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The much-expected audio of Manmadhan Ambu (MA) was released on Saturday (November 20) at The MAX Pavilion, Singapore Expo, the largest convention and exhibition venue in Singapore. Kamal Hassan, Trisha, Madhavan, KS Ravikumar, Devi Sri Prasad and other celebrities were present at the colourful event...
For the last one year, I have not agreed for any other films, because Aravaan is one of the important films in my career.
I have made some changes in my physique and appearance. That is the reason I am not participating in any public functions. When we gat some good roles, it is inevitable that we should sacrifice some opportunities and also work hard.
In that way, I have avoided lot of offers. Aravaan will be completed by March. After this I will be acting three films.”
Recently the film’s audio was launched at Sathyam Cinemas that had coming together of filmmakers from various regional film industries. Director Renjith of Malayalam film industry, Yograj Bhat of Kannada film industry, Bollywood’s Anurag Kashyap, director Ameer and Bala were present along with ace filmmaker K. Balachandran.
Every filmmaker who spoke on the occasion appreciated Sasikumar’s ability to create a revival in Tamil cinema. Bollywood filmmaker Anurag Kashyap announced that his next film in Hindi based on the same concept of ‘Subramaniapuram’. Singing praises of Bala’s ‘Naan Kadavul’, he said, “Soon after watching the film, I went to the same locations where he shot the film and was driven crazy to see there were no places to fix the camera and how come Bala achieved it.”
The film has the musical score by James Vasanthan, who previously scored music for Sasikumar’s ‘Subramaniapuram’.
Some play, some make others play. I am speaking about life which is like a chess game in the film Aadukalam. Though there is a meaning grammatically for Aadukalam, there is also another meaning for it.
Many are asking that how Dhanush fitted in this role. The hero should be uneducated and wearing a dirty lungi and shirt. Dhanush fitted this role. He has kept aside his heroism and star image to do this role.
He can be seen as Karuppu instead of Dhanush. No other actors would have fitted in this role. The heroine Tapasee is a Delhi girl. When I first saw her photo, I did not like her. I thought that she will not suit for an Anglo Indian girl character.
But when I saw her personally I decided that she should be the heroine of this film. She will look different in this film. I have given importance to her role. Poet Jayabalan has lived his character in this film. Apart from this he has written a song for this film. Radha Ravi has dubbed for Jayabalan.
Karunaas who is doing the lead role in this film said,” After donning the lead roles in Dindigul Sarathi and Ambasamudaram Ambani, I am donning the lead role in this film. This film is a different type.
I am donning the role of a police man who is scared of all things. Bangalore beauty Angana is pairing with me. We are introducing lots of new faces in this film. There will be comedy in every scene. Manohara is directing this film. I am composing music for this film. Vairamuthu has penned the lyrics. Velraj is handling the camera.”
Couple of songs and trailer screened during the audio launch of ‘Easan’ had raised some questions amongst the special invitees. During one of the pub songs, it is seen that a girl is being harassed by couple of guys in the pub. So is it based on the same incident that happened before few years in Chennai?
Ask Sasikumar and he says, ‘Not at all. It is not based on such an incident. But various incidents that has been shocking the city… I want to make it clear that the film is not only about the night life of Chennai, but it touches various grounds. Just as the audiences walk out of theatres, they will be shocked.’
With such a confident statement from Sasikumar, we can expect that he has something big in store for this time as well.
But Romesh Babu had sold the overseas rights to Sakthi Chidambaram of Cinema Paradise. So Saravanan had requested the Court to stay the release of this film. The Judge after going through Saravanan’s petition stayed the release of this film for 6 weeks. The Judge also ordered the producer and Sakthi Chidambaram to file a reply statement.
At this point the producer Romesh Babu, distributor Sakthi Chidambaram and Saravanan held talks and came to an understanding. They struck a compromise n They agreed to give Saravanan the color lab contract. Saravanan has agreed for this and informed the court regarding this. Judge Rajeshwar vacated the stay. So Sakthi Chidambaram who is releasing this film said,” The stay for the film Kaavalan has been vacated. The film will be released as per schedule.”
Nelson who is directing this film said,” This film has a story of a gangster. We have given importance to comedy and action. It will be a very stylish film. This film will very new to Tamil films. We are holding talks with three top heroines to do the female lead roles. This will be decided in one or two days.
Since the film is suitable for all languages, this film is being made in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Through this film Simbhu is going to Hindi. A major portion of this film is to be shot in Mexico, America and European countries. Some of the Hollywood actors would also be acting in this film. The shooting of this film is now taking place in Chennai. After this, the shooting will continue in America. There is lots of importance for Shakthi’s cinematography. Hollywood techniques have been used in this film. What is the technique is suspense for time being.”
