Its indeed great pleasure that the long wait is over and at last there are some of the cool stuffs for the Lumia in its next update to LUMIA CYAN ( Windows Phone 8.1 update ).
The update is not officially out for all the devices, But an developer version can be upgraded in all the Lumia devices running Windows 8 OS.This might void the warranty of our phone
To Make the upgrade Follow this simple procedures:
1. Go to appstudio.windowsphone.com and register. Use the Windows account (Live.com, Outlook.com, Hotmail.com) associated with your phone. It's free.
3. In the app, use the same Microsoft account to login.
4. Now again go to appstudio.windowsphone.com. You'll be asked whether you want to let this service access your email addresses in your profile. Click 'Yes. You can these permissions at any time.
5. Go to Settings - Phone update. Click on 'check for updates'. The automated process will back up your data before the big update. The 8.1 update is around 500 MB in size. So download it can be downloaded only over Wi-Fi.
This Update would take nearly an hour to complete. Here is some of the sneak peaks to the new features of Lumia 520 and its 8.1 updates.
Cortana
Notification area.
Live tile BG.
Extra Tile Column.
Calendar features.
Integrated Facebook.
Graphic Screen switching.
New Camera features.
If you are outside of the united states of America you might not be getting the CORTANA - The personal assistant. No worries change you Phone language Speech to English(US).
And the phone might need a restart and ya its there Whoooo!!!!!! :)
ALBUM INFO
Directed : Bharat Bala
Produced : Venu Ravichandran
Written : Bharat Bala
Starring : Dhanush, Parvathi Menon, Salim Kumar
Music : A. R. Rahman
Year : 2013
TRACKLISTING
1. Nenjae Ezhu
Vocals: A. R. Rahman
Lyrics: Kutti Revathi, A. R. Rahman
Duration : 04:43
2. Innum Konjam
Vocals: Vijay Prakash, Shweta Mohan
Lyrics: Kabilan, A. R. Rahman
Duration : 05:14
The much anticipated and one of the prestigious awards of the south Vijay Awards 2013 resented by the Tamil Popular TV channel Star Vijay to honour excellence in Tamil cinema (2012).
The Best category awards are decided by a jury and Favorite category awards are chosen by Fans through Voting. 7th Vijay Awards 2013 took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on 11th May 2013, the awards show hosting by Gopinath with Actor Madhavan. - Best Film – Vazhaku en 18/9 - Best Director - Balaji Shaktivel(Vazhakku En 18/9) - Best Dialogue Writer - Rajesh (Oru Kal Oru Kannadi) - Best Screenplay – Karthik Subbaraj (Pizza) - Best Actor – Dhanush (Moonu) - Best Actress - Samantha Ruth Prabhu (Neethane En Ponvasantham) - Best Supporting Actor Male – Sathyaraj(Nanban) - Best Supporting Actor Female – Anupama(Muppozhuthum Un Karpanaigal) - Best Comedian – Santhanam (Oru Kal Oru Kannadi) - Best Villan – Sudeep(Nan Ee) - Best Debut Actor – Vikram Prabhu (Kumki) - Best Debut Actress – Varalakshmi Sarath Kumar(Poda Podi) - Best Debut Director - Balaji Tharaneetharan (Naaduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kanom) - Best Find of the Year – Anirudh Ravichandar(Moonu) - Best Music Director - D.Imman (Kumki) - Best Cinematographer – Gopi Amarnath(Pizza) - Best Costume Designer – Rajendran(Aaravan) - Best Art Director - R.K.Vijay Murugan (Aaravan) - Best Stunt Master – Anal Arasu (Thadaiyarai Thakka) - Best Choreographer – Robert(Poda Podi) -Best Lyricist – Thamarai(Muppozhuthum Un Karpanaigal)-Best Female Playback- Ramya (Neethane