாபகம் இல்லை,
ஆனால் சொன்ன கருத்து இதுதான்!
என்னால் முடியவில்லை
இன்னும் ஒருவாரம் காத்திருங்கள்

என்னுடைய நிலமையை புரிந்தகொண்ட
நல்ல குணம் படைத்த அவர் புன்னகைத்தார்.
அடுத்தவாரம் என்றால்
என்று என் முகத்தை பார்த்தார்..
அடுத்த சனிக்கிழமை
என்று பார்வையை பார்க்காமல் தவிர்த்தேன்.
கண்டிப்பாக சனிக்கிழமை தருவாயா..
நிச்சயமாக தருகிறேன்..
வழக்கம்போல அவர் சம்மதித்தார்.
என் முகத்தை பார்த்து பாவம்
அவரும் வேறு என்னதான் செய்வார்!
காத்திருப்பேன் என்றார்..
சரி என மெல்ல திரும்பினேன்.

மாடிப்படிகள் இறங்குபோது
என் மனதில் இருந்த பாரமும்
இறங்க ஆரம்பித்ததை உணர்ந்தேன்.
ஓ.. என்ன ஒரு திருப்தி!
என்ன ஒரு சாதனை!
உலகையோ வெற்றிகொண்டதுபோல்
ஒரு சந்தோஷம்!

பலமுறையாக இதை தொடருகிறேன்..
காரணம் எனக்கு வேறு வழியில்லை.
எப்பதான் இதற்கு ஒரு தீர்வு கிடைக்கும்
என்று தெரியவில்லை.

சே.. இது என்ன ஒரு வாழ்க்கை..
மனம் என்னை திட்டிதீர்த்தது.

அடக்கடவுளே..
நீ ஏன் இதை கண்டுகொள்ளாமல் இருக்கிறாய்?
இதை பார்க்க பார்க்க உனக்கு வெறுப்பு வரலியா
திரும்ப திரும்ப ஒரே டயலாக்
பேசுவதை கேட்டு போரடிக்கலையா..

ஒவ்வொரு மாதமும்
முதல் தேதியிலிருந்து பத்தாம் தேதிவரை 
இதே படபடப்பு
பத்தாம்தேதி முதல் இருபதாம் தேதிவரை
இதற்காக மனதிற்கு பிடிக்காத வேலைகளையும்
செய்து
சம்பாதித்து
இருபத்தைந்தாம் தேதி
என்னிடம் வீட்டை வாடகைக்கு விட்டு
அதை வசூலிக்க வரும் அவரிடம்
கொடுத்துவிட்டு பெருமூச்சு விட..

அடுத்தமாதம் முதல் தேதி
காலண்டரில் இருந்து இறங்கி வந்து
என் முகத்தை கிழிக்கிறது
தினமும் நான் கிழிப்பதை சுட்டிக்காட்டி
என்னை பழிவாங்கியபடி..

ஏழையாய் நகருக்கு வந்ததால்
இதை மறுக்கவும் முடியவில்லை
நடுத்தரமாய் வாழ்ந்ததால்
இதை தவிர்க்கவும் முடியவில்லை
வாழும் பாதையை மாற்றவும் வக்கில்லை
வேண்டியபடி ஈட்ட வழியும் இல்லை

திரைத்துறையில் வெற்றிபெறவேண்டும்
என்ற ஒரே லட்சியத்துடன் பயணிப்பதால்
பலநேரங்களில்
தன்மானம்,
மரியாதை,
கௌரவம்
போன்றவை மறந்தே போய்விட்டது
இவை எல்லாம் நான் எழுதும்
திரைக்கதைகளில் வரும்
நாயகர்களுக்கு மட்டுமாய்
விட்டுக்கொடுத்து விட்டேன்

எனக்குதான் இப்படி என்றால்
அடக்கடவுளே..
உனக்கும் சூடு சொரணை கிடையாதா

ஒன்று என்னை
நான் விரும்பியபடி வாழவிடு
இல்லையேல்
குறைந்தபட்சம்
இந்த பாதகத்தை பாதியாக்கிட>
வருடத்திற்கு
மாதங்கள் ஆறு

என மாற்றிவிடு.

