’3′ on April 6, ‘Saguni’ pushed to May!

It was widely reported that ’3′ featuring Dhanush, Shruti Haasan will see light of the day on March 30. The latest is that the film’s release will take place on April 6. It is also further said that ‘Saguni’ has been pushed to the first week of May!

’3′ marks the debut of Aishwarya Dhanush as a director in Tamil cinema. The film is red hot in trade thanks to the worldwide success of ‘Kolaveri’ and will be simultaneously releasing Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.

The Hindi rights of the film have been bagged by Sony and Sun TV has bagged the satellite rights of ’3′ in Tamil. It will showcase three stages of love between Dhanush and Shruti.

Karthi’s political satire ‘Saguni’ that boasts off several USPs will showcase him in a never seen before avatar and now with a May release the film will clash with Thala Ajith’s magnum opus ‘Billa 2′ that’s now slated for an April 27 release, as a pre-treat to the Thala fans for his birthday that falls on May 1.

Rahman to score music for Dhanush’s next ?

The project involving Dhanush under Bharat Bala direction is almost confirmed. Even recently Bharat, the video film maker, said he will start the production sometime this month end or in the first week of April. Now as a part of the technical crew, Bharat is aiming to rope in Oscar fame AR Rahman for numbers. If this materialized, then Dhanush will be rising to the universal standard of his films. And incidentally this could be the first venture for Dhanush to get music from ARR.

More information is awaited for this film which will revolve around Dhanush’s involvement in another Bollywood film with Anand Raj titled Ranjaah. As ARR is said to have given his consent, it indicates the quality of the movie since the musician is very keen on taking up such projects. All that we could hope is for an ideal combination of Kolaveri singer with Oscar winner. ARR – Dhanush combo may click off as Dhanush’s film 3 is getting ready for release during the first week of April.

Kondan Koduthan review

Banner : Ayyappa Arts Films
Cast : Kathir, Advaitha, Ilavarasu, Ganja Karuppu
Direction : G Rajendran
Production : P Ayyappa
Music : Deva

G Rajendran makes his debut as filmmaker withKondan Koduthan, a movie that speaks about family values and relationships. Besides that he has cranked the camera. The family is set within a family in a village.

Kondan Koduthan review

Kathirkaman and Advaitha play the lead roles while Ilavarasu, Sulakshana and Meera Krishnan are also in the cast. Music is by Deva.

Rasu (Kathirkaman) is a kabbadi player. he lives a happy life and is eager to tie the wedding knot to Sevandhi (Advaitha), his uncle Chellaiyah’s (lavarasu) daughter. There is a tradition in their family that they would mary within their families itself.

But Rasu’s sister’s wedding with Sevvandhi’s brother is broken and the bridegroom dies. The families fallout.

Kondan Koduthan review

Ilavarasu is the man of the moment. He plays with style. Sulakshana, Ganja Karupu and Raj Kapoor chip in with their best.
Music is by Deva is good and he has made a strong comeback.

Produced by P Bharathy and Master Sriram, the family is entertaining and must for today’s society

Re-shoot for ‘Saguni’

Popular on-screen baddie Salim Ghouse, who was playingKarthi Sivakumar’s villain in ‘Saguni’, has been replaced by Prakash Raj. The sudden decision was made due to some unavoidable reasons, sources say, adding: “Some important scenes are being re-shot again.”

“The last leg of shooting is currently on in Hyderabad. Prakash Raj is setting the sets on fire with his performance. Debutant director Shankar Dayal is happy about the outcome,” sources close to the unit further say.

Produced by KE Gnanavelraja under the Studio Green banner, ‘Saguni’ is being simultaneously made in Telugu as ‘Shakuni’. Pranitha of ‘Udhayan’ fame is the ladylove of Karthi, while Santhanam plays the hero’s close friend.

A huge star cast, including Radhika Sarath Kumar, Nassar,Roja and Mumtaj are there in ‘Saguni’, which is a political thriller. “I play a first of its kind role in the film and Shankar Dayal’s script is the real strength,” says Karthi.

