Madurai to theni on kalingar tv this friday

Tamil cinema is now turning its attention towards new themes and new avenues. Welcome debutant filmmaker Radhibala, who has managed to weave an interesting movie that is typical of Madurai, the flavour of Tamil cinema.

What more, the director deserves applause for narrating a romantic tale on board a bus that is proceeding from ‘Madurai To Theni’ - via Andipatti, as the title suggests.

Radhibala deserves all applause for his hard work to get even the minute detail perfect in the script. Be it the dialogue, body language or the environ, everything is oozing with Madurai flavour.

At a time when every other filmmaker have picturised the town as a violent and furious, Radhibala has shown the pleasant side of it. There is no glamour, violence or double-entendre in the movie.

The intelligent director has not given any name to the lead characters enacted by Vinodhkumar and Srithika, who travel in the bus. Sweet romance between them amidst all fun in the travel is the film.

A youth (Vinodhkumar) decides to go to a village near Theni from Madurai to take up the job of a primary school teacher. Just before he begins his journey in a bus, he helps rescue a young girl (Srithika) from a freak mishap. Call it coincidence, both travel in the same bus.

The couple doesn't speak to each other but develops soft corner towards each other. Also there is the bus conductor (Raj Kumar), who hogs all limelight with his antics. When the girl gets down in her village, the youth follows her.

He manages to locate her house in the village and openly express his desire to marry her to her parents. All hell breaks loose. Did he manage to convince them and take the girl with him or not forms the climax.

What is interesting is that the director has managed to render an engrossing entertainer without any popular artiste in the film. Newcomers Vinodhkumar and Srithika have done a commendable work. They look at ease before the camera and performed what their director wanted them to do.

Singamuthu, who plays a prominent character, does a neat job and so are Nellai Siva and Muthukalai, who appear briefly in comic roles.

The movie shot in digital format by Guhan is pleasant to eyes. Music by Xavi is racy especially the remix of 'Dheena Karunakarnae..'. All said, the film is a feel-good entertainer that is worth a watch.

Simply Reliance Plan - Calls And SMS At 50pc

As you know that Tata DOCOMO has introduced some really good cheap indian calling rates and cheap unlimited GPRS services. Now to beat the heat, Reliance has launched its new "Simply Reliance Plan" that will be available to postpaid and prepaid users from today.

The plan is available for both GMS and CDMA customers.

The Simply Reliance Plan offers one single rate of 50 paise per minute across India. To avail this Simply Reliance Plan, existing or new prepaid customers have to purchase one time special tariff voucher for Rs.48 to enjoy lifetime validity.

The single rate of 50 paise per minute applies to : all local calls all STD calls to any mobile CDMA or GSM or Landline from anywhere in India all incoming and outgoing calls while roaming anytime of the day or night all SMSes – local or national without any monthly charges for prepaid.

Commenting on the new ground-breaking initiative, Mr. Anil Dhirubhai Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Communications said,

Tata Docomo ties up with microsoft

TATA DOCOMO has announced a tie-up with Microsoft to launch a new generation of power packed Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones on its GSM mobile service. The first key models will be launched are Acer Be Touch E101 and Acer Neo Touch S200.
Windows Mobile, one of India’s fastest selling Smart phone OS, includes new features and tools in smart phones while maintaining unrivaled flexibility, productivity and customization. Some new features in Windows Mobile include support for rich HTML e-mail, increased functionality within Microsoft Office Outlook Mobile and Office Mobile programs, and improved security and device management for IT managers. Customers also get access to more than 20,000 applications, including Microsoft ‘My Phone’ that allows users to access, manage and back up their personal information on their device to a password-protected Web-based service.
The TATA DOCOMO Windows Mobile 6.5 smart phones come preloaded with new apps like My Phone and Windows Marketplace for Mobile.

Dham Dhom in Kalingar Tv on Friday

This last hurrah for celebrated cinematographer-director Jeeva who died during its filming in Russia betrays the fact that he didn't complete "Dhaam Dhoom".

Despite being technically sound, thanks to art director Thotta Tharani, the score of Harris Jayraj and combined cinematography of P.C. Sriram, Manikandan and Rajasekhar, the movie fails to impress as it looks more like a disjointed stack of picture postcard shots.

Gautam Subramaniam (Jeyam Ravi), a doctor is all set to marry village belle Shenbaga (Kangana Ranaut). He leaves for Russia to attend a medical conference days before his wedding and gets involved with a Slav seductress Anna (Kojernikova Maria). He gets sloshed with vodka in a nightclub and before he can say Das Vadanya (goodbye in Russian), the girl is found dead in his bedroom.

An Indian origin diplomat-lawyer duo, played by Jayram and Lakshmi Rai respectively seem to be Gautam's benefactors.

Gautam escapes from the custody of the Russian cops and after a painstaking investigation discovers that one of his benefactors pulled the strings with a deadly motive.

Harris Jayaraj has excelled himself and his work has been embellished by superb photography.

Art direction by Thotta Tharani lends credibility to even some of the patchwork done in Chennai.

Jayram in a surprising shade of grey has performed with aplomb.

And there end the plus points of the film.

Ravi looks a misfit doing his daredevil stunts while Kangana Ranaut hardly looks like an Indian village belle.