Aruvadai to deal with a vital social issue

Aruvadai, the mega budget venture starring Mammootty, Arjun, and Sneha is progressing in a jet pace for Pongal 2008 release. Although the stills shed a different light on the movie with military backdrops, director Arvind begs to differ. He declares that the movie deals with a vital social issue that needs attention in our contemporary society.











“Aruvadai will address the agricultural issues of present day India and will try to answer the major concerns,” Arvind asserts. He further reiterates that Aruvadai will be a socially responsible movie. “Every role in the movie has a certain responsibility to fulfill apart from just dancing around the trees,” he states.

Shoots have been scheduled to be held in the sets erected inside the old Chennai Central Jail recently. Aruvadai also boasts of using latest techniques in graphics and 3D effects.

Tholaipesi Movie Review

Tholaipesi

Cast: Vikramadithya, Priyanka, Divya, Arthi, Karunaas

Direction: K. Paneerselvam

Music: S. Shanthakumar

Production: Blue Waters Movie Makers






Tholaipesi is a very interesting name and one would hope to see a neat and interesting movie and that too a thriller. But a heavy dosage of melodrama is what one gets to witness and the intelligence of the title stops just with it.

Vikramaditya of whistle fame is the son of a rich man and he thinks that possessing a cell phone could change the life of a person completely. He uses his phone mainly to flirt around with the fairer sex. His rich dad gets him married off to Priyanka but the son never gets rid of his cell phone. He starts having an affair with a girl called Divya and when his wife Priyanka gets to know about this through the phone (Tholaipesi) she leaves him in a fit of rage.

Meanwhile he comes across another girl Arthi who brings the best out from him and in the process desires to marry him. The rest of the story is about whether Priyanka and Vikramaditya unite or whether he chooses Divya or whether Vikramaditya decides to spend the rest of his life with the girl (Arthi) who reforms him and what happens to the

Though the concept is interesting, the lack of depth in the story and the ambiguous screenplay plays spoilsport. Director K Paneerselvam’s inexperience is revealed when many scenes end abruptly.

In the acting department Vikramaditya needs to work on his emotions, but plays the romantic part pretty well. Priyanka who was last seen in Veyil does a good job and Nizhalgal Ravi suffers from proper characterization. Karunas does not impress this time and none of the other actors register an impact.

The technical department also has nothing special to boast of as the cinematography or the music department is just plain.

On the whole the movie is a non starter due to improper marketing which is very much needed for such a movie. This is a cell phone without a sim card.

Dhanush injured in Polladhavan movie shooting

In a freak accident involving Dhanush and Villain Daniel Balaji, Dhanush was injured in the sets of his upcoming venture Polladhavan. Dhanush’s Polladhavan, directed by Vetri Maran, is progressing in and around Chennai. When the incident occurred, shoots were being carried out in the sets erected to reflect a fish-processing unit in Gaiety theatre on the Annasalai.



























Dhanush’s stunt scenes with Daniel Balaji were shot. The sword that was used by Daniel for the stunt scenes slashed Dhanush’s forehead accidentally. Dhanush was immediately provided with first aid medical attention to prevent the blood loss. The actor was moved to a private hospital where he was scanned to identify the damage.

Later, doctors informed that the wound caused by the accident is minor. Dhanush is advised to rest following this. Shoots of Polladhavan will resume after Dhanush’s return.