Being Rajinikanth’s son-in-law hasn’t helped me: Dhanush


Tamil superstar Dhanush, who is married to Rajnikanth‘s daughter, says being the son-in-law of the iconic actor has not helped or affected him.

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Dhanush got married to Rajnikanth’s daughter Aishwarya in 2004.

“Being his son-in-law doesn’t do anything to me actually. I have always done my own work. It (his name) neither helped me nor affected me,” Dhanush said in an interview in Mumbai.

He says it’s not worth comparing his work with his father-in-law as their styles of working are quite different.

“My choice of films are different. My method of acting is completely different from his. So there is no room for comparison. And comparing a 20-25 films-old guy with an icon is absolutely rubbish,” he said.

Dhanush is entering Bollywood with Raanjhanaa, but has not discussed about the film with his father-in-law. “To be very honest he has been very busy with his work while I’ve been with mine. We haven’t spoken about this film yet,” he said, adding he never discusses work with his dad-in-law.

When asked about Aishwarya’s reaction about him doing a Hindi film, Dhanush said she is yet to watch it, but right now they are quite thrilled that he is speaking in Hindi.

Dhanush will be seen romancing Sonam Kapoor in Raanjhanaa which also stars Abhay Deol, Swara Bhaskar and Suraj Singh and is set to hit the screens on June 21.

Even before his film releases, Dhanush has decided to do yet another Hindi movie with Raanjhana director Anand L Rai.

“Yes I am doing my next film here with Anand sir. We share a very good rapport. When we were shooting for Raanjhanaa, we came up with an idea and it was very fascinating. I thought we would do something later, but when we finished Raanjhanaa we got very close to each other and then I agreed for the film,” Dhanush said.

However, the actor refused to divulge details about the film, saying it was too early to say which genre it falls into. But he revealed that he would co-produce it.

#Kamal Haasan to release #Vishwaroopam-2 this year


Actor and director Kamal Haasan said Saturday his next production Vishwaroopam-2 will be launched in a few days and release this year.

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Speaking to reporters here at a meet organised by Raj Kamal Enterprises, along with film distributor HD Gangaraj, Kamal Haasan said he would ensure that there will be no delay in the release of the new film as he has been making preparations in right earnestness.

The actor said that many Tamil film personalities advised him to continue making films at least once a year.

Haasan also announced that he has also been involved in another script titled Moo.

The actor’s latest espionage thriller Vishwaroopam ran into trouble after some Muslim groups sought certain modifications. The actor agreed for the changes before its release Feb 7.

The Rs95 crore film narrates the story of a Muslim Indian agent living in the US in disguise, on a secret assignment to stop a probable terror attack. It stars Kamal Haasan, Pooja Kumar, Andrea Jeremiah, Shekhar Kapur, Rahul Bose and Jaideep Ahlawat.

“My fans in Tamil Nadu are overwhelmingly supporting my movie and it has already been talked as my biggest carrier hit after it opened with a humongous response for three days,” he said.

“Now, that the Tamil version of Vishwaroopam has been released in Tamil Nadu, I am happy that I will not be questioned by my brother and co-producer Chandra Haasan,” said the actor, indicating that the film may collect nearly Rs100 crore.

ரஜினி சொன்ன 12 செய்திகள்!


டிசம்பர் 12-12-12 அன்று ரஜினிக்கு பிறந்தநாள் தேதி, மாதம், வருஷம் எல்லாமே 12-ஆக அமைந்தது தனிச்சிறப்பு ஆகவே ரஜினியைப்பற்றி அவரே சொன்ன 12-செய்திகள் இங்கே…

