Kylie Minogue Goes Bollywood With "Chiggy Wiggy"

Early this year the Bollywood musical style rolled into the pop charts when the Pussycat Dolls collaborated with A.R. Rahman on a version of the Academy Award winning song "Jai Ho!" from the movie Slumdog Millionaire. Now one of the world's biggest pop stars, Kylie Minogue, is collaborating with producer A.R. Rahman and singer Sonu Nigam on her own venture into Bollywood music making. Kylie Minogue is credited with worldwide album sales in excess of 60 million as well as seven #1 singles in the UK, two top ten singles in the US and a Grammy Award. The song "Chiggy Wiggy" will be included on the soundtrack for the upcoming film Blue which is due in theaters in October 2009. Check out the video below with one of the film's stars Akshay Kumar. 

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Rahman's Jai Ho concert at Hyderabad on 24 October

GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL) will be hosting A.R. Rahman’s 'Jai Ho' concert on 24 October  as a part of the 'Airport Festive Carnival’, organized by the Airport authorities from 19 to 25 October.

GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL) is a joint venture company promoted by GMR Group, Malaysia Airports, Government of Andhra Pradesh, and Airports Authority of India as the other consortium partners. GHIAL won the bid to develop and operate the Greenfield international airport at Shamshabad through an international competitive bidding process conducted by the Government of Andhra Pradesh and the Government of India.

Over 50,000 people are expected to attend this event organized by Rapport Global Events and Wizcraft. Unlike the last to two concerts, Wizcarft, which is known to organize bollywoods prestigious IIFA awards would be joining Rapport Events. "We are only doing it for this show," said Wizcraft founder Sabbas Joseph, declining to reveal anything further. Also its not yet known if the show will be another fundraising event like the two previous Jai Ho concerts.

Could ‘Endhiran’ be Rajnikanth’s last film?

The entire Kollywood is brimmed with this surprising buzz rounding up in town. According to some of the inner sources, it has been divulged that “Endhiran’ would be Rajnikanth’s last film as the actor has planned to make it big in political arena.
Recently, when filmmaker P. Vasu approached Rajnikanth about working together for the sequel to “Chandiramukhi’, the actor didn’t show his concern over it as he said; “We’ll look into it later after the release of “Endhiran’.”
Nonetheless, superstar’s elder brother Sathya Narayana Rao had openly stated that the actor would probably make his entry into politics after “Endhiran’.
This has gradually turned the entire state much invigorated as Rajnikanth’s fans have been requesting him to get into politics for the past 12 years.

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Bipasha Basu is Vikram’s wife in ‘Raavan’

Bollywood’s voluptuous Bipasha Basu has been finally drawn into the multi-starrer bilingual “Raavan’. Ace filmmaker Manirathnam has been on a long-time pursuit of an actress to enact “Mandodari’ in his modernized epic of “Ramayanam’. Earlier, the filmmaker had offered Reema Sen and Nayanthara the role, which they turned down as they weren’t confident with this deglamorized role.
Eventually, Manirathnam was much impressed with Bips’ deglamorized role in her Bengali film “SHOB CHARITRO KALPONIK’ and indeed approached her to perform this role. Instantaneously, without any delay, the actress signed the pact to enact “Mandodari’ in both the versions (Tamil and Hindi). According to the sources, Bipasha will appear for 40mins in the film and her portions will be shot from September 15.
She will be spotted playing Vikram’s wife in Tamil while the Hindi version will have her paired up with Abhishek Bachchan.

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Climax portions of Endhiran shot!

For the last few weeks Shankar is busy shooting portions of the climax scenes of his most ambitious film till date, Sun Pictures Endhiran, featuring superstar Rajinikanth and Aiswarya Rai.

Some parts of the climax have been shot at the SIPCOT industrial estate in Sirucheri. A Volvo bus has been souped up as a satellite remote sensing lab.

The set which has been put up by art director Sabu Cyril at a cost of nearly 50 lakhs is smashed to smithereens as the Robot takes on the imposters.

Soon Shankar and his stunt men will be moving to Prasad Studio where a huge set has been put up where a fight scene will be picturised as the whole place will go up in flames.

It will be for the first time in Indian cinema where advanced fire fighting technique methods will be used. 

