Simbu gets Anushka

Simbu gets Anushka!

By Moviebuzz | Wednesday, 07 July , 2010, 10:41

At last, Silambarasan is all smiles as Anushka has agreed to be a part of his next film. It is the Tamil remake of Vedamfrom Telugu. And the icing on the cake for the actor is that there will be a song shot on them which is not there in the original. A visibly elated Simbu told Sify.com: “Yes, I am very happy. I loved Vedam and thought that the subject will work big time in Tamil. I have about 20 days work in this film and then I will be off to London for Poda Podi shoot”. Remember that Silambarasan is a huge fan of Anushka and has confessed in all his interviews that she is his favourite actress! Anushka who had done the original, was initially not excited about doing the Tamil version. But sources close to the actress say that she gave the green signal after making sure that Krish the director who directed the original will direct the Tamil version. Now Simbu will do the role of cable Raju made memorable by Allu Arjun and Manoj (son of Mohan Babu) will play the same character he did in the original . Hunt is on for a girl to play Simbu’s heroine while Santhanam may play his side kick. Jithen Ramesh and VTV Ganesh will produce the film which will start rolling from July 10 in Chennai.

Endhiran- Rajini- Aishwarya song canned

Endhiran- Rajini- Aishwarya song canned

By Moviebuzz | Thursday, 08 July , 2010, 09:32

The shoot of the last song of Sun Pictures big budget, Shankar directed Endhiran(Robot) is over. It was shot at the state-of- the- art Sun Studios at Perungudi in Chennai. The song likely to be the chartbuster and tuned by AR Rahman was picturised on Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai on a futuristic set created by Sabu Cyril. The latest we hear is that the mixing of this prestigious film will take place in Los Angeles. Shankar is flying to US next week after the release of his S Pictures Anandhapurathu Veedu for the post production work of the biggie. Meanwhile the grapevine is abuzz is that Endhiran audio will be launched in style at KL in Malaysia, on July 31 with the entire cast taking part. It will be the greatest show on Tamil television as Sun TV, the market leaders are planning to telecast it live!

Eeram

Eeram

Movie Eeram Director Arivazhagan Producer Shankar Music Thaman Cast Nandaa, Aadhi, Sindhu Menon, Saranya Mohan

By Moviebuzz

Director Shankar always makes the right choice when it comes to picking people to direct his home productions. His latest discovery Arivazhagan too has made a decent debut with his Eeram, a supernatural psychological thriller laced with romance, sentiments, revenge and well etched characters with motives. Water and rain is the motif around which the film flows. In all scenes in the film water is there in the background and it is either raining or after the rains giving it a cool look and the title. But for a supernatural thriller it moves at a sluggish and leisurely pace (2 hrs 45 minutes), making the audiences restless. Not much of a story as the director is concentrating more on presentation and style and providing the dread in the minds of the characters and as well as the watcher. Vasu (Aathi) is an ACP and is called to investigate the “suicide” of Ramya (Sindhu Menon) who lives in an upper middle class apartment in Chennai. It looks like an open and shut case as she has left behind a suicide note taking up the responsibility of her death. But Vasu goes emotional and nostalgic on seeing the body of his ex-lover! The story proceeds as flashback scenes are intermixed along with the police investigation into her death. Vasu and Ramya met each other in Tiruchy during their college days and love blossomed at the local bus stop and her sister Divya (Sarnya Mohan) played cupid. But due to opposition from her dad, the marriage never took place. Ramya marries a businessman Bala (Nandha), and they look like leading a happy life till she “commits suicide.” Vasu whose heart still aches for his ex-flame suspects “foul play” as key people in the apartment building end up in watery graves. Finally his investigation leads to some startling facts as he starts seeing the ghost of Ramya! Is he hallucinating or is there a supernatural power play? For all the answers you have to watch the film. But after being initially being wired up you begin to feel weary. Why? After great first half, post interval the film plods, the same scenes are reworked to create dread. Logic and reason takes a backseat and the suspense element is revealed at an early stage. You can see the red herrings repeated and as the film winds down to its finale, there is a sense of déjà vu. However what works for the film is its lead actors, packaging and technical wizardry. Its unfamiliar twists and confusing turns are likely to baffle you along the way. The new star cast is what makes the film watchable. Aathi is a revelation, he has come out with a power packed performance without going overboard and fits the role to a T. Nandha in a negative role shines, especially in scenes where his friend (Srinath in an impressive cameo) brings out his suspicious and doubting nature. Sindhu Menon is lively and does her character with a heart- warming dignity. The music of Thaman is passable and his background score is the backbone of the movie. However it is Manoj Paramahamsa’s camera which is the real hero of the film. As a cameraman he is able to give the entire film the hazy blue look using Cyan color by the removal of red from white light for the first time in Tamil cinema, creating the eerie atmosphere and stillness against the continuous beating of the rains. Eeram is cool and chilling, but would have been better if it was trimmed by atleast 15 minutes. Anyway Shankar can be proud of his new discovery- Arivazhagan, the film is worth a look. Verdict- Good

