'Ready' revolves around Salman and I don't mind it: Asin

She is the leading lady in 'Ready' but actress Asin Thottumkal says she has no problems with Salman Khan hogging the limelight in the film's promotions.

"When a film stars Salman Khan, it is but natural that the script is written to accentuate his presence in the film. It is also logical to have the film revolve around him. The same has to reflect in the promos as well where his style and mannerisms are exposed to the audience," Asin told the media.

The Annes Bazmee directorial is the third Hindi film for the 25-year-old actress, who has decided to work in only one big Bollywood venture a time and wait for the results rather than pick up multiple projects.

"This was a conscious decision. I waited for the best offer to come my way and I got that in the form of 'Ready' where I get to play a solo heroine in a commercial film with Salman and Anees Bazmee," said Asin.

And the actress has the trend continuing with her next film 'Housefull 2' as well, where she has Akshay Kumar for company. With almost a decade's experience in South Indian films, Asin debuted in Bollywood opposite Aamir Khan in 'Ghajini'.

Despite being in showbiz for so long and working with superstars, the actress says she hasn't let fame get to her head.

"I am a grounded person, mainly because of the kind of upbringing that I have had. My parents are very down to earth people and that is one reason why I never try to fly high.

Being a part of the industry hasn't changed one bit of me or my family over the years," she said.

I feel everyday that I still have to prove a point.

I don't consider myself as someone who is so big that her success could go to her head," she said.

Salman is called Prem in 'Ready', which sparked off rumours that the actor is set to re-create his onscreen chemistry with Madhuri Dixit from the hit movie 'Hum Aapke Hai Kaun'.

But Asin dismissed them as mere speculation. "I don't know from where did these Madhuri-Salman talks start. In fact while I was shooting for the film, I wasn't even thinking of Madhuri or making any conscious effort to recreate it. We just went ahead and followed the script."

"I am sure that I hadn't got any such brief. If at all such stories started making rounds, it was after the shooting was through. Perhaps some people saw a still or two from the film and started bringing on comparisons with Madhuri or Aishwarya. I can assure though that all of this is plain speculation," she said.

Trisha refuses role opposite Sunil

Leading actress Trisha, who has acted with almost all Telugu heroes, has refused to star opposite young hero-comedian Sunil in his upcoming Telugu film Napoleon, produced by Dil Raju and directed by Rajamouli's associate Koti.

On hearing the story, producer Dil Raju felt Trisha would be apt for the female lead role and approached her. To the producer’s surprise, she refused the offer for reasons best known to her.

The makers have hence started searching for another heroine. It is said that Deeksha Seth is under consideration. The movie is expected to start in August; other details are yet to be known.

100% Love (2011) - Telugu Movie Review

Cast and Crew :

Starring : Naga Chaitanya, Tamannaah Bhatia, Anand, Naresh, K. R. Vijaya, Vijay Kumar, Dharmavarapu
Directed by : Sukumar
Produced by : Bunny Vasu
Written by : Chandra Sekhar T Ramesh, Hari Prasad
Singers : Adnan Sami, Harini, Ranjith, Devi Sri Prasad, Tippu, Swati Reddy, Priya Himesh, Murali, Sri Charan, Richard
Lyricist : Ramajogayya Shastry, Shree Mani, Dev, Chandrabose
Music by : Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography : Prasad
Studio : Geetha Arts

Story

Balu (Naga Chaitanya) is a brilliant student and always tops his class. Maha Lakshmi (Tamanna) is maradalu of Balu and she comes from village and stays in Balu’s house to do her graduation in the same college. Balu has the typical ego possessed by state rankers and he is obsessed by it. His studies get disturbed with the entry to Maha Lakshmi as she starts dominating him over a period of time. This leads to differences and ego clashes between Balu and Maha Lakshmi. There is also a subplot of two separated grand parents. The rest of the story is all about how Balu and Mahalakshmi realise that they are made for each other.

Artists Performance

Naga Chaitanya: Naga Chaitanya who has done the role of an intense lover in YMC follows it up with a fun-filled character of Balu with a mental complex in 100% Love. He wore spectacles and a light beard and it suited the character very well. It is tailor-made character for him. His diction and accent is also changed in this film and it sounds little like that of Allu Arjun.

Tamannaah Bhatia: Tamanna looks fabulous in the movie. Her traditional hairdo in the beginning of the movie is not attractive, but she is gorgeous when she lets her hair loose in the latter part of the movie, She is an asset to the movie. Sukumar has shown bias towards heroine character in this movie as he etched her role as a magnanimous, understanding and empathising girl.

Others: KR Vijaya and Vijay Kumar did the role of grandparents. There are around 10 kids who entertain you will their mischief and innocence in the first half. Satyam Rajesh did a cameo and it is really good. MS Narayana did his second most preferred character (after drunkard) - college principal. Anand and Tara Alisha are good as beaus of lead pair. Naresh and Dharmavarapu Subramanyam are okay.

Technical departments

Story - screenplay - direction: Looks like Sukumar is carrying his school-day memories all along. The entire writing for the first half of the movie is taken from the college life and is wrote in a realistic, yet entertaining way. Sukumar brought the family angle in the second half to bring all-roundness to the commercial aspect of the script. The basic conflict of this movie is driven by the complexity of the male lead. Heroine character that enters as a nobody into the life of hero starts getting mature, intelligent, magnanimous and sexy as the story progresses. Sukumar is in his elements with 100% Love movie. He has also toned down the eccentricity he has shown in Arya 2 hero characterization to make 100% Love hero character an universally acceptable one. There are a few redundant and dull moments in the second half, but he managed to get everything right in the scenes that followed. Sukumar’s creativity is wild, and it if it’s kept under permissible limits - he is going to do wonders. The only unconvincing part for me in the script is the separation of grandparents, which forms the central point of the movie. Screenplay penned by J Hari Prasad is good. I liked the way the story is narrated from point of view of hero in the first half and the point of view of heroine in the second half.

