RichaGangopadhyay

November 2011 vol 5 issue 8 Monthly
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Poonam
Kaur
Essential
Sensuality
Talkie
Time
TECH
Goodbye
TALK!
OCTOBER
Editors
Praveen
Hello
NOVEMBER
&
The bottleneck
of movie releases
for this month
Srikanth
&
DOP Madhie
let us in on
their jargon
PASSION
FLOWERS!
Sathya
&
RISING
November = Passion
it doesn’t get
hotter than these celebs
Say
‘Happy Birthday’
to them!
SONS
Vikram Prabhu
- Scions of tomorrow
soar
get
set
Richa Gangopadhyay
With three movies under her belt, two more ready for release and a straight road
to success, this lass is a pretty unstoppable bombshell!
galatta cinema
contents
November 2011
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richa
gangopadhyay
After creating waves with her performance
in tollywood, bengali babe richa is all set
to tug at the hearts of tamil audiences with
two completely different roles; in mayakkam
enna with Dhanush and osthe with simbu
p84
star watch
p90
star watch
vikram prabhu
sathya
he is the third generation of his family to enter
the movie industry. His father is a top-notch
actor, which means he’s had a great mentor!
He is following the footsteps of brother
arya - catch him in his debut movie with divya
spandana, quirkily titled kaadhal to kalyanam.
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93. birthday babies
What the stars foretell
Reeling you in...
In-House
JUICY BITES
06. editorial
12. g! spot
08. readers’ voices
20. lights, camera, action
The Galatta Gal speaks her mind
In conversation with you
Of scoops & goop
10. calendar
Rajapattai, on location
68.what’s on g.com
Hip-n-happening Tinselville
48. game time!
Bollywood sizzlers
51. subscribe to gc
Hollywood dazzlers
Celeb dates to remember
Showbiz on the web
Contests to win!
Mail-in subscription details
down
memory lane
44. meera
Sneak peek into The Best of Tamil Cinema
46. avanaa ivan
Pages from Randor Guy’s blog on Galatta.com
backstage
60. lensman
Cinematographer Madhie on his cinematic journey
64. editor’s cut
Interview with the editing duo Praveen and Srikanth
cynosure
76.SCENE ABOUT TOWN
110.B-town Buzz
112.wild west
114. climax
The last word
Movie mania
21. galatta talkies
Movies now showing, upcoming flicks and more
36.Close up
Krishna talks about his upcoming flick Kazhugu
Guest writers
100.The Rules for New Filmmakers
G. Dhananjayan, UTV Movies
106.Belling the Cat
Arun Vaidyanathan
108.Interview with
Resul Pookutty
Swarupa Pillaai
70. lookbook
Poonam Kaur
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the galatta girl!
the end of a year
The last couple of months of the year always slow me down to the speed of seeping molasses. The
cold (well, as cold as it can get in Chennai!), wet weather simply curls my toes and ensures that I
can’t think beyond innumerable hot teas, samosas and a good movie in the afternoons. Still, I did
my damnedest to drag my muddy brain to thoughts of the year gone by up to now. November is
a slightly frenetic month; at least in the South Indian movie industry.
This is the month to make up for the Deepavali fiasco, the December crush and the Pongal tidal
wave. It’s the month where you can see many of the movies that haven’t released all year trying
to make up for lost time and footfalls; small- to medium-budget producers lamenting on how best to Deepavali Galatta with actors Mahat and Aadith
release their movies without being crushed by the Pongal/Sankaranth mega-releases; and the producers who had planned and intended to release
their projects this month always wonder how to survive or escape the bottleneck with these back-loggers! This November too, South India continues
with this trend. Osthe, scheduled to release at the end of October, is only releasing at the end of November; while Mayakkam Enna is oscillating
between November, December and 2012. The trend continues in Telugu, with Nagarjuna’s Rajanna, Naga Chaitanya’s Bejawada and Balakrishna’s Sri
Rama Rajyam all pushed to November or December. As for the Deepavali releases, 7aum Arivu has got mixed reviews, Velayudham is the surprise
(or is it?) hit for the season and the incredibly gigantic Ra.One is not exactly a dud, but is also not soaring. Andhra Pradesh sadly had no actual
Deepavali releases - but the Telangana unrest allows us to give them the benefit of the doubt. The Hollywood releases, though, are doing some
rocking business. Something to do with the quality of movies (I ask, tongue-in-cheek!)?
Sigh. I just wanted to watch a nice Southie movie on these clammy afternoons. But thanks to our movie marketing politics that has ensured that
hardly any newer movies are available legally as DVDs and CDs in stores even months, nay, years after its release, the DVD pirates continue to rule!