En Ponvasantham) - Favourite Face – Udhaynidhi Stalin (Oru Kal Oru Kannadi) - Favourite Actor – Vijay (Thuppaki) - Best Entertainer – Vijay(Thuppaki) - Best Crew – Pizza - Special Jury Award – Trisha - Special Jury Award – Vijay Sethupathi - Special Jury Award - Aarohanam - Chevalier Sivaji Award – Shah Rukh Khan, Bharathi Raja Best Costume Designer of the Year 2012 - Aravaan Best Art Director of the Year 2012 - Aravaan Best Cinematographer of the Year 2012 - Gopiamarnath (Pizza) Best Stunt Director of the Year 2012 - Anal Arasu (Thadaiyara Thakka) Special Jury Award of the Year 2012 - Arakonam Film Best Lyric Writer of the Year 2012 - Thamarai Best Female Playback Singer of the Year 2012- Ramya ( Satru Munbu from Neethane En Ponvasantham) Best Choreographer of the Year 2012- Robert (Love Panalama from Podaa Podi) Best Debut Director of the Year 2012 - Balaji (Naduvula Konjam Pakatha Kaanom) Best Supporting Actor of the Year 2012 - Sathyaraj (Nanban) Best Supporting Actress of the Year 2012 - Anupama Kumar ( Muppozthum Un Karpanaigal Movie) Best Comedian of the Year 2012 - Santhanam (Oru Kal Oru Kannadi) Best Short Film of the Year 2012 - Warrant
Best Music Director - Imman (Kumki) Best Villain of the Year 2012 - Sudeep (Naan Ee) Best Screenplay Writer of the Year 2012 - Karthick Subburaj (Pizza) Best Dialogue Writer of the Year 2012 - Rajesh (oru kal oru kannadi)
Best Director of the Year 2012 - Balaji Sakthivel (Vazhukku En 18/9) Best Film of the Year 2012 - Vazhukku En 18/9 Best Actor Male of the Year 2012 - Dhanush (3) Best Actor Female of the Year 2012 - Samantha Ruth prabhu (Neethaane En Ponvasantham) Best Debut Actor Female - Varalakshmi (Podaa Podi) Best Debut Actor Male - Vikram Prabhu (Kumki) Find of the Year - Anirudh Ravichander (3) Face of the Year - Udhayanidhi Stalin ( Ok Ok) Best Crew of the Year 2012- Pizza Sivaji Ganesan Award 2012 - Shahrukh Khan Best Entertainer of the Year 2012 - Ilayathalapathy Vijay (Nanban & Thuppakki) Favorite Hero of the Year 2012 - Ilayathalapathy Vijay Favorite Song of the Year 2012 - Google Google from Thuppakki Favorite Film of the Year 2012 - Thuppakki Favorite Director of the Year 2012- AR.Murugadoss (Thuppakki)
YMCA Nandanam, apart from being a reputed sports college, is also the preferred destination for a number of morning/evening walkers. If you had never been in the campus before, the organizers ensured that you took a tour of the entire place on foot, largely due to the lack of signage and proper briefing to the workforce employed for crowd management. Once you entered the concert area it seemed like a confederation of a young generation which has literally grown up dancing and humming to Rahman’s tunes. But there were also those who were in their prime age, clearly impressed by the young man’s craft. With still some time to go for the official reporting time to clock in, the place was packed, and more were on their way in.
If the crowd were distinguished by denomination and separated by barricades, they were unified by a spell of heavy rain which first began as a friendly drizzle. Not even the MIP’s were spared by the showers which proved to be the bringer of harmony or atleast the realization of how everyone was very much the one and the same under the great big sky. It was the most fitting time and place for such an episode as Rahman himself has been campaigning the same message through his side projects. This occurrence was in a sense Chennai’s own Woodstock moment.
