Ajith’s film rename ‘Mangatha’ to ‘Mankatha’!

Long time industry buzz Ajith’s much hyped 50th project titled ‘Mangatha’ had its movie launch in recent times.

Latest news is that the film director Venkat Prabhu after conferring with a foremost numerologist has decided to change the spelling of the film from ‘Mangatha’ to ‘Mankatha’.

The film is said to be a bilingual mega multi project to be made both in Tamil and Telugu. The film casts Ajith, Telugu superstar Nagarjuna, Manoj Manchu, Ganesh Venkatraman, Premgi Amaran and newcomer Maahat in the main roles.

Though Lakshmi Rai is confirmed to be part of the film, the heroine of the film is yet to be finalized. Yuvan Shankar Raja is going to compose tunes which will kick start from September.

Director Venkat Prabhu said “The film will be treated like on the lines of Bourne Identity.

The audiences will see dry land, snowfalls, lush green fields and buzzing traffic in every alternative frame.”

At present, both Yuvan and Venkat are busy in making three minute teaser trailer of Mangatha which will be telecast in between Karthi’s ‘Naan Mahaan Alla’ film that is releasing on August 20th. Read more...

Good Time For Ajith And Vijay Fans To Unite

The hassling conflicts between the ardent fans of Vijay and Ajith Kumar seem to be a never-ending issue.

‘Enough is enough’ says Venkat Prabhu, who requests the fans to support their stars in a healthy manner.

It’s good to support their favorite actors, but when it’s turning to be a ground of opposing the contenders; things aren’t actually what it should be.

Venkat Prabhu is the man of hour, who sets in to sort out such turmoils.

Venkat Prabhu has been maintaining an official page of ‘Mangaatha’ over Face Book that has thronged millions of fans.

However, even the wall had turned to be a similar ground and Venkat Prabhu has requested them to avoid such unwanted things and opt for a different way to support their stars.

Venkat Prabhu’s closer sources have admitted that ‘Mangaatha’ will go on floors from second week of August and Dayanidhi Maaran is planning to launch it in a big manner. Read more...

Goa Movie Review and Stills

Think Goa, you are immediately reminded of fun, frolic, women and wine. Venkat Prabhu's 'Goa' is no different as the movie dwells on all these things. With more of a Bollywood feel, the movie is 'funathon', that is light and breezy all through without any seriousness involved in it.

Venkat Prabhu has managed to keep his reputation intact. Quite like 'Chennai 28' and 'Saroja', he doesn't take himself very serious in 'Goa' too. All is well but for few hiccups. The movie sets out to explore the changing relationships among the youths including being ‘gay’. But that’s takes very very little of the screen space.

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The movie revolves around three youths who sets out on a trip to Goa only with a mission to fall in love with a white woman, get married and go abroad. The twists and turns they come across in their mission makes up the story.

A spoof of few popular Tamil films and songs does add to the merriment. With Premji, Jai and Vaibhav around, one is ensured of fun and frolic. There are some surprises in the form of Sampath Raj, Sneha, Silambarasan and Prasanna.

The movie begins in Pannapuram, a remote village near Madurai (the native place of Venkat Prabhu's family). Three youngsters Samikannu (Premji Amaran), Vinayakam (Jai) and Ramarajan (Vaibhav) are callous who spend all their time doing nothing. Their acts invite the wrath of the villagers and the village panchayat decides that the three should never meet again in future for the welfare and peace of the village.

The trio decides to run away from the village and spend few days peacefully in Madurai. When they reach their friend's place they come to know that he has married a foreign woman whom he met in Goa and that he would be flying to London soon. This results in them deciding to try their luck in Goa. They set off with a plan to lure a white woman and marry her.

They come across one Danny (Arvind Akash) who helps them with food and shelter in Goa and expose them to the party culture. Roshini (Piya) a singer in a hotel falls for Vinayakam, while Jesika (Melanie), a white lady follows Samikannu from Madurai attracted by his innocence. Now enters Dany's friend Jack (Sampath), a gay who has affinity for Danny.

Soon Danny and Jack help the trio get an image makeover and start helping them in their mission. Ramarajan's life takes a twist after he comes across Suhasini (Sneha), a rich Casino owner in Goa. They get attracted towards each other and eventually get married. But the true colour of Suhasini is revealed and he manages to escape from trouble there with the help of his friends.

Vinayakam is finally convinced by Roshini's sincere love while Samikannu gets wedlocked with Jesica. After some twists and turns in the story, all ends well and the boys return to their village to start a new life. Vaibhav has a surprise when he lands in Pannapuram in the form of Nayanthara.

Premji Amaran, Jai and Vaibhav have equal screen space and they bring the roof down with laughter. Premji is impressive with his 'familiar one-liners' while Jai trying to speak in English and Vaibhav getting into trouble for his own acts are appreciable.

Piaa and Aravind Akash have meaty roles to play while it is a surprise to see rough-and-tough Sampath playing a gay. Sneha though appears briefly seems to have shed her 'homely' image to do a dare bare role. She has done full justice to it. The rest of the cast includes Vijayakumar, Shanmuga Sundaram, Anandhraj, Sathyapriya among others.

Yuvanshankar Raja is the real scene-stealer. A total of 9 songs including Goa theme are peppy and interesting to listen to. Sakthi Saravanan's camera is equally appealing capturing the sands and sea-shores with clarity.

Goa is Soundarya Rajinikanth's maiden production venture on behalf of Ocher Picture Productions. Once can applaud her commitment in taking the risk to deviate from the regular run-of-the-mill stuff and try something different.

However on the flip side, the movie might throw some shock to a section of conservative film audience. Also the second half wanders aimlessly and needs an immediate trimming.

At the same time, one has to say that Venkat Prabhu was clear on what he wanted to do on screen and has rightly delivered the same. If you want to unwind yourself, forget all logics and enjoy, then the destination 'Goa'

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