Hi friends in this article let us see about one of the most entertaining director in the tamil film industry.Guess who it's none other than Venkat Prabhu.To start with let's see about his movies first is Chennai 600028 followed by Saroja and at present Goa which is under production. Venkat Prabhu is one of the popular celebrity in the tamil film industry.

 

Before going into his profile have to tell about his family. Well Venkat Prabhu is the son of the famous director-cum-music director Gangai Amaran.His brother Premji Amaran (Actor, Singer & Music Director) and Paarthi Bhaskar(Director of Pambara Kannaley), sister Vasuki Bhaskar(costume designer), Cousins Yuvan Shankar Raja (Music Director), Karthik Raja (Music Director) and Bhavatharini (Singer) and at last his uncle Ilayaraja (Music Director) are all part of the tamil film industry. Venkat his married to Raaji and  his daughter's name Shivani.

Venkat Prabhu was born in 7th November, 1975 in Chennai.After completing his music degree from Trinity College of Music in London, he wanted to become a music director like his father but he couldn't succeed in becoming a music director and started his career in the tamil film industry as a singer.He acted in a couple of tv shows like Kundakka Mandakka which was directed by his father and Idho Boopalam and Thedathey Tholaindhu Povai. He also directed one comedy show in Singapore.Then he slowly moved into acting line as a character artist rather than doing hero roles.He acted in about ten movies before he could direct his debut movie.Now let us see the movies under the direction of Venkat Prabhu.

His debut movie was Chennai 600028 which was produced by his close friend S. P. B. Charan in 2007.The movie is a sports related movie with romance and comedy mixed in it.The cast of Chennai 600028 is too long for the reason that it doesn't focus on a single hero concept.The movie features Premji Amaran,Jai, Shiva,Nithin Sathya, Prasanna, Aravind Akash, Ajay Raj, Ranjith, Arun, Karthik and Vijay Vasanth in the lead roles along with Vijayalakshmi and Christine Zedek making their debut movies.The main theme of Chennai 600028 is about two street cricket teams in the names of Sharks and Royapuram Rockers fighting of who is strong among them.The movie also covers love, fight, comedy and friendship.The music of Chennai 600028 by Yuvan Shankar Raja and background score by Premji Amaran was mind-blowing.The songs in the movie rocked especially 'Jalsa' song and 'Ulle Vaa' song at their best.But the song that rocked the whole Tamil Nadu was 'Saroja Saman Nikalo'. Chennai 600028 was one of the biggest blockbusters in 2007 with a collection of approximately $2 million at the box office.No one expected the movie to become a blockbuster in the box office for the reasons like the movie dealing with debutants and taking street cricket as the main theme.This movie won the Vijay Award for Best Find of the Year.

 

Venkat Prabhu's second movie was 'SAROJA' produced by T.Shiva under the banner Amma Creations and distributed by Pyramid Saimira.The movie was also made in Telugu. After the success of Chennai 600028 Venkat Prabhu decided to go with comedy based movie.But this time his second movie "Saroja" was a thriller based comedy movie with SPB.Charan, Shiva, Premji Amaren and Vaibhav Reddy in the lead role along with Vega Tamotia.The movie also stars Jayaram, Prakash Raj, Sampath Raj, Nagendran and Kajal Aggarwal.The movie is all the happenings in a day that coincides with each another.On side it deals with four friends who find their way to a mysterious place by a accident.On the other side daughter of a industrialist is being kidnapped.This two incidents happens separately and they travel in their direcation.The remaining half of the movie tells how friends happen to meet the girl and find their way out of the mysterious place. The camera by Sakthi Saravanan was excellent and the major part of the movie was taken in night time.Music by Yuvan Shankar Raja was superb especially for the background.The sound track has six songs out of which 'Kodaana Kodi', 'Nimirindhu Nil' songs was mindblowing.It was released in 2008.

 

Venkat Prabhu's third movie is 'GOA' which is under production and it is expected to release in Jan 2010.Goa is produced by Soundarya Rajinikanth under the banner Ocher Studios.The audio is expected to release on dec 23. From the director, the movie will be a fun filled comedy movie with lots of twists in it.The movie stars Jai, Premji Amaran, Aravind Akash, Vaibhav, Sneha, Piaa Bajpai and Melanie Marie Jobstreibitzer in the lead roles.It also has Nayantara and Simbu doing a guest role in the movie.Music is by Yuvan Shankar Raja.Venkat Prabhu goes with the same technical team as in his previous movie 'Saroja'.Let us hope for another blockbuster as a new year gift from Venkat Prabhu.