Monday 9 June 2014

Cross Talk

Aagadu's punch dialogue was not aimed at anyone, says Mahesh Babu


Mahesh Babu breaks his silence over the controversy triggered on social media by the teaser of his upcoming film. Just days after the teaser of his forthcoming film, Aagadu sparked a controversy on social media, Mahesh Babu has broken his silence over the issue. Rumours were rife that the 'punch' dialogue in the teaser was targeted at several heroes in the industry including Pawan Kalyan. However, Mahesh Babu vehemently denied all these claims. "We didn't target anyone in the teaser and that wasn't our intention at all. In fact, I myself have said punch dialogues like that in Dookudu and this dialogue in Aagadu is a take-off from that. It's just the attitude of the character that I portray in the film. There's no question of taking a dig at others," Mahesh Babu said, while interacting with the media on Wednesday.

Dileep files for divorce from Manju Warrier


After years of speculation, it has finally happened. Actor Dileep filed for divorce from his wife of 14 years, Manju Warrier, at the Ernakulam Family Court yesterday. However Dileep has specified that the content of the petition he has filed be kept confidential, said his lawyer, Philip Varghese. It is indeed true that Dileep has filed for divorce on grounds of cruelty, he added. The couple has been living separately for more than one year. Dileep and Manju have to appear at the court on July 23.

Suriya's rising overseas demand


One of the year’s highly anticipated releases, the Suriya starrer Anjaan, has reportedly been acquired by United India Exports for the entire overseas rights. The buzz is that the rights have been sold for a grand sum which reiterates the hype and expectation surrounding this film.

Vijay Sethupathi is miffed ... comments on the Dhanush project


The media has been abuzz since the past few days that Vijay Sethupathi has signed on for a new film to be produced by Dhanush's Wunderbar Films, which would be helmed by an upcoming lady director. When contacted Vijay Sethupathi, he made it clear that these are just rumors being speculated without any authenticity. The star also sounded miffed with many untrue media reports which are being woven around him.

Lakshmi Menon croons for Oru Oorla Rendu Raja



Lakshmi Menon the fastest rising heroine in K-town is debuting as a playback singer. Music Director Imman has made her sing a song in Oru Oorla Rendu Raja - an upcoming movie starring Vimal and Priya Anand.

In the Sets

Ajith-Anushka off to KL for Thala55!


Thala55 team has completed two schedules in Chennai where the high octane action sequences involving Thala Ajith and others were canned mostly during night time.
Now we hear that Thala55 is moving to Malaysia for a new schedule starting June 10th.
Ajith, Anushka and others will be going to Malaysia. Scenes inside an aircraft will be shot in KL. Director Gautham Menon is also planning to shoot more sequences in other parts of Malaysia. Australian Dan Macarthur is the DOP for Thala55. Harris Jayaraj has reunited with  GVM after six years and the expectations are sky high regarding the music of Thala55.



Update on Vijay58


Ilayathalapathy Vijay who is currently busy with the shooting of Kaththi will be moving on next to Chimbu Devan’s Fantasy Flick – Vijay58. Vijay58 which will see the return of Bollywood  diva Sridevi after decades to Tamil industry, from where she started. It looks like she will play the role of a Princess whose province is in danger and Vijay’s character will defend her. Kannada Superstar Sudeep will play the role of the ‘guru’ to Vijay’s character who will train him in war techniques. It’s rumored that Sudeep is being paid an unheard sum to act in this movie.  Hansika is most likely to be the heroine for Vijay in this movie. Devi Sri Prasad will be doing the music. Natty Subramanian will be the DOP.

The shoot of the movie is expected to start in September.

