‘Vettaikkaran’ waiting for its big day! IndiaGlitz [Sunday, November 22, 2009]

One can hear the thump slowly mounting… One can feel his coming… ‘Vettaikkaran’ is around the corner, waiting to make his entry! Sun Pictures are making the right noises, building the much-needed anticipation around this Vijay’s movie. With punchy lyrical songs and sneak-peek promos, fans are now really inquisitive to receive this much waited 49th movie of Ilaya Thalapathy. One is eager to see Vijay in the hands of debutant director Babu Sivan; and mainly to watch our hero romancing the sizzling Anushka for the first time! Latest reports say that Vettaikkaran’s overseas rights has been taken up by a new Singapore-based distribution company on a huge budget basis. It is a no wonder for a Vijay’s movie, as the star is second best after Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan on the international market scenario. Come December and Vettaikkaran’s promotional activities will take off on full swing. For the time being let’s wait for the movie’s magic to take over from December 18th.

 

Superstar Rajinikanth

Tamil actor Superstar Rajinikanth has become a synonym for Tamil films. His wonderful acting talents, his on-screen mannerisms, his unique way of delivering film dialogues have all made him into an iconic Tamil actor that Tamil films has ever seen. His fame transcends national boundaries spreading across the world. His cliched filmy dialogues have become famous one-liners which are uttered by his fans in gay abandon. The kind of adulation that Rajinikanth, generated is unrivaled in the history of Tamil cinema.

Puratchi Kalaingar Vijaykanth

All India Vijaykants Fans Welfare Association - Professional Wing. VijayKant is a very popular Tamil film actor and a politician. He is a veteran of 150 movies. He has acted only in Tamil films. He is known as Captain to his fans and collegues in Kollywood. He has the biggest fan club in Tamil Nadu among all heroes in Kollywood. VijayKant is also called as Puratchi Kalaignar. Vijaykant, born on August 25, 1952, in Madurai in Tamilnadu, as Vijayaraj. His parents are K.N.Alagarswami and Aandal. He married his wife Premalatha Vijayakanth on January 31, 1990. He has two sons named Vijay Prabhakar and Shanmuga Pandian. He has five brothers and five sisters. His mothertongue is Telugu. He is nicknamed Captain, as he has starred in a popular movie called Captain Prabhakharan. Vijaykant entered into the TamilNadu politics recently. He formed a new party Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) on Sept 14th 2005 in a political conference held at Madurai. The party contested in all 234 seats in the TamilNadu State Elections in May 2006. He won from Vridhachalam constituency which was considered a PMK stronghold.

Ilaiya thalapathi Vijay

Tamil actor Vijay's stunning performances in Tamil films has earned him the title of 'Ilayathalapathy'. Vijay rose to stardom in Tamil films by a combination of hard work and dedication. His passion for films and his burning desire to excel in his roles made him one of the superstars in Tamil films. Vijay, the superb Tamil actor has eventually garnered a number of blockbuster hits to his credit.

Surya

Surya, the handsome Tamil actor is a performer of great caliber. He turned his Tamil films into big mega hits much to the delight and wild appreciation of his innumerable fans. Critics in Tamil film industry rate Surya as the guaranteed performer in Tamil movies. True to the critics opinion almost all his Tamil movies have become blockbuster hits.

Jayam Ravi

Tamil actor Jayam Ravi is the most successful performer in Tamil films. Since his debut Tamil film became a blockbuster hit, Ravi never looked back in Tamil films. Proving that he is a born actor, Jayam Ravi went on giving a series of mega hits in the world of Tamil films. Jayam Ravi has won the admiration of his countless number of fans. Elated at the box office hit of his debut film, Ravi prefixed his name with the name of his debut film 'Jayam'. He thus became Jayam Ravi, the handsome Tamil actor that he is.

Thala - Ajith

Ajith is a great versatile Tamil actor whose magnificent performances in diverse roles in many Tamil films have won him critical appreciation from the critics. He even excelled in villainous roles proving himself that he is an actor of reckon. Hot Tamil actor Ajith even earned kudos from the vast multitudes of Tamil film fans. Ajith is today rated as the ultimate performer who turns his films into mega blockbusters.

