Simran in Chandramukhi
 She lost her chance to act in two
Mani Ratnam directed films, 'Dil Se' and
'Ayidha Ezhuthu' due to date clashes. But
Simran can console herself that she got to play the role in the ace director's 'Kannathil Muthamittal'. Where the superstar is concerned too, she again had some narrow misses, being considered for Padyappa and then for his Baba but losing out to
Ramya Krishnan and Manisha Koirala respectively. But now Simran's wish to do a film with Rajinikant has materialised with her acting with him in Shivaji Productions 'Chandramukhi'. Simran has Prabhu as her pair in the film, no doubt, but shares a lot of scenes with the superstar.
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Oberoi visits cancer patients
 A regular visitor to Chennai is Mumbai hero
Vivek Oberoi, who's mother is a Tamilian. But apart from visiting relatives and shooting in the city,
Oberoi's visits have a lot to do with social causes in which he takes an active interest. Being the brand ambassador for the cancer patients aid association, the actor visits cancer-affected patients, cheering them up. And Oberoi's visits does help the patients, especially the little ones whose faces light up with obvious pleasure in his presence.
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Ilayaraja speaks
 Ilayaraja has always shied away from the press and so it was a pleasant surprise when he suddenly met the media after a long gap of 12 years. It was to announce that he would be performing live on stage for the first time in his career. With a 100-member troupe, the music composer would doing live shows in places like Chennai,
Singapore, Malaysia,
Dubai, USA, and the UK. "I agreed because it was for a charitable cause and meeting my fans would be exciting too," said Ilayaraja. When asked how he could survive in the industry for decades, when his contemporaries and younger music directors couldn't, he quickly replied, "Those who can withstand pressures and have the stamina survive!" The show is being organised by Dream Makers, an event management company based in Dubai.
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Poor Meera Jasmine
 "They have all along been cheating me ... When I asked them for an account of how my earnings were invested, they revealed their true colours," says an emotional
Meera Jasmine, accusing her family of usurping her earnings. The
actrees broke down at a function in Kerala where she was being felicitated for winning the national award. "My joy at winning the award was short-lived, and the pain I underwent, when for the sake of money my own family treated me as their enemy, was undescribable" added Jasmine. The actress has filed a case against her family and shifted to a rented house. She would be in Chennai soon for the shooting of Cheran's `Touring Talkies'.
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Two films renamed
Two titles, `Rascal', the Jayam Ravi-Starrer, and director-hero Cheran's `Touring Talkies' have been registered. But cowing down to pressure from the PMK and the Tamil protection movement groups, the makers have decided to go in for a change of title. When Cheran at their meeting asked what the movement would do if someone carried an English title, PMK chief Ramdoss assured him that they wouldn't allow it! Incidentally, words like `Rascal' and 'Touring Talkies' have become very much a part of the Tamil lingo - used more by the common man and the rural folk. Why can't the film industry have its own members exercising control over industry matters than outsiders telling them what they should or shouldn't do!
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