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It is very rare to find this type of combination. National acclaimed director S.V.Rajendra Singh Babu has roped in two familiar directors of Kannada cinema S.Narayan and N.Omprakash Rao (they have perfect comedy image in Kannada cinema) along with another comedy actor Komal Kumar for his new film 'Thipparhalli Tharlegalu' that went on the floors recently. This is another comedy caper from renowned director S.V.R.Singh Babu who is also a joint producer with A.Mohan and Shankre Gowda. The comedy series once again from S.V.Rajendra Singh Babu! The film in a nutshell draws attention to the three common citizens of this democratic society. A barber, washer man and a tailor are exploited by the political parties is the crux of this film. Komalkumar as barber, S.Narayan as washer man and Omprakash Rao as tailor are there to tickle the funny bones says director Singh Babu. The story takes interesting turn when the boy is drowned in a bore well says Singh Babu. Sanjana of 'Ganda Hendathi' fame is one of the three heroines in this film. Krupakar is the music director for five songs. Singh Babu is making using of the popular Thipparahalli Balu Dhoora'.light music song in this film. Babu is the cameraman in this Sai Sri production.
Film Directors Election Postponed
The Karnataka Film Directors' Association elections scheduled for April 3 has been postponed indefinitely. A meeting of the directors on Sunday decided to hold another meeting either on March 27 or 28 to decide the future course of action. The directors present at the meeting decided that they have to go on a membership drive and get all directors to register and become members of the association. Rajendra Singh Babu is the president of the association with Koodlu Ramakrishna, Tiptur Raghu and Joe Simon holding other posts in the executive committee. Those present voiced the opinion that the associate and assistant directors who have formed an association of their own should be brought back into the fold. T S Nagabharana said that though forming an organisation of their own was not wrong, they should be part of the directors' association. Senior directors like Bhargava, K V Raju and S Mahendar were present at the meeting.
Directors get a new building
For the uninitiated, the AP Directors Association has been functional for the last 25 years. However, they have been operating from a rented premises for a long time. Now, the association has a final home. Union minister Dr Dasari Narayana Rao inaugurated the building on Monday. Many prominent directors and members of the association were present on the occasion. Sagar, who is the president of the association, was happy about getting a permanent location for the body. Dr Dasari said the onus was on the senior directors to guide the younger directors. K Raghavendra Rao too was present at the inaugural function.
Directors turn lyricists
Tamil filmdom has seen a lot of directors who are adept at other branches of film-making as well, including cinematography and music direction. A good example of this would be Vijaya T Rajendhar, who is known as 'Ashtavadhani' in film circles. The word literally connotes a person who can handle eight different tasks with ease. RV Udhayakumar followed soon after and who can forget the lyrics in his blockbuster hit Ponnumani, which starred Karthik and Soundarya? In recent times, we have been seeing Perarasu penning lyrics for the songs in his films. His songs became super-duper hits too. Remember 'Ennatha Solvenungo' from Sivakasi, which went on to become a super-hit song among the masses? The lyrics for the song were penned by none other than the director Perarasu himself. More recently, we had Kasthooriraja penning the lyrics for a song in Idhu Kadhal Varum Paruvam and SA Chandrasekhar wrote a song for Nenjirukkum Varai. Now we have Hari writing the lyrics for a song in Thamirabarani and Ramki Ramakrishnan- the director of Solli Adippen penning the lyrics for songs in his film. Yuvan, like MusicMazaa reported earlier, is writing the lyrics for a song titled Natpukkulae for Chennai-600028. However, these directors are not against working with other lyricists. Perarasu opines that he writes the lyrics himself because he has the exact idea of what the script and the situation demands and hence he resorts to writing the lyrics himself. He also says that he is not averse to working with other lyricists in future.
Directors dad is a producer
Director Vishnu Vardhan's father Shekar is gearing up to try his hand at producing films. Having assisted his son in Arindhum Ariyamalum and Pattiyal, Shekar is now evincing interest in producing films. Buzz is that he has approached cinematographer-director Thangar Bachchan to do a movie for his production firm. Thangar Bachchan is busy giving final touches to his Pallikoodam, which is going to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Meanwhile, Thangar has agreed to work in the movie. The film is inspired by a Russian novel. The star cast is not finalized. Shekar is also planning to produce another film. He has approached a popular cinematographer to direct the film.
'Directors are respected in Kollywood', says Jayaraj
'There is a great respect for new directors in Tamil cinema', says director Jayaraj. The ace Malayalam director is busy giving final touches to his movie 'Silanerangalil', which stars Vincent Asokan, Vineeth and Navya Nair in lead roles. According to Jayaraj, 'In Kollywood, every director is given due respect. They get encouraged and their efforts are recognized. Also newcomers are given good opportunities here unlike Malayalam film industry'. Speaking about 'Silanerangalil', he says, 'It is a suspense-thriller drama. The story occurs in two different periods. Navya Nair plays a dual role while Vineeth and Vincent Asokan rock playing the male leads. The highlight of the movie is a song set to tunes by Srikanth Deva. Veteran playback singer P Suseela has sung the song and yesteryear choreographer Thara, who had worked with the likes of MGR and Sivaji Ganesan, has choreographed for the song sequence, he adds. 'At Bangkok, we have shot a stunt sequence with Vincent Asokan dressed as Samurai warrior.' 'With all the artistes including Ramesh Khanna, Fathima Babu and Sriman contributing their best, we are hopeful that 'Silanerangalil' would rock Tamil audience', he says.