 

 

 

Emily Hubley's film The Toe Tactic is a story of a person's attempt to come to terms with her past and the inevitable decisions that the present forces on her. And it does so by adding animation with live action to present a parallel reality.

The Toe Tactic revolves around Mona peek who is in her mid twenties. The news that her mother has sold her childhood home upsets her as she has some beautiful memories of her late father in that house. It was also here in this house where her father's ashes were scattered and his bone, which Mona found, had been buried in the garden. Mona lands up in her old house and her action sets off a card game by four animated cannies that dwell in an alternative reality. The card game resembles the game of Tic-Tac- Toe. It is also the game that Mona played with her late father.

She is mistaken for a burglar by her neighbour  and when asked for identification, she realizes her wallet is suddenly gone .The wallet is not lost, Instead it is stolen by one of the animated canines. As the dogs continue to play the game, Mona carries on with her life. At times, the dogs take control of her life, which sparks of different encounters with the Elevator Man and her employer,Victoria Hadaway.

For Emily Hubley, directing her first feature film was a big high. "My original concept was to make a live action film with  a few animated "reveries" or intermissions. The final combination again come about after may revisions. My short films often combine live photography with animated elements in an effort to convey the layered experience of living. The Toe Tactic is an extension of that in a more playful and hopefully entertaining way. The idea is that the dogs exist in a parallel world that is wedged somewhere between our molecules. They're not of our reality,"says Hubley.

 

Hi friends in this article let us see about the award winning actress Trisha Krishnan. She has acted in both Tamil and Telugu films in her carrier. Recently she signed for a bollywood movie with Akshay kmar in the lead. She has got many awards for the best actress in both Tamil and Telugu film industries.

Trisha Krishnan is a beautiful, award-winning actress in both Tamil and Telugu film industries.

 

Her Early life:

• She was born on May 4^th, 1983.

 

• She was born to Krishnan and Uma Krishnan, in Palakkad, Kerala.

 

• In School days, she participated in several cultural activities, sports and school band.

 

• She studied at Sacred Heart Church Park School, in Madras.

 

• She got her higher education in Ethiraj College, Chennai.

 

• She started her career as a model, appearing in many TV advertisements including that of Fair and Lovely and Josco Jeweler.

 

• She also starred in Falguni Pathak’s music album Meri Chunar Ud Ud Jaye.

 

Her Film Career:

• Trisha Krishnan first made her debut in a film called Jodi in which Prasanth and Simran are the lead. In that film she was offered a small cameo in the film Jodi.

 

• The first movie in which she acted in a lead role opposite shyam was Priyadarshan’s Leysa Leysa. But this film did not do well at the box office.

 

• After that, she acted in two films i.e., Manasellam and Alai. But these two films bombs at the box office. A string of flops marked the beginning of her career.

 

• After continuous flops in her carrier, She got an offer in ameer film. In that film she was well suited for her role opposite Surya in Mounam Pesiyadhe and she was appreciated. This film became a hit at the box office.

 

• She then played opposite with Vikram  in the film Saamy. It was a blockbuster in the year 2003.

 

• The next huge film she acted in which was Ghilli with Vijay, which was a remake of Telugu blockbuster Okkadu. This film created a record at the box office and it was a turning point for Trisha in her carrier in Tamil film industry.

 

• Afterwards, She starred in Varsham in Telugu which went on to become the biggest hit of the year and turned her into an overnight sensation in Telugu film industry. This film was her first film in Tollywood.

 

• In 2005, she starred with Siddharth Narayan in the Telugu flick Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana. In this film, her character was a village girl named Siri. The movie is about a rich boy, who tries to marry a girl – however her brother opposes. This film is directed by Prabhu Deva, which became a biggest hit at the box office, and Trisha won two awards for the film which include the Filmfare Award and Nandi Award.

 

• She appeared in famous director Mani Ratnam’s Aayutha Ezhuthu. This movie stars Siddharth Narayan, Madhavan and Surya. But it was a flop.

 

• Her later movies, Ji, Aathi and Aaru did not do well at the box office.

 

• Her 2006 Telugu movie, Pournami, directed by Prabhu Deva, was a flop. However, another film in 2006 was Unnakum Ennakum, where Trisha acted opposite Jayam Ravi, did well at the box office. Unnakum Ennakum is a remake of the Telugu movie, Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana where she plays the same role.