Oru Kal Oru Kannadi music review

Banner: Red Giant Movies
Production: Udhayanidhi Stalin
Direction: Rajesh
Star-casts: Udhayanidhi Stalin, Hansika Motwani, Santhanam,Saranya Ponvannan and others
Music: Harris Jayaraj

Working with Harris Jayaraj has been Rajesh’s long run dream and finally they come together with Oru Kal Oru Kannadi. The film is nowhere different from the director’s previous comedy entertainers Siva Manasula Sakthi & Boss Engira Baskaran.

Oru Kal Oru Kannadi music review

Here comes the third on the row ‘Oru Kal Oru Kannadi’ that has already won the best praises from everyone with its humorous trailer. Harris Jayaraj has given in the songs suiting to the nature of movie. The treatment is good and mediocre in places as well.

1. Adada Oru – Vocals: Karthik

The song has a base from Harris’ yesteryear song ‘Silu Siluvena’ (Kovil) as you can easily sense it in many parts. However, the music director manages to trivialize these replications with the rendition of Karthik, which is colossal in his unique way. The guitars and other instrumentals in accompaniment make it sound good.

2. Akila Akila – Vocals: Aalaap Raju, Chinmayee, Sharmila

Hasili Fisili from Aadhavan and the fast-paced remix style of Vizhi Moodi Yosithal (Ayan). Hear the song couple of times and these tunes will flow through the senses. Aalaap Raju, Chinmayee and Sharmila have intonated with the right feel what’s more necessary for the song.

Oru Kal Oru Kannadi music review

3. Azhage Azhage – Vocals: Mukesh, Sri Madhumitha

The song has an appealing factor with the singers and instrumentalists unleashing their potentials. Mukesh is the showstopper here and Sri Madhumitha adds up emblazoning attribute to the track.

The visuals by Balasubramaniam should be adding more intensity to the song through the visuals.

4. Kadhal Oru Butterfly – Vocals: Aalaap Raju, Hemachandran, Sunitha Saarathy

Fall in love at first sight. Maybe, it’s just for the protagonist, but the listeners of this song as well. Aalaap Raju has already streaked success with Harris Jayaraj in couple of chartbusters ‘Ennamo Yedho’ and ‘Engeyum Kadhal’. It’s a hat-trick spell from the duo combo.

Oru Kal Oru Kannadi music review

Hemachandran and Sunitha Saarathy deliver a flawless performance. The rhythmic strokes in guitars and melodious treatment make the song more attractive.

5. Venam Macha – Vocals: Naresh Iyer, Velmurugan

Finally, to end the album with – you have an ultimate Kuthu treat from Harris Jayaraj. Last time, we heard a song on this genre was ‘Ava Enna’ from Vaaranam Aayiram. The beats and style of rendition are the same.

Oru Kal Oru Kannadi music review

To avoid the similarities, Harris has opted for a new bunch of singers. Naresh Iyer comes up with the rendition of pathos style and Velmurugan as usual is tremendous with his vocalism.

On the whole, Oru Kal Oru Kannadi has a mixed bag of songs with the couple of songs ‘Kadhal Oru Butterfly’ and ‘Venam Macha’ are sure to rock in audio charts.

Sony acquires the audio rights of Billa 2

There will always be lots of expectations when a film which has Ajith in the lead role is being released. There are lots of expectations for Billa 2 which is a sequel to Billa.

The production house has not released the stills of this film. The film which has Ajith, Parvathy Omanakuttan and others in the cast has been directed by Chakri Toleti. Yuvan Shankar Raja has composed the music.
There was a tough completion among various audio companies to acquire the audio rights of Billa 2 but somehow Sony Company has acquired the audio rights at a very high price. It is understood, that for the first time an audio right of an Ajith film is being sold for such a high price. There is also a promo song along with the other songs in the audio CD. The audio CD of Billa 2 is to be released during the last week of March or during the first week of April. The film is expected to hit the screens on 27th April.