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The secret of metallic look of Enthiran

Superstar has not not strained so much in his career for makeup like the one he goes through in Enthiran. Now let’s have a look what Times of India says about the metallic look that the star sports in the film.

The metallic look!

Superstar Rajinikanth is popular for undergoing a tremendous metamorphosis in terms of dressing and style for his films. For his forthcoming film Enthiran (Robot) Rajini will sport a ‘futuristic’ look! The look has been kept under wraps but an onlooker revealed, “Rajini sir sports a bizarre look in the film” We got in touch with hair-stylist Aalim who has styled Rajini. He said, “Rajinikanth’s outfits have been designed by Manish Malhotra.

A lot of copper is being used in it. The hairdo that I’ve created compliments the outfits. I’ve given him a very cutting edge look comprising stylish side locks and metallic hair extensions.” Aalim further added, “Rajini sir is very cool and despite being worshipped, he is extremely down-to-earth and humble. If I were to rate the most stylish men in films, Rajini sir would top the list and Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan would come next.”

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Telugu super star insists on Gautham Menon

After making his debut in Josh, Telugu star Naga Chaitanya, son of popular actor Nagarjuna, is ready to don the greasepaint for the Telugu remake of Vinnathandi Varuvaya. Apparently, Chaithanya’s father is confident of Gautham Menon’s directorial skills so much so that he insists on having his son star in the remake even before the film hits the screens.


Given Gautham’s record, Nagarjuna’s calculation can never go wrong, one can presume. Vinnathandi Varuvaya is a breezy romantic story that is sure to attract the younger audience and hence Nagarjuna feels that it would be better for his son’s career.





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AAJ DIL Song Promo - BLUE - A.R RAHMAN

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ARR does Passage for Shekhar Kapur

After ‘Elizabeth: The Golden Age’, AR Rahman has teamed up with the noted filmmaker Shekhar Kapur. Our Music Maestro has thrown in his musical magic on ‘Passage’, the first short film directed by Shekhar Kapur. The film is produced by Swarovski Entertainment and is shot entirely in Argentina.

It is said that in this one, Rahman’s tuneful compositions have blended fabulously with the director’s visuals. ‘Passage’ is based on three women and the story carries enhancing visuals and sounds, which portrays an emotional passage through despair and loss to reconciliation. The film stars Julia stiles, Lily Cole and Haley Bennett. Indian singer has also lent her voice for a track in this film.

‘Passage’ was first screened in ‘Sankalpa’ - an installation by Shekhar Kapur and David Adjaye that is on display until summer 2010 in Swarovski Crystal Worlds in Wattens, Austria. Recently a grand screen on the film was held on the island of La Giudecca.

Well, with ‘Passage’, here’s is another impressive jewel added to Rahman’s career crown.

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Robot Rajini in Chennai now

The Sirucheri SIPCOT industrial estate is the area in which our robot Rajini is right now! The team of Shankar’s ‘Endhiran’ is working busily in the location to complete an important scene of the film out there.

We hear that Shankar has brought in an extremely strange Volvo bus in to the sets. Birdies say that the director has transformed a normal Volvo bus into a satellite remote sensing lab. This makeover process of the bus has cost a whooping 50 lakhs!

A scene in which a morph gang attacks the robot Rajini, who is inside this satellite remote sensing lab, is being filmed. The blow of the news is that our superstar is not in the shooting spot at all. It’s a stunt artist who is masked as the robot Rajini.

Using a dupe is not a big deal as our Superstar is a real-time hero. What say people?

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Rajini against Rajinis

“Endhiran” has been making headlines ever since it’s shooting commenced. Some of the big names of Indian cine industry including gorgeous Aishwarya Rai are coming together for this one.

Recently the shooting for a fight scene of the film was taking place in Chennai in the set that was erected by one of India’s popular art directors Sabu Cyril. According to the sources, the stunt was between superstar Rajinikanth and 100 other robots that look like him. Fight master Peter Heinz composed this stunt sequence along with few foreign fight masters.

Now another interesting tittle-tattle is that many Hollywood companies are roped in for the visual effects (VFX) of the film. Hollywood companies like ILM, Tippet, Cafe EFX; and Hong Kong companies like Centro and Menfond are involved in this mega-budget project.

We say- Cooooool...

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Bipasha now in Ravana!