Now Running

YAMIRUKKA BAYAME

Director: Deekay
Producer: Elred Kumar , Jayaraman 
Music Director: Prasad
Lyricst: Srikanth
Cast : Krishna
Ruba manjari
Oviya Helen
Karunakaran
Aadhav Kannadhasan
Anaswara

KOCHADAIYAAN

Director: Soundarya Rajinikanth , K.S. Ravikumar
Producer: Eros International
Music Director: A R Rahman
Lyricst: Vairamuthu , Vaali   
Cast : Rajinikanth
Deepika Padukone
Rukmini Vijayakumar
Rob Oldfield
Sarath Kumar
Aadhi
Nassar
Jackie Shroff
Shobhana

MANAM

Director: Vikram K Kumar
Producer: Nagarjuna Akkineni
Music Director: Anoop Rubens
Lyricst: Chandra Bose , Vanamali  
Cast : Nagarjuna Akkineni
Naga Chaitanya
Nageshwara Rao Akkineni
Samantha as Krishnaveni/Priya
Shriya Saran 
Brahmanandam
Tanikella Bharani
Ali
M.S.Narayana
Jayaprakash Reddy
Posani Krishna Murali 
Nagineedu
Neetu Chandra
Amitabh Bachchan
Lavanya
Akhil Akkineni
Amala Akkineni 

MR FRAUD

Director: B Unnikrishnan
Producer: A.V. Anoop
Music Director: Gopi Sundar
Lyricst: Chittoor Gopi , Hari Narayanan , Santhosh Varma
Cast : Mohanlal
Manjari Phadnis
Devan
Siddique
Miya
Pallavi Chandran
Rahul Madhav
Saikumar
Mukundan
Vijay Babu

HOW OLD ARE YOU

Director: Roshan Andrews
Producer: Listin Stephen
Music Director: Gopi Sundar
Cast : Manju Warrier 
Kunchacko Boban
Kanika Subramaniam
Siddhartha Basu
Lalu Alex
Vanitha Krishnachandran
Vinay Forrt
Muthumani Somasundaran
Amritha Anil

BANGALORE DAYS

Director: Anjali Menon
Producer: Anwar Rasheed , Sophia Paul
Music Director: Gopi Sunder
Lyricst: Santhosh Varma
Cast : Dulquar Salman
Fahad Fazil
Nivin Pauly
Nazriya Nazim
Nithya Menon
Parvathi Menon
Isha Talwar
Vijayaraghavan
Maniyan Pilla Raju
Kalpana
Vinaya Prasad
Sijoy Varghese
Praveena

Prathap K. Pothan 

New Release

MANJA PAI


Director: Naveen
Producer: Subash Chandra Bose
Music Director: Gibran
Cast : Vimal
Lakshmi Menon
Prathap Pothen 
Raj Kiran
Vaiyapuri
Devipriya

UN SAMAYAL ARAYIL


Director: Prakash Raj
Producer: Prakash Raj
Music Director: Ilayaraja
Cast : Prakash Raj
Sneha Prasanna
Tejus as Naveen
Samyuktha Belawadi
Urvashi
Vidyullekha Raman
Thambi Ramaiah
Elango Kumaravel
Brahmaji


ULAVACHARU BIRYANI


Director: Prakash Raj
Producer: Prakash Raj
Music Director: Ilayaraja
Cast : Prakash Raj
Sneha Prasanna
Tejus as Naveen
Samyuktha Belawadi
Urvashi

MY LIFE PARTNER

Director: M. B. Padmakumar
Producer: Reji Mon
Music Director: Surya Narayan
Lyricst: Rajesh
Cast : Anusree
Sukanya
Ameer Niyaz
Sudev

PIANIST

Director: Hyderali
Music Director: Riyas Shah
Lyricst: Rafeeq Ahammed , Raqueeb Alam
Cast: Anu Mohan
Manochitra

GARBHA SHRIMAN

Director: Anil Gopinath
Producer: T.S Jayakumar ,  K.J Rajendran
Music Director: Ouseppachan
Lyricst: Vayalar Sharathchandra Varma
Cast  : Suraj Venjaramood
Siddique
Kalabhavan Shajohn
Krishnapriya
Lal
Nedumudi Venu
Gouri Krishna


OGGARANE

Director: Prakash Raj
Producer: Prakash Raj
Music Director: Ilayaraja
Lyricst: Jayant Kaikini  
Cast : Prakash Raj
Sneha Prasanna
Tejus as Naveen
Samyuktha Belawadi
Urvashi

MILLION DOLLAR BABY

Director: Shriya Dinakar
Producer: G Dinakar
Music Director: Vijay Srinivas
Cast : Shriya Dinakar
Suresh Heblikar

MATTE SATYAGRAHA

Director: Shivanand
Producer: Shivanand
Cast : Yogesh
Neha Patil
Sharat Lohitashwa

Dattanna 

Audio Released

Salim

Salim is the second film of music composer Vijay Antony as the lead hero. The film has been produced by Studio 9 Production, Sri Green Productions and Vijay Antony Film Corporation and Nirmal Kumar has directed the flick.

