04 Dec 09 After Oscar, Grammy chases Rahman
The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Nominees List has brought cheers to the Indian subcontinent. Madras Maestro, Rahman, is nominated for the global smash hit Jai Ho (From Slumdog Millionaire) in the best song written for Motion Picture, Television or other Visual Media category. Along with Rahman, Gulzar and Tanvi Shah’s names are also featured in the nomination.
With Oscar in his hand already, Grammy would be a piece of cake for Rahman, movie analysts suggest.
05 Oct 09 Road names after Kamal and Rajinikanth
Known for doing his balancing act to perfection, Chief Minister Kalaignar Karunanidhi has announced that Eldams Road and Arcot Road (the hub of Kodambakkam) will be renamed after the tinsel legends Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth respectively.
The request to name Eldams Road as Dr. Kamal Haasan Salai was put forth by actor Sarathkumar at Vijay TV’s felicitation function to celebrate Kamal Haasan’s 50 years in the industry.
Now the news is that Kalaignar is only too happy to honour these living legends with the birthdays of Kamal Haasan falling on November 7 and Rajinikanth on December 12.
Only recently, Kalaignar thrilled their fan clubs with his announcement of the State awards where Rajinikanth was adjudged the best actor award for Sivaji and Kamal for Dasavatharam.
It is learnt that the CM’s announcement about these roads being renamed will occur around Diwali.
Tags: arcot road, eldams road, kamal haasan, rajnikanth
13 Sep 09 Kamal’s action against Pyramid Saimira
Kamal Haasan has issued a press statement making it clear that neither he nor his production house Raj Kamal International has received any stay order for the release of his forthcoming film Unnai Pol Oruvan.
The actor states in the press note that he worked exclusively for Marmayogi for one year and later came to realize that Pyramid Saimira could not fund the project any further. Kamal also points out that he has lost several offers during that time and incurred a loss of income of Rs. 40 crores.
According to the press release: “I have also caused a suit to be filed in the High Court of Madras against Pyramid Saimira. Probably, to counter my legal action against them, they have decided to go to the press on a smear campaign and they have sent me a notice making wild and false allegations. An interim Reply also has been sent to it.”
Kamal also mentioned that he would take legal action against the production house for trying to tarnish his image.
Tags: ayirathil oruvan, court suit, kamal hassan, legal notice, marmayogi, pyramid saimira
06 Sep 09 Mani Ratnam’s plans for Vikram!
Vikram plays an important role in both versions (Tamil and Hindi) of the Mani Ratnam directed Raavan. While there are a host of actors that star along with him in the film, like Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Priyamani, Prithviraj etc., the director has plans to make a trailer concentrating wholly on the title role or rather, the villain.
This first trailer, sources say, will concentrate on Vikram’s character, thus giving him a grand opening in Bollywood. Wonder what the director has in store for this versatile actor.
Tags: aishwarya rai, maniratnam, ravana, vikram
04 Sep 09 Slumdog leads nominations for World Soundtrack Awards
It looks like ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ has not yet ended it’s award winning spree. After eight Academy awards and four Golden Globes, the Mumbai based potboiler is leading the nominations for the 9th World Soundtrack Awards.
Composer A R Rahman who won two Oscars for his work in the Danny Boyle directed film, has collecting three more nods at the World Soundtrack Awards, reported Variety magazine online.
The rag-to-riches drama was nominated in three categories
including ‘Best Original Score of the Year’ in which it will compete with ‘Burn After Reading’ and ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ among others.
The other two for the category are, ‘Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film’.
While it collects the most number of nods for the awards held annually in Ghent, Belgium, Rahman has missed out on the list of ‘Film Composer of the Year’.
Musicians Danny Elfman, Carter Burwell, Alexandre Desplat, Michael Giacchino and Hans Zimmer are vying for the honour.
Winners of 2009 World Soundtrack Awards will be announced at the closing ceremony of this year’s Ghent International Film Festival on October 17.
It will feature performances by composers Alexandre Desplat and Marvin Hamlisch, who are the recipients of the World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award.
Tags: Academy awards, entertainment, Slumdog Millionaire, World Soundtrack Awards
