The Tamil Nadu state government has put a ban on film shoots in nearly 85 monuments in the state! The ban was imposed considering “the damage on allowing film shooting which also spoils the place and pile up of garbage”, according to the state archaeological department. It clearly means no further shoot in some of …
Vandaan Vendran starring Jiiva and Taapsee will have its music release on July 21st. Director Kannan’s birthday falls on the exact same day and everyone agrees it is a happy coincidence. Music is by Thaman and the entire team feels he has done a good job. In fact Jiiva would keep grooving to the tunes …
Wedding sequences in all Mani Ratnam’ films are beautifully picturised.Who can forget Roja, Alaipayuthe, Dum Dum and Guru? Karthi, a former assistant of Mani Ratnam, it seems will have all pre-wedding functions at his village in their native Kasigounder Pudhur near Coimbatore with all rituals associated with a Hindu wedding . Karthi is basically a …
Lalettan, as he is affectionately known among millions of Malayalees all over the globe, was voted the best known of the Keralites in a recent poll. The only actor who made the biggest director of Indian commercial cinema, Mani Ratnam to say “Hereafter I will never work with a man of whom I am a …
It is well aware that Mahesh Babu has signed up a new film with ace director Mani Ratnam and the movie is being made bilingually in Telugu and Tamil versions. Mahesh is donning the role of a King in the film. The Tollywood’s Prince is turning out as King Uththama Cholan for the film. The …
Madhavan aka Maddy is the only south Indian actor to be accepted by the North Indian audiences. The success of Maddy is that he started off doing Hindi television serials and then graduated to south Indian movies via Mani Ratnam’s Alaipayuthey Though born a Tamil Brahmin, he grew up in Jamshedpur and learned to speak …
Vandhan Vendran with Jiiva and Taapsee Pannu, in the lead directed by Kannan is getting ready. Kannan a former associate of Mani Ratnam recently shot for almost 22 days in Mumbai’s sensitive areas like the Gateway of India and Taj Hotel. Says Kannan: “We were refused permission initially, as security was high in these areas …
Ponniyin Selvan that is with different Tamil fantastic work of fiction from the exact same title. We all know which Surya is occupied with lots of different projects recently and also the information that Mani had a choice for Vikram within the lead didn’t sit perfectly together with Surya since the hero wasn’t fascinated for …
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BizHat carried a report in December last year itself that Mani Ratnam’s next would be a period film and the ace director, who last made ‘Raavanan’, was busy with the ground works of the project. It is almost official now, with sources suggesting that the film will be based on Ponniyin Selvan, one of the …
Music maestro A.R. Rahman has decided to take a substantial break from films this year. In an interview to a leading daily, he said that after completing Imtiaz Ali’s Rockstar, he would take an year’s break from films. Reportedly the news has created panic among Rahman loyalists like Ashutosh Gowarikar, Mani Ratnam and Rakeysh Omprakash …
