Name : Iwasa Mayuko ( Miri Hanai )
Born : October 15, 1984 - Tokyo, Japan
Occu : Model - Japanese gravure idol
Actress Ranjitha, who had been in the news for all the wrong reasons, has once again hit the headlines after she said that she would write tell-all book on her scandalous sex tape with Swami Paramahamsa Nithyananda. It is said that the actress has planned to write two books on her personal life and a fictional story.
Buzz up!The scandal-hit actress has recently confessed to a Tamil daily that she is writing a book on how to handle scandals and contoversies. The book is titled 'How to Survive a Scandal'. It is inspired by her recent personal grief, where she was linked with Swami Nithyananda in a sex scandal.
Ranjitha says that media has portrayed her in a poor taste and last six months have been turbulent times of her life. She feels that the book will help the people to deal with personal problems. She also thanked her family for continuous support to her. The second book will be a fictonal one which will give a message to younger generation.
Currentlty, she is in talks with publishers and 'How to Survive a Scandal' will hit the stands first.
AR Murgadoss, the Ghajini director has started work on his new Suriya film Ezham Arivu , in and around Chennai.
The film has Suriya and Sruthi Hassan in the lead and has music by Harris Jayaraj and is produced by Red Giants.
Suriya has new look for the film. The star has styled his hair and colored it light brown.
Ace cameraman Ravi K Chandran using Jimmy Jip shot a very interesting scene near the Adyar flyover. Suriya comes to Aavin Milk Parlour situated near the flyover riding a horse with Sruthi on the backside and buys her an ice cream from the parlour!
Ezham Arivu is a big budget action packed extravaganza and most of the shoot of the film will take place in Chennai. It will be Suriya’s big 2010 summer release.
Brothers Selvaraghavan and Dhanush astonished Kollywood audiences with Thulluvatho Ilamai, touched their hearts with Kadhal Konden, and enthralled them with Pudhupettai.
Now they are ready to tell them the tale of a couple through Idhu Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam (also spelt as Idhu Malai Nerattu Mayakkam), whose filming reportedly resumed today.
The film’s tagline is: 'He is not perfect. She has a past. Perfect wedding?' All this indicates that this film will deal with marital relationships. For the first time, Dhanush pairs up with Andrea in this film produced by Dhanush's father Kasthuri Raja. G.V. Prakash is the music director. Ramji (of Raam fame) is the cinematographer. Kola Bhaskar is the editor.
Producers Dayanidhi Alagiri and Vivek Rathinavel have obtained Karthi’s Naan Mahan Alla. The film has Kajal Agarwal playing Karthi’s love-interest and Yuvan Shankar Raja has scored the music.
In a recent press release, Dayanidhi Alagiri and Vivek Rathinavel are quoted as saying, “We are happy to be associated with this prestigious project produced by Studio Green. We love working with Karthi and it was a good experience in Paiya too. We appreciate his selection of projects and we are confident that this film will become a bigger hit than Paiya.”
Around 600 pirated DVDs of latest movies including Raavanan and Singam were seized during raids at various places in Chennai recently.
Around 15 persons involved in the racket were arrested and 12 cases registered against them under the Copyright Act. Earlier Suhasini Mani Ratnam lodged a complaint with the city police commissioner demanding action against those who were manufacturing and selling pirated DVDs of Raavanan, directed by her husband Mani Ratnam.
Simbu's next project Poda Podi is getting bigger day by day. Well known artist Ute Bergk (assistant art director of Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and V for Vendetta) has been roped in as the art director for the film recently.
Ute Bergk is a well know film set designer based in London. She has gained extensive experience in working on films and TV since 1995.
And the surprise doesn't stop there! Debutant director Vikki alias Vignesh Shiva is busy conducting auditions in London to select the rest of the cast. A 50 member crew will be flying to London in the first week of July to start its first shooting schedule. Poda Podi, starring Silambarasan and star kid Varalaxmi, is produced by Gemini and Padam Kumar. As the title suggests, the film is an energetic rom-com.