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Known as Simbhu and Little Superstar among his fans, Silambarasan is a multi-talented actor, frequently indulging in playback singing, apart from writing the script for movies, composing music and directing movies as well. Silambarasan acted in Tamil films as a child artist in projects like 'Monisha En Monalisa', 'Shabash Babu', 'Rajadi Rajavan', and 'Thiruvalla' in minor roles. His debut in movies as a hero came in the form of 'Kaadhal Azhivathillai'. Silambarasan T-shifted his career gear after 'Kovil' and took a year's break to concentrate on a project to prove himself for which he wrote the screenplay too. The film starred Jyothika, Mandira Bedi and Yana Gupta opposite him and the film became a runaway triumph at the box-office breaking many records in Kollywood. Yeah! Everyone went gaga over his film 'Manmadhan', he ruled it... The film earned rave reviews coz of his clever screenplay and changed many people's mind set about Silambarasan's talent and career! He is now one among the young icons of today's youth. He is now busy with his recent project 'Sillambattam', 'Kaalai' and spreads his shines where ever he appears. A very good example of a child artist becomming a burning star now is he... He is the icon of this children's day at musicmazaa! We wish all the cute angels a happy children's day!
Vimala Raman and her 'little competition' with Cheran
Moser Baer is producing the film 'Raman Thediya Seethai' with Cheran as the protagonist. Vimala Raman plays one of the heroines of the film and in an exclusive interview to musicmazaa, the actress spoke on the fun moments she had on the sets of the film. Normally it takes some time to develop a working chemistry with co-stars. But Vimala from day one felt at home on the sets of the movie. This was due to the very cordial relationship she shared with the director of the film, Cheran and other technicians. The immensely beautiful heroine recollected the pranks played on her by the crew members of the movie. Says Vimala, 'There used to be fun on the sets every day'. Enjoyable pranks made the atmosphere on the sets more lively and energetic. Vimala remembers a bet she had with Cheran. Both challenged each other as to who will reach the shooting location first when they were shooting in Nagerkoil. In order to win the bet, Vimala would send out her assistant to check as to whether Cheran had already left while she would be busy donning her make up. She most often managed to beat Cheran in getting ready and leaving first. Even if on some days Cheran became the first to leave the hotel, Vimala found it easy to reach the location as Cheran traveled in an ambassador which turned out to be too slow for Vimala's Scorpio. One day both started off almost at the same time and Cheran saw the Scorpio overtaking him smoothly. Cheran called Vimala on her mobile phone and told her that the back door of her Scorpio was open and the bags were falling out. But Vimala knew this was a trick being played by Cheran to make her stop so that he will be able to reach the location first. She also mentioned the movie's director would laugh at their 'little competitions'.
I do feel a little jealous on Arya’; says Surya
The famous actor Surya who recently released the audio of Arya’s forthcoming flick ‘Boss Engira Bhaskaran’ heaped laurels on the young hero as “My family loves Arya. They make it a point to catch all his films. And when a song from one of his films gets aired on television, they drop all work to watch it. No one moves from their place or scan the TV for other channels. Sometimes, I do feel a little jealous.” Surya further says “Arya is lucky to have gotten an opportunity to perform different kinds of characters in a short span of time. And he’s used the opportunity well.”
Hridaya Ragam - To save the little hearts
Sobha Hridaya Ragam 2008, the musical and dance show, was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium on February 24. The programme, organised to raise funds to treat 125 children with congenital heart diseases from poor families, was graced by the presence of Ulaga Naayagan Kamal Haasan, the project ambassador. The versatile actor, clad in black dress, was greeted with a standing ovation to the dais. The multi talented personality entertained the audience by singing two songs ' 'Ninaivo Oru Paravai' in Tamil and 'Kiliye Kili Kili Kiliye' in Malayalam. He expressed his desire to act in a Malayalam language movie. Actor Shobana along with her students presented a Bharathanatyam performance on the occasion. A total of 32 singers and music directors from the Malayalam film world participated for free. Senior music directors Dakshinamoorthi, M. K. Arjunan, and Ousepachan; film director Vinayan, singers P. Jayachandran, Sujatha Mohan, Ganga, George Peter, Francis, Manjari, Santhosh Kesavan, Vipin Xavier and Remi Tommy performed all time Malayalam favourite hits. Artists from the Tamil film industry who participated included music director Vidyasagar and singers Tipu and Karthik. The programme started with a fusion song based on Saint Thyagaraja's 'Entharo Mahanubhavulu'. Mr. Jayachandran performed Aal ila thaali, Sujatha sang Priyathama from the film Pranayakalam, Jassie Gift and Remi Tommy sang Mathaapoove. The event was organised by the World Malayalee Council '€” Chennai Province, Madras Medical Mission and Malayala Manorama. A cheque worth Rs 75 lakh was handed over to Vergese Eapen of Madras Medical Mission by Praveen from world Malayalee Council. Malayala Manorama Senior General Manager Lal John was also present on the occasion.
