Allu Arjun at Women's Collage

The young and stylish hero Allu Arjun is a regular at parties in the city. He is also seen regularly at the top watering holes in the city.Allu Arjun was the chief guest at the anniversary bash of a women’s college in Hyderabad. Dressed in a natty black coat and trousers he spent time with the girls joking and dancing.Allu Arjun later said that college was the best time in the life of an individual and is the most memorable time. Every student should make maximum use of his college life as this period will come only once in the life of an individual.-(Chitramala)

Anushka returns to kollywood

Hot Telugu actress Anushka is returning to Tamil with a bang. She is going to act opposite Karthi of Paruthi Veeran fame in Chiruthai.

Chiruthai will be the remake of the Telugu hit Vikramarkudu. Anushka had earlier played the heroine in the Telugu version too. VV Kathir who directed the recent hit Thenavettu will direct the film. Studio Green, the production company owned by Actor Sivakumar's nephew will produce the film.
Anushka had made her debut in Sundar C's hit film Rendu. But the film had failed to fetch her good offers in Tamil.
In the mean time she got comfortably settled in Telugu and completed her innings successfully. Now she has shifted her focus to Tamil.

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entertainment.oneindia.in

Villu intro fight scene leaked on the net!

Ilayathalapathy Vijay's introductory comic fight scene in Villu has been leaked on the net.
A free video site has the nearly 10-minute fight scene picturised in a 'dhobi ghat' and an inside an ice factory.
The scene has Vijay with florescent coloured saris all over him, jumping from height, flying in the air and pouncing on the villains.
Ladies who are watching him jump, say “Is it Spiderman or Superman? From this scene, the focus shifts inside an ice factory where our hero single-handedly handles half a dozen thugs.
The scene looked partially edited with only Vijay's and Nayanthara appearing towards the end, voice to be dubbed. Ayngaran International the producers of the film will be taking legal action against the culprits who have leaked it on the net.

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sify.com

'Guru En Aalu' from Christmas

Will this December be a special one for Madhavan? The actor, who has not had a release for some time, is eagerly awaiting the release of 'Guru En Aalu' later this month.
The movie, a remake of the Bollywood hit 'Yes Boss' was supposed to hit the screens during Deepavali. However it backed out at the last moment. Now producer KRG has confirmed that 'Guru En Aalu' will have a Christmas release.
A comical entertainer, the movie features Mamta Mohandas, Vivek and Abbas in the lead roles besides Madhavan. 'Comedy films are a rarity here and hopefully 'Guru En Aalu' will rock. We waited for the right moment to release the film', says the producer.

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indiaglitz.com

Prabhudeva's little son passes away!

Noted choreographer and leading director Prabhudeva's 13 year old son Vishal passed away today morning at his house in Chennai. It has plunged the Deva household into grief.
Vishal was fighting a losing battle with cancer from a young age. Prabhudeva was constantly by the side of his son, in his last days. In fact the little boy was given the best medical care available in the world.
All his friends in the industry including the Villu team of Vijay, Prakash Raj, Nayanthara and others are now at Prabhudeva's house in Alwarpet paying their condolences.

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sify.com

Trisha 'n Nayantara: The 'Booze' Queens

Trisha and Nayantara are the new sensational 'booze queens', if they maybe addressed so! They truly deserve this rare accolade, for their outlandish achievements over the past couple of days. Not much time has elapsed since we heard the shocking news that our coy and beautiful South Indian heroines have their say when it comes to savouring the liquor of their choice. They who, epitomize the ideal heroines on screen rocked our innocent dreams. Many were forced to wake up from their sweet dreams and even chide themselves for having worshipped them as their ideals and idols. If our dreams were shattered then how do we reckon with the thought that our dainty damsels wrecked havoc, fighting between themselves outdoing cats and dogs.

Trisha is infamous for her inability to keep check of the pegs she gulps in. Well that is solely her personal affair, even if she be our chosen star. Privacy is to be respected. But how do we digest with the fact that the lady in question, our Trisha was slapped in public. It so happened that during one of her night outs to a club, she was completely overpowered by the vodka shots she gulped in a go. The demon in her woke up and she hurled a torrent of abuses sparing neither the staff nor the guests. Even many big shots from the Tamil and Telugu film fraternity were hardly spared. However the real drama ensued when she accidently overstepped a woman and received a sound slap as the return gift. The woman happened to be the wife of a senior police officer and she knew her duty well! The slap still resounds in Trisha's ears, but who cares!
There are some who have a deaf ear and must say Trisha is definitely one of them. She would not just learn from her experiences. Why should she, when success has put her right on the pinnacle. Intoxicating success has drowned many in the past. But how do we justify for those sensible enough to realize their mistakes, but unwilling to rectify them?

Vishal, the unlucky hero of Sathyam was the scapegoat, when during a night party, our sensuously dressed Trisha blew away all notions of what is socially acceptable. Under the influence of the spirits and spirited as she was, Vishal was doomed to be at the receiving end. Vishal who had plans to cast Shreya in his next venture was threatened and abused by Trisha and had to give in. However the actor has not made any official announcements till date. With the entry of none other than Nayantara, the hero was caught between the devil and deep sea. What ensued then was a deadly battle of words, discarding decency whatsoever.

Love never dies and first love will remain forever. No wonder that Nayantara who caught a glimpse of Simbu on TV mounted up the table and planted many hot kisses on the insensate idiot box. Hope Simbu received the kisses and has made plans to get back to his lady love, who is out to ruin her life. Soon the battlefield cleared and Vishal the Gentleman had to drag the ladies into his car.

It is time our movie makers decided to switch roles and give women their due. Who knows they may be far better performers than their male counterparts when it comes to essaying drunkard roles. Truly Trisha would have no contenders. All you heroes watch out...

