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South Indian Actress Chaya Singh
Recently actress Chaya Singh has lashed out at irresponsible gossip mongers spreading rumours of her plan for marriage with a Hyderabad-based businessman saying she is so busy with her film assignments and reality show that she can not think about settling down in marriage.
'I'm surprised how the media got to know about my marriage, when I'm not even thinking about it. I'm too busy to think about marriage. I have loads of work to do,' Chaya, who is also judging a reality show on the Zee TV, told IANS.
Chaya came to know about her marriage rumours when her journalist friends called to congratulate her, after rumours appeared on some websites. For two to three days, she was flooded with calls and she kept denying the news, she said.
Currently Chaya Singh, who just finished working in a Malayalam film, has to finish her Tamil film 'Anthapuraththu Veedu', and she has signed a few Bengali films and also she is talking to some Bengali producers for new offers, she told the news agency. If she decides to get married, she will go with her parents' decision, she said. Chaya also wanted to direct a film called 'Gandhi Bazaar', but has now given up her plans as she cannot find a producer, because of recession, she says.
Once, in an interview with TNN in October 2006, Chaya said that she was not bothered about her screen image, whether she is being seen at the right places or making the right moves. Her only concern was doing good projects, she said. For example in the Kannada film Akasha Gange she played a young unwed mother, very different from the nice girl image she had sported till then in Kannada films.
Just when Chaya Singh was going great guns in Kannada film industry, she decided to make a foray into Tamil films. And she chose to sizzle without restraint in the hot number, Manmatha Rasa, in her debut film Thiruda Thirudi (2003). The lyrics were hot and the song went on to become a huge rage with the audience. But that popularity only led to her doing item numbers with Vikram and Vijay.
Chaya Singh stepped into Tamil cinema unexpectedly with a meaty role in Thiruda Thirudi, a big budget Tamil film directed by debutant Subramaniam Siva, starring Dhanush, Manicka Vinayagam, Ginja, Illavarasu, etc. The soundtrack was composed by Dhina, which was a great hit and the song, Manmatha Rasa, topped the charts for 15 weeks running. According to Chaya she hardly expected the song to be such a huge hit. But there it was, blaring all over Tamil Nadu. People started addressing her either by the character's name or ‘Manmada rani’. The film, a runaway success, was later remade in Telugu as Donga Dongadi with Manoj and Sadha in the lead roles.
After Thiruda Thirudi, Chaya Singh acted in the Tamil movie Solli Adippaen (2008) directed by S. A. C. Ramki and a Telugu movie Tirupachi. Solli Adippaen had comedian Vivek as the hero. According to her, she is rather choosy and not comfortable doing regular heroine roles. If you look at Thiruda Thirudi you will find that her role was not of regular heroine stuff. She wants to do characters that make a difference to the story, something that she will be remembered for.
Chaya Singh, who was born in Bangalore to parents from Uttar Pradesh, and had her schooling at Lourdes School, Bangalore, had acted in Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam films and she does not feel language is a barrier for her. And she does not find anything wrong in doing dance numbers or item numbers like the ones in Arul (2004). She feels it is always good to work with good actors and directors, and, if the song is good enough she might just end up doing more item numbers.
Chaya Singh does not feel it matters at all whether anyone is good looking or not for success in films. If looks had been everything, then Johnny Lever would never have made it to be a successful comedian in Bollywood, and actor Dhanush is not conventionally good looking either, she said in an interview with TNN.
M M Keeravani Show in New Jersey
M. M. Keeravani (also known as M. M. Kreem, Maragatha Mani, M. M. Keeravaani), the National Award winning film music composer and singer, has made his own footprint in Telugu film industry with his compilations for the Telugu movie Annamayya (Telugu film), and has made great contributions to Bollywood (songs in Sur, Jism, Paheli, Criminal, etc.) and composed music for Hindi films (Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin, Sur, Zakhm, Saaya and Rog), Malayalam films (Nilagiri, Soorya Manasam, Devaraagam, etc.).
