3-D Tamil serial nominated for Korean award

CHENNAI: G.V.Films’ 3-dimensional television serial ‘Mayavi’ has been nominated for the Global TV Drama Awards at Seoul, South Korea in the special prize category.

Leading production houses from Sweden, Russia, Jordan, Philippines and Sri Lanka are among other nominees. ‘Mayavi’ was a weekly serial that was telecast for 26 weeks on Jaya TV.

It was also taken to Kerala through Kairali Television.

In other languages

The serial is slated to go on air on a Telugu channel this October and negotiations are on for telecasting the serial in other languages such as Marathi, Gujarathi, Rajasthani, Bengali and Hindi.

Special participant

Apart from being nominated for the Global TV Drama Awards at Seoul, GV Films has also been invited by the Korean Broadcasters Association to be a special participant at the Broadcast World Wide (BCWW) to be held at Korea between August 29 and 31.

GV Films is one of the six global media companies invited for the event.

Panel to scrutinise Tamil film titles

CHENNAI: The State Government has said that hereafter, new Tamil films, claiming tax benefits for Tamil titles, will get the exemption only after scrutiny by a Committee.

An official release said the titles of many Tamil movies were against the objective of the Government and tarnished Tamil Culture and language.

The Committee would check whether the titles adhered to the rules laid down by the Government and then recommend the films for tax exemption.

It would be headed by Secretary, Commercial Tax and Registration Department with Secretaries of Tamil Development, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, Information Department and Director Tamil Development as members, the release added. — Special Correspondent

Hot ,Sexy and Wet Sneha Picture Gallery in Aruvadai

The shooting of Mammootty's much-awaited Vandemataram, a bi-lingual (titled Aruvadai in Tamil) came to halt recently.

Sources said the director of the movie Karthik, a one-time associate of Manirathnam, opted out of the project.

The good news is that the producer Henry has managed to find an alternative.

A newcomer T Aravind has been roped into completes the movie.

The bi-lingual starring Mammootty and Sneha, produced by Henry. Arjun plays a cameo in the film.

Kuruvi is Vijay's Future Movie?

Vijay-Dharani combination which gave a super hit movie Ghilli, is back together once again for Kuruvi. Usually Kuruvi or Pura is used as a code word for illegal immigrants. As the title of the movie indicates, its storyline revolves around a youth who lands in Singapore without proper documents and to add to his woes, the police also find that he has smuggled goods in his possession.
The hero's search for the villains and how he gets out of the mess forms the rest of the story.

Kuruvi will also be a fast paced movie just like Ghilli, reliable sources say. This project is being produced by Udhayanidhi, grandson of Chief Minister Karunanidhi. With Vidya Sagar scoring the music, let's hope that he gives us another smashing hit like "Appadi Podu".

Surya and Karthi dragged to the court

The tiff between the Sivakumars and producer Ameer has reached its pinnacle with the producer filing a petition in the High Court seeking the payment of the amount he spent for Paruthiveeran. Those named in the petition include Sivakumar, Surya, Karthi, producer Ganavel (a relative of Sivakumar), the Producers’ Council, and Prasad Lab.

According to Ameer he started Paruthiveeran project when Sivakumar requested him for a story to introduce his youngest son Karthi to the film industry. Reportedly, he also introduced Gnanavel as the producer of the movie. Everything was going on smoothly until producer Gnanavel incurred losses, as one of his production ventures, Sillunu Oru Kadhal, with Surya and Jyothika in the lead roles turned out to be a huge flop.

That was when Ameer took the Paruthiveeran’s reins into his own hands for which the producer also consented. It is to be noted that the censor certificate was also released in Ameer’s name. While the movie was in the final stages, Ameer also could not find sources to fund the project as a result it landed in Gnanvel’s camp once again.

The trouble started when Gnanavel did not pay the amount Ameer spent for the movie. Repeated requests also did not heed results – even the producers’ council’s intervention. As a final resort he has moved the courts as Paruthiveeran’s rights for Telugu and Kannada remake are being negotiated. He has also sought a stay on television rights and dubbing rights without his consent.

Justice Prabha Sridevan has ordered all those mentioned in the petition to reply by 22nd August, 2007.

Vinay and Nila combination

Vinay, the handsome boy from Bangalore who stole every girl’s hearts with his looks and performance in Unnale Unnale is making his debut in Telugu Desam in Vaana to be produced by M.S.Raju. Vinay is not a new face to Telugu audience as his first Tamil film Unnale Unnale was dubbed in Telugu as ‘Nee Valle Nee Valle’. Incidentally Vaana is a remake of Kannada blockbuster Mungaru Male.

In his first Telugu film, Vinay will be accompanied by Nila whose other project includes Marudamalai with Arjun. She is also doing an item number in the upcoming Kettavan with Simbu. As far as Telugu films are concerned Nila had taken a brief sabbatical after a controversy with the producer of Sathyam Sivam Sundaram which was directed by Sidhik. Shooting of Vaana is scheduled to commence next month.

Namitha, Mandira Bedi and Sherin compete for Simbu

Kettavan and Kaalai are the upcoming films of Simbu which are getting canned at a steady pace. In Kettavan, Simbu has taken charge of story, screenplay and dialogues besides acting and the film is being directed by Nandu and produced by Trichy Viswanathan. S S Music VJ Lekha Washington plays Simbu’s love interest in the film.

Namitha was touted to play the other heroine in Kettavan. However due to some unrealistic demands and high remuneration, Namitha is being dropped from the film.

Meanwhile, to play this role, there has been a stringent competition from two other ladies viz. Mandira Bedi and Sherin. Mandira Bedi has already featured with Simbu in Manmadan and when she was approached she was too willing to be cast along side Simbu. In the intervening time, having heard about this coveted position of Simbu’s heroine being vacant, Sherin has expressed her desire to fill up this spot. It has also been said that the lady is too keen on this role.

When this matter was broached with little super star, he says, “Namitha was the first one who was chosen for this role which will have two song sequences and five to six scenes. Namitha happens to be one of my good friends who also happen to be a good artist. But the demands laid by her manager had upset the producer who is seeking an alternate to her role and has met Mandira Bedi in this regard. However Sherin is also vying for this role and now I am totally baffled as to whom to cast in this role.” It sure is a tough call for Simbu when he has to choose between the beauties of the tinsel town.