Aishwarya Rai Expecting!

Yesterday, Big B confirmed that Aishwarya is expecting!:
@SrBachchan : T 410 -NEWS NEWS NEWS !! I AM GOING TO BECOME A GRANDFATHER .. AISHWARYA EXPECTING .. SO HAPPY AND THRILLED !!!
Yes, pretty sure we all are happy! I personally hope its a girl! :D
Well, my best wishes to the couple(Abhi and Ash)! <3333

PLEASE DON'T MAKE JOKES ABOUT THEIR PREGNANCY, ITS JUST VULGAR AND STUPID. JUST BE HAPPY FOR THEM. THANK YOU.

Aishwarya Rai to be honoured by Karnataka CM

Global diva Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will be honoured by the Honourable Chief Minister of Karnataka B.S. Yeddyurappa at the 2nd Vishwa Kannada Sammelana to be held on the 11th of March in Belgaum.

The actress will be at the inaugural of this 3-day celebrations which are being held in Belgaum. Aishwarya will be honoured for her contribution and achievement in the arts and culture segment her in India and in the World over.

The objective of the Vishwa Kannada Sammelan is to showcase the developments achieved by the State in the field of Agriculture, Irrigation, Information Technology, Bio technology, Industry, Arts and Culture etc and will also be honouring the people of Karnataka origin who have made in big outside the State and abroad in any of these fields.

DR. Narayana Murthy (Chief Mentor, Infosys) is among those who will be honoured at the event.

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/64569.html

Ash’s secrets to be revealed

Aishwarya Rai has always remained picture perfect in full public glare and she manages to keep her personal life away from the media. She is, therefore, considered an enigma, and her fans have been eager to know more about her.

Now the opportunity seems to come in the form of an autobiography. Ash has been approached by a leading international publishing house to publish her autobiography for a huge sum.

Ash, it is said, is considering on taking up the offer but has some qualms over revealing some of the dark and interesting secrets that the publishers may want to publish. If she gives her nod, the autobiography may well be on the way soon.

Source: http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/dec-10-04/aishwarya-rai-bachchan-27-12-10.html

Rajni's Enthiran in IMBD's top 50

India's most expensive film Enthiran, starring Superstar Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, has been chosen as one of the best films made in 2010 by IMBD. Enthiran, directed by S. Shankar is at number 39 with 7.4 points (out of 10). Only 6 Indian films managed to enter the top 50 chart this year; Vikramaditya Motwani's Udaan at No. 6, Dibakar Banerjee's LSD- Love, Sex and Dhokha at No. 15,  Anusha Rizvi's Peepli Live at No. 17, Abhishek Chaubey's Ishqiya at No. 23, Sanjay Bhansali's Guzaarish at No. 41 and Vijay Lalwani's Karthik Calling Karthik at No. 47.

Christopher Nolan's psychological thriller Inception topped the chart with 9 points.

Source: http://tamil.galatta.com/entertainment/livewire/id/Rajni_Enthiran_in_IMBD_top_50_45175.html

Hindi Arundhati in 3D!

It is finally confirmed! The Hindi remake rights of the stupendous success Arundhati, which was earlier eyed by many Bollywood producers including Boney Kapoor, has been finally acquired by Gemini Films Circuit for a whopping amount from producer Shyam Prasad Reddy of Mallemala Entertainments.

According to sources, Aishwarya Rai is being considered for the title role in the Hindi version to be made in 3D format! Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone are also in the list, but Aishwarya Rai has more chances, it is said. More details are awaited.

Source:http://tamil.galatta.com/entertainment/livewire/id/Hindi_Arundhati_in_3D_44155.html

Telugu writer too claims he wrote Enthiran!

The makers of superstar Rajinikanth's latest blockbuster Enthiran(Robot) are definitely under fire!