 

• Her Telugu film Sainikudu with Mahesh Babu was released on November 30, 2006. The expectations for this movie was very high after the smashing hit Pokiri, but this high budget film smashed at the box office.

 

• Her next release after Sainikudu was Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule where she acted opposite Venkatesh. This film was Selvaraghavan’s first film in Telugu. The film released on April 27, 2007. The film is a family entertainer and received good response especially from the family audience. Trisha’s performance is one of the highlights of the movie.

 

• She acted in Kireedam with Ajith. She tried comedy and received good reviews. Kireedom opened with high expectations and received good reviews from media and audience.

 

• Her 2008 films, Bheema and Kuruvi failed to succeed at the box-office.

 

• Her later film Krishna with Ravi Teja was a huge hit. Her other movie Bujjigadu starring Prabhas, directed by Puri Jagannadh was released during Summer and made a decent run.

 

• Her next film was Radhamohan’s Abhiyum Naanum. She was appreciated for her performance in that movie. Sarvam with Arya did not do well at the box office.

 

• Her next film was King with Nagarjuna and it was an average grosser at the box office.

 

• Trisha is a Brand Ambassador of Fanta India, Scooty Pep+, Perk Chocolate, Fiama Di Wills, a product by ITC.

 

Awards:

• She won Miss Salem in 1999.

 

• She won Miss Chennai in 1999.

 

• She won Miss India Miss Beautiful Smile in 2001.

 

• She won Nandhi Award for the film Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana under the category of Best Actress.

 

• She won Filmfare Award for the film Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule and Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana under the category of Best Actress.

 

 

Her Filmography:

In Tamil:

• Leysa Leysa

 

• Mounam Pesiyathe

 

• Jodi

 

• Aathi

 

• Enaku 20 Unaku 18

 

• Aaru

 

• Saamy

 

• Ghilli

 

• Aayutha Ezhuthu

 

• Bheema

 

• Kuruvi

 

• Manasellam

 

• Alai

 

• Ji

 

• Kireedom

 

• Unnakum Ennakum

 

• Abhiyum Naanum

 

• Sarvam

In Telugu:

• Varsham

 

• Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana

 

• Athadu

 

• Allari Bullodu

 

• Pournami

 

• Bangaram (cameo)

 

• Stalin

 

• Sainikudu

 

• Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule

 

• Krishna

 

• Bujjigadu

 

• King

 

• Sankham

 

• Namo Venkatesa

Hi friends in this article let us see about oe of the best film, which I have ever seen and I am sure it makes us feel and more importantly, this will make us realize the sufferings of the Polish Jews in the hands of the German Soldiers. Really the World has lost many innocents life mainly due to the World War and we can also understand that war is never a solution for any problem and most importantly, there are lot of innocent people in the war zone, just hoping for only one moment on their life, i.e. they just want to see a world, without any gun sound and bombings. {TO WATCH THE TRAILER OF THE MOVIE PLEASE, CLICK HERE}

It has been a long time that I have watched a movie, before seeing the film called “The Pianist” yesterday (30th November, 2009). I was having this film for more than one month, without seeing it, but now I realize that I should watched this movie a little bit earlier. Still there is no wrong, because at least I managed to watch this film.

At first instant one thing Cleary struck my mind, and i.e. I have seen the hero of this film, in a famous English film called King Kong, and after seeing this movie I was really impressed by his acting and so I just browsed in internet and gathered some information about the hero of this film, Adrien Brody. The juries of Academy Award have done a great job in awarding The Best Actor Award for Adrien and I believe that, those who would seen this film, will accept my point.

You can also feel the Tom Hank’s character in the film Cast Away, because here in this film, Adrien becomes ill and sick and he was the only Jew managed to escape from the allotted area for Jews and in the later part of the film we can see that he just hunts for food, and these scenes are really touching and makes us feel for him.

This film is directed by the controversial director Roman Polanski, who also won an Oscar for this film. The film also won an Oscar for adapted Screenplay by Ronald Harwood Actually this film is based on a true story of Wladyslaw Szpilman  (from his book), who was a famous Pianist of Poland at that time and some even considered as one of the best Pianist of the world. The entire film takes place during the Second World War, where the Germans capture Poland and also tortures the Jews, as Hitler doesn’t like any Jews .The film starts with the old videos (Black and White) of Warsaw, Poland of 1939.The real image of Wladyslaw Szpilman is shown below.

