Trisha cautions fans

Trisha is very happy to be a part of Mankatha as she is a huge Ajith fan and loves working with him. She can't stop raving about how brilliant he is and his many talents.

Ajith's heroine had a word of caution for the fans though. She has requested them to watch the film with a completely open mind. Usually fans expect certain things in their favorite hero's films and feel cheated if those elements have been left out. Trisha said that this is hard on the stars. The fans should just enjoy the ride and prepare to be surprised but in a pleasant way.

Trisha is pleased that the audio sales have gone through the roof and she said that it is not surprising because the Yuvan - Venkat Prabhu combo is a good one and the cousins always do brilliant work together.

Source: http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/aug-11-03/trisha-ajith-16-08-11.html

Trisha does it for Ajith

Trisha is notoriously famous for her poor Tamil, which has resulted in dubbing artistes being used for all but a couple of her films. However, for Ajith's golden jubilee film, Mankatha, Trisha will dub for herself. Apparently, director Venkat Prabhu and Ajith felt it would be better that way and together they convinced her.

Venkat Prabhu said that Trisha has an important role in the film. He said that the actress shares great chemistry with Ajith and their scenes together in the film are sizzling. Her voice would suit the character perfectly and so he asked her to do the dubbing and Trisha obliged. So audiences can start preparing to hear her particular brand of Tamil mixed with English dialect.

Source: http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/aug-11-02/trisha-ajith-09-08-11.html

Trisha debuts as Prithvi's heroine

South Indian star Trisha, who has thousands of fans in the state will finally debut into Malayalam. She is reported to have agreed to the director Deepan's new film with Prithviraj as her debut vehicle in Mollywood. Titled as 'Hero', the movie will also have many more highlights, the prominent one being Tamil actor Sreekanth coming up as the antihero. Few will remember that it was the other way, in 'Kanakanden', through which Prithviraj debuted into Tamil. The movie had Sreekanth as the hero while Prithvi was playing the antihero role.

'Hero' will be scripted by Vinod Guruvayoor, while Bharani K Dharan will crank the camera. Gopi sundar is the music director to lyrics set by Shibu Chakarvarthy and Anil Panachooran.

'Hero' will also feature Thalaivasal Vijay, Nedumudi Venu, Arun, Anil Murali, Guines Pakru and Kottayam Nazeer in other important roles. Watch out this space for the latest updates of the movie

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/69407.html

Mankatha is done!

Mankatha has been completed! The entire unit flew to Bangkok to shoot the last song and it is all done and they are back in Chennai. Director Venkat Prabhu is relieved. He apologized to the fans for the delay and said that it was a mammoth task to coordinate the dates of the ensemble cast that included Ajith, Arjun, Trisha, Lakshmi Rai, Andrea, Premji, and Vaibhav.

Yuvan Shankar Raja is working like a fiend to complete the songs since the director has promised the audio launch will be held this month so that the film can have an August release. Dubbing, editing, and other post production work is going on at full swing. Producer Dhayanidhi Alagiri said he is proud of Mankatha and everything from the music to the performances is exceptionally good.

Source: http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/jul-11-02/ajith-trisha-11-07-11.html

Trisha in demand

Trisha is broadening her horizons considerably these days. Having reached the top in the Tamil and Telugu film industries and made her Bollywood debut opposite Akshay Kumar, she is all set to do a Kannada film with Dharshan. But that is not all, the Bhojpuri film industry is wooing her big time, hoping to get her to sign on the dotted line for a few of their films.

South Indian heroines are no strangers to this industry as stars like Nagma and Rambha have rocked in a few Bhojpuri films. Trisha was flattered we hear, but not too keen to commit, as she is very busy with other projects. She wants to strengthen her position in the South, and then conquer Bollywood as well.

Source: http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/jun-11-03/trisha-akshay-kumar-20-06-11.html

'Bodyguard' cans action scenes

t is well aware that Victory Venkatesh is playing the lead role in yet another remake film. A successful Malayalam film 'Bodyguard' is being remade in Telugu with the same title and Gopichand Malineni who had directed 'Don Seenu' is directing this film.

