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.

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27 Jul 09 Sabu Cyril in Rajini’s Endhiran

The renowned art director Sabu Cyril whose association with Superstar’s Endhiran will be his 100th film in this field. The climax scene set which he created is dreaming lot of public visiting. The set expenditure will raise many eyebrows that is estimated around Rs. 5 crores. One would have never put up a set in Tamil film with a huge amount like this. Sabu Cyril at the moment has hectic time schedule with 3 Bollywood films along with Endhiran. The art director feels he is able to innovate more things and incorporate any changes with freedom in Bollywood as fund allocation is not a problem there. When Director Shankar approached him about his new film he was very pleased with the story narration.

Nowadays art directors are taking part in each and every sequence of the film for better presentation. This was made possible by the hard work they are exerting that in turn make the director and producer have faith in the art direction. In Endiran Sabu for the first time is introducing Aliminum Composite panel for making sets which is cheaper than wood and can be reused also. He confessed that in Endhiran the people would realize that we are as good as any other production from any circle of this World. In his opinion Super Star is the best choice for Endhiran’s Story.

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22 Jul 09 Dhanush to remake Maapillai

Dhanush’s next film is a remake of the 1989 super hit Rajinikanth film Maapillai with the same title.

The film, (often referred to as Padikkathavan-2) is going to be directed by Suraaj and produced by Hitesh Jabak.

Says Dhanush: “It is the only film of Rajinikanth that I always wanted to remake. I know that remaking old classics is not easy and by doing so, we are not disrespecting them. There are hundreds of youngsters who have not seen the old movie. If the same story is presented in a different format with improved technology, it will appeal to them”.

The buzz is that Suraaj is making the necessary changes to suit today’s youth audiences with more comedy. The hunt for the characters made memorable in the original by Srividya and Amala, are in full swing.

The basic concept of the film is based on Shakespeare’s immortal play “Taming of the Shrew”, which has a universal appeal, if presented well.

Dhanush also adds that, Maapillai will be the last and only film which he will be remaking from the Rajinikanth library of old classic

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