‘Saroja’ and ‘Pasanga’ fame Vega Tamotia was born in India but was raised in Sydney, Australia. She did her schooling and college there. She is an economist by profession. She had done lot of courses in acting throughout her high school and college and also done many such courses from prestigious colleges. After finishing her college studies in Sydney, she came to Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore for an exchange program. She is very passionate about acting and her work. After coming to India, she is into a professional theatre, Broadway Drama Troupe, Mumbai, for two years. She had done many plays and dramas. It was on one such day she was spotted by Venkat Prabhu for Saroja.After acting as a hep, cool and even arrogant 12th Standard girl in the interesting adventure and fun flick ‘Saroja’, she has played a totally different role of a kindergarten teacher in a small town in ‘Pasanga’. Portrayal of her role in the film is fantastic and it is a mixture of emotions- angry in one moment, happy in the next moment and it is very bubbly. Her acting skills were put to test in this movie which yielded her due credit for her performance. This film has given her the break she wanted. Her current projects are ‘Housefull’ in Telugu, ‘Aamras’ in Hindi and ‘I am God’, a short film in English. Vega wants to portray interesting and new characters in her future ventures and work with exciting teams. About doing glamour roles she said “Yeah, why not? I will do glamorous roles. According to me, glamour is not necessarily revealing. Glamour is all about attitude, body language and not about wearing skimpy clothes”. Russell Crowe, Aamir Khan, Kamal and Surya are her favourite actors while Julia Roberts, Kajol and Asin are her favourite actresses. The latest news about Vega is she wants to do dubbing in her own voice for her part from her next film irrespective of the language of the film...more
Mutthirai, a Vision Jeeva Studios film, is directed by Srinath, director Jeeva's assistant. The story and screenplay is by Anees Tanvir, wife of late director Jeeva. Salim, one of Jeeva's assistants, is the cinematographer. The team claims that Mutthirai will be a blast for the youth, a perfect mixture of action, romance and humour and a trendy musical entertainer. ‘Chennai-28’ and ‘Sattham Podathey’ fame Nitin Sathya pairs newcomer Manjari Phadnis, a Bollywood actress and ‘Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu’ fame Daniel Balaji pairs Lakshmi Rai whilst ‘Polladhavan’ fame Kishore plays an important role and Bollywood actress Rakhi Sawant makes a special appearance. Music was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and the soundtrack was released on May 7, 2009 at Sathyam Cinemas by director Gautham Menon. It features 8 tracks overall, out of which 2 songs are remixes. One of the heroines of the film, Manjari Phadnis, a Maharashtrian by birth, has sung one of the songs.Watching the excellent chemistry between talented Nitin Sathya and ‘Luscious Damsel’ Manjari Phadnis, director Srinath conceived a lip lock sequence for them. Manjari initially refused...more
As you all know, ‘Jagan Mohini’ is a remake of the yesteryear classic Jagan Mohini (1978), directed by Vittalacharya, in which Narasimha Raju and Jayamalini played the lead roles. The present version is being produced by H.Murali, directed by N.K.Viswanathan and music is handled by Maestro Ilayaraja.Narasimha Raju, hero in the old movie, is acting as the father of hero Raja in the new version. Gorgeous Namitha plays the character of a sexy ghost performed by Jayamalini in the original. Nila @ Meera Chopra is the second heroine. Namitha has high hopes on Jagan Mohini and says, "The story of the film is really interesting and has given me a new experience. No doubt, this film will become a super hit in both Tamil and Telugu". Since it is a period film, Namitha has strained to pronounce the typical ancient Tamil in the film. "It took me more time to prepare for that. But I managed and completed it successfully", says Namitha. The major highlight of the film will be a scene in which glamorous Namitha harvests pearls underwater. The underwater sequence is shot between Raja and Namitha who have been given special training for this sequence. Namitha says “when my director suggested to me to go to the gym for reducing my weight, I rather preferred learning Scuba Diving which later helped me a lot in the shooting of my film Jaganmohini. My director was so happy with my new looks and my talent in diving. My talent in underwater diving came to my help in the climax scenes. When my director along with others starts appreciating me, for my effort and new looks, frankly speaking I am overwhelmed with joy and happiness”. Jaganmohini is expected to release during the last week of June...more
