Vanthaan Ventraan Music Review

A former associate to Mani Ratnam, Kannan should obviously have an ear for music. And it was visible (or should we say audible) in his first two ventures- 'Jayamkondan' and 'Kanden Kadhalai'.The director does a hat-trick in 'Vanthaan Ventraan', this time in the company of young music composer Thaman. Produced by K S Srinivasan of Vasan Visual Ventures, the film has Jiiva and Taapsee essaying lead roles.There are six songs in this album and Thaman has presented what youngsters would like. As a result, the songs started to conquer our hearts the moment they arrived, aptly resembling the title 'Vanthaan Ventraan'.1. Anjana Anjana - Listen hereSinger:...

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Rowthiram Preview

'Rowthiram Pazhagu' is a popular line from Mahakavi Bharathi, who urged youngsters of those days to practice anger. And revolutionists say anger not just stops bad things, but also make good things to happen.Apparently inspired by these thoughts, debutant director Gokul has made 'Rowthiram', with Jiiva and Shriya Saran playing the lead roles. After a long gap, this Jiiva-starrer is produced by his home banner Super Good Films, led by his father and ace producer R B Choudary.If sources are to be believed, 'Rowthiram' features Jiiva in the role of an angry youngster, who questions the system and the uncovered holes in it. Shriya is his supportive...

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Deiva Thirumagal - An emotional roller-coaster ride

Well, all Chiyaan Vikram fans are anticipating as to when their idol's 'Deiva Thirumagal' will hit theatres. Directed by AL Vijay the film sees Vikram in a never-seen-before role as that of a mentally challenged man with the IQ of a five-year-old.The film has stellar performances by Anushka Shetty, who the audience will get to know in a totally different avatar sans the grease paint; as well as Amala Paul, who is believed to have carried a very tough role with �lan.M.S. Bhaskar and Santhanam will provide the much-needed comedy element in this emotional drama.'Deiva Thirumagal' deals with how a mentally challenged man undergoes an emotional battle...

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Mankatha - The game is on!

There is a lot of anticipation, there are a host of stars, then there is 'Thala' and this will be his 50th innings in Tamil!Venkat Prabhu's 'Mankatha' has raised expectations by leaps and bounds among Ajith fans and film buffs. The film sees Ajith in a first-time ever full-fledged negative character, suggest reports closely associated with the film. Trisha will play female lead with Arjun chipping in as a CBI officer.Andrea Jeremiah, Lakshmi Rai, Premji Amaran, Vaibhav, and Anjali will be seen essaying important roles. Even the smallest incident from the sets of 'Mankatha' has garnered a lot of media attention and we have updated you regarding...

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Velayudham Preview

Velayudham - A superhero's journeySuperhero projects are very rare in Tamil cinema, but things seem to be changing with Ilaya Thalapathi Vijay's 'Velayudham' and Jeeva's project with Mysskin, 'Mugamoodi' in the pipeline.Ilaya Thalapathi's 'Velayudham' is set for a August release and the action packed thriller is one of those movies, where the common man is forced to take responsibilities and whack the goons up, for the common good.Ilaya Thalapathi Vijay, who plays Vetrivel in this movie, leads a life of peace in a village, with his widowed mother and a younger sister, Kaveri played by Saranya Mohan. Hansika Motwani plays his morai ponnu in the...

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Karthi's 'Naan Mahaan Alla' in Telugu

Tamil actor Karthi's movie 'Naan Mahaan Alla' is all set to release in Telugu as 'Naa Peru Shiva'. Kajal Agarwal is the heroine in this movie.'Naan Mahaan Alla' released last year in Tamil and earned good box office collections there. This flick will release in Telugu in the first week of July.Karthi will launch the Telugu audio of this movie in Hyderabad this weekend. Yuvan Shankar Raja is the music director and Suseenthiran is the director of this film.Karthi is getting married in the first week of July and 'Naa Peru Shiva' is releasing the same week in Andhra Prade...

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Karthi-Anushka in Suraj's next

Even as busy gearing up for his marriage (July 3) at one side, Karthi Sivakumar is on a signing spree on the other. The actor, who is currently busy shooting for 'Saguni', has given consent to be part of a film directed by Suraj.If sources are to be believed, the full-length commercial entertainer, which will be quite typical to Suraj's style, will have Anushka as the leading lady. "The shooting will start once Karthi completes his portions in Saguni.""Karthi and Anushka were about to share the screen space in Siruthai itself, but it did not take place as the actress found it difficult to allot dates at that time," sources say. Interestingly,...

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