Remembering N. S. Krishnan on his birthday

Remembering N. S. Krishnan on his birthday

    The multi-faceted popular personality of Tamil Cinema, Kalaivanar Shri. N. S. Krishnan is honorably remembered today as his 103rd birthday falls this day (29th November). 
 
    He is well known for his meaningful innovative comedy in the early 1940s and 1950s. Although he is popularly established as a comedian, he is a writer, a singer and a theatre artist too. Born on 29th November 1908 at a small village near Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, he has acted in almost 120 Tamil films. His comedies not only made people laugh but also made them think. He aptly mixed the flavor of humor to the serious social issues that were prevailing on his days and hence he created a silent revolution through his films. His unique farsighted dialogues were more mind-provoking, and hence he was titled as “Puratchi Vikada venthan” by the famous poet Bharathidasan. 
 
    As Charlie Chaplin attracted the total mass those days through his speech-less funny action movies, the same kind of response was created by N. S. Krishnan too, but by his reverse style i.e., comparatively lesser movements and more dialogues. Apart from his cine face, he was personally light hearted, very noble and a great philanthropist. He naturally helps people in trouble to his extent. He has organized many charity shows to raise funds and to help the needy. He spent his short life acting, singing, entertaining, traveling, conducting many cultural shows, charity shows etc. More than all, he enjoyed his life and his profession too.  
 
    NSK comedy track in a film can create wonders. The film will be a sure super hit movie. Thus the man has made a deep mark by his brilliant films and his graceful character. He is a wonderful role-model for many young actors today. The incomparable artist expired on 30th August 1957, when he was just 48, but he lives forever in the memories of his enormous fans.

Welcome little Aishwarya Rai

Welcome little Aishwarya Rai

    
    It was a great day for the Bachchans yesterday, the 16th of November 2011 as the most awaited child was born to the famous Bollywood couple of India. Since the baby's photo was not released still, News chips proudly presents the photograph of little beauty for the first time (just a imagination.. ha.. ha..) Along with the filmy music that was always heard in the family, a new beautiful voice has now begun to sound, that will definitely overcome all other music ever. 

     The most loved World beauty of India Aishwarya Rai and the Big B’s only son Abhishek Bachchan got married earlier on April 20, 2007 and their offspring was most expected by all their fans. The long wait, lots of gambling and various speculations came to an end, once the happy family confirmed the arrival of the Junior Miss. World yesterday, early by 10 am in the morning. Aish’s parents Krishnaraj Rai and Vrinda, her brother Aditya Rai, her husband Abhishek Bachchan, her in-laws Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan and Amitabh’s only daughter Shweta Nanda were besides the new mother on the auspicious moment. 
 
    It is considered to be the greatest celebration time for the total film industry as the Bachchan’s family was called as the “first family”of Bollywood. Thousands of tweets, emails, messages were being sent to the family wishing the new arrival. 
    
    Congratulationssss... to the new Mommie and Daddie.. And a hearty welcome the cute prettiest baby girl of the World. :)

   Let us also wish the new parents and their family with a great bundle of joy and a very happy life to follow.

K J Yesudas hits 50

K J Yesudas hits 50

Most music lovers of the world are fond of the voice of the music legend - Padma Bhushan Dr K J Yesudas. He started his career in the film industry on 14th of November 1961 in the Malayalam movie Kaalpadugal and thus he completes 50 successful years of playback singing, this year. He celebrated his Golden Jubilee as a singer on 14th of November 2011.

The music marvel has sung more than 50000 songs in various languages such as Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tulu, Malay, Russian, Arabic, English and Latin. Born on 10th January 1940 in Cochin, the music genius has crossed many many hardships in life to attain this honorary position. The tough fight over poverty and the struggle to keep up his career in his early years is a lesson to all growing young hearts of today’s World.

His soothing voice and clear pronounciation of syllables in all languages in which he has sung is incomparable and has been appreciated a lot. His songs have won millions of hearts and have also won many awards too. In this half-a-century of musical journey, he has won seven National awards, 23 State Film Awards in Kerala, 8 State Film Awards in Tamil Nadu, 5 State Film Awards in Karnataka, 6 State Film Awards in Andhra Pradesh, 1 State Film Award in West Bengal and many more. The sensational singer has been honored with the Padma Shri Award in the year 1975 and with Padma Bhushan in 2002. 

His graceful melody songs will be ever admired by all soft hearts. His heart-melting devotional songs will be always cherished by all spiritual minds. His classical songs will forever stay in the hearts of thousands of fans of Indian classical music. On the whole, his voice will be enjoyed until music lasts in this World.

News Chips is also an admirer of his wonderful voice. The contribution of the renowned singer is still more expected and his 100th year celebration in the World of Music is the ultimate desire of all his lovers round the globe.

The unbroken bond between Politics and Cinema

The unbroken bond between Politics and Cinema

    Cine stars are been frequently used for publicity of political parties. This has been a common practice from those days. 
 