தெய்வம்…

” பெங்களூர்ல இளமையான காலத்துல ஒரு தடவை வீட்டுல இருக்குறவங்க எல்லாரும் மோசமா திட்டுனாங்க. மனசே வெறுத்துப் போச்சு.. பேசாம தற்கொலை பண்ணிக்கிற முடிவுக்கு வந்தேன். சாகறத்துக்கு முன்னாடி எனக்கு ரொம்ப பிடிச்ச ஃப்ரெண்ட் ஒவியர் ரமேஷை பார்க்கனும்னு தோணுச்சு. அவரோட வீடுதேடி போனேன்.. அவர் அங்கே இல்லை. அனுமார் மலைக்கோயிலுக்கு போனதா சொன்னாங்க. தேடிப்போனேன் மலையில் இருக்குற பாறையில விதவிதமா ஒவியம் வரைஞ்சுகிட்டு இருந்தார். அந்த படங்கள்ல தாடிவச்ச ஒருத்தர் என்னை வெறிச்சு பார்த்து சிரிச்சார். ‘உன்னை யாருமே புரிஞ்சுக்கலையா.. கவலையை விடு.. எல்லாத்தையும் என்கிட்டே விட்டுவிடு.. நான் பார்த்துக்கறேன்’னு பேசினார். பிரமிச்சுப் போயிட்டேன். ரமேஷிடம் ‘இவர் யாருப்பா’னு கேட்டேன் ‘அடப்பாவி இதுகூடவா தெரியாது.. இவர்தான்டா ராகவேந்திரர்’னு சொன்னார்!

பெற்றோர்…

எப்போ பார்த்தாலும் என்னோட அம்மா ராம்பாய் ‘வெயிலுல அலையாதே.. மறக்காம தலைக்கு எண்ணேய் தேய்ச்சு குளி.. நல்லா சாப்பிடு… வேலையில்லாட்டி பேசாம வீட்டுல படுத்து தூங்கு..’னு சொல்லிக்கிட்டே இருப்பாங்க! என் வாழ்க்கையோட எதிர்காலத்தைவிட என் உடம்புமேல ரொம்ப அக்கறை. அப்பா கோபக்காரர்.. படிக்கிறப்போ பிடிவாதம் பிடிப்பேன். அதனால் அப்பாவிடம் நிறைய அடிவாங்கிட்டு அப்படியே துங்கிடுவேன்.

மறுநாள் எதைக்கேட்டு அடம்பிடிச்சோம்… எதுக்காக உதை வாங்கினோம் என்பதே மறந்து போயிடும்.

குருநாதர்….

‘எம்.எஸ்.வி-யை சந்திக்கறதுக்கு முன்னாடி சோத்துக்கு வழியில்லை…. சந்திச்ச பின்னாடி சோறுதிங்க நேரமில்லை’னு எம்.எஸ்.விஸ்வநாதனை பத்தி பேசறபோது வாலி சார் அடிக்கடி சொல்லுவார். அப்படித்தான் நானும் கே.பி-சாரைபத்தி சொல்லுவேன். எனக்குள்ளே இருக்குற நடிகனை முதன்முதலா கண்டிபிடிச்ச கடவுள். அப்புறம்தான் உலகத்துக்கே நான் தெரிஞ்சேன். என்னை தெரியவச்சார்! ‘காமிரா முன்னாடி நடி… பின்னாடி நடிக்காதே..’னு சொன்னதை இன்னிக்கு வரைக்கும் கடைபிடிச்சுட்டு வர்றேன்.

கண்டக்டர்….

கர்நாடகா ட்ரான்ஸ்போர்ட்ல கண்டக்டரா வேலை பார்த்தப்போ ராஜ்பகதூர் நண்பனா கிடைச்சான். இப்போகூட ரெஸ்ட் கிடைச்சு பெங்களூரு போனால் வீட்டுலகூட அதிகம் இருக்க மாட்டேன். நண்பர்களோட பொழுது போக்குவேன். இப்போ பணம், பேர், புகழ் எல்லாம்  இருக்கு.. ஆனா அப்போ இருந்த சந்தோஷம், நிம்மதி இப்போ டெபனேட்டா இல்லை.

வீடு…

ராயப்பேட்டையில விட்டல் வீட்டு மாடியில் குடியிருந்தேன். அப்பவே அந்த ஹவுஸ்ஒனர் பாத்திமா அக்தர் நல்லா பழகுவாங்க. இப்போ நான் போயஸ் கார்டன்ல வசிக்கிற வீடு அந்தக்காலத்துல அவங்களுக்கு சொந்தமானது. நான்தான் விலைக்கு வாங்கினேன் இப்போ அதுக்கு பிருந்தாவன்னு பேர் வச்சிருக்கேன்.

