Idendity Cards for members of Vijays Makkal Iyakkam

A function was organized at the Nadar Sangam’s Thirumana Mandapam at Tatabad, Coimbatore in which director-producer S.A. Chandrasekaran took part and gave away identity cards to the members and volunteers of his son and actor Vijay’s ‘Makkal Iyakkam’.
Vijay, who didn’t campaign in the recent Assembly elections, was quick to credit the victory of Amma’s AIADMK and its allies to the ‘hardwork’ put in by his fans and members of his ‘Makkal Iyakkam’. SAC presided over the function which was also attended by Raviraja, Anand, Bhaskar and Kumar, functionaries of the ‘Makkal Iyakkam’.
After distributing I-Cards, SAC said “There have been 7.75 lakhs fans as members of the Makkal Iyakkam. Since the process of issuing I-Cards started, the Iyakkam has witnessed enrolment of an additional 1.12 lakhs members. The Iyakkam, as you are aware, has been indulging in providing all sorts of welfare schemes for the benefit of the people in almost all the Districts.
“Instead of directly entering politics, Vijay is doing everything possible to help you (fans). He would always lend his support to all the welfare schemes initiated and implemented by all of you. I shall also be there to render any required assistance,” said SAC.

Rajinis Enthiran to be released in 50 halls in Korea

Superstar Rajinikanth’s ‘Enthiran: The Robot’ released last year and ran to packed houses in many centres across the globe and created the record of becoming the first Indian film to collect more money at the box-office in the history of Indian films. It also ran successfully in many countries. A company has now taken it upon itself to release the film in Korea.
Eros Entertainment is all set to re-release ‘Enthiran’ as it possesses the foreign distribution rights of the film. In the first stage, the film is likely to be released in as many as 50 theatres in the Korean Republic, Eros has indicated. Kumar Ahuja, senior vice-president of Eros, said “We are all set to release the film in areas where the film hadn’t been seen by anyone.
“We would soon be releasing Shah Rukh Khan’s Ra One in Taiwaan, where not many Indian films are released. In fact, this is the first time an Indian film would be screened new in that country. Our next assignment would be to release superstar Rajini’s ‘Enthiran’ in about 50 cinema halls across the Republic of Korea.
“The Tamil, Hindi and Telugu versions of ‘Enthiran: The Robot’ would be released in these screens,” said Ahuja. For starters, Rajini is not new to Koreans who have already seen his ‘Chandramukhi’ and ‘Sivaji: The Boss’ with Korean sub-titles. As such, they would surely be rooting for ‘Enthiran: The Robot’!

Sarathkumar sizzles in the role of transgender in Kanchana

Sarathkumar is fondly called as ‘Supreme Star’ by his fans and enjoys a reputation as an ‘action hero’. He started off as a producer with a Karthick-starrer in the late eighties and did sundry roles in a few films, played a full-fledged villain to Vijayakanth in ‘Captain Prabhakaran’ before turning hero with K.S. Ravikumar’s ‘Cheran Pandiyan’. Sarathkumar then went on to star in many successful movies as hero opposite almost all the frontline heroines.
Of late, though, he hasn’t been having the best of times in films. Though his political career is looking brighter than ever, he isn’t having the same element of luck in his Kollywood career. He has, therefore, widened his scope of acting by foraying into Malayalam films and by agreeing to do ‘different’ roles in Tamil films too.
One such role is his transformation as a ‘transgender’ in Raghava Lawrence’s ‘Kanchana’, a sequel to the latter’s successful ‘Muni’ a couple of years back. Though Sarath has starred as a woman in some of his films earlier, they were all part of the comic portions and never before had he done the role of a transgender.
Directed by Lawrence, the highlight of the film ‘Kanchana’ is said to be Sarath’s role. Commenting about the role, Lawrences says “Sarath Sir’s character has become the highlight of the film. His portrayal has made the film proud and I can’t remain more thankful to him.” When contacted, Sarath said that he simply performed his duties as an actor.
“I always love to take on challenging roles. I’m very happy that the audiences have taken a huge liking to my role in Kanchana,” said Sarath.