SONG LIST
1. Udal Mannukku (Iruvar) 2. En Desathin Kural (Desam) 3. Elay Keechan (Kadal)
Medley 1 – Hariharan & Mano
Arima Arima (Endhiran) Veerapandi Kotaiyile (Thiruda Thiruda) Anbe Anbe (Jeans) Kuchi Kuchi Rakamma (Bombay) Kannai Kattikolladhe (Iruvar) En Pearu Padayappa (Padayappa) Vaaji Vaaji (Sivaji) Ballelakka (Sivaji) Kadhal Rojave (Roja)
Nenjukulle (Kadal)
Adiye (Kadal)
Hell Mr. Ethir Katchi (Iruvar)
Moongil Thottam (Kadal)
Irumbile (Endhiran)
Urvasi (Kadhalan)
Magudi Magudi (Kadal)
Jai Ho (Tamil)
Vande Mataram
A buzz around the venue alerted everyone’s attention towards the stage and soon thereafter the opening chants of ‘Udal Manukku Uyir Tamizhukku’ emerged from the centre. The group of backing vocalists and the backing band were finding their groove with the opening bars before Rahman appeared out of a fancy enclosure singing the anthemic ‘En Desathin Kural’ from the Tamil version of Swades, sending the crowd into raptures. There was a look of determination on ARR’s face apart from carrying the emotions of a homecoming. An equally loud cheer was reserved for Director Mani Ratnam who was shown on the big screens being seated in the audience as Rahman surged into ‘Elay Keechan’. More than a cheer, the ovation for Mani Ratnam sounded like the fans’ display of gratitude towards the film-maker for bringing Rahman on to the scene, besides bringing out the best in him. Director Shankar and Rajiv Menon’s presence was also fondly acknowledged by the crowd.
Rahman quickly dispensed himself from the singing duties and made way for Hariharan and Mano to deliver the first of four medleys of the evening. The duo hustled through numerous songs from films like Endhiran, Padayappa, Thiruda Thiruda, Iruvar, Muthu and Sivaji. While each song lasted barely a minute, the relentless changes seemed to catch even the singers short of breath in trying to keep up with the pace of the medley. Hariharan a few moments later had a ‘forgetful’ moment while performing ‘Kadhal Rojave’ along with Chitra. He labored his way through the song, singing part of it in Hindi as he couldn’t channel his thoughts to recall the Tamil words, possibly due to the tricky rearrangement of the song (something that would be a common feature of this show). Expectedly, it should be edited out of the TV telecast because it would contradict the show’s theme of featuring only Tamil songs.
Benny Dayal was the first of the young bloods to step into the spotlight, and he represented them very well in his swanky red jacket and bow-tie. He was joined by Karthik immediately and with Rahman grabbing himself a mic, tore into ‘Girlfriend’ from Boys. Chinmayi surfaced on stage to a rousing reception and her duet with Karthik would make for one of the best moments of the evening. Together they performed a rehashed reggae version of ‘Athangara Marame’ from Kizhakku Cheemayile. A splendid rearrangement delivered by a delightful performance by the two talents. The segment was yet another elaborate medley featuring songs from Indian, Alaipayudhey and a few more. A few staple Rahman Live show tunes, ‘Humma Humma’ and ‘Mustafa’, were performed in its entirety by its composer, followed by a thunderous rearrangement of ‘Nenjinille’ (Uyire) sung with sheer precision and nonchalance by Chitra. The rearrangements, by and large, were inclined towards being heavier rock influenced versions, and were well delivered with the aid of a tight drummer and two talented guitarists in Sanjeev Thomas and Keba.
In a bid to squeeze in all the favorite classics Rahman sprung up yet another medley led by Hariharan. Starting with ‘Nila Kaigiradhu’ they sang together on an uplifting version of ‘Uyire’ (Bombay). One of the surprises of the evening, in terms of song selection, was the supremely challenging ‘Thee Thee’ from Thiruda Thiruda and the crew pulled together an effervescent performance of the song. It was getting quite apparent that Rahman was going to calm things down for some time. Providing the tranquility was the songbird Chitra, flautist Naveen and Rahman himself atop a curious looking instrument that looked like an elaborate electronic pedal steel. The change up was very welcome for the ‘Marghazi Masam’. Chitra was particularly endearing as she performed songs from Kandukondein Kandukondein and Paarthale Paravasam. This worked out as a segment catered to the melody lovers.