    In general, people admire and become fans for artists belonging to different fields. He may be a sports person, a journalist, a writer, a speaker, a painter etc. People enjoy the real talents of those celebrities in their respective fields. Similar admiration prevails for the celebrities belonging to the cine field too. Cine actors win the hearts of the mass by expressing their acting talent, their beauty or their sense of humor. Stars are usually not admired due to their life principles or their policies.
 
    But a political party or a politician is admired/followed only because of the policies he follows in life, his humanitarian activities, his speaks, his thoughts etc. People never follow a politician attracted by his beauty or his comic sense. But nowadays, once a person (an actor, mostly) gains popularity and earns a considerable number of fans, political parties try to make use of them for their political familiarity. So fans of the real talents are confused with that of the politics. This may lead to blind followers of the parties or in the other case, may lead to loss of fame of the particular celebrity. Hence the original talent may sometimes lose value. 
 
    Anyone can jump into politics. It is the right of all Indians. A common man takes a long time to gain importance in a political party, just bagging some fine policies alone. But on the other hand, a film star can easily succeed in politics using his/her popularity. In general, only when common people become totally aware that a politician should not be followed blindly only because of the craze in him, politics and Indian democracy will really flourish in World.
 
    On the whole, we Indians heartily welcome stars in politics or as ruling members, only if they are strong in their principles too. As India proves to be the greatest democratic country in the World, strong public support is necessary for valid politicians/parties to change the future of Mother India.

The handsome hero Leonardo DiCaprio turns thirty seven

Leonardo DiCaprio - Titanic secret

Titanic secret unveiled - Do you know the charming hero Jack Dawson (role played in the 11 Oscar award winner film “Titanic”) have replaced a duplicate necklace, being aware that the beautiful heroine Rose (Kate Winslet) will throw it in the ocean in future. So, the original piece is still with the hero. Hence he shines as bright as the diamond! 
 
The famous Hollywood actor, Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio is celebrating his 37th birthday today (November 11, 2011). Born in Los Angeles, CA, the actor has started his career as a television artist and has now grown up as one of the leading American actor cum film producer. He has starred in many hit films including Romeo+Juliet (1996), James Cameron’s Titanic (1997), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Aviator (2004), Inception (2010) and many more.
 
Starting his filmy career in the horror movie Critters 3 (1991), he has won the Golden Globe award for his best performance in “The Aviator”. The list of awards for which he has been nominated till date and that he has won is too long to be added in this post. His production company named Appian Way has produced some films like Gardener of Eden (2007) and Orphan (2009).
 
On this promising day, News Chips happily wishes him fruitful long life and a path full of success.

7-aam Arivu Vs Velayudham – Is the competition healthy?

7-aam Arivu Vs Velayudham

The biggest Diwali release films of Kollywood - A. R. Murugadoss’ “7-aam Arivu” and Jeyam Raja’s “Velayudham” are facing lots of comments and comparisons in almost all social networks and many of the websites nowadays. 
 
The two popular heroes Surya and Vijay are well known friends from their college days and have acted some hit films together. But, is the competition prevailing now - good? News Chips likes to discuss about the core of this competition.
 
Some articles say that the former movie had overtaken the latter one and some other articles register just in the opposite manner. Even hot discussions/fights are going on between the fans of the two actors in Facebook, Google+ etc. Surya fans constantly criticize Velayudham’s scenes and on the other end, Vijay fans condemn the enormous publicity made months before the release of the film, the over expectation developed for the movie and the flattering speeches about the artists and the technicians involved in the film  7th sense. 
 
In spite of the real challenge, it’s been greatly ignited by the political background involved in the movies. The two major political parties of Tamil Nadu are influencing the success of their films a lot. Hence the supporters of the opposite parties are showing the part of their revenge on the famous heroes today. There was a fight between the fans of Vijay and Ajith ruling Kollywood so far, but recently its now between Vijay and Surya. Now the real question arises - Is this the political fight or the fight between the skills? Naturally, politics plays a major role. This political influence has ultimately affected the true reviews of the pictures, the performance review of the actors and the technical aspects involved in it. Hence it has led to the confusion whether to trust these reviews. It has also greatly affected the individual revenue too.
 
As it is well known that the strong competition between the major political parties are existing for years, it has protruded in all fields, especially in fields which majorly attracts the mass, and of course, in which the revenue is also abundant.
 
Competition between talents is really a matter to be encouraged, but we have to think –
Is the competition healthier?

Padma Shri Dr. Kamal Hassan is a birthday boy today

Padma Shri Dr. Kamal Hassan is a birthday boy today

The leading film actor, screenwriter cum director Kamal Hassan is turning 57 today. This is the great celebration for his fans all around the world. Since the actor has converted all his fan clubs to welfare associations, his fans are conducting many social welfare activities today (November 7, 2011) such as blood donation camps, providing medicines and clothing to the old people of Kaakum Karangal Home, serving food to the HIV affected children, donating organs at the Udhavum Kaigal etc., through this ALL INDIA KAMAL HASSAN WELFARE MOVEMENT.
 
