Prabhudeva's son passes away.

The famous actor, director and choreographer, Prabhudeva and his family are bereft of their teenage son Vishal. Vishal had been suffering from Cancer for quite some time. Although the family had known of the outcome, they wanted to spend some more days with their son.
Prabhudeva who is known to everyone as God fearing and hard working, had wanted Vishal to enjoy quality time with him in his last days. He even took his son to his shooting of 'Villu' at Switzerland.
His fans and the public express their heartfelt condolences to Prabhudeva.

Surya fans -mixed reaction to Vaaranam Aayiram

Surya's latest film 'Vaaranam Aayiram' which hit the theatres amidst great expectations has elicited a mixed reaction among his fans. Although everyone is convinced of his splendid performance in the film, some are disappointed by the fact that he has done a relatively a soft role in the film. The action sequence that has been introduced in the film also doesn't appear to merge with the main script. The picture that has exploited the acting talent has poorly done to his mass hero image.The proof for this is that this picture is being commercially overtaken by other films like thenaavattu.
Surya's fans feel that such elite English speaking roles will distance him away from the common people. Surya always known for his down to earth personality must choose those roles that are more realistic, some feel. It should be noted that being a son of Sivakumar the veteran actor has given Tamil fans a sense of belongingness toward him.
There are some fans who beleive that Surya must concentrate on mass films like those of Vijay and Ajith. When done so he has a good chance of beating them as a mass hero, they say. Mass heroes also make films that are commercially more successful. They insist that he must satisfy the overall audience, other than the elite city dwellers.
Female fans have a different opinion though. They feel that Surya has to stick to such posh roles. They feel that it suits his personality. It should be noted that Surya has a huge female fan following , particularly after his devoted love afair and marriage with Jyothika.

One film, Seven heroes, one heroine!

The movie that has recently caught the attention of people during its audio launch is Pattalam. This film stars seven heroes, all new faces. The heroine is Vijayalakshmi. The film also stars Nadiya, who plays the role of a school teaches who guides them. The audio launch was staged in style bringing young actors like Srikanth, Jeeva, Bharath, Prasanna, Jai who introduced each hero one by one. Director Venkat Prabhu introduced the director of the film. The actors were confident that the new faces will definitely emerge in to stardom the way they did , which lifted the spirit of the young heroes. The film is produced by Lingusaami.
Another highlight of the movie is that one of the songs has created much interest among critics including Vairamuthu, the famous poet of Tamil film industry. That particular song was penned by a poet Nellai Bharathi, who is an already famous poet in the literary circle. Tamil fans are eagerly expecting the film to hit the theatres.

Sonia moves to small screen!

Sonia Agarwal, originally from Punjab had a short but very successful stint in Kollywood. She gave a series of successful films including kaathal kondein,7G rainbow Colon, Kovil and others. She retired from film industry after getting married to director Selvaraghavan. Her last film was Thiruttu payale and her film with Srikanth never came out.
Recently she has accepted the offer of acting in a serial in kalaingar tv, produced by Kushbu. This serial is also named 'Sathurangam' but the crew says that the name is not finalised. Most of her films portayed her as a beautiful, vulnerable girl and she was criticised for her limited performance. Unlike films, small screen soaps have the female lead as the main anchor which takes them to success, it is yet to be seen how she handles it. But her entry is seen as a breath of fresh air, in small screen industry which is dominated by senior actresses of yesteryears.

Mammooty as Manick Badshah!

Mammooty's recent hit venture 'Big B' is being dubbed in to Tamil in the name 'Maanick Baadshah'.
Big B qualified as a hit in Malayalam film world. The action story has a story line that talks of son taking revenge of his mother's murder. Mammooty had given a splendid performance in this film which contributed to its success.Other Tamil actors starred in this film are Pasupathy, who plays the police officer investigating the case, actor Bala and actress Mamta Mohandas.
The film is dubbed in to Tamil and is expected to it the theatres in near future. Mammooty being an already popular face in Kollywood, the produces have made the title of the film attractive by naming the film 'Maanick Baadshah'. Maanick Baadshah is the name of superstar in his ever green movie,'Baadshah'. Tamil film industry which is used to Mammooty as a soft character in films are now eagerly awaiting his action movie.

"Rajini pera kettale" released!

The much awaited Rajini's biography by Dr. Gayathri Srikanth, 'Rajini Perai Kettale' was released two days back in Chennai by MP Kanimozhi. This book is published by Om international publications,Doraisaamy eye hospital and Sahara hotels. Popular people present were actor Sivakumar, Srikanth, Naren, Sandhya, Shobha chandrasekhar.

This book discusses the 3 decade long career of Rajinikanth. It also narrates some interesting anecdotes that were not disclosed to media until now. With his style, charisma and talent he rocked the film industry and has been the 'super star' for decades. This book is predicted to be very welcome with Tamil fans, critics and the media.

Prithviraj and Bhavana held hostage at Thailand.

Prithviraj and Bhavana are feared to be held hostage at Sornabhoomi airport, Thailand by revolutionists revolting against Prime minister Somchai wongsawat's corrupt government. They were at Thailand to shoot for the malayalam film, Lollipop. It was when they boarded flight back to India that this event happened. Others in the crew include the director, the producer and Cameraman Alagappan.
They were last contacted when they arrived at the airport. Now attempts to contact them are turning futile as their mobile phones are switched off.The situation is nail bitingly tense as we wait to hear any good news from them.
(Source- behindwoods)