After a Tamil writer Aroor Tamilnadan aka Amudha Tamilnadan filed a complaint with the Chennai Police Commissioner, claiming that the original story of Enthiran was lifted right out of his short story 'Jughiba', veteran Telugu novelist Mynampati Bhaskar came forward with a similar claim, alleging that the movie is a direct lift from his novel 'Budhi Jeevi', published in 1984.

The Telugu author, who claimed that the makers have copied even the jokes and dialogues from his novel, has already sent a legal notice to producer Kalanidhi Maran of Sun Pictures, director Shankar and hero Rajinikanth. The latest buzz is that Mynampati is demanding a 'mere' Rs. 50 lakhs as compensation for his story (Tamilnadan is demanding double the amount -- one crore). However, industry critics state that these claims are for the sake of money and free publicity.

Source: http://telugu.galatta.com/entertainment/telugu/livewire/id/Telugu_writer_claims_Enthiran_rights_43872.html

Catch Aishwarya’s ‘Action’ this Diwali

No, we are not speaking about the action which you are thinking…. We meant to say about Aishwarya Rai’s Bollywood Diwali release ‘Action Replayy’ starring Akshay Kumar.

Directed by Vipul Shah, the film is a romantic comedy involving a time machine which takes the story back and forth, from present time to 1965.

In the movie, Aishwarya and Akshay are quarrelsome couple. Their son finds no peace with them and in turn also gets scared at the very though of his own marriage. As a result, he thinks of a plan to make his parents into loving husband and wife, by using a time machine. How he does it? Is he successful in his plan? – forms the crux of the story.

And people as a matter of fact, ‘Action Replayy’ releases this Friday on 5th Nov. But we IndiaGlitz have got the film’s review exclusively – being the first ones to put it on net world.

Take a sneak-peek of the film by going through the review here.

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/61326.html

Raktha Charitra,Uthamaputhiran,and Action Replyy Micro music reviews!

I totally got inspired from Louella to do these micro/mini reviews :D In this post Im going to write small music reviews of Raktha Charitra(Telugu),Uthamaputhiran(Tamil), and Action Replayy(Hindi).

1. Raktha Charitra

Music is by Dharam-Sandeep,Sukwinder Singh-Bapi-Tuttal,Imran Vikram,Vijay Kurakula. Wow! The lyrics of each song are very powerful! They talk about violence in almost every single song! You don't have to violent to like the songs, like the Raktha Charitra people said to me on twitter. :) They sound more like revenge type songs/music. My favs/picks are Gundello and Dorkithe Chastavu. The lyrics really enrage you, again very powerful.

(Click Play to play the songs)

Please Do vist the offical website: http://www.rgvraktacharitra.com/home.html

2.Uthamaputhiran

Vijay Antony proves his talent AGAIN! :D Awesomely insane songs he has come up with! :D Great beats and everything! The songs of Uthamaputhiran seem better than Ready, but then again I shouldn't say that since they are different languages. DSP did a good job for the Telugu audience, while Vijay Antony did a good job for the Tamil audience. My favs/picks are Ussume Laresay and Idicha Pacharsi,two very awesome songs! They are like dance party numbers. But Oh my gosh! Ussume Laresay is soo addicting! Idicha Pacharsi sounds like a marriage type song. :)

3.Action Replayy

Okay, now I know Action Replayy isn't a South Indian movie, except the fact that Ash is South Indian.:D Listened to it for Ash and because I seemed to be out of the world of Bollywood. :) Anyways, I hope y'all know that Action Replayy sort of takes place in the 1970s :) So most of the tunes give you a feel of the 1970s :) But Awesome songs! Hats off to Pritam! He has come up with very "Groovy" tunes! :D My Faves/Picks are Zor Ka Jathka and I Am Dog Gone Crazy, even the remixes are great! :D Im actually looking forward to watch the movie :D

Couldn't find the songs to embed :( BUT click here to listen to them! :D Action Replayy Songs

Rajini and Robot rattle Shahrukh Khan

The message is on the wall. Rajinikanth’s ‘Endhiran’ and ‘Robot’ have changed the dynamics in Bollywood. Shahruk Khan who feels for the missed opportunity to have done ‘Robot’ in place of Rajinikanth is holding closed door meetings to make his upcoming film ‘Ra.One’, a step above ‘Endhiran-The Robot’.