Vikram

Vikram, the great Tamil actor is a powerful performer whose acting talents, in one of his Tamil films - where he changes his emotions in fleeting seconds - has baffled the film critics no end. Vikram continued to give blockbuster performances and went on to win the hearts of his die-hard fans. The hot Tamil actor Vikram is undoubtedly the finest performer that the Tamil film industry has ever seen.

Simbu

Simbhu is a promising young Tamil actor with wonderful performances to his credit. His splendid performances in many Tamil films have won him a huge number of fans who admire him greatly. The hot Tamil actor Simbu has become a rage these days in Tamil films what with his movies becoming sensational hits.

Vishal

Vishal is a splendid Tamil actor whose passion for films is insatiably unending. Having learnt the nuances of film making, Vishal rediscovered himself as an actor. He knows pretty well how to give a blockbuster hit. His remarkable performances in many Tamil films have indeed proved him to be a hit performer. His dedication and hard work coupled with polished acting talents this handsome Tamil actor Vishal has come of age.

Dhanush

Dhanush is a promising young Tamil actor who is already making waves in Tamil films. He became a sensational actor overnight with the phenomenal success of his debut Tamil film. Dhanush has since never looked back and worked hard to come up on his own. Consequently several of his films became super duper hits. The hot Tamil actor Dhanush has carved a niche himself on his own in Tamil films.

Action King Arjun

Arjun is a handsome Tamil actor who is known to give mega hits. His diverse roles in a number of Tamil films have earned him much praise and appreciation from the huge multitudes of Tamil film audiences. Critics hailed his performances while his fans went overboard in appreciating his blockbuster performances in various Tamil films. Truly, the great Tamil actor Arjun is a force to reckon with in the world of Tamil films.

Dr. Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan the ever versatile Tamil actor who literally lives in the roles he portrays onscreen. In fact his passion to don different roles onscreen is unquenchable. There is not a role left untouched by Kamal Haasan. He lived the roles that he played in. You name it. He has portrayed it. Kamal Haasan who has grownup on films and films alone is today become an institution by himself. His films have become a study material for the next generation upcoming and promising actors. Truly Tamil actor Kamal Haasan has carved a niche in the history of Tamil films.

 

 

Thamanna is quite happy because she has paired will all the big stars. Kandein Kadhalai which she did the female lead role is doing well at the box office.

 

The shooting of the film Thillangadi and Sura is going on. Thamanna recently shared her cinema experiences with the media people. She said,” I am currently acting in Paiya, Thillangadi and Sura. Paiya is being released for Pongal.

 

I want pair with Kamal. If I get the chance I will not miss it. Among actresses I like Asin and Trisha very much. They are best actors and they have lot of fans. Tamil cinema is in very good condition now. I am really very happy to be part of it.

 

I have no intention of acting in Hindi cinema. If I get a good story I might act in a Hindi film. I will not act in swimming suits. I have been signed for two Telugu films. I have no intention of getting married now. If any body says that he is in love with me, my reply will depend on the person concerned. We cannot say that actresses go to act in Hindi films to earn money.

 

There is chance to become internationally fame if one acts in Hindi films. It is a beautiful experience to act with Vijay in Sura. He is a hard worker. In Hindi, Madhuri Dixit is my favourite actress. Hrithik Roshan is my favourite hero. Sachin is my favourite cricketer. If I ahd not come to act, I would have been a doctor. I know English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu languages. My mother tongue is Hindi.’ 
 

With Vettaikaran release date being officially confirmed as Dec 18th , fans of Vijay are abudant with joy since this is one of the most expected movie of the year. Right now our Ilayathalapathy Vijay is busy shooting for his 50th movie Sura and now the crew has moved to Hyderabad where they will be shooting for 1 week.A few imporatant scenes will be shot here after which the crew will be moving to their next schedule. In this movie Vijay plays a role of fisherman and Vijay admits that this will be one of the movie in which he plays a entirely differnt character which his fans had never seen him before
 

 

Thamanna while speaking about her heroes said,” Vijay is a peaceful person and very soft person to get along with. I am waiting to pair with Ajith.