Little known facts about RD Burman
Pancham introduced the twin track effect in 'Baharon Ke Sapne', which he later used to create the mesmerizing 'Qatra Qatra Miltee Hai' [Ijaazat] and a few more songs. He also pioneered the use of electronic organ in Indian Films with the song 'O Mere Sona Re' [Teesri Manzil] RD was, as Gulzar says, as good a craftsman as a musician. In 'Chura Liya' he used the sound of a spoon hitting a glass For the 'Kitaab' song, 'Master Ji Ki Aa Gayee Chitthhi', he brought some desks from a classroom in the studio while recording and used them as a percussion In 'Abdullah' he used the sound of a bamboo whistle with a balloon tied to it for a song Once to get the sound of raindrops, he spent the whole rainy night in his house's balcony recording the sound he wanted In the song 'O Manjhi Re' from the movie 'Khushboo', RD Burman used bottles with water filled at different levels and created a hollow sound by blowing into them and this sound effect was used with the orchestra During the recording of 'Hum Dono Do Premi' [Ajnabee] the musicians were on strike. So he improvised the song with emptied-out musical interludes and just listen the song Out of his 331 released movies 292 were in Hindi, 31 in Bangla, 3 in Telugu, 2 each in Tamil & Oriya and 1 in Marathi. RD also composed for 5 TV serials in Hindi and Marathi. He also scored a large number of non-film songs in Bangla [also known as Pooja songs or modern songs], which are available in different albums. He did a song for a small documentary film called 'Maa Ki Pukar' too, in 1975. Starting independent music company in 1961 with 'Chote Nawab', he did 331 films and 4 non-film albums. Before coming onto his own, he assisted his father S.D. Burman for long. Dada Burman used Pancham's tune 'Ae meri topee palat ke aa' in 'Fantoosh'. Pancham was only 9 when he composed the tune. For Pyaasa, SD used his son's 'Sar Jo Tera Chakraye', which became a huge hit Amit Kumar, Abhijeet and Shabbir Kumar were given their first breaks by Pancham R.D. Burman made his acting debut in Mehmood's 'Bhoot Bangla'. Later in 'Pyaar Ka Mausam' toohe gave a hilarious performance as Mr. Popat Lal. R.D played the mouth organ for his friends Laxmikant Pyarelal in a song in 'Dosti' and also in a movie for Kalyanji Anandji. The mouth organ played in the song 'Hai Apna Dil To Awara' sung by Hemant Kumar in the film 'Solva Saal' is played by RD Burman himself Both Lata and Bhupinder won a National Award for the song 'Beeti Na Bitaaye Raina' from 'Parichay', and this song was composed in a hotel room in no time R.D. Burman won the Filmfare award only 3 times [Sanam Teri Kasam, Masoom, 1942-A Love Story] while being nominated 16 times for the award
Little progress in Cuba on human rights: HRW
Cuba remains the sole Latin American nation which "represses virtually all forms of political dissent," Human Rights Watch said in a report Sunday, while citing concerns over developments in Venezuela and Mexico. "Cubans who criticize the government are subject to criminal charges," the watchdog group said in its annual survey released in Cairo. "They are exempt from due process guarantees," and courts "are 'subordinated' to the executive and legislative branches, denying meaningful judicial protection." The report said the government's media monopoly ensures that "there is virtually no freedom of expression." "Limited Internet access means only a tiny fraction of Cubans can read independently published articles and blogs," HRW said. Despite the release of the remaining 12 members of the "group of 75" dissidents in 2011, the regime of President Raul Castro "continued to enforce political conformity using short-term detentions, beatings, public acts of repudiation, forced exile, and travel restrictions," the report said. The 676-page report reviews human rights practices around the globe, with summaries of conditions in more than 90 countries and territories based on probes carried out by HRW staff from 2011. While Cuba was singled out in Latin America, HRW expressed concern over others in the region, citing a deterioration of human rights in Venezuela and Mexico's crackdown on drug violence and organized crime. It cited a "weakening of Venezuela's democratic system of checks and balances under President Hugo Chavez" and said the government "has systematically undermined the right to free expression, workers' freedom of association, and the ability of human rights groups to protect rights." In Mexico, "efforts by the administration of President Felipe Calderon to combat organized crime have resulted in a significant increase in killings, torture, and other abuses by security forces, which only make the climate of lawlessness and fear worse in many parts of the country." Colombia's internal conflict "continued to result in serious abuses by irregular armed groups in 2011, including guerrillas and successor groups to paramilitaries," the report noted. It said laws passed in 2010 and 2011 in Bolivia "posed risks to the media's ability to freely criticize the government," but President Evo Morales "took some steps to address objections from media groups by amending some disputed laws." In Brazil, HRW said, some police units "engage in abusive practices with impunity, instead of pursuing sound policing practices.