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*Rajini:after Rajini praised Cheran for the excellent direction of
PORKAALAM, people in film industry say that Cheran might direct the
next Rajini film.So is it Cheran or Vikraman or Suresh Krishna? anyway
some say that the heroine is decided and that it is Simran.
*Kamal:KADHALA KADHALA is almost ready and will be released for Pongal.
MARUDHUNAYAGAM will be released for next Pongal(1999).meanwhile after
KADHALA KADHALA,Kamal might do another light subject movie.
*Vijayakanth:after a long wait ULLAVUTHURAI(his 125th film) will be
releasing for Pongal. his next film is a village subject and will be
directed by Kasthuri Raja (music will be by Illayaraja).
*Sarathkumar:his next film is MOOVENDAR.it is a story about three
generations.Nambiar and Ramdass act as grandfather and father to
Sarathkumar.Devayani is the heroine.
*Prabhu:his pongal release is PONMANAM.Suvalakshmi and Priyaraman are
the heroines.after PONMANAM he will be acting in NANBA NANBA along
with Jayaram.after that comes INIYAVALLEY(Kousalya and Keerthi Reddy
are the heroines).
*Abbas:after his marriage to Ms.Uren Khan,everyone thought he will no
longer have that much girl fans as he used to have.now the success of
POOCHUDAVA has proved that he is stiil the hearth throb of Chennai
girls.
*Sathyaraj:is upset about the flop of PERIYA MANUSHAN. his next film is
K.B.Film's ANANDA VIKATAN.heroine is Manthra.he will also act in
VANTHANGA JEYUCHANGA, directed by Guruthanabal(they will be joining
together for the 4th time).
*Vijay:KADHALUKKU MARIYADHAI is yet another super hit.this years most
successful actor is now acting in PIRIYAMUDAN (Kowsalya is the
heroine).the film is being directed by debutant director, Selvam. he
is going to produce and act in NILAVEY VAA. it is a love story and will
be directed by Venkatesh(director of MAHAPRABHU and SELVA). Vijay
is also acting in NINAITHEN VANTHAI.the film will be directed by
Selvabharathy.Rambha and Devayani are the heroines.
*Surya:his role in NERUKKU NERR was appreciated by all. his next film
is KADHALEY NIMATHI (produced by Sivasakthi Pandiyan).the heroine is a
9th standard(?) girl,Jevetha Sharma. Surya is also acting in a film
with his father Sivakumar.
*Karthik:is a very busy man.he is acting in UDAVIKKU VARALAMMA,SUNDARA
PANDIYAN,HARICHANDRA,DHARBAR,KOOTALI,UNIDATHIL ENNAI KODUTHEN and films
produced by K.B.Films,Thiruppur Mani.
*Arvindswamy:has signed EN SWASA KATTREY.the film will be directed by
K.S.Ravi(director of Mr.ROMEO).music is by A.R.Rehman(there is a rumour
in the industry that he is the producer of this movie).
*Pandiyarajan:his pongal release Kabadi Kabadi is ready.Bhakyaraj has
written the story and has produced the film.after that Pandiyarajan
will act in MAJA MAPILLAI directed by V.C.Guhanathan(their combination
was a success in ADRA SAKHAI ADRA SAKHAI).he recently signed ATHANDA
ITHANDA(Rasika is the heroine).
*Mohan:have u forgotten him? yes,"mike" Mohan is now back to the big
screen.he is now producing and directing ANBULLA KADHALLUKU.story and
dialogues is also by Mohan.
*Madhuri Dixit:is going to act in a tamil film, ENGINEER!!! Arvindswamy
is the hero. the film is directed by Gandhi Krishna(he worked as
asst. director to Shanker.
*K.R.: is directing a full length comedy film, KAVALAI PADATHEY
SAGOTHARA with Pandiyarajan as hero.
*Prabhudeva:after NAM IRRUVAR NAMAKKU IRRUVAR and KADHALA KADHALA,he has
signed to act in two other films. the first film,MAZHAI VARA POGUTHU is
produced by Henry (producer of BHARATHI KANNAMA) and the second film is
produced by "Pyramid" Natarajan.for the first time,Prabhudeva is acting
without beard in NAM IRRUVAR NAMAKKU IRUVARR.
*Vikraman:last year POOVE UNAKKAGA ran for 230 days and this year
SURYAVAMSAM's collection has broken all the records in the entire south
indian film industry. Vikraman will be starting UNNIDATHIL ENNAI
KODUTHEN very soon.Karthik is the hero of this film and music is by
S.A.Rajukumar. everything depends on Rajini's decision.
*Bharathiraja:is introducing his son,Manoj in TAJ MAHAL.the film is
produced and directed by Bharathiraja,story is by Rajeev Menon,
screenplay by Manirathnam and music is by A.R.Rehman.
*Balachander:after THULLI THIRINDHA KAALAM(directed by KALAMELLAM KADHAL
VAZHGA director,Balu), he will be producing three more films.the first
film THILLANA THILLANA will be directed by Balachander himself.the
other two films will be directed by Suresh Krishna and Vikraman.
*Balu Mahendra:is going to direct VARAYO VENILLAVEY.Prabhu and Devayani
play the lead role.music is by Illayaraja.
*Charan:has created a lot of expectation for his film KADHAL MANNAN.
Ajith is the hero. music director M.S.Viswanathan is doing a comedy
role in this film.Vivek is acting in a totally different role(he is
also the asst. director of this movie).one song "thilotthamma" was shot
in Taj Mahal. Even before the release of this movie, Charan has signed
a movie for Balachander's Kavithalaya.
*K.T.Kunjumon: had a very grand inauguration of his next movie
KOTTESWARAN. his son Ebby is the hero. SPB,Simran,Raghuvaran,Senthil
and Ambika are there. the film is going to be directed by Nandakumar.
Karishma Kapoor and Jayapradha might do a guest role.music is by Ashok.
*Kalanjiyum:directed the hit film POOMANI. he is now directing
POONTHOTAM (Murali is the hero) and KIZHAKKUM MERKKUM(Napolean and
Nasser).Illayaraja is the music director for both the movies.
*C.Ranganathan: has given 3 hits in a row.he is the director of
COIMBATORE MAPPILAI,TATA BIRLA and AAHA ENNA PORUTHAM.he has now signed
Jayaram for his next movie, INDRU MUTHAL HAPPY (ofcourse Goundamani and
Senthil are also there).
*Deva:has sung a "Gana" song in UDAVIKKU VARALAMMA.Sirpi is the music
director for that movie.
Deepavali Film Reviews
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*KADHALUKKU MARIYATHAI:(Vijay,Shalini music:Illayaraja dir:Fazil)
i havent seen such a movie in recent times.this movie was released on
the 19th of Dec and in 10 days i saw this movie thrice.Vijay falls in
love with Shalini(ex-baby shalini has acted very well).her brothers
dont like this.the lovers elope.the brother's search for them with
vengeance.The lover's realize what they are doing will be hurting their
parents and brothers a lot and so they return to their respective
houses.what follows is a beautiful climax which i dont want to reveal.
Illayaraja is at his musical best.the background score and the overall
music helps the movie a lot.Anandakuttan,the cinematographer has done a
fine job.this movie is another super hit.the NSC distributor,Mr.Ravi is
full of smiles(he was also the distributor of SURYAVAMSAM) and is
minting money.this movie is overtaking PORKAALAM in collection.
*PORKAALAM:(Murali,Meena,Sanghavi music:Deva dir:Cheran)
Cheran strikes again.after BHARATHI KANNAMA,his second film is also a
super hit.when Rajini appreciated Cheran at his ARUNACHALAM function,
it gave this movie a lot of publicity and made this movie no:1 amongst
the Deepavali releases.Murali's sister is dumb and he loves her a lot.
her marriage gets stopped three times.finally one day,Murali realizes
that he has been wasting a lot of time,when there was a very nice guy
(Vadivelu)always near him.he prepares for his sisters marriage when he
gets the shock of his life.the climax is an heart moving one and a lot
different from the other movies.Deva's songs are a hit(i still dont
know how they became a hit esp. "Pachaiku azhagu jinguchan,Sevappukku
azhagu jinguchan")and i had to accept the truth.this movie is doing
well in all the centers.
*JANAKIRAMAN:(Sarathkumar,Nagma,Rambha,Goundamani,Manivannan,Senthil,
Sunderajan music:Sirpi Dir:Sundar.C)
seeing the cast,one can know that this is a comedy movie.yes,it is
yet another comedy movie from Sundar. Sarthkumar is falls in love
with Nagma and gets married to her(after a lot of humourous confusion
in the marriage hall).When they reach home they find Ramba waiting for
them.Ramba(she looks very very cute in this film) claims that she is
Sarath's first wife.How he solves the problems form the rest of the
story.this film has managed to get the initial pickup.Sirpi's music
asusual....he must have listened to a lot of westerm music.this movie
is also doing well in all the centers.
*AAHA:(music:Deva,dialogue:Crazy Mohan,dir:Suresh Krishna)
this film is also a hit.this is a story within a family.the debutant
hero(not so good looking) is the second son of a rich businessman,
Vijayakumar.he falls in love with Sulekha(antha moonjiku ithu podhum),
the daughter of a cook,Delhi Ganesh.the hero is helped by his
Bhanupriya,his brother's(Raghuvaran) wife.their love is opposed by
Vijayakumar.how the lover's unite form the rest of the story.the film
is humourous (Dialogues by Crazy Mohan) and moreover it makes u feel a
part of the family.one small sample.(hero meets heroine in the kitchen
of a marriage hall)
hero : "enna panarenga?"
heroine : "sweet panaren"
hero : "peru enna?"
heroine : "jangeri"
hero : "ayyo,nan unga pera ketten"
heroine : "Janaki"
hero : "sweet name"
heroine : "jangeri"
Deva's music.....Old habits die hard(kadhula panju).it is a clean
story and is doing well in A & B centers.
*THEDINEN VANTHATHU:(Gounds,Prabhu,Mantra music:Sirpi Dir:Raja Varma)
it would be better to call this as another Crazy Mohan's drama.an
astrologer's bag containing olai chuvadigal and a bag containing one
crore rupees belonging to two bank robbers gets interchanged accidently.
Goudamani & Prabhu get the money bag and they hide it in an unoccupied
house.Soon the house gets occupied by Manthra's family.then the chase
begins for the money bag.though some of the jokes are stale,the movie
is humourous.Manthra.......hmmmmmmmmm.Gounds sidelines Prabhu.Sirpi's
music not so impressive except for "Alps mala kattru vanthu".the film
is having average collection in all the three centers.
*POOCHUDAVA(Abbas,Simran music:Sirpi)
this film was released after Deepavali.it was a bonus to the already
mad followers of Simran.if the tamil people can build a small temple
for Kushbu then i am sure they will be building one similar to the
Tanjore temple for Simran.the story is very simple. Abbas and Simran
fall in love with each other.They elope from the house.due to some
reason Abbas is arrested by the police at a railway station.Simran
thinks that he deserted her.how the lovers unite forms the rest of the
story.Manivannan kalakkal.Simran pettaiiiiii.Sirpi copy.
*RATCHAGAN:(Nagarjuna,Sushmitha Sen mus:Rehman dir:Praveen Gandhi)
K.T.Kunjumon must have thought that just by spending crores of ruppees,
he can make a hit movie.nealy a 100 cars are destroyed in this film.
though the film is runiing well in A and C centers,it can never recover
the capital invested.this is a pukka masala movie(it looks like a telugu
film).the only person who impresses the audience is A.R.Rehman.
Sushmitha is well utilised.
*VIDUKATHAI:(Prakash Raj,Neena mus:Deva dir:Agathiyan)
i liked this movie very much.Prakash Raj is in his fourties and falls
in love with Neena,a college girl.after the marrriage,Prakash has an
inferiority complex.towards the end of the movie,Neena realizes the
child inside him and helps him ovecome the complex.except for Deva's
music everything else is okay in this film(i swear i dont have anything
against Deva).too bad,this movie flopped very badly at the box office.
*PERIYA MANUSHAN:(Sathyaraj,Ravali mus:Deva dir:Guruthanabal).
this movie ran for exactly one week.Sathyaraj and the director were
known to be a success combination.my friends warned me not to see this
movie and i repent for not listening to them.i cannot review this movie
because i rushed out of the theater during the Interval.Deva..........i
think he has got something against me.
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