Tamil Movie Review

Sarika and Kamal Hassan's younger daughter, Akshara, is all set to venture into Bollywood. But this light-eyed lass will not be facing the camera, she will be behind it. Akshara will work as an assistant director with Rahul Dholakia for film Society, starring Dimple Kapadia, Sarika and Jaaved Jaafery. When Akshara learnt that Sarika was also part of Dholakia's film, she told her mom that she wanted to assist the director as she was always interested in filmmaking. Sarika spoke to Rahul, who was more than happy to have Akshara on board.

Comedian and mimicry artist Chinni Jayanth was in for a surprise when he received a call from veteran producer/director Ramanathan, a close friend of Amitabh Bachchan. Ramanathan said Bachchan had invited Chinni to repeat his spoof of the popular show Kaun Banega Crorepati in Mumbai.

This was after Chinni won applause for his KBC spoof during a felicitation function for Chief Minister M Karunanidhi. The programme took place in the city recently and Amitabh Bachchan was a special invitee.

The skit in Tamil-accented Hindi had Big B in splits. Director Ramanathan told Chinni how Amitabh went back and shared what he enjoyed about the show with Abhishek and Aishwarya.

Actually Amitabh had asked Kamal Haasan about him and called him at the end of the felicitation function to hug him to say he appreciated his work. It was a touching gesture for Chinni, who is glad to have left a lasting impression on Big B. Excerpt of the skit Asking Big B to excuse his Hindi, Chinni imitates Bachchan to enact his take of a KBC scene.

Here is an excerpt of the scene:

Chinni: Kaun Banega Crorepati mein Amitabh Bachchan apko swagath kartha hoon. Aapka pehla saval. Tera papa ka naam kya hai?
a) Lal Singh b) Gabbar Singh c) Natwar Singh d) Kurnal Singh Participant

Pappu Varma: Shall I use life line and call my mom Reshma?

Mom: (listens to the choices) Is list mein uska naam nahin hein. (the line cuts)

Chinni: Difficult situation. Ab bolo kya jawab hain, Pappu.

Participant: B. Gabbar Singh.

Chinni: Confident. Lock kar doon?

Participant : Yes

Chinni : Galath jawab. Because you are a test tube baby!

The finale of the music festival at Chipstead on Thursday night was marked by Shruti Haasan's rocking performance along with Live Martini. They performed to some popular rock `n' roll tracks. Father Kamal Haasan and Gautami were present in the crowd to cheer the pretty lady wield ing the mike. The guest, who made heads turn was another daughter of a superstar father, Soundarya Rajinikanth.
The lady looking very relaxed in a smart white top and blue jeans, as she interacted with Kamal during the show. Many of Shruti's friends were also present at the evening and were seen showering her with thunderous applause for every performance. Also making her presence felt was Shriya Saran, who came in a bright blue saree after attending a film function.

Finally, actress Trisha will be seen sharing screen space with the versatile and top Indian actor Kamal Haasan for his next untitled film directed by K.S.Ravikumar. Many say that the Ulaganayagan himself wanted Trisha to play the female lead role, which is said to be performance oriented. Insiders also reveal that the entire film will be shot in the USA in one schedule and the actress has been asked to dole out dates at a stretch. The movie is produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin under the Red Giant movies banner.

It may be recalled that Trisha missed out the opportunity of teaming up with Kamal on two earlier occasions -- first it was Dasavatharam when she could not accommodate the dates and the second being in his magnum opus Marma Yogi, a period flick which did not take off despite an official announcement.

Om Puri’s official biography, written by his journalist wife Nandita Puri, was released in Chennai by Kamal on December 14. The book titled, Unlikely Hero Om Puri, was released in hotel Sheraton Park. Kamal also read excerpts from the book.

Even before its release, the book created a stir for its alleged contents of Om’s sexual escapades. Om also went on record accusing his wife of portraying his private life in poor light. Published by Roli books, the book also has a foreword by late Hollywood actor Patrick Swayze.

The big buzz doing rounds in Kollywood is that Venkat Prabhu will be joining hands with none other than Kamal Haasan. According a reliable source Venkat Prabhu had met Kamal Haasan recently and also narrated a script to him. Pleased with the inspiring story, the theme of which is reportedly similar to the Hollywood film Taken the actor has also given his nod to work with the filmmaker, but has reportedly demanded a huge sum as remuneration. Since Venkat Prabhu has a commitment to producer Siva, he wanted to make the film in the latter's banner Amma Creations. Now, it is learnt that Prabhu and Siva are negotiating with the actor and working out the budget as they are keen to begin work on this film soon.

Much Awaited Kamal Hassan's Unnai Pol Oruvan Audio Was Launched On Septemper 6th at Satyam Cinemas.

The movie has been jointly produced by Raj Kamal Films and UTV Motion Pictures, starring Kamal Haasan, Mohanlal, Venkatesh, Ganesh Venkatraman, Anuja Iyer, Nassar and Lakshmi.