Superstar and Kamal confirm their presence!!!

Following the controversial procession and meeting that was held in Ramanathapuram under the stewardship of Bharathiraja to voice against the genocide of Sri Lankan Tamils, Nadigar Sangam has formally announced the date for its protests in Chennai today. Sarathkumar called on the media to that effect today and declared that a one-day fast is scheduled to be held on November 1st in Chennai at Nadigar Sangam.

He also mentioned that the protests are held by way of open invitation and no pressures will be on any members of the Sangam to attend the one-day fast. "We have decided not to make it mandatory after deliberations and it is our hope that all the members will extend their full support," Sarath was quoted as saying. He also mentioned that Rajinikanth and Kamal Hassan have confirmed their presence.

Rajini's second gift to Ajith

Super star Rajinikanth has the habit of presenting good books, which are mostly in the genre of spirituality and self development to his friends.

Sometime back, he had gifted 'Living with the Himalayan Masters' by Swami Rama to Ajith, who is said to have liked the book immensely. Now Rajini has presented another book by the same author, Swami Rama – The art of Joyful Living.

Another interesting trivia about Ajith and Aegan is that Superstar and Ilaya Thalapathy had watched the premiere of Aegan and liked the film. It was said that Rajinikanth liked the comedy scenes in the film while action sequences had an appealing effect on Vijay.

Happy & Safe Diwali to all Superstar fans

Deccan Chronicle explores the hot sellers among crackers of this DiwalI…

Apart from rocket packs featuring the PSLV, Rajinikanth’s Robot crackers are hot sellers

As Chennaiites revel in the spirit of Diwali, firecracker manufacturers in the city are cashing in on the latest trends and current affairs that made the headlines this year. On the eve of the festival, they have even come up with a fitting tribute to the dedicated scientists of our country who successfully launched India’s first unmanned mission to the moon — the Chandrayaan 1.

One of the most popular items on sale this year is the rocket pack inspired by the same. Patriotically packaged in a cover with a picture of (brace yourselves), the PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle), it is replete with an illustration of the national flag on its fuselage. Other variants include rockets with illustrations of astronauts on them. NM Kasim, a firecracker vendor at Flower Bazaar says, “The PSLV crackers are quite popular with kids this year. Apart from being reasonably priced, they have a certain novelty and curiosity factor to them as well.” And novelty seems to be the name of the game as even the film stars, whose pictures have adorned the pack ages of these firecrackers have undergone a major overhaul. K Jeyaraj, the proprietor of Kasi Enterprises and a fireworks dealer says, “This year the most popu lar actresses to grace the firecracker packages are Shriya, Nayanthara and Asin compared to last year when Namitha and Khushboo’s pictures were on the cover of almost every other firecracker. It goes with out saying that these stars are one of the main draws, which helps sell the crackers.” K Raghuraman, a civil engineer who was finishing up on the last minute purchases for Diwali says, “Shriya happens to be my favourite actress and it’s an added incentive to have her picture on the firecrackers as well.” But when one speaks about Kollywood, how can Rajinikanth be far behind?

A family pack called Robo – The Almighty, which is inspired by the superstar’s upcoming film, is another hot seller this year. Jeyaraj explains, “The price of raw materials for the crackers shot up by almost 30 to 40 per cent this year. This is reflected in the prices as well. So the manu facturers have to resort to such attractive packaging styles to entice customers into buying them for Diwali.”

Rajnikanth's stunts in Enthiran

Superstar Rajnikanth's Endhiran will have some gravity defying stunt sequences mixed with martial arts, specially choreographed by ace stunt coordinator Woo-Ping Yuen. The 63-year-old stunt coordinator has choreographed some terrific stunt sequences in films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Kill Bill, and The Forbidden Kingdom.


Rajini is said to be excited that Woo-Ping Yuen has been signed up to supervise the stunt scenes in Endhiran, as he had directed the likes of Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Keanu Reeves and Chow Yun-Fat – all acclaimed for their action films.