Krantiveer - The Revolution Movie Review

Krantiveer - The Revolution Movie Review

Krantiveer - The Revolution - Purana frame Nayi Tasveer IndiaGlitz [Saturday, What is it all about? Rata riti hota hai……… Rata meri jaan rata rat a rat, rattling hai mahan rata rat ta rat. Change the world by shouting and breaking the audience parda in the ears that’s what Mehul Kumar the erstwhile entertainer feels. Now he wants his daughter to carry the message of change which our dear Nana did superbly in 1994. The problem is, during 1994 the character of Nana was identifiable in that era of yell-o-yore when Nana ruled with his unique strength of adding his zing, color, flavor to those slogan cinemas like Krantiveer, Tiranga, Yeshwant etc. But this sequel Krantiveer hams and hams right from start till the end. Nana was playful, comic, and serious but this wannabe Bollywood kumari is unbelievably only serious. The Story……Of course Roshni (Jahan Bloch) has inherited not only the courage and sting of her legendary father (Nana Patekar) but also the spirited lingo and the indomitable style. Like him, she too wants to rid the nation of its corpus of corrupt, over-the-hill netas who have no idea - and no desire - of clean governance. She joins a TV channel and becomes a firebrand investigative journalist who is hell bent on exposing any and every scam. And now you don’t need to be an Einstein to guess what happens next. What to look out for? The movie is able to strike one message that youngsters should come forward and take charge of this suffering country otherwise sadly; the movie is mediocre in every department. What Not? The girl is yelling right from the word go and we don’t know why is she so serious while reading the news also. The treatment is old fashioned that won’t go with today’s audience who wants things to be in undertone. The drama, the sting operations, the sleazy politicians, the item song, the greedy head honcho, the mandir masjjd and the transfer of footage from the 26/11 attacks fail to make any impact. Conclusion: Go if you must.

bollywood movie kites review

Ashok Nayak Fri, 21 May 2010

Touted to be the first Bollywood film for the Global audience, Kites marks the grand return of a superstar who has been missing from action for a long time now. Hrithik Roshan returns with a Mexican leading lady Barbara Mori in this Anurag Basu directed film.

Kites begin with a wanted man stranded in the middle of a desert. He is J (Hrithik Roshan), a crook who has married many girls to get them green cards. Natasha (Barbara Mori) is one of them. Cut to the next scene, both have found their partners; J has Gina (Kangana Ranaut), daughter of a wealthy and most influential casino owner and Natasha is engaged to Tony, who is Gina's brother.

Fate has something else in store for J and Natasha, as both falls head over heels in love with each other. What will they choose? Love or money? Stay safe or risk their lives?

