Karthi may not have made an impression with 'Malligadu', but 'Sakuni' presents him a good opportunity to strike back with gusto even better than he did with Na Peru Shiva. Directed by Shankar Dayal, this political satire is produced by Bellamkonda Suresh in Telugu. The film is not a routine political thriller where the hero beats up the baddies or dons the role of a politician to teach his villain...
01:49 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Young director Vysakh has been exceptional in creating multistar movies that go well with the masses. He had been able to convert his previous two films- 'Seniors' and 'Pokkiriraja', into big hits. Now the young director is coming up with his third movie 'Mallu Singh' all set to get released this May. One of the most expected movies of the year, this will be the one of the rare Malayali...
03:34 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Balasore: India on Friday successfully test fired its two indigenously-developed surface-to-air 'Akash' missiles of Air Force version with a strike range of 25 km from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near Balasore in Odisha. "Two Air Force version Akash missiles were test-fired from the ITR in quick succession. Both the trials were successful and met all the mission objectives," ITR Director MVKV Prasad said. The anti-aircraft missiles, with a...
12:48 PM, Jun 01, 2012
KV Anand who is known for songs in fresh locations in all his films is on a location hunt to shoot his last song from forthcoming 'Maatraan'. It is said that the team has decided to shoot in some unseen exotic locales of Alaska in the US. The shoot will take place sometime in June and it will be a romantic number featuring Suriya and Kajal Aggarwal. The song will...
12:21 PM, Jun 01, 2012
'Saar Osthara', to be produced by Vyjayanthi Movies, will go on the floors from June 16. Ravi Teja and Kajal Aggarwal will join the shooot on the same day in Ooty. The banner has announced the film's launch date along with the heroine's name. It is known that after Amala Paul backed off from the film, Trisha Krishnan too walked out without citing any reason even in her Twitter post....
11:46 AM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: All health insurance companies will now have to provide health insurance to citizens upto the age of 65 and settle all claims within a month. According to the new regulations by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), there will be no exit age for policy renewals and all policies will allow for treatment across India. Also, life insurers can offer products with a four-year term while non-life...
07:18 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Actor Arulnidhis next film with debutant director Ganesh Vinayak, an assistant of S J Suryah, will go on floors this June. Produced by his brother Dayanidhi Alagiris Cloudnine Movies, the action film was titled Sambhuvam. However, the actor informs City Express that the filmmakers may opt for more suitable title soon. Sambhuvams direct English translation is incident. But in Madurai, sambhuvam means murder. Though the story begins in Madurai, we...
05:36 PM, May 31, 2012
Even as the experiment which Balakrishna has admittedly accomplished in 'Adhinayakudu' is yet to be seen on the big screen, we bring you an interesting fact about 'Adithya-999', touted to be a sequel to 'Adithya-369'. The film, to be directed by Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, will go on the floors from June 10. However, the names of the three heroines with whom the actor is going to romance have not been...
04:19 PM, May 31, 2012
It may be said that what Ghajini was to Suriya, Sakuni is to his brother, Karthi. It is because the film stands good chances of becoming a hit at the box office. None other than Bellamkonda Suresh was impressed with its story and immediately bought the rights for the film. Remember that there was stiff competition for the film's Telugu release rights even before it went on the floors. 'Sakuni'...
05:21 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: To shore up its ties with India, Myanmar government has ordered Manipur-based militant outfits to shut their camps and training facilities and leave its soil by June 10. Quoting intelligence inputs, official sources said the Myanmar Army's order was issued on May 24 -- three days before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh embarked on his visit to the neighbouring country -- and the move is considered as a goodwill...
04:47 PM, May 30, 2012
Its no longer news that Suriya - Anushka Shetty and Hansika Motwani will be coming together for 'Singam 2', a sequel to the 2010 super hit, 'Singam'. However it looks like Hari is hell bent in retaining the original cast from the film for the sequel. The director who knows commercial cinema like the back of his hand has reportedly convinced 'Aachi' Manorama to be a part of the sequel...
11:57 AM, May 30, 2012
San Felice sul Panaro: Workers at the small machinery company had just returned for their first shift following Italy's powerful and deadly quake earlier this month when another one struck on Tuesday, collapsing the roof. At least three employees at the factory - two immigrants and an Italian engineer checking the building's stability - were among those killed in the second deadly quake in nine days to strike a region...
02:26 AM, May 30, 2012
Milan: A magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook northern Italy on Tuesday, killing at least three people according to Italian news reports. The United States Geological Survey said the quake, which struck at 9:00 am local time (0700 GMT), was centered 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of Bologna. It hit the same region where a stronger temblor measuring 6.0 earlier this month killed seven people, most when factories working overnight collapsed. The...
01:30 PM, May 29, 2012
Mumbai: Do you think you can elude the cops by getting rid of your glasses? Twenty six-year-old Wakas Ibrahim Shaikh, an accused in the 13/7 terror blasts case, definitely thinks so. He allegedly underwent a laser operation to get rid of his glasses, in a bid to disguise his look three months after the terror attack which occurred at the Opera House, Zaveri Bazaar, and Dadar (west). The 4,000-page chargesheet,...
07:22 PM, May 28, 2012
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