M M Keeravani has already composed music for 199 films in various Indian languages and continues actively composing music for several forthcoming films.
Here is a report on his US tour from the author of this photo: M M Keeravani along with his troop performed one of the most successful shows outside India so far at New Jersey on July 25th 2009. The performance was mind-blowing and enthralled the audience irrespective of their age difference. The jam-packed UCPAC (Union County Performance Arts Center) hosted one of the mega events of the recent past and all the audience thanked TOLLY 2 HOLLY & PHARMACARE, BEL AIR, MD for organizing such a blast. 1400+ audience witnessed the best ever performance by Keeravani Bubbly and vivacious anchor Udaya Bhanu, who is now termed as #1 anchor of the Telugu television screens is still looking hot with her amazing grace and she stole the hearts of all audience.
The program started with Shuklam Bharadharam sloakam sung by local kids Baby NIKHILA and AARTI of Delaware. NIKHILA, AARTI, VAMSHIKA, ANUSHKA, HARSHITA, APOORVA KARNA and BHAVYASRI KARNA garlanded all the guests TOLLY 2 HOLLY owner GANESH INDUKURI invited RAVI VARMA MUDUNURI onto stage and thanked him personally for meticulously planning such a mega event in a short time. GANESH INDUKURI also mentioned the cause of building a primary care center in AP, India as the main drive behind this event and pledged to continue such events in future for non-profit reasons.
VIJAY REDDY of PHARMACARE explained the project of PRIMARY CARE CENTER in PONNEKALLU VILLAGE, GUNTUR DT, AP. He also thanked his friend Subbaraju for agreeing readily to support the cause. Subbaraju mentioned the importance of charity and committed his full support for such causes in the future and wished the project all the best.
VIJAY REDDY of PHARMACARE, who is also the helpline Director of NATS explained audience about NATS and the service aspects of NATS.
RAVI MADALA, PRESINDENT OF NATS launched the NATS HELP LINE 888-4-TELUGU during this event and he explained how the help line offers services.
UDAYA BHANU introduced MM KEERAVANI who directed music for 199 pictures to the audience. Keeravaani is incredibly humble, modest and unassuming and spoke to music lovers in person. Despite being credited with having given a new dimension to Telugu music he is admired by all sections of the audiences; call it class, mass, family-oriented or any type of genre. Each song is different from the other, a different mood, a different tune, and a different style. From “Seetharamayya Gari manavaralu” to “Magadheera”, this ace composer continues to mesmerize Telugu music buffs, needless to mention, along the way, mesmerizing tunes of Pellisandadi, Simhadri, Gangothri, Chatrapathi, Vikramarkudu, Yamadonga, etc. and the heavenly scores of Annamayya and Sri Ramadasu whose music stays in the minds of Telugu audience forever. Audience blast the theater with whistles and shouts for the dance performance of Noel Sean ‘Bangaru Kodipetta’ number. Local Talent MADHU with her dance troop performed a medley.
Vijay Reddy, Subbaraju and Ravi Madala felicitated MM Keeravani, Uday Bhanu and Upendra Chivukula.
Several prominent Telugus who graced the event such as New Jersey Assemblyman Mr. Upendra Chivukula, Subbaraju Indukuri, NATS Chairman Dr. Ranakumar Nadella, NATS President Mr. Ravindra Madala, ATA Board of Trustee Rajeswar Reddy Gangasani, TFAS President Damu Gedala, TLCA President Venkat Mutyala, NATS Founding member Harnath Doddapaneni, UTAA President Dharma Reddy, TAGDV Joint Secretary Lalitha Setty, Dr Prasad, Satish Dasari and a prominent local businessman Dr. Desu Gangadhar all praised the organizers VIJAY REDDY, GANESH INDUKURI and RAVI MUDUNURI for conducting such a mega event.
