||Rajinikanth+shankar->Athiradee|| The music of Shivaji

Sivaji press release

By Behindwoods News Bureau.

May 14, 2007



It’s official now. AVM came up with an announcement on Friday, the 10th of May on the release date of its next Magnum Opus production - Sivaji.

The worldwide release date has been announced as 31st May.
Generally, expectations soar high where Shankar's movies are concerned - it just got bigger with Rajini.




Sivaji will be AVM Productions' 168th movie. With Sivaji, Rajini's will be completing his century in Kollywood. Another interesting fact is, this movie is AVM-Rajini combo's 9 th venture together. Incidentally this is Shankar's 8th movie, which happens to be his lucky number.

If you suppose Rajini-Shankar-AVM combination is big enough, then think again. Because all the biggies in their respective fields of expertise have worked for Sivaji. Camera by KV Anand, art direction by Thotta Dharani, editing by Antony, dialogues by Sujatha, music by AR Rahman, lyrics by Vaali, Vairamuthu, Na Muthukumar and Pa Vijay and stunts by Peter Haynes just to name a few.

AR Rahman's hard work seems to have obtained the desired results. As Sivaji's songs, which are repeatedly broadcasted by all radio stations, are now the talk of the town. The movie's BGM and re-recording, which have come out exceptionally well and far more superior have been done at London and Czech Republic's capital Prague.
Stunt master Peter Haynes' fight scenes have been made aiming at perfection. KV Anand has used the latest technology "Super 35 and 4K." It is the first time that 4K technology is being used for a Tamil movie. Sivaji will also be the first Tamil movie to have more number of prints than ever before. According to the press release every teeny weeny bit of detail is taken care of.

All about Sivaji
IndiaGlitz [Monday, May 14, 2007]



It would be destination Sivaji beginning 31 May. The much-awaited film which has created a lot of hype and expectations is releasing on 31 May with maximum number of prints. The movie has been the talk of the town what with the biggest marquee names in Kollywood (Rajini, Shankar, A R Rahman), and some of most talented technicians like cameraman K V Anand, editor Anthony, art director Thotta Tharani, writer Sujatha, choreographers Raju Sundaram, Larencce and Brinda, and costume designer Manish Malhotra have figuring in it

The movie which is Rajinikanth's 168th movie is interestingly his 100th straight film in Tamil.

With AVM too pulling out all stops to make the movie fit the image of Rajini and the imagination of Shankar, the expectations are at an amazing high.

The movie is director Shankar's eighth film, his luck rests on eight. Rajinikanth favors nine and this is his ninth movie with AVM.

Rajinikanth, who looks refreshing, thanks to costumes designed by Manish Malhotra considers Thursdays to be an auspicious day. The movie releases on Thursday.

What more, acclaimed cinematographer K V Anand has used state-of-the-art technology to shoot the movie. He has used advanced Super - 35, 4k tech, to shoot the movie. This is the first-ever time such a technology being introduced in Tamil cinema.

Due mention should be made of art-director Thota Tharani. He has come up with grand sets and recreated foreign locales in Chennai for a song sequence.

Anthony, who has carved a niche with his slick editing, has reportedly come up with a stupendous work. Sujatha, who is known for crisp and meaningful dialogues and scintillating music by A R Rahman are sure to work in favor of the film.

With a team of talented choreographers in Prabhu Deva, Raju Sundaram, Larencce Raghavendra and Brinda coming together, no doubt the choreography in Sivaji would be hip-shaking and eye-catching. Veterans Vaali (Adhiradikaran) and Vairamuthu (Vaji Vaji) along with a young brigade comprising Na Muthukumar (Ballelaka), Pa Vijay (Style), have come up with catchy lyrics that is set to scintillating tunes by Rahman. The songs are already a craze among music-buffs and are repeatedly aired in several FM Radio Stations.
Rahman has composed the background score in Chennai, London and Cheq Republic. Designer Manish Malhotra, who has worked his magic on such Bollywood beauties like Karishma Kapoor, Rani Mukherjee and Kajol, was roped in to work his undoubted skill on Rajinikanth. His effort seems to have paid of. For, going by the stills released to the press, Rajini looks at his smartest best.

Shriya plays Rajini's heroine. On being part of a Rajinikanth film, Shriya says, “It was project which had all the big names in Tamil film industry. When Shankar offered me the role, I immediately grabbed it with both hands since I am a great fan of Rajinikanth”.

Others in the cast include Vivek, Suman, Raghuvaran, Manivannan, and Vadivukarasi, Solomon Pappaiyah, Raja, Bose Venkat and others.

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the picks r nice... no offense but the blond hair is kind of gay :wink:

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the picks r nice... no offense but the blond hair is kind of gay :wink:

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that was a bit rude,buddy... :lol:

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ya i know.... but its true rite??

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Its not gay but it makes rajini look very funny rather than stylish...yaaru pa intha wigs yellam seiyuruthu :rant:

Shankar talks on Sivaji

How have you made the whole of Tamil Nadu to talk ceaselessly?

We are just doing our job and that job has transcended beyond even ourselves.

And now after the release of the Sivaji songs, the anticipation has grown even more?

Yes.

Now even when you were taking the Mudhalvan movie, it seemed that the both of you (Shankar & Rajni) were going to come together for a film, and then why the gap in between and now why has it finally materialized in Sivaji?

We have met and spoken on numerous occasions, but I think this is the right time; everything has come together correctly, the script. umm.just everything, all things have fallen into place and because of that we started the movie.

Do you typically get the story ready and then choose the appropriate lead star for it - what is your system for this?

Generally, we get the story ready and choose a star who is more apt and suiting for that role. In all of my stories such as Kadhalan, Jeans and other such lighter love movies, you can see a certain super heroism, larger than life.you can see those types of characters; those have become super hero driven stories. If you take any of those, whether Rajni Sir had starred or whether Kamal Sir had starred, they would have been excellent. So that is the question of whether we begin with an artist or whether we begin with a story.but in terms of this movie (Sivaji), I was thinking about Rajni Sir when I came up with this story.

So from the beginning you had this story in mind for him?

Yea, this story came about with him in mind.

Then, when you make a movie with Rajni and because he is a Superstar, did you feel a lot of pressure? Such as: should there be a certain kind of buildup? Did you have any pressure since you knew you were creating a story for a Superstar?

There was both pressure and jolliness. Because there are certain expectations of him in movies, you have to satisfy those requirements. And another thing, because he is there, there are certain advantages, for instance you cannot take on certain issues with some other heroes...so because of that, there are no limits to my creative imagination, but if I placed those same issues on all artists it just would not work out, so when I approach these issues with him there it is be quite interesting.for example, in the "Athiradee" song, you can witness what I'm saying, you cannot do all of those things we have done in the song with any other hero.so there are many plus points like that, but of course there are pressures as well, for instance you cannot change him too much, but then again, people also expect to see some change in my movies.so essentially, you have to give and not give.have to reach a certain balance, so it was both enjoyable and demanding, but finally, I think have solved those issues.

You are known as being a super director and if we take all of your past movies, you can clearly see a sort of Shankar stamp on all of them and in the same way, we can clearly distinguish a Rajni movie from other films, so if we look at it that way and now that the both of you are collaborating together - this Sivaji movie is whose movie?

They say this is a "Ra-Shankar-jni" formula. (Laughs) No, but seriously, for those viewers who are coming expecting a Rajni movie, they will see Rajni Sir's formula and for those coming to see a Shankar movie, they will see Shankar's formula and on top of that, for those fans who are coming to see what a combination of the two would be, even they will be fulfilled, so I have maintained that balance appropriately.

Sir, now in this movie from all the things we have seen, Rajni Sir looks very youthful, how did you accomplish this?

For his character in this movie, we thought a lot about his get-ups and what would look good and like I said before, we cannot change Rajni Sir too much since when people think of Rajni Sir, a certain image registers in their minds, so we cannot change him too much, but we have to bring a tiny bit of change and so we thought about ways to make him look pleasing and we went about gathering stills from his previous movies which we thought would be apt for the character he plays in Sivaji and then we short listed and short listed until we came up with get-ups which perfectly fit his role in the movie. And then we went about procuring the wigs and make-up necessary to reproducing the selected get-ups and we did numerous fittings and only at the last minute did we get the type of wigs and looks we were aiming for.for the city look we used the Billa get-up.

Now when you were doing all of this research were you and your team the only ones doing it or was he (Rajni) also involved?

No he turned over the responsibility to me after hearing what I had to say about what would look good for the movie.after seeing the stills and wigs we came up with and seeing that it was all correct, he was quite happy.

from our local news paper http://www.dailymirror.lk/2007/05/15/life/08.asp

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the picks r nice... no offense but the blond hair is kind of gay :wink:

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ya i know.... but its true rite??

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No idea..Not met a gay till date.. :lol:

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but am sure u hav seen gay ppl in movies...
but anywayz... the other pics look cool...

should be a great movie....

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shivaji songs hears good man after hearing many times

-thimuru

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tell me bout it.... they r bloody nice

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Sivaji in theatres on May 31
The long wait is over. The most anticipated film of recent times, Sivaji, is releasing on the May 31, AVM Studios announced.

"No, it is not a lucky number or anything like that. The post-production work will be over by May 15," S C Babu, CEO, AVM Productions said.

Other than the digital prints, 400 Tamil and 300 Telugu prints will be sent to various theatres all over the world making it the first Tamil film to be released simultaneously in the US, Canada, Europe, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Australia.

In Tamil Nadu, a large number of digital prints will be despatched to 140 digital theatres for the first time. However, the names of the theatres have not been finalised.

"From the response we are getting, it looks like the first two weeks will be fully booked even before the release," Babu said.

AVM seems excited about their new product, which has taken more than one and a half years to finish.
The CEO agreed that Sivaji is the most anticipated film in India now. "We keep getting queries about the film not only from Tamil Nadu but also from all around the world," he added.

Meanwhile, the music of Sivaji by A R Rahman is a hit. "We got excellent feedback from places like Punjab where people have loved every song though they cannot understand a single word, which goes to show music has no barrier," the CEO added.

Incidentally, Sivaji is Rajnikanth's 100th Tamil film, and the ninth for AVM. All the eight films Rajni had done for AVM were huge hits.

Sivaji is also the most expensive film made by AVM and according to the CEO, "possibly the most expensive film made in India too."

thanks:arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com

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Meanwhile, the music of Sivaji by A R Rahman is a hit. "We got excellent feedback from places like Punjab where people have loved every song though they cannot understand a single word, which goes to show music has no barrier," the CEO added.

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- here it shows ARR music worked more than the RAJINI factor...... !!!!!!!! where is all those bashers who said Sivaji audio is a hit becoz of the Rajini factor.... Moonjilei Kariyai Poose!!! :lol2: :lol:

enna thambi dineshu,antha foto-la irukkarathu neethana????lesa barath mathiri look theriyuthuppa :lol: :lol: :lol:

Can't wait for the movie!!!

and 31st is a holiday here HURRAAAAAAAAAAAY :victory: :victory: :victory:

Anoops singapore eh....namakku yeppeiyo holiday arambichaachu :D

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enna thambi dineshu,antha foto-la irukkarathu neethana????lesa barath mathiri look theriyuthuppa :lol: :lol: :lol:

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photo ve nambirathinge...nerrule partha bayanthedevinge..koduruma iruppen :lol2: :lol: serious!

hey Anand... Sivaji paathe THRleh yepedi odhuthu ippe.... any updates??? 8-)

thr vida,minnal fm -la than dhool kellaputhu songs :clap: :musicsmile:

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thr vida,minnal fm -la than dhool kellaputhu songs :clap: :musicsmile:

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wow... thats shocking... :shock: ... Minnal FM.... :shock:

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but r they airing Athiradee 'n Style? I only heard Vaa Ji 'n Sahana

rayan and dinesh,after movie release sivaji songs kekkatha naale radio-la illa innu neengale solluvinnga!!! :D athiradi song minnal fm poguthu but sytle song mattum ithuvaraikkum kekkala,thr ithukku opposit!!!

thr.fm-la sivaji songs ringtone rights kedakkala innu kelvi patten,unmaya innu theriyala sir!!!

Shivaji-The Boss To Release On May 31

May 13, 2007

Rajnikant and ShriyaSouth Indian superstar Rajnikant's much-awaited film Shivaji-The Boss, co-starring Shriya and directed by Shankar, is all set to release on 31st May. The day, incidentally, marks the 65th birthday of Andhra superstar Ghattamaneni Krishna.