Kites, like almost all movies produced by Rakesh Roshan, is a combination of romance, action, comedy and a bit of thrill. But Kites disappoints mainly because of the lack of a proper storyline. The writing is poor, you wait for a twist something as effective as the one in Basu's very own Gangster, and it never comes. You wait for some dialogues in Hindi, but all you get is an English - Spanish film.

The story of J and Natasha is very predictable, the pace is slow, the dialogues are cheesy and the editing not quite up to the mark. However, the action sequences have been brilliantly shot. The choreography and Hrithik's moves are awe-inspiring, certainly one of the highlights of the film.

The performances are outstanding as well. Hrithik is magic on screen in a near-perfect performance. He emotes well, performs the action scenes with ease and his chemistry with Barbara Mori is something to watch out for. Talking of Barbara, she's fantastic and holds her own against Hrithik. One of the best performances by a foreign leading lady making her debut in a Bollywood film, never easy! Nick Brown is surprisingly good. Kangana Ranaut has nothing to do.

To sum up, Kites requires a bit of patience. Watch it without any distractions and you might just about like it.

Raavan movie review

Ashok Nayak Fri, 18 Jun 2010

Raavan directed by Mani Ratnam is a film centered on the antagonist of the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. In the film, Beera is Ravana (Abhishek Bachchan), Ragini is Sita (Aishwarya Rai), Dev Pratap Singh is Ram (Vikram), Sanjeevani Kumar is Hanuman (Govinda), Laxmana Pratap Singh is Laxmana (Nikhil Diwedi) and Serena is Surpanakha (Priyamani).

Beera has abducted Ragini, wife of a police officer Dev Pratap Singh and kept her hidden deep inside a forest. The reason? The rape of Beera's sister Serena. Dev in search of Ragini takes the help of Sanjeevani Kumar, a forest police officer, who has Hanuman like qualities. The rest of the film is all about revenge, from both sides.

Raavan is a confusing watch. For one, the script is filled with several flaws. Two, the antagonist is portrayed as a protagonist, due to which you neither hate him nor like him. Three, some of the events that take place in the film are hard to digest, for example the polygraph test, to ascertain if Ragini is 'pure'. What were the writers thinking?

Having watched and admired Mani Ratnam's work over the last several decades, Raavan, his most ambitious film to date, is also very sadly his weakest. Frankly, nothing works. The pace is sluggish, Rahman's music apart from Beera track isn't up to his usual standards, the performances are below average, Vikram has nothing to offer and Abhishek's makeup is awful.

Aishwarya Rai's performance and beauty, Santosh Sivan's cinematography and the crisp to-the-point dialogues act as the only saving graces of this Mani Ratnam film.

Abhishek Bachchan apart from a scene or two, hams. Present in every frame, the film was entirely dependent on his performance, unfortunately he disappoints big time. I, like many, expected much more screen time for Vikram, but strangely he has a very short role. Govinda and Nikhil Diwedi are good. Aishwarya Rai looks ethereally beautiful and performs her role well.

To sum things up, Raavan's weakest link apart from Abhishek Bachchan's performance is Mani Ratnam himself. Very Disappointing.

Metro Big Cinemas

The Art Deco Metro cinema opened in June 1938, primarily to exhibit the MGM movies and gradually became Bollywood's favorite red carpet destination. Over the past seven decades, Metro Cinema has become a landmark on the Mumbai's cityscape and part of city's movie traditions. BIG Cinemas acquired the theatre in 2005 and refurbished it with state of art facilities and opulent interiors which blend today's audience requirements with the theatre's heritage charm and results have been remarkable. Metro BIG Cinemas now houses 6 contemporary screening rooms with a seating capacity for 1491 people including a luxurious Ebony Lounge with recliners, offering moviegoers the finest customer amenities and a dynamic screen presentation, along with a greater choice of films and viewing times. The auditoriums are furnished with wall-to-wall screens, stadium-style seating in plush, high-backed push back sofas and Dolby sound systems.