Other departments: Music by Devi Sri Prasad is superb. All songs are good. They are so good that I expected so much out of the picturization of the songs. The only song that completely satisfied my expectations is whistles-worth ‘diyyalo’. The second best is ‘Infatuation’ song followed by ‘A square’. Devi Sri Prasad has also excelled in the background score (the clucking sound of a hen/chicken used as bgm for chicken-eating episodes). Cinematography is decent. But there is no vibrancy in visuals. There could be a problem with lighting, photography, color-grading or visual effects (or the projection system in theater). This movie would have been really cool if the visuals are more vibrant (like Arya movie). Editing is fine. There is only one fight in the movie which is composed by Ram Lakshman. Pixelloid who are usually brilliant with their work should have taken more time in the visual effects as they look little patchy in the first song. The first time producer Bunny Vaas has done a neat job in assembling the best of the team to deliver a nice product. However, he should have invested more time/effort on the visuals output of the movie.

Analysis: I always have a feeling that movie quality/passion will be reflected in the title cards. And Sukumar never disappoints. The title cards of this movie are one of the best I had seen in Telugu films. First half of the movie is full of fun and frolic. Second half has family orientation and goes on a routine track. This movie is all about little nuances about psychology and fun. Plus points are Sukumar’s creative thinking and music. There are a few dull moments in the second half, but they are not going to disturb the flow of the movie. The negative shade in hero characterization might not appeal to a few. On a whole, 100% Love is a cool film with nice entertainment. Go and watch it 100%.

Trade talk: This movie is made on a budget of 10.5 crores. 40% of it is recovered through the sale of satellite and audio rights. Nizam, East and West territories are retained by the producer and the rest are sold at a reasonable prices. With it’s entertainment quotient and youth(1st half)/family(2nd half) orientation, 100% Love is likely to get profits to everybody involved in the supply chain (producer, distributor and exhibitor).

Bollywood wishes Quick Recovery to Rajini

After every other Bollywood personality shown concern towards Tamil superstar Rajinikanth’s health, Bollywood Baadshah ‘Shahrukh Khan’, an admirer of the Tamil matinee idol has praised the superstar and wished him a speedy recovery.

SRK, who is busy with his IPL franchisee, Kolkatta Knight riders and his film ‘RA.One’ after coming to know about the health condition of Rajini immediately tweeted by saying that, “suddenly felt awful yesterday while driving back from the match to know rajni sir is unwell. he is our superhero…insha allah he will be well soon”.

Meanwhile SRK’s rival Salman Khan, who after receiving a National award for Dabangg [best wholesome entertainment category] was more worried about the health condition of the Tamil superstar. He was quoted saying, “Thanks to god he is ok now”.

Rajnikanth, admitted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre in Chennai, is improving after advanced treatment, including hemodialysis, according to doctors attending on him.

Amitabh Bachchan tweeted "Rajinikant is improving gradually she (wife Latha) informs me, today by sms .. we hope and pray that he recovers as soon as possible .. our prayers."

Yesteryear actor Dev Anand tweeted "I pray for my dear Rajini's sound health and speedy recovery."

Veteran actor Dharmendra, who spoke to him a few days back, is worried about his health.

Bobby Deol said "I hope he gets well soon. We all love him. Not just an actor, he is a great human being. That's why everyone loves him and everyone is praying for his quick recovery. I am very sure he will get well soon."

Priyanka Chopra tweeted "I wish him a better health."

Arshad Warsi said "I think he is god to all actors and I hope he gets better. Industry needs him, the whole country needs him and we love him a lot."

Riteish Deshmukh tweeted "We love Rajni sir and I wish him best of health. Hope he gets better as soon as possible. I am praying to god."

Javed Jaffrey tweeted "First thing that comes to mind about Rajiniji is that he is a fantastic human being. He has taken the style quotient to a different height. We all pray for his quick recovery."

Minissha detained at Airport with Undeclared Jewellery

Bollywood actress Minisha Lamba caught red handed?.... It is reported that the actress has been detained for few hours at Mumbai Airport due to carrying undeclared jewellery which is claimed to be value of sum of Rs. 50 lakh. This whole story took place at Mumbai Airport while Minissha flew from Cannes film festival on Wednesday.

Let us brightened the whole story. Minissha was in Cannes as she was invited by the filmmakers to attend the premier of Woody Allen's film , 'Midnight in Paris'. After that when she came back to India she was caught by AIU because she was carrying few jewellery with her which cost around Rs. 50 lakh without declaring it to the customs.

According to the sources Minissha Lamba was carrying some diamond ornaments given by the brands of jewellery. A senior custom officer said, "She was supposed to notify it to the customs department,'' He also added that she had not declared any jewellery when she flew out.

Some people who are close to Minissha said in support of her, she has all the required papers. ''The jewellery was been given by one of the jewellery brands so it could be showcased when Lamba walked the red carpet for Woody Allen's film premier,''

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Sameera Reddy on The Man Magazine April 2011

Bollywood actress Sameera Reddy is Sizzling Haute on The Man Magazine April 2011

Bollywood actress Sameera Reddy is Sizzling Haute on The Man Magazine April 2011

Bollywood actress Sameera Reddy is Sizzling Haute on The Man Magazine April 2011

Bollywood actress Sameera Reddy is Sizzling Haute on The Man Magazine April 2011