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Kavya Madhavan has been a part of the movie industry from the last 25 years. In the recent interview given to Manorama, Kavya opened up about how cinema affected her personal life positively. The actress states that it was cinema who helped to her to become a much stronger person, and overcome the sorrows and issues she went through in her personal life. Cinema helped her to mingle with different types of people every day, which really helped in being a more social person. The industry has its own negatives as well, but its positive aspects are more strong. Kavya Madhavan has made a strong comeback to the industry with the recently released Adoor Gopalakrishnan movie Pinneyum. Her performance in the movie has been widely appreciated by both the audiences and critics. On a personal front, Kavya is not thinking about a remarriage right now and wants to concentrate on her acting and business careers. The actress had divorced husband Nishal Chandra in 2011. Kavya, who has been rumoured to be in a relationship with actor Dileep, had denied the rumours in the recent interview given to Vanitha. The duo stated that they are just good friends.
Cinema & Cricket: Coming together
With the bidding that went on in full swing and the stars of Bollywood taking part in the bid, a lot has changed in the way people have started looking at cricket. With the teams being adopted by SRK and Preity Zinta it seems like the more of glam quotient has been brought into the game. Right now, the bidders are busy with advertising their teams along with the states they represent, and they are bringing the best of Bollywood in for the publicity. If reports emerging from Bollywood circles are to be trusted then it seems King Khan has invited close pals Rani Mukherjee and Bips to take part in the video clips for IPL for the Calcutta team. The choice of the actresses too seems very apt; who else can best represent Calcutta than the husky-toned Rani and Bollywood Bombshell Bips. When SRK's team is concentrating on the glam quotient, it is rumored that the dimpled beauty is also trying to rope in Punjab Da Puttars Sunny, Bobby and daddy Dharam ji for her video. But Preity has clearly quashed all rumors of such sort and has roped in Daler Mehndi for crooning the theme song of the Haryana team. This too indeed seems to be a right choice. Now all we have to do is just wait to witness the glamour and sporting world come together while the teams clash on April 18.
Cinema ticket rates cut in Tamil Nadu
Continuing with the sops for Tamil film industry, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today ordered for a cut in the price of cinema tickets with effect from 1 January, 2007. In response to a plea jointly made by the Tamil Film Producers Council, South Indian Film Chamber, Chennai City Theatre Owners Association and Film Distributors Associations, who wanted the cinema ticket fares to be restructured, Karunanidhi ordered to rationalise the rates. The government has accepted the demand of various film organisations for cancelling the G.O allowing theatres to hike tickets for new releases for two weeks.
Cinema Fans' Association Awards Rajini, Ajith, Nayantara Win
The Cinema Fans' Association is coming up with an awards function on the 12th of October to felicitate incredible talent in the world of Tamil Cinema for the year 2007. A former judge Jagatheesan along with his team picked out the winners based on the preferences of fans. Among a host of movies that were released last year, 'Sivaji', 'Billa', 'Kireedom' and 'Periyar' have found favor in many categories. Superstar Rajinikanth, Ajith Kumar and Jeevan with be getting the awards for best actors for the films 'Sivaji', 'Billa' and 'Naan Avan Illai' respectively. The best actress award would be shared by Nayantara (Billa), Trisha (Kireedom), Namitha and Malavika (Naan Avan Illai). The best supporting actor award has been bagged by Vinay (Unnale Unnale) and the best supporting actress is Manorama (Periyar). Krish and Chinmaye have bagged the best playback singers' awards for 'Unnale Unnale' and 'Sivaji' respectively. Both the male and female awards for the best character artistes have gone in favor of the film 'Periyar'. Sathyaraj for donning the role of Periyar and Kushboo for playing Periyar's wife Maniammai. The best Music Director is Yuvan Shankar Raja for the film 'Billa', Best Storywriter for the director of 'Kireedam' Vijay. The Best Lyricist Award goes to Na. Muthukumar (Urchagam). Billa's brilliant cinematography has ensured an award for Niravsha. The Best Director award goes to Vishnuvardhan for 'Billa'. The Best Film award goes to 'Periyar' and a special award for Best Film has been bagged by 'Sivaji'. Similarly awards are to be given out for Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films as well.
Cinema reduced to cash trap industry: Subhash Ghai
Filmmaker Subhash Ghai, whose repertoire is studded with films like "Karz", "Ram Lakhan", "Khalnayak" and "Pardes", believes commercialisation has nowadays made the Indian cinema world a cash trap -- a mode for brand promotions. His last few movies -- "Yuvvraaj", "Kaanchi: The Unbreakable" and "Black & White" -- failed to spin the magic the 'Showman' was known for in the 1980s and 1990s. "The (Indian) cinema has been reduced to a cash trap industry. Earlier, it was a creative industry, but now more of commercialisation has entered in it. Now actors don't talk about a particular scene or performance, they talk about the collection," Ghai told over phone from Mumbai. Also concerned by the rising pay cheques reserved for the A-listers, Ghai said: "Film corporate companies have faced big losses in recent years. The only ones who have gained are the stars and the marketing companies. "Producers should try and make films having a good story and director rather than giving out half of the budget to the stars. I used to pay only 10 percent of my film's budget to the stars... But now, stars are more interested in endorsing products rather than acting in a film," added the filmmaker, who takes pride in the fact that "stars used to run after me" during his prime. The 70-year-old, who was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Weekend and Awards in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, earlier this month, is even against the idea of actors turning producers as he feels it makes the director's job more difficult. "Directors have become producers because they don't want any other person to interfere in their credibility. But when actors become producers, they try to dominate the director. Nowadays, the corporate people are asking every actor to become a producer. Apart from three to four directors like Rajkumar Hirani and Rohit Shetty, rest all are obligant," he said. Having started his directorial career with the 1976 film "Kalicharan", Ghai considers himself "blessed" to have stayed in the industry for such a long time. He says the 1980s were the best time of his almost four-decade-long journey. "I was really flying high in the 1980s as most of my films did well at the box office. Since 'Kalicharan', I made 19 films in all, out of which 14 were blockbusters. From 1975 to 2005, it was the best era of my life which spanned for 30 years," said Ghai, whose two 1980s hit films "Karz" and "Hero" were screened on Zee Cinema some time ago. "I feel blessed that I'm one of those achievers who stood in the industry for four decades. But now I make films on my own terms and happiness, not under anybody's pressure. I ran constantly on a treadmill for 30 years. So, I'm a happy and peaceful person today," added Ghai, who also has a film institute in Mumbai. Enjoying the slow pace on the film direction front, he said: "I used to take six months for making a film prior to 2005, but after that I took four years' gap while directing a film. It's just that you feel a lot more responsible and try to do something for the upcoming generation and the country."
Cinema Celebrities Voted List Here - TN Election 2016
Yesterday the Polling in 232 of the total 234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu began at 7am on Monday morning. As the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 2016 happens today, here we list the celebrities who have exercised their right to vote during the early part of the day. 1. Rajinikanth 2. Kamal Haasan along with Gautami and Akshara Haasan 3. Ajith along with his mother and wife Shalini .4. Kushboo along with director Sundar C 5. Vivek6. Prasanna 7. Sasikumar 8. Gautham Karthik 9. Sivakarthikeyan 10. Radhika Sarathkumar