VIJAY REDDY of PHARMACARE thanked all volunteers Kishore, Chandraraju, Suresh, Anil, Raheem, Phani, Srini, Pandu, Ravikishore, Prakash, Tirumal Reddy, Hinge Nageswara Rao, Raja Agnihotri, Srinivasa Rao, Pratap Rikka, Nagi Reddy Karna and Ramakrishnan Guruva Reddy for all their dedication for making this show a mega success. The organizers thanked Rama Seshayya garu of Abhiruchi restaurant for providing the best Andhra Food to Keeravani Troop during their stay. Keeravani Gaaru praised organizers for providing the best audio system.
VIJAY REDDY also thanked NATS, TOLLY 2 HOLLY FILMS and the media partners TV9 and NTV for all their support in sponsoring this charity event.
Megan Fox, the over-publicized celebrity
August 4 was the BLOCK MEGAN FOX day! Her fans and all others following celeb news on TV, print media and all internet sources were fed up with excessive coverage of the Transformers star. There was a war cry by the people who became almost blind and deaf by viewing Megan materials on the media. So, there was a ban by many publishers to block anything on Megan Fox, as many sources reported.
The photo shows Megan posing with a copy of the book "The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe".
Scenes from The Hangover #1
Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms and Bradley Cooper from a scene from the Hollywood hit comedy movie The Hangover.
Pussycat Dolls perform Jai Ho
The Pussycat Dolls, the American pop girl group and dance ensemble, comprising of lead singer Nicole Scherzinger and Melody Thornton, Jessica Sutta, Ashley Roberts, Kimberly Wyatt and Carmit Bachar, released their second studio album, Doll Domination, which included the song “Jai Ho!” (Genre: Bhangra, Indian pop, dance-pop). The song, a single released on February 23, 2009, was by A. R. Rahman and the Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger and written by A.R. Rahman, Nicole Scherzinger, Ron Fair and Gulzar.
The song was recorded in 2009 by the Pussycat Dolls with English lyrics and produced in collaboration with A. R. Rahman and Ron Fair, and mixed by Peter Mokran. According to Scherzinger the single is an interpretation rather than a remix. The new version is called "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)".
The music video of the new version premiered on March 13, 2009. The video recreates the last scene from Slumdog Millionaire at a Tramway Museum in Vienna, Austria, and was directed by Thomas Kloss.
In 2009, the original version of Jai Ho, from the movie Slumdog Millionaire won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, beating out WALL-E's Down to Earth by Peter Gabriel, and “O... Saya”, also of Slumdog Millionaire and by A. R. Rahman.
Amitabh Bachchan at IIFA 2009, Macao
Hrithik Roshan (Jodhaa Akbar) and Priyanka Chopra (Fashion) won the best actor and actress trophy respectively at the 10th annual IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) awards at the gala event attended by 8,000 people in Macau, China.
The awards were announced at the end of a three-day event, including film and music launches, a celebrity fashion show, a global business forum and a performance by Cirque du Soleil.
The Bollywood film Jodhaa Akbar, has dominated the awards ceremony with six prizes, including the best picture, best actor for Hrithik Roshan and best director for Ashutosh Gowariker. Jodhaa Akbar also won awards for best song lyrics, best music direction for AR Rahman and best male playback singer.
The best supporting actor award was won by Arjun Rampal (Rock On!). Kangana Ranaut won the best supporting actress award for her performance in the movie “Fashion”. The Oscar-nominated 2001 film Lagaan was named film of the decade.
Amitabh Bachchan, the Brand Ambassador of IIFA, presented the lifetime achievement award to veteran actor Rajesh Khanna. "The word superstar in the Indian film industry was for the first time coined for him," Bachchan said.
Aishwarya Rai, who won the best actress of the decade and outstanding achievement in international cinema award, performed at the event. Other awards included male star of the decade for Shah Rukh Khan, and director of the decade for Rakesh Rohan.