Presently, some action scenes are being choreographed under the direction of Ganesh and the shooting is in progress at Ramanaidu's Studio at Nanakramguda of Hyderabad.

Trisha and Saloni are playing the female leads. Bellamkonda Suresh is producing the film on the banner of Sri Sai Ganesh Productions.

Thaman is scoring music for Venkatesh’s film for the first time.

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/67611.html

Trisha's new friend and costar

Trisha is a great animal lover and is an activist for PETA. The actress will be doing a commercial for PETA to raise awareness about homeless animals and to persuade people to be kind and compassionate to them. Her co-star for this ad is a stray dog named Bambi. The stray had a rough time on the streets before being rescued by a kindly passerby.

Being someone who practices what she preaches, Trisha has done more than her fair share for homeless animals. Time and again she has rescued wounded birds, dogs, and even squirrels and taken them home with her. Recently, while in Hyderabad, she rescued a stray pup called Cadbury who was wounded and shivering in the rain. Trisha says Cadbury is practically family now.

Source: http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/jun-11-01/trisha-peta-05-06-11.html

Trisha to watch match in Mumbai

The World Cup fever has gripped tinsel town celebrities. And Trisha, an ardent fan of cricket, will watch the final match between India and Sri Lanka in Mumbai, the place where it is going to be held, itself.

Hold on! She will not go to the seaside Wankhede Stadium located off Mumbai’s famous Marine drive. But will catch the whole excitement on television from her hotel room, along with friends.

“I am in Mumbai shooting for Ajith’s Mankatha. Director Venkat Prabhu has given us a day off thanks to the India-Sri Lanka final and I will watch the whole match with my friends from my hotel room,” says Trisha.

Not just Trisha, but many other stars too are set to spend their day in front of the television screen today. And it is natural in a country where cricket and cinema are the deciding factors of many a thing.

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/65476.html

Trisha pairs with Venky again

A few pairs are certainly hit combinations in our films.For instance Nagarjuna and Tabu, Chiranjeevi and Vijayashanti, Venkatesh and Soundarya et al.

Offlate Trisha and Venkatesh seem to be such a pair.After their movie 'Adavari Matalaku..' and 'Namo Venkatesha..' turned out to be decent hits, the pair is back again to redo the box office magic. We hear Trisha has been signed in for the remake of 'Bodyguard' to be done with Venkatesh. Apart from this film, Trisha is also pairing with Pawan Kalyan in Theenmaar which is also slated to release this Summer.

Despite tough competition from Nayanatara, Priyamani and Anushka Shetty for this role, Trisha managed to bag it. This movie will be directed by Malineni Gopichand and produced by Bellamkonda Suresh.

Malayalam hit Bodyguard was remade into Tamil as Kaavalan. Kareena Kapoor and Salman Khan are doing the Hindi version of it too.

This film will go on floors from this Ugadi and the Muhurtham shot will be picturised at Ramanaidu studios.

With Trisha and Venky coming together again, seems like another hit is in the waiting.

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/64954.html

Mankatha songs ready!

Actor Ajith's Mankatha which has been awaited with lot of expectations seems to be hitting the right note every passing day. Music director Yuvan Shankar Raja is said to have given nine completed tracks to director Venkat Prabhu. The director is extremely happy with Yuvan's work and is excited about it more than ever. Among the nine songs, six of them have been composed and three of them have already been recorded.

The director said that there will be an exclusive promo song, a Mankatha theme music and also one club mix. An elated Venkat Prabhu has gone on to tweet that Yuvan rocks and we cannot help but agree, given his latest hit numbers. This news has surely upped the expectation quotient of Mankatha starring Ajith, Trisha, Anjali, Lakshmi Rai, Premgi Amaran and Vaibav. We cant wait for the songs to be out! 

