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PODAA PODI- STRICTLY FOR YOUNGSTERS

Poda Podi is a Romantic Musical Movie. Film was started in 2008, but due to various issues, it got delayed and was released finally.

Story: There are only 4 Characters in the Movie - Simbu, Varalaxmi, VTV Ganesh and yesterday actress Shobana. 90% of the scenes are between Simbu and Varalaxmi only. It is about their love, ego, breakups, reunion, marriage, kid, breakup, reunion and kid again. Does it sound like Engeyum Kadhal? Yup, the first half was quite similar to Engeyum Kadhal and it looks like Part 2.

Varalaxmi is a very very modern girl who lives in London and follows London's culture. Her ambition is to win Dance Competition as she is a very good Salsa dancer. Simbu, on the other hand, though he lives in London, respects our Tamil culture and wants Varalaxmi to follow our culture. Fight starts because of this difference in opinion and it goes on and on testing our patience.

Simbu had done the role with ease as he used to play this kind of role quite often. Movie starts with the song "Love Pannalama" and ends with "I am a Kuthu Dancer". Simbu had danced well in both the songs and those two songs are the highlights of this movie. Simbu had really acted well and tried to carry the movie on his own shoulders.

Varalaxmi is daughter of actor Sarathkumar. She dances well and comes in glamorous costumes. She looks fat in most of the scenes. Did I mention "most of the scenes"? Yes, both Simbu and Varalaxmi's weight differs in the movie as the shooting went on for nearly 3 years.

VTV Ganesh is the only comedian in the movie. Santhanam and Premji come for 3 - 4 seconds in "Love Pannalama" Song. VTV Ganesh had tried his best to bring laughter, but it works only occasionally.

Music is by Dharan who had an excellent debut with Bhagyaraj's Parijatham. He is really talented and didn't get many opportunities. All the songs in the movie will be liked by Youngsters. Love Pannalama and I am a Kuthu Dancer are the best songs in the movie

Director Vignesh, it is debut movie for him. He took a short film based on the same story and made into feature film with the help of Gemini Films and Simbu. He had tried his best to give a FEEL GOOD Movie to Tamil Audience. But due to very average story and below average screenplay, he couldn't succeed in it.

'Don't compare me with Vijay' - Simbu

All around the world Tamil film lovers eagerly await the arrival of Deepavali to catch the latest releases. Some filmmakers have decided to postpone their releases in an attempt to avoid their films from clashing with the big names such as Vijay’s Thuppakki. Only a handful of movies are boldly releasing on the same day as the Vijay-A.R. Murugadoss action entertainer. Thangar Bachchan’s Ammavin Kaipesi being one and Simbu’s Poda Podi being the other.

In a recent interview Simbu clarified that he was not competing with Vijay as he considers him to be more senior and as a star belonging to a completely different level. He said that there was no intention of creating a box-office war between his Poda Podi and Vijay’s Thuppakki and the media should never compare the two stars.

STR's Vettai Mannan at Brazil, Bangkok and Thailand

Vettai Mannan is the upcoming action film starring STR in the lead. The makers are doing their best to make it technically very sound. They planned to shoot major portions in Brazil. But due to excessive problems by the local militia groups, the makers are planning to just go there with the cinematographer and capture the ambiance. The shoot will happen in a set erected at Bangkok, and will be matched with the footages shot in Brazil, during the post production. The film processing will also happen in Thailand, say sources.

For this purpose, the film’s director Nelson and art director Ilayaraja will fly to Bangkok tomorrow, to choose the locations. Cinematographer Sakthi couldn’t join the duo, as he is busy with the shooting of STR’s Vaalu

STR in Varuvan Thalaivan - Poster Launch

STR does Siddharth a favor

STR has crooned a few hit tracks for a number of heroes like Prashanth, Srikanth and Jayam Ravi among others. Now he has recorded a song for Siddharth. It is for the Tamil version of the Siddharth - Shruti Haasan Telugu hit, Oh My Friend. In Tamil, it will be released as Sridhar. Hansika and Navdeep will also be seen in this film.

Thaman is the music director and he and STR are good friends. STR sang the Kattuvali track for Thaman, featured in Prashanth's Mambattiyan. Thaman also did the music for Osthi. The original track for Oh My Friend was sung by Benny Dayal and STR has done his own unique take on it. The buzz is that it will be a hit track as it is an energetic and peppy number.