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Kandasamy Movie
Banner: V Creations
Cast: Vikram, Shriya, Raghuvaran, Vivek, Santhanam, Vinod Raj, Y G Mahendran, Arun Mathavan, Vinayak, Alex
Direction: Susi Ganesan
Production: Kalaipuli S Thanu
Music: Devi Sri Prasad

Doctorate for Manorama and K Balachander

Its going to be Dr Manorama and Dr K. Balachander from now on. These two eminent personalities will be honoured by the University of California with doctorates for their everlasting contribution to the Tamil film Industry. According to Brian Lee, Vice Chancellor, university of California, he has said that both these personalities have crossed three generations and still now are striding to make their contributions for the elevation of Tamil Cinema.

On choosing Balachander and Manorama, he said, ‘Balachander, a veteran of over 100 films, had set a new trend in Tamil cinema. He revived Tamil filmdom and took it close to the common man. Moreover, he has been around for over three generations’.

‘Manorama, a comedienne par excellence, has acted in over 1000 films and found a place in Guiness Book of records. She has witnessed the steady growth of Tamil cinema in her career spanning decades,’ Brian Lee added.

surendran-max.blogspot.com wishes both these versatile stars all the best in their future endeavors too.

Herova Zerova documentary Photo Gallery

In a bid to reduce primary school dropout rate and eradicate child labour in the state, the Tamil Nadu Government, an NGO and four Tamil film stars have joined hands to send across a message to the society on the evils.

In the five-minute documentary, titled “Herova Zerova” (are you a Hero or Zero), actor couple Surya-Jothika, and top stars Vijay and Madhavan are seen speaking against child labour and stressing the need for the young hands to hold pens and pencils rather than the spanner and chisel.

The documentary, produced by Agaram Foundation, has big names from South Indian cinema behind the screen too. Popular music director Harris Jayaraj has scored the music while noted cinematographer, K V Anand is behind the camera.

Sreekar Prasad has donned the editor’s role.

The NGO has made the five minute documentary for the Ministry of School Education which in turn would be beaming it on all television channels to create public awareness on the issues, School Education Minister Thangam Thennarasu said.

Later, the minister told PTI that the dropout percentage in the primary school level (class one-five) in the state was 1.4 per cent and the upper primary level (class six-eight) 2.4 per cent. The campaign will be a continuous process so that there is considerable awareness on school education, he added.

The short film is supported by online portal Bharatstudent.com. Source: Hindu