With the Chinese stunt coordinator taking the reins of the stunt scenes in Endhiran, we can expect the Superstar in some great action scenes.

Shameless SUN TV will telecast Superstar's Chandramukhi

Friends

SUN TV will telecast Superstar's record breaking Chandramukhi on October 27th. Chandramukhi's record was witnessed by the entire world. It was superstar's highest days movie and also tamil film industry's highest running days (804 days) and also the first movie to run for 100 days in more number of theatres. This record to be broken need a another Rajinikanth to be born.

SUN TV had bought the tv rights of this movie for a whopping price, and they are earning more than that thru advertisement for this diwali. This movie has fetched 20 times more revenue than Baasha another Superstar blockbuster.

Since Sivaji The Boss and Kuselan was not given to SUN TV, they started doing a lot of false acts against these movies, now they are using the same star's movie to make big bucks. What business ethics is this?? Shameless could be a far lesser word to describe this.

Data source - Vinojasan

DASAVATHARAM film could not get back the DUBBING COST - Times Of India

Today I read an article in Times of India stating about the dubbing films performance in Andhra. In the article it was clearly mentioned that Rajini and Kamal films opening will be good and Padayappa and most Rajini films have become super hits.Indian was the last kamal movie that did well in telugu.

The article also mentioned that Kuselan telugu remake Kathanayakudi was a major flod also pointed our DASAVATHARAM film could not get back the DUBBING COST.

But this film's Aascar Ravi is telling in all media and press that the film was did extra ordinary business and Kamal is only hero who has given maximum number of hits in the cinema.

If we list the number of flops kamal has produced in his career, He might the first person in the history of world cinema.

Best comedian of the year 2008-09 award should go to Aascar Ravi no doubt.

Man Booker prize winner Arvind Adiga talks about Superstar

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Superstar will attend protest organized by film fratenity

Kollywood's top actors, directors and producers were to leave to Rameswaram to protest the actions of the Sri Sri Lankan army against the Tamils. However, in a decision just taken by the Nadigar Sangam, they will hold the protest in Chennai itself. This would make it easier for everyone in the industry to attend the protest, also to be able to protect the stars.

There was some doubt if Rajini and Kamal will attend the protest because it was in Rameswaram, but now that it is in Chennai, both stars have said they would be part of the protest.

However, Vijayankanth will not attend the protest. Instead, he will hold his own protest and demonstration with his party members.

Rajini makes a stunning, alarming announcement

Fans have been eagerly awaiting the return of Rajini from Goa to be able to hold a meeting where they will request him once again to enter politics. Rajini returned from the Endhiran shoot this morning and made a stunning announcement regarding this.

He issued a directive saying in no uncertain terms that no fans or fans should be involved in any political activity. Any fan or fan club doing so will be excommunicated. It will be recalled that when some members of the Coimbatore fan club showed signs of political activity, they were asked to leave the fan club.
It would seem that the Superstar is sending a clear message to fans what his pending decision is going to be!




Click on the image to read the official statement issued by Superstar in tamil.

Picture source - envazhi

World Superstar and former Miss World at Goa - Robot shooting update

Friends, Endhiran shoot is going on at brisk pace in Goa at Campal in Miramar Road.

One of my friends and die-hard fan who is in Goa sent me these (check previous post) exclusive pics last night and also gave me the first account on the happenings at the shooting spot and today called me and told me that a news on the same has come in Times of India, Goa edition. (Due to some unavoidable reasons i needed to hide the previous post and pictures temporarily for General VIEW for few hours this morning.)

Director Shankar has started the talkie portion of Endhiran in Goa and surrounding areas in this schedule. The shooting is expected to proceed for another week.

Yesterday, as usual Goa was busy moving as it was Monday, the week’s first day morning. But some by passers of Miramar road, noticed something unusual at the Road Side garden of Campal where a film shooting unit is busy installing the shooting equipments. And they thought it is some Bollywood movie’s shooting and proceeded with their schedule. But an hour later news spread tha South Indian sensation - Superstar Rajini and Bollywood queen Aishwarya Rai are in the spot.