SRK has realized that the audience would be expecting from him some thing more than ‘Robot’ now. So he is burning some midnight oil to contemplate the differences he had to make with his film.

‘Ra.One’ is also a sci-fi super hero film. Lately, sources say, Shahruk Khan had called his creative team including the director Anubhav Sinha and sound engineer Resul Pookutty to his house and discussed the changes that need to be made so that ‘Ra.One’ comes very close to ‘Endhiran - The Robot’ in size and stature.

According to sources, the new film of SRK will now be a gaming movie while retaining the emotional quotients and the drama. They further say that the movie is being designed in such a way that the audience will be able to participate in the film and play the ‘Ra.One’ game at the climax. This kind of participatory film is a first of its kind, we guess.

All said and done what ever happens in the name of competitions it is all good for Indian cinema. If Indian cinema grows the ultimate beneficiaries are the audience. So we welcome this healthy competition. All the best SRK!

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/60650.html

Amitabh and Aamir awe struck by ‘Endhiran’

Whenever he does a big film in Tamil, the super star Rajinikanth screens special shows of the film to his friends in Bollywood. It last happened for ‘Sivaji’ and now the ‘Endhiran’s Hindi version ‘Robot’ is captivating the who’s who of Bollywood.

The super star was in Mumbai and he showed ‘Endhiran - the Robot’ to his friend, guide and philosopher Amitabh Bachchan and his other friends in Bollywood like Aamir Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Tabu, Urmila Matondkar, Shriya Saran, Hema Malini, Vrinda Rai, S. Shankar, Kiran Rao, Karan Johar, Sunny Deol, Yash Chopra and many other celebrities.

After watching the movie all the stars including the Big B was nothing but awe struck came back speech less.

Amitabh has said “I went to see the event of the season - ROBOT! Rajini had called yesterday from Chennai, was holding a show in Mumbai and as was his tradition wanted me to come over to see it along with other friends. And so we went and so we remained awe struck on what transpired and so we came back speechless on the experience. Aishwarya looked smashing and danced like she had never danced before. Rajini … what can one say for this man. He is just unbelievable. The film is a roller coaster ride of fun and ecstasy and events of mammoth proportions.
Amitabh further said “An incredible experience it was. Rajini was incredible, Aishwarya was colorful and danced like a dream and content and delivery was simply extraordinary.”

The man perfect Aamir Khan said after the movie that he wanted to ‘eat his brain’ - Shankars that is - to know how Shankar managed the awesome film.

So the first real Indian International film has arrived.

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/60539.html

Endhiran : The Robot; 2nd Slot In USA

For the first time in the history of US Box Office, a non english film Endhiran, which stars rajinikanth, who enjoys a demi-god status among 100 million tamil people, has got the 2nd place(No.2 film) in the entire USA on 30th Septemeber.

According to a hollywood media, which reported this news couple of days ago, this feat was achieved by Endhiran(The Tamil version) on the Thursday the 30th Septemeber 2010 and as per the trend Endhiran will hit the No.1 spot at the US box office on Friday.

As per Rentrak, the audience measurement company in USA, it turned out to be the No.2 film in the entire USA on 30th Septemeber with the Hollywood flick “ Social Network” taking in the No.1 position.

In USA there is a trend of premiering a movie one day ahead of the actual release of the fim and it is called "Paid Previews". Endhiran achieved this feat only in Paid Previews. We have to wait couple of days before the actual position of "Endhiran" in US Box office to come out.

Though no major hollywood flick of any major hollywood stars released this friday, for a indian/tamil film it is an Unrivaled and Unparalleled feat says the critics.

