Avenues galore for Karthika

Her first tryst with Tamil films was a roaring success. Starring opposite Jiiva in KV Anand's 'Ko', Karthika had a grand opening as a heroine in the Tamil film industry. Now after her first silver screen success, looks like the budding actress is also open to other avenues apart from acting.

She recently walked the ramp at Kochi for ace fashion designer Sanjana Jon sporting the latter's designer wear. Apart from Karthika a bevy of silver screen beauties like Kangana Ranaut, Mamta Mohandas, and Swetha Menon sashayed the ramp. So did ex-Miss World first runner up Parvathy Omanakuttan.

Apart from posing to innumerable cameras at the fashion event that was held at Kochi, Karthika might also get to play the same role she did in K.V. Anand's 'Ko' in its Bollywood remake, although nothing has been official...

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/69559.html

'Ko' goes with Shahid or Ranbir?

The kind of magic that KV Anand's 'Ko' created among audience need not be talked about for movie buffs are still smitten by this Jiiva starrer. 'Ko' released this summer and starred Jiiva, Ajmal, Piaa Bajpai and Karthika in lead roles and the movie was an instant hit, what with the unique script and perfect composition of elements in this commercial thriller.

We had earlier reported to you that although many Hindi filmmakers were eyeing on this film and were willing to offer some whooping price for the remake rights of this film, it was Akshay Kumar who bagged it.

Although it was said that Akshay Kumar will don the role of Jiiva in the Hindi version, grapevine is now abuzz that Shahid Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor are being considered for this role, whereas Ajmal will mark his entry in the same role he played in the original, that of an aspiring politician.

However, an official announcement is yet to be made on this front. Do post your comments on who do you think will fit well for this role...

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/68876.html

More screens being added for 'Rangam'

Directed by KV Anand 'Rangam' is surprising everyone in the Telugu film industry with more and more screens being added for its screening. The film was released across the state in a few theatres, but the film got a tremendous response from everywhere and the producers were forced to send more and more prints to each centre and many theatres are coming forward to screen the film to cash in on the hit talk of the film.

Despite a heavy competition from the original Telugu films like '100% Love', 'Veera', 'Badrinath' and '180' and dubbed films like 'Vaadu Veedu', the film withstood it and successfully completed a 50-day run and is aiming to complete 100 days.

Jeeva, who paired up with Karthika for the film which was actually made in Tamil with a title called 'Ko' was a runaway hit in Tamil Nadu. Noticing huge response to the film, the producers decided to release the film in Telugu too, as both Jeeva and Karthika are famous among the Telugu audiences as well.

S Kumar and R Jayaraman of Super Good Movies have come forward to dub the film in Telugu. It is not a joke that a dubbed Telugu film evoking such a huge response.

The film is earning good revenues and running with near houseful collections in many theatres across the state. Interestingly, from this weekend, eight more theatres are added for the film in Hyderabad and Secunderabad.

Not just in Capital city, in many rural towns, the film is still running to good crowd and is the first option for many moviegoers. The film had almost collected decent revenue in Telugu bringing profits to the producers.

It is learnt that the film is now getting ready to be remade in Hindi too with Akshay Kumar as hero and Karthika is making her debut as heroine in Bollywood with this movie.

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/68561.html

'Rangam' completes 50-day run

Jeeva paired up with Karthika for a Tamil film 'Ko' directed by KV Anand. The Tamil version was a runaway hit in Tamil. Noticing the response, the film was dubbed into Telugu by S Kumar, R Jayaraman on the banner of Super Good Movies.

It is no surprise that the film had also become a big hit in Telugu. Despite a heavy competition from the original Telugu films like '100% Love', 'Veera', 'Badrinath' and '180' and dubbed films like 'Vaadu Veedu', the film withstood it and successfully completed a 50-day run and is aiming to complete 100 days.

It is learnt that the film is now getting ready to be remade in Hindi too with Akshay Kumar as hero and Karthika is making her debut as heroine in Bollywood with this movie.

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/68384.html

"Makaramanju" on July 1st.

