Sivaji The Boss - Media Reports: February 2007

Shriya Saran is reveling in the limelight of power that's zooming in on her. She is the red hot heroine in Kollywood after she signed Shankar's Sivaji with superstar Rajnikanth. Today Kollywood is her oyster. She has signed films with Vijay and Vikram two of Tamil film industry's top stars- Azhagiya Tamizh Magan and Kandasamy respectively . As of now, Shriya is basking in the glory of Tiruvilayadal Arambham a surprise super hit that resurrected the career of its hero Dhanush. Since then all young guns in the industry wants to do a film with the 'Lucky lady", but she has been politely refusing.

Shriya has a flawless skin, perfect figure, beautiful smile that will melt any heart and has a touch of class. She is a trained Kathak dancer and is literature graduate from the prestigious Lady Shriram College in New Delhi. Her mother is Neerja Saran, a former chemistry teacher at India's best school, the Delhi Public school (DPS) Mathura Road, Delhi. Now Shriya's family including her brother Ahiroop who recently got married has relocated to Mumbai. Shriya is a voracious reader and can talk about anything under the sun. Her favourite authors are Paulo Coelho the Brazilian writer and Brian L. Weiss the noted psychatrist and author. Two of her all-time favourite books are Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner" and Somerset Maugham's "To Kill a mocking bird". Moviebuzz met Shriya over breakfast at `The Park` hotel in Chennai. The pretty actress in conversation..

What is the secret of your beauty? You look a million bucks these days…
Thank you (Smiles). In fact my favourite meal of the day is breakfast. I have an egg white omelette, porridge and paratha. For lunch I have plain roti with Dal and Bhindi Indian style. Sometimes I take fish and I love Chennai as fresh fish is available here. My favourites are Andhra, Malabar or Goan fish curry. I don't touch red meat nor am I very fond of chicken. But basically I eat well.

So, you are a foodie?
Yeah..I enjoy good food and Thai cuisine is my personal favourite. I never eat junk food though I love Subway stuff!

But how do you manage to look so thin?
I am 54 kilos. I eat well and work out too. I am passionate about my workouts in gyms atleast for 45 minutes every day. I believe that it's not keeping body in shape but it's fitness that matters the most.

How where you chosen to be the Sivaji heroine, the most coveted role in south Indian cinema?
(A broad smile) One day, I got a call from Shankar sir who said he had seen me in Mazhai. He said that he was impressed by my looks and performance. He asked me if I were interested in being Rajnikanth's heroine in Sivaji. I could not believe it and immediately said 'Yes'. Then I came down to Chennai, met Shankar sir who said that I don't need any make-up or screen test. He also gave me some DVD's of Rajni sir's films and I watched all of them. I believe that it was destiny that Sivaji came my way.

Can you elaborate on your experience of working with Shankar
He is a perfectionist and my role is very good. I have never worked with another director who goes for such detailing as he wants everything to be picture perfect. Before the shoot dialogues were e-mailed to me so that I could prepare myself. He conceptualizes everything, even minute details including costume and colour schemes. And the best thing is that he gives freedom to his artists to express their views, which I feel is good as he does not mind incorporating them.

Tell us about your character in Sivaji?
(Screams) Oh No…. Shankar sir will kill me! Ok… now that the film is ready for release, I'll give you a preview of my role. Don't ask for more. I play a bubbly happy character full of beans.

What is your character name?
My character name is Tamizh and I wear Pavada-Dhavani. I am there in four out of five songs which are amazingly tuned by A.R.Rahman. I love dancing which everyone says comes naturally to me. Please don't ask me anything further about the film (smiles).

Let's change tracks… How was it working with superstar Rajnikanth?
Rajni sir is truly the living legend of Indian cinema. I have never seen so much awe and respect among people for an actor like Rajni sir has. At airports, hotels and other places all over the world, people come up and ask me- "Sir epiddi irukku? To be honest, Rajni sir's heroines can piggy-back ride on his popularity. Thanks to him, I'm getting so much of attention and respect from the masses and the industry.

As a person how is he?
Rajni sir is the nicest human being that I have come across in life. Always willing to help others and he has so much of patience and his knowledge is vast. He is like a search engine as he has an answer to all your queries. When we were in Spain, none of us knew anything about the country. But sir knew all customs and even the political history of the place on his finger tip. He is the most chilled out, down-to-earth, well read person that I have ever met in life.

