Its small screen for Sonia

Most of the top heroines once settled in marital bliss land up in Television. Latest to join the list of heroines who have turned to television serials is Sonia Agarwal, wife of director Selvaraghavan.

She will be shooting for a yet to be titled serial to be aired in Kalaignar TV and to be produced by Kushboo. She will portray the roll of Radhika a soft yet strong and glamourous lady. Sonia Agrawal made her debut in Kathal Kondein directed by Selvaraghavan. She then went on to a few more movies like 7G Rainbow Colony, Thiruttu Payale, Pudhupettai and then settled in marital bliss with director Selvarahavan.

The serial was initally titiled Sathurangam but was later decided to go in for a name change. The name of the serial will be announced soon.

Bommalattam on December 12th

The much awaited movie by director Bharathiraja will finally see light and if everything goes well will hit the theatres on

December 12th. The movie has been in the making for three years and the buzz is that the director is finally relieved to

release the movie this month.

Bommalattam is the upcomming movie by director Bharathiraja starring Arjun and Nana Patekar in the lead roles. The film is

to be released in Hindi as Cinema and in Telugu as Kalidas. This will mark actor Arjun’s Bollywood debut while Nana Patekar

will make his Tamil debut.

The movie is a crime thriller based on an event that took place in Hampi and the climax is stunnin according to the

director. Nag Ravi of Insight Media has taken over the theatrical distribution of the film in Tamilnadu. Tamil version of

the film will be released on December 12, worldwide.

The music of the film is composed by Himesh Reshammiya (of Dasavatharam fame).

Vishal son of Prabu Deva passes away

Southern star, dancer master, and director Prabhu Deva ’s son Vishal passed away early morning of Dec 4th 2008. Prabu Deva’s teenage son of 13 years Basavaraj who was called Vishal at home had been suffering from cancer for a while.

When he passed away this morning, the bereaved father said that though he knew it would happen sooner or later, he had hoped they would have more time with Vishal. He had even taken his son abroad on an outdoor shoot of Villu in switzerland to spend more time with him and give him good memories.

Surendran-Max team offers its deepest condolences to Prabhu Deva and his family.

25 year old Sathyaraj!!

Actor Sathyaraj who has his unique brand of portrayal in each of his films, be it comedy, family or action is all set to make his mark again. This time in a serious role of protagonist whose lifes spans from 25 year old to 65 year old in his upcomming movie Sangamitra.

The protagonist of the story, when he is 16 years of age, ruins a girl’s life. Years later, he realises the enormity of his crime and decides to atone for it by helping her as long as he live. Sathyaraj would be seen in 4 different get-ups of various age groups,from 25 years to 65.

Sangamithra is directed by Roshan and will be released under the banner of S.J. International.

Raja Rani with Bharat and Tamanna

Bollywood Superhit Jab we met is being remade in Tamil is old news now, but the latest buzz is that the movie has been titled Raja Rani. The film will have Bharath and Tamanna in the lead roles.

Initally the Jab we met remake in Tamil had Danush and Trisha in the lead role. But later, the news was that Shriya has replaced Trisha and will be pairing opposite to Danush. The current news is that all of them have opted out of the movie and the lead pair is going to be Bharat and Tamanna. The reason behind these changes seem to be date problems.

Bollywood version of Jab We Met has Kareena Kapoor along with her ex-boyfriend Shahid Kapur and the romantic comedy was a huge hit. R.Kannan, a Mani Ratnam assistant who successfully debuted as director with Jeyamkondan, will be directing Raja Rani.

Puratchi Thalaivan MGR again on silver screen!!

Its festival time for all MGR fans again, as they’ll get to see their purathchi talaivar entertaining them once again on silver screen. This time its going to be a animation film. Chennai-based Mayabimbham Media which has the record for producing the first Tamil 3D animated feature Inimey Naangathaan V4 has recently announced their next 3D animated Tamil film Puratchi Thalaivan, based on former actor and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MG Ramachandran. The film is currently under production and is slated for a late 2009 release.

Puratchi Thalaivan (a title that was given to MGR), which is also in 3D, is being directed by Venky Baboo and produced by Sridevi Rao for Mayabimbam Media Private Limited. It will portray the best of the legends style and mannerisms. Heroine of the film is not yet finalised, but the buzz is that the competation is between Trisha, Shriya and Nayantara.

A trailer would be released next year on January 17 to coincide with the icon’s 92nd birth anniversary.

Mumbai under terrorist attack again!!

More than 80 people were killed during terrorist attack in Mumbai today setting off coordinated multiple blasts and gunfire in a dozen areas across the metropolis including the crowded CST railway station and two five star hotels Oberoi and Taj.

As indiscriminate firing and explosions at iconic landmarks showed no signs of easing since the first attack at Leopold restaurant in Colaba area at about 9.30 PM, Army moved in while 200 NSG commandoes were rushed to Mumbai from Delhi as terrorists did not even spare hospitals like GT and Cama where gunfire was reported. Police and eyewitnesses said AK-47s, rifles and hand grenades were used at will by an unspecified number of terrorists.

The attacks appeared to be aimed at getting international attention as the terrorists took upto 40 British nationals and other foreigners hostage. The chairman of Hindustan Unilever Harish Manwani and CEO of the company Nitin Paranjpe were among the guests trapped at the Oberoi. All the internal board members of the multinational giant were reported to be holed up in the Oberoi hotel. Two terrorists were reported holed up inside the Oberoi Hotel and commando operation was on. An unknown outfit, Deccan Mujahideen, has sent an email to news organizations claiming that it carried out the Mumbai attacks.

St George’s Hospital and G T Hospital were said to have received 75 bodies and more than 250 injured people, additional municipal commissioner R A Rajeev said. Bombay Hospital got two bodies and 30 injured people were admitted there; Cooper Hospital, Vile Parle, got three dismembered bodies.

Mumbai has been hit repeatedly by terror attacks since March 1993, when Muslim underworld figures tied to Pakistani militants allegedly carried out a series of bombings on Mumbai’s stock exchange, trains, hotels and gas stations. Authorities say those attacks, which killed 257 people and wounded more than 1,100, were carried out to avenge the deaths of hundreds of Muslims in religious riots which had swept India. Ten years later, in 2003, 52 people were killed in Mumbai bombings blamed on Muslim militants and in July 2007 a series of seven blasts ripped through railway trains and commuter rail stations. At least 187 died in those attacks.