It has been quite a while since the film MakaraManju directed by Lenin Rajendran has been clicked in IFFK, before normal releasing and now the time has come for it public release.
The film is hitting the screens on July 1st and this marks the debut of the noted cinematographer and director Santosh Sivan as the hero. He is pairing up with the talented Karthika, who get alot appraisal through her latest tamil film KO.

The film is about celebrated painter Raja Ravi Varma's life at a certain stage in his life. Nithya Menon, Mallika Kapoor, Shamna Kasim, Vishnupriya, Bala,Jagathy Sreekumar, Saiju Kurup also includes the cast.
The film was met with critical acclaim. It was one of the five Malayalam films to be screened at the International Film Festival of India. It won the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Malayalam Film at the International Film Festival of Kerala. Makaramanju Special shows screened on June 28th evening at Sree and was full with VIPs and MLAs.

'Rangam' draws splendid collections

Rangam , directed by Tamil director K V Anand, received positive reviews but it took time to pick up the collections. As the film's hero Jiva was relatively new to Telugu audiences, the film was a slow starter at Box-office. But good reviews and word-of-mouth helped the film and is now running to packed houses in many areas especially in Hyderabad.

In its 5th week, the movie is running in more than 10 theaters in the twin cities. Happy with the film's result, Mega SuperGood movies is soon planning a mega success event in Hyderabad that would be attended by all the cast and crew.

Source: http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/news/rangam_june092011.php

Karthika to Bollywood

Even before her first Malayalam film is out to theatres, Karthika, the daughter of senior actor Radha, is all set to debut into Bollywood. Karthika, as per the latest reports, is being considered to play the heroine to Akshay Kumar in the remake of Tamil hit 'Ko'.She will be doing the same role in the remake that she had done in her debut hit in Tamil opposite Jeeva. Apart from this film, she is yet to land in Mollywood with 'Makaramanju', which will get to theatres in a couple of weeks.

Karthika' debuted into filmdom with a movie in Telugu titled 'Josh' with Nagchaithanya. The tall actress has also appeared in the Telugu version of 'Ko' which was titled as 'Rangam'.

Source:http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/67505.html

Ko Tamil Movie Review - MUST WATCH

So much hype was around Ko, because of K.V Anand's Blockbuster,Ayan, and because of a couple of casting discrepancies. Movie Lovers were counting on him to score another Blockbuster. Guess What? Well he sure did :)

Ko means King in Old Tamil:
Cast:
Jiiva
Karthika
Pia Bajpal
Ajmal Ameer

Direction: 
K.V Anand

Written by: 
K.V Anand
Subha

Music Direction:
Harris Jayaraj

Cinematography:
Richard M.Nathan

Editor:
Anthony

Produced by:
Kumar Jayaraman

Genre:
Political Thriller

Plot: Ashwin(Jiiva) is a photojournalist for a Tamil Daily, "Dina Anjal", he is super popular for his great pictures. There are also other journalists for the daily, Saro(Pia) who is in charge of the entertainment section; and Renuka(Karthika) who covers sensational news. (You guessed it! Triangular Love Story) Elections are coming up in TN, and the two major canidates are : Yogeswaran(Prakash Raj), and Alavadhan( Kota Srinivas Rao); they do anything they can to "win" the hearts of the people. Ashwin and Renuka uncover their true colors to the society, which helps Vasanthan(Ajmal) and his party, get popular among the masses. As people, concentrate more on him, he ends up winning the people with his good deeds; since he actually wants clean politics. Sadly during a Election rally a bomb goes off and Saro ends up dying. Now its up to Ashwin and Renuka to find the people behind it. The Climax is shocking.

Performances:Jiiva, seriously poured life into his character, it was like tailor made for him. He scored well in everything from romance to comedy to fighting to emotions. Pia's character was totally made FOR her, she portrayed it so well. Saro is definitely her best performance till date. Saro leaves a mark our hearts, with her bubbliness and cuteness. We can't help but, feel sad,and tear up for her. Karthika was gorgeous,and performance wise too she did well. She couldn't have had a better debut than this. Jiiva had sizzling screen chemistry with both,Pia and Karthika, which doesn't happen to all actors. Ajmal was VERY convincing in his role. Everyone else, didn't have a major part but were there and did well in there small roles,like Prakash Raj,Kota Srinivas Rao, Bose Venkat. Pattimandram Raja had a blink of an eye role. 