Source: http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/mar-11-02/mankatha-ajith-14-03-11.html

‘Mankatha’: Last schedule in Mumbai

With little more than two months left for ‘Mankatha’ to hit the screens, the cast and crew of ‘Thala’ Ajith’s 50th film are extremely busy with the project. “The team led by Venkat Prabhu is working overtime to get things right,” sources say.

“The shooting is almost over but for the last schedule which is planned in Mumbai. It will start in the last week of this month. Important scenes on Ajith and Trisha will be shot there,” they maintain.

Confirming this, Trisha, who will join the ‘Mankatha’ team in Mumbai on February 26, says, “I already had a blast working with Ajith, Venkat and others. Eagerly looking forward for the Mumbai schedule.”

Claiming that he film will be a complete entertainer, the actress adds: “It is going to be a rollicking movie and a treat to the audience.” Buzz is that ‘Mankatha’ is about gambling that takes place during cricket matches.

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/63784.html

Pawan's 'LAK' remake titled 'Theenmaar'

Pawan Kalyan and Trisha starrer film is officially titled 'Theenmaar'.This film whose shooting is making brisk progress is being directed by Jayant Paranji and is a remake of Hindi blockbuster 'Love Aaj Kal'.

Though a lot of rumours did the rounds that 'Lovely' is the title given to it, the film unit decided to go with 'Theenmaar' and the tagline is 'Celebration of love'.

Currently the film is shooting in Mysore for the final schedule and will complete shoot by mid February and head to post-production work.'Theenmaar' will release at the end of March.

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/63651.html

Pawan-Trisha film release in March

Pawan Kalyan and Trisha starrer Jayant Paranji film is under shooting for the past four months.Pawan and the movie crew even travelled to South Africa for the shoot in November last year. Currently, the shooting is on at Mysore with Pawan and Trisha combination shots.

Sources say the film will release in the last week of March. The shooting wil be complete in the next two weeks and then it will proceede with the post-production work.This remake of Hindi blockbuster 'Love Aaj Kal' is tentatively titled as 'Lovely' though there is no official confirmation on the same.

Kriti Karbanda of 'Boni' fame is playing another important charecter and Ganesh Babu is producing the film on Parameshwari Arts Banner.This is the first time Trisha is playing a lengthy lead role with Pawan Kalyan.

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/63624.html

What’s missing in Mankatha?

It is a trend in Kollywood for mass heroes to have a song that speaks highly of their stature or achievements. Ajith has been following this trend since his film Dheena, which released in 2001, with the song Thalapola Varuma.

After a decade of including such songs in his films, the star has requested Venkat Prabhu, the director of Mankatha, not to go in for such a song in the film, say sources.

The talk in Kollywood is that - will Venkat take note of Ajith’s request and do away with it or include such a song for commercial viability.

Source: http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/feb-11-01/mankatha-venkat-prabhu-02-02-11.html

‘Mankatha’ Updates

Here are the latest happenings from ‘Mankatha’ front. Venkat Prabhu has finished picturising three songs for the film. Ajith Intro Song that was shot in Bangkok, A kuthu song involving Ajith with Premji, Vaibhav and others shot in Chennai and a duet featuring Ajith and Trisha, also shot in Chennai. With this major development ‘Mankatha’ has completed 50 percent of its talkie portions.

And an important action scene was also completed. The highlight of this stunt sequence is that Ajith performed the actions with a Body Mount Camera weighing around 30kg mounted on his body to capture the close actions when he runs, walks and turns.

It’s a known fact that Ajith had lot of surgeries on his body and the actor avoids taking risks while shooting. But when Venkat Prabhu came up with this unique idea, Thala readily agreed. Mankatha‘s Chennai portions will get over by Monday and then the unit will move to Mumbai for the rest of the portions.

The thriller starring Ajith, Arjun, Trisha, Anjali, Lakshmi Rai,Premji, Vaibhav, Makath, Jayaprakash and Subbu Panju is about gambling mafia at work during IPL cricket season.