 

Surya is also simple and humble person. Dhanush has lot of sense of humor. Bharath is a person who does not believe in formalities and is a free type. Jayam Ravi is a playful and jolly good type.  Karthi is bubbly and energetic guy.”
 

After depicting same actors like Prakash Raj, Shayaji Shinde in baddie roles, filmmakers of Tamil cinema have likely started roping in new actors for the negative characters.

Appropriately, we have been witnessing the debut of various actors from Bollywood and Telugu Film industry venturing into Kollywood for this specific role. The recent release of Surya’s ‘Aadhavan’ had Bollywood’s reigning actor Rahul Dev as baddie while Vijay’s upcoming film ‘Vettaikaran’ has Salim Ghosh enacting the negative role.

The latest buzz on air is that Vijay’s 50th film ‘Sura’ has Telugu actor Dev Gill performing villainous character. Dev Gill, shot to fame with his mind-boggling performance in Telugu movie ‘Magadheera’. He performed dual role of Senadhipathi Randhev and reincarnated Raghuveer.

 

It’s not too long since you thought the teenager who bore striking resemblance to Vijay, who played his younger brother in Bhagavathi, looked like his body double. He later went on to accentuate his similarities with the actor in the cult hit Chennai – 28. Jai, who debuted with Bhagavathi and shot into limelight with his Chennai 28 and Subramaniapuram has had difficulties fixing his body language so as not to look like Vijay’s carbon copy. That he emerged out of the image soon enough and is on the list of the promising actors of Tamil cinema is very much an old news. But Jai is not an isolated case scenario. Although he could be the only special case having to set himself apart from his peer (Vijay in this case) for having similar looks, there are many more look-alike versions in Tamil cinema, subtly hidden beneath the garbs and make up. Take Asin for instance; she has the once peppy Revathi who played layered roles and became an icon of sorts in Tamil, hidden inside her. We screamed our lungs out having found the latest edition of Revathi. She’s testing the Bollywood

waters now but what’s the big deal, she’s still our brainy little girl from Kerala who found her stardom in Tamil. Vijay called a relatively new, up and coming actor Poorna, the latest Asin. Although she doesn’t have Asin’s sharp features, she makes it up with her smoothed attributes. But whether she will replace Asin’s loss to Tamil cinema remains to be seen. But wait. Asin never said she has abandoned Tamil anyway. Now looking back, there have been doppelgangers even for the superstar Rajinikanth. Nalinikanth, who surfaced a couple of decades ago in the scene, had an impeccable parallel to the superstar. His circular face, unruly hair that is unkempt (a trademark of the superstar himself) and shrewd eyes have earned him the name of Rajini’s carbon copy. He tried his hands at a few movies with little or no success and later graduated (or rather stepped down) to negative roles. After all, there can’t be two rulers, can there? Similarly, when the Salem born/bred Saravanan made his debut a decade ago, he brought with him an unmistakable similarity to Vijayakanth. But the similarity ended right there and he is now happily playing roles that’s got more meat (remember Paruthiveeran?) than before. On the other hand, Vijayakanth is still the quintessential hero still dishing out one flick after the other. If the explosive Roja was not good enough then, we also had the look-alike Ravali who tried to cash in on us with her plumpness. But her career had a silent death for we couldn’t take t(wo)oo many Rojas. And if ever Vadivelu wants to have a look alike twin (or brother, as the case may be) in his film, there is Sugumar whose indigenous comic act for Kaadal got him noticed. That besides, you can spot bits and pieces of Prabhu in Karan, lots of Aishwarya Rai in Dia Mirza and Sneha Ullal. Bollywood is rife with such look-alikes as well. Harman Baweja / Hrithik, Divya Bharti / Sridevi, Preity Zinta / Drew Barrymore and Katrina / Sangeetha Bijlani are a few examples. All said and done, notwithstanding the fact that the looks of an already popular star does no good to an actor’s career, it also proves to be a baggage worth shedding before shaping up a career.

