Trisha gets 'Most Dangerous Celebrity' tag
Popular south Indian film actress Trisha Krishnan has been named the 'Most Dangerous Celebrity' online in Tamil Nadu. A study by online security technology company McAfee has found that there are 80 infected sites which carry the name of Trisha.
McAfee researched Tamil popular culture's most famous people, including sportsmen, actors and politicians, to create a ranking of the 'Most Dangerous Celebrity' based on the online risk quotient of Tamil film celebrities. The study highlights the trend of cyber criminals using celebrities to take advantage of fans seeking more information on their idols.
Actors Arya, Suriya, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Vijay, Kamal Hassan, Shruti Hassan, Shriya Saran, Rajinikanth and Dhanush follow Trisha as the top 10 Kollywood celebrities with the highest percentages of risk online.
Cyber criminals often lure unsuspecting supporters to sites laden with malware that can steal passwords and personal information. These criminals capitalise on the public's fascination with the celebrity to lure them to sites laden with malware that enable them to steal passwords and personal information. This year, searching for a celebrity name coupled with the search terms 'wall paper', 'videos' and 'nude pictures' resulted in the highest instances of malware-laden sites, a release from McAfee said.
Commenting on the findings of the study, Venkatasubrahmanyam Krishnapur, vice-president of engineering- consumer and mobile, Business Group, McAfee India Centre, said, "In India where celebrities are given the status of demi gods, cyber criminals often use their names to lure people to sites that actually host malicious software designed to compromise personal details and disrupt devices. By including the names of popular celebrities in a website's search tags, cyber criminals are able to direct more visitors to malicious sites where they may unwittingly sign up for spam or harmful spyware ending up with malware ridden devices."
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“I will work with Gautham Menon next year”- Suriya
Suriya pulling out of Dhruva Natchathiram and his striking letter on Gautham Menon are today’s hottest topics of discussion. In a recent development, the actor spoke about his decision in an event. Although he didnt mention the name of the director, it was obvious from his mention of 'Vaaranam Aayiram'.
“I might have been influenced by the impact created by Singam and Singam 2,” said the actor. He also added, “More than work and my profession, I respect relationships. The decision I have taken is just for now. We’re not split forever. We will come back with a stunning project next year. I’m definitely looking forward to our reunion and that will happen for sure.”
Meanwhile, Suriya is all set to begin his project with director Lingusamy very soon. A test shoot with the latest Red Dragon technology happened at the Prasad setup recently. The film will go on floors on November 15th and is expected to release in May 2014. Samantha is pairing up with Suriya in this mega budget project, produced by Thirrupathi Brothers and cinematographer Santosh Sivan, composer Yuvan Shankar Raja and editor Anthony will also be working on the film.
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I-T raids at residences, offices of actors, producers of Tamil film industry
CHENNAI: Income Tax sleuths on Thursday raided the houses and offices of several film personalities, including popular comedian N Santhanam and several leading producers of the Tamil film industry.
I-T (Investigation) additional director Murali Mohan confirmed the raids that began early Thursday. The move upset the film fraternity, coming as a dampener on the eve of Diwali festival. Some big production houses, which released a couple of films, have also been raided.
A senior I-T officer said the film production houses failed to pay taxes to the I-T department. He also alleged that some of these production houses had used unaccounted money to produce the films.
The raids that began at 8am on Thursday were conducted at 30 places in Chennai and one place in Hyderabad and continued through the day. I-T sources said the raids were conducted at actor Santhanam's house near SIET College in Teynampet in Chennai, the Valsaravalkam residence of film producer A M Rathnam, producer R B Choudary's office and house on North Usman Road in T Nagar and producer Gnanavel Raja Vadapalani residence. I-T officials also conducted a raid at one of Rathnam's guest houses in Hyderabad.
The outcome of the raid is yet to be ascertained. I-T officials said they would collect all relevant documents and details to substantiate their charge that these film personalities had accrued wealth disproportionate to their known sources of income. At least 50 I-T officials participated in the raids. Further course of action will be decided based on the documents seized, they said.
Its Sequel time for 'Jeans'... !
Prashanth trying hard to regain lost footing in industry .. Lets see if this helps him.
Movie goers, especially the lovers of romance genre can never forget the 1998 classic romantic flick 'Jeans', that had actor Prashanth donning twin roles and former Miss Asihwarya Rai who went on to become one of the most sought after divas of bollywood, pairing up with him.
The film directed by ace director Shankar the film was noted for its grand picturisation and one of the songs was shot in front of 7 world wonders that gained much popularity for the film produced by Ashok Amirtharaj.
Since the current trend is positive for sequels, Prashanth's father Thiyagarajan who is also a actor, has registered the title Jeans 2 with film chamber. It is reported that he will be producing the film under the Lakshmi Shanthi Movie Makers banner owned by him. It is unclear whether he himself will direct the film or someone else will be entrusted the responsibility of wielding the megaphone for this sequel.
However the film if well made will surely give a fillip to actor Prashanth who has lost his hey days as a hero and seen struggling for many years for a worthy comeback
