By: Anand. J (Cinema Correspondent for monsoonjournal)
Vadivelu
After Imsai Arasan Pulikesi Vadivelu remains as the number one comedian. He features in atleast two out of every 3 movies released. Vadivelu’s speciality is that he doesn’t depend on any heroes. He has costarred from Super Star, Super Actor to Small stars. Many Directors and Producers have approached him to continue doing Heroic roles but the intelligent comedian has refused all such offers. He wants to continue doing good roles and in the meanwhile if he gets a subject that is as captivating and interesting as ‘Imsai Arasan’, he will not think twice to act as a hero in that movie. Super Star Rajinikanth recently praised actor/comedian Vadivelu saying that but for his color, Vadivelu would have stood number one among other heroes.
Vivek
SOLLI ADIPPEN is Vivek’s first film as Hero. He was able to bring his mentor Director K.Balachandar, his Sivaji film hero Rajini and also Director Shankar for the Audio Release of his movie ‘Solli Adippen’. Rajini praised Viveks intelligence and his interest in various subjects. As we all know, amongst all the comedians available now, Vivek is the only comedian who always delievers thought provoking social messages through his comedy script. He is eagerly awaiting the release of ‘Solli Adippen’ after which he will decide whether to continue doing heroic movies or just remain a comedian forever. All said and done he only has a couple of movies in hand unlike his arch rival Vadivelu.
Karunaas
He is a well known comedian and has now turned to film distribution as well. He was introduced by Director Bala in the Vikram & Soorya starrer ‘Pitha Magan’. He consulted with his advisors and took up the distribution rights for movies ‘Tirunelveli’ and ‘E’. He did earn good profits through the movie ‘E’ and now he is looking forward to taking up the distribution rights of another big movie. This will be his third movie as a film distributor. Kudos to Karunaas as he has established himself as a good comedian, a talented singer and now a profitable film distributor.
Madhavan
He is number four in getting overseas fans as his new film Irandu has proven. The film’s collection overseas is more or less comparable to Ilaya Thalapathi Vijay’s film collection overseas who stands number 3 after Rajinikanth and Kamal Hassan. He has been pet named as Maddy by his lady fans. This pet name of his is a rare distinction to an actor since no other actor in the tamil film industry has earned this distinction. He started his career as a model and then turned to television comperer and finally found his star status after his movies ‘Alai Payuthey’ and ‘Minnale’. Director Maniratnam is impressed by actor Madhavan and he has starred him in many of his movies including his latest magnum opus ‘Guru.
Bharath
Suddenly became a second hero in Director Shankar’s film Veyyil. Bharath became a successful hero after his two back to back hits ‘Kadhal’ and ‘Pattiyal’. According to the Producers Guild Association, no two movies of the same hero can be released on the same day. But Director Shankar and Director Vikraman decided to release their movies ‘Veyyil’ and ‘Chennai Kadhal’ on the same day and both the movies starred Bharath in the lead role. When the producers association raised a ruckus about this, Director Shankar stated that Bharath is only a second hero in his movie ‘Veyyil’ and the actual hero of the movie is Actor Pasupathi. Although it was not convincing to the producers they accepted the argument and decided to release both the movies on the same day. Hopefully the luck holds good for Bharath and both his movies turn successful.
Sathyaraj
Is Actor Satyaraj following the foot steps of the great comedian/villain actor M R Radha. He is currently busy shooting for his dream movie ‘Periyar’ in which he stars as the stalwart politician E.V.R Periyar himself. Apparently he is acting in this movie without even getting paid since it was one of his ambitions to act as the famous political leader.
Satyaraj has openly admitted that he would like to feature himself in the remake of ‘Ratha Kanner’ which was immortalized by M R Radha. In this remake world, remaking Ratha Kanner might soon turn to be a reality and it may well be Satyaraj’s turn to prove that his version of the movie is better than the original. Satyaraj also stars in another untitled movie as ‘Election Commissioner’ which no other actor has acted so far.
Jeeva
Son of ace producer R B Chowdhry, actor Jeeva is flying high after the release of his movie ‘E’. He has won critical acclaim for his role in the movie and the movie is a commercial success too. All of Jeeva’s movies has had a decent run at the box office which includes Aasai Aasaiyai, Ram and Aran. He is currently working on a movie named ‘Tamizh M A’. His movie ‘Aran’ where he costarred with Malayalam Super Star Mohanlal was released in Kerala (dubbed in Malayalam) as ‘Keerti Chakra’ and has won lots of accolades. Jeeva might soon turn to acting in Malayalam movies as well since he has got a huge fan following after Keerti Chakra’s release.
Sibiraj
Son of actor Sathyaraj is onle of the unlucky heroes since he doesn’t have even a single hit to his credit. He has mostly costarred with his father Sathyaraj and that has not run into Sibiraj’s favour. Sibiraj has decided to go all alone this time with his latest movie ‘Lee’ which is produced by his father/actor Satyaraj. Hopefully this time luck will favour Sibiraj and may bring more offers to him. Sibiraj opines that he is shy to act with heroine actresses whom his father has acted with. The latest in the list being the notorious Namitha. Sibiraj was not comfortable doing the intimate scenes with his screen lover Namitha and apparently Satyaraj had to convince his son to act boldly with his co-actresses.
Prithvi
After making his debut in his father’s direction, Prithvi (son of Pandiarajan) has commenced his next film. His next movie has been titled Machchan and it features a newcomer opposite him. Being directed by Gemini Raghava, the movie went to floors recently. Prithvi is thrilled to act in outsider’s direction. ‘Doing a movie for my father gave me enough liberties. At the same time, helped me to learn a lot about acting. Now, I am confident and brimming with joy to be part of Machchan’, says Prithvi. According to Gemini Raghava, ‘Plans are on to complete the movie in single schedule and release it at the earliest’.
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