Vijay's Kaavalan to be screened at the Shanghai Film Festival

Vijay's Kaavalan directed by Siddique has been selected for the Shanghai International Film Festival. It is one of the most distinguished film events in Asia. Kaavalan is one among the 200 films that were selected from nearly 2500 entries from all over the world. The 14th edition of this festival will get started on June 11th.

Director Barry Levinson, who won an Academy award for his Rain Man starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise will head the panel of judges. Vijay's film will be screened on the 12th, so he will be flying out to Shanghai to participate in this event. He will be rubbing shoulders with some of the most talented people on the globe.

Source: http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/jun-11-02/vijay-kaavalan-11-06-11.html

Siddique on Vijay’s rough patch

Vijay’s Kaavalan directed by Siddique is a huge success despite all the initial hiccups and the star once again proved that he can romance, create a laugh riot and emote with élan.

In an interview recently, Siddique said that he is very happy with the response Kaavalan has garnered and that he is going to remake it in Telugu too. It is noteworthy that Kaavalan itself is a remake of Siddique’s Malayalam film Bodyguard and it is being remade in Hindi too.

The director says that the biggest challenge about remaking a film in different languages is to make it suit to the mentality of the audience and also work on the different budgets that each industry offers. But he also says that there is scope for making the film better and can rectify the mistakes that have been made previously. Justifying this statement, Siddique says, “People who watched the Malayalam and the Tamil version tell me that the Tamil one is better.” He added that Vijay was going through a rough patch not because of lack of talent but because he did not get good roles to play. 


Source: http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/feb-11-01/kaavalan-vijay-04-02-11.html

Asin under police protection

The ‘Kavalan’ press meet yesterday was on render hooks till the end because of Asin who is still not taking any chances. Instructions were given to the media person not to ask controversial questions to Asin and particularly no questions on her Srilankan visit. Even Vijay evaded questions about the anti-Asin sentiments among many Tamil organizations.

Even the director was not interested to talk about Asin controversy. Siddique said his job is to complete the movie the right way and what happens at the time of release is a later problem.

People who had been at the meet said Asin was under police protection until she stepped into her car after the event. Many senior journalists boycotted the press meet sources said.

‘Kavalan’ is releasing in December and there’s sure to be more action off screen from various quarters then.

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/60163.html