மனைவி…

திருமணம் முடிஞ்ச பிறகுதான் ‘ஏண்டா இவ்வளவு லேட்டா கல்யாணம் செய்தோம்னு ஃபீல் செய்யுற அளவுக்கு லதா அன்பா இருந்தாங்க. என்னோட முன்கோபம், சினிமா தொழில்ல இருக்குற ப்ராப்ளம் எல்லாத்தையும் நல்லா உணர்ந்து உறுதுணையா இருக்குறாங்க. அம்மாவுக்கு என்னோட ஆரோக்கியம் முக்கியம்னா, லதாவுக்கு என்னோட எதிர்காலத்து மேல் ரொம்ப ரொம்ப அக்கறை.

நட்பு…

நான் கஷ்டபட்டபோதும் சரி… இப்போ வசதியா இருக்கும் போதும் சரி என்மேல ஒரே மாதிரி அன்பு செலுத்துற ராஜ்பகதூர் ஆச்சர்யமான நண்பன். அதுபோல இன்ஸ்ட்டியூட்ல படிச்சப்போ பழகிய நண்பர்கள் எல்லாருமே எனக்கு இப்பவும் நல்ல ப்ரெண்ட்ஸ்! சினிமாவுல, அரசியலுல எல்லாத்துலயும் நண்பர்கள் நிறையபேர் இருக்காங்க!

வாகனம்…

நான் பெங்களூர்ல கண்டக்டரா வேலை செஞ்ச பஸ் நம்பர் 10ஏ.  சென்னையில முதன்முதலா வாங்கின ஸ்கூட்டர் டிஎன்ஆர்- 4306, அப்புறம் பியட் கார் இப்போ இன்னோவா!

பட்டம்…

‘திரிசூலம்’ வெள்ளிவிழா பங்ஷனுக்கு மதுரைக்கு போயிருந்தேன். அப்போ எல்லாரும் மீனாட்சி அம்மன் கோயிலுக்கு போய் அவங்க அவங்க பேரைச்சொல்லி சாமிகிட்டே அர்ச்சனை செஞ்சாங்க. குருக்கள் என்னோட நடத்திரத்தை கேட்டார் ‘தெரியாது சாமீ..’னு சொன்னேன். இப்போதான் உண்மை தெரியுது மக்கள் கொடுத்து இருக்குற பட்டம்தான் (சூப்பர்ஸ்டார்) என்னோட உண்மையான  நட்சத்திரம்னு!

மேக்கப்….

‘அபூர்வராகங்கள்’ படத்துல முதன்முதலா மேக்கப் போட்ட சுந்தரமூர்த்திதான் ‘குசேலன்’வரை எனக்கு மேக்கப் போட்டவர்.

நடிப்பு…

படப்பிடிப்புக்கு போகும்போது முக்கியமான காட்சிகள் இருந்தால் என்னோட டயலாக்கை முதல்நாளே வாங்கிட்டுப் போய் வீட்டுல ரிகர்சல் செய்வேன். வசனத்தை ஷூட்டிங் ஸ்பாட்டுல மனப்பாடம் செய்யத் தெரியாம அப்படி செய்யறது இல்லை. மறுநாள் தேவையில்லாம நேரத்தையும், ஃபிலிமையும் வேஸ்ட் பண்ணாம நடிகனும்னு ஒரு அக்கறை அவ்வளவுதான்!

ரசிகர்….

‘அபூர்வ ராகங்கள் ‘ படத்தை சென்னை கிருஷ்ணவேணி தியேட்டர்ல முதன்முதலா பார்த்தேன். நான் நடிச்ச காட்சியை திரையில பார்த்ததும் சீட்டுல உட்கார்ந்து இருந்த ஒரு சிறுமி என்னை திரும்பி பார்த்தார். படம் முடிஞ்சி வெளியில வரும்போது என்கிட்டே ஓடிவந்த சிறுமி சினிமா டிக்கட் பின்னாடி கையெழுத்து கேட்டார்.. நான் போட்டேன். எனக்கு கிடைச்ச முதல் ரசிகை அந்த சிறுமிதான்.  அவர் எங்கேனு தேடிக்கிட்டே இருக்கேன். நான் போட்ட முதல் ஆட்டோகிராப் சினிமா டிக்கட் பின்னாலதான்!