How was it working with Rajnikanth the actor?
Sir will explain the importance and significance of each scene before the shoot. And when the shot is ok but he finds that I am not comfortable, he will go for a retake. And when I do a scene well, he will clap and motivate me to do better. The kid in him is still alive!

So you had a great time working with Sivaji team?
Working with Shankar sir and Rajni sir was indeed an experience that I will never forget in life. K.V.Anand the cameraman also helped me a lot. Producer AVM Saravanan sir and his son Guhan and his two lovely daughters had gone out of their way to make me comfortable. It's indeed been a nice experience.

Source : Sify

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Friday, February 23, 2007

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சிவாஜி' படத்தில் அமெரிக்க இந்தியர்களை நடிக்க வைத்த ரஜினி

ரஜினி நடிக்கும் `சிவாஜி' படப்பிடிப்பு சமீபத்தில் அமெரிக்காவில் நடந்தது. ரஜினியும், டைரக்டர் ஷங்கர் உள்ளிட்ட படக்குழுவினரும் ஒரு வாரம் அங்கு முகாமிட்டு படப்பிடிப்பை நடத்தி விட்டு திரும்பியுள்ளனர்.

அமெரிக்காவில் நடந்த படப்பிடிப்பில் அங்குள்ள இந்தியர்களை ரஜினி நடிக்க வைத்த ருசிகர தகவல்கள் வெளியாகியுள்ளது.

ரஜினியும் ஷங்கரும் அமெரிக்கா செல்வதற்கு முன்பே அங்குள்ள பிரபல ஆங்கில பத்திரிகைளில் "சிவாஜி'' என்ற தமிழ் படப் பிடிப்பு அமெரிக்காவில் நடை பெற உள்ளது. இதில் சூப்பர் ஸ்டார் ரஜினியுடன் நடிக்க இங்கு வசிக்கும் இந்தியர்கள் தேவை. கல்லூரி முதல்வர் பாத்திரத்துக்கு பொருத்தமான தோற்றம், நடிப்பு ஆர்வம் உள்ளவர் தேவை என்று குறிப் பிடப்பட்டு இருந்தது.

ரஜினி அமெரிக்கா சென்ற பிறகும் இதே விளம்பரம் பத்திரிகைகளில் மீண்டும் வெளியானது.

அந்த விளம்பரத்தை பார்த்து ஆயிரக்கணக்கான இந்தியர்கள் திரண்டனர். அவர்களில் குறிப்பிட்ட சிலர் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டனர்.

நிïஜெர்சியில் உள்ள நிïயார்க் விமான நிலையத்தில் இருந்து ரஜினி வெளியே வருவது போன்று ஒரு காட்சி எடுக்கப்பட்டது. அவருடன் அமெரிக்க இந்தியர்கள் நடந்து வருவது போன்று நடித்தனர்.

நிïயார்க்கில் உள்ள `வால் ஸ்டீரீட் பகுதியிலும் சில காட்சிகள் படமாக்கப்பட்டன. அதிலும் அவர்கள் நடித்தார் கள். ஒவ்வொருவரும் ரஜினி யுடன் நின்று போட்டோ எடுத்துக் கொண்டனர்.

ரஜினி படப்பிடிப்பை காண ஏராளமான ரசிகர்கள் திரண்டனர். பல கிலோ மீட்டர் தொலைவில் வேலை பார்த்தவர்கள் எல்லாம் லீவு போட்டு விட்டு குடும்பத்துடன் வந்தார்கள். குழந்தைகளை யும் அழைத்து வந்திருந்தனர். ரஜினியுடன் முண்டியடித்து போட்டோ எடுத்தார்கள்.

Source : Maalaimalar

Rajini shares secrets with Shriya

Associating with a veteran most definitely means a lot of mentoring. And Shriya seems to have gone through just that during the shoots of Sivaji. Apart from shaking her booty with the superstar, she seems to have taken a few valuable advices from Rajinikanth on the sets of Sivaji during the breaks.

Looks like the superstar knowledge-transferred her some trade secrets. He advised her to deal with directors and producers directly while committing for movies since a middleman would mean trouble.

Having taken the advices seriously, Shriya seems to have applied those principles while deciding her future ventures. As a result, she has now Azhagiya Tamil Magan opposite Vijay and Kandasamy opposite Vikram.

See, advices do work. Ask Shriya.

Source : Behinwoods

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"Sivaji" to be released on Tamil New Year's day

The production team of Rajnikant's next movie `Sivaji' has announced that the film will be released by Tamil New Year's Day.

Director Shankar, who is working with Rajnikant for the first time, is busy with post-production work. A.R. Rahman is occupied with the final mixing of songs.
`Sivaji' is production house AVM's 168th film and its ninth film featuring the super star.
Actor Suman plays the villain.

One song in the film is significantly different. Moving away from the normal method of shooting the sequence and then re-recording the music score, it combines a song and fight sequence. The team first shot the stunt sequence (using stunt artists), directed by stunt master Peter Hein.
It was then edited and processed. A.R. Rahman composed the background score for the sequence. Later, the scene was re-shot with Rajnikanth doing the `real stuff'.

The film's audio CD and cassettes will be released by mid-March. National award winner K.V. Anand handles the camera. M. Saravanan and M.S. Guhan are the producers. Director S.P. Muthuraman is joint producer. Vaalee, Na.Muthu Kumar and Pa.Vijay have written a song each while Vairamuthu has penned two songs.

Source : The Hindu

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Secrets of Sivaji

Now that Sivaji is reported to have wound up its shooting, reports about post production works have already begun.

And a Shankar movie is never a Shankar movie unless it has some breathtaking and interesting graphics work.

Sivaji too is going to be no exception.

Again, Shankar, the master of it all, has kept all the works secret.

The only piece of information that has trickled out is that there is a long graphics segment in which Rajinikanth will appear as a white man. This is going to be full graphics-induced (assuming that Shankar doesn't change it, as it has appeared in the media).

There is also considerable speculation as to where the graphics work will be done.

Some say that Shankar will do it in a state-of-the-art facility in Singapore. Some have suggested a big name in Mumbai. A few others talk of the US.

But nobody is sure.

Shankar has again kept the guessing game interesting.

சிவாஜி' படம் மே 8-ல் ரிலீஸ்: பாடல் கேசட் அடுத்த மாதம் வெளியீடு

ரஜினியின் `சிவாஜி' படம் மெகா பட்ஜெட்டில் தயாராகி யுள்ளது. படப்பிடிப்பு 2005 டிசம்பர் 13-ந்தேதி தொடங் கியது. இறுதி கட்ட படப்பிடிப்பு அமெரிக்காவில் நடந்தது. அமெரிக்க இந்தியர்கள் பலர் ரஜினியுடன் நடித்தனர். படப் பிடிப்பு முடிந்துள்ளது. டப்பிங் பணிகள் தற்போது நடந்து வருகின்றன.

சிவாஜி படம் தமிழ் புத் தாண்டு தினமான ஏப்ரல் 14-ல் ரிலீசாகும் என எதிர்பார்க் கப்பட்டது. ஆனால் உலக கோப்பை கிரிக்கெட் மற்றும் பரீட்சை காரணமாக ரிலீஸ் தள்ளிப்போகிறது.

உலக கோப்பை கிரிக்கெட் மார்ச் 13-ல் தொடங்கி ஏப்ரல் 28-ல் முடிகிறது. பள்ளி தேர்வுகளும் மார்ச், ஏப்ரல் மாதங்களில் நடக்கிறது. அவை முடிந்த பிறகு `சிவாஜி'யை ரிலீஸ் செய்ய திட்டமிட்டுள்ளனர்.

`சிவாஜி' பாடல் கேசட் அடுத்த மாதம் 2-வது வாரத்தில் வெளியிடப்படுகிறது.

`சிவாஜி' படம் அதிக தியேட்டர்களில் ரிலீசாகும் என்பதால் மற்ற படங்களுக்கு தியேட்டர்கள் கிடைக்காமல் போகலாம் என்ற தவிப்பு பட அதிபர்களுக்கு இருக்கிறது. எனவே சிவாஜி ரிலீசுக்கு ஒரு மாதத்துக்கு முன்னதாகவோ அல்லது ரிலீசாகி சில மாதங் கள் கழித்தோ இதர படங்களை ரிலீஸ் செய்ய சம்பந்தப்பட்ட தயாரிப்பாளர்கள் திட்டமிட் டுள்ளனர்.

