Ajith fans on rampage!

Source: MovieBuzz       12/02/05

Fans of Ajith Kumar are creating havoc in theatres screening Ji as they dance, burst crackers, litter the hall with waste paper and do camphor pooja on the screen!

At Chennai’s up market Sathyam Cineplex, on the opening day the security people were finding it difficult to control the fans who came in large numbers, and they went berserk. In Dindigul Aarthy and Siva, twin theatres screening Ji, crazy fans burst crackers that had the family audience in a state of fear. A fight also resulted between the theatre staff and the fans creating a "law and order problem".

15 people were arrested by the police for creating ruckus and three of them Prabhu, Xavier and Ramesh- all members of Ajith fans association were hospitalized with minor injuries. At Coimbatore's Archana, fans conducted Paal Abhishekam on cut-outs of the actor and distributed Payasam .

Only Ji movie for Valentine day show!

Source: MovieBuzz       13/02/05

Tamil film industry has missed out on the Valentine day weekend box-office. There was not even a single film in the romance genre that made it to the theatres except Ji which is an action film. Last year's big Valentine winner was Cheran's Autograph which was a blockbuster and there was also Bharathiraja's Kankalal Kaidhi Sei, a love story.
What happened to all the romantic films which threatened to release for Valentine weekend? Films like Karka Kasandra, Kitcha Vayasu 16, Raam and Mayaavi were scheduled for release but not even one candy floss love story could cash in on the Valentine phenomenon.

The Valentine weekend when romantic films are released was created only recently by the Tamil film industry to cash on the Kathalar Dhinam brand. It has been proved that romantic films released during this time of the year can take a decent opening if they are marketed well.

The media, both print and cable has now coined special Valentine day editions and done special programmes to get the advertisements.
According to a recent survey done by a leading newspaper, to a question on how the youngsters celebrate the Valentine day? 38 percent of the generation next said they would "go for a movie"! It is a pity that the Tamil film producers did not cash in on the trend.

But Chennai's Satyam Cineplex, the up market theatre complex is celebrating the day in a unique way. Sathyam Cinemas is celebrating Valentine Day on Feb13 and 14th with an interesting line up of special films, live music performances by two popular bands, a carnival, a flower boutique, caricature artists, Chocolate stalls, games, and a graffiti board where you can express your views. So those romantic people out there can head to Satyam cinemas and enjoy.