Here is a latest entrant to the much-hyped movie of the year, ‘Ravana’. The Mani Ratnam’s movie has always maintained a hush-hush atmosphere within itself. And the director had roped in this dusky beauty a month ago, on a condition to keep up the secrecy about her involvement in the project.

Now, when the news is out, Bipasha Basu will be playing the character of Mandodhari, wife of Ravana. In the movie, Abhishek Bachchan will be playing Ravana, Priyamani as Ravan’s sister Surpanaka, Aishwarya Rai as Sita, Vikram as Ram and finally Govinda as Hanuman. The movie will only carry the nuances of the epic Ramayana.

Initially, Sushmita Sen was rumoured to be approached for Mandodhari’s role. But as the diva refused, the offer fell into Bips’s lap, who readily accepted it.

Here our modern-day Mandodhari will be doing a sizzling item number. But no, the lady will be doing more than that! Bips will have a full-fledge role of 40 mins sources say. Our sexy lady is now packing up her bags for a 20-day shoot scheduled in coming days this month. “Bipasha’s costumes are ready. She is very happy with her look in the film. She is looking forward to joining the unit of Ravana,” added the sources. Wow, now that’s someone to add-on for the movie. Looks like the movie is getting spicier and hotter by the days…

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Kamal served with legal notice

Production house Pyramid Saimira issued a legal notice to Kamal Haasan with regard to the advance he was paid for making the movie Marmayogi. The notice claims that Kamal was paid an advance of Rs. 10.9 crores initially which he never returned although the movie was officially shelved. The movie’s total budget was a whopping one hundred crores.


Besides, the notice sought Kamal to clarify why he had produced Unnaipol Oruvan, which is due for release soon, before Marmayogi was finished. According to the contract, Kamal is bound to finish Marmayogi before moving on to another venture.


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Mani Ratnam promotes Vikram for Hindi

Media hype is now and before the most vital thing in promoting a film or a star. Mani Ratnam’s ‘Ravana’ is one such film that has been on the headlines for quite some time now for both lucky and unlucky reasons unintentionally.

But now the director has worked on a perfect plan to launch his hero Vikram the right way in Bollywood.  Vikram plays an important role in both Tamil and Hindi versions of the film. 

According to the sources, Mani Ratnam has worked to highlight only Vikram’s character for the first trailer. It looks like the trailer is perfectly dyed-in-the-wool to show who Vikram is for the Bolly-world.

The filmmaker is known to create the best hype for almost all his heroes, for all good reasons. Let’s wait to see what lies beneath this publicity now!

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Endhiran upcoming indoor shooting at AVM studio

Aishwarya Rai-Rajnikanth starrer Endhiran, the Tami movie starts its next schedule of shooting in the AVM studio on September 10. The film has completed 85 % percent of its shooting.

Superstar Rajnikanth’s magnum opus ‘Endhiran’ is fast on the heels of completion, as the actor himself had announced that 85 percent of filming has been done. According to the sources, director Shankar has called back his team for the next schedule, which will start rolling from September 10.
The previous schedule was shot in and around the regions of Mayajaal Multiplex, situated in the outskirts of Chennai.This upcoming schedulewill be shot in an indoor set at AVM Studios. Although, director Shankar hasn’t confirmed officially about the film’s completion, sources close to him have stated that it will be the final schedule for this two and a half years project.
Once, the filming is done the entire team will kick-start vigorous promotions, as Sun Pictures has planned for a unique approach while HBO will promote the film across western countries.



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Shankar’s tech-adviser for ‘Enthiran’

Director Shankar appointed a youth who has done his Doctorate in robotic-technology, for assisting him in ‘Endhiran’ as the technological adviser. The youth who is always noticed as a ball-of-energy along with his laptop is the son of a bigwig. This young talent is none other than Karkhi Vairamuthu!

As we all know lyricist Vairamuthu has two sons. The eldest son Kabilan is a software engineer, while the younger son Karkhi has entered cine field to become like his father. As of now ‘Ilamai Idho Idho’, ‘Kanden Kadhalai’, ‘Endhiran’ are the projects in which Karkhi has penned lyrics.

Karkhi, who has done Doctorate from Australia, is not just the Lyricist and technological adviser of ‘Endhiran’, but also Shankar’s associate director!

