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Villu Songs Leaked!

2008-12-06T00:19:00.000-08:00

Song list:

- Uyirai Tholaithaen

- Kanavellam Nee Thane

- Nee Parthidal Azhagu

In your dreams!

These songs are by Dhilip and others in Malaysia.

Media, get a life. We had enough of 'pretend' songs or pretend leaks.

Get six packs in 16 weeks!

2008-12-01T05:48:00.000-08:00

Wannabe like Surya in Vaaranam Aayiram?

Follow this wonderful videos and you will be in no time!

WEEK 1

Remix: ATM Theme / Liquid Dance - Slumberdog Millionaire

2008-11-28T05:28:00.000-08:00

liquid dance remix - DJ Jaazay & A R Rahman

This is gonna get your feet off the ground.
Do leave your comments here.

Behka (Ghajini) Promo Song

2008-11-21T09:04:00.000-08:00

Ghajini Songs Analysis

2008-11-19T08:33:00.001-08:00

Based on the 15 sec samples (you may find them in Yahoo ARR fans group),

I have predicted what original song each song represents (only in terms of the place they appear in the movie)

Latoo Main - Rahatulla or X Machi

Kaise Mujhe - Suttum Vizhi (sounds much more towards a pathos feel, maybe the full song might give a clue)

Guzarish - Oru Maalai (colourful picturisation and feel-good tune)

Behka Mei - Rangola (the beats sound more relaxed here, but totally different genre used here)

Aye Bachu - X Machi or Rahatulla

Whereas the Ghajini theme has bits of elements that ARR used in Maricham ending bit. ARR's favourite piece which is commercially available, forms a small part of the main Ghajini theme.

The Tamil viewers may find the BGM to be mindblowing, since the original was pretty jarring in most scenes. However, the tunes are more inclined to Bollywood listeners.

Vaaranam Aayiram in Singapore

2008-11-15T05:15:00.000-08:00

Vaaranam Aayiram (VA) will be shown in GV Yishun and Golden Theatre from today
(15 Nov 2008) at 2.10. 5.50, 9.30 pm and 1.10 am

2 Movies for $10

Aegan & Saroja, VA & Durai, **VA & Raman Thediya Seethai (Golden Theatre)**

Will update in case of any changes.

Aegan in Singapore

2008-10-26T02:21:00.001-07:00

Aegan starts showing 25th Oct 12.30 am show (Fri midnight) from

GV Yishun 7, 9 & 10,
Golden Theatre 1 & 2

And from 27th Oct at

GV Yishun 7 & 10,
Golden Theatre 1
Causeway Point
Downtown East

Free movies AT 3.15 am est.

GV 7 - Saroja GV9 - Durai GV10 & GT1 -Sakkarakatti GT 2 - Raman Thediya Seethai

Enjoy. Tickets at $10.

A surprising Rajini Fan!

2008-10-24T08:52:00.001-07:00

Guess who's Rajini's fan!

Sakkarakatti in Singapore

2008-09-29T10:27:00.000-07:00

You can watch the movie in:
GV Yishun 10
and Golden Theatre 1 (near the old Plaza theatre at Jln Sultan.. at Golden Mile Tower)

The movie has been getting bad reviews. Watch it only for ARR :)

Kuselan in Singapore

2008-07-28T22:29:00.000-07:00

Latest details on
exact screening venues:
-GV Yishun 9 & 10 (7 or 8 may be added if in demand)
-Cathay Causeway Point
-Cathay Downtown East
-Golden Theatre (Golden Tower) - 2 screens, which is the max capacity of the venue (with total capacity of about 1000)
its very near Plaza theatre though

So total 6 (or 7 screens)
info from distributor in Singapore

http://www.fifo.sg/establishment/show/2002
http://www.nac.gov.sg/dir/dir0101.asp#gol

Sakkarakatti Exclusive Audio Promo Samples - Miss You Da & Taxi Taxi

2008-07-10T09:00:00.001-07:00

Unreleased Sivaji Song

2008-07-03T06:58:00.000-07:00

"My song didn't suit the set"
3 Jul 2008
from remo's blog www.r-e-m-o.rocks.it

Vairamuthu said in a function here recently, that he had made a beautiful song in place of the now Sahana, it had entirely different and beautiful lyrics.. I remember it had something to do with gloryfying black colour very beautifully.