 

Finally, Sun Pictures have confirmed the release date of ‘Vettaikaran’ on December 18. Earlier the Tamil Film Producers Council had implemented certain orders about releasing not more than couple of releases every Friday and big-budget flicks on Government Holidays, but nothing seems to be relevant with those orders.

Likely, the producers have planned to release the film on Dec 18 as it would be an yearend holiday for many institutions in the state as well in overseas (on account of Christmas).

 

 

 

IndiaGlitz [Saturday, October 31, 2009]

After the chill schedule in Alleppey, Ilaya Thalapathy Vijay was working in Marakkanam for his 50th film ‘Sura’. The shoot that started on October 21st was to can a few stunt sequences on the Uppaneri Bridge near Marakkanam Salt Lake. Vijay fought with villain Dev’s gang for almost threes days, say the sources. Then after a three days gap, the shoot resumed in Prasad Studio and AVM Studio on October 27th. Sources from the film’s crew said that two song sequences were shot in the studios with grand sets. Now the whole team is gearing-up to start the third schedule of the shoot in Hyderabad. This schedule will be starting from November 5th onwards. When things are going like this, birdies chirped that ‘Jayam’ Raja may direct Vijay’s 51st film. But latest we could hear sources stating that Lingusamy has approached Vijay with a script. Ok let’s see what our Sura hunts next…

 

Former brilliant Cricketer Krishnamacharya Srikanth’s son Adithya got affiliated afresh to Aishwarya. A accession was captivated and top Tamil stars and celebrities abounding the function. Top guests accommodate Rajinikanth, Jayalalitha, Kapil Dev & Vijay.

 

Now that his Karthi-Tamannah starrer ‘Paiya’ is nearing completion, Lingusamy is getting ready for the next. The hero of the film is none other than Vijay, who is currently acting in ‘Sura’ in the direction of S P Rajakumar.

Says Lingusamy, “I am penning a story for Vijay, which would touch new heights in action genre. Plans are on to make the movie in a grand scale by making use of all latest technical advancements.”

On reports he would direct Chiranjeevi’s son Ramcharan Teja, the filmmaker says, “Yes. I am also planning to direct Ramcharan. His performance in ‘Magadheera’ is simply stunning. I have narrated two stories to him.”

Ask him about ‘Paiya’, he says, “it is a travelogue kind of action adventure. Karthi starts a journey from Bangalore to Mumbai along with Tamannah. The hurdles they face during their trip and they overcome everything is ‘Paiya’ to you.”
 

Bhagiyaraj’s ‘Siddu Plus Two First Attempt’ is soon going to have its music launched. The audio launch is said to happen on 31st Oct in Sathyam Cinemas, in the morning.

And the highlight of the event… Vijay! Yes, our Ilaya Thalapathy will be gracing the occasion as a guest of honour!! It is said that the actor is an ardent fan of Bhagiyaraj and so agreed to do the launch.

Bannered under K. Bhagiyaraj’s production KBR Medias Pvt. Ltd, ‘Siddu Plus Two First Attempt’ will be presented by Moser Baer Entertainment. Remember Bhagiyaraj’s previous ‘Parijatham’ that had soulful songs? Well, the same music director Dharan has handled the music for this one too.

Debutant Chandni will be featured along with Santhanu Bhagiyaraj, and besides these two, the movie will have Rajesh, Seetha, Avinash and ‘Ganja’ Karuppu.

 

 

” Unavu udai uraividam uzhavanukku kidaikkanum avan anupavicha micham meedhi aandavanukku padaikkanum. “

It is worth mentioning here that Kapilan’s lyrics in Vijay’s earlier film Pokkiri Adungada enna suthi with the lines theepandham edudhu theendamai koluthu was also a hit and the actor’s fans had used it in the banners during the release of the film. Probably Vijay’s fans should be eying the Unavu Udai Uraividam song lyrics for the banner this time. Vijay next film in the pipeline, Vettaikaran, has drawn in a lot of expectations among his fans. The film is directed by Babu Sivan and has Anushka pairing up with Vijay.