Ji will be Super Hit - Lingusamy!!

Source: Behindwoods       29/01/05

Start, Camera, Success - Director Lingusamy's success story

The Ajith starring "Ji" was shot feverishly by director Lingusamy at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. He spoke about his success story in a short break.

Director Lingusamy is poised to take his stories based on real life examples. His debutant film and a success movie "Anandham" was inspired from his joint family residing in Kumbakonam.

Lingusamy didn't receive a warm welcome from the Cine industry, he had to strive hard to get himself a place here. He said he learnt everything in his career through his hardwork. After spending some time with director Venkatesh who has been an accosiate for Director Shankar and a decade with Director Vikraman, Lingusamy has posted a particular trend for himself. Also note that he didn't follow a similar story line for any of his two stories. His second hit "Run" was completely different from his first film "Aanandham". While Anandham being a completely family film, "Run" turned out to be an action cum romance film and also gave a turning point for "Maddy"
Madhavan who was a lover boy till then. This film brought out the action hero inside Madhavan, who continues his new found talent upto his recent action film "Ayudha Ezuthu". One must consistantly change his style if he wants to be in the cine field, says the director.

Scripting has also been his biggest strength. He was able to handle things smoothly when he did his first film "Anandam".

We wish that his current venture "Ji" also be a great hit.
 

Ji postponed again!!

Source: MovieBuzz       02/02/05

Ajit's Lingusamy directed Ji that was slated for February 4 release has been postponed once again!
Producer Nic Arts Chakravarthy says that the film will be ready by February 11 or 18! The trade is fuming at this decision as Ji release has been postponed for a couple of times. The three songs have been canned but the film has not been censored so far.

The latest rumour is that the producer has to sort out his financial problems before the release. However Ajit's loss is Vijay's gain, as A.M.Ratnam backed,Sukran in which Vijay is playing a guest role is releasing on February 18.

Sukran has suddenly become hot among the trade following the bumper opening that Tirupachi got.
 

Raam audio better than Ji?

Source: MovieBuzz       03/02/05

Teamwork's Ameer directed Raam starring Jeeva, Saranya and Gajala is slated for release on Valentine weekend (Feb 11). Already the audio of the film is creating waves as all the songs are chartbusters and is at the number one slot.
Raam has some great fusion music by Yuvan Shakar Raja, the current sensation among the youth. The Ameer-Yuvan combination has clicked in the past with Mounam Pesiyathe music being appreciated. Music critics feel that Yuvan has matured with some fast numbers and soft melodies in Raam that are not only soothing for ears but are also great in instrumentation.

The album however belongs to K.J.Jesudas and his son Vijay Jesudas.
Yuvan has used Kerala instruments like Chenda in the song Manidhan Solkindra… sung by father and son. There is only one rap number Boom…Boom sung by Yuvan, Premji, Tippu and that Jyotsna, that sensational female voice from Malayalam.

A song praising mother's affection and love -, Aariro… is a lullaby sung by Jesudas and is very similar to the Ilayaraja classic song-"Ammave…." sung by Rajnikanth in Mannan. Says Poonam of Star Music who are marketing the audio: "We never expected Raam audio to be such a big hit before its release. It is doing better than Tirupachi and Ji audio albums, which speaks volumes about Yuvan's music".