Adrien Brody played the character of Szpilman and the film starts at the Warsaw Radio station, where the program of Szpilman is being aired. All of a sudden the radio station was bombed and so Szpilman cannot continue further and has to return home, in order to save his life. He returns home in panic but he was happy to hear the news in BBC radio, which says that Britain will fight against Germany, to free Poland. But their hope crashes and their dream of getting freed very soon dashes as the German had a huge settlement in Poland.

As days passed, the condition of the Jews in Poland became worse and moreover the Germans started to treat them as a slave and they were not any given right. They also asked to wear bands on the right hand of every Jew, with a star symbol, so that it will be easy for the German soldiers to identify the Jews and can punish whenever they want. They were also very precise about the size and measurement of the star and anyone who disobeys the rule will be killed mercilessly. The image below are real one,which shows how Jewish people suffered, and it is taken form the internet.

Soon the Germans allotted a separate place called as Warsaw Ghetto and also ordered all the Jews to shift to this place within a deadline (31st October 1940). So more than 4 lakhs Jews are ordered to occupy this small place and that too in a confined place, which many felt, it would be difficult. The situation becomes still worse, when a wall was built which separated the city fr0m this Jewish settlement.

The Germans were very cruel and in one scene they come to an apartment, which is just opposite to Szpilman’s apartment and the Germans cruelly kill an old man, who was in his wheel chair, and they simply threw him away to the ground floor and also killed other members of the family, by shooting them, after making them to run in the road.

The Jewish people in the settlement hardly had any good food and there is also a scene in the film where, a man just eats his food even though it was slipped and fell in the ground. It was really sad to see these kinds of scenes and really makes us to feel bad, when we come to know that these are true incidents and it was experience by our fellow humans. Szpilman also gets an opportunity to become a Jewish police at the Ghetto, by one of his friends, but he rejected this offer.

Suddenly, one day all the Jews were forced to wait in a ground as they were to be deported to another place. Szpilman and his family also came there and all the Jews were waiting for a long time in the hot sun, yet there was no sign of the train. At one instant Szpilman’s father shares a small piece of food that he has brought with his family members.

Finally when the train arrives all the Jews were pushed into the train and it was congested. Luckily Szpilman was saved by his family friend, who was a Jewish Ghetto Police officer, who earlier gave him an opportunity to become police, and this made Szpilman to get separated from his family.

Then he was put along with other Jewish Co workers to do very difficult construction works. There, one of the co worker motivated him and said that at present there were around 30,000 Jews and most of them are young people and also aid that they should fight against the German soldiers. So Szpilman also decided to help his friends and he started to smuggle weapons for them, which was very risky.

He also managed to help from that place, before the riots started. Outside the Ghetto he was helped by some of his friends from the Radio Station, (who were Non Jews) and they also gave him a flat outside the Ghetto. Outside the Ghetto all were non Jews and Szpilman must take care that he stays very calm and silent, without giving any chance for the outsiders to reveal his presence.

One day he was notice by the non Jews there and this made him to meet one of his friend, who gave him new accommodation near the Warsaw Hospital, and later he becomes very ill. At the same the uprisings started again and the German bombed his flat and also killed all the Jews who were responsible for the uprising.

Then the rest of the film shows how Szpilman fights for his life, by staying in the damaged building and eating any piece of food available to him, before being caught by one of the German officer Hosenfeld. But Hosenfeld likes him and the music, and also helped him, without revealing his place to other Germans.He was very good. The image below is the real photo of Hosenfeld and the statement shows that he was kind by nature.

He also gave him food, which made Szpilman to stay alive. Hosenfeld also gave his coat to Szpilman. But the new good news is the Russians and the allies reached Poland and defeated the Germans. Along with other German soldiers Hosenfeld was also kept in the war prisoner camp and there Hosenfeld met another Jew musician( who was working the Warsaw Radio Station) and said that he knew Szpilman and also asked Szpilman to help him.

But when Szpilman came to that place every German prisoners were evacuated. The film ends, where, Szpilman is shown working at the Warsaw Radio Station and it is also mentioned that Szpilman continued to live in Warsaw and died in 2000, but that Hosenfeld died in 1952 in a Soviet prisoner-of-war camp.

In short "The Pianist" is a masterpiece and don't miss it.

The IMDB rating of the movie is 8.5 out of 10.