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ഞാന്* ദൈവമല്ല, സാധാരണ മനുഷ്യന്* -വിജയ്

06 Sep 2011

ചെന്നൈ: തന്നെ ദൈവതുല്യനായി ചിത്രീകരിക്കുന്ന ആരാധകരുടെ നിലപാടിനോട് കടുത്ത വിയോജിപ്പു പ്രകടിപ്പിച്ച് നടന്* വിജയ് രംഗത്തെത്തി. അടുത്തിടെ മധുരയില്* നടന്ന 'വേലായുധം' എന്ന ചിത്രത്തിന്റെ ഓഡിയോ റിലീസിങ് ചടങ്ങിനോടനുബന്ധിച്ച് ആരാധകര്* തയ്യാറാക്കിയ പോസ്റ്ററുകളിലാണ് വിജയിനെ ദൈവതുല്യനായി ചിത്രീകരിച്ചത്. ''ഇത്തരം പ്രവൃത്തികള്* എനിക്ക് ഇഷ്ടമല്ല'' -വിജയ് വ്യക്തമാക്കി. ''മനുഷ്യനെ ദൈവമായി ഉയര്*ത്തിക്കാട്ടുന്ന പ്രവണതയെ ഞാന്* ശക്തമായി എതിര്*ക്കുന്നു. ഒരു മനുഷ്യന് ഒരിക്കലും ദൈവമായി പരിണമിക്കാന്* കഴിയില്ല. ഇത്തരം പ്രവൃത്തികളില്* നിന്ന് എന്റെ ആരാധകര്* പിന്മാറണം. എന്റെ അഭ്യര്*ഥന നിങ്ങള്* പാലിക്കുമെന്നാണ് ഞാന്* വിശ്വസിക്കുന്നത്'' -ഇളയദളപതി ആരാധകരോടായി പറഞ്ഞു.

''വേലായുധത്തിന്റെ ഓഡിയോ റിലിസിങ്ങിനോടനുബന്ധിച്ച് എന്നെ ദൈവതുല്യനായി പോസ്റ്ററുകളില്* ചിത്രീകരിച്ച വിവരമറിഞ്ഞ് ഇവയൊക്കെ നീക്കം ചെയ്യണമെന്ന് ഞാന്* നിര്*ദേശിച്ചു. ആരാധകര്* ഇത് അനുസരിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു. എന്നാല്* ചില സാമൂഹികദ്രോഹികള്* ഇതെന്തോ മഹാസംഭവമാക്കി മാറ്റി വിമര്*ശനവുമായി രംഗത്തെത്തുകയായിരുന്നു.'' ജാതിയുടെയും മതത്തിന്റെയും അതിര്*വരമ്പുകളില്* നിന്നുകൊണ്ട് താന്* ആരെയും വിവേചനപരമായി കാണാറില്ലെന്ന് വിജയ് പറഞ്ഞു. ''വിവിധ ജാതിയിലും മതത്തിലും ഉള്*പ്പെട്ട സുഹൃത്തുക്കളും അഭ്യുദയകാംക്ഷികളും സഹപ്രവര്*ത്തകരും എന്നോടൊപ്പമുണ്ട്. ഞാനവരെയൊക്കെ ഒരുപോലെ ബഹുമാനിക്കുന്നു. എന്തൊക്കെപ്പറഞ്ഞാലും നമ്മളൊക്കെ സാധാരണ മനുഷ്യരല്ലേ''- വിജയ് തന്റെ നിലപാട് വ്യക്തമാക്കുന്നു.

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‘We’ll wed by next year’

Garima Sharma




Delhi restaurateur Shiv Karan Singh and his actress girlfriend Reemma Sen are all set to tie the knot. “Our wedding will happen by next year,” she told us. “We haven’t fixed a date yet, though. Our parents are happy with our decision, and have accepted. Actually, I always wanted a handsome Punjab da puttar for a husband, and that’s what I’ve got with Shiv. I love everything Punjabi — even the cuisine! Anything that’s fried and oily, basically,” she laughed.
Will she shift to Delhi after her marriage? “Of course. How else is it possible?” she said. “I already love Delhi and feel at home here,” she added. And what’s keeping her busy on the work front? “I’m busy with Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs Of Wasseypur and Rahul Dholakia’s next,” she said.


Shiv Karan Singh with Reemma Sen

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Fighting piracy, the digital way

After trying to curtail illegal digital distribution of music, the music industry has decided to counter piracy by legalizing one of the distribution channels