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entertainment.oneindia.in

Ayesha Takia postpones marriage in the wake of attacks

In the wake of the 26/11 terrorist attacks, Ayesha Takia's wedding to restaurateur Farhan Azmi has been called off.The shaadi was to take place on December 25. It now has been postponed to mid-2009. But a date has not been finalised as yet.

Ayesha is currently in Greece shooting a song for Boney Kapoor's Wanted. The groom-to-be confirms, "When Ayesha heard the news of the attacks, she broke down. Dad (SP party leader Abu Azmi), was in a hospital recuperating from an operation; he too started crying when he heard about the terrorist attacks. None of us are in the mood for any celebrations this year. Our mood is too grim and somber. There can be no wedding celebrations as of now maybe mid-2009 and that too it will be a small and private affair."Farhan adds, "We are all shaken up by what happened. I saw it happening next door, as Nariman House is seven buildings away from our home and very close to the Taj and Oberoi hotels. When the Oberoi was sealed, many guests came from there to Koyla and Cafe Basilico (both owned by Farhan). None wanted to stay, so I took them home. On the first night from Koyla, which is 500m away from the Taj, we could see the fire burning on the sixth floor and hear women and children screaming to be let out 'please help us'… It still gives me goose bumps to even think about it."

Ayesha, meanwhile, is busy completing her last three projects Ahmed Khan's Pathshaala, Nagesh Kukunoor's Tasveer and Boney Kapoor's Wanted Dead or Alive. She had earlier informed her producers that she won't shoot in December, as she was planning to quit acting after tying the knot.

Akshay says to India: Everything's gonna B alright!

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More than a month ago, we had broken the news that Akshay Kumar is lending his voice for an animation film, JUMBO, produced by the Percept Picture Company, for a sum of nine crores. We had further informed that Akshay Kumar will also participate in the picturisation of two promotional videos. Well, the good news is that one of the two promotional songs has been aired on all leading music channels on Sunday and is simply awesome. Featuring our very own 'Khiladi' Kumar the composition is by Ram Sampat. After a superb effort in KHAKEE this will be Ram Sampat's next film with Akshay Kumar. Sampat lately has been more in the news for his infamous fight with music director Rakesh Roshan over the alleged plagiarism of the KRAZZY 4 title track. The promotional music video is quite in sync with times. The song is superb as the lyrics convey a message that is just befitting the situation of our country. It urges the nation to stand united against all odds and have faith. The song goes like this– Sending a message to my people, Jab Tak Dil Mein Hai Faith, This World Is A Lovely Place, Dil Mein Rakhna Tu Fight, Everything Is Gonna B Alright, Jab Tak Hum Side By Side, Everything Is Gonna B Alright. A lovely message indeed! One must commend the makers for choosing the most appropriate number during the present scenario in our country post the dastardly terror attack on Mumbai. And we are sure that everyone will welcome it with open arms. While on JUMBO, the release date has now been shifted to Christmas and it appears that Aamir Khan and Akshay Kumar ( this time as just a voice!) will slug it out once again after the WELCOME and TAARE ZAMEEN PAR clash last Christmas.

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glamsham.com

Kareena Kapoor endorses Kurkure Desi Beats

while ago, we had informed you of PepsiCo India Holdings having appointed Kareena Kapoor as their new brand ambassador for its snack food products. However, it was unclear as to which sub-brand she would be promoting. Now finally the cat's out of the bag!Kareena has been brought onboard as the new face for PepsiCo Snack Foods, particularly for its famous product Kurkure. However, Juhi Chawla who has been associated with the brand Kurkure for nearly five years will continue to be the face of the brand. Juhi and Kareena would together look at endorsing the entire portfolio, though the details haven't been chalked out. Kareena, being the face of the young, Gen-Next India has been roped in to promote 'Kurkure Desi Beats'. In fact the TVC has Kareena playing a character similar to popular story book character 'Cinderella'. She is shown as the maid of the house, while her stepsisters have all the fun. The 'desi' twist in the story is when singer Ila Arun comes to the rescue as her godmother. She offers Kareena a packet of 'Kurkure Desi Beats' to spice up her life. The Englishmen and her stepsisters are having a boring dance, when 'desi' girl Kareena arrives in Indian attire and adds the much needed spark to the party. The ad film ends with the tagline - 'No Fun, Without Desipann'.One will have to wait and watch if Kareena is able to bring in her charisma to keep Brand Kurkure rocking.

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bollywoodhungama.com

Kangana sexy poses for Levis Jeans Ad

Kangana Ranaut did a photoshoot for the “Stuck on you” promo line of Levis Jeans advertisement. Kangana in a bikini top is stuck to a shirtless model atop some objects at a

construction site. Kangana with her pleasant smile heats up the new Levis advertisement.

Kangana has never said no to exposing herself, but that too has a limit bacause her exposure never looks vulgar. And this time she has done same for Levis where Kangana seems to be spiced up. Kangana last movie was Fashion where she acted as a model/showstopper, which was appreciated by the audiences. She gave an excellent energetic permormance in the movie.

Instead of Vikram - Ameer!

When Ameer and Seeman were locked up in jail over the Sri Lankan Tamil protest issue, they talked about a great deal of things. And one of the things they discussed is making a movie about the Sri Lankan Tamil issue. Sources tell us that Ameer has already written a script and had been considering Vikram to play the lead. But, say our sources, since Vikram is
very busy with several projects, Ameer himself has decided to play the role!