The accordion intro was greeted with ecstasy by the crowd as they anticipated ‘Nenjukulle’ to be a part of the playlist. Shaktishree Gopalan looked to be overwhelmed by the audience’s reception and she performed the rest of the song with a sort of a nervous innocence which was charming in its own way. Rahman then took his seat behind the grand piano and played the unmistakable opening notes of ‘Adiye’. This was also probably the first time the public were getting to see Sid Sriram, and he sang like a caged-up tiger pleading, nay demanding, to be set free or else. He had his back up choir, dressed in all black, as the pillars of his performance. ‘Moongil Thottam’ and ‘Magudi’ too found their place on the set list, each delivered with the same conviction as the studio recordings.
Another noteworthy performer of the group was this relatively new and unknown young lady who’s show was as sensual as her prime skillset as she contributed to songs like ‘Irumbile’ (Endhiran) and the ironically picked ‘Hello Mr. Ethirkatchi’ (Iruvar). Rahman was peaking towards a crescendo with this segment and it virtually blew the roof off when he sang ‘Urvasi’ (Kadhalan), a song that he clearly enjoyed performing along with Benny and Naresh Iyer. For the encore he went with predictable ‘Vande Mataram’ to close the proceedings, preceded by a Tamil version of ‘Jai Ho’ that caught some people off guard.
While the show had its moments of misgivings, it was only human nature for it to happen besides imperfection being one of the thrills of witnessing a Live performance. If you were seeking mechanical precision, you’re better off listening to the studio tracks on your music players. Despite the heavy commercial presence, the substance of the set list and the intermittent weather, the show proved to be a huge success in uniting different people in the cause for promoting peace and harmony under the guise of music, making it unforgettable for numerous reasons.
AR Rahman has revealed that his new solo single ‘Infinite Love’, which he released last week, was conceived two years back.
The award-winning musician-composer, who calls his latest album “message of peace and hope amidst a time of dark omens of destruction”, said that it is about love and peace, which is a very relevant issue to talk about.
The Oscar-winner said that there are many things going on right now which need to be changed and that was the main concept of the song, the Gulf News reported.
The legendery composer, whose son Ameen is making his acting debut in ‘Infinite Love’, asserted that he wanted to make his latest release kid-friendly.
He added that he was focused on triggering some kind of inspiration for kids, to inspire them to be leaders and to remind them that we have such a great culture.
Kadal is set to hit the theatres on the first of February , The treat from Maniratnam and A R Rahman will have its bookings open from jan 29th.
Already kadal's songs are topping the charts and it would be a great treat for maniratnam and A R Rahman fans which also has arvind samy and arjun starring in important roles introducing gautam karthick and thulasi.
Kumki the debut film of the Vikram Prabhu ( grand son of legend Shivaji ganesan and son of prabhu ) having pressure to perform well has done a very decent work in this venture. The film about a Elephant and its mahout and their story when they accidently happen to become an kumki to attack an wild elephant. The story goes in an very interesting manner.
The story starts with the wild Elephant ( Komban ) attacking the people of Aadhi kadu tribal village people who live there for more than 200 years, Most of the forests being hunted the elephant was forced to move to this forest. The people of the village who doesn’t want to move from their place think to hire a Kumki elephant ( an well trained elephant to attack the wild elephant ).
