London Critics Award was given to A R Rahman for best music composer for the film “Slumdog Millionaire”. The film is based on Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup’s novel “Q&A”. Set in Mumbai, the film revolves around a slum kid who wins a jackpot on a quiz show called “Kaun Banega Crorepati”. “Slumdog Millionaire” received critical acclaim post its limited release Nov 12. Also, it wowed audiences at the Toronto International Film Festival as well as the Telluride Film Festival. The US’ National Board of Review has named Slumdog Millionaire the best film of 2008, while the film bagged the ‘Best British Independent Film’ prize at the British Independent Film Awards.

Rahman also received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score and two Critics Choice nominations – Best Score and Best Song for Jai Ho. This film has featured in Time magazine’s top 10 movies list of the year. Speaking about this award A R Rahman said,” “I have worked with different people. Most Westerners are generally reserved. But Boyle was different – like a friend, very helpful. It was like working for Mani Ratnam, Rakeysh (Omprakash Mehra). He was very excited about India. He loved India. He loved Mumbai. He loved everything,”

Today has been a great day for all media channels are they are continually flashing the audio launch of movies. Vijay starrer Villu had its audio launched today morning in simplicity while it was a contrastive scenario for ‘Kulir 100′. Director Gowtham Menon launched the audio while ace editor Lenin received first copy. Debutant BOBO Sasi, son of ace music director Murali (Famously known as duo combo Sabesh-Murali) scores music. The complete album comprises of rap based hip-hops. Sasi has been a part of a famous hip-hop band ‘Thug Laws’ in Malaysia. ‘Hip Hop Hurray’ and ‘Manasellam’ of Kulir 100 are already great hits.

Kulir 100’s producer-director is Anitha Udheep, shot to fame her active part in international projects like Shrek and Taken, a sci-fi series produced by Steven Spielberg’s company DreamWorks. Kulir 100 has new faces in lead role with stunning cinematography by L.K. Vijay. The film is about young lads and missies enjoying their school days…

South India Film Cinematographers Association general election for the term of 2008-10 was held yesterday on 14th December, Sunday at Benz Park Hotel in T. Nagar… General Secretary M.A. Rama Durai, South Indian Art Directors Association T. Rajendran and Treasurer of PEPSI actively presided over the elections and organized it…

The results are as follows

President – B.N. Sundaram
Vice-President – Robert Aasirvaadham, K. Nithyanandam.
Secretary – G. Siva
Treasurer – K.S. Selvaraj

Committee Members – K.B. Ahmad, Pelasia Fatima, M. George Fernandez, M.V. Paneer Selvam, B.S. Selvam, A.K. Niranjan, U.K. Senthil Kumar, A.C.K. Rajan, Ragu, T. Sri and A. Venkat…

The most expected tunes of Vijay starrer Villu are finally out in stores today morning. It wasn’t a grand occasion where who’s who made their presence. With Prabhu Deva’s son passing away, producers should’ve felt it’s not right time to celebrate. The audio was launched at Hello FM where Arun Pandian of Ayngaran Films and Music Director launched the audio… Actress Rohini has penned lyrics the re-tuned song of Telugu song ‘Jalsa’ from Pawan Kalyan’s Jalsa.

The song was aired at Hello FM in all the stations across other districts Tirunalveli, Trichy, Pondicherry, Chennai and others…

Actress Kushboo is an ardent fan of Actor Vijay as everyone knows and she never misses an opportunity to step out from his offer. Well, this has brought both Kushboo and Vijay for a song in Villu. Yup! the title song ‘Villu Villu’ has Kushboo and Vijay shaking their legs so fast for the Kuthu number. Earlier, Prabhu Deva, director of the film had plans to rope in Actress Divya Spandana dancing along with Vijay. However, the actress has shot to high fame with her recent venture ‘Vaaranam Aayiram’ pairing up with Surya.

Vijay and Prabhu Deva were quite disappointed with the actress’s gesture and later Kushboo voluntarily accepted for the offer. Speaking about the song, Music Director Devi Sri Prasad has said it will be grand fiesta for Vijay’s fans for the feet tapping beats…

Movie-lovers are in for a big treat this weekend as a host of movies are getting released. Watch out for some big ventures gracing theatres this Friday.

Director – producer Sakthi Chidambaram has axed actress Samiksha from his Rajathi Raja. Directed by Sakthi Chidambaram, the movie features Ragava Larencce in the lead role.

It was an event to remember for many who were associated with the music album launch of Anita Udeeps maiden Tamil film Kulir 100°.

Yesteryear actress Radha made her debut in Alaigal Oiyvathillai along with Karthik. The film went on to become such a big hit that both the actors literally became stars overnight. Radha was a sought after actress all through the eighties and costarred along with Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Prabhu, Sathyaraj, Vijaykanth and many more.

Khaja Moideen is producing a film on a lavish scale for Sun Pictures. The film has been titled Aaravaaram and stars Raghava Lawrence in the lead role. It is directed by Vijayavaanan, a former assistant of Perarasu.

Chennais very own international film festival is slated to happen from the 17th to the 26th of this month. The festival is organized by the Indo Cine Appreciation Forum (ICAF) in association with the governments of Tamilnadu and India, NFDC, NFAI and various foreign embassies and consulates.