FRIDAY CHENNAI 8 19 APRIL 2019 newstodaynet.com newstodaydaily ntchennai Taut thriller ‘I AM SSCAREDCARED OF GHOSTS’ Real & raw u Vedhika shares her journey | MBK | from Muni till Kaanchana 3 Who said Tamil cinema is all about Kodambakkam. |BALASUBRAMANI A group of techies in Seattle in USA have come MUNIYANDI| together to make a commercial thriller in Vellai Pookal. What is surprising is that they have cast veteran come- ctress Vedhika who was last seen in Vasantha dian Vivek in the lead, playing a serious retired polic ABalan’s Kaaviya Thalaivan in 2014 is back in eoffi cer. The movie revolves around a retired police Kollywood with Kaanchana 3 which has Ra- offi cer cop goes to the US to spend few days with son. ghava Lawrence in the lead. Unknowingly he gets involved with a kidnapping case. Speaking to News Today, the actress who rose to fame There are lots of with Muni which was the fi rst movie in the Kaanchana twists and turns franchise shares about her journey. as the police offi cer ‘I am happy to be associated with the Muni team tries to investigate again. It is like a home coming. I was almost 16 when the case in his own I was cast in the fi lm, now when I was offered this role style. Major sur- in Kaanchana 3 I grabbed it with both hands,’she says. prises await him Vedhika says it was fun working with the team. M BHARAT KUMAR during the inter- ‘Though there are three heroines in the movie, rogation. each one has been given ample space to perform and t has been some time since Tamil Vivek as Rud- the shooting spot was more like one big workation cinema came up with a poignantly hran has thrown I (work+vacation). I gave 70 days call sheet for this movie made romantic fi lm that made you a surprise. From and time fl ew away just like that,’she adds. laugh and cry. Filmmaker Saravana his regular comi- Talking about Lawrence, she says,’ Being the Rajendran’s Mehandi Circus is a touchy cal acts, he gets captain of the ship, he had a tough job, but tale about a love couple backed up wonderful music to do a serious did it with such ease and calmness.’ by Sean Roldon and written interestingly by director role. There are Being cast in a number of horror movies, Raju Murugan. plenty of scope of scope for him to prove that he is Vedhika is making when asked if she was scared of ghosts, Three cheers to Saravana Rajendran for coming out a versatile actor. Vedhika says, ‘I am scared. At times with a engaging fi lm which aims to entertain audience. Rudhran goes to America to live with his son Ajay her debut in when my mom and our maid are out A feel-good breezy story set in 1990s, in the backdrop (Dev). After years of indifference, he is there to bury of town, I appoint a temporary maid of a village makes it more interesting. their hatchet. But Ajay’s wife, Alice (Paige Hender- Bollywood with a just to stay with me during the night’. Jeeva (Madhampatty Rangaraj) is a die-gard fan of son) who is an American and Rudhran doesn’t see Talking about the break in Kollywood, maestro Ilayaraja. Hence he names the audio cassette eye-to-eye. Meanwhile, Rudhran is tired of life in movie directed by she says, ‘Working with directors like shop that he runs as Raja Geetham in a village near America. He comes across Bharathidasan (Charlie) Lawrence, Vasantha Balan and Bala at Kodaikanal. Jeeva falls in love with Mehandi (Shweta another retired person living with his daughter Jeetu Joseph the early stage of career, I learnt a lot and Tripathi). The latter is part of a circus company that Ramya (Pooja Devariya). All hell breaks loose when am choosy with my scripts. I had to take a comes to village to eke out their livelihood. Ajay’s neighbour gets kidnapped by a mystery per- brief break to complete my studies as well.’ Raajangham (Marimuthu), father of Jeeva does not son. Now Rudhran steps into solve the case. Speaking about her future ventures, Vedhika like his son being in love with a girl from a lower caste He with the help of Bharathidasan begins investiga- says, ‘I have committed two movies in Tamil of which and Mehandi’s dad is also against the love. Thanks to tion. He is in for more surprise and shock. Meanwhile one is directed by debutant Karthik Vignesh and has the help of a local priest Amaladass (Vela Ramamoor- there is another story narrated of a father misusing Tollywood hero Aadi Saikumar as the lead. This will be thy) and Raajamgham’s friend (Vigneshkanth), the his own daughter. A chilling climax awaits audience. a bilingual made in Tamil and Telugu. Apart from this I lovers elope. But there is a twist. Three cheers to Young Vivek Elangovan. His will be making my Bollywood debut with Emraan Hashmi Madhampatty Rangaraj plays the lead well. His body writing is the key He made sure that there are no in a movie directed by Jeetu Joseph. language and dialogue delivery are good, while Shweta loose ends. The pace at which this whodunit thriller Tripathi as circus girl walks away with all applause. progress also adds to its strength. Vivek and Charlie Vela Ramamoorthy and Marimuthu fi ts the role well, have given their best. while Vigneshkanth tries to tickle your funny bone. Vellai Pookal is an engaging and thriller movie that Three cheers to the fi lmmmaker for his honest execu- would work out in part for its presentation. tion that makes it an engrossing affair. It is a movie which is more a tribute to Ilayaraja music.