M Suganth




For long, piracy has been the bane of the music industry. While the Internet boom killed the physical sales (cassettes and CDs), the mobile revolution has made the concept of legal digital downloads a tough sell. But now, the south Indian music industry seems to have found a way to curb piracy. The South Indian Digital Music Management (SIDMM), an affiliate of South India Music Companies Association (SIMCA), has now launched an official bank of music from which mobile retail outlets and traders can obtain a license to copy songs onto memory cards.
J Swaminathan, Secretary — SIMCA, says, “For the past 30 years, the music industry has been fighting piracy but with little effect. Now, we have decided to legalize a distribution channel — mobile retailers, who usually tend to copying songs on to memory cards for customers. Mobile retailers will have to sign up with us for a nominal fee ( 15,000 to 24,000 per year) and can legally distribute the songs produced by 42 audio labels.”
A three-member anti-piracy team, headed by retired Superintendent of Police P Madhavarajan, will be monitoring the outlets throughout the state. “Those who distribute music without obtaining the license will be charged under the existing copyright laws that are applied to video pirates,” he says.
The success of this venture could lead to a legal music distribution system, predict industry experts, as audio labels have now realized that digital is where the future lies.
“Five years ago, we were producing around five lakhs CDs. Today, not more than one lakh CDs are produced even for big-budget films,” says the marketing head of a Chennai-based music label, agreeing that most of the revenue today comes from digital music – music that you can buy through online stores, mobile applications comprising the songs, and mobile services, like ring back tones and caller tunes.
THE MUSIC BUSINESS

• Revenue of music industry 10 years ago – 1200 cr

• Present Revenue – 672 cr

• Present physical production – 3,000 to 5,000 CDs (for small films); 50,000 to two lakh (for star films)
Source: SIMCA

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EE censored and confirmed on Sep 16


2011-09-06 09:55:23


The Hollywood major Fox Star Studios first film in Tamil the AR Murgadoss produced Engeyum Epothum (EE) has been cleared by the Chennai censors with a clean U certificate without any cuts!
EE has Jai, Anjali, Sharwanand and Ananya in the lead and is directed by Murgadoss’s former assistant M Saravanan.

It is a romantic story where two parallel love stories run, one set against the backdrop of Chennai and the other in Tiruchi which join together in the climax .
The music of the film by Sathya is already a hit, especially the ‘Govinda, Govinda..’ track. Engeyum Epothum is now confirmed to release on September 16, through Fox Star Studios.

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Porali - First Look unveiled


2011-09-06 09:53:40


The first look of Company Productions Porali, the much awaited film from Actor/Director/Producer Sasikumar, was unveiled for the media, in a unique manner.
Said the actor, “Normally a movie’s first look is unveiled at the audio launch, but we wanted to do something different and take it to the media and the people first.”

The film is the second one from the Sasikumar team after Nadodigal which was directed by Samudrakani, where Sasikumar again plays hero, along with Swathi, and Nivetha.
Telugu hero, Allari Naresh plays the fourth character. Two artistes from Kerala, Namo Narayana and Gnanavel make up the cast. The other actors include Jayaprakash, Ganja Karuppu and Suri.
The film deals about the struggle of four main characters. One has to compromise to live peacefully in today’s world, said director Samudrakani.

He adds: “This film is about that struggle. The incident is based on what happened to a friend of mine. Finally, I am glad that a 2 year wait and making of this film is over and it’s coming out.”
Sasikumar had grown his hair long for the film and is seen in different get ups. The trailor shown, showcased a powerful, action packed drama. The music is by Sundar C Babu while Kathir handles the camera. Dances are by Dinesh master. All these technicians were also present at the event.
Allari Naresh had acted in the Telugu version of Nadodigal and that’s how he became close to the team,who decided to cast him in this film. He returns to Tamil after seven years, post his Kurumbu.
The audio launch is next month while the film may release in November.

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No more new film launches in Kollywood!


2011-09-06 09:47:14


The southern film producers belonging to Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and industry have decided not to start new films from September 7th, 2011.

This joint decision was taken following a deadlock in the meeting between the cine workers union FEFSI and the producers over salary increase.

On Monday evening, the producers from the south industry met at the Film Chamber in Chennai to thrash out the vexing issue. The workers union are demanding a 80 to 100 % increase in daily bata, while the producers are not willing for such a huge increase.

The producers want to peg it around 25 to 30 % increase in daily bata, due to inflation and wants FEFSI to sign a deal valid for the next three years. The producers have made it clear that the work going on in films which are under production will continue till Diwali (October26), before a final decision is made.

Meanwhile FEFSI Secretary G Siva has said that all the workers union will be meeting shortly to tackle the salary issue. Till then their members will not disrupt any film shooting and will cooperate.
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thanks ram

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Selvaraghavan croons for GV Prakash!


2011-09-06 10:26:56
Last Updated: 2011-09-06 10:37:00


Director Selvaraghavan has crooned for one song in Mayakkam Enna under music director GV Prakash Kumar.

The music director was keeping this news under the wraps on Selva’s request as he has even discouraged GV to use his name in the audio cover.
The song Kaadhal Yen Kaadhal is sung by Dhanush and Selvarghavan with lyrics written by the duo.

Says GV: “We made Selva sing the track and when I heard it I was sure that this was the husky and raw voice that I was looking for. It took me a long of time to convince him and we went for the take. Now this will be one of the highlights of the album”.
All the songs in the album are peppy and GV is sure to strike hat trick after the super success of Aadukalam and Deivathirumagal audio.

In fact the young music director has sung a soothing number with Saindhavi, his fiancee.

Another song which is sure to catch the attention is the solo song Voda Voda Vodaa.. sung by Dhanush.

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