AR Rahman's student makes his entry

AR Rahman's student makes his entry
Feb 29, 2012
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AR Rahman's student Ved Shankar will be making his debut in the music industry with Naduvala Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom. It is a film to be directed by Balaji Tharaneetharan and features newcomers, Vijay Sedhupathi and Bagavathi. Andrea has sung one of the tracks and Ved Shankar has also rendered a number in his voice. Ved Shankar was the first student enrolled among the 40 students, AR Rahman handpicked personally for his KM Music Conservatory which he founded in July 2008. Not surprisingly, a lot is expected from Ved Shankar and he will be hoping to make AR Rahman proud.

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MANKATHA MOVIE REVIEW

MANKATHA MOVIE REVIEW Review by : Behindwoods Review Board Starring: Ajith Kumar, Trisha, Arjun, Andrea Jeremiah, Lakshmi Rai, Premji, Anjali, Vaibhav Direction: Venkat PrabhuMusic: Yuvan Shankar RajaProduction: Dayanidhi Azhagiri, (Cloud Nine Movies) Mankatha after having played ‘uLLe veLiye’ for quite a while, strikes finally, AND in style! For his golden jubilee flick, Ajith, the ‘golden hearted’ lad of Tamil cinema teams up with the uber cool Venkat Prabhu and his gang of boys and the effect is exciting to say the least. When you have the handsome Vinayak Mahadev (Ajith) team himself with a few boys on his ‘Money’ mission and when there is cop Prithviraj (Arjun) who is hot on their trail, what you get is a heady cocktail of events that suck you into the premise of Mankatha albeit a bit late. For Venkat Prabhu, it is a huge responsibility to fuse in his irreverent style of film making with the sensibilities of Ajith’s image and the director has not compromised one bit here and kudos to him for this. Mankatha unfolds languorously and takes its own sweet time to establish the premise when the major portion of the first half keep flitting in between many tracks with three romances. When you start wondering whether the movie is going anywhere at all, it shifts to third gear to be only brought down by a song or two. And when the director finally decides to cast everything else away and focus on the central plot, the story takes an interesting detour and mutates into a Grand Prix race all the way from the second half with Venkat Prabhu reserving all his aces for the climax. There is always no dearth of humor in Venkat Prabhu’s films but in Mankatha it is a bit muted when compared to his other works. Mostly the comic lines are at the expense of Premji and the best example is his analogy with Youtube sensation Sam Anderson. Dialogues like - “Light pottutu daan otta koodadhu, lightaa pottutu ottalam” bring cheers. And the typical Venkat Prabhu’s conceptualization of humor in a serious situation still finds place but they are few. The cat and the mouse game is exciting and the best part is you are never able to realize how many cats and mice are involved in the game. Even better is the fact that you cannot be quite sure of who is playing the double cross on whom and it is not until the final frame that you can put all the pieces together. Hats off to Venkat Prabhu for keeping the audience guessing all the way and scripting an absolute cracker of a climax! The chess board sequence just before the interval block is unique and intelligent.  The portions that looked unnecessary additions in the first half are all neatly explained in the context of things at the end, leaving no loose ends.  With an ensemble cast, there is every likelihood that at least a few would be relegated to the sidelines but all of them are there deservedly.   When we talk about performances, Ajith is unarguably the pièce de résistance of Mankatha and it is his uninhibited performance that captivates the audience. For him, it is a superb knock on the field well laid out by Venkat Prabhu. He simply sizzles in his action shots and his cute expressions in dance sequences are a revelation. The consistency in Ajith’s characterization is a major plus for the film. Next to Ajith, it is action king Arjun who has held on to his fort. Premji, Jaiprakash, Vaibhav, Mahat and Ashwin round out the supporting cast who blend in with ease with the story. As it is a men’s film, women have nothing to do in Mankatha. On the downside, the number of gun battles and their lengths may tire you a bit and the vital heist which should have been extremely powerful lacks the fizz. Songs are not a value addition to the film at all and are mostly road blocks sans ‘Machi open the bottle’. Success of a cinematographer and editor lies in their unobtrusive work in sync with the subject, and cinematographer Sakthi Saravanan and editors Praveen & Srikanth score in this department. “Unakku ide maadiri 500 pondaati kedappa daa.” - with this dialogue, Ajith completes his mission of breaking all the syntax of a Tamil hero and has gone on to prove that an actor should strictly treat the script as the hero. Take a bow Ajith! It is a memorable 50th film indeed. Verdict: Ajith's 'Golden' gamble with Venkat that has paid off !