FOCUS BACK ON IPL ‘Jadhav needs a few good knocks AFTER WC TEAM SELECTION: going into WC’ touch. So, I mean, it is matter of time. If he gets two-three good dreams are over after the selectors dropped him for knocks before going to the World Cup, it will set him right for the the fi ve-match ODI series at home against Australia mega tournament,’ noted Bhave, a former Maharashtra opener -- India’s last assignment before the World Cup. The and ex-national selector. Kedar, who has played 9 matches for the MSK Prasad-led selection panel had named Rishabh Chennai Super Kings this season, has managed only 136 runs, KARTHIK Pant in the squad for the Australia series, thus with a lone half century (58) in it. hinting that the youngster might be making the cut Bhave insisted that playing with confi dence and going with an rafted into India’s World Cup squad as a for the World Cup instead of Karthik. But with his all-out approach to win is a characteristic of the 34 -year-old Pune- back-up wicket-keeper, Kolkata Knight vast experience, the Tamil Nadu glovesman pipped born Jadhav. ‘I think in any cricket match where Kedar (Jadhav) D Pant in the 15-member squad for the World Cup last Riders skipper Dinesh Karthik feels focus participates, he is only trying to win that match. And that’s the aharashtra Ranji team coach will be back on IPL now that the selectors have Monday. part of his cricket which is very special. At no point in time you Surendra Bhave is confi dent picked the 15-man team for the showpiece event. ‘Now that the team has been picked all M will actually see that he is not scoring at the asking rate or any- that under-fi ring Kedar Jad- Speculations were rife that Karthik’s World Cup those have been part of team have been thing of that sort,’ he said. announced, I think the focus back on hav will fi nd form soon in the Indian ‘What you see is he (Kedar) plays purely for the team, he IPL. I think everything is back on track,’ Premier League (IPL) which will stand plays to win all the time and he has tremendous confidence Karthik told reporters on the eve of their him in good stead going into the ICC in his cricket, whether it is batting, bowling or fielding (or) IPL clash against Royal Challengers Ban- World Cup. his added fitness, on which he has worked very hard on for galore at Eden Gardens. ‘All the players are Maharashtra’s Jadhav, known to the last 8-10 months. ‘He is a confident player, who wants looking forward to a clean slate of games and Bhave for several years, has been to win all the time and that’s what separates him from oth- some good cricket being played in the next few named in the 15-strong Indian World ers,’ explained Bhave. rounds. It’s a fabulous tournament to be a part Cup squad and is playing for the Chen- ‘He is keeping a low profi le. Knowing Kedar well he is so fi red of, every franchisee is giving everything they nai Super Kings (CSK) in the ongoing up to perform well, that he is basically keeping to himself right have to you, so lift that coveted trophy.’ edition of the IPL. ‘I am sure he is to- now and doesn’t want to be disturbed much.’ Former opener After starting their campaign on a smooth tally focusing on the games in hand for Bhave also feels thatJadhav’s inclusion in the World Cup squad note, KKR slipped out of number two position CSK and also looking forward to once was an encouraging development for Maharashtra’s cricket. ‘Its and now find themselves at number six after a again create that form which makes a a very good news for Maharashtra cricket and, generally speak- string of three defeats in a row. Bottom-placed player feel comfortable going into the ing, sports in Pune. It’s a proud moment for all the Maharas- RCB, on the other hand, will face a do-or-die World Cup’, Bhave said. trians. ‘And the fact that he has earned his spot in the team is scenario and Karthik doesn’t want to take the ‘Till last week or so he looked in a good heartening,’ he signed off. Virat Kohli-led side lightly. ‘RCB are a very good team and we’re all aware of it. I think eve- Team Pld Pts NRR ry game is going to be important in this space TOMORROW’S MATCHES of the tournament and taking one game at a CSK 9 14 +0.101 time and giving the best that we can,’ he said. On Kohli and AB de Villiers presence, he said: MI 9 12 +0.442 ‘They two are world class players we are very DC 9 10 +0.146 aware of that I think you know, they get going they are hard to stop. K XI P 9 10 -0.015 ‘We need to focus on our ability, hit good ar- SH 8 8 +0.549 eas and make sure it’s as hard as it is for them Rajasthan Royals Vs to bat on on that day. I think that’s what we Mumbai Indians, 4 pm) KKR 8 8 +0.350 will be looking to do. At this stage, every game RR 8 4 -0.589 is very important irrespective of whoever the Delhi Capitals vs opponents.’ Kings XI Punjab (8 p.m.) RC 8 2 -1.114

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