Vikram prabhu ( Bomman ) is a mahout and Manickam is his elephant , Thambi ramaiah is bomman’s uncle . They lead the life by the elephants work such as temple and other purposes . An incident occurs where manickam is forced to go as the kumki to Aadhi kadu where the komban’s attack is expected anytime. Bomman comes to the village and meets Lakshmi menon ( Alli ) who is the daughter of the village head and falls in love with her which makes him stay in the village. The rest of the story is about their love and Komban waiting to attack the village. Will manickam win the battle and bomman gets alli forms the end of story.
The Main asset of the film is thambi ramaiah without whom the film would not have such a great treat. He has done a very great job more than a supporting character. And the next mention would be the elephant which has been trained well ,the locations are refreshing and background music is good.
The Director has again did a very good job after the previous hit Myna but the songs are slowing down the screen play , The number of songs can be reduced. The hero and heroine have done a very good job in the film. thambi ramaiah has another chance for the best supporting role awards .
The film will be treat for the eyes which is an different film from usual and can be rated a 4 out of 5.
The first official poster of Mani Ratnam's Kadal is out. The poster shows a silhouette back shot of hero Gautham Karthik, without revealing his face.
Remember Mani is very secretive and till today has not revealed the face of his hero or heroine Thulasi.
... However in Mani style, he plays his cards close to his chest without revealing too much and still engaging the viewer. The poster looks classy and intriguing and will create that aura around the film.
Meanwhile Gautham Karthik has tweeted : "My first official poster is OUT guys!!! Never been so happy in my life!!! Dancing on the moon doing the tango with the stars!!!!".
Audio Coming Soon !
Expected by November end !!!!!!!!!!
The Latest news about Kadal’s audio is that a song from a film composed by A.R.Rahman and Lyrics by Vairamuthu was performed by Rahman at MTV unplugged which was Telecasted on 3rd of November and here is the first exposure to that song …
That 'Kadal' is set in the backdrop of the lives of fishermen is an open secret. And fishermen are known for venturing into sea braving all odds, especially the weather conditions. So when the 'Nilam' cyclone stormed Chennai earlier this week, Mani Ratnam, who was waiting to shoot some important scenes in such climatic conditions, made use of it. "Mani Ratnam, Rajeev Menon (cinematographer) and other members of the cast and crew took it as a challenge to work during the cyclone and successfully shot the scenes near Kasimedu and Royapuram," sources said. Apparently confirming this, Aravind Samy, who is playing a crucial role in the movie, wrote on his microblogging page: "Awesome experience of shooting in cyclonic weather in the sea for a sequence in Kadal."
The smart Arvindswamy is back with a bang in kadal,Lookout for his new avatar. Aravind Swamy, the most handsome hero down South, was out of shape after distancing himself from the tinsel town and his admirers who have seen those pics on the internet were in a state of shock. With that over-weight and bald headed look, he lost all the charm which earned him a large section of female fans.
Speaking to a daily early this year, Aravind Swamy revealed that he couldn't focus on his health due to personal issues, but has plans to go for a makeover keeping in mind his re-entry with Mani Ratnam's bi-lingual film Kadal. And the actor is back with a bang! He was spotted at a recent wedding reception and everyone who have seen the pics couldn't stop raving about him as he looked as charming as ever. Take a look at the Shocking Makeover!!!
The film music is expected in second week of this month.
Even as superstar Rajini’s fans across the globe are gearing themselves to celebrate their Thalaivar’s birthday on the auspicious day of 12-12-12 (a day which occurs only once in a century), news about Rajini’s next film has trickled in. A little bird tells us that after the release of Kochadaiyan, Rajini might choose to work with Maniratnam, who had made his Thalapathy almost 2 decades back.
As reported earlier, Rajini’s Sivaji (3-D version) is slated to hit the screens worldwide on the above-said date while his animated 3-D film Kochadaiyan release could be sometimes in summer 2013. As such, speculations as to whom would Rajini be working with for his next film have already started doing rounds. Names of directors such as Murugadoss and K.V. Anand are frequently referred to in this regard. Some even mentioned the name of Manirathnam.
