Shankars Next I and its Details

Director Shankar who is fresh from the super success of Nanban is very busy with pre-production work on his next film with Vikram, I. However, the ace director took some time out to update fans about the film. He said that the Tamil letter, I stands for beauty, King, guru, astonishment, vulnerability, tenderness etc. V Ravichandran of Aascar Films will be bankrolling I and music is by AR Rahman.

The cast includes Vikram, Amy Jackson, Santhanam, Suresh Gopi and Sivaji Ganesan's elder son, Ramkumar. PC Sriram will be the Director of Photography. Writer duo, SuBa will be doing the script. Mary Vogt who did the costumes in the MIB series will be doing some special designs for I. Peter Ming from China and Anal Arasu will handle stunts. Australian Rising Sun Pictures (RSP) who rocked our world with the Harry Potter series will be doing the VFX under the supervision of Srinivas M Mohan. Art direction is by Muthuraj and editing will be by Antony.

AR Rahman has already completed a song which has lyrics by Kabilan and has been rendered by Vijay Prakash. Shankar said that I is going to be a romantic thriller and contrary to what has been reported it is not about politics or elections. Shooting will begin from mid July. I is clearly off to a good start and we can expect great things from this amazing team

BILLA 2 - Review

The much anticipated Prequel movie BILLA 2 opens with a bang. The story line of how an ordinary man ( David Billa ) thrown away from sri lankan civil war rises to an fearful underworld don is kept sharp.

The movie begins with ajith saying " Dai Een vazhkayal oovaru nalum, oovaru nimushumam, oovaru nodiyum, naana sethukanathu da... " The title card displays David billa's childhood and how he grows. The story starts from Rameshwaram where he is thrown away as an refugee, Billa a ferocious man does what he thinks is right from there on meets a lots of people of underworld along with his friend Ranjith.

Billa moves to chennai for a diamond buisiness which eventually leads him to his next step of smuggling heroin with his guts and capabilty,Which gets him a place in the the team of drug mafia Abbasi (Sudhanshu Pandey). He impresses Abbasi with his Fearless attitude, Billa is sent to deal with Dimitri (Vidyut Jamal)for arms, But Billa Accepts his deal without Abbasi's consent tat makes Abbasi fearing that he would be dangerous. However, in the process, Billa is forced to kill Abbasi which gets him a permanent place in Underworld.

Billa's growth is shown in a quick song,After Which the film revolves around Dimitri and Billa & how he becomes the king of underworld by ending the lives of his enemies.

This attempt of BILLA 2 is kept sharp only for the growth of the Don there are no waste of scenes for comedy and romance, Parvathy omanakuttan does the role of Billa's niece.Unfortunately she didnot get enough space on the screenplay. There wil be bullet sounds and blood spills all over the film.The Villains Vidyut Jamwal & Sudhanshu Pandey are smart and have done a decent job.

Cinematography, Editing and Music makes the film not boring. Stunts are awesome, Atlast it is an one man show for Ajith. Ajith Fans wil have a real tret in his dialogues and acting.

Conceptually the film satisfies as a prequel but Logically has a lots of mistakes, Chakri Toleti who made a great impact through"Unnaipol Oruvan"falls a bit back in direction with this movie.

The story lacks for Thrill , Detailing and Logic but scores in screenplay which is kept sharp.

To conclude, Billa 2 will be a movie that can be watched only once , With huge the expectations the final product falls much shorter of the expectations.

Can be rated 3 out of a 5.

A R Rahman to compose the theme for Olympics 2012

A R Rahman has confirmed that he will compose a song for the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony.

Danny Boyle, who is the artistic director behind the event, previously worked with Rahman on the music for Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours.

The Oscar-winning composer confirmed the news on Facebook,saying: "Clarifying the report on the Olympics track I am composing ... It's a track in Punjabi celebrating the Indian influence in the UK.

"It's a part of a medley in the Olympics opening ceremony, according to Danny Boyle's creative wishes!"

Music composer Ilayaraja's composition 'Naanthaan Ungappanda', from Kamal Haasan's 1980 filmRam Lakshman, will also be performed during the opening ceremony.

The theme of the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics has been revealed as 'Isles of Wonder'.

The London Olympics will be held from July 27 to August 12, 2012.