People started thronging the place and unit had already arranged a tight security for our Superstar and Aishwarya Rai. Those who eagerly rushed to take snaps could not do so, since the area was completely under vigil of securities. However, a few managed to take the snaps from a considerable distance.

A group of tourists, managed to get inside the garden and had the glimpse of thalaivar. Later when the Superstar moved on to his caravan for lunch (note: for lunch), the eager tourists submitted some papers to thalaivar’s assistant to get autographs. The assistant collected it and requested them to wait for a moment as he would get it and come.When he came back with autographs, the tourists knew no bound for their joy.

The news about Superstar’s partcipation in Endhiran shoot has already spread in Goa like wildfire and today the viewers are double and more and more crowd is expected to throng to the place as days moves on.

The shoot will also be conducted in a futuristic set erected in a coast side Bungalow of Goa beach. Till now on lookers couldn’t spot any other star cast of the films. May be they will participate on forthcoming days.

Source - Onlyrajini

New Robot shooting spot stills

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" The film is full of action and special effects" - aishwarya Rai on Robot

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's latest interview clearly indicates that she's one of the few actresses who has played her cards right. Unlike her contemporaries that started around the same time, Ash has bagged several plum projects. Already announced are Vipul Shah's Action Replay (with Akshay Kumar), Mani Ratnam's Raven (with Abhishek Bachchan and Govinda), Robot (with Rajnikanth) and Dhun (with Abhishek, again).

However, in a recent interview with the Times of India, Ash revealed that she has several other films lined up with prestigious directors. The most exciting announcement of all is that Aishwarya will be working with Sanjay Leela Bhansali yet again, with whom she delivered some of her best performances in Devdas and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. It should also be noted that Filmfare recently reported that Hrithik Roshan will feature in Bhansali's next. Could this mean that the magical pair will appear yet again on-screen?

About her forthcoming films, Ash explained, "There is Rajiv Menon's venture, a Farhan Akhtar production, Shankar's film Robot opposite Rajnikanth, and ventures by Vipul Shah, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Vishal Bharadwaj. I have okayed all these scripts. There is a Mani Ratnam venture too, called Raven, which is the working title. This film will be made both in Hindi and Tamil." Wow!

As for Hollywood, Ash says that besides Pink Panther 2 (releasing in February 2009), she has her hands full at the moment. She also denies that Rajiv Menon's film is a remake of Abhimaan, and adds that it deals with conjugal relationships just like Chalte Chalte and Akele Hum Akele Tum.

As for Robot, Ash says, "The film is full of action and special effects." Her husband, Abhishek, recently saw the release of his film Drona that also had ample special effects. What made headlines, though, was the fact that Shahrukh Khan showed up for the premiere. About this, Ash said, "The entire film fraternity has supported us, so why point to a single person? My heartfelt thanks to them for their love and support."

Superstar is a lesson - Aishwarya Rai

Friends

This is Aishwarya Rai's interview after the 1st schedule of Robot shooting. She is all praise for superstar and says it is a lesson to deal with a wonderful human like him.




Click on this link to see the video.
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/videopod/default.aspx?id=40438

Rajini off to Goa for 2nd schedule of Robot shooting

Rajinikanth's fans have to wait looks like with the star deciding to postpone the meeting that was scheduled during the first week of October. According to Rajini 's close associate Satyanarayana, the superstar will be off to Goa, as director Shankar has decided to film a few songs and scenes in the scenic location with Rajini and
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starting from October 7th. This second schedule of Enthiran shooting will go on for ten days, he added.

It may be recalled that the star had recently decided to meet his fans to discuss few important issues. A couple of days ago a few of Rajini 's fans gathered near Sathyanarayana's home demanding a meeting with their star to urge him enter politics.