Sources close to the Poes Garden residence of the superstar say on condition of anonymity that Rajini has almost finalized Maniratnam as the director of his film, after the two had a tête-à-tête at the star’s house recently during when the script of the to-be-made film was discussed threadbare
Mani had earlier made the super-hit film Thalapathy in 1991. One of the songs in the film, Raakkamma Kaiya Thattu….was voted among the best ever top-10 songs via an on-line poll some time back. One of the reasons for the super-success of the films was the music of Maestro Ilaiyaraaja. However, for his new film with Rajini in the lead, Mani is likely to tope in twin-Oscar winner A.R. Rahman as the music director.
The 21st of this month marked completion of 25 years of Nayagan, the 1987 Tamil film written and directed by Maniratnam. The cult classic based on the life of gangster Varadarajan Mudaliar was given pride of place in Time Magazine's 'All time 100 Best Films' for 2005. Strangely though, after this critically acclaimed project, the two movie maestros never really came together. However, all that is about to change now. We've learnt that Kamal and Mani will be reuniting to do their next film although it doesn't have anything to do with Nayagan. Rumor has it that after Nayagan’s runaway success, both actor and director became too big in stature to be accommodated in one film despite being family. Fact is, Mani is married to Kamal's elder brother Charu Haasan's daughter Suhasini. It was only when Nayakan completed a quarter of a century that Kamal and Mani spoke at length and decided their collaboration would have to happen 'now or never' .Kamal confirmed the news and said, "Mani and I did speak when Nayakan turned 25. I am not at liberty to divulge the details of our conversation . All I will say is, the answer to the question that haunts both of us . why not another film together after Nayakan ? will soon be answered. Nayakan is the most influential film of my career. I suspect Mani feels the same." We hear the upcoming film is likely to be a Hindi-Tamil bi-lingual .
Maniratnam’s current project KADAL is on its finishing stage , The latest news about KADAL ‘s Music is that Kaviperarasu Vairamuthu's special lyrics will be featured in the film songs, The director has apparently borrowed two songs from ‘A compilation of Vairamuthu’s poems’ and a song from ‘Thanneer Desam’. A.R. Rahman's songs are the major highlight of this flick. The film has Gautham and Thulasi in lead roles. Also in the star cast are Lakshmi Manchu, Arjun, Ponvannan, Pasupathy, Thambi Ramaiah, Arvind Swamy.
The much awaited Maatran, Surya – K.V. Anand’s second work together is an full family entertainer and a treat for tamil audience. The story of conjoined twins and their life which has all the commercial elements such as Romance,Action,Emotion and Drama in perfect measure with some minor logical flaws.
The movie starts off with Akilan and Vimalan’s birth [Suriya]2 whose father Sachin Khedekar is an genetic scientist who is not recognised by the government which turns him a buisinessman who creates a nutrition product ‘Energion’ and which is a big hit throughout the nation brings him name and fame. Vimalan is a champ , curious in studies and literature, Akhilan is a care-free twin who enjoys life every moment. Kajal agarwal is a translator who meets akhil and vimal in a meeting and becomes their friend.
Vimalan falls in love with kajal and through kajal and her friend vimalan finds some issues in the product manufactured by his fathers company hence trouble starts to follow them which eventually leads to the creator of the product , his father who makes steroids in his product which cannot be found in analysis. This issue gets serious when vimalan gets to know about all the secrets and he dies in an accident.
The rest of the film is about how akhilan finds out the issues and what he does to solve it along with kajal agarwal. The graphics in the film is not much compromising in the duo scenes, Music has not played a much a big role in the film , Rettai kathire song s refreshing and backgroung score is good.
Screenplay of the movie could have been more interesting Camera works and Location are awesome which is a visual treat, The movie is not much dragging after the editing of 20 mins .
All over the film is a good entertainer for tamil audience might have been more interesting which can be rated a 3.5 out of 5
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