The music album of the film composed by Vijay Antony has been launched in Sathyam Cinemas on June 5.

Mei Marandhen

The audio of upcoming film 'Mei Marandhen' was launched recently in Chennai. Check out the video to know more.  Actor cum producer Thiyagarajan met the press recently to spill the beans about his upcoming Production venture 'Sahasam' that marks the comeback of his son actor Prashanth as the lead hero. The film is being directed by Arun Raj Varma.

Porkalathil Oru Poo

'Porkalathil Oru Poo' Audio Launch. SSK Creations production venture Porkalathil Oru Poo has its audio launch recently.  The film traces the life of innocent Sri Lankan Tamils who were killed during the internal civil war. Music score has been rendered by Maestro Ilaiyaraja. 

Adhithi

Adhithi Movie Audio Launch. Athithi is the second directorial venture of Bharathan after Alagiya Tamizhmagan. Athithi features Nanda and Ananaya in lead roles and it is the remake of Malayalam super hit film Cocktail . The music for the film has been scored by Bharadwaj and the songs has been released.

Love in Malaysia

Aakash has acted and directed a film titled 'Love in Malaysia'. Bhavana, Indu, Suman Shetty etc played the other pivotal roles. Ganesh Dondi is the producer. The audio of the film has been released in Hyderabad.

Ra Ra Krishnayya

The audio of Sundeep Kishan and Regina Cassandra's 'Ra Ra Krishnayya' has been launched in Hyderabad. Mahesh Babu P is making his debut as the director with this film. Jagapathi babu and Kalyani will be seen in key roles. Allari Naresh, Naveen Chandra, Aadi, Tammareddy Bharadwaja, Rahul Ravindran, Harish Shankar, Manchu Lakshmi, Sampoornesh Babu etc have attended the audio launch event.

Karthikeya


'Swamy Ra Ra' pair Nikhil and Swathi has paired up once again for a film titled 'Karthikeya'. Chandoo Mondeti is the director and Venkata Srinivas Boggaram is producing the movie on Magnus Cineprime Pvt.Ltd banner. The audio of the movie has been launched in Hyderabad. Allari Naresh, Sudheer Babu, Varun Sandesh, Aadi, Manchu Manoj, Tanikella Bharani, Praveen, Sudheer Varma, Ramajogaiah Sastry, Krishna Chaitanya, Vanamali etc have graced the event.

Coming

Kamal Haasan to remake Peruchazhi in Tamil?


There are rumours doing the rounds in the industry that Kamal Haasan is keen on remaking Achchamundu! Achchamundu! director Arun Vaidyanathan's ongoing Malayalam film, Peruchazhi. The film, said to be a political satire, has Mohanlal playing a politician.

Ajith-Murugadoss film confirmed?


There has been a log of speculations about Ajith's next, which is said to be with director AR Murugadoss. Rumours did the rounds that the duo might be coming together for a project. Now, it looks like a film is indeed in the offing.

Shruti Haasan to groove with Mahesh Babu


Shruti Haasan is on a roll these days. After scoring a hit earlier this year with Race Gurram, the actress is now all set to team up with Mahesh Babu, albeit for a special dance number in the latter's upcoming film, Aagadu. Shruti was reportedly approached by the makers of the film a few days ago and she took some time to make up her mind, since it's the first time in her career that she'll be appearing in a special song.
The song is going to be shot on Mahesh Babu and Shruti Haasan later this month in Mumbai.


Kajal Aggarwal to romance NTR


Kajal Aggarwal has bagged yet another biggie in Telugu. The actress will play NTR Jr's romantic interest in his next film, directed by Puri Jagannadh. Confirming the news, Puri Jagannadh said, "Yes, it's true. We have signed Kajal as the lead actress in our film."
Vakkantham Vamsi has written the script and the film will go on floors soon.