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behindwoods.com

Parvathy, the rising star from Malayalam

Parvathy, the cute Malayalee girl has made her debut in Tamil through Sasi's Poo produced by Moser Baer.
Parvathy plays the character of Mari (Mariyammal) in Poo and the viewers seem to have hailed her as she has virtually given life to the image of the 'Nellai Seemai Ponnu'! Her facial expressions are fabulous and no one could have expected such superb performance from a new comer like Parvathy.
Parvathy has worked as an anchor for Kiran TV and has also worked in a few Malayalam and Kannada movies.
After the Press show of Poo, the actress spoke to our correspondent at Four Frames, Chennai.
'I must really thank the Tamil viewers for accepting me solely for my merits. Really I appreciate and bow my head to their taste. Once again they have proved that performance is the only parameter to enter the industry in the proper way.
Sasi is really a fantastic director and he has worked hard to bring out my best performance in this film. The full credit goes to him only..." Parvathy says in a relaxed mood.
According to the actress, she is not in a hurry to grab any new offers. "I'm carefully watching the trend and hearing stories of various genres. I would like to accept films only on the basis of good scripts. Salary is not a constraint
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entertainment.oneindia.in

Asin- The brand ambassador for Tata Sky

Asin was on a house boat in Punnamada Lake in Alapuzha, one of the top holiday destinations in Kerala, where the annual Nehru Trophy boat race happens.
The cherubic actress was not holidaying there but instead shooting an ad for Tanishq for which she is the brand ambassador (see pic).
For Asin, it was a sort of home coming as she was continuously shooting in various parts of the globe for the last one year. The lush green areas surrounded by paddy fields and stretches of coconut palm groves was indeed a welcome change for the actress who got a chance to be away from the hustle bustle of city life.

Asin stayed in Alapuzha for two days before she is flying back to Mumbai via Chennai to attend another press meet arranged by Cavin Kare. And the big news is that she has signed her eighth endorsement deal with Tata Sky DTH for which she will be shooting an ad commercial with Aamir Khan.
The buzz is that Asin has been signed up by Tata Sky for a record endorsement deal as they want to cash in on the hype and hoopla around the Ghajini pair coinciding with the release of the film on December 25.
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sify.com

No films in Mumbai theatres, Bollywood suspends work

Mumbai, The Maharashtra government Thursday ordered cinema managements to suspend screening of films under further orders as the film industry ground to a halt following the terror strike in the city that has left at least 101 people dead.
The Maharashtra government has issued an order directing managements of both single screen theatres and multiplexes to suspend the screening of movies until further orders as a security measure."We have decided to close the industry for a day as a mark of tribute to those innocent people who died due to indiscriminate firings by the terrorists and to the police officers and constables who fell to their bullets during the shootout. We condemn the heinous act," a joint statement issued by all the associations of the film industry ...
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'Big Boss' Participants escape from terror bomb blasts

It was a moment that led everyone's dreaded everyone with extreme fear yesterday night at Santacruz Five Star Hotel, Mumbai. Participant of Big Boss Zulfi Syed had hosted a high lavish party where Rahul Mahajan, Raja Choudary, Rakhi Vijan and media channels were present for the occasion. But everyone where shook with terror as they heard the continuous blasts.
"It was devastating. As we entered the hotel, we heard the news of blasts in South Mumbai and were wondering about the scale of damage, when we were shocked to hear a loud blast from somewhere nearby the hotel. It shook everyone up," said publicist Dale Bhagwagar who had coordinated the media for the event.
It came to be known that a taxi had exploded just two buildings away from the hotel, on the Western Express Highway and nearby the domestic airport. "It was a very sad and grim experience," said Zulfi. "I wish the world can learn to live in harmony," he added with a sigh.
Some of the television media rushed out of the hotel to cover the blast, while others, including guests, were too shaken to leave. "Luckily, the hotel's staff and security were extremely sharp and alert to the situation, and handled it with care and reassurances to all the guests, avoiding any panic situation," added Bhagwagar.
Zulfi too requested everyone to stay back in the hotel premises till things calmed down a bit. Most of the guests adhered to his advice and finally left in the wee hours of the morning
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indiaglitz.com

Ankita is extra glamorous now

Well, all you Ankita fans out there who are awaiting her upcoming Tsunami 7X will be pleased to know that she has become even more glamorous now! Judging by the Tsunami 7X crew’s reactions, it looks like she set the shooting spot on fire with her “red-hot” glamour show! Now, the industry feels that the girl – who became most-sought after following her performances in Simhadri and Lahiri Lahiri Lo, but later fell to the position of an item dancer – will definitely regain her old fame after Tsunami 7X releases.
Tsunami 7X, which also stars Raghu Babu, Krishna Bhagavan and Sunitha, is about small misunderstandings between family members which snowball into a big family feud due to circumstances.
With Tsunami 7X awaiting release, she has already begun to get offers for other films but Ankita is showing great patience as she does not want to jeopardize her career which seems to have gotten a second lease of life. Not just Tollywood, she has also been getting offers from Kollywood where she made her debut (in London opposite Prashanth) ever since the news of her glamour spread.
Tsunami 7X, directed by M.A. Chowdary, is produced by G. Madhukar and Srinivas Babu under V International banner. Just the name tsunami sends shivers down the spine of many but for Ankita it is bringing some luck!
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'Mental Krishna' to hit screen in Nov

Posani Krishnamurali is playing the title role in 'Mental Krishna' directed by himself, with Satyakrishna playing the heroine. Presently the film is getting the final touches. Mohan Vadlapatla is producing the movie on the banner of Mohan Media Creations.Producer says, 'Presently DTS mixing works are in progress and we are making efforts to release the film during this month itself. Director Posani brought out the film in an interesting manner by elevating a social problem. He gave an excellent performance in the title role. He would also appear in a lady get-up as per the demand of the story. His character will have three different shades. There was a wrong notion that a woman is the property of a man and she should not move out of the house. Our film made efforts to question this wrong notion.'Nagababu, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Brahmanandam, Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam, MS Narayana and others are in the cast. Cinematography is by Gadiraju Srinivas, music is by Vandemataram Srinivas, while story, screenplay, dialogues, direction are by Posani Krishnamurali.

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2dmovie.com

Heroine dances nude with her friends-MMS clip!