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YUVAN YUVATHI MOVIE REVIEW

YUVAN YUVATHI MOVIE REVIEW Review by : Behindwoods Review Board Starring: Bharath, Reema Kallingal Direction: G.N.R. KumaravelMusic: Vijay AntonyProduction: Ram Pictures Having tackled a college premise in his debut directorial project Ninaithale Inikkum, G N R Kumaravelan shifts gears to a different plot in Yuvan Yuvathi with Bharath and debutant Rima Kallingal.  With a simple and an unambiguous title, the film is about Yuvan Bharath and Yuvathi Rima with Yuvan’s dad Sampath and friend Santhanam thrown in as embellishments to decorate the proceedings. Director has woven his tale around the young Indian’s American dream for a trouble free life, the conflict between a village based dad and his fashion conscious son, their communication gap and its fall out. Undoubtedly the film’s hero is cinematographer Gopi who has painted through his lens a picturesque canvas of Seychelles and its lovely beaches. The song picturization definitely deserves a special mention as it captivates the aesthetics with panache. Gopi’s work is a bolstering aspect of YY which helps the director to narrate his story interestingly. The fun moments of YY, expectedly, belong to Santhanam who with his comic timing steals the thunder from the other cast members. Mostly the humor is situational, well woven in the script. Sampath is as usual very comfortable in the role that is being assigned to him and dishes out the character of Sevaga Pandiyan with consummate ease. Bharath as someone from a rural background aspiring to make it big in America, has portrayed his role convincingly. Rima Kallingal who is making her debut in Tamil has a different kind of look that does not instantly please you but she comes across quite spontaneously in her character. However it is Sathyan who earns brownie points in just a small cameo as a gay.  And there is also a surprise couple in YY which if revealed would give away the suspense. Under Vijay Anthony’s musical baton, YY is like a musical with seven tracks. Oh My Angel and Mayakka Oosi create a mellifluous impact while Kolakuthu is unwarranted and forced. Despite the positive features, YY fails to make an impact hugely due to the epic gaffe in the climax which is the major let down for the film. The entire story collapses due to a very flippant portrayal of Sampath in climax that is completely the antithesis of his character through out the film. Kumaravelan should definitely have worked on this. The screenplay is doddering with ennui setting in quite often although the necessary buoy is being given by Santhanam and cameraman Gopi. Yuvan Yuvathi fails to create that lasting impact due to these features that go against it. Narration does slip into dull tones and monotony on and off as Kumaravelan finds it difficult to hold the attention of his audience. In all, a film that could have worked well with its positive features, goes south due to the week screenplay, narration and the badly conceived climax. Verdict: Could have made a bigger impact with better climax.

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Mayakkam Enna Posters

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Mayakkam Enna Songs

Film : Mayakkam Enna

Staring : Danush,Richa Gangopadhyay

Story : Selvaraghavan

Directed by : Selvaraghavan

Music : G.v.Prakash Kumar

Releasing On : October 2011


Songs List 

Naan Sonnadhum Mazhai Vandhucha - Naresh Iyer, Saindhavi
Pirai Thedum - Saindhavi, GV Prakash Kumar

Voda Voda Voda - Dhanush

Mayakkam Enna Theme

Ennenna Seidhom Ingae - Harish Raghavendra 

Kaadhal Yen Kaadhal - Dhanush, Selvaraghavan

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Velayudham Songs Zip File Download

Movie Name : Velayudham
Year : 2011
Cast : Joseph Vijay, Hansika Motwani, Genelia D'Souza, Saranya Mohan, Santhanam, Sathyan, Abhimanyu Singh, MS Bhaskar, Pandiarajan, Sampath Raj, Sayaji Shinde, Raaghav, Veera Samar...
Music Director : Vijay Antony
Director : Jeyam M Raja
Producer : V Ravichandran
Banner : Aascar Film (P) Ltd
Label : Sony Music
Lyrics : Annamalai (1,3), Vivega (2,4), Siva Shanmugam (5), Priyan (6)

01 Rathathin Rathamay - Haricharan, Madhumitha
02 Molachu Moonu - Prasanna, Supriya Joshi
03 Chillax - Karthik, Charulatha Mani
04 Mayam Seidhayo - Sangeetha Rajeshwaran
05 Sonna Puriyadhu - Vijay Antony, Veera Shankar
06 Vela Vela - Vijay Antony, Mark

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Gautham Menon With Jiiva Next Project

Gautham Menon is all set to direct Jiiva! This project was supposed to commence during the first week of August but the director’s health suffered a setback and therefore it had to be postponed.
The project will now go on floors on August 29^th, we are told. Jiiva who is busy with the Shankar-directed Nanban at the moment, will shift over to Gautham’s project and has said that the transition from Nanban will be smooth as he has his dates worked out.
Jiiva has said that he is excited to work with a director like Gautham Menon and is looking forward for the shoots to begin.

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