You would have seen ‘Six Feet Alcohol’ Namitha shedding her clothes on silver screen and gone swooned ogling her unabashed skin show. You would have read in this site that Namitha has recently shed her weight by 10 Kgs for the Telugu film ‘Desadrohi’ in which she is playing the role of a cop. Everybody is wondering how she could shed her weight within a short span of time and wanted to know the secret behind it. Here is her slimming secret for you.Namitha says she lost 10 Kgs in 3 months time because of eating a subway veggie delite salad everyday besides her regular exercise. Yes. I understand your question. Subway, the popular restaurant owned and operated by Somna and Vipin Sachdev provides a peaceful place to feed yourself with cheap, nutritious, and healthy foods with very low fat content and high degree of hygiene. It is located at 10 places in Chennai such as Ascendas in Mahindra,World City, Anna Nagar, Besant Nagar, Chennai City Center Mall, Nandanam, Nungambakkam, Olympia Tech Park, RMZ Millennia Park and Spencer’s Plaza, Phase-3. Subway serves Healthy and Tasty Vegetarian and Non Vegetarian Subs and Salads. Loaded with wide variety of foods with high nutritious value, it has been a place of attraction for popular film personalities like Kamal Haasan, Ajith, Shalini, Vikram, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Parthiban, Satya Raj, Sibiraj, Surya, Jothika, Namitha, Trisha, Gowthami, Ramya Krishnan, Shruthi Haasan, Sundar C, Kadhal Sandhya, Sarath Kumar, Radhika, Meena, Anu Haasan, Kanimozhi (M.P.), and many more. During the shooting of ‘Guru’ in Chennai, Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek have been regular customers of the Subway. Gaining a very massive attraction towards their restaurant, they have plans to extend subway with a high-end bar and restaurant...more
Nakul and Sunaina fascinated Tamil audience with their on-screen chemistry and sensational performance in the film ‘Kadhalil Vizhundhen’ which was a block buster. Winning accolades for his debut flick, Nakul is flooded with more offers. Buzzes are that Goutham Menon and Lingusamy would be roping him for their next projects; meanwhile, Soundarya Rajnikanth has signed Nakul for a project directed by Hosimin. Nakul is presently doing ‘Kandhakottai’ with Poorna. Sunaina is also having 4 films in her hand. She is currently doing ‘Yaadhumaagi’ with debutant actor Sachin. The successful pair, Nakul and Sunaina, is pairing again for the film ‘Masilamani’ which is under filming now. The film is directed by debutant RNR Manohar and produced by Kalpathi S. Agoram, Music by D.Imman while Camera is handled by Vetri. Tamil music album ‘Kavithai Gundar’ fame MC Jaase would be featuring in the film alongside Nakul and Sunaina for a song ‘Odi Vilaiyaada Vaada’.The latest gossip roaming around Kollywood is the hit pair, Nakul and Sunaina, is sharing that excellent 'chemistry' off-screen too...more
It looks like the season of weddings in Tamil Cinema industry. Succeeding Shamitha and Meena is another heroine-turned-small screen actress Abitha’s nuptial knot.Abitha started her career in films with the Malayalam film ‘Devadasi’, which was a hit. She played a demure and timid girl role with Vikram in ‘Sethu’. That film brought to limelight two great talented personalities, Vikram and Bala. Abitha won lot of accolades for her good performance as a female lead in the film supporting Vikram. But the Tamil dubbed version of ‘Devadasi’ damaged her good image gained through ‘Sethu’ and she could not make her career big in films. But the able actress found herself a good place in small screen. She is presently acting in two mega serials namely ‘Thirumathi Selvam’ and ‘Thangamana Purushan’.Abitha is getting married on May 25th at St Mary’s Church in Pachira, Kottayam. She is getting married to T. George, a Chief Accountant in a Chemical Company in Kottayam. This is an arranged marriage organized by both the families. The homely actress confirmed that she will continue acting after marriage as well. Let’s wish Abitha and George a happy married life.