A nude MMS Clip of a heroine dancing with her friends is floating through mobiles in Chennai. Mallika Kapoor, heroine who acted in Telugu films State Rowdy with Sivaji, Allare Allari etc. is the one in this clip.This MMS clip shows Mallika sitting on a sofa watching her friends dancing in a party removing clothes one by one. Finally, she too becomes excited and joins the party by peeling of her dress and smoking a cigarette after becoming nude. It is still not known whether it is a morphed Mallika or the real one.

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tollywood7.com

Panambilly Puraskaram for Mohanlal

The prestigious Panambilly Prathibha Puraskaram, instituted by Samskara Sahithi, a cultural wing of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), will be presented to Malayalam superstar Mohanlal on 26th November by Union Defense Minister A.K. Antony in a function to be held at the Karthika Thirunal Theatre, Thiruvananthapuram.Mohanlal was selected for his overall contribution to Malayalam cinema over the years. Announcing the award, state Congress president Ramesh Chennithala said that Mohanlal was selected by a three member jury headed by George Onakkur. The award consists of 50,000 rupees. a citation and a memento designed by Prof. Naryanapillai. Poet Sugathakumari was the first winner of the award.
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entertainment.oneindia.in

Ellam Avan Seyal: A Malayalam remake

Shaji Kailas, one of the leading directors in Malayalam is making his next Tamil film Ellam Avan Seyal.
RK an NRI industrialist is making his debut as hero through this movie. RK is not a new entrant in the film industry. He has already appeared in Thoondil, directed by Athiyaman. RK is also playing the lead role in Sangili Murugan's Azhagar Malai.
Ellam Avan Seyal is a remake of Shaji's own Malayalam film Chintamani Kola Case, which was a super hit last year.
It is about a vigilant lawyer who solves the murder mystery of a poor college girl in the hostel, where she is ragged by nine rich girls. She is a newcomer in the college. According to the hero, the story is just similar to the recent issue of law college violence.

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entertainment.oneindia.in

Mohanlal and Jayaram to share the screen

Mohanlal will again team up with Jayaram, again in the new movie directed by Blessy. These two big actors of Mollywood have earlier come together for films like 'Advaitham' which came out 18 years ago.
Recently they were also seen together in the AMMA's multi starrer 'Twenty: 20’ which featured all the stars from Mollywood.
Blessy’s yet to be titled new movie will be produced by Raju Malyath. The exact shoot dates of the movie is yet to be finalized as the director has got some personal reasons to delay the shoot of the movie.
Last time when Mohanlal and Blessy came together was for 'Thanmathra' which fetched accolades including the state awards for the best actor.

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indiaglitz.com

Surya buys Audi Q7

Surya, to celebrate the success of his Vaaranam Aayiram, purchased an Ice Silver colored spanking new Audi Q7, before he left on his US vacation.
The Audi Q7 is a full-size luxury sport utility vehicle (SUV) produced by German automaker Audi and was unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show in January 2006.
The Q7 is a luxurious SUV that leaves its rivals far behind and equipped with highly enhanced features and state of the art technology. The Q7 costs approximately Rs 70 lakhs on Indian roads.
The buzz is that Surya has purchased the Audi Q7 on the recommendation of Gautham Menon, who was one of the first person to drive around in a black Audi- A4 car. Surya's Q7 has been picked from the Bangalore showroom of Audi, as it has a Karnataka registration.
Meanwhile Surya's lucky heroine (Ghajani and Vel) Asin had informed us that she too has picked a brand new Phantom Black Audi Q7, which her dad brought her on her birthday in Mumbai.
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sify.com

Mani Ratnam's Ravana in trouble

Aishwarya Bachchan Abhishek Bachchan Vikram Prithviraj It seems that the global recession is now affecting the Tamil film industry as well
Mani Ratnam's big budget venture with Reliance Big Pictures, Ravana, a bi-lingual in Hindi and Tamil is now facing trouble due to the financial crisis.
According to sources, recently Reliance had sent a letter to Mani Ratnam to cut short the Rs.120 crore hefty budget of the film. In that letter, the corporate giant, which had struck deals with Hollywood studios, instructed Mani to reduce up to 50 percent of the production cost.
Reliance Big Pictures has told Mani that his film is not commercially viable as per the rate at which they had purchased the movie due to global meltdown and recession. Mani will now have to either look for a new producer or do some cost cutting if he has to continue with the film. This has come as a major setback to Mani who has been shooting his film on a lavish scale in the forests of Kerala.
The company has also postponed their other Tamil films like Cheran's Autograph - 2, Hari's Singam to be produced by Studio Green featuring Surya, and Fazil's new film with Prithviraj.
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entertainment.oneindia.in

Kangana Ranaut Gets New Nickname 'Catwalker'

Hot Kangana Ranaut is given new nickname as her co-star in Kites calls her Catwalker after the release of Fashion in which she play the role of fashion model. According to news, Hot hunk Hirthik Roshan has given luscious babe Kangana Ranaut a nickname, after seeing her walking the ramp in top flick Fashion. Guess what it is… Catwalker.
Hrithik, who is working alongside Kangana on movie Kites, says, “Kangana’s entry in Fashion with the catwalk was simply amazing. I was blown away and complimented her. I think she is so far the best model on the ramp. I have nicknamed her catwalker for such an electrifying walk. She has done complete justice to her character”.
In Kites, Hrithik plays a dance instructor and Kangana is one of his student. While international actress Barbara Mori is also play pivotal role in the flick. The movie is expected to release in the mid of next year.

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filmicafe.com

Now, Emraan Hashmi the ‘serial-artist’!

