Hindi Sivaji for Diwali Release!

Rajnikanth starrer Sivaji, the biggest blockbuster in the history of Indian Cinema is all set for another big release this year! Hindi version of the movie is now under production. Rajnikanth and Shriya are expected to lend their voices! Director Dr.Shankar is planning to make some minor changes to give the movie to give it a Hindi touch. Hindi Sivaji is expected to hit the theaters this Diwali! Diwali Chumma Adhiruthulla?!

Chennai 28 100 Days Function!

It was a well deserved 100 days for the Chennai 28 team! Chennai 28 featuring newcomers Shiva, Jai, Nithin Sathya, Aravind Akash, Vijayalakshmi, Christine Zedek, Premji, Ajay Raj, Vijay, Prasanna, Ranjit, Arun and Karthik was an instant hit. The simple story, youthful narration and stunning music made this one a real winner. Chennai 28's 100 days function was celebrated in a grand manner in Chennai. Superstar Rajnikanth and Ulaga Nayagan Kamal Haasan graced the occasion!
Chennai 28 100 Days Function Gallery:

Watch Chennai 28 100 days function Video here!

Sultan - The Warrior Pictures

Movie : Sultan - The Warrior
Cast : Rajnikanth
Director : Soundarya Rajnikanth
Music : A.R.Rahman
Production : Adlabs and Ocher Studios
Rajnikanth's forthcoming animated movie Sultan - The Warrior is directed by his daughter Soundarya Rajnikanth. Sultan will feature Rajnikanth as a mythological, larger-than-life hero! It will also have his usual styles and punch dialogues! It targets audiences of all age groups. Sultan, a joint venture by Ocher Studios(Soundarya Rajnikanth) and Adlabs is scheduled to be completed in 2008! Watch Sultan Trailer!

Sivaji : 50 Days!

Rajnikanth starrer Sivaji completed 50 days in over 800 theaters worldwide! The much hyped movie lived up to its expectations! The movie is sure to break many records!
Sivaji News Articles:
'Rajni Rules' - Filmfare
Rajnikanth Interview - India Today
Record in Chennai
Sivaji LA Times
Sivaji Hindu Article

Rajni Visits Kamal's White House

Recently SuperStar Rajnikanth paid a visit to the White House set, erected at the film city. He expressed his admiration for the set. This White House set was created for Kamal Haasan starrer Dasavatharam. Kamal portrays 10 different characters in the movie. The movie also has a high profile star cast including Asin, Jaya Pradha and Mallika Sherawat. They are planning to recreate white Kamal, similar to Rajni in Oru Koodai Moonlight song from Sivaji. Seven makeup artists have been selected from abroad to accomplish this task!
More on Dasavatharam:
Dasavatharam Preview

LA Times' article about Sivaji

Within 4 weeks of its release, Sivaji made nearly 400% profit overseas! Here is an interesting article about Sivaji and other Indian movies from Latimes!
Quote from this article:

That's why, analysts say, the film has traveled so well outside of Tamil Nadu. An inability to understand Tamil is no barrier to figuring out what's happening on screen.
(A non-Tamil-speaking American reporter, who sat through all three hours and 20 minutes of "Sivaji," can attest to this.)

"Sivaji" is not a Bollywood production, and Rajnikanth is not a Hindi-speaking Bollywood heartthrob. The movie was shot here in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, and the dialogue is in Tamil, a language spoken by more than 70 million people.

Video Song of the day : Oru koodai Sunlight

Movie : Sivaji
Language : Tamil
Song : Oru Koodai Sunlight
Music : A.R.Rahman
Director : Shankar
One of the best songs of the era. Be it CGI, choreography, locations, music or style this one comes out as a winner! SuperStar Rajni at his best...

Oru Koodai Moonlight Lyrics:
oru koodai sunlight..
oru koodai moonlight..
ondraaga saerndha colour dhanay en white..
appo dhaan pichai karrupay,ippo dhaan chekka sivapay..
eppodhum pachai thamizhan,ippo naan vellai thamizhan...

ada ada ada asathudhu un style
nada nada nada nadapadhu un style
gada gada gada siripadhu un style
pada pada pada pesuvadhu un style..

kalakudhu un style,izhukudhu un style,jeikudhu un sytleee..
kozhandhaiku un style,izhasukku un style,perusukku un styleeee..

ada ada ada asathudhu un style
nada nada nada nadapadhu un style
gada gada gada siripadhu un style
pada pada pada pesuvadhu un style
suda suda suda thoduvadhu un style
thada thada thada adhiradi un style
adikadi mudi kalaivadhu style
vara vara ellamay style....

ragalai seiyura thiru veera
mirala sei manmadha maara
kavi thedum kalaga kaara
kann thadavum kandhala maara
ginn nidru kanniya koora
thinn nindru vellai kaara...

adada nee kaithadi mittai
nadandhayae maraikira kattai,
irundhayae uruvathail ettai,
malarndhayae kozhu kozhu muthai,
ice nadhiyai nerambukul vittai,
g ennum sollilay suttai,
eiffel tower idhayathil nattai,
pattasai paatai,...

a o a o lets throw the Fido
a o a o lets throw the Fido
hero hero heraadhi hero
staro staro nee superstaro
Related :
Athiradee Video

Another worst blog about Sivaji!