It seems there is no boundary for Rajini magic and it works every where despite the language barriers.

Rajini is a phenomenon, No denying that!!!

Source: http://accesskollywood.com/kollywood-news/3967-endhiran--the-robot-2nd-slot-in-usa-

Say NO!

SAY NO TO PIRACY!!!! ITS RAJINIKANTH !!!!!

Please read this! : http://www.endhiran.org/endhiran-anti-piracy-group-says-do-not-endhiran-movie-online-and-save-the-industry/

Now this is Awesome!

HAHAAHA Thats meee!!!! LOL! :D Just, so you know I do not think Im Ash, just made it for fun! :D :P You can make yours here : http://apps.facebook.com/igavatar/

There are Rajini ones for guys. But, make sure you have a Facebook account!

Endhiran Movie Review!!!- Watch it or you will regret your life! :D just kidding, no but seriously watch it.

The Title explains it ALL, but I wanted to review the AWESOME movie after watching it, so here it is :D.

Story(Only some)- Vaseegaran(RAJINIKANTH) builds a robot named Chitti(RAJINIKANTH), he has worked hard on it for 10 years. It knows EVERYTHING in this world, EXCEPT emotions. But, when it has to be taught emotions, under circumstances, Chitti himself changes. Thats it! Now Watch the movie ! GO!!


Okay, firstly the credit goes to Director Shankar, for making such a mesmerizing , memorable movie. :) This will be THE movie, and is the movie that will and has changed Indian standards. I really hope that people will, follow in Shankars foot steps, yet have there own zest. :) He is and, has always been ahead of our time frame, A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! Its very cool to know that he had this idea TEN years ago(hint-hint). And then Its The ENTIRE CREW, I really don't know each and every person though, but with out them this movie is sort of nothing!


Rajinikanth- (SUPERSTAR) The name says it ALL! :D Man, this dude was insanely breath-taking. Its stunning to watch, how fast and right he changes his body language from a Scientist to a Robot. Man!, even though he is 60, he can STILL dance!!! Awesome in Arima Arima ,Irumbile Oru Idhayam and of course the Chitti dance showcase. The way he says the dialogues, is incredible! especially the robot ones :D It was AWESOME to see A MILLION Rajinikanths at once! A very different experience :D ) He was great as Vaseegaran and Chitti :) There is something different about, he has charisma that doesn't change no matter what his age is.I must say again, he is the Superstar of Cinema AND Mankind. :


Aishwarya Rai(Sana)- Finally we see Rajinikanth and Ash together, for the first time! After, soo many date problems! Phew! Good acting done by her part too. :) They both make a great jodi(pair) :). Yes, they do, even if Rajini is 60, and she is 36 :) In the beginning of the movie, she looked old for some reason.? But, then she looked gorgeous! :D I liked how they didn't make her over expose :), she was just right and pretty. Dang!, she has awesome dancing skills!!! In Chitti dance showcase, and Irumbile Oru Idhyam she rocked ! Especailly in Irumbile Oru Idhyam, she did awesome Robotic dance movies :D. AND, yes she has a very IMPORTANT role in the story, she is not just there to run around trees and expose. :P no kidding. Her costumes were exquisite, sooo pretty :D. She made them prettier :D


Genre- Sci-Fi Fiction


Music: It was obviously by A.R Rahman! :D Click here for my music review : http://scooponthesouth.blogspot.com/2010/07/endhiran-music-review.html
Lets, talk about the picturization of the songs:


Pudhiya Manidha- They show the building of the robot, Chitti, and teaching, or should I say programing a bunch of things into him.







