Actress Gopika, got engaged to Dr. Ajilesh, a medical practitioner based in Ireland. The engagement ceromany took place in Gopika’s home town of Trissur on 13th of this month. Actress Bhavana, Ramya Nambeesan, Samyuktha and Kerala State ministers Rajendran and Viswanathan and many others were present on the occasion.

The marriage will take place on July 17, 2008. at the St. Thomas Church in Ernakulam. There will be a reception on July 20, 2008 in Avenue Centre hotel.

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Modhi Vilayadu will have Vinay and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead. The shooting of this film has already commenced and is progressing at AVM Studios. This is a story of a youth who avenges the people who had double crossed him. Santhanam, V.M.C.Hanifa and Mayilsami are also in the cast. S.Ramakrishnan has written the story and dialogues. Saran has written the screenplay for this film.

‘Modhi Vilayadu’ is produced by Metro Films (P) Ltd in association with Gemini Industries and Imaging (P). An interesting fact about this film is that Colonial Cousins (Hariharan and Leslie) are debuting in Tamil films as music directors.

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Sheryl Brindo who shared space with Captain Vijaykanth in Arasangam will be seen again with the captain in the next movie Engal Aasan. In Arasangam Sheryl only played a small role of the second heroine but this time around the actress will share more screen space with actor Vijaykanth.

In Arasangam, Sheryl played a young Canadian, who helps Vijayakanth in investigating a crime. ‘Engal Aasaan’ features Vijayakanth in the role of a Bank Officer and Sheryll Brindo plays his female lead.

Produced by ‘Sundara Travels’ Thangaraj and directed by Selva, the movie hit to floors recently.

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Oscar Films is producing a small budget movie Moscovin Karveri to be produced by Ramesh Babu. Hyped as an unusual love flick, Ravi Verman the famous Cinematographer whose has used his excellent camera skills in movies like Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu, Anniyan and Dasavatharam is venturing as the director with the movie Moscowin Kaveri.

Briefing us on the film, the fully charged up Ravi Varman quips, “It is a sensitive love story using Moscova in Russia and our Cauvery river as symbols to show two people who are calm and serene (like the rivers) falling suddenly in deep love. Their love results in a lot of heavy undercurrents that sweeps them away. It’s a beautiful love story, shot in Karaikudi, Thiruvavur, Chennai, Bangalore and Pune with soul stirring music by new boy S S Thaman. Water is the underlying theme in the film.”

The movie stars new commers Yasodha, Rahul Ravindran and Harshvardhan. Ravi Varman handles the camera. The Music is by S S Thaman,Lyrics by Vairamuthu and Stunts are by Kanal Kannan.

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We have heard the story of a princess kissing the frog and the frog turning into a prince. The same will be seen in the upcomming movie Ladam, but the difference here is that Charmi kisses a Karpamboochi(Cockroach)!!

Thank God for Charmi, the Karpamboochi is question is none other than hero Aravindan. The tag line of the movie reads as ‘they called him cockroach (Karapanpoochi)’ and Charmi gets to liplock with the hero. The kissing scene has been shot in seven angles and will be one of the highlights of the film.

Charmi is returning to Kollywood with this movie to be produced by Chozha Creations Ponnurangam and directed by Solomon Prabhu. The story happens in the lives of the hero and heroine in 16 days. Charmi plays the role of Angel, a very positive character with a strong comical streak in Laddam. The story is very simple. A girl and a boy who are good friends and how they help each other in certain tough situations in their life is the base for the script.

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Its going to be Dr Manorama and Dr K. Balachander from now on. These two eminent personalities will be honoured by the University of California with doctorates for their everlasting contribution to the Tamil film Industry. According to Brian Lee, Vice Chancellor, university of California, he has said that both these personalities have crossed three generations and still now are striding to make their contributions for the elevation of Tamil Cinema.

On choosing Balachander and Manorama, he said, ‘Balachander, a veteran of over 100 films, had set a new trend in Tamil cinema. He revived Tamil filmdom and took it close to the common man. Moreover, he has been around for over three generations’.

‘Manorama, a comedienne par excellence, has acted in over 1000 films and found a place in Guiness Book of records. She has witnessed the steady growth of Tamil cinema in her career spanning decades,’ Brian Lee added.

Chennai365 wishes both these versatile stars all the best in their future endeavors too.

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The flamboyant Sharat Kumar is busy with his serious preparations to get into politics, but at home, his elder daughter, Varalakshmi is all set to make her film debut. Her choice of film however has raised a few eyebrows. The trouble-prone Simbu is now getting ready to launch yet another new film of his. He had been accepting quite a number of offers in recent past, but none of the films has hit the theatres.

There was one which was almost complete, but he ended up creating some misunderstanding with the heroine and has now forced the producer to bring in a new one and is now reshooting more than 40% of the film again with the new heroine!

This time, he has accepted the offer to star in a film named ‘Poodaa Poodi’. It is in this film that Varalakshmi is going to make her debut in. the film’s director had first approached Sharat Kumar to get his consent. He said that he had no objections if his daughter was willing.

The title might not be the final one as its still not sure if they will use the title Thiru Pooda and Thirumathi Poodi. Another possible title is Mr Poda Mrs Podi.

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Superstar Rajinikanth appears for a few minutes in Kuselan but in the movie’s posters and promotion he looms large.

That’s because a Rajinikanth appearance even for a minute can set the box office on fire and so the makers of Kuselan are all set to cash in on the superstar. Rajinikanth says the hype is making him nervous and people shouldn’t call it as his film because he is playing a cameo role.

“There’s already a lot of hype about the movie. I’m very nervous with everyone expecting it to run to a silver jubilee,” he says.

For the film’s makers though a bit of Rajinikanth is quite a lot. Distributors have sold Kuselan as a ‘Rajinikanth film’ for Rs 64 crore—that is more than what the superstar’s movie Sivaji was sold at.

“Today Rajnikanth’s market is such that even if he comes for one scene or two in a film he will still be the superstar,” says P Vasu, director of Kuselan. Source: ibnlive.com

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