Emraan Hashmi, who stormed into B-town lip-first, has changed for two upcoming movies and has grabbed the painter’s brush. In his yet to be released thriller ‘Raaz - The Mystery Returns’, he plays a clairvoyant artist. In his next venture, Kunal Deshmukh’s untitled thriller (again!), he plays a brush-wielding visionary all over again. Set in flood-hit Mumbai of 2005, the film has a more serious take on humanity than his previous sensual flicks.With a kissing-streak in his career, this new brush-toting penchant is hinting at an image makeover from the hip to the solemn - in fact, from the physically inclined to the intellectually inclined. Earlier Emraan, was reported to have declared he had had enough of paints and brushes after the shooting of ‘Raaz…’ The new role came as a surprise but Emraan welcomed the good script with alacrity.The painting role has stuck to him with such vengeance now that he has started dabbling in colours in his spare time, too.“Emraan has now become more serious about art and whenever he has time off from shoots, he practises his brush strokes,” a close friend of the actor remarked.

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bollywoodz.net

Aamirs new lean look in 3 Idiots

Aamirs new look Ghajini look is creating news.It has Aamir flaunting his six packs but it is said that in his next release that is Raj Kumar Hirani’s Three Idiots he is going to remain covered throughout the film and will have a lean look.He has been working a lot for his look in Ghajini but knowing Aamir he wouldnt do injustice to his role in Three Idiots too ,where he is said to be playing a softer role that of a college student.
According to sources he plays a adventurous and a handsome guy who happens to love his friends more than his parents and as the role is not action packed he doesent need to flaunt his physique,and knowing Aamir he is of the kind who emphasises on his acting and dosent believe in showing of his body only because he has a mindblowing physique that he will want to show it off.
The director Raj Kumar Hirani has kept in mind Aamir and the knows what his character will look like in the film.It is said that a lot of changes are made in his character of Aamir than what it is in the book.Aamir will need to loose lots of weight and will have to walk with a hunched back.
As Raj Kumar Hirani is a perfectionist in his work and he has done wonders in his Munnabhai movies Aamir has decided not to interfere in his work.All he is doing is that he is only concentrating in his character and in his work and has full faith in Raju’s script and direction.
The shooting of the film will resume in December in Bangalore and thats where the largest part of the film will be shot.Kareena Kapoor is supposed to be playing the female lead in the film which is based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel Five Point Someone.The movie is to be released in 2009

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realbollywood.com

Saif to marry Kareena shortly

Though many times, Kareena and Saif’s marriage news circulated in air, Chotte Nawab at last spill the beams and satisfied the thirst of those who are longing to know when Bollywood’s most desirable couple will tie the knot. So this is for you all hungry guys. The breaking news is that Saif declared that he is going to get married to his sweetheart very soon.

"This relationship is 'IT' for me. Today I feel very settled and very happy, though a bit lonely. And when I've bad days, I feel I'm being ungrateful. I'm now looking forward to settling down with Kareena. Our marriage will happen very shortly as soon as we both have a little less work on hand and we can give the marriage quality time. Also, her family has to be ready for our marriage," he said.

The duo has been pending their marriage for long due to overwork but now they are destined to get married shortly. Saif shares a friendly relationship with Bebo’s parents, he tells, "We're very close. She has been really gracious in inviting me into her family. She's made sure I'm part of her family. I've also met Daboo uncle (Randhir) a few times, shared friendly drinks with him. As for Karisma, I think she's the sweetest girl ever in the world. I'm deeply fond of both Karisma and her husband Sanjay (Kapoor). They're truly wonderful people. Kareena's family has taken to me as warmly as my family has taken to her."

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bollywoodmantra.com

Bindu Madhavi in Puri Jagannath’s film

The actress (Bindu Madhavi) who impressed everybody in her debut film Avakaya Biryani has been signed on to play the lead role in the next film of producer-director Puri Jagannath.Puri will produce a film titled Kothulu (Monkeys) with his brother Sai Ram Shankar as hero. This film will go to floors in January 2009. The pre-production works are already in progress.At present, Puri is busy giving final touches to Neninthe starring Ravi Teja and debutant Siya.

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searchandhra.com

Jackie Shroff in a Tamil film

Noted Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff, who successfully cast magic spells in Bollywood playing versatile roles, is venturing to do a film in Tamil now.
The handsome actor will play the lead role in a movie titled 'Aranya Kandam', to be produced by Capital Film Works. Kumara Raja, who penned the script for 'Oram Po' and worked as associate to 'Rajeev Menon' and 'Pushkar – Ghayathri', is directing the film.
The movie has Sampath Raj and Ravikrishna playing prominent roles. Impressed with the storyline, Jackie readily agreed to do the film.
At a time when Tamil actresses and technicians are going to Bollywood, Kollywood is getting ready to welcome a prominent actor from Mumbai to play a lead role in a Kollywood film.

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indiaglitz.com

Ranjitha in the role of Vijay's mother

Ranjitha, the yesteryear heroine who was introduced by director Bharathiraja in Nadodi Thendral, is to play the role of Vijay's mother in the Prabhu Deva directed movie Villu.
Ranjitha, who made her debut in the early nineties (the same time when Vijay also started his career) has played heroine in many successful films including Sathyaraj's Amaithipadai.
After entering wedlock the actress switched over to small screens and acted in some serials including the successful one Roja. Now she is back to the big silver screen with a senior lady role.

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MN Nambiar Passes Away

Veteran actor M.N Nambiar (89), passed away yesterday (November 19) afternoon at his residence in Chennai. Nambiar was ailing for quite some time, and was hospitalized some days back.

