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FRAMED
Ace cinematographer R. D. Rajasekar talks to malathi rangarajan about Bheema

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Time for celebration

Film Review

Eight Pack Pongal
Plot Set against a village background, Thangam is about Mr. Clean trying to solve the issues of the common man.Genre B & C masala film.USP ...

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KAALAI
Plot The hero and two baddies have the same name, leading to mistaken identities. Is the hero able to set the record straight? Genre Mass entertainerUSP Silambarasan, the ...

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PALANI
Plot The age-old sibling sentiment coupled with commercial components forms the crux of the story. Kushboo and Bharath play the key roles. Genre Formula fareUSP ...

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INDIRALOKATHIL NAA AZHAGAPPAN
Plot The story revolves around Vadivelu and his comic exploits in heaven, hell and earth. Vadivel appears in three different roles - Azhagappan, Yama and Indiran. Genre Fantasy comedy

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BHEEMA
Plot Like the Bheema of the Mahabharata, the hero is the strongest man in town, a sharpshooter who joins a mob but later turns out to be its nemesis.Genre Action thrillerUSP ...

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VAZHTHUKAL
Plot How can a person who neglects his own parents become a Good Samaritan is the question director Seeman seems to pose in the filmGenre Family entertainerUSP Maddy’s ...

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PIDICHIRUKKU
Plot The travails a young man has to undergo for the sake of love. Genre RomanceUSP New ...

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PIRIVOM SANDHIPOM
Plot An emotional film set in a Nattukottai Chettiar family where a couple splits owing to unfortunate circumstances. How the family tries to bring them together forms an interesting climax.Genre ...

Cinema

MUMBAI EXPRESS
Sleepwalking
Sameera Reddy has the habit of walking in her sleep. Says the actor, “I suffer from somnambulism. And I want to get rid of it. Thankfully, I have never walked out of my room, in the house or in a hotel. My mother is used to it; but I have ...

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LOVE/HATE
Why I like... Dil Chahta Hai
I rarely watch Indian movies. The Hindi movies I watch are all Aamir Khan movies. The movie which I like best is Dil Chahta Hai. All of Bollywood movies are about love, love, love... Every movie is about a guy-girl falling in ...

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LOVE/HATE
Why I didn’t like it much... Fanaa
I don’t want to use the word hate, but the movie I didn’t like much was Fanaa. One was it didn’t have anything different. When you go for an Aamir Khan film, you expect it to be different. It was a kind of a letdown for me. He ...

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Craig more careful this time
Daniel Craig has made an effort to ensure he’s better prepared for his return to 007 duty. The Brit actor suffered a number of mishaps in his debut as James Bond in Casino Royale, including having teeth knocked out ...

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HOT FROM HOLLYWOOD
Going solo
Britney Spears has accused her showbiz pals of deserting her in her hour of need. The troubled former pop princess is said to have cut off all ties with her famous friends, including Paris Hilton and Madonna for not doing more to support her as ...

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Ricci gets high on green
Christina Ricci has found a safer replacement for the high she used to get from drugs and booze - movie special effects shots. The former Addams Family star says she worked with so much green screen in upcoming movie

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Julia head over heels
Julia Roberts fell head over heels for Tom Hanks in their latest movie Charlie Wilson’s War. The flame-haired beauty says she is so clumsy she kept falling over her dress when it was time to pucker up with Tom - so she ...

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Mary-Kate’s twin trouble
Despite helming a billion-dollar fashion empire, Mary-Kate Olsen says she still fights over clothes with her twin sister Ashley. The 21-year-old says she often has blazing rows with her identical twin because they steal each other’s ...

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ITSY BITSY
Winning combination
Director Thirumurugan and actor Bharath, who came together to render a hit Em Mahan, will once again team up for a film titled Muniyandi Vilangiyal Mundraam Aandu. The movies will be produced by the ...

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Cine Quiz
1. Name the beauty queen who danced with Rajnikanth in the hit number ‘Rakamma Kaiya thattu..’ from the movie Dalapathi? 2. Name the famous actor-father of Kumar ...

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What the ‘stars’ foretell
What is in store for movie buffs this year? ziya us salam finds out

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AIR SUPPLY
Movies
Bob Munro (Robin Williams) is the head of a dysfunctional family. He rents an RV motor to take his family on a trip to the Colorado Rocky Mountains, but things just keep going wrong for the family, with hilarious effects!Co-starring ...

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Hollywood touch
Sathyam, directed by A. Rajasekar, has Craig Mumma supervising the visual effects

Music

LOOKING BACK
Chak de music
lyrics The Hindi movies of 2007 threw up some hummable tunes with great words

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BLAST FROM THE PAST
Tukaram 1938
Musiri Subramania Iyer, K. Sarangapani, K. Seetha, R. Balasubramaniam, K. A. Chokkalinga Bhagavathar, R. Balasaraswathi

Tv Serials

Special episode
Jaya TV will air a special episode of Jackpot, hosted by actor Khushboo, on January 13, 8 p.m. The show gets more exciting with traditional music and dance. There will be interesting recipes that will be prepared on the sets. Try your ...

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