March 18, 2006

Pathaka is the Malayalam movie in progress starring Renuka Menon and Navya Nair. To scotch the unconfirmed rumours that “pathakas” (crackers and fireworks) broke out on the sets of Pathaka in the form of the leading ladies Renuka Menon and Navya Nair fighting on the sets of Pathaka, we contacted Renuka Menon who kindly laid these rumours to rest, mentioning them as “baseless gossip by rumour-mongers who have nothing better to do.” She added that she and Navya Nair are close and cordial friends. and me are good friends. We act together in Pathaka. She also said that she is happy to act in Tamil movies also, but will be more selective of her roles and banners in future, rather than working with debutant directors, who are unable to create hits.

March 18, 2006

Prithviraj, one of the top actors in Kollywood is to act with Padmapriya in a Tamil movie Mozhi, produced by Prakash Raj and directed by Radha Mohan, who is famous for introducing Navya Nair in the Tamil film Azhagiya Theeyae. Jyothika also appears in Mozhi in a pivotal role. Stay tuned to Galatta.com for more updates!

March 17, 2006

Ever since Chandramukhi, Nayantara is busy in Tamil and will continue to be busy for quite some time to come. Though her contemporaries n have already bought houses in Chennai, Nayantara still lives in hotels while shooting. It is said her father does not want her to invest in real estate in Chennai, which is not their home town.

March 8, 2006

Asin has her office furniture business, Meera Jasmine had bought a couple of apartments and a hospital. Now, Gopika too has decided to invest her money in business.

Gopika had recently bought a restaurant in Kochi. Her family already has some experience in running hotels. While she continues her acting career, her father and the rest of her family will manage the hotel. Gopika’s younger sister too has received lot of offers to act in films. She completed her Class XII last year. And some of the offers that came her way were pretty good. But Gopika has made it clear that the younger sister isn’t going to get into films so soon, especially when her career hasn’t exactly ended yet.

March 8, 2006

Remember Radha, sister of Ambika, the Bharatiraja discovery who excelled in all south language films and was a famous star like her sister, got married at the peak of her career. While sister Ambika returned to acting after marriage, Radha found bliss in her marital life, kept herself busy looking after her husband’s hotel in Mumbai and mothering her three children.

Now about a decade later, she has made her first public appearance as a Bharathnatyam performer at a temple function at Chidambaram accompanied by her daughter. Her gorgeous slim looks have generated speculation that she is all set to make her come-back to films shortly. It is understood that she is open to suitable offers for roles in the cine field again for her second innings.

March 4, 2006

Rasathantram by director Sathyan Anthikkad brings Mohanlal and Meera Jasmine together for the first time. The USP is Meera dresses as a servant boy and play’s a boy’s role in the first half! Meera is Kanmani, a servant girl, but to protect her virtue, she disguises herself as Velayudhan Kutty. Mohanlal plays a carpenter Premachandran Asari with a terrific sense of humour.

The film has been shot in the beautiful locales of Moolamattum in Idukki district of Kerala, and is almost complete. Sathyan and Mohanlal, who have done nearly 20 films together, are back after 12 years. Meera says she enjoyed doing the role of Velayudhan Kutty and during the shoot, felt like a boy, easily managing the body language and mannerisms of a boy correctly.

 Sathyan Anthikkad says Rasathantram is a serious family drama with an undercurrent of comedy and fun. Ilayaraja scores music for this film which releases on April 14, Vishu.