Starting the career at “Kalathoor Kannamma” at the age of 5, the innovative actor has excelled in many of his films, has grown up immensely in all his associated fields as the name means - “Vishwaroopam”, which is the name of his current film under production. Though the legend is 57 today, his physical appearance is too young even in his latest film “Manmadan Ambu”.
 
The complete hero, Kamal Hassan has bagged numerous awards including National Awards, Filmfare Awards and Indian Film Awards. He is fluent in many languages such as Tamil, English, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada and French and is brilliant in the Indian classical dance, “Bharathanatyam”. His seven films have been nominated for the Best foreign movie category representing India for the Oscars. Though he hasn’t received the award still, he is considered as the most excellent, brilliant artist of India totally worth for the Oscars and he is praised equivalent to the Oscars too.
 
On this auspicious day, News Chips along with his millions of fans wishes the versatile man, Kamal Hassan, a long healthy life and hope you stay younger than ever. We expect more and more deserving brilliance from you sir.

Aishwarya Rai's Special Birthday Celebrations begins..

Aishwarya Rai's Special Birthday Celebrations begins..

The incomparable beauty of the world Mrs. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan turns 38 on Tuesday, the 1st of November 2011. Even though she is 38, she still looks very young and beautiful. 

This year is remarkably very important for the Big B’s daughter-in-law, since she is ought to be a mother in few days. Motherhood is a beautiful experience for each and every woman of the world. Aishwarya’s days are as such important as ever as the world is waiting for the arrival of Junior Bachchan.

Answering a question in the Miss World Beauty Contest 1994, Ash said that Motherhood enriches the femininity of a woman and hence she wants to be a mother. Speaking to a television interview last year, she said that babies are absolute gifts from God and that she is looking forward to cherish the experience of motherhood. Thus Miss World 1994 absolutely deserves to be a Beautiful Mother of the World 2011.

So along with the international fans of World’s never forgotten beauty pageant, News Chips heartily wishes the forthcoming new mother a very happy birthday ever. 

Ra. One versus Bodyguard

Ra. One versus Bodyguard

It’s all about Ra.One once again.
 
The large distribution and vigorous promotion of the film led to most expectations that the opening day collections may exceed Rs. 25 crore. But the figures didn’t match those beliefs. Ra.One earned about Rs. 18.5 crore on its day-one which was significantly lesser than the Rs. 21.5 crore collections by Salman Khan’s “Bodyguard”. Even though the film managed to collect nearly Rs. 6.5 crore overseas, the domestic collection was remarkably less. But ultimately, it has proved that SRK is a huge star overseas. This difference in revenue led to much comparison between the most expected Diwali release and the spectacular Eid release movies (Ra.One and Bodyguard). Hence, News Chips is not an exception.
 
The Rs. 150 crore mega budget movie Ra.One was released in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu simultaneously in 3100 theatres worldwide, in which the 3D format of the film was screened in about 500 theatres. On the other hand, Bodyguard was released in Hindi alone in 2750 theatres round the globe. The marketing expenses of the superhero film also exceeded the other. Rs. 52 crore was spent on marketing the former film while around Rs. 22 crore was spent for the latter. The satellite rights of the King Khan’s film were sold for Rs. 35 crore, whereas the same was Rs. 27 crore for the bodybuilder’s movie.
 
Although the figures were considerably different, the makers of the film Ra.One strongly believe that the revenue may make records in the following days.

So as per the opening day digits, the body builder has proved to be the strongest than the super hero. Let us wait and watch how the numbers turn out!

Ra. One, the biggest ever 3D film of India

Ra. One, the biggest ever 3D film of India

Ra. One, the mega Diwali film of 2011 was the most expected film for all King Khan fans since this January. 
 
This film holds many prides in it.
 
    The most widely released Bollywood sci-fi film, nearly about 3100 theatres worldwide  

   First ever Bollywood blockbuster be released in UK in 3D. Also released on 500 screens worldwide in 3D format
 
    A $ 30 million (Rs 150 crore)  project, the most expensive ever Bollywood film 

    A technological masterpiece of world class VFX and graphics. About 3,500 special effects shots appear in this film, exceeding 2700 shots employed in the megahit film Avatar by James Cameron. 

    The first ever film that has launched its own game with PlayStation. 

    The heaviest ever superhero suit made of silicon, Styrofoam and rubber was designed for Shah Rukh Khan who plays the role G. One in the film
 
    Ra.One dolls were released which was much famous among kids
 
    Important roles were played by the Chinese-American actor Tom-Wu and the southern Super-star Rajnikanth and voiceover by Amitabh Bachhcan 

   International singer Akon has sung two songs in the film, “Chammak Challo" and “Criminal”

News Chips wishes this greatest attempt by Shah Rukh Khan and its co-workers for a huge success of this project.