MONDAY 8 25 FEBRUARY 2019 newstodaynet.com newstodaydaily ntchennai CHENNAI Rami Malek, who played the late Freddie Mercury in the fi lm Bohemian Rhapsody, accepts the Oscar for AND THE best actor
Two fi lms lead the nomination roster OSCAR GOES TO... - Roma and The Favourite, both u Green Book adjudged the best fi lm u Rami Malek, competing for Olivia Colman emerge winners Best Picture and other major Lady Gaga gets emotional as she accepts the Oscar for best Oscars, original song Shallow from the fi lm A Star Is Born have 10 THE COMPLETE LIST Best Picture Green Book nominations Best Director Alfonso Cuaron,Roma each Best Actress Olivia Colman, The Favourite Best Actor Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Oscars are actress Best Supporting Actress Regina King, Cicely Tyson, com- If Beale Street Could Talk poser Lalo Schi- Best Supporting Actor Mahershala Ali, Green Book frin and publicist Best Foreign Film Roma (Mexico) Marvin Levy while producers Kathleen Best Animated Feature Film Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Kennedy and Frank Best Original Screenplay Green Book Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic perform on stage during the In Memoriam Marshall receive the tribute segment. Irving G Thalberg Best Adapted Screenplay BlacKkKlansman Memorial Award. Best Original Score Black Panther t’s fi nally Oscar day and the the redoubtable Glenn Close. Period. End Of Sentence, set in The Oscars have Best Original Song Shallow from A Star Is Born I91st Academy Awards in Los Rami Malek won Best Actor India, won Best Documentary been mired in con- Angeles saw Regina King tak- for his performance as Freddie Short. troversy this year, Best Documentary Feature Free Solo ing home the fi rst award - Best Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, The Oscars opened with a per- from the lack of a Best Documentary Short Period. End Of Sentence Supporting Actress for her work which also won sound and editing formance by Queen and Adam host after Kevin in If Beale Street Could Talk. Al- awards. Crowd favourite Black Lambert. Two fi lms lead the Hart withdrew over Best Cinematography Alfonso Cuaron for Roma fonso Cuaron won Best Director Panther scored wins for Best Orig- nomination roster - Roma and homophobic tweets to Best Visual Effects First Man for Roma, which also won Best inal Score, Best Costume Design The Favourite, both competing a reversed decision to Best Editing Bohemian Rhapsody Foreign Film and Best Cinema- and Best Production Design. Shal- for Best Picture and other major present four awards in tography. Best Picture, however, low from A Star Is Born won Best Oscars, have 10 nominations commercial breaks. was taken by Green Book, which Original Song, with Lady Gaga each. The recipients of also won Best Supporting Actor and Bradley Cooper performing it this year’s honorary for Mahershala Ali and Best live. The Guneet Monga- Original Screenplay. Olivia Col- produced man won Best Actress for playing Queen Anne in The Fa- vourite, beating
Old is GOLD AL Vijay to start u MGR & Sivaji’s fi lms ready for digital re-release bio-pic on Jaya
few yesteryear fi lms starring MGR and and Raja would be out soon.A team of technicians ASivaji still hold sway among movie-lovers. are working to give a fresh look to it. The likes of Ayirathil Oruvan (MGR) and Remember, Maatukara Velan, which released Karnan (Sivaji Ganesan) were re-released in dig- in 1970, was directed by P Neelakantan. It ital format to rousing reception. They both com- featured Jayalalithaa and Lakshmi as heroines. pleted successful 100-day runs across the State. S A Ashokan was the villain. Songs tuned by K V Perhaps taking a cue from this a few more fi lms Mahadevan were featuring the yesteryear legends of Tamil cinema chartbusters then. are waiting to see the light of the day again but MGR played a dual in a different avatar. They will be re-mastered, role in the fi lm. It had KR Vijaya digitalised with Dolby sound. Industry sources all commercial ele- say that MGR’s Mattukara Velan and Adimai ments. The fi lm saw in double role Penn will be out soon. 400 houseful shows NT Bureau Similarly, Sivaji Ganesan’s Vasantha Maaligai in Chennai alone. | NT Bureau | Veteran actress K R Vijaya is back on silverscreen. She plays dual role n former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s birth anniversary Sunday, in a movie titled Kotteswari. Di- Ofi lmmaker AL Vijay announced her biopic titled Thalaivi. The rected by Sai Ilavarasan, the movie director, in a statement, stated that the cast and crew will be an- nounced shortly. Reportedly, the research work is on since nine months. Adimai Penn, the 1969 blockbuster, was directed also features A Mohan, Ashma, The biopic will be made in three languages (Tamil, Telugu and Hindi) by K Shankar. MGR shared the screen space with Supraja among others. Produced by and the production team has obtained the NOC (No Objection Certifi cate) Jayalalithaa. S A Ashokan, Pandari Bai, Rajasree, Sri Andal Ambigai Creations, it has from Deepak, the nephew of Jayalalithaa. R S Manohar, Chandrababu and Cho Ramaswamy Salem K Murugan, Durai Anandh, played supporting roles. C Karunanidhi and Rajendran in In a statement, Vijay said, ‘The stature of this tall leader and courage inspired me to say yes as soon as I was offered this opportunity. I feel very Jayalalithaa plays the role of a peasant and supporting roles. responsible and decided to work very hard and relentlessly to deliver an queen, two very different characters, which she Music is by Thomas Rahnam and honest biopic. Nothing can be as perfect as this occasion to reveal the title carried off with equal conviction. K V Mahadevan cinematography by A S Raj. Sai Thalaivi, which I believe is the greatest celebration.’ was the music composer. Ilavarasan had earier worked as assistant to fi lmmakers including Writer Vijayendra Prasad of Baahubali and Manikarnika: The Queen of RK Selvamani, T P Gajendran and Jhansi fame is the mentor and GV Prakash is the composer. Nirav Shah E Ramadas. cranks the camera.
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A C V Rajendran fi lm, Raja was released in 1972. It featured Sivaji Ganesan, Jayalalithaa, S V Ranga Rao and K Balaji in lead roles. Released in 1972, Vasantha Maaligai was a ro- The fi lm had musical score by M S mantic drama was directed by K S Prakash Rao Viswanathan. and produced by D Ramanaidu. The fi lm featured It was a remake of the Hindi fi lm Sivaji Ganesan and Vanisri in the lead and it was Johny Mera Naam. M S Viswa- a remake of the 1971 Telugu fi lm Prema Nagar. nathan’s song Nee Varavendum Vasantha Maligai was a blockbuster, running Endru, Irandil Ondru, Kalyana in theatres for nearly 750 days. The highlight of Ponnu were huge hits. the movie was its music. K V Mahadevan’s songs A stylish Sivaji Ganesan in the including Mayakam Enna, Kudi Magane, Oru Kin- movie won appreciation of movie- nathai and Kalaimagal are popular even today. lovers. The sprawling lawn at Chennai Trade Centre in Nandambakkam is well-maintained. Photo: B ANAND
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