Kollywood diary

[krishnaswamy]

Originally Posted by saysenthil

அன்றைக்கு நடிகர்களுக்குள் அத்தனை அழகான, எளிய உறவு இருந்தது," என்றார்.

Both Rajni-Kamal shown, "matured" friendship between them.
I did not see the same thing during Sivaji-MGR period or Vijay-Ajit Period...

when is Sarathkumar became mass hero? just 2 films hit.. and he acted in 20 movies :-)

[wlbkng]

[chennaidesi]

Originally Posted by Anniyan

who is that figure with him?

His Smallhouse

[Anniyan]

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[wlbkng]

[wlbkng]

Originally Posted by chennaidesi

His Smallhouse

fun or fact?

[thalapathy_1]

[wlbkng]

[saysenthil]

MUST READ !!

AR Rahman and the Art of Focus'

There, after all, could be a method to his genius. Charles Assisi finds out



Soon after I got out of AR Rahman’s North Mumbai home (which also doubles up as his studio), I went online. To look up ‘Munbe Vaa, ’ a song in the Tamil movie, Sillunu Oru Kaadhal, for which Rahman had composed the music.

Now, I don’t understand a word of Tamil. And I can confidently say—without fear of contradiction from my wife—that I’m rarely ‘mushy.’ But the moment the song started to play, I was lost. Lost in words I didn’t understand, and—I hate to say it—falling in love with love all over again.

We had visited Rahman with a clear brief in mind. There’s a section in ForbesLife India , ‘The Pursuit of Happiness,’ where we talk to people who are perceptibly happy and ask them one central question: How do they achieve happiness? In earlier issues, as part of this series of dialogues, we’d spoken to people like the absolutely lovely Asha Bhosle, Bollywood’s original charmer Shammi Kapoor, and the redoubtable Leander Paes who’s known to play his tennis with his heart worn loud on his sleeve.

When my colleague Jarshad NK, who has known Rahman now for many years, asked him if he’d spend time with us, I was pleasantly surprised when he agreed; Rahman, to my mind, projected reticence, a deep regard for his privacy, so I’d pretty much taken it for granted he’d politely decline to let us into his head. I was wrong.

And he continued to confound my expectations. There was no name-dropping; he didn’t carry the gravitas of somebody who’s worked with some of the biggest names in the world; there wasn’t the sense of self-importance you’d expect in someone who has won practically every award in the business, including two Oscars and two Grammys.

On the contrary, he made me feel at ease—almost like I was with an old friend, with whom I could share a couple of boy jokes, laugh at a few silly unprintable things, and ponder the world and its machinations. I found myself doing fanboy stuff like telling him how crazy my dad is about his music and he smiled and asked me to thank him for listening to what he composes.

I don’t intend to delve here into our conversation on happiness—that’s covered in ForbesLife India’s Spring edition—but about something else that struck me during our chat.

“I’m never composing in the studio for too long—at best for 20 minutes, 30 on the outside. I don’t spend eight to nine hours on something. It fatigues me. It’s like beating a sick person. There’s this Big Bang moment. It either comes, or it doesn’t. It flows or it doesn’t. But when you sit and things are at ease… that’s when it happens.”

“Twenty minutes!” I spluttered. “That’s all?”

Like most people, I’ve grown up on the idea that geniuses stay up for hours on end, focussed on their goals to the exclusion of everything else. But here was this icon of brilliance telling me it wasn’t worth working for more than 20 minutes. He knows what he’s talking about. I mean, six years after Munbe Vaa first hit the charts and I heard it for the first time, I wanted to fall in love again—which is exactly what Rahman had intended (“…certain songs like ‘Munbe Vaa¸’ when I did it, I wanted it to be a cult song—a legendary piece of music…”).

As he went about articulating how he did it, my mind couldn’t help but veer around to a book that’s hit the shelves very recently, 18 Minutes, by Peter Bregman. Rahman and Bregman were talking the same language. An advisor and consultant to CEOs and leadership teams across the world, the sum and substance of Bregman’s hypothesis is this: By setting out to do what is most important in your life and creating a daily 18 minute ritual spread over an eight-hour working day, you learn to concentrate on things that really matter. I’m sure Rahman hasn’t read 18 Minutes. But his method is remarkably similar to what Bregman recommends as a way to achieve the levels of productivity that only the best in the world—at whatever discipline—manage to do. So what are those common lessons?

