1990 Suvar Illadha Chithirangal
Audio Songs
All songs →Video Songs
Related News
More news →A.R.Rahman adds more sweetness to the 'Sugar Cube'
There is no need to dig up the history and try to explain how the songs composed by A.R.Rahman in a lot of movies have went on to become youth anthems and how the expectations about a film increase and also add pages to its publicity when the news break out loose that the Mozart of Asia is composing the music for the songs in it. The unit of the new film 'Sakkarakatti' can be assured of peppy, spicy, groovy and addictive music to do service to the ears of the audience as Rahman's compositions have done several times before being a big support factor to the success of the movie. Getting A.R.Rahman to use his skills in a film is a very difficult task given his busy schedule and if the music maestro selects a movie then definitely he must have found something fascinating in the story of the film. So the Job of building an aura around the potential of 'Sakkarakatti' a movie targeted at the youth has already been half done. And when Rahman goes for something, he makes it the best. A Singer Veena Bharatwaj was flown specially from London to record a song in this new film. Other singers are Naresh Iyer, now a Rahman regular, Madhu sree, and Benny among others. The audio tracks of a perfect blend of classical and hip hop music boasts of a song titled "I Miss U Da" which has been given sounds and tones that has never been heard before in Indian Films. The director of the film himself admitted to have got hooked up with a youthful and inspiring ambiance in A.R.Rahman's studio when the songs were recorded. The director of this youth oriented and colourful movie Prabhu who also happens to be the son of the famous producer Kalaipuli.S.Dhanu has taken a bold step in directing a movie just with the film making Knowledge that he has gained from his father and not by being an assistant to other directors. The boldness to take the plunge just on their self belief shown by certain young directors in Kollywood has certainly triggered off a trend among the younger lot of aspiring directors to follow their dreams with oozing self confidence. Director Prabhu follows the marks left back by the success story of another filmmaker who also happens to have "Prabhu" in his name. The first time lucky director of 'Chennai 600028', Venkat Prabhu is already wrapping up his second project after hitting the Jack pot in his first attempt itself, that too without any prior experience to back up. A.R.R's music comes as bonus in the true sense for any soon to be released movie. Same in the case of this film too, but still it has a heavy luggage of making careers of two. Other than a new director the film also marks the entry of Santhanu, son of the acclaimed actor/director Bhagyaraj into the film world as the leading man. The audio C.D of the film comprising of 6 tracks will hit the music stores on June. The countdown has started as all the scenes except the video of a song have been canned. Wait and watch to see how the new Prabhu has tried to hit the bull's eye with his directorial debut.
Tanujas Hope and a Little Sugar at IFFI
After winning the best feature film award in the South Asian International Film Festival in New York in October this year, Tanuja Chandra's English film 'Hope and a Little Sugar' starring Anupam Kher and Mahima Chowdhary along with, Vikram Chatwal and a newcomer Amit Cial will be featured at IFFI on Nov 30th at the INOX Theatre in Goa. An American production, the film show will be attended by the main cast and crew, many of whom are coming to Goa just for the day. An emotional drama shot in New York, the film tells the story of a young Muslim photographer, his secret love for a Sikh woman, and the conflict between him and her father-in-law who is a retired army colonel. The tale unfolds in the backdrop of the tumultuous events of September 11th, 2001 in New York. The film was first shown in the South Asian International Film Festival in New York in October this year, where it won the best Feature film award. In Goa it will be having its Asian premiere. What's more is that it is also set to show across the borders at the Kara Film Festival in Karachi, Pakistan on December the 7th.
Tanuja Chandras Hope & a Little Sugar releasing 18th April 2008
Tanuja Chandra's English film, Hope and a Little Sugar, which premiered in the South Asian International Film Festival in New York, had been awarded the best feature film of the festival is releasing in India on 18th April 2008. 'Hope and a Little Sugar' stars Anupam Kher, Mahima Chaudhary , Amit Sial , Suhasini Mulay , Vikram Chatwal , Ranjit Chowdhry, Paul Barry , Nicoye Banks and Shilpa Guha . The film is produced by two New York based independent film producers, Glenn Russow and Scott Pardo and directed by Tanuja Chandra The music has been scored by Wayne Sharpe while the playback singing is done by Sonu Niigaam and Jassi. This musical entertainer has been written by Tanuja Chandra and Glenn Russow.
India likely to bring in rules to make mills export sugar stocks
India is likely to bring in rules to make it compulsory for sugar mills to export millions of tonnes of surplus supplies to support local prices, sources said, in a move that could quell growing anger among farmers but add to a glut on global markets. A final decision rests with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who discussed the politically sensitive issue at a weekend meeting with ministers, officials and sugar mill bosses, said the two government sources. The proposal, which could mean mills selling at loss, comes at time when the world sugar market is grappling with a flood of supplies and prices at 6-1/2-year lows. The mandatory export rule, which could be introduced from the start of the next crop year on Oct. 1, would apply only when output was higher than local demand, said the officials, who are directly involved in formulating the policy. If approved, India could overtake Australia as the world's third-largest exporter behind Brazil and Thailand. Food ministry spokesman N.C. Joshi declined to comment. Apart from boosting farm exports, government-backed overseas sales of sugar could also help mills clear about $2.5 billion they owe to 50 million cane growers - a group equivalent in size to the population of Spain and concentrated in politically important states like Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. Last year, Modi won 9 out of 10 seats in Uttar Pradesh, which sends the highest number of lawmakers to parliament, as rural voters were swayed by a pledge to keep crop prices high. But mills have been struggling to pay the fixed price to cane farmers, who have been losing patience as the amount of money they are owed piles up. India, the world's largest sugar consumer and biggest producer after Brazil, has been producing more sugar than it needs for the past five years and the trend is likely to continue. SMALL TAX At last Saturday's meeting, there was also discussion on an additional tax, which the government calls a cess, on sugar to prop up domestic prices that are the lowest in six years, said the officials. "Mandatory exports may force mills to sell sugar at a loss now, but they would (eventually) gain because lower domestic stocks mean higher domestic prices, which will get a leg up because of the cess," said one of the sources. India's mills are expected to produce 28 million tonnes in the next season, when inventories will climb to 10.3 million tonnes, up from 7.5 million tonnes at the start of the current season. Indians consume 24-25 million tonnes of sugar a year, thus could easily export 5-6 million tonnes yearly even after stocking up for emergencies, analysts said. That would be more than the 3 million tonnes that Australia sells and compares to Brazil's exports of 27 million tonnes and Thailand's 10 million tonnes. The sources said the government may also step in to help mills pay dues by using funds raised from the tax. The central government fixes the price that mills pay to cane growers yearly and some states, invariably, raise it further. In the past six years, government-set prices have soared by 70 percent but sugar prices have slumped to 2,200 rupees ($34) a tonne, against an average cost of production of 3,100 rupees. Experts say the higher cane price is the main reason for the surplus which has helped avoid sharp output swings, such as when India had to import 4.3 million tonnes in 2008/09 after exporting 5 million tonnes a year earlier, pushing benchmark New York prices to a 30-year high. Despite an export incentive of 4,000 rupees a tonne, India's overseas sales are expected to be only 800,000 tonnes in the 2014/15 season against 2.2 million tonnes in the previous year. Abinash Verma, director general of the Indian Sugar Mills Association, said the push for exports could lead to further losses at mills but eventually mean a balance between demand and supply at home. ($1 = 63.8400 rupees)