Aga Naga appearances:

Surya

Karthi

Tammanah

Jai

Shiva

Bharath

Shakthi

Sasikumar

Ganesh Venkataraman

Harris Jayaraj

Rima Kallingal

Anuja Iyer

John Vijay

Jayam Ravi

Krish

Sanjana Singh

Peter Hein

Adharvaa

Music: I have no words for the Music except: OMG Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! :D The movies first song is Aga Naga, where a lot of celebrities appear. But, it didn't live up to the hype around it,it was a bit too vague, I guess. But Tamannah was the only one who actually "participated" in the song. Amali Thumali and Venpaniye were shot in beautiful locations. Ennamo Yedho was situational and a "dancy" song. Netri Pottal was a situational song, while Gala Gala was a campus song. All the songs had awesome costumes. My music review: http://scooponthesouth.blogspot.com/2011/01/ko-music-review-classy.html

Direction-Cinematography-Editing 

K.V Anand proves,once again, that we can't go wrong with his movies;there always so classy. Everything is so fine, casting, music,direction,cinematography,editing, everything. The Cinematography adds to the intensity of the film. The stunts, Oh my god. They were so freaking cool and stylish. Jiivas opening in the film was super cool! Special Mention to Peter Hein! 

Theme:

The theme of the film is the daily life of a Photojournalist. But it doesn't stop there, Politics is laced into the film, along with journalism. The film is intense which makes it even better. 

Pros: 

• Cast
• Music
• Pia's Comic timing
• Story
• Direction
• Cinematography
• Jiiva by himself
• Costumes
• Locations
• Intensity of film
• Has a Feel Good Factor, with the Intensity
• No cliches 
• Theme
• Chinmayi's dubbing for Karthika
• Lyrics( Special Shout out to: Madhan Karky!)
• Classiness 

Cons:

• Aga Naga 
• Wrong timing for Venpaniye. 

At the end,Jiiva emerges as the Ko of the film and the Box Office :) Watch it, its seriously not your normal commercial Tamil film. Its Intense and just plain awesome! Watch it now, go!! This IS this summers Blockbuster for sure :)

Rating: 4.5/5

Ko release postponed

K.V. Anand's much awaited romantic-thriller Ko, which was ready to release during the Valentine weekend, has been postponed. In Ko, Karthika plays the role of an investigative journalist (Renuka) who, with the help of her photographer (played by Jiiva), gets a scoop which leads to problems. With Harris Jayaraj's mesmerizing music and Anand's never-seen-before locales, Ko is definitely a must-watch film in Tamil. More details on the new release date are awaited soon.


Source: http://tamil.galatta.com/entertainment/livewire/id/Ko_release_postponed_46973.html

Ko Music Review- Classy

Ko stars Jeeva,Ajmal,Karthika,and Pia Bajpaal in the lead roles. Ayan fame director K.V Anand directs it. Music is by Harris Jayaraj :)) Most of the music is Romantic, and hip hoppy :) Yes, the music was launched on Jan 19, but I had stuff to do so I didn't review it then . :D :P


Gala Gala-  Tippu,Krish, Haricharan, Sayanora Philip: sounds like the hero title song, its rockish,techonish. :)) Sayanora is back, after Athiradee from Sivaji the boss! :D She's super energetic! :) Has the Dammuku Dammuku because of the harmonica,but it still has its own thing :)) 

Ennamo Yedho-Aalaap Raju, Prashanthini, Sricharan, Emcee Jesz: this is the song that caught everyone's attention, when the teasers released! :D Its a romantic song, very cute:) has rhyming,captivating lyrics,has a rappy beat. The lyrics are written by Madhan Karky, hats off to him! :) Haven't heard the voices of all three of the singers, but they are soothing.. :)) This one gets stuck in your head easily! :)


