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Yesterday – a super hero. Today – Sorry….
Dec 12, 2006


Remember those days when the Tamil screens were ruled by countryside romances with irresistible songs and not to forget the first time ever hero was portrayed as a Tamil cowboy? Ramarajan immediately comes to mind when one thinks of village romances. He was in the line of Rajini and Kamal during those days.


However – as tinsel town has it – success is subjective only to the number of hits.

Ramarajan eventually lost his market and was never able to regain it until now. His attention diverted to politics, which did him no good either. The actor who was often prefixed with the title ‘Gramathu Nayagan’ (Village Hero) is currently undergoing ayurvedic treatment in Kerala to treat his facial muscles, which suffered a stroke recently.

Ramarajan, a former MP of AIADMK partook in numerous campaigns organized by the party. He suffered from a mild paralytic stroke attack recently, which damaged his facial muscles. Having obtained divorce from his actor wife Nalini, Ramarajan leads a solitary life.

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http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-mov...ramarajan.html

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Tamil stunt talent in Hollywood
Dec 18, 2006


Looks like our in-house talents have become quite a rage in Hollywood. The outsourcing wave has brought Indian talents to the limelight. Earlier it was animation for movies such as Shrek and Click, now it seems Hollywood is eager to try its hands in choreographing stunt scenes with our stunt masters. Noted stunt master Kanal Kannan has been roped in for the Hollywood movie First Fire.


Produced by Paul Nicolas, First Fire has Sean Patrick and Rehan Elizabeth in the lead. Kanal composed stunts for the movie, the shoots of which are being carried out in and around Goa and Mumbai.

Speaking about the offer Kanal Kannan says: ‘They obtained my information from the Internet and approached me to direct Indian stunts such as Sword Fight and Kambu Sandai for the movie’. They are quite happy with me and as a result I am directing stunt sequences for their two more movies for which I am flying to South Africa soon, added Kannan.

Here is wishing Kanal to rock in Hollywood as well.

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http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-mov...al-kannan.html

Seems Gautham too had joined the elite list of Cheran and others !
His recent interview here

http://brangan.easyjournal.com/entry.aspx?eid=3202440

is a prime example for his out spoken behaviour ! :roll:

Tamilnadu Chief Minister Dr.Karunanidhi has slashed the ticket rates across the state.This law will come to effect from the New Years day. In a press release from the CM office it states that the ticket rates for an air-conditioned theatre in cities should not exceed beyond 50 rupees. This order comes after the producer council members met the CM to express their concern on the piracy issues.




The members also brought to the notice of CM the high ticket price in the theatres for the first two weeks of the movie release which keeps the crowd out. Theatres in Chennai charge more than 100 Rupees in the first two weeks of a new release (this is an understatement). Hearing their grievances Chief Minister has also slashed the law that allows the theatre owners to increase the ticket rates on their own for the first two weeks which was imposed by the previous AIADMK government. The producer council also thanked the Chief Minister for his support to the film Industry. Now that the Government has laid the laws, will the theatres follow it?

Finally a good move by the govt
http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14354017


The Tamilnadu government has issued an order slashing the ticket rates at cinema theatres across the state effective from Jan 1, 2007!

Today morning (20 Dec) the Tamil Film Producer’s Council (TFPC) under its president Ramanarayanan met Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi at his residence in Gopalapuram. They had enlightened the Chief Minister that even after waiving the entertainment tax, common man is unable to benefit as ticket rates are very high especially in cities.

Added to that the earlier government had allowed cinemas halls to increase the ticket rates of any film in its first two weeks of release. Hence theatres were charging Rs 100 to Rs 200 for almost all Tamil films which according to TFPC discouraged the common man to visit cinema halls and instead encouraged piracy! At Rs 30 an entire family was able to watch a film in their homes with a pirated CD!

Hearing their grievances, Karunanidhi immediately revoked the law that allowed theatres to increase ticket rates in the first two weeks! Now a uniform rate has been prescribed for all theatres whether they show new/old films!

From Jan 1, 2007 the new ticket rates in Cities (Chennai, Coimbatore, and other corporations) are-

Air conditioned theatre
Highest rate will be Rs 50!
10 percent of total seats at lowest rates-Rs 10.

Non a/c theatre- Highest rate Rs 30
10 percent of total seats at lowest rates-Rs 5.

Smaller centres

B stations- Air conditioned theatres highest rate Rs 40.
10 percent of total seats at lowest rates -Rs 5.
Tamilnadu government by reducing ticket rates has won over the hearts of the common man. But already a major crisis is brewing in Tamil film industry.

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Fuel for cine buffs
IndiaGlitz [Wednesday, December 20, 2006]



Suriya, Srikanth, Gautham Menon all joined hands to launch the 'Fuel Card' at the Sathyam Cinema complex in Chennai.

Fuel is a pre-paid movie card to watch movies at Sathyam Cinemas.

The card can be used for buying tickets online or at ticket counters and for purchasing food and beverages at concession counters at the multiplex.

The Fuel starter pack, costing Rs.300, contains a pre-paid card worth Rs.250.

Fuel cards can be recharged in increments of Rs.100.

Fuel cards can be used instead of credit cards for all transactions at Sathyam Cinemas.

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http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/t...cle/27899.html

Theatre tickets are fixed :shock:

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/only-rs-...i/28996-3.html

Kamal in a cop movie again

Kamal in cop film again
IndiaGlitz [Tuesday, December 19, 2006]

As part of the 150 years celebration of Chennai police to be celebrated on the first week of January, the city police is now producing a short film at a cost of Rs 10 lakh to enhance its presence in a novel way.

Along with the prime stars of the tinsel world like Kamal Haasan, Nasser, Asin, Commissioner Letika Saran and certain other top officials are to act in the movie.

The film is being directed by director Ilavarasan and produced by Abirami Ramanathan and the shooting is taking place in and around the city.

News source: http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/t...cle/27859.html

Instead of watching a film on a very poor print for Rs 30 on VCD, now they are going to watch it for Rs 50 in theatre and that too with air conditioner...

good logical move! lets see what the piracy mongers do now!

why is the industry in a crisis? this could prove beneficial. are the theatre owners part of the industry? if no, then the theatre owners need to worry about it. but i would say they can now run a movie for a longer time.. would also be easier for movies to now run for long periods of time in theatres. and when people who watch movies on pirated video come to theatres, its going to benefit them in the long run!

every actor will lose crores!

for an actor like rajni, kamal or vijayakanth who have own production company ...its not a problem