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Debut director Sakthivel Perumalsamy says the first ten minutes of forthcoming Tamil revenge drama "Urumeen", which releases on Friday, cannot be missed at any cost. "We've used motion capture technology briefly in our film. This part comes in the beginning for about 10 minutes and I don't want audiences to miss it as it is interconnected with the rest of the story. If the initial portion is missed, one might find it difficult to follow the story," Sakthivel told. The story spans across three generations and it features Bobby Simhaa, Kalaiarasan and Reshmi Menon in the lead roles. While one part of the story was shot here, the second part was shot in the forests. "It was for the third part of the story which unfolds against the backdrop of 17th century kingdom, we used motion capture," he said, adding that a team of 15 technicians from Coimbatore worked on these portions. "I was so impressed with their work as they achieved word class output with just open source coding... All this at a very reasonable price," he said. Talking about how he collaborated with National Award winning actor Simhaa, he said he had known him for many years. "I've known him even before both of us entered the film industry. We were supposed to work together much earlier, but things didn't fall in place," said Sakthivel, who feels the experience that his film promises to deliver will definitely "stand out".
First 10 minutes of 'Urumeen' unmissable: Director
Debut director Sakthivel Perumalsamy says the first ten minutes of forthcoming Tamil revenge drama "Urumeen", which releases on Friday, cannot be missed at any cost. "We've used motion capture technology briefly in our film. This part comes in the beginning for about 10 minutes and I don't want audiences to miss it as it is interconnected with the rest of the story. If the initial portion is missed, one might find it difficult to follow the story," Sakthivel told. The story spans across three generations and it features Bobby Simhaa, Kalaiarasan and Reshmi Menon in the lead roles. While one part of the story was shot here, the second part was shot in the forests. "It was for the third part of the story which unfolds against the backdrop of 17th century kingdom, we used motion capture," he said, adding that a team of 15 technicians from Coimbatore worked on these portions. "I was so impressed with their work as they achieved word class output with just open source coding... All this at a very reasonable price," he said. Talking about how he collaborated with National Award winning actor Simhaa, he said he had known him for many years. "I've known him even before both of us entered the film industry. We were supposed to work together much earlier, but things didn't fall in place," said Sakthivel, who feels the experience that his film promises to deliver will definitely "stand out".
Tabu to do a cameo in ‘Urimi’!
It was already reported to our viewers that Prithviraj, Prabhu Deva and Genelia in the lead roles, Santosh Sivan’s forthcoming latest flick ‘Urimi’ is undergoing its shooting at brisk pace in the forests of Malshej Ghat near Mumbai. It is being produced by Prithviraj and Santosh Sivan under the banner of August Cinema. Earlier it was said that bollywood actress Vidya Balan is going to perform a special dance number in the film and now adding more to this we have come across yet another interesting news. Hot and sexy actress Tabu has also joined the ‘Urimi’ team. She is going to perform a key role in the film. Vidya Balan is going to perform Mohiniattam dance in the movie. It is said to be a trilingual film to be made in Tamil, Malayalam and English. It has music by Deepak Dev.
Urmila, Geeta, Jeetendra come together for Dahi Handi
One of the biggest "Dahi Handi" organized by Sankalp Pratisthan, was a huge success. Sankalp Pratisthan is spearheaded by the producer of 'Vaah Life Ho To Aisi' and 'Apne' Ms. Sangeeta Ahir. The Sankalp Pratisthan 'Dahi Handi' at Worli, organized by Sachin Ahir & Sangeeta Ahir is one of the biggest in Mumbai. It has one of the most attended crowds of around 200000 attending the event every year. It has the maximum Bollywood celebs attending the event, making it one of the most high profile celebrations in the country. This year the celebs present were Jeetendra, Urmila Matondkar, Geeta Basra, Asrani, Sachin Khedekar, Rati Agnihotri, Shaina NC etc. Sukhwinder Singh gave a very high powered performance and grooved to the dance troupe of 70 dancers which had the crowed constantly on their feet. Even celeb Dj Akhtar grooved the crowed with his Bollywood Mixes, whilst Preeti Jhangiani regaled the crowed with her performance. But the highlight of the event was when Urmila Martondkar started singing folk songs in the local language Marathi, which had the crowd literally on the high. Says Sangeeta Ahir, "Sankalp Pratistan started the Dahi Handi celebration 5 years ago to bring back the local youth that would travel to the far off suburbs. We received the celebration on a small scale 5 years back and right now it has become a huge event." She adds, "We discussed and felt that it was rather sad that the festival had died down after the Mills were shut at Lower Parel and Worli and therefore revived the festival celebration here. Sankalp Pratistan, our organization, is involved in a lot of social service activities throughout the year." Sankalp Pratisthan 'Worli Dahi Handi' also had a galaxy of politicians like Praful Patel, Chagan Bhujbal, Jayant Patil, Nilesh and Narayan Rane, Nawab Malik, attending the event. The event had more than 400 groups of Govindas trying their luck to break the Dahi Handi, with gifts being distributed to most of them. Indeed the Sankalp Pratistan Dahi Handi at Worli was a star studded event !!
"Urmila helped me in action sequences" - Shweta Kumar
While shooting for a crucial action sequence during the climax of KARZZZZ, debutant Shweta Kumar was worried that she may accidentally hit Urmila Matondkar. However, experienced Urmila came to her help and taught her the finer points of performing action sequences in front of the camera. "I was so nervous since the scene required me to run and pounce on her neck", remembers Shweta, "In any case I have grown watching her movies as a kid and here I was sharing screen space with her. Now for the climax sequence, I had to go to an extent of strangulating her. I didn't know what to do since I was worried whether I may end up hurting her unintentionally." Generally in scenes which require an actor to fall over another, a mattress is provided for cushion support. However, since this was a long shot on a wide angle, such precautions couldn't be taken. "There were clear instructions that I had to fall on her and hold her neck. It sounded all so dangerous and I couldn't get it right at all. I was scared and hence very delicate in my approach. My action director was unhappy with the performance too and this is when Urmila sensed that something was wrong", says Shweta. "She approached me and made me feel comfortable. Once I opened up, I told her about my fears. She first cajoled me and then explained in detail how to get the perfect shot. She taught me some finer points and mentioned how we could just bend on an angle and have a slight fall while pretending as if this has been done with quite some force. Thereafter she even went to the extent of demonstrating it herself. It was very sweet of her and my respect for her increased manifold after that", says Shweta in a sentimental tone. "Even otherwise she has been very accommodating", continues Shweta, "Clich©d as it may sound but the fact is that in spite of years of experience behind her, she never threw her weight around. She was extremely down to earth and never made me feel like a newcomer. I would love to work with her again; she just makes you so comfortable on the sets."
Urmila Matondkar ties knot with Mohsin Akhtar
Actress Urmila Matondkar known for her stellar roles in films like Rangeela, Satya, Pyaar tune Kya Kiya and many more- tied the knot a while back with Kashmiri based businessman & model- Mohsin Akhtar Mirin a quiet wedding ceremony. Unlike the typical star studded weddings of Bollywood stars, the couple kept it simple and private. A close friend of the Rangeela star, Designer Manish Malhotra was the only Bollywood personality present at the wedding. Without divulging in more details, Urmila Matondkar says “We kept it a exclusive wedding with just family and friends at the celebration. Since our families wanted the wedding to be a low key affair we mutually decided to keep it private. We seek your blessings on embarking this new journey of our lives ”