Manjeri Narayanan Nambiar was the best known 'villain' in Tamil films who graduated to character roles. He became a legend during his life time mainly playing the villain in MGR films. He has done over 1000 films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi.
Reminiscences 'Film News' Anandan, the Kollywood historian and journalist: " Nambiar was the first villain actor in Tamil cinema to get claps, when he appeared on the screen. He was a very good actor as he had a theatre background. The MGR formula films were not complete without Nambiar as the villain. Though he played the villain, he was a perfect gentleman and a good human being and had no enemies"
Says noted director P.Vasu who grew up on MGR films: "Who can forget Nambiar? He was the epitome of villainy on screen. I remember films like Enga Veetu Pillai, Aayirathil Oruvan with MGR sir and Ambikapathy, Utama Puthran with Sivaji sir.
These were classics and Nambiar sir's role in these films was outstanding." In the later part of his career he has done a lot of sympathetic character roles in films like Bhagyaraj's Thooral Ninnu Pochu.
In real life Nambiar was an ardent devotee of Lord Ayappa of Sabarimala. He was a 'Guru Swamy' to a lot of superstar's who made a pilgrimage to Sabarimala, including superstar Rajinikanth and Amitabh Bachchan.
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Kiwi Connection: Celina Jaitley

Now this time Celina fly on the air because her stunning performance as Tamil Girl and her Tamil accent are very good in film Golmaal Returns. The second good news is that hot actress Celina was very gracing for the occasion of Red Carpet Premiere for her international film "LOVE HAS NO LANGUAGE". The pretty actress was floored by all the attention and warmth that she received In New Zealand.The movie is about a Kiwi Indian girl basically a second generation Indian girl born and brought up in New Zealand. Marina Roy (Celina Jaitley) is torn between the Indian values of old Indian traditions and the fact that she is actually a kiwi girl who has never been to India. A kiwi-Aussie boy of Maori (Ben Mitchell) origin falls in love with her and the story follows how she plans to avoid the marriage set up by her parents with an Indian boy.

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'Silambattam' to hit screens on December 12

Silambarasan's 'Silambattam' will hit the screens this December. The movie is highly anticipated by Simbu's fans and the good news for them is that the film has been completed and ready to hit the screens.

Starring Simbhu, newcomer Sana Khan and Sneha in pivotal roles, the movie is directed by debutant Saravanan and produced by Lakshmi Movie Makers.
Featuring Simbu as a Brahmin priest, who becomes an angry young man due to various incidents the movie has reportedly come good. Expectations are that it would open big.
Songs by Yuvanshankar are topping the charts already. The remix number 'Vachukava' is a craze among youth. Says Simbhu, 'the movie has enough elements to woo the masses. The story has many unexpected twists and is sure to click'.

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A new "Lal-Kamal combination"

’Ulaga Nayagan’ Kamal Hassan has always expressed his interest to work with Malayalam superstar Mohanlal. In 2000, he invited Mohanlal to play the role of a psychiatrist in his box-office winner Thenali, but Mohanlal politely declined the offer. Eventually, the role went to Malayalam actor Jayaram.

Again in 2006, there were reports that these acting legends might come together with Keertichakra II, a sequel of Keertichakra (2006) directed by Major Ravi. Unfortunately, it never came true! "Good things happen over time, great things happen all at once." Well, the fans will now lucky be enough to witness their much-awaited "Lal-Kamal combination" which will be one of the biggest unions in South Indian cinema.
The Malayalam superstar, who’s celebrating a high time at the Malayalam film industry box office with a continuous success of his recent releases Kurukshetra and multi-starrer Twenty:20, has agreed to don a role alongside Kamal Hassan in his upcoming venture Thalaivan Irukkiraan, to be produced by Gemini Films Circuit.
Reports said that Mohanlal met Kamal Hassan last week in Chennai and discussed the film, to be written and directed by Kamal Hassan himself. Mohanlal has in-principle agreed to do this an action-packed adventure film which will also feature Bollywood star Rishi Kapoor and Telugu action hero Venkatesh. According to initial information, the film will be shot in US and Switzerland. The music is by A.R. Rahman. More details will be known after a meeting to be convened in Chennai next week.
The new development came after Kamal Hassan’s much-talked about big budget venture Marmayogi was shelved due to lack of funds. Anyway, Thalaivan Irukkiraan will be a treat as two of the finest actors in contemporary Indian cinema will be coming together for the first time

Priyamani in Bikni !

National award winner Priyamani is moving towards commercial films and glamour roles. She is presently busy with the Telugu film Dhrona, starring alongside Nitin. There is a strong buzz in the industry that Priyamani will go bold in this film and don a bikini, considered a taboo in the Tamil industry until Nayanthara featured in it for Billa. Priyamani has another important and prestigious project in her kitty - Ravan. The lady is expected to join the Ravan team in January 2009.
Speaking of Ravan, Prithviraj, who plays an important role in the film, is now busy working out for a six-pack abs. Prithvi’s portion will also be shot from January onwards. Currently, the Ravan team is busy shooting the Hindi version in Kerala.

John Abraham & Abhishek Bachchan- Next red-hot couple!

Who is the hottest couple in tinsel town? After Karan Johar’s Dostana releases next month, it’s going to be Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham. The two hunks, according to the buzz from the film’s sets share such a terrific chemistry... John, of course, is the international gay’s fantasy. And Abhishek is fast getting there with his switchover from dark-and-brooding to naughty-and-mischievous.

John Abraham who misses his love ardently but interestingly that love is not Bipasha Basu but his close and dearest friend Abhishek Bachchan. Actually John and Abhi came closer during the shooting of Dhoom and their friendship further strengthens during the shooting of Dostana.

In the film they are playing a couple. "Abhishek is not a co-star or a colleague. He's a friend. I dote on him. I love him to death. We never compete. We complement each other in 'Dostana'. We share a great chemistry. Abhishek and I are a couple in the film", John told. After Dhoom, this is the second flick that the duo is doing together. They share an incredible rapport and quite happy to be together once more.

Commenting about Abhishek and John being the new couple in town Karan says, "I am very happy with their on-screen chemistry. In fact, Abhishek told me that John and he should win the Jodi No 1 award next year there's such fantastic bromance between them!

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Twenty: 20 create Box- Office history!

AMMA's Twenty:20, has created box-office history in Kerala!
From 120 screens, it has grossed a mind blowing Rs 7.54 crore in the first week (Nov 5 to 11).
No film in the history of motion pictures has grossed such an amount from Kerala in its opening week!
The distributors share of Rs 3.65 crore is the highest ever for a film in its first week.
In all stations. it has broken records, and the film is a uniform hit across the state whether it is Malabar or Travancore.
The best thing about T:20 is that the word-of-mouth is very positive and encouraging.
And once the family audience comes to the theatres the film is going to be a blockbuster of gargantuan proposition.

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Harris Jayaraj splits with Gautham!

In a shocking development, noted music composer Harris Jayaraj has announced his split with director Gautham Vasudev Menon!
Harris, through his PRO Nikhil Murugan has issued a statement saying that he is parting ways with Gautham.
Gautham and Harris debuted together in the 2001 romantic musical Minnale, which had outstanding music score. The pair established themselves as one of the most popular director-music director combination with foot tapping music in films like- Khakka Khakka, Vettayadu Vilayadu, Pachaikili Muthucharam and their latest Vaaranam Aayiram.
Now, Harris in his statement issued to the press says-" I have a very good respect for Mr. Gowtham Menon and in return he has reciprocated the same. But now, things have gone sour that it's better for us to part ways as good friends leaving behind some beautiful memories with a heavy heart. I have to take this decision on behalf of us. I know this might disappoint my fans, music lovers and well wishers in the industry. It's best for us to leave it at this, since I always believed that to create soul stirring music, the bond between a Music composer and the director is vital. Once it's lost, it is difficult to get back".
It could not have come at a worst time, on the day before the release of Vaaranam Aayiram! Harris told sify.com: " What will one do, if a marriage goes bad? You have to split! Anyway I wish him all the best." Harris said that he will not be attending today's (Nov 13) red carpet premiere of the film, as he has a recording!
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Wedding Bells for Juhi Parmar and Sachin Shroff

After a long hunt of four years Juhi Parmar finally found her Mr. Right and the man of her dreams in Sachin Shroff of ‘Sindoor’ and ‘Naaginn’ fame. Earlier it was reported that the much in love couple will tie the knot by early next year (2009). Now the date has been announced. It’s Feb.15, 2009 a day after Valentine’s Day. A very excited Juhi says, "I have always been dreaming of it, and now it is here, I am getting married to my beloved on Feb 15". The wedding will take place in her home town of Jaipur. Their engagement will be held on Valentine’s Day, just a day before marriage. The couple had first met around five years back for a pilot shoot of a show, but none of them ended up doing it. But they struck up a healthy friendship during the shoot. It was only a month back that they fell in love and came out in the open. Juhi is busy preparing these days. She says, "I am taking time out and have been taking note of every small thing which is related to my marriage. My parents have been sending me details of everything through mails." But there were plenty of reasons for not zeroing in on February 14. She jokes, "Sachin wanted the marriage to be on 14th Feb, so that he escapes with just one gift rather than giving two." While most TV actors prefer quiet or secret weddings, Juhi plans to have a grand and lavish marriage. She says, "I have always dreamt of it and now it is happening. I am really very excited." This sure is going to be one fairy tale wedding.

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realbollywood.com

Big release planned for ‘Ghajini’ starring Aamir Khan

Ghajini distributors, Studio 18, plan to play safe and rely on pre release hype to recover their investments in A.R. Murugadoss’ Ghajini. The film will be released on Christmas Day countrywide with 1200 prints, a record that surpasses the 1050 print release of Singh Is Kingg.
“‘Ghajini’ will be the biggest and widest release ever, breaking the record set by ‘Singh Is Kinng’, which was also distributed by us,” says Aman Gill, Director, Domestic Theatrical Distribution, Studio 18.
“With ‘Singh Is Kinng’, we set a precedent in the way the films are marketed and with ‘Ghajini’ we tend to go beyond that,” adds Priti Shahani, Sr. V.P., Marketing & Distribution, Studio 18,
It is likely, the Studio 18 move is motivated as much by their confidence in the film as the jitters from the prevailing economic downturn. What is for sure is they are not banking on word of mouth publicity.
Attempts by Sawf News to get additional information about the release were spurned by the film’s publicists - Spice PR. On an earlier occasion Spice PR’s amusingly ill tempered publicist Shilpa Handa told us, “Sawf News is not important to us. It has no standing!”

Preity Zinta next in Deepa Mahta

After Ritupono Ghosh's The Last Lyer now bollywood bubbly girl Preity Zinta working with talented director Deepa Mehta's upcoming project Heaven and Earth was screened at Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival in New York. In this film she plays as a woman who belonging immigrant family in Toronto. Domestic violence is the theme of the film. We also see Preity as a Punjabi girl in her new film Heroe's.
When we asked Deepa to choose Preity for her film Heaven and Earth she said "While penning script for Heaven and Earth, I remember I was there in England. As I met Preity Zinta we started discussing about many issues, but not about my film. Out of spark, I could just perceive that she has the ability to perform the role with extreme brightness".

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Bhagwan to be shot in 12 hours !

The pooja of Bhagwan, a film to be shot in 12 hours using about 10 cameras and five units, was held at Kochi on Thursday last week. To be produced by Vijesh Mani under the banner of Anaswara Cinemas, Bhagwan is based on the evil effects of terrorism.
During the pooja function, a cheque of Rs. one lakh was handed over by the hero Malayalam superstar Mohanlal on behalf of Anaswara Cinemas to the Inspector General of Police Winson M. Paul to be given to the family of police officer Mohan Chand Sharma, a Delhi Police officer who was killed during an encounter with terrorists at Jamia Nagar in Delhi on September 19.
Mohanlal is playing a gynaecologist in Bhagwan by debutant director Prasanth Mambulli will be completed in a single schedule at a hospital in Kunnamkulam, Trissur. Bhagwan presents five lyricists and five debutant music directors. Tamil actors Prakashraj and Nasser will appear in meaty roles in the film which is expected to be released on January 26.
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Queen of Yesteryears, Sumalatha is back

Sumalatha, one of the most popular actresses from the mid eighties to the nineties, suddenly disappeared from films after she got married to politician turned Kannada superstar Ambareesh in 1991. Debuting in films at age 15 after winning a beauty contest in Andhra Pradesh, she had acted in almost all types of roles from character to high action movies like Thoovanathumpikal, Thaazhvaram, Newdelhi, Izabella and Ee Thanutha Veluppan Kalathu.
With a stunning capability to handle six different languages, Sumalatha literally ruled Southern films of her generation. Now, she is all set to make her comeback into Malayalam with the upcoming Prithviraj movie Calendar to be directed by debutant Mahesh. In this film, Sumalatha will appear as a character named Thankom George, a widowed professor who lives for her only daughter Kochu Rani. Planned as a hilarious comedy, the movie will have Prithviraj in the lead as Sojashan Olikkara, who brings a dramatic twist in the lives of mother and daughter. Navya Nair is the heroine.
Other cast members include Mukesh, Jagadeesh, Jagathy Sreekumar, Vijayaraghavan, Mallika Sukumaran and Sooraj Venjaranmoodu. Babu Janardhanan pens the script for Calender, which has already started shooting at Kottayam last week. Calendar will be Prithviraj's Vishu release.

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Vijay with his political moves

Actor Vijay launched his party flag before couple of months on his birthday and preferably, it was a smart move by his dad S.A. Chandrasekhar on political terms. Later, he took up the hunger protest for genocide killings in Sri Lanka as a token of expressing monopoly over his fans. Yup! The actor requested his fans to post telegrams to the office of governor as a single person. If you believe, according to the sources it has been revealed that around and above 50,000 telegraphs has reached the Governor's office. Now to up the back on the Sri Lankan issue the star and his fans are conducting a one-day fast and protest at the Chepauk Guest House in Government Estate in Chennai on November 16. Let's see how the stars keep striding with their own political parties. Already there have been many leading actors floating various political parties and let's see who's gonna top-the-chart….

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Sanjay Dutt in Arasangam remake

Earlier, we had reported that Arasangam (which starred Vijaykanth and Sheryl Pinto in the lead) will soon be remade in Hindi. Now, it is said that shooting for this remake will start in the beginning of 2009 with Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt reprising Vijakanth's role. Arasangam did quite good business throughout Tamil Nadu. Bollywood veteran Sanjay Dutt, who became famous for his work in Munnabhai MBBS and Lage Raho Munna Bhai, has also decided to produce this project.Director Madhesh said that he is quite happy to do a film for an esteemed actor like Sanjay Dutt and feels more responsible as he is working for his budding production company. Though this is his first Bollywood film and he has a big task of adding value to Sanjay Dutt's production company, he says that he does not feel any pressure or stress, but is fully charged up to do justice to the faith the actor has in him.The director also said that he is involved in the brainstorming sessions of a Tamil action film, which he will direct soon. He said he will come out with the details shortly.

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Kushboo is now a playback singer!

It seems to be the season for actresses turning playback singers. Recently actress Sandhya sang a song for a movie titled Manjal Veyyil. The movie has a musical score by Bharadwaj.

Noted Malayalam actress Mamtha Mohandoss rendered a couple of songs in Telugu that were set to tune by Devi Sri Prasad. Joining the list is Kushboo.
The dream girl of youth in 1990s, Kushboo has sung a racy number for Maganae Marumagane. The movie, produced jointly by Muthulakshmi Movies and Raj TV, is directed by T P Gajendran. Starring Vivek, Mithun and T P Gajendran in the lead roles, the movie has a musical score by Dhina.
Kushboo rendered a song Natchatram natchatram boomiyilae paaru....Dhinam rathiriyil un kanavil varuvadhu yaaru?.... , penned by lyricist Snehan. The song was recorded at Dhina's music studio in Chennai on Saturday. Kushboo, who made her debut as child artiste, shot to fame with Chinnathambi. She went on to become a popular heroine acting opposite almost all prominent artistes including Rajnikanth, Kamal Haasan, Sarath Kumar, Prabhu, Karthick and Vijayakanth.
After her marriage to director Sundar C, she decided to reduce her acting commitments. She ventured into production churning out movies and mega serials.
Speaking about her debut as playback singer, Kushboo said, ' I was extremely thrilled when director T P Gajendran urged me to sing a song. Initially I was hesitant to sing. However Dhina and Snehan helped me a lot and made me feel comfortable. I understood the difficulties involved in playback singing. I am confident that this song will top the audiocharts for it has a catchy tune and the lyrics are hilarious, she added.
Vivek will be doing an important role in the film, touted to be as significant as the hero’s himself. He is paired with Yamini Sharma, who shared the screen with Vadivelu in Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan.
Speaking about the movie, Gajendran says, ' it is about a son and son-in-law who create a ruckus within a family. It will be a hilarious entertainer and the whole family can sit and watch the film.'
Journalist Krishna Davinci has penned the dialogues and Rajarajan did the cinematography.

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tamilcinemanews.hosuronline.com

Gautham Menon thrown out of Ajith's film

Director Gautham has been removed from Sivaji Productions' next film with Ajith Kumar.
According to the latest news, Dharani, the director of Vijay's Gilli and Kuruvi will direct this venture and the shooting would start sometime in December. Dharani has been asked to complete the script in an appealing way; a typical masala film for Ajith fans.
Sources reveal that the rift between Gautham and Ajith has been the main reason for the termination of the director from the project. Gautham wanted to try out something different with Ajith, a realistic thriller based on Abu Salem-Monica Bedi affair. But Ajith did not like the narrative style. He wanted something aggressive, an action oriented plot as against Gautham's present script. It is said that Ajith is impressed with the one liner narrated by Dharani and has requested him to pep it with interesting twists.

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