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    Director Bala Interview

    The much-awaited 'Avan Ivan' of Director
    Bala recently witnessed its audio launch and the tracks are
    already creating chartbusters.

    The ace director who spoke
    during the event expressed that
    'Avan Ivan' will be a typical Bala
    movie but also a laugh riot! His
    earlier movie with two lead
    stars, 'Pithamagan' featuring
    Vikram and Suriya was a
    blockbuster and also received
    much critical acclaim. He
    expressed his confidence that
    'Avan Ivan' will be a similar hit
    with two lead stars and spoke
    of Vishal's efforts in acting as a
    squint-eyed person in the
    movie, a first of it's kind effort
    taken internationally.
    However, while answering
    people of who acted best, Vishal
    or Arya, he said there's someone
    who has exhibited even more in
    this movie, GM Kumar. Bala
    vouched that if Sivaji Ganesan
    were to be alive he would have
    been so proud and glad
    watching GM Kumar's
    performance!
    We watched him play 'Mayandi
    Thevvar' in 'Veyil' that created a
    huge impact among audiences.
    GM Kumar has contributed in
    more than one way to
    Kollywood. But, what made him
    drift to acting? GM Kumar claims
    that acting was the last thing he
    wanted to do although he was
    thoroughly passionate about
    movies. He also expressed that
    Bala is a director who you can
    rely upon to provide you with
    lots of space for the end
    performance, which is what
    that encourages an actor to
    bring out the best in him.

    CM HOPE CENTRE TAKE ACTION ON UN SRILANKAN WAR CRIMES REPORT

    CHENNAI: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president and
    Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Friday expressed hope that the Centre
    would take appropriate
    steps without any delay after
    the United Nations report on
    alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka
    is officially released on April 25.
    In a statement here, he rejected
    AIADMK general secretary
    Jayalalithaa's charge that his
    fast in April 2009, seeking a halt
    to military operations in Sri
    Lanka, was mere eyewash.
    He also criticised Ms. Jayalalithaa
    for mocking at the
    Parliamentarians' team he had
    sent to the island nation to get
    a first hand account of the
    situation after the end of the
    war.
    Mr. Karunanidhi said he had
    seen reports containing
    extracts from the three-
    member U.N. panel appointed
    by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-
    Moon.
    However, the full contents of
    the report would be released
    only on April 25. Even before
    any details were out on what
    follow-up action the UN
    proposed to take or how the
    Union government proposed to
    respond, Ms. Jayalalithaa had
    issued a statement about it.
    "The people of Tamil Nadu will
    not forget her own remarks
    that during a war it was normal
    for some civilians too to be
    killed, " he said.
    "I hope the Centre would
    respond with suitable steps as
    soon as the report is officially
    released. I appeal to the Centre
    to do so, " Mr. Karunanidhi said.

    TAMIL ACTOR SELECTED YOUTH ENVOY FOR UN

    Popular Tamil actor Vikram, who was selected as Youth Envoy for United Nations Human Settlement Programme- 'UN Habitat', has expressed

    happiness at his being chosen
    from a long list of actors and
    sportsmen."I am extremely proud and
    grateful to have been chosen
    from a long list of actors and sportsmen," he said.
    He said his main role would be
    to spread awareness about the
    statutes of U.N Habitat which
    include urban stabilisation. He
    would also be required to help
    formulate plans for effective
    water management, slum
    eradication and women and
    youth empowerment.
    Vikram also spoke about the
    endeavours of his Vikram

    Foundation.To commemorate
    Earth Day today, he had planted
    100 saplings at the YMCA in old
    Mahabalipuram road.  This is part of his venture to
    plant one lakh trees in one year
    in and around Chennai.He said
    these trees would be planted in
    schools, colleges and even jails.
    Another one of his projects is
    to identify and rehabilitate
    school dropouts.
    He also plans to form a
    committee for the purpose. The
    committee would consist of
    personnel from the corporate
    sector, social services, NGOs and
    social workers,he told reporters
    here yesterday.

    AVAN IVAN AUDIO RELEASE

    Director Bala's Avan Ivan from
    18 April. A grand function is
    being organised in Chennai on
    Monday in which the audio
    would be released. Yuvan
    Shankar Raja
    has composed
    music for the movie.
    The movie stars Arya and Vishal
    together. Produced by Kalpathi
    Agoram's AGS Films, Avan Ivan
    was completed in a quick pace
    by Bala.
    Speaking about the film, Bala
    says, 'It would be a one
    different from my earlier films.
    It has comedy all through but at
    places will bear emotional tag.'
    On his part, Arya said, 'My
    comfort level with Bala is good
    and we enjