Christmas Musical Delight – Nanban and 3 Christmas Musical Delight – Nanban and 3 Christmas Musical Delight – Nanban and 3

It used to be Bollywood that usually considers Christmas season as the best time to release the films and music. Apparently, the tactic has now passed onto Kollywood as their expansive market across the Hindi speaking territories has increased. To be precise, both the albums ‘Nanban’ and Dhanush starrer ‘3’ is the most expected music for non-Tamil speaking cohorts as they strike closeness with them.

‘3 Idiots’ created sensation for its aesthetic style of making and even songs performed well. The remake version with Vijay and Jeeva in lead role with Shankar wielding megaphone has grabbed everyone’s attention. The audio launch will be held in the concert of Harris Jayaraj at Hindustan College in Coimbatore. It is worth mentioning that major portions of scenes involving college were shot in this campus.

‘Why This Kolaveri?’ doesn’t need any introduction as the song is already the most favorite of masses across the globe. Both Dhanush and his wife Aishwarya are busy planning up for the best way to release the music.

What’s common between these albums is that the music launch will be held on the same day of December 23.

Incisively with the yearend holidays commencing from the same date, it’s gonna be a big treat for the music buffs.

நடிகை சுவாதிக்கு ஆண் குழந்தை பிறந்தது!

வான்மதி, தேவா, சொக்கத்தங்கம், யோகி ஆகிய படங்களில் நடித்தவர் சுவாதி. கொஞ்ச காலம் ஸ்வாதிகா என்ற பெயரில் நடித்து வந்தார். சில ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன் கிரண் என்ற சாப்ட்வேர் என்ஜீனியரை மணந்துகொண்டு ஆந்திராவில் வசித்து வரும் சுவாதி, திருமணத்துக்குப் பின் படங்கள் எதிலும் நடிக்கவில்லை.

இந்நிலையில் சமீபத்தில் சுவாதிக்கு அழகான ஆண் குழந்தை பிறந்தது. இருவரும் நலமாக உள்ளனர். குழந்தைக்கு இன்னும் பெயர் வைக்கவில்லை. குழந்தையையும், குடும்பத்தையும் பார்த்துக் கொள்வதே என் வேலை. இனிமேல் சினிமாவுக்கு வரும் எண்ணமே இல்லை. நடித்தவரை போதும், என்று பேட்டியொன்றில் கூறியிருக்கிறார் சுவாதி.

Kamal wants govt funds

Kamal Haasan on Friday requested the Union and State governments to provide funds to improve the digital archival library. "This would help preserve old and rare movies," said the Ulaganayagan at the valedictory of the two-day FICCI media and entertainment digital conclave in Chennai.

Kamal, who is the chairman of the conclave, spoke of the conversion of old films contained in negative film format to digital format by Real Images free of cost. He said that 3,500 old films of different languages (including a few of his films) have been digitized and securely preserved in a one petabyte memory capacity over the last five years.

The digital library was set up by FICCI and has around 3,500 films in all Indian languages. About 1,000 gigabytes of storage space has been created in the last six months. "We have done this with private funds but to enhance the capacity, we need government funds," said Kamal.

Senthil Kumar, co-founder of Qube cinema and a committee member of the FICCI media and entertainment digital conclave, Kiran Reddy, managing director of Sathyam Cinemas and CBFC chairperson Leela Samson also spoke at the event.

Priyanka Chopra and Rahul Bose to WED?

Our B-town birdies say, Priyanka Chopra, the heartthrob of Bollywood movie buffs and actor Rahul Bose are to WED on June 5. Oh fret not, we are just referring to the World Environment Day, an annual event that celebrates positive environment action, for which the two stars are offering their support.

WED is celebrated on June 5 from nearly tree decades, for people to work towards a cleaner, greener and brighter outlook for themselves and the generations to come.

Every member of WED, no matter from where they are, count in this initiative.

Rahul and Priyanka are now the faces or the brand ambassadors of WED, India. Rahul tweeted, "Was v happy to take part in WED challenge w/Priyanka. Afforestation pledges must be followed up by all -india's focal point for WED this yr."

They have utilized various networking sites to challenge the Hollywood ambassadors, Don and Gisele, claiming that Rahul and Priyanka will get more supporters for this initiative than Don and Gisele did!

Not just that, for every activity one registers, the stars will plant and look after three trees.

Want to help our idols beat Hollywood and work towards a healthier planet? Log onto wedchallenge.org/india or unep.org/wed

We at IndiaGlitz are proud of these stars and offer our support to them. Watch this video to hear from the stars themselves...

Ajith - Vishnuvardhan for Tamil 'Panjaa'?

There is always an enigma attached with Ajith and his films. The star, who is at the moment, busy with his upcoming 'Billa 2,' directed by Chakri Toleti, is touted to sign on the dotted line for a Vishnuvardhan directorial. There is a whiff in the Tamil movie circles that this film might be funded by AM Ratnam.

Ajith had declared sometime ago that he likes Vishnuvardhan's work style. So post his shoot for 'Billa 2' the actor might make himself available for his pal, Vishnu. Vishnuvardhan is currently busy with the third and the final schedule of his Pawan Kalyan starrer 'Panjaa,' which is getting readied for release on December 9. Though this Telugu film has not hit the theatres yet, there are already talks in the film circles that suggest that 'Panjaa' might be remade in Tamil under Vishnu's direction with Ajith playing lead in the Tamil version!

There are reports in media circles that Vishnu too has confirmed that he will be working with Ajith in the near future.

Post the splendid success of 'Mankatha,' Thala is giving his undivided attention to 'Billa 2.' The film will see beauty queen Parvathy Omanakuttan and Bruna Abdullah playing pivotal roles. This suave flick is touted to grace theatres on April 14, 2012.

Trisha's exit sees Shriya's entry in 'Hero'

We are talking about the upcoming Prithviraj film 'Hero' in Malayalam. The film which sees Deepan calling the shots was supposed to take off with Mollywood heartthrob Prithviraj and Trisha as his heroine. It was rumored to be Trisha's official entry as heroine into the Malayalam film industry.

Now there are reports flowing in from the Malayalam film circles that Trisha would not be available to shoot for this film due to lack of dates. The director, who saw a tight corner cornering him, seems to have approached Shriya Saran who is believed to have happily nodded her "yes" to the project after listening to the script. Deepan, the director of this film has confirmed Shriya's presence in the film.

With 'Hero' in her kitty this will be Shriya's third film in Malayalam.

Sources close to this film's unit also reveal that Tamil hero Srikanth too would be playing a prominent role in this film. Nedumudi Venu, 'Thalaivaasal' Vijay, 'Guinness' Pakkru and Anil Murali too would be seen essaying pivotal roles in 'Hero.' The music for Hero will be handled by Gopi Sundar, who will set to tunes lyrics by Anil Panachooran and Shibu Chakravarthy. The scripting for 'Hero' is by Vinod Guruvayoor.

Why this kolaveri?

Dhanush, the new generation poetu, has taken music lovers, especially those young at the heart, by awe with his latest song, 'Why this kolaveri di...' from '3', his pet project that is being directed by his wife Aishwarya Dhanush. He shares screen space with Shruti Haasan in the film.

Even as two songs with colloquial lyrics from 'Mayakkam Enna' are sky-rocketing the charts, this song has come as yet another surprise from the National Award winning actor. Tunes for '3' have been composed by debutant Anirudh, who we must say, has managed to make a good impact with his very first single, especially in social networking sites.

The rough cut of the song was leaked and created waves in the internet. Following which, making the best of this response, the makers released the official version of the song which is way better than the rough cut in every aspect. They also released the making of the song, which has received more than one lakh views overnight!

If the rest of the album is to be as entertaining as this single track, Anirudh is sure here to stay!