Kadhal Annukal- Was shot in a sandy place. Sorry, don't know the exact location.I think sand got into Ash's eyes, cause her eyes were red during the song. Its very scientificy :D





Boom Boom Robo Da- Just how Ash and Rajini spend time with Chitti. :) Its so sweet :D, its when you, as an audience, start to develop feelings for Chitti. :)








Chitti Dance Showcase- Its when you see Rajini and Ash doing AMAZING , and MIND BLOWING dance movies, thanks to the choreographers :)





Killimanjaro-Its a very tribal song, so tribally costumes and tribally dance moves, but good and fast ones. It was shot in a Tribal environment, at Machu Picchu in Peru.





Irumbile Oru Idhyam- The song when Chitti develops feeling for Ash. Also, my second favorite song. :) The dance moves , were like WOAH! Very robotic, so they were cooooollllll.! Great job done by Ash and Rajini. The background was very techno. :D








Arima Arima- This is my most favorite song! :D Song where "Chitti" and Ash appear, in a kingdom like setting,which is again very techno. This is the song where you see more than 100 Rajini's at once! :D cooolllll right? :D












The BGM of Arima Arima, is what I really want right now, it was playing I think in the last 30 minutes. Its also in the official trailer, towards the end. I liked how it was dramatic :) :) The BGM was as great as the songs, it was smooth and didn't interfere with the dialogues, or scenes, it was perfect :)


My Experience: My face was like this the whole time: :O ! No kidding! The last 1hr-30 minutes was MIND BLOWING!! WOW!!!! Shankar makes me very proud! I was so happy to see Ash back in a straight Tamil film. :) Though Raavanan was sort of a straight Tamil film, it didn't seem like it. Loved Rajini in the film and Always will love him :D The only reason that I learned Tamil is to watch his movies :D( but I watch others too). I have been on Endhiran Hangover ever since I have seen the movie. :D Shankar has taken Indian Cinema to higher standards, and I am proud our Superstar was part of it :D I'm not gonna spoil the review by saying my fav scenes :) I will post them in maybe two months :) Now, I think Bollywood Officially sucks DOT May I say again? RAJINIKANTH ROCKS!!!!!! :D :D !!!!!!


Dub: Also, was dubbed into Hindi as Robot and Telugu as Robo.






Piracy: Please Do not do Piracy, I mean its Thalaiva guys! Its RAJINIKANTH! Cut him some slack ok? At least stop it for him! He is an amazing and a great person, so don't hurt him by doing Piracy!! PLEASE! JUST STOP IT!


Bottom Line(s)- Do not give a Robot feelings. Watch it or you will regret!


NOW GO WATCH IT! THE TAMIL AND HINDI VERSIONS HAVE SUBTITLES SO YOUR GOOD! :)

‘Endhiran’ attracts LOST Creator to India

Now this is the power of Shankar AND Rajinikanth!!!! :D makes me proud! :D :

The 'Endhiran' enthusiasm is visibly taking over USA. And that’s more than the crazy record breaking advance booking the film saw a few days ago. It’s more than that.

Damon Lindelof, the popular co-creator and executive producer for the television series 'Lost', is coming to India. And for what you know?

The famous writer has tweeted "Hello. I am on a plane to India. Why, you ask? Oh... it MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS!!!!," giving a link to the trailer of 'Endhiran' on the web.

While Lindelof has said his visit to India may have some thing to do with ‘Endhiran’, some sources say he may also double up the visit for discussing a huge budget film directed by Shankar and produced by Sun Pictures.

After unveiling ‘Endhiran’ it was everybody’s view that Sun Pictures is capable doing a Hollywood film by itself. Whatever it may be so. Hollywood and Damon Lindelof just could not resist ‘Endhiran’. Another first for Super Star.

Trailer:

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/60349.html

‘Endhiran’ changes rules in Sandalwood

The super star film ‘Endhiran’ has put Kannada film industry in affix over the number of theaters to be allotted for the mega film.

While all the nitty-gritty in the release of ‘Endhiran’ is being finalised to perfection around the world, the Karnataka film industry is yet undecided on a few things. The Karnataka rights for ‘Endhiran’ have been sold to three distributors at a collective price of Rs. 8.50 crores which is the total business made by an original Kannada block buster film.

