Marital bliss awaits Kavya Madhavan

Popular Malayalam actress Kavya Madhavan has announced that she would be getting married soon. Introduced to the film world as a child artiste, Kavya Madhavan shot to fame after her first role as heroine in the Malayalam film 'Chaddranudhikkunna Dikkil'. She became a huge name to reckon with after movies such as 'Thenkasi Pattanam', 'Thillakkam', 'Perumazhakkalam', 'Naalu Pennugal', 'Anandabhadram', 'Meesa Madhavan' and 'Classmates'.

The actress was introduced to Tamil movie audiences with the movies 'En Mana Vaanil', 'Kasi' and 'Saathu Miranda' .

Says Kavya Madhavan, 'There have been rumors at least a hundred times that I was getting married. But this time it is true. I'll be getting married before this December. My parents are looking for a groom who is not part of the film industry'.

She also added that she has been performing Mangalya Pooja to get a good husband.

The actress is currently working for the Malayalam film 'Banaras' with Vineeth in which she plays a dancer.

'Eraaa' – A spooky tamil thriller

The name means 'night' in ancient Tamil. There is one element that is widely believed across cultures - ghosts and spirits make eerie appearances when darkness falls.

A movie is being made with the name 'Eraaa' and as the title suggests the film explores mysterious paranormal happenings. The story follows Nakul, a paranormal investigator who goes to a haunted house in Munnar. Daybreak finds him dead under mysterious circumstances. Puzzled by this incident a TV reporter named Daisy goes over to investigate and brings to light as to what really was the cause of Nakul's death.

Using this backdrop, the filmmakers turn the spotlight on the common beliefs so many of the general public have. According to the filmmakers, the movie would send chills up the spines of audiences and all this without the depiction of violent or gory sequences.

The narration has the point of view of one character that relates and identifies with audiences. The crew of the film seems to have done their home work. They have involved themselves in the study of paranormal activities and have been working with Ouija board (wee-gee board), EVP recorder, EMF meters and many more scientific instruments. Moreover they involved themselves in night shoots at locations that are broadly believed to be haunted.

Debutantes make up the entire technical team of the film. Satish G is the cinematographer while music is by K. Venkat Prabhu Sankar and editing by Hari Shankar. Story, screenplay and direction are by three people, Harishankar, Hareesh Narayan and Krishna Sekhar.

The film is being shot in Chennai right now after completing schedules in Munnar.

'Dhaam Dhoom' and its fight against piracy

Media One Global Entertainment, the producers of the Jayam Ravi starrer 'Dhaam Dhoom', has come up with a plan to fight piracy. According to Surya Rajkumar of Media One, 'a 24-hour anti-piracy cell with ten dedicated phone lines will be opened at our office and people can inform them if they come across pirated CDs of 'Dhaam Dhoom' anywhere.'

'Media One has joined hands with Tamil Thiraipada Padhugappu Kazhagam, floated by producer K Rajan and the fan clubs of actor 'Jayam Ravi', in order to fight piracy', said Surya Rajkumar.

'The phone lines (numbers to be announced soon) would be open round-the-clock and the general public can contact them anytime', he added.

Dhaam Dhoom features 'Jayam' Ravi, Jayaram, Kangana Ranaut and Lakshmi Rai in lead roles. Cinematographer - director Jeeva, who commenced the movie passed away while shooting in Russia and his associate G K Manikandan has managed to complete the movie.

The movie has music by Harris Jayaraj. Also in the Dhaam Dhoom team are Pa Vijay and Na Muthukumar (lyrics), S Ramakrishnan (dialogues) and V T Vijayan (editing). The movie will hit the screens on 29 August.

Asin to pair Vijay?

It looks likely that Asin might be roped in to play Vijay's heroine for his next film 'Vettaikkaran', to be produced by AVM Balasubramaniam and directed by Babu Sivan, a former associate of Dharani.

Asin is currently shooting abroad with Salman Khan for a Hindi movie titled 'London Dreams'. The movie will be completed in about two months' time. It looks likely that if she is free by October, she can accommodate dates for the Vijay starrer. The Vijay-Asin couple is considered a safe bet in Tamil Cinema.

Meanwhile, Asin's maiden Hindi venture 'Ghajini' is nearing completion and would hit the screens very soon. She plays the role enacted by her in the Tamil original. Aamir Khan plays the lead role in which director Murugadoss is wielding the megaphone.

Ramba hospitalized

Actress Ramba was admitted to a private hospital in Chennai on Monday following food poisoning.

She was given immediate medical aid and her condition is said to be stable. A popular actress Ramba is currently hosting a dance show called 'Maanada Mayilada' for a private satellite channel. The whole crew of the show was by her side at the hospital.

Ramba stormed Tamil Cinema with 'Uzhavan' opposite Prabhu. She followed it up with films like 'Ullathai Alli Tha', 'Arunachalam', 'Kadhala Kadhala' among others.

She produced and enacted a major role in 'Three Roses'. Ramba is also a very popular actress in Tollywood. Ever since she was hospitalized rumors were abuzz that she had attempted suicide. However sources close to the actress confirmed that it was due to food poisoning.

Sneha the new action heroine

Actress Sneha has been assigned to don the lead role in a movie which is to be made simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu. This film is an inspired version of the Vijayashanthi starrer 'Vyjayanthi IPS' which was released in the 1980s.

The action-packed flick featuring Vijayashanthi as a honest police officer was loaded with action. She fought corrupt politicians and police officers in the movie. This performance fetched her the National Award for best actress.

Sneha has reportedly agreed to do the remake of the movie which would be directed by Aarthy Kumar. The latter had directed films including 'Sound Party' featuring Sathyaraj before.

'Dhaam' Dhoom' - The last one from Jeeva

Never again after August 29 is a movie going to release bearing the name of Jeeva, the late cinematographer and director.

'Dhaam Dhoom' the last of the visual treats from the brilliant film maker will hit the big screens amid expectations and remorse of the loss of a person whose peak days of glory were yet to come.

The film starring Jayam Ravi, Kangana Ranaut and Lakshmi Rai is a tribute to the creativity of Jeeva who passed away last year while on the task of completing the shooting in Moscow.

The film with a running time of less than 2 hours and 30 minutes has been given a clean U certificate by the censor board.

Jayaram portrays a very significant character and the music has been composed by Harris Jayaraj.