"All was ok and the song was recorded.

Then Shankar called me, and said, "Er.. the song's nice, good song. But it doesn't suit the.. set."

Vairamuthu: "Mettukkaaha thaan ennala paatezhutha mudiyum. Settukaaga ellam eppadiya ezhuthurathu"
(means, I can write only for the tune, how am I to write for the sets?)

Then the audience burst into laughter.

I believe this is the extra song that was supposed to release in the BGM CD.

Dasavatharam

2008-06-23T09:15:00.000-07:00

Review coming soon...

Robo Exclusive Trailer

2008-01-10T05:27:00.000-08:00

Dream combo works again for 'Robo'

2008-01-10T03:55:00.000-08:00

Shankar - Rajini - A R Rahman - Nirav Shah - Ayngaran International - Eros Multimedia

Can it get any bigger?

Jaazay Remixes

2007-11-01T21:40:00.001-07:00

Here are some remix songs done exclusively by me.

Azhagiya Tamil Magan

2007-10-22T04:47:00.000-07:00

Rahman has effortlessly satisfied both Vijay's fans and his own. He has also striked somewhat a balance between MASS and CLASS. ARR has come out of his usual style for some songs to suit the genre of the commercial movie that Vijay stars. Though this is not Rahman's best album, he has clearly provided another hit of the year after his previous Mega Hit Sivaji.
Namely,
1. Ella Pugazhum

This is not a kind of song one would expect for a Vijay intro song, but Rahman has bravely experimented and has succeeded. Vijay fans and ARR fans already got gaga over the samples released from a cell phone hello tune. It has a wonderful melody and feel to it. Truly turned MASS into CLASS with this song.

Still chewing on the songs...

Kelly's Shakalaka Baby

2007-10-05T01:08:00.001-07:00

This is the song that got Kelly in so much buzz and questions on copyright

Kelly Poon: Yes, we've sought permission, I don't want to be sued

2007-10-04T06:32:00.000-07:00

http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/show/story/0,4136,143691,00.html