Hyderabad based Tamil and Telugu Actress Madhumitha debuted in Tamil Cinema with the film ‘Kudaikul Mazhai’ opposite Parthiban in 2004. In that film, she had done the role of a TV anchor deceiving an auto driver. Deceived by her, Parthiban becomes mentally disordered (Schizophrenia) and his imagination was narrated as rest of the screenplay. Kollywood audience did not like that innovative way of narration of the story and hence the film became a big flop.After ‘Kudaikul Mazhai’, she acted in ‘Amuthey’ and ‘Englishkaran’ in 2005. Though she performed well as second heroine in ‘Englishkaran’ her performance has gone unnoticed due to Namitha stealing everybody’s attention. The only benefit she earned through the film is she found her soul mate Shiv Balaji, a Tollywood actor who paired with her as second hero in the film and later became her husband. Madhumitha and Shiv Balaji entered into wedlock on March 1st in Hyderabad. After Englishkaran, she acted in ‘Naalai’ (2006), ‘Aanivaer’ (2007), ‘Arai En 305il Kadavul’ (2008). Her current projects in Tamil are ‘Yogi’, ‘Kadhal Meipada’, ‘Nalvaravu’ and ‘Solla Solla Inikkum’. The latest news about Madhumitha is she is doing MBA through correspondence course....more
The Palakkad Malayalee Actress Sridevika made her debut in Tamil cinema with the demure image opposite Jai Akash in the washout film, 'Ramakrishna' in 2003. Later she acted in two Telugu movies one of which is opposite Dr.Rajasekar in 'Raja Babu'. She got the Malayali portion role in Kannada film 'My Autograph', a remake of director Cheran’s Autograph, under the debut direction of actor Sudeep that was a silver jubilee film. Then she acted in "Anbe Vaa" as heroine with a new hero. She has been studying MBA through correspondence course from Hyderabad University.She has done female lead role in ‘Sarithiram’ opposite Mirugam hero Aathi and ‘Uyir’ and ‘Mirugam’ fame director Saamy is directing the movie while Kalabavan Mani and Rajkiran doing important roles. Sarithiram reveals the history of Tamils’ traditional self-defense art ‘Silambam’ and the braveness and love of silambam fighters. The film is expected to release this month. Sridevika has got a good role in Pa.Vijay's debut film ‘Gnabagangal’. She hopes the film will be a turning point to her career. She says ....more
Here is good news for those who like the Slimmer version of Namitha and bad news for those who adore Namitha’s heavy duty body. Sizzling Siren Namitha who has become the Sex Diva of South Indian Film Industry has trim down her weight by 9 Kgs for her forthcoming film. Namitha is going to portray a police officer role in Telugu film ‘Deshdrohi’ to be produced by GVH Prasad under the banner of Sridevi Cine Chitra. The film will have a young Hero and KS Nageswara Rao is going to direct the movie. In fact, they prepared the story three years ago keeping in mind Vijayashanthi as the heroine. As Vijayashanthi is in active politics and contesting for Lok Sabha, they searched for an alternative heroine and found Namitha as the suitable heroine as the subject is evergreen. As the character is of a police officer, Namitha has strived hard and reduced some 9 Kgs. by now and she has promised the production team to shed 3 more Kgs. by the time they launch shooting ....more
Mumbai based Tamannaah is just 20 (born on December 21, 1989). Her first two films in Tamil ‘Kedi’ and ‘Vyaparai’ did not do well at the box office. So, she changed her name from Tamanna to ‘Tamannaah’ as suggested by noted numerologist Niraj Manchanda. After changing her name, her life changed in a big way as she went on to bag some meaty roles. The small budget Telugu film ‘Happy Days’ turned out to be one of the biggest blockbusters in Andhra Pradesh. Though ‘Kalloori’ did average business at the box-office, she was appreciated by the audience for the simple yet realistic portrayal of her role. The moderate hit of ‘Padikkathavan’ sky rocketed her remuneration to 60 Lakhs per film (she is demanding Rs.10,500/- per day separately as remuneration for her Make-up man, Hair Dresser, Touch-up boy) and she has been stamped as ‘successful/lucky heroine’ in Kollywood. The recent release ‘Ayan’, which is expected to break the collection record of ‘Sivaji - The Boss’, has upsurged her image further. Her current projects are ‘Raja Rani’ and ‘Paiyaa’ in Tamil and ‘Koncham Ishtam Koncham Kashtam’ in Telugu.Recently Tamannaah has declined to accept Vishal's big budget action romantic flick ‘Theeratha Vilayattu Pillai’.....more
‘Saroja’ and ‘Pasanga’ fame Vega Tamotia was born in India but was raised in Sydney, Australia. She did her schooling and college there. She is an economist by profession. She had done lot of courses in acting throughout her high school and college and also done many such courses from prestigious colleges. After finishing her college studies in Sydney, she came to Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore for an exchange program. She is very passionate about acting and her work. After coming to India, she is into a professional theatre, Broadway Drama Troupe, Mumbai, for two years. She had done many plays and dramas. It was on one such day she was spotted by Venkat Prabhu for Saroja.