-திருவாரூர் குணா

60 Interesting facts about Superstar Rajinikanth


Superstar Rajinikanth alias the original Shivaji Rao Gaekwada is such a prankster in his early teenhood. completely contrast to the present poised man he is, Rajini always got into trouble and had indulged in galore of mischief.

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• The much popular style of tossing the cigarette up in the air to catch it with his lip started as early before he reached his eighteen. Betting his senior friends that he is capable of joining their gang, Shivaji first performed the trick in the bushes at school

.• He has a way with his friends and just like his on screen demeanor, there was a group of followers mesmerized with the style that made him their leader in school.

• Rajinikanth was such a spoilt brat that his brother dropped him from school temporarily so that he could learn some lesson. He was enrolled in a yoga hall with the famous Babaji and that is where his strong liking for the saint began at the age of 16.

• When he had a freak accident at that age, a deep wound developed in his body and later it became his mark for all identifications which Rajini used to flaunt to his friends earlier

.• The story of ‘Kuselan’ was based on one such friend named Bahadur during his days in Bangalore and it was also the same man who sent him to study acting in Pune.

• After much deliberation Rajinikanth’s elder brother managed to get him a job in the government as a bus conductor and apart from acting it is one of his favorite jobs which he loved doing every minute interacting with people.

• During his school days, Rajini had a strong liking for acting and had performed various roles in the stage plays. Playing the role of villains like Ravana was his favorite and he did it so well in his own style that the audience clapped for minutes together after his performance.

• His elder brother always sacrificed a lot that made him the superstar he is now. In his childhood, their family was so ridden in poverty that their food was not at all enough. He used to share his meal for Rajini so that he had his fill for the day.• Rajini have a peculiar habit of remembering names even if it is years before they met and also is very good at keeping the faces in mind. It serves him the best outputs even now as keeping people in mind is an important aspect in the film industry.

Education wise the star didn’t had a strong background as he was more interested towards art and creative things. So, his brother at first tried to get him a degree but later let him go in his own path that determined the strong future.• Rajinikanth is synonymous with simplicity and just like in the movies he loved to sleep inside or on the top of the bus in the natural setting without comfort of the bed.

• His close friend Bahadur is the first guy who rekindled his interest in art during the conductor profession and also helped him go to Pune for studying in the film institute.

• Even though, he has not seen his parents, superstar always had a strong liking for his mom and used to pester his elder brother to tell about their past life accompanied with vivid description of his mother.

• Coming from such a poverty filled home, he knows the value of food and money which helped him to be stable even after attaining global recognition.• In this period, Rajini had lost signs of his early days but he was such a short tempered man in the past due to which he got stuck into many controversies.• It was only after he became a superstar, the color black considered as inferior in our state became prestigious and youngsters started feeling more confident quoting him as a role model

.• Without any money to even board the bus to attend the interview in Pune, his friend and bus driver sold his wife’s jewels to pay the expenses and also to pay the fees. Rajini had never forgot that selfless attitude towards his well being.

• Without any hope or idea about his future career, he landed and the inferior complexity of being black was a major shortcoming when he attended the interview but it was the style that changed the day.

• During his education at film institute, Rajini was the poorest boy of all who couldn’t afford to even have few sets of clothes. He used to wash the same and sometimes even wear it wet to college that students mocked at times.

• After several years, it was the movie ‘Sivaji’ that gained nationwide accolade and sold for whopping crores that flabbergasted the distributors seeing Rajini’s star power.

• Smoking was the most harmful habit that he had even after finding peace with Babaji and Himalayas. Only a few years back during ‘Chandramukhi’, he stopped it due to serious conditions and continues to stick to his decision.

• Rajini loves being the centre of attraction and wonders often how the media used to publicize him for sales. In his middle age in cinema, he was so harsh in his tone that warranted several controversies.

• Superstar met his wife Latha when a group of young college girls came to interview him and she was leading the team. He was immediately attracted and their marriage was made possible with help of YG Mahendran.

