Madhavan, John Abraham, Pooja Bedi, Jacqueline Fernandes and Jet Li In Jimmy Carter’s project

In Jimmy Carter’s project, One Habitat - to construct houses in Thailand Madhavan, John Abraham, Pooja Bedi, Jacqueline Fernandes and Jet Li were all a part of the ex-President of US. Reportedly, the three stars - Maddy, John and Jet Li - shared a good rapport while working together.


Madhavan describes his experience, and more importantly about Jet Li, Maddy said that I cannot describe how fantastic the experience was. Jet Li is an extremely intelligent and well-read person. His enthusiasm for charity is outstanding and he does charity very intelligently. He doesn't look at charity as an option but as a responsibility. He makes it so simple too.

Maddy and John had spent two days in Thailand constructing houses along with the other film personalities and the local people.

Ultimate Star Ajith Kumar 50th film finally Confirmed

Who will wield the megaphone for Ajith Kumar’s 50th film?

Finally the wait is over. The actor Ajith Kumar is constantly going through script works of 3 filmmakers, he has finalized to work with for 50th film.

After much discussion actor Ajith Kumar finalized the filmmaker for his 50th film. The Ultimate Star Ajith Kumar 50th film will be produced by Dayanidhi Azhagiri’s Cloud Nine Pictures.

Ajith is willing to cast Venkat Prabu as the director for his 50th film after Venkat Prabu completes ‘Goa’ with his favorite team Premji, Jai and Vaibhav, Which is Produced by Soundarya Rajinikanth, the movie is based on real life incidents and his earlier style of filmmaking is said to have attracted Ajith.

AR Rahman is scoring music for children in chennai and also for Thamizhthai Vazhthu

AR Rahman is scoring music for children and that too for nursery rhymes a cute and special album of the musician. The Mozart of Madras is secretly working on the album for sometime now. After that A.R.Rahman has a plan to compose music for ‘Thamizhthai Vazhthu’, which will be written by Vairamuthu.

Indian Barbie girl- Katrina Kaif will be appearing in the screen and do lip-syncing to these rhymes. Birdies say that the actress will be seen singing the rhymes with children in the album’s videos.

After working on patriotic albums, international projects and Hollywood ventures, Rahman is happily getting back to kindergarten. The music album will also have some compositions by some talented students of his institute, which is in Chennai.

The Indian cricket board has decided to discontinue the services of bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad and fielding coach Robin Singh

The Indian cricket board has decided to discontinue the services of bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad and fielding coach Robin Singh with immediate effect. The board is expected to name their replacements before the seven-match one-day home series against world champions Australia, which opens on October 25. It is said that Gary Kirsten and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni were not part of the decision.

Srinivasan did not detail why the two former India internationals, who had been involved with the national team since the tour of Bangladesh in May 2007, were removed.
The national team's bowling and fielding coaches Prasad and Singh had faced heavy criticism over the team's poor bowling and fielding, which saw India fail to make the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 in June and the Champions Trophy last month.

Tamilnadu State Awards List for Films

Rajnikanth’s Sivaji The Boss swept the state awards for 2007 with a tally of six awards, closely followed by Mozhi, which bagged four awards. Dasavathaaram bagged four state awards for 2008, including best actor and best film. The former judge of the Madras High Court, Justice AK Rajan, headed the awards committee.

2008 State Awards:

• Best Actor- Kamal Hassan- Dasavatharam
• Best Actress- Sneha- Pirivom Sandhippom
• Best Film- 1st Dasavatharam, 2nd – Abhiyum Naanum , 3rd- Santhosh Subramaniam
• Best Director- Radha Mohan- Abhiyum Naanum
• Best Supporting Actor- Prakash Raj-Abhiyum Naanum
• Best Supporting Actress- Pooja-Naan Kaduvul
• Best Music Composer- Ilayaraja-Ajantha
• Best Family Film- Vallamai Tharayo.

Special Prizes:

• Best Film- Meiporul
• Best Actor- Suriya-Vaaranam Aayiram
• Best Actress- Trisha-Abhiyum Naanum
• Best Film Portraying Women in Good Light- Poo.

2007 State Awards:

• Best Actor- Rajinikanth- Sivaji
• Best Actress- Jyothika- Mozhi
• Best Film- 1st- Sivaji, 2nd – Mozhi , 3rd- Pallikoodam
• Best Director- Thankar Bachchan
• Best Supporting Actor- MS Bhaskar, Mozhi
• Best Supporting Actress- Archana- Onbathu Roopa Note
• Best Music Composer Vidyasagar- Mozhi
• Best Family Film- Thoovanam.

Special Prizes:

• Best Film- Periyar
• Best Actor- Sathyaraj- Onbathu Roopa Note
• Best Actress- Padmapriya- Mirugam
• Best Film Portraying Women in Good Light- Mirugam.

H1N1 influenza vaccine will be available around the country next month

H1N1 influenza(swine flu) Vaccine will be distributed on a three day turn around time from four regional warehouses around the country next month. The vaccine deliveries are expected to equal 20 million doses a week by the end of October, will be distributed among 90,000 immunization providers including health departments, hospitals, clinics, doctors' offices and pharmacies. This is a huge logistical process.

All of the H1N1 vaccine will be divided among states and territories on the basis of population. Providers including private companies such as pharmacies, will get it free. States will put in orders based on the need in their jurisdictions and the number of doses that hospitals, clinics and other providers say they can use in the immediate future. Orders will be filled in three business days and the vaccine shipped overnight.

Government planners expect demand for vaccine will outstrip supply in the first weeks after it becomes available. During that time, states will have to decide which hospitals, clinics and offices are most apt to reach the priority populations and thus should get vaccine first.

Superstar Rajinikanth watched Latest Harry Potter film

Rajinikanth is currently working on the animation film Sultan - The Warrior produced by Ocher Studios.

Superstar Rajinikanth is a Harry Potter fan! Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and is directed by David Yates. Rajni, who loves movies with special effects and animation, is also an avid reader and very much aware of what is going on in Chennai. No wonder he is always able to relate to the youth and we in turn, love him for his style and look up to him with adulation. A couple of days back, the legend visited Sathyam Cinemas with his daughter Soundarya to watch the evening show of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Sathyam Cinemas made all possible arrangements for Rajni's comfort; the Superstar also met and spoke to a few of his fans who approached him for autographs.