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Fine Pair

Leading director Lingusamy is turning producer with "Deepavali", which features a new pair, Jayam Ravi and Bhavana.

The film is directed by Ezhil who gave that Vijay super hit "Thullatha Manamum Thullum".

Shooting for the film will start this week. Ezhil is a good storyteller and Lingusamy was so impressed with the script that he immediately agreed to turn producer.

It is a love story set in the backdrop of a village. Yuvan will be the music director.

Jayam Ravi is all excited about the film, as he feels the character is sure to suit his image.

Fun unlimited

After the stupendous success of films such as "Garam Masala", "Malamaal Weekly" and the recent "Phir Hera Pheri", comedy is the new flavour of Bollywood.

Releasing this week is "Golmaal", featuring Ajay Devgan, Paresh Rawal, Arshad Warsi, Tussar Kapoor, Sharman Joshi and Rimmi Sen. The story revolves around four guys who want to have a good time in life. They enter a bungalow of a rich, old, blind couple. One of the guys pretends to be their grandson in the U.S. whom they have not seen for long. A lot of confusion follows and there is a twist in the climax.

Scriptwriter Neeraj Vohra has borrowed the basic story from his guru Priyadarsan's Malayalam original "Kakkakuyil" and rehashed it in Hindi to suit the Bollywood taste.

Racy Film

Can NTR, the one-time teen icon of Telugu cinema, make a comeback after two consecutive flops? His "Ashok", directed by Surendar Reddy, is a racy entertainer, which releases today.

The film promises to be technically amazing, as it was shot using a super 35 mm camera with DI (Digital Imaging) hroughout.

Sameera Reddy plays the female lead and Prakash Raj has a pivotal role. The music is by Mani Sharma. As a maximum number of prints has been distributed worldwide, the film is expected to take a great opening.

New superstar

Johnny Depp has become Hollywood's new superstar after the world record-breaking opening of "Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" last week (July 7-9) at the U.S. box-office, which garnered an awesome $132 million. According to a spokesperson of Sony Pictures in India: "`Pirates' has taken the biggest ever opening weekend in Hollywood history by breaking the four-year-old `Spiderman' (2002) record of $114.8 million." Johnny Depp with his unconventional good looks has a gold tooth drilled in his gum for his role as the buccaneer Captain Jack Sparrow in the film (It is said to be inspired by the look of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards). Today Depp is a favourite with kids and family audience, especially after last year's "Charlie And The Chocolate Factory". Now, "Pirates" has become a cultural phenomenon with the youth, and already shooting for "Pirates-3" is under way and the film will be released next summer.

SREEDHAR PILLAI

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