I will show that place itself as Tirunalveli or Tuticorin. Now that place has become like my native place. The rituals they do during the marriage or child birth and for all the good and bad things are so wonderful. Dhanush has also become as if that place is his native place. For the first time Dhanush is acting in my film.
For a very long time, I like him very much. We cannot say anything about wrong about his acting. I was little scared whether he will suit in this film because he use to act in romantic films directed by his brother. But after seeing Polladhavan and Padikadhavan, I saw his growth. Immediately I felt that I should utilize him. I caught him at the right time. I got hold of him tightly and embraced him.
I am going to take him to my place. So I told him that you will miss your family and children for one month and asked him to pamper his kids. With regard to the heroine Thamanna, I have not told the story to any of my heroines. I will send my assistants to them. But in the case of Thamanna, I sat with her for three hours and narrated the story to her.
I wanted to bring a brave effect to her role who is scared of cockroaches and lizards. I told that how she should transform herself to extend of wielding a sickle. Though she is a Mumbai girl, she understood the role and we will be to extract the work from her.”
Speaking on this occasion Vijayakanth said,” Many of the members of the film fraternity have come over here to extend their greetings and wishes to me. I gave the first song of my film to Poet Vaali. I love his songs.
I have shot 25% of this film in Chennai and another 25% of the film in foreign locations. I had encountered numerous problems while making this film. Earlier also I had faced lots of problems to release my films Dharmapuri, Swadeshi and Sabari.
Everybody knows the status of the Samathavapuram project which was started in the name of Thanthai Periyar. People who say that their voice is for the neglected have neglected many. There is news that houses at the cost of Rs 59 Lakhs has been provided to the poor free of cost.
But this people who had come to power in the year 1967 are still not able to eradicate poverty. They are telling that Vijayakanth is not commenting on Congress or AIDMK and because of this I will have alliance with them. I have nothing to fear. I said that I will eradicate poverty. That means that I will increase the revenue of each individual. Show me the people who were benefitted from the beggar’s eradication scheme and eye camps. I will speak the truth everywhere. They are preventing the release of my film Viruthagiri. Wait and see that how I will release the film.”
DMDK member Panrutti Ramachandran, actor Sathyaraj, directors R K Selvamani, Lingusamy, Ezhlil and other DMDK party members were present on this occasion.
Mumbai model Mena is doing an important role in this film.The story of the film is about a person who does anything for money. One day when he comes to witness a shooting tells the hero that he is a fan of him. But the hero ignores him.
Because of this he gets wild with the hero. The local MLA compromises both of them. Srikanth joins a local goon as his hitman. Then later on he changes his mind and destroys all the rowdies. Bhavana dons the role of an advocate. This romantic action film is ready for release in Tamil.
Sanusha is doing the female lead role. Vivek, Ilavarasu and Kishore are also starring in this film. Bala Bharani is handling the camera. Kannan who composed music for the film Tamizh Padam is composing music for this film. Saravana Jeevan is directing this film.
The director while speaking of this film said,” The story is a romantic film with the backdrop of a touring talkies. Vikash is the son of the projector operator working in touring talkies.
He is shattered when he comes to know that the touring talkies is going to be dismantled and a Kalyana Mandapam is coming up in that place. What happens next is the rest of the story.”
While speaking about this film, he said,” This film is about an 18 year old mentally retarded youth. Though many films have come like this, this film will be of a different dimension. We are introducing Priya who is donning a comedy role.
Journalist Krishna Davinci is donning an important role in this film. We have shot most of the scenes using 120 cameras. This is called Time Lines Shots. One or two shots of this kind were used in Anniyan and Boys. But we have shot eight sequences using this method. Shakthi has used this technique.
This will be a new experience for the audience. This is a challenging role for Johnny. Even before the release of this film Gayathri and music composers Dinesh and Charles Bosco are getting lots of offers. The film is being produced at a high cost by Chakravarthy. I am confident that this film will be a trend setter.”
The Tamil version of the Three Idiots has been titled as Nanban. This film has Vijay, Jeeva and Srikanth in the cast. Vijay is donning the role which Amir Khan did in the original version while Jeeva will do the role which Madhavan did and Srikanth will do the role of Sharman Joshi. Ileana is pairing with Vijay. Sathyaraj is donning the role of the professor which was done by Boman Irani.
The Telugu version will have Mahesh Babu in the cast. Ileana is doing the female lead roles. The Telugu version is titled as Three Rascals.