Considering the huge cost and the anticipation of the masses over the film the three distributors of ‘Endhiran’ have requested the Karnataka Film Chamber to allow screening ‘Endhiran’ in more than 24 screens in all languages.

Karnataka Film Chamber had earlier passed a dictate restricting a film not to be allowed in more than 24 screens at a time. When ‘Raavanan’ was released earlier the same issue was discussed. The producers of ‘Raavanan’ argued it is a three language film and so each language should be allotted 24 screens each.

The ‘Endhiran’ distributors are demanding more than 60 screens for Tamil and Telugu versions. Meanwhile the Hindi version ‘Robot’ may also land up in the hands of the same people with an additional payment of Rs. 1.5 crores.

Rajinikanth’s earlier super hit ‘Sivaji’ was sold for Rs.2.5 crores to HD Gangaraju former KFCC President for Karnataka. When compared the price for ‘Endhiran’ is almost four times of ‘Sivaji’. So the distributors are in talks with theatre owners to increase the ticket rate across the state.

By initial estimates a Rs.75 ticket in Bangalore may go up to Rs.200 it is reliably learnt. The highest Gold Class in PVR Multiplex that costs Rs.500 in normal cases would go up to Rs.3000 according to sources.

Tell us where in the world ‘Endhiran’ has not created the ripples before the release.

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/60348.html

‘Endhiran’ USA show timings

CHECK OUT THE SHOWTIMES HERE!!! :D :D :D

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/60342.html

‘Endhiran’ mania grips. Chennai shows

The advance booking for ‘Endhiran’ opened at 9am this morning. But the fans were ready as early as 3am queuing up in front of the theatres.

The avant-garde obsession of Rajini fans for ‘Endhiran’ was on display today at the Udhayam Theatre in Ashok Nagar, Chennai today. The crowd was swelling right from the wee hours. People from all types and walks stood firm to get their tickets on that first day.

Hot sun did not deter, the sweating crowd did not dissuade. The long wait was seen as a self-test to their resilience power.

When the gates opened at 9am there were celebrations already. Leaving all known inhibitions behind Rajini fans ran, jumped, rolled over and tried all acrobatic acts to reach the box office first. They all had only one thing in mind – to watch ‘Endhiran’ first day first show.

One Rajini fan exclaimed “Diwali is for others, for us only Robowali this year”. One woman who had come with her son after packing her husband to office said she had been at the venue from 8am so that she could watch Rajini on the first day.

When the counter opened whistles and hoots rent the air marking bigger things to come on October 1. It’s time the Guinness Awards must look for a living actor in the world who has more manic fan following than the super star Rajinikanth.

Here is one thing to sum up what Rajini is to his fans. One young fan who got married only this year says for him “thala diwali is not the first diwali after his marriage but it is the first release of a Rajini film after his marriage”. Can anybody beat it?

See all that in the IG video.

Source:http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/60340.html

Endhiran Images!

Source: http://www.images.behindwoods.com/photo-galleries-q1-09/tamil-photo-gallery/endhiran-11/endhiran-01.html

‘Endhiran’ on Oct. 1 – It’s official

The wait is over. It is officially announced today that the biggest Indian movie of the year ‘Endhiran’ will hit the theatres world wide on October 1. ‘Endhiran- The Robot’ is releasing in India, USA, UK, Europe, Malaysia, Singapore& Australia on October 1 in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi languages.

The magnum opus has been the talk of the town for many weeks and will remain for many weeks to come. The music of ‘Endhiran’ has already captured the imagination of the film buffs all over and it’s top position on iTunes came as a pinnacle.

The stars of 2010 are going to be Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai. The director of the year is going to be Shankar. The banner of the year is going to be Sun Pictures.

With over 2000 prints around the world and over 600 shows per day around Chennai theatres alone things can't get better than this.

Fasten your seat belts and get ready for the experience.

Source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/60165.html