Yes, we've sought permission, I don't want to be sued Catchy track in Kelly Poon's new album based on hit Indian composer's tuneBy Avis WongOctober 03, 2007 IT'S a catchy song that looks set to rule the airwaves. But Kelly Poon's new track, Shakalaka Baby, from her latest album seems mired in controversy. Kelly says that by adapting the original Shakalaka Baby, into Chinese, it would make more people appreciative of the song. Picture: JONATHAN CHOOFor one, some have questioned the song's copyright and whether Kelly's label, Ursa Major, has the rights to use the song.A reader, Noorul Wahid, wrote to The New Paper: 'Kelly Poon has simply reused the tune without actually seeking permission from the copyright holders or the composer.'Likewise, a Netizen who wanted to be known as TruthandReconciliation also said in an online forum that he 'would like to see the original composer's name to be credited for it'.The song was originally composed by Indian film composer AR Rahman in 1999 for the Tamil film, Mudhalvan.In 2002, he improvised the track for British musical theatre composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's production, Bombay Dreams.Shakalaka Baby has been reworked into Mandarin by famous Taiwanese composer-producer Yao Chien.In an interview with The New Paper yesterday, Kelly explained that if her label had not sought permission or cleared the copyright issues, she wouldn't have been able to release the album.'It wouldn't also be used as the main track and I may even be sued,' said the 24-year-old singer with a laugh.Yao Chien also gave his assurance that his company Ursa Major, which signed the 2005 Project Superstar female champion last year, has sought permission to use the song.'Songwriters usually have agents to help them take care of the rights to their work. So we liaised with Universal Music which takes care of AR Rahman's works,' he claimed during a phone interview yesterday.Copyright issue aside, Kelly admitted that she has read some reports from India saying Indians there preferred the original version.She added: 'But I think it's good to adapt the song anyway because then Chinese people will get to know this Indian song.'Music has no barriers and it can be shared with people of different races.'Kelly's second album, In The Center Of The World, was released during a regional press conference here last Saturday.It is aimed at launching her singing career beyond local shores to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Malaysia.To do that, Kelly has spent the past six months living in Taipei on her own.And solitude is what the Kuala Lumpur-born singer has been facing there.'Frankly, it does get lonely. My hand phone is switched on 24 hours a day and it's fantastic when I have people to chat with via SMS,' she said.So she was especially happy when blind singer Kelvin Tan was in Taiwan recently to promote his album.'He messaged me that he was in Taiwan and we met up for dinner. But I haven't kept in touch with Hong Junyang or Sing Chew,' she said of her fellow Project Superstar alumnus.INTENSIVE TRAINING Kelly was in the Mandopop capital for intensive training in singing, dancing and media management.'Besides going to the office and attending classes, I would head home and watch TV.'Even that is part of homework too as I'm watching variety programmes so as to prep myself on what to expect,' she added.Indeed, she is already putting what she has learned to use.A local Chinese newspaper had speculated that a guy spotted at her press conference on Saturday was her boyfriend.She has previously admitted to having had three relationships.But Kelly remained blase when asked about the guy and suggested we talk about her album instead.She says she would draw the line at what to reveal to the media.'It's okay to admit to having a boyfriend, but I don't think there's a need to tell the world about my private matters.'Besides myself, I have to consider my family members' feelings. They will be concerned and upset over reports (over my private affairs).

Athiradee Reprise

2007-08-29T03:23:00.001-07:00

original bgm score of sivaji

My view on Sivaji - Part 2 coming soon..

2007-08-27T02:45:00.000-07:00

As you have read, my post is very long, so I had to cut down some points abt the movie. These will be looked at in my following post.

Sivaji - a high tech disappointment

2007-08-20T00:57:00.000-07:00

(If you don't have time to read the whole lengthy post, skip to the last paragraph)

The most awaited movie of the year and so called 2007's highest grossing Tamil movie so far (dunno how dasavatharam is gonna be like). I went to queue for the tickets on 12 June 2007 and reached GV Yishun at about 2.30 pm. There was an unbelievably long queue for the movie. Most of them were Rajini fans but some like minded people said they came there for Shankar and the other technical aspects of the movie (they must be feeling the same as I do now)

Got my tickets at 3pm and left with tix for Friday 5.5o pm. The first show was on Thu 9pm so I wanted to avoid the rush. But yeah it was house-full when I went. Screen 9 sucks! It is like so small (all screens in Yishun are small but this one was not so nice). The movie had an unexpected start, to start with, a Sultan trailer (which was attached to the film reels of Sivaji) and the old typeface Sivaji logo, and Rajini's unusual introduction. Rajini fans screamed their way through so some dialogues could not be heard.

There were some trademark Shankar scenes in the first few scenes eg. the numerous number of junior artists in the first scene, painted surroundings in Ballelakka, Rajini saying "Ellam vanthiduchi, Ithu mattum ozhiyale" at a begging lady, the way the protagonist encounters incidents that aggravate the Anniyan in him. But this time the message got diluted. You can count the number of incidents with your fingers in one hand and still have 3 left to hold that cup of coke and a few popcorns. Another such scene is when a boy gets electric shock and Sivaji gets angry on young children being sent to work. But yeah, there are only two. And for the rest of the first half, Shankar decides to fill it with comedy. Somehow, I managed to sit through the first half and the interval began. On the way to the gents, i had my friend saying "Sema padam.. Padam nalla odum" on the phone and to me too. I sayed "Um.. aama" with some thoughts in my mind. Of course it was I who had more belief in the film and thought I would like it a lot (like anyone else except anti-rajni or anti-shankar ppl) so I kept quiet about my thoughts. In case he said the movie wasn't nice, I would have sang in unison.