It was one and only show that completely belonged to Kamal Haasan. The actor made a stunning appearance with trimmed looks and crooned couple of songs and ‘Kamal Kavidhai’ along with Trisha.
Speaking on the occasion, Trisha said, “It was out of Kamal Haasan sir’s encouragement I took upon the chance of crooning this number. If you have got any credits or criticisms, you’ve got to share it with Kamal sir only.”
Soon as Andrea Jeremiah rendered the number, ‘Who’s the Hero’ Kamal Haasan jocularly added the he cannot hold his breath at such high pitch and sing continuously. K.S. Ravikumar mentioned that ‘Manmadhan Ambu’ has all ingredients of commercial values with emotions, fun, sentiments, action and romance.
Actor Ramesh Aravind, who was present for the event was asked to describe Kamal Haasan in a single word. In turn, Ramesh Aravind after taking a long time to think admitted that it is impossible to speak about Kamal Haasan in a single word rather he will more than a day continuously to share his thoughts on him. But if it comes to one word it can be none other than ‘Inspiration’.
Devi Sri Prasad also shared the stage for some numbers and K.S. Ravikumar said that for the first time Kamal Haasan has openly appreciated the music
He is also directing the film. L K Satish while speaking to the media said,” This is Vijayakanth’s 154th film. Vijayakanth’s is donning the role of an IPS officer. There is no pair for him in this film. Mumbai K C Shankar, Amandeep Singh and Bangkok Gaasu are the villains of this film.
The Bangkok actor is a hero there. The fighting scenes featuring Vijayakanth were shot in Bangkok. This Bangkok hero approached us for a role in this film. His scenes have come out well. The stunt scenes were also shot in Australia and Malaysia.
Stunt actors of those countries have acted in this film. A hair raising car chase was shot in the Bangkok streets. Rocky Ramesh and Kacha have trained the stunt men for this sequence. The songs composed by Sundar C Babu have come out well. The audio launch of this film is to take place on 22nd at the Trade Centre in Nandambakkam.”
He has composed a beautiful melody song for this film and Siddique wanted this song before one reel of the climax. But Vijay preferred a Kuthu song than the melody one. But Siddique insisted that the melody song.
But finally the editor sorted out this matter by saying that no song is needed at that point. But the latest news is that Asin and Vijay had danced for a melody song in the hill region of Poona.
But the unit members refused to say where this song will feature in the film. The film is to hit the screens in the month of December.
The shooting of the film is over and the post production work is going on. Kamal is donning the role of a 30 years old romantic man. This is Kamal’s 215th film. Majority of the shooting has taken place in European countries and in a big luxury cruise ship. French actress Caroline is also starring in this film. The film is also being dubbed in Telugu.
The audio launch of this is to take place in Singapore. The function is to be held on 20th November. Seven thousand fans are participating in this function. This function will take place for three hours.
Kamal Haasan, Udhayanidhi Stalin, Madhavan, K S Ravikumar, Sangeetha and Trisha will participate in this function along with other crew members. Many other actors and actresses are also going to Singapore to participate in the cultural programmes. Vijay TV is likely to relay this event.
The film is to hit the screens on December 17th.
According to reports, Kamal sang a few songs of the film MA. He performed on stage along with his co-stars Trisha and Madhavan. Reports also added that the guests including Maddy, who were present at the audio launch were in tears, when Kamal crooned ‘Neela Vaanam’.
Trisha Tweeted, “Had a blastttt with the whole team..Can’t believe Kamal sir made me perform with him on stage. It was one of my best shows”
As a part of pre-event celebration, Manmadhan Ambu sailed in the ship with some hard core fans on November 19. It started from SuperStar Virgo, a Leo class cruise ship, and ended with the official release of the music in Singapore.
Devi Sri Prasad compositional movie has six songs. Kamal has penned five songs out of six and has crooned three songs. Actress Trisha has also recorded her voice for a song.
Sources say that the entire crew of the film including choreographer Dinesh was very pleased with the performances of Vijay and Asin for the romantic number. The song shot at Lavasa will surely attract the audience, claims a source.
Vijay and Asin are pairing for the third time. Earlier, they were seen in Sivakasi and blockbuster Pokkiri. Kaavalan is directed by Siddique and produced by Ramesh Babu. The movie is said to be releasing on December 24, 2010.
Vengai will be a complete action entertainer; there are reports that comedian Vadivelu has been signed for the comedy track.
The latest buzz is that the film went on floors in Chennai recently. “Vengai day one guys. A mass masala for next year. Typical Hari posters. Quite different experience,” Dhanush tweeted.
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