When we asked if he will touch greater heights than his dad, Karkhi said with a smart smile, “Dad is like a tall mountain I’m at his base. I’m just starting it all.”

Though he is all-time busy as a lyricist, assistant director and tech-adviser, Karkhi is working as a scientist in Chennai Anna University.

Karkhi seems to prove that, ‘Intelligence is in the head, not in the age’. Let’s give it up for this man guys!

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Peter Haynes: Stunts should be fantastic

Though said in a lighter vein, it is also a fact  that producers sign Peter Haynes before finalizing the star cast. It is no trade secret that top actors insist on the mandatory presence of this stunt master par excellence and the numbers are increasing with action movies becoming the order of the day.
For Peter, the real challenge is in period films where a lot of homework has to be done regarding the weapons used and the kind of fights prevalent then. Peter said his creative side was tested to the brim in the recent Telugu hit Magadheera, which had a huge background of historic relevance.
Without subscribing to the view that every storyline needs a fight sequence, Peter says fight sequences must by grand and worth remembering. When movies are all about grandeur in the songs, why should there be a compromise in the fights, Peter asks with justification. “You have to accept that movies are an exaggerated versions transporting the audience to a different world. In the three hours they surrender to us, we have a job to please them and in a magnitude depending on the budget,” says Peter without batting an eyelid.
Indian producers are not out seeking the Hollywood flavour; they come to him for the quality he provides, avers Peter. “I too worked with in a few Hollywood films and am richer by that on all counts,” says Peter with honesty.
Peter did not reveal much on Endhiran except the nugget that being a superstar movie, the fights had to have that extra zing and style. “I Know my work on the screen is appreciated when audiences shriek with delight seeing their heroes bashing the baddies,” said Peter with a smile.



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Aamir- The modern-day Hanuman

How about Aamir Khan enacting ‘modern-day Hanuman’ in Mani Rathnam’s modernized tale of ‘Raavan’? Fantastic, isn’t? But let’s not get along with our own imaginations as Mr. Perfectionist hasn’t got over any offers from Mani Rathnam.

This is all about Aamir’s role of modern-day Hanuman role in producer Uru Patel’s film on Hanuman. Earlier, a Japanese actor was supposed to perform the flamboyant role as the character demands over mastery over martial skills of flipping and swaying through the air and space.

The offer for this graciously appealing role has passed over to the hands of Aamir Khan. According to the closer sources, the actor will sign the deal only after reading through entire script. Much specifically, Mr. Perfectionist has insisted about his signature in each page of full-bound script to ensure no changes are made latter in shooting.

Rama and Raavan roles will be performed by Hollywood superstars Keanu Reeves and Gary Oldman respectively. Earlier, Shilpa Shetty was supposed to be casted for ‘Sita’ and hunt is now over an international face.

The task of wielding megaphone has now passed on from Louis Mandoki to Chuck Russell as he’s well versed with such genres and Hindi language as well.

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Kylie Minogue's 'Chiggy Wiggy' For the Film 'Blue'

We have all been waiting for the collaboration between Kylie Minogue and A.R. Rahman and now it's finally here!
The two music celebs have worked together on the underwater adventure "Blue." and the promo for one of Kylie's tracks in the film has finally been revealed. We're dying to show it to all you viewers!
The tune, interpreted by Kylie Minogue and Sonu Niigaam, shows Kylie at a club dancing in a flashy dress while Akshay Kumar drops onto the stage and dances with her. So without further ado, check out the song promo entitled "Chiggy Wiggy" and tell us if it gets you moving to the beat.

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All well between Ashutosh & Rahman

A. R. Rahman is a musician with whom every filmmaker wants to work over and over again.

So, when Ashutosh Gowariker decided to break away from the collaboration after successes like Lagaan, Swades and Jodhaa Akbar, speculations were rife that the two had fallen apart.

However, Ashutosh clarifies that they are still good friends.

"Why I could not work with Rahman for What's Your Rashee? was because I wanted to finish this film quickly. But he was already booked for months for films like Slumdog Millionaire and Delhi 6 then. I would have required a lot of time considering I needed 13 songs for the film. So we decided that we shall skip it this time," he says.

"But I think I have got great music from Sohail (Sen) in this film as well. His father had introduced me to him and asked if I would like to listen to his son. And I was very impressed with his capability," adds the director.


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