Keep watching this space for more updates on ‘Mankatha’.

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/63457.html

Mankatha New Images

Here are new images from Mankatha!

Source: http://cinema.vikatan.com/index.php?view=category&catid=67&option=com_joomgallery&Itemid=65

Trisha to be Udhayanidhi's heroine

Leading producer and marketing wizard Udhayanidhi Stalin is turning hero in 2011 with a film titled Nanbenada.
The film will be directed by Rajesh the most promising director of the year.

The Kollywood grapevine is abuzz that Rajesh has talked to leading lady Trisha who is likely to sign up the film. Earlier there was rumours that Udhayanidhi had signed Sruthi Haasan who is the heroine of his Suriya film 7am Arivu, which is produced by him.  

Remember in Rajesh's film whether it is Siva Manasulla Sakthi or Boss Engira Baskaran, the heroine is the pivot around which the film revolves. Nayanthara in an interview has said that "Chandrika of Boss Engira Baskaran is one of the best written roles I have ever done". 

A leading newspaper in an article on Kollywood style of 2010 wrote: "Nayanthara won over the demure lady audiences with her simple salwar's in BEB."
 
Rajesh has said that in Nanbenada, the heroine like in all his films will play an important role. Among the leading ladies Trisha fits the bill, especially after her superb performance in Manmadhan Ambu.


Source: http://www.sify.com/movies/trisha-to-be-udhayanidhi-s-heroine-news-tamil-km4ncBcgfgf.html

'Neelavaanam': The reverse effect

What is special about Mani Ratnam's 'Kadhal Sadugudu' song from Alaipaiyuthey? Well, he has used the reverse technique in this song which looks brilliant on screen.


 Likewise, in Kamal Haasan's Manmadhan Ambu, director K.S. Ravikumar has used the reverse technique in the breezy 'Neelavaanam' number. 


The song actually narrates Kamal's flashback, i.e. from his marriage to accident. But here, the director has narrated the story from the accident to marriage! Doesn't that sound interesting?


Source: http://telugu.galatta.com/entertainment/telugu/livewire/id/Neelavaanam_The_reverse_effect_45558.html

'Manmadhan Ambu' makes it big

Kamal Haasan's movies kindle the cine-goer's interest no end. They always arrive with a promise of a novel cinematic experience for the audience who are used to having hackneyed stuff shoved down their throats.

'Manmadhan Ambu' is no exception. Produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin and directed by K S Ravikumar, the film has surpassed all the expectations and is declared a blockbuster within just two days of its release.

"In fact it arouses even more interest what with the ace actor penning the story, script, and dialogues for the movie besides essaying a lead role. And it must be said for him that he does not disappoint," says R Balasubramanaiam, who works with a leading software company.

K S Gunasekar, another techie says, "The film turns out to be a marriage of pure craft and commercialism as Kamal's story and screenplay get attractively packaged by its director K S Ravikumar Unlike their previous outings together ('Avvai Shamnugi, Panchathanthiram, Thenali' and 'Dasavatharam'), 'Manmadhan Ambu' refuses to get slotted under one single genre coming as it does with good doses of romance, comedy, action and sentiments."

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/62584.html

Manmadhan Ambu Review- Just the right amount of everything

I watched Manmadhan Ambu today, well technically yesterday at 9:30 pm. I was lucky that it was playing in Telugu with the same timing so my parents went to that, while I went to the Tamil one. I picked the Tamil one because obviously, its the original one. Manmadhan Ambu stars Kamal Hassan,Trisha,Madhavan,and Sangeetha in the lead roles. Kamal Hassan has also take up the roles of a writer and a lyricist(5 songs) in this film. With K.S Ravikumar directing it and Devi Sri Prasad handles the music. Last but not least Udhayanidhi Stalin produces the film. Lets see how one of the most hyped Tamil film of the year turned out:


Ambujakshi aka Nisha (Trisha), is an actress and her fiance is an industrialist Madanagopal(Madhavan).He becomes a "Sandeha Prani" , he starts suspecting Ambu because of her career, and that creates a fight between the two,and their wedding stops. 3 years later,Ambu is on a European cruise/holiday with her child hood best friend(Sangeetha),who is a divorcee and has two kids. Meanwhile Madan sends an ex army man Major Rana Mannar(Kamal Hassan), to spy on Ambu to see if she is having an affair of some sort. The rest of the movie is what happens on the holiday and if Ambu and Madhan get back together or not.