Alia Bhatt cast opposite Akhil Akkineni


Post his cameo in Manam, all the Akkineni fans are waiting with bated breath to see when Akhil would make his debut as a lead. Menahwhile buzz is that Alia Bhatt, the latest sensation in B-Town with back-to-back, might be cast opposite the handsome actor. Rumors are doing rounds that Alia may soon make her Tollywood debut soon. However, nothing has been finalized yet

Upendra croons for Sri Jayalalitha


It now seems more and more commonplace for Sandalwood stars to croon for films of other actors. Real Star Upendra has probably sung the most number of songs for movies in which he hasn't starred in. The actor-director-writer is indulging the singer in him again by singing for the upcoming Sharan-starrer Sri Jayalalitha.

Kiruthiga Udhaynidhi's next with Wunderbar?


Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi made a successful debut as director with Vanakkam Chennai. Now, we are hearing news that Dhanush will be producing Kiruthiga’s next directorial venture for his production company Wunderbar Films.  The buzz is that music director Anirudh who composed music for Vanakkam Chennai will be the composer for this movie as well. Looks like this movie will be a multi-starrer and talks are on to sign Vijay Sethupathy in one of the important roles.

Shriya paired with Venky in OMG remake


Shriya Saran will now be seen in a film which has Venkatesh and Pawan Kalyan in the lead. Sources inform us that Shriya has been paired with Venkatesh in the Telugu remake of OMG — Oh My God!. In this remake we will see Pawan Kalyan as Lord Krishna and Venkatesh as an antique dealer who files a lawsuit against God.

Arrambam, Vishwaroopam and now Lingaa, with more ‘speed’


Stunt coordinator Lee Whittaker, who has been a part of some of Hollywood’s biggest films, has lately been involved in a few of Tamil Cinema’s biggest films too, including Vishwaroopam and Arrambam. The choreographer has now signed up for Superstar Rajinikanth’s Lingaa and has already started shooting some intense action sequences for the film. Another exciting news is that, Lingaa’s cinematographer, Rathnavelu has been using Phantom Flex 4K high speed camera for shooting the sequence and Stereovision has extended their assistance to the cinematographer in using the new technology. It is reported that Lingaa is the first film in the country to exploit this particular technology.  So expect hi-speed action sequences in the film along with the uncomparable Rajini effect.

'Ramanujan' crew touched by Cambridge varsity management


Tamil-English biopic "Ramanujan", about the mathematics wizard Srinivasa Ramanujan, happens to be the first film in the language to be shot at the University of Cambridge. The film's crew was floored by the respect they received there. "We shot at Cambridge for about two weeks. When the management came to know that we were making a film on Ramanujan, they were very helpful and we felt so touched by their hospitality," film's director Gnana Rajasekaran told.
"We shot in Ramanujan's room, in the library, canteen and everywhere he sat in the campus. Overall, it was a wonderful experience and most of the foreign actors showed lot of interest in the film as it was about Ramanujan," he added.

Abhinay Vaddi plays the maths genius in the film, which has been produced by Camphor Cinema. The movie also features Bhama, Suhasini Mani Ratnam, Thalaivasal Vijay, Abbas, Nizhagal Ravi, Sarath Babu and Y. Gee Mahendra in important roles.

Allu Arjun to do a cameo in 'Rudhramadevi'


Allu Arjun, who is currently riding high on the success of 'Race Gurram', has been roped in to play a cameo in 'Rudhramadevi' about queen Rani Rudhramadevi of Kakatiya dynasty.  "Stylish star Allu Arjun plays a cameo in 'Rudhramadevi'," read a post on the film's official Twitter handle.


Directed by Gunasekhar, actress Anushka Shetty is essaying the role of Rudhramadevi in the film, which is slated to release in 2015. The film, which is also produced by Gunasekhar, features an ensemble cast of Rana Daggubati, Krishnam Raju, Prakash Raj, Baba Sehegal, Aditya Menon, Nithya Menen, Aditi Chengappa, Catherine Tresa and Hamsa Nandini in important roles.