Our sources inform us that a remixed version of the smash hit song from NTR's Vetagadu 'Aaku Chatu Pinde Tadise' will be a highlight of the film.

Shivaji-The Boss has music by AR Rehman.

http://www.cinegoer.com/archives/may2007/shivaji.htm


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Our sources inform us that a remixed version of the smash hit song from NTR's Vetagadu 'Aaku Chatu Pinde Tadise' will be a highlight of the film.

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Our sources inform us that a remixed version of the smash hit song from NTR's Vetagadu 'Aaku Chatu Pinde Tadise' will be a highlight of the film.

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kekkaravan kena payanaa irundhaa... _____________________

indha site ellaam evan paathu news podaraangalo !!

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http://rajinifans.com/detailView.asp?title=228

Can anyone give me a good link to download dts songs plss?

http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/40789/...in-sivaji.html

Blaaze hints there may be something more in the music department in the movie. :?

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http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/40789/meet-rajnikanths-voice-in-sivaji.html

Blaaze hints there may be something more in the music department in the movie. :?

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"But, I guess there might be a surprise, because when theres A. R. Rahman, when theres Shankar, when theres Rajnikanth, MAGIC HAS TO HAPPEN." - Blaaze

If that isn't a hint that theres another song in the movie, then I don't know what is!

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'Sivaji' songs rule Tamil charts
By IANS
May 15, 2007, 10:10

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With no impressive releases in the last couple of weeks, the Tamil audio list remains the same. Though not a great album by A.R. Rahman's standards, 'Sivaji' is still a big hit.

The top five Tamil albums are:

1. 'Sivaji' - Music Director: A.R. Rahman. The song introducing Rajnikant and sung by S.P. Balasubramaniam, Rehanah Benny and chorus is creating a buzz among the actor's fans. But the pick of the album is 'Sahara pookal', a melody rendered beautifully by Vijay Yesudas and Gomathishree.

2. 'Unnale Unnale' - Music Director: Harris Jayaraj. 'June ponna' sung by Krish and Arun is still the favourite. Yet another hit album from Harris Jayaraj.

3. 'Mozhi' - Music Director: Vidyasagar. Vidyasagar's best album continues its dream run. You will never get tired of listening to Sujatha and Balram's rendition of 'Kaatrin mozhiye'.

4. 'Chennai 600028' - Music Director: Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film's surprise box office success has helped the album sales.

5. 'Naan Avan Illai' - Music Director: Vijay Antony. There is nothing great about the album but the film's success has helped it. The song 'Ean enakku' rendered by Jayadev and Sangeeth Rajeswaran is doing quite well.

© Copyright 2007 by MusicIndiaOnLine.com

http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/tamil/4098/ :lol:

Though not a great album by A.R. Rahman's standards, 'Sivaji' is still a big hit.

PERUMALE IVANNGALAI KAAPPATU!!! :cry2: :banghead: :banghead:

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To dl DTS audios, try this link

http://66.90.103.126/~rose4you/www.o.../DTS%20Audios/

To download ARR songs,

http://66.90.103.126/~rose4you/www.o...%20Collection/

Sivjai will be released on June 15th !

i am getting tired of this. whats the reason this time? man if u r gonna announce some date -- it might be true -- please include sources. :(

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/t...cle/31221.html
http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14453417
http://tamil.galatta.com/entertainme...ws/sivaji.html
http://www.ayngaran.com/Ayngaran/Ayn...s&name=Shivaji


:cry: :cry: :cry: JUNE 15 as of now :?

Thanks for the link Rami. Are they retail version or dvd rip?

nalla nalla varuthu vaile...
why this delay..again again and again !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Indha padatha ini mel kaapatha Rajni and ARR ala mattumthaan mudiyum...

Aamir Khan bowled over by Rahman
http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/t...cle/31222.html

Bollywood super star Aamir Khan was mesmerized after listening to the audio track of A R Rahman's Sivaji.

The actor listened to the songs and heaped laurels on A R Rahman for the variety and richness in the sound track. Aamir Khan is currently working in the Hindi version of Ghajini and the actor has insisted that A R Rahman should score the music.

The two share a unique rapport ever since Rangeela. The musical score in movies including Lagaan, Rang De Basanti and Mangal Pandey are a big hit.

The Hindi version is directed by Murugadoss and Asin plays the heroine.