CNN-IBN correspondents are so worried about Sivaji's popularity again! This one really got on my nerves! Who is this Sanjeev Mukherjee anyway? I apologize for the typo, it is actually Sanjeeb Mukherjea, as you said we(South Indians/Tamilians/Dravidians) don't type that well. We will get on to that later, now Sanjeeb is a Sports Correspondent in CNN-IBN and he is so glad to blog about Sivaji - The BOSS.
He certainly begs for an attention and is quite successful with it. He is in no way different from his colleague Anuradha SenGupta! They need a South Indian to make their blog popular, how cool is that? He needs an English tutor, though he was try to criticize our accent, it was tough to read. Enough is Enough! If you dare to challenge us again, do it with your movies! Beat Sivaji's World-wide collection record....Beat Sivaji's World-wide screening record...Get your movies into UK Top 10! That is constructive competition my friend! Believe me, making fun of our accent and criticizing SuperStar will take you no where! It will definitely make your blog popular, if that is what you want. Grow up and stop trying these cheap tricks!

Video Song of the day : Athiradee from Sivaji

Movie : Sivaji
Starring : SuperStar Rajnikanth, Shriya, Suman
Directed by : Shankar
Music : A.R.Rahman
A vivaciously vibrant song from Sivaji. With Rajni's cheerful styles and Shriya's gorgeous looks this song would definitely top the charts for a while. Thotta Tharani's recreation of Venice needs a special mention. A.R.Rahman's catchy tune and Shankar's creativity makes this one a great composition!

Athiradee lyrics:
Athiradikkaaran - Machan ! Machan ! Machandi !
Avanukkelaamey - Ucham ! Ucham ! Uchamdi !
Male :
Rathi
Thi ! Thi ! Jega Jothi ! Jothi ! Jothi !
Thala Pa Thi ! Vedi Jaathi ! Jaathi ! Jaathi !
Adi Billa Ranga Baasha Thaan..
Ivan Pistol Pesum Beshaa Thaan..
Rathi ! Thi ! Sutta...
Chorus :
Dakkaal Dakkaal
Dammaal Dummeel
Paanja..Saanja..
Kaanja..Menjaa..
Thonjaa..Maanjaa..
Ja Ja...Ja Ja...
( Rathi... )
Saranam 1 :
Male :
Dil Dhik Dil
Thendral Nenjil..
Thithikkindra
Anril Kunjil..
Jil Jil Jil
Ginger Pennil..
Jil Endroru
Jin Thaan Kannil..
Chorus :
Dada ! Thottu Konja Thodha -
Sittu Sikkuthey ! Sokkuthey !!
Oru Shocku Yerum Padu Shokka !!
Thotta - Onnu Rendu **** -
Ponnu Thulluthey ! Thalluthey !!
Vedi Vettu Poda Vilum Flatta !
Male :
Gun ! Gun ! En Step Gun !
Roger Moore Poley - Dishum !!
Munnaal Pennundu !
Enthan Pinnaal Kannundu ! Paar !!
Female :
Fun ! Fun ! Un Love Fun !
Eddy Murphy Pol - Naughty !!
Male :
Nee Enthan -
Maan Thaan..
Naan Thaan..
Don Thaan !
( Athiradikkaaran... )
Saranam 2 :
Male :
Man ! Man ! Man... Superman Thaan
Mid Nightula - Spiderman Thaan !
Female :
NRI Unthan Eye Thaan
James Bond Pol Seiyum Spy Thaan !!
Cuba - Pola Oru Theeva
Ponnu Nikkuthey ! Mukkuthey !!
Chorus :
Enthan Tension Erum Romba Fasta !
Caestro - Pola Intha Maestro
Sontham Kollavaa ? Killavaa ??
Intha First Nightu Enna Waste-a ?
Male :
Bun ! Bun ! Nee Sweet Bun !
Butter Jam Poley - Naan Thaan !
Unthan Meley Thaan - Naan
Otti Kolla Thaan Vaa !!
Female :
One Two Three
Four Five -
Mutham Thanthaaley Then Thaan !!
Male :
En - Anbey
My Fair Lady - Nee Thaan !!
(Athiradikkaaran... )