`சிவாஜி' படம் தமிழ், தெலுங்கு, மலையாளம் ஆகிய 3 மொழிகளில் ஒரே நாளில் ரிசீலாகிறது. இதற் காக 500 பிரிண்ட்கள் போடப் படுகின்றன.

மலையாள முன்னணி நடிகர்களின் படங்கள் `சிவாஜி' யால் பாதிக்கும் என்பதால் தமிழ்நாட்டில் ரிலீஸ் செய்யும் அதே தேதியில் கேரளாவில் ரிலீஸ் செய்யக்கூடாது என்று அங்குள்ள விநியோகஸ்தர் சங்கங்கள் வற்புறுத்தியுள்ளன. கேரளாவில் `சிவாஜி' படம் ரூ. 3.10 கோடிக்கு விற் பனையாகி உள்ளது என்பது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.

அம்மாநில சூப்பர் ஸ்டார் களான மம்முட்டி, மோகன் லால், படங்கள் விலைபோகும் தொகையை விட இது அதிகம்.

"I am excited about my voice talking to Superstar"

We had earlier reported that Kadhal Sandhya would dub for Shreya in Sivaji. She is excited to share the silver screen with Superstar even if it is only through her voice. When Behindwoods correspondent approached the actress about the experience, "Rajini sir has a great voice.

There is a sense of authority in his voice. I am thrilled at the prospect of doing some dubbing work with him. I am sure this will be a learning curve for me", came the instant reply. Kadhal Sandhya is now setting her eyes on the awards and has decided to lend her own voice for all her movies irrespective of the language. Her recent release in Telugu saw Sandhya dub for herself. Though she is not fluent in Telugu she put in her extra effort to perfect it. She received special praise from the director Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao for her work in "Annavaram" which is the remake of Vijay starrer Thirupachi directed by Perarasu. Pawan Kalyan was the lead and Sandhya played the role of his sister. Can current heroines in Tamil take a cue from Sandhya? Recently there was a row in Kerala when Padma Priya's comments on dubbing artists were misinterpreted and later she had to clarify her comments and render her public apology to the dubbing artists association. "I never said anything bad about dubbing artists. I know they are doing a good job and my comments were never meant to hurt them" she added. "I want to dub for myself and then only can I become a complete actress" said Padma Priya.

So the young crop of actresses does know the importance of dubbing for oneself.

Source : www.behindwoods.com

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Sivaji DVD released!

Shankar has not readied the first print of the movie yet, but there are rumors around that Sivaji's DVD is out already. Ridiculous, as it may sound, but with Karthik starrer Paruthi Veeran's illegal CD already seized from the black market before the movie hitting the screens, there are people who believe Sivaji's DVD is already out.

Apparently, sources from the Sivaji stable slam the rumors as absurd. Reliable sources that watched the rushes of Sivaji so far suggested an exhilarating presentation in the anvil. Basically, the movie throws light into the scandals in educational institutions. But on the lighter side, the first half of Sivaji is a laugh riot and Rajini and Vivek's chemistry has worked wonders.

An elated Rajini is reportedly all praises for Shankar and the way Sivaji has shaped up. For the perfectionist Shankar is, Sivaji has all the aspects and more to excite an average moviegoer. Rahman's music, especially the title song - that was later decided to be added - has all the stuff to become a foot thumping chartbuster, sources suggest.

Come what rumors may, here is a complete package that is waiting to explode at the screens on the April 12.

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Thursday, February 08, 2007

Sivaji’s astounding Telugu rates

Looks like Sivaji will set the records straight at the Telugu box office as well. After selling for staggering rates in Kerala, the Telugu rights of the most expected mega movie of the year is being negotiated for a whopping 14 crores. If you might remember, earlier Rajini's Chandramukhi fetched a record 11 crores in its Telugu box office collections.

Rajini – Shankar – Rahman combination has raised the bar among fans and Telugu cinema could just not resist the temptation to obtain the rights. Besides, one of the central minister's names is being speculated – who is associated with a production company – among the top contenders for acquiring the rights.

Sivaji's shoots are being wrapped up in top gear for an April 14th release.

Source : www.behindwoods.com

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