Jeeva And Karthika Walk For Ko Movie

The last leg of Ko shooting began soon after Diwali celebrations were safely out of the way. The lead pair in Ko, Jeeva and Karthika were spotted at the Ampa Skywalk in Aminijikarai today where the shooting of the film is progressing with full gusto.

Ko also has Ajmal and Piaa in important roles and this film is being directed by KV Anand. The team is working at a fast pace to complete the shooting schedule so that they can go ahead with the post production work.

New Tamil movie Om Obama Release On December

It may have an all new cast, but journalist-turned-filmmaker Janaki Viswanathan’s Tamil movie “Om Obama” certainly has one globally known star – the American president who stars via cutouts, posters and even a song!

New Tamil movie Om Obama Release On December
“Broadly the story is about a village that transforms economically after an export garment unit was built nearby and how it gets hit due to global recession. There are various sub-plots that make up the storyline,” iswanathan told IANS. She says the Kedarapalayam villagers started praying for Obama’s victory in the US presidential elections because they thought his economic policies would uplift the economies of the garment unit and their own.The sub-plots of “Om Obama”, releasing in December, include romance, grassroots politics, panchayat elections and others.

Viswanathan, a former print and television journalist, says the star cast is entirely new and the US Consulate gave a helping hand in identifying some Americans to star in the movie.”Many villagers where the movie was shot have acted in the film,” she said while declining to reveal the real name of the village that is around 200 km from here. “Perhaps this is the first time there is an Urdu song in a Tamil movie. The movie has four songs and the music is scored by Paul. J. There is also a song `Obama nee vaama, koode serndhu aadalama’ (Come Obama, shall we dance together),” she said. Cagey about the budget, Viswanathan says the film was shot in 35 days. Asked about the germination of the idea, she said: “I was working on a story on the impact of global recession on an Indian village when I chanced upon a news report on the crisis faced by Tirupur garment exporting units.”  She said the article quoted Tirupur exporters as saying that they would pray for Obama’s victory in the 2008 US presidential elections as it would be better for Indian business. “That was the spark and from there I developed the plot,” Viswanathan added.

The movie is expected to be released in Tamil Nadu by the end of this year, close on the heels of Obama’s Nov 6-9 visit. “With subtitles we plan to release in other languages. We are also planning an international release and in movie festival circuits,” Viswanathan said. “Om Obama” is her third movie, the first two being national award winner “Kutty” and “Kanavu Meippada Vendum”. The first two movies broke even and she is confident that “Om Obama” will make profits! She is also confident that the movie will get entertainment tax exemption from the Tamil Nadu government as the title is in Tamil. In the state if a film has title in Tamil, it gets tax exemption.

Shriya Saran Place Of Tamanna

Remember on how Tamanna did a cameo role in the Ram Genelia’s ‘Ready’ movie? Tamanna appears at the beginning of the movie. The movie is remade in Tamil and is releasing tomorrow in which Dhanush and Genelia paired. And in this remake, Shriya Saran plays the role that Tamanna did in the original Ready movie! It was also revealed that Shriya Saran did the role for free as she is very close with hero Dhanush!

Bhagyanjali Hurles Torture Charges on villain Actor Velu

In the latest face-off in Kollywood, a starlet from Kerala has hurled a slew of charges against a villain actor, including mental torture, harassment, extortion and blackmail.

If 21-year-old Bhagyanjali is to be believed, actor Velu has been inflicting mental torture and harassment by stalking her and constantly pestering her to marry him ever since she co-starred with him in Unnai Kadhalikiraen.

Her complaint to the City Police Commissioner alleged that she became friendly with him after acting together in the Tamil film, but that he misunderstood her and resorted to issuing threats.

She accused him of forcing her to sign on papers claiming that she had borrowed Rs 15 lakh from him.

Bhagyanjali, who was in the city to attend a function, visited the Vepery police station on Saturday to answer queries.

Countering her claims, Velu’s family told the police that she had borrowed Rs 40,000 from the actor about a year ago and had signed papers to that effect.

They alleged that she was yet to return the money and had cooked up the charges to evade repayment.

A senior police official told Express that an inquiry was in progress and no FIR had been registered so far.

A police team that went to Velu’s house on Vaikkolkaran Street in Purasavakkam in search of the actor returned emptyhanded.

The actor has been asked to report to the police station, as the cops want to know his version of the unfolding sordid saga

Dhanush Uthamaputhiran to hit 600 screen in Tamil nadu

Dhanush is getting ready for one of his biggest releases ever. His forthcoming film ‘Uthamaputhiran’, which is set to hit the screens on Deepavali day, will be released in 600 cinema halls in Tamil Nadu alone.

“The film has been shaped up in such a way that it would be liked by one and all irrespective of what age or section they belong to. Hence the producers and distributors are planning such a big release”, sources in the know say.

Directed by Mithran R Jawahar, Dhanush’s lucky mascot, the film, which is a remake of Telugu blockbuster ‘Ready’, is produced by N V Mohan Apparao and G Ramesh on Balaji Studios banner.

“The on-screen chemistry between Dhanush and Genelia is great. Action scenes will be one of the highlights of ‘Uthamaputhiran’ while comedy portions involving Dhanush and his Padikadhavan co-star Vivek will bring the roof down”, sources add.