The second half rolled and I hoped it made up for the crappy first half. We got Rajini threatening Suman and the tea-kada scene. This comedy was nice though and was one of the higlight scene in the movie. Rajini becomes the aappu mannan (until Sivaji, Vijay was), as he continues to give aappu to every minister (almost) who possessed black money. The way he does, though, lacks credibility and the Shankar touch to it. Keeping an office room may help for the comedy but not for a Shankar film which took 2 years to make and 60 crores (and they have yet to reveal the official budget of the movie). I wonder whether Shankar was in booze when he did the script, threatening auditors to give their owner's black money details.

Couldn't they have just given some lolai details and then complain to the police about their office room treatments? This is one of the cases where I hate to watch Tamil cinema's unbelievable stupidity, such as in Ghajini, where Asin keeps her phone ringing while the villains try to find her. Asin's character being a modern girl, is not savvy enough to know about these things called SMS or silent mode? OR the cell company owner Sanjay Ramasamy could not have told her these things are present in her phone (though yeah Asin thought he was Manohar). Yeah, you may say, if Asin is saved, then there would be no need to have this story. That's where our Tamil cinema directors lack brains.

But I really didn't expect this crap from Shankar, especially after a massive hit "Anniyan" (which itself has some loopholes and logical unbelievables, but not huge enough to mar the message he wants to convey. Shankar could be seen in every frame [no i don't mean the one in the No Brainer reflections haha] with his grandeur and the way he put his message through. After you watch the movie you are bound to reflect on the message at least for a few minutes before you sleep. But that's not the case in Sivaji, with the useless comedy ruining the first half and a totally illogical screenplay, you are just spending 3 hours every week to try to force yourself to like the story (if you are fan of either of the team involved) and find yourself giving up even after 5 tries (as in my case).)

We have motta boss telling us we cant even bring 1 rupee back to melogam. That was a brilliant scene and an excellent finish to the movie but Shankar screwed it up with that hell of a screenplay. And the following scenes (Rajini going to prison, India becoming Vallarasu country) were needless in the form of slide presentation. If he really wanted these in the story, then he should have chipped the 30 mins of aruvai comedy in the first half and shot these scenes to instil a powerful impact.

Grandeur could be seen in every scene, from the richness in colours and in those humongous sets in Vaaji Vaaji and Sahana. The white Rajini in Style in front of artistic architectures was

novel. I was quite disappointed with Sahana being trapped in a glass set as I had entirely different imagination. Same went for Athiradee as this was the song that made me buy that audio CD. I had imaginations of Rajini in his usual Basha style escaping away with Shreya from real villains (not fantasy ones like this song) and I expected this song to be the revival of Rajini after he had been badly assaulted by the villain and this scene would be forming the climax. But later I began to like the high tech involved in the song. This song was also colourful and nice.

As Rajini began to imitate popular Tamil heroes in a prelude to the song, I was looking for a name of a director who would actually do something similar to this in most of his films, and after much thinking, Eureka! It was Director Perarasu. That was the limit, from the comedy to masala, the film looks like it has been directed by Perarasu (his previous movie was also a collaboration with AVM, Thirupathy, the way the screenplay was done was quite similar (ie. comedy, hero imitating popular heroes, outright masala)

But there were some scenes that I like, namely the King Kong Car Ride, the songs visuals, motta boss entry and "MGR".

But other than that the Rajini - Perarasu - A R Rahman - AVM combination is a disappointment to me. But that woudn't stop me from buying the original Ayngaran DVD once it is out. And I have watched it 4 times in cinema. Sivaji really has a peculiar magic formula. You don't really like it but you would like it. Hmmm...

Remo

2006-02-02T23:45:00.000-08:00

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