• A peculiar attitude of Rajini is he doesn’t want even his family members to intervene in his decisions or plans. Basking in solitude is his forte but he had never failed to look after the family with due concern.

• In his poyes garden house, he has reserved a special place as advised by vastu experts for poojas and meditation. Considered as restricted zone for others, Rajini meditates and prays in the room.

• The preaching songs included in his every movie were not intentional and it was made on demand when many personalities felt Rajini has a way with youngsters which pushed him to the stereotype songs.

• Similar to his punch dialogue in Padyappa, Rajini has his own ways of treating and seeing things to which he sticks. No one is supposed to advice him unless he voluntarily seeks their help.

• After every movie, he maintains a habit of taking a break out of Chennai and usually before the Himalayas, Bangalore is his favorite spot to hang out with his old buddies.

• While studying in college, Rajini had no source of income except for the one he gets from his brother and friends. So, he spent many a nights without a morsel of food on the roadside areas.

• A friend who works at the famous Tata Udipi hotel became close to Rajini and it was with his help that a group of young buddies used to steal food at night to satiate their hunger.

• Many of his close friends still wonder, what kind of person Sivaji Rao alias Rajinikanth is. He is such a mystery even to his close ones and always acts in unexpected ways.

• Most of the time, Rajini doesn’t stay in his house at Boyes Garden and always likes to spend time amidst nature in his farm house.

• During his stay in the outskirts of the city at guest houses, just like any common man Rajini would get into the fields and plant seeds after cultivating the ground by digging it.

• His regular schedule includes waking up early in the morning around 5, meditating and a compulsory one hour long walking in the evening for physical fitness.

• Rajini is the only star who had visited the most sacred caves of Himalayas were Sadhus live. He had gone deep into the mountains around five times which is considered impossible by many even now.

• Apart from seeking spiritual peace, Rajini likes to roam around without identity and he wants to be nobody as he used to be decades before.

• In Chennai and Bangalore, Rajini often roams around in disguise which is hard to find and he mingles with the local crowd to know what people opine about him in general.• Rajini had acted in some six Hindi films during the early stages of his career and even shared screen space with Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra.

• Superstar can speak four languages including Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Marathi. He is also well versed in many slogas in Sanskrit.

• A simplicity that everyone loves about Rajinikanth is he always stands up to greet everyone who enters the sets for the day’s shoot.

• Punctuality and Rajinikanth is synonymous as he always maintains to be at the venue whether be it a shooting or event minutes before it commences.

• Rajini is a fond of his demised mother Jakkubai and even named his movie with KS Ravikumar earlier.• He was as young as nine years old when his beloved mother passed away. Since then, he repents her demise in lonliness.

• Superstar’s official tailor had often wondered how he could have the same sizes and no changes at all in his 25 year career.

• It was the trademark of screenplay and similar storyline created for Rajinikanth that has been used and re-used by many heroes in more than 100 movies in the recent past.

• With his own creative mind, Rajini used to introduce new styles in his movies and directors never intervene in his decision.

• When he was still young, he used to pester his brother to tell stories and activities related to his mother Jakkubai.

• The enormous changes in life and the success that he tasted changed Rajini into an ardent devotee. He was an atheist who doesn’t believe in god earlier.

• His favorite food cooked in Bahadur’s home in Mutton Kaima and Rajini devours it always even if it is for a whole week.

• Rajini is a brand name and in the prestigious AVM studios he has a room allocated for him to use while shooting.

• The same kind of room is allotted for him in the hotels he visit and in Rishikesh where he stays during the Himalayan visit.

• The Raghavendra Mandapam in Chennai is built specially for bypassers and those who seek a shelter to stay initiated by Rajini.

• When it comes to treating fans with respect, no can beat the superstar in hospitality.

• So far in his life, it was in the life matters of his daughter that Rajini behaved very poised while he’s short tempered by nature.

• His marriage took place in Thirupathi without much fanfare or the media glare that he willingly rejected.

• Ironically, in the wedding reception he treated the media persons with much care and let them take pictures as they wished.

• Rajini is fond of his old memories and retains the things he used in the past like his car, clothes and other accessories.

• The only person who has the right to scold and put him in right path is his mentor K Balachandar, who can question him anytime.