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Divya’s next
Fresh from her act in Vaaranam Ayiram, Divya Spandana is doing a film, Kaathal 2 Kalyanam, opposite a new hero — Arya’s brother Shahid. The film is being shot in Chennai and the director is a former apprentice of Mani Ratnam. John Vijay of Oram Po fame also stars in the film, and plays a drunkard. The movie is about a family on a temple tour of South India. It looks like a light romantic comedy is in the making. But, with a name like Kaathal 2 Kalyanam, will the film get the full subsidy for ‘Tamil titles’ granted by the State Government or just part of it, thanks to the little number in between?
Who gets the credit?
The news that the soundtrack of Slumdog Millionaire
has been nominated for a Golden Globe
has had an electrifying effect on everyone. Nobody
in India seems to care about the nominees for the
other awards; it seems enough that A.R. Rahman
has been nominated. It is strange though that
Rahman has composed a song, which is a rip-off of
the infamous Choli ke Peeche song from Subhash
Ghai's blockbuster Khalnayak. The song by M.I.A
featuring Blaaze sounds like an M.I.A composition,
complete with her trademark rap style. Seeing
the credits on the album will sure be
interesting!
Mallika's hiss
Cinematographer Madhu Ambat is back on the popular cinema
scene after a hiatus. He will be seen behind the lens in Jennifer
Lynch's debut directorial venture Hiss aka Naagin: The Snake
Woman, starring Mallika Sherawat. Jennifer Lynch is the daughter
of director David Lynch, known for films such as Mulholland
Drive and The Elephant Man. Hiss is a remake of Nagin, the 1976
hit based on the story of a snake which returns in a human form to
wreak vengeance on the man who killed its partner. Mallika
Sherawat plays the snake woman and the scene that involves the
metamorphosis of the woman into a snake is said to have been
wonderfully picturised, what with amazing computer graphics by
Robert Kurrtzman of Narnia fame. Jennifer was apparently all
praise for Madhu Ambat's work in the film.
NIKHIL RAGHAVAN
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