Ammali Thummali- Hariharan, Chinmayi,Swetha Mohan: this totally sounds like the rehashed version of Harris's own Hasile Fisile, its evident. Though it seems like it, the song is catchy! :) Cute lyrics :)) 


Aga Naga- Vijay Prakash, Tipu, Ranina Reddy, Priya Subaramani, Solar Sai, Rap Emcee Jesz, Srik:Its the song with a lot of actors! :D Its sounds like a pub/ casino type of song, its classy thats why. Again, there are some random Telugu lyrics thrown in the song, I don't know why (?). The lyrics sound funny, cause they have all these brand names like Louis Vuitton, and Ferrari :D But the song ends in an unexpected way. Lyrics are written by Pa Vijay,Emcee Jesz,and Srik.


Venpaniye- Sriram Parthasarathy, Bombay Jayashree: Starts out with english lyrics, and transitions into Tamil. Such a calming song, like a Ennamo Yedho part 2 :) But its lovable, and you feel like listening to it again and again. :) Bombay Jayashree is back! :D Love her! :)) Lyrics are written by P.A Vijay, although he turned an actor, he never looses touch in his amazing, sweet lyrics :)


Netri Pottal- Naresh Iyer: As other websites put it, the Youth Anthem, which I totally agree, it talks about youngster stuff  :) Naresh is just perfect :) Lyrics are by Madhan Karky, once again ! :) So I think you understand why the lyrics are so good ... :)


My Rating: 4/5 The music is just spell bounding, you will love it as soon as you listen to it :) Harris proves himself one more time :) Can't wait to see how the songs will look on the big screen! :D Don't miss the movie, which is set to release in February! :) 


No Piracy, do buy the CD :)) Thats what I'm going to do, because this music deserves to be preserved :) :D lol. :D
Listen here : 

Ko Images

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/gallery/m/Movies/ko/893404.html

Ko Audio Launch Invitation

Source: http://www.moviegalleri.in/2011/01/ko-audio-launch-invitation-stills-ko.html

Ko Movie Trailer

Ko welcomed with open arms

KV Anand must be a happy man as the response received for the Ko trailer, which was released during the screening of Manmadhan Ambu, is really astounding. Social networking sites are flooded with messages about Ko’s trailer. This has the director raring to release the film soon.

According to latest reports, the movie is slated to be released on February 11^th, keeping in the mind the young audiences celebrating Valentines’ Day. Ko, directed by KV Anand, has Jiiva and Karthika Nair playing the lead roles. This film is shot extensively in Norway and China.

Source: http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/dec-10-04/ko--karthika-24-12-10.html

The Ko Rules the Internet

KO has been in the news ever since shooting for the movie started. The curiosity element touched new heights with news and pictures of the shooting in Norway. If this was not enough, the release of the KO teaser was contagious enough to create a fever-like situation. The brilliant visuals of the mountains and cities of Norway have received so much response that sources claim that KO is the arguably one of the most watched trailers/teasers before a movie's release in recent times. This is a clear indication that KO, the king, is here to rule the audience's hearts after the movie is released.


Source: http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/nov-10-04/ko-jiiva-24-11-10.html

Ko Trailer

Awesome Song played :D ^^^^^

Jeeva to leave for Norway

Jeeva will be leaving for Norway tonight to shoot some sequences for ‘Ko’, a film directed by K V Anand. Sources say romantic numbers on Jeeva and Karthika (daughter of yesteryear heartthrob Radha) will be shot at the foreign country.

A busy bee, Jeeva will continue working for films like ‘Vandhaan Vendraan’ and ‘Singam Puli’, after coming back from Norway. “This schedule of ‘Ko’ is expected to be completed in a couple of weeks,” sources add.

Talking about ‘Ko’, Jeeva, who plays a photo journalist in the film, says, “When Anand approached me, I thought it was for the negative role. But, it turned out to be the lead role. ‘Ko’ is a wonderful project.”

On ‘Singam Puli’, he says, “Playing a dual role is a dream for any actors. With ‘Singam Puli’, it is realised. I am happy for it.’ Directed by debutant Sai Ramani, Jeeva plays a rough fisherman and a lively advocate in this film.

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/59990.html