Its a breeze for Kamal Hassan, too easy. Madhavan is drunk most of the time(lol), which he did very well in a whole. He looked incredibly young,  though he is 40. He has negative shades to his character.This might be one of Trisha's best films. She scores huge on performance,  matching Kamal Hassan in every scene,with her emotions and dialogue delivery. This is the second time she has dubbed for herself after Aayutha Ezhuthu, it was also nice to hear her voice. She pronounced the Tamil Kavathai words perfectly( thanks to Kamal Hassan), but kudos to her for getting it right! Sangeetha was perfect for her role,one of her best roles too,even though it was a supporting,it was a essential one. Ramesh Arvind, though a small role, you develop a ton of sympathy for his character, same with Urvashi. Caroline was gorgeous,however she had an extremely short role with no dialogue. Kunjan and Manju Pillai were hilarious as Kurup and Manju Kurup! K.S Ravikumar and Devi Sri Prasad had guest appearances. But the one to talk about is Surya's cameo,it was short and sweet ,but left you wanting more, cause it was just too cute. In all a outstanding performance by the whole cast!


My thoughts on the Cast: Trisha was awesome in the acting department but, looks wise she looked dried out. She didn't have that glow she normally has. She looked best in the end,and the beginning. But she still rocked! :) About Surya, I felt that without him the story wouldn't have really started. Im sure that Kamal, could have written the story in a different way, but for this Surya was needed. Because thats what starts the fight between Ambu and Madhan,without Surya there isn't a fight.

Music: First off, Neela Vaanam was just beautiful, everything about it. Before it was a wonderful song, but the picturization just adds to it now. The song has to be watched to understand the charisma of it. Kamal Hassan was definitely the right to choice to sing the song he added life to such a sweet song.  DSP has come out with some classy and decent tunes, which everyone can enjoy.He has done good BGM too. Lyrics are touching and understandable. 





Technical side: The live recording is awesome, its different to hear their actual voices. A very cool experience for the audience as well. The cinematography done by Manush Nandan is a huge asset to the film because it adds emotion,and the film feels breezy and fun. 

Pros:

• Comedy
• Cast
• Soundtrack/Music
• BGM( Background Music)
• Performances 
• Story/Direction
• Lyrics
• Includes Everything 
• Realistic film( except the action sequence in the beginning)
• The song Neela Vaanam as a whole
• Surya's Cameo

Cons:

• Confusing Climax( was hard to understand it cause, it was tongue twisty) 
• Confusing Ending 
• Hard to understand Madhavan and Sangeetha while they were drunk( lol ) 

My thoughts: I felt this movie to be a breezy flick, that can be watched a bunch of times. I really don't think you can get bored with a film like this. Every scene is a surprise and a pleasure to watch. I enjoyed every bit of the movie, loved it :) I also felt that the movie got comical as it neared to the end, because of all that hilarious planning for Ambu and Madhan. Definitely one of my most fav Tamil movies :) Im going to buy the DVD as soon as it comes out, maybe I'll go for Blu-Ray if they get one out. :) 

Trailer: 

The End: The movie zooms in on the traits of honesty and belief, we see that through out the movie.This is a movie for everyone to watch, its a clean family flick with no vulgarity, and its also not a typical K.S Ravikumar film either. Its something different, yet includes everything like comedy,romance,action,emotion,sentiment, etc. Its a all in one deal for the entire family to watch.


Rating: 4/5 ****/*****