Court stops release of Nayantara's Electra
Thursday, September 23, 2010, 16:42 [IST]
By: Settu Shankar



Nayantara’s much-anticipated film Electra is in trouble. The Ernakulam Principal Munisif Court has stayed the release and distribution of the film.

Martin Sebastin, the film’s original distributor, has claimed that he has got the rights of the film but producer Vindhyan is trying to release it under Rasika Entertainment without his concern.

The hype around Electra is high, as it is said to be Nayantara’s last film before she marries Prabhu Deva. The film has Nayantara, Prakash Raj and Manisha Koirala in the lead roles.

Multifaceted SPB Charan's Aaranya Kaandam has been selected for the screening at South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF).

Aaranya Kaandam screening at South Asian International Film Fest
Thursday, September 23, 2010, 11:33 [IST]
Sampurn Wire



Multifaceted SPB Charan's Aaranya Kaandam has been selected for the screening at South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF). But the movie is yet to hit the screens and reports say that it will release by October.

SAIFF is one of the largest international film festivals that premieres more number of films made in South Asian countries like India, Pakistan, Nepal
, Sri Lanka and few other countries. The main motto of SAIFF is support the emerging filmmakers of South Asia, who lack proper support to showcase their best works across the globe.

The film is written and directed by newcomer Thiagarajan Kumararaja. It stars Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj and debutante Yasmin Ponnappa in the lead roles.The film is Produced by S P B Charan's Capital Film Works. Yuvan Shankar Raja has scored the music.

The film festival commences on October 27 and will go on till November 2

Gautham Menon has recently completed the first schedule of Nadunisi Naigal,

Gautham Menon busy with multiple projects
Thursday, September 23, 2010, 10:09 [IST]
Sampurn Wire



Gautham Menon has recently completed the first schedule of Nadunisi Naigal, a psychological thriller and will soon kick-start the second schedule of Hindi remake of his very own Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya(VTV), which features Prateek Babbar and Trisha in lead roles.

The filmmaker’s closer associates have said that Gautham's other project Thuppariyum Anand will hit the floors by March 2011, soon after the release of Hindi VTV. A.R. Rahman will be scoring music for this film and Manoj Paramahamsa handles cinematography with Anthony on editing.

According to the sources, Thuppariyum Anand is based on Tamil novel Thuppariyum Sambu that was written by Devan in the early 20th century. Set in backdrops of 1930s, the book centers on Devan, an ordinary clerk, who solves crime on fluke. The movie was supposed to feature Ajith Kumar in lead role. But the duo parted ways due to creative difference and Surya is reported have replaced Ajith.

Apart from his own directorial, the filmmaker is busy producing couple of films – Veppam and Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai. Veppam is directed by newcomer Manju, once an associate of director Gautham Menon while Susindran handles direction for Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai.

SS Rajamouli directed Blockbuster Telugu movie Magadheera has swept the Lux Sandal South Scope Cine Awards 2010

Magadheera sweeps South Scope Cine Awards
Thursday, September 23, 2010, 10:05 [IST]
By: Shekhar H Hooli



SS Rajamouli directed Blockbuster Telugu movie Magadheera has swept the Lux Sandal South Scope Cine Awards 2010 by bagging six top awards out of 12 awards. The event was held at Hitech International Conventional Centre, Novotel in Hyderbad on this Sunday evening (19th September, 2010). Meanwhile, the movies like Arundhati and Koncham Ishtam Koncham Kashtam won two awards each.

The South Scope Cine Awards 2010 was a star-studded event, which witnessed the huge gathering of who's who of Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam film fraternity. Mega star Chiranjeevi, producers D Ramanaidu and Allu Aravind's presence was the highlight of the show. Especially the very arrival of Chiru had brought a kind of excitement in film goers gathered at the seven star hotel in Hyderabad. The moment he got out of his car, his fans' cheer filled the air and hit the roof and it continued till he reached his seat and waved his hands towards them.


Producer D Ramanaidu, who was recently honoured with Dada Saheb Palke award, was facilitated with the title the 'Legend of South Indian Film Industry'. Multilingual actress Sridevi and her husband and producer Bony Kapoor gave the award to him. Meanwhile, Chiranjeevi and Allu Aravind remembered his contribution to Indian Cinema. They said, "He started his filmy career in 1964 and so far he has produced movies in almost all Indian languages like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Assamese, Oriya, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Hindi. He is one of the rare film producers, whom India has seen ever."

However, actors Prabhu Deva, Madhavan, Bramhanand, Ram Charan Teja, Puneet Rajkumar, Jaggesh, Diganth, Yash, Prabu, Prakash Raj, Shriya Saran, Nayantara, Rekha, Radhika Pandit, Nidhi Subbaiah, Bindu Madhavi, Rima Kallinghal, Mamta Mohandas, Charami, Anushka Shetty, Tamanna Bhatia, Singer Anoop, Comedian Salim Khan, Yogaraj Bhat, Producer Rockline Venkatesh and several others attended the function. But South Indian superstars like Rajinikanth, Kamal Hassan, Venkatesh, Balakrishna, Nagarjuna, Ravi
Teja, Ambareesh, Ravichandran, Mammootty and Mohanlal's absence disappointed many audience who attended the event.

Best Film: Magadheera
Best Director: SS Rajamouli - Magadheera
Best Actor: Ram Charan Teja- Magadheera
Best Actress: Anushka Shetty - Arundhati
Best Supporting Actor: Sonu Sood - Arundhati
Best Supporting Actress: Ramya Krishnan - Koncham Ishtam Koncham Kashtam
Best Comedians: Bramhanandam- Koncham Ishtam Koncham Kastam
Best Music Director: Devi Prasad - Arya 2
Best Male Playback: Anuj Gurwara - Panchadara Bomma - Magadheera
Best Female Playback: Geeta Madhuri - Gundello Guitar/Mahanmari - Ek Niranjan
Best Lyricist: Chandrabose - Panchadara Bomma - Magadheera
Best Cinematography: KK Senthil Kumar - Magadheera

Special Awards:
The legend of South Indian Film industry: Producer Rama Naidu
The Raising star of South - Naga Chaithany

Nagarjuna and Prakash Raj's upcoming flick Gaganam is heading for Diwali release.

Gaganam to light up screens this Diwali
Thursday, September 23, 2010, 12:19 [IST]



Nagarjuna and Prakash Raj's upcoming flick Gaganam is heading for Diwali release. The bilingual movie has completed its shooting and post-production works and the movie will be simultaneously released in Tamil and Telugu. Payanam is the title of Tamil version.

Producer Dil Raju recently hinted at a press meet that Gaganam would be released as a Diwali gift. His other film Brindavanam is hitting the screens on October 9 and doesn’t want to put an unnecessary competition between his own films so he has postponed Gaganam by a month.

The film is based on the subject with hijack in its backdrop. It is inspired from the infamous hijack of Indian Airlines Flight 814. Radha Mohan has written and directed the film.

Brahmanandam, Sana Khan, Poonam Kaur, Bharat Reddy, Rishi and others are in the cast. Camera is by KV Guhan, art is by K Kabir and Dil Raju has produced the film under Sri Venkateswara Creations.