Despite all of my gloomy aforementioned statements, our November GC seems jam-packed! The pretty Richa shows us how she’s a force to reckon
with in this industry, lovely Poonam Kaur in a moodily sensual photofeature, pages and pages of movie info, young rising stars like Vikram Prabhu
and Sathya speak up, technical wizards Praveen, Srikanth (Editors) and Madhie (cinematographer) share their experiences and our impeccable guest
writers continue to enthrall us with their wisdom.
Not bad for a November, what? Enjoy, me hearties!
Acknowledgments
EDITOR IN CHIEF: Shakthi Girish EDITOR: T.S.P. Shanmuga Raja DEPUTY EDITOR: Padma Iyer
SUB Editor: Kaanchan B. WRITERS: Ambili S., Mohan K.
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Cover credits:
On the cover: Richa Gangopadhyay
Photography: Dabboo Ratnani
Readers’
Voices
double dhamaka
I could get used to this double
issue business. Just loved Sameera
and Nagarjuna on the covers
of your October double issue.
It was indeed Diwali before the
actual celebrations started. Keep
these double issues coming. I am
loving it!
- Ragini Jayaraman, Chennai
Sanaa Khan sizzled
It had been long time since we
saw Sanaa Khan on screen, but
you made her come alive in the
pages of your magazine. WOW!!
Is she hot or what. A super sexy
photo feature.
- M. Narendran, Chennai
3 times the fun!
I did not expect to see an
interview with debutante
director Aishwarya Dhanush,
especially since not much has
been revealed about her movie
with hubby Dhanush. But you
guys managed to pull off a coup.
Not only was the interview an
interesting read, but exclusive
pics from the movie and on
location pics were an added
treat. Keep many more such
interesting features and never
before seen pics coming for fans
like me.Keep it up!
- Ravindran R., Chennai
Loving the articles by
the guest writers. Please
feature many more such
interesting articles.
- Rajeev M., Chennai
Ravishing rima!
Thank you for the interesting
interview with the talented
actress Rima Kallingal. Galatta
Cinema does not feature stars
from Malayalam cinema that
often and being a Malayali that
has been my biggest regret, even
though I am a regular reader of
the magazine. But when I saw
Rima’s interview in the October
issue I was happy. Please keep
featuring many more stars from
Malayalam cinema, it would be
wonderful to read about them
- Vinodhini Nair, Cochin
Dear Vinodhini,
Thanks for your feedback.
We definitely want to feature
stars from all four South movie
industries in our magazine and
will surely include many more
Malayalam stars. Keep sending
your suggestions and ideas to us. It
only helps us make the magazine
better.
-Ed
GVP Rocks!
G.V. Prakash is my favourite
music director and it was
awesome to read his interview in
the October issue of GC. Thank
you so much for the feature.
How about a big feature on
all the music directors in South
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to remember
SRK meets Superstar
Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan, who was in Chennai to launch the Tamil audio of
Ra.One, met Superstar Rajinikanth during his visit. SRK spent about 15 minutes at his
residence enquiring after the star’s health status. Rajinikath travelled to Mumbai, inspite
of his health troubles, to complete his shoot (cameo appearance) for SRK ’s Ra. One.
“I just wish I can be as humble as Rajni Sir some day. He’s a fantastic human being. He
has touched my life in more ways than one,” SRK was quoted saying. Interestingly Rajni
appears as Chitti (his character from Enthiran) in Shahrukh’s Ra.One. And the response
to his appearance in the movie has been amazing, especially from Rajni fans.
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Nayantara
As she awaits the release of Sri Rama Rajyam,
Nayantara is still plagued by rumours around her
personal life.
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Photography: Sunder Ramu
ay die!
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The man with the Midas’ Touch, Suriya
seems to be working his wonder at the
Box Office yet again with his Deepavali
release 7Aum Arivu. His next will be with
Maatraan, directed by K.V. Anand. Kajal
Aggarwal is the heroine. It is also heard
that Suriya has shown interest in two
new projects, one of them with National
Award winning Director Bala, with whom
he is aiming for a hat-trick after having
already churned out super hit movies like
Pithamagan and Nandha, and another
with Venkat Prabhu. Inside sources reveal
that initial talks are on between Suriya
and Bala and that the project might go
on floors once Suriya completes his
current projects. Venkat Prabhu, who
recently brought together Ajith and Arjun
in Mankatha, reportedly met Suriya and
floored him with a one-line script, which
will bring together Suriya and action hero
Ravi Teja onscreen for the first
time. The additional buzz is that Studio
Green, owned by Suriya’s cousin K.E.
Gnanavel Raja, would be producing this
bi-lingual thriller.
suriya
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