Cont.....

[krishnaswamy]

"mankatha team" cricket vilayaduthu...
"Cricket team" mankatha Vilayaduthu...
EKSI!

"மங்காத்தா" டீம் "கிரிக்கெட்" விளையாடுது. "கிரிக்கெட்" டீம் மங்காத்தா விளையாடுது.
என்ன கொடுமை சரவணா இது.

Originally Posted by wlbkng

[saysenthil]

[Anniyan]

idhu entha padathoda copy?

[saysenthil]

3 Audience Comments



3 has received moderate to good response so far from the first day first show audience. The movie need to get at least a "worth watching once" or better word of mouth recommendation from first day audience to become a hit.

Overall the majority of the audience have preferred the first half to be better than the second. Even though the movie's switch over from one genre to another appears to be consistent with the bipolar nature of the lead character. Some call the transition during the first as Hot and Cold and others call it Sweet and Sour.

The second half has the director Aishwarya mentor Selvaraghavan touch to it. Overall, Aishwarya is well appreciated for showing lots of maturity in direction which is surprising for a first time director. One interesting comment claimed "It is Shruti Haasan till interval. It is Dhanush post interval. But, it is Aishwarya all the way."

Dhanush has performed extremely well and proves again why he deserves the National Award. Dhanush's role as Ram is being compared to his characters in Thulluvatho Ilamai, Kathal Kondein and 'Mayakkam Enna'. Shruti Haasan's role as teenager carries the first half and highlights her acting potential.

Regarding the much talked about Kolaveri, the song picturization has disappointed the fans and called the choreography and locations as very ordinary. It is difficult to match the huge expectations set by the Kolaveri song. In order to stay true to the song, the team had decided to picturize it exactly the way they had envisioned before the kolaveri went viral.

The man who walks home with unanimous appreciation from all quarters is Music Director Anirudh whose songs and BGM in the movie have made the kind of splash that AR Rahman made with his dream debut in Roja.

http://www.moviecrow.com/News/802/3-...eview-comments

[saysenthil]

Originally Posted by Anniyan

idhu entha padathoda copy?

THis time its really easy to state....

AL VIjay has already told that its the tamil version of Bourne Identity series.....

[Anniyan]

Maatran is also 'inspired' from Bourne Identity i guess.

[saysenthil]

I hope there are few audience who are interested in this film toooo!!!

Mudhalvar Mahatma on Gandhian principles



Ramana Communications' Mudhalvar Mahatma directed by Balakrishnan and featuring Anupam Kher is releasing today. The film boasts music by none other than Isaignani, Ilaiyaraja. The director's earlier work was the critically acclaimed Sathyaraj starrer, Periyar.

Anna Hazare, the Jan Lokpal bill advocate watched the Hindi version of the film, Welcome Back Gandhi, for its Gandhian principles. It is the first film he has reportedly watched in 40 years! The film tries to get the audience to reconnect with Gandhian principles using a unique approach.

[madurakarenda]

Originally Posted by Anniyan

idhu entha padathoda copy?

Nice provision for a photoshop with face plane parallel to the cam angle

[josephantony]

Billa 2 recent stills:

[wlbkng]

One person is well known. Can you guess the other one?

[wlbkng]

Vikram - Shankar come together?

They delivered a cult commercial hit, 'Anniyan' in 2005 and they seem to be at it again. Commercial film specialist Shankar, if sources are to be believed, will be teaming up with his 'Anniyan' hero Chiyaan Vikram for a project shortly.

It's reportedly an adventure flick which will go on floors once Vikram wraps his slick action entertainer 'Thaandavam'. Suba, that is to say Suresh and Balakrishnan are touted to pen the dialogues and Shankar is still penning the script.

Post 'Thaandavam' Vikram also has work on period flick 'Karikalan' that's pending from a longtime now. He also has a film with his mentor Bala.

Without commenting about the cast, Shankar wrote on his microblogging page, "As I've started working on my next script I couldn't be in touch with you. So far I have not finalized anyone regarding the next project. Just working on the story".

Ever since 'Nanban's stupendous success, those in the trade and fans are eagerly awaiting to know whom Shankar would team up with for his next. An official announcement listing the cast and crew is expected from Shankar once he finishes penning the script.

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/t...cle/80240.html