‘Endhiran’ given to ARR for music

Director Shankar is tied up with lot of final post-production work of ‘Endhiran’. He has said he didn’t talk about ‘Endhiran’ for some time just to avoid excessive hype and expectation. Even a still posted on his blog creates a hype he felt.
So what’s new on Endhiran? Shankar himself says except for one song the entire film shooting is complete. The full edited film has been given to A R Rahman for background score and Resul Pookutty for the sound effects.
Shankar is waiting to shoot the last song and the computer graphics work of the climax. So everything is going on as per schedule. The high impact promotions will start on July 11. Watch out!

‘Endhiran’ Promo Live

Of the two most awaited films of this year one is ready for release in June and the other will start its promotional activities from July. After ‘Raavanan’ it is ‘Endhiran’ which is going to grab the attention of the people and media of the world.
The Sun Pictures is all geared to start the promotional activities for ‘Endhiran’ from July onwards. The first event of the promotions will be a live show on Sun TV which will feature Actors Rajinikanth, Aiswarya Rai, Director Shankar and Cameraman Rathnavel sharing the making of ‘Endhiran’.
According to sources The Live event is scheduled for the second Sunday of July at 11. 30 am.
The promotional activities are going to be one of its kind and will also travel to off shores to different countries to make the film the best ever in Tamil.

RAJINI FOR EXCELLENCE, SURIYA FOR ENTERTAINMENT

he Fourth Annual UniverCell Vijay Awards took place at the Nehru Indoor Stadium on May 29th amidst much fanfare. The event was a grand affair with many film stars, technicians, producers and directors attending the function.A press note from Vijay TV states: “Of the 131 films released in 2009, winners from 32 different categories were announced in the evening’s awards ceremony.”Here are the details of some of the awards presented:Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award Ganesan Award for Excellence in Indian Cinema: Superstar Rajnikanth.Best Entertainer of the year award: Actor Suriya.Favorite Hero award and Favorite Heroine award went to Ilaya Thalapathi Vijay and Anushka respectively for the film Vettaikaran.Favorite Film award went to Ayan.Samuthrakani (Nadodigal) won the Favorite Director Award.Oru Chinnathamarai from Vettaikaran was awarded the Favorite Song of 2009.The award winners in the 27 BEST categories were chosen by the eminent jury membersBest Actor of the year 2009: Prakash Raj for the film Kancheevaram.Best Actress of the year 2009: Pooja for her performance in Naan Kadavul.Best Director Award: Bala for Naan Kadavul.Best Supporting Actor Male and Best Supporting Actor Female were won by Jeyaprakash (Pasanga) and Abhinaya (Naadodigal) respectively.Best Film Award: Nadodigal.Best Comedian Award: Santhanam for Siva Manasula Sakthi.Best Villain Award: Rajendran for Naan Kadavul.Best Debut Actor Male: Vimal (Pasanga).Best Debut Actor Female: Ananya (Nadodigal).Best Cinematographer Award: Manoj Paramahamsa (Eeram).Best Editor Award: Srikar Prasad (Eeram).Best Art Director Award: Vairavan (Pokkisham).Best Stunt Director Award: Rajasekar (Renigunda).Best Music Director Award: Harris Jeyaraj (Aadhavan).Best Male Playback Singer Award: Karthik (Hasili Fisili) Best Female Playback Singer Award: Chinmayi (Varayo Varayo).Best Story, Screenplay, Writer award: Arivazhagan (Eeram).Best Lyricist Award: Na. Muthukumar (Oru kal oru kannadi song from Siva Manasula Sakthi).Best Choreographer Award: Shobhi (Aathichudi song from TN07 AL 4777).Best Make-up artist and Best Costume Designer awards were won by Sasi & Das (Naan Kadavul) and Anu Vardhan for Sarvam film.Stunt Union was awarded the Contribution to Tamil cinema.Best Find of the Year: Director Pandiraj (Pasanga).Best Crew of the Year Award: Pasanga.

RAJINI SAYS IT’LL BE A ‘ROARING’ SUCCESS

Rajinikanth and the CM of TN M Karunanidhi viewed the Tamil film Pen Singam together. The film, which is written by M Karunanidhi, is directed by Bali Srirangham and produced by S.P. Murugesan. Meera Jasmine and Uday Kiran play the lead roles in the movie.
The Superstar was all praises for the Pen Singam team for making such a wonderful film. He added that it will be a roaring success among the audience.
Pen Singam is all about a woman’s fight for justice.

WHY SOUNDARYA WAITS FOR ENDHIRAN

Rajinikanth’s fans started to wonder what happened to Sultan – The Warrior, the animation film that is being directed and produced by his daughter Soundarya. Enquiries in Kollywood revealed that Soundarya plans to release Sultan only after Endhiran hits the screens.
According to trade pundits, this could have a positive impact on Sultan because Endhiran is being produced by Sun Pictures and will get maximum publicity. This in turn would have the cash registers ringing for Sultan.
Considering the business motives of Soundarya and timing her release accordingly, there is a strong speculation that her animation film could turn out to be a hit.

Rajini makes his fan happy

A differently-abled person, who is a die-hard fan of Superstar Rajinikanth, received a pleasant surprise from the top actor when he tried to have a glimpse of him at the wedding reception of actor Vijay Vasanth in Chennai recently.
When the Superstar walked in to the auditorium to wish the ‘Chennai 28’ actor, people pulled and pushed at each other to catch a glimpse of him. Equally intent on meeting the star was our hero of the story, who lost his balance and fell.
On seeing this, Rajini rushed to his help. The Superstar lifted his fan, spoke a few words to him, and asked him to be careful while in a crowd. After spending a few minutes with him, the actor left the place.
The man, whose joy knew no bounds after he exchanged pleasantries with his matinee idol, said, “My dream has come true finally. Thalaivar touched me. And I spoke to him. I just could not believe it.”

ENDHIRAN IN DUMPING YARD

After shooting in some of the exotic locales across the globe, the makers of Endhiran had decided to can a few scenes at the Perungudi dumping yard in Chennai. The Endhiran team, in the recent months, was spotted in several locations in and around Chennai but the dumping yard has raised many an eyebrow.Enquiries reveal that the scenes involving the superstar were not shot in the Perungudi dumping yard. It was mainly the film’s villain and other actors, who camped in the spot for five days to complete some scenes.Endhiran is a big budget film that has Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai playing the lead roles. The movie is directed by Shankar and produced by Sun Pictures.