Sivaji's revenue

Sivaji opened at over 850 screens and the movie opened with more than 600 prints in TamilNadu alone! 160 of them were distributed in the US, UK, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia. Sivaji is the first ever tamil film to make an entry into UK top 10! It is positioned at number 9! Sivaji's budget was around 85-90 crores and the estimated profit in TamilNadu alone will be 60-70 crores!
It is estimated that the movie has grossed over 25 crores during the first week! The movie is expected to gross over 150 crores in Ticket sales alone! Sivaji has been released in 12 theaters in Britain and has grossed Rs.13.6 million, one of the biggest collection ever made by an Indian movie!
Yash Raj's Jhoom Barabar Jhoom was released on the same day of Sivaji's release. But the movie flopped big time even though it had enviable star cast of Amitabh Bachan, Abhishek Bachan, Priety Zinta, Larra Dutta and Bobby Deol!
Wacth CNN-IBN video on Sivaji's revenue:

Sultan - The Warrior

SuperStar Rajnikanth's upcoming animation film Sultan-The Warrior is produced Ocher Studios in collaboration with Adlabs. The trailer looks stunning! A.R.Rahman has composed the music and the movie is set to be released in 2008!

Sivaji Review

There is no spoiler alert for this review since I'm not going to discuss about the story. If you are looking for a full-time entertainer, watch Sivaji, an action based family entertainer. It is sure to win audiences of all ages! The first half is full of humor and love while the second half is packed with great action! With that being said, the entire movie swirls around one man, Rajni - The Boss!
How many days have passed since we saw Rajni in such a stylish performance! His new styles with chewing gum are cool. The good old Rajni times are back! His dialogue delivery and mannerisms are beyond comparison! Did we talk about Amitabh vs Rajni earlier? Now we have reached a conclusion!
It was good to see a huge crowd of Thalaivar's fans in the US. It was like a festival! A.R.Rahman's music rhythms well with the story and he has used different background scores throughout the movie! Even the original soundtrack for SuperStar title has changed! Songs fit just right into the movie! Every song has a theme and the sets are amazing! How can I not talk about "Oru Koodai Moonlight"? It has a very different theme and makeup! Athiradi song is the highlight! Watch out for his great avatars before the song!
Shriya Saran looks gorgeous and has given a splendid performance! Movie includes a long star cast but each one of them have served their purpose. Vivek's comment about punch dialogues is so true! Sujatha's dialogues are crisp. Dialogues such as "Pera ketta Chumma Athiruthula? ", "Sivajiyum Naan Thaan MGRum Naan Thaan", "Kon Hai? Boss da Kena" are worth mentioning! Shankar has fully utilized his lifetime opportunity of directing a SuperStar and has achieved great success in the process! This is a Rajni movie with Shankar's touch! Sivaji is truly "The Boss" and is sure to run successfully for another 3 years or maybe more! Watch it in theaters, don't dare to miss it!
One liner : Rajni + Shankar + A.R.Rahman = Cool Success!
Dailykirukkal's Rating : *****

Sivaji : The Boss facts

3 days until Sivaji's release and here are the top 10 facts to know about the movie!
10.Sivaji is screened at 30 theaters in Chennai, 18 in the city and 12 in the suburbs. About 2500 theaters worldwide will screen Sivaji, Rajnikanth's 100th Tamil movie.
9.The new television channel which got the rights for Sivaji has received the Television rights for Kamal starrer Dasavadaaram too!
8.The premiere of Sivaji in Seattle is a huge sellout!
7.Sivaji's budget is a whooping 60 crores and it is claimed to be the biggest budget movie in India so far. But director Shankar claimed that he had no idea about the total budget for the movie!
6.Sivaji's caption "The BOSS" means "Bachelor Of Social Service".
5.Rajni's real name is Sivaji Rao Gaekwad and his character name Sivaji is coined, having his real name in mind.
4.Sivaji's music claimed the highest sales record thoughout the country!
3.Rajni's salary for Sivaji is Rs.20 crores! He is the highest paid Asian actor next to Jackie Chan.
2.The Ray of Light Foundation which sponsors treatment costs for poor children with cancer is benefited by Sivaji screening at Abhirami theater by turning it into a fund-raising event. The ticket buyers get a receipt by which they can claim a tax exemption under 80G.
1.Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi watched the movie on Monday(June 11th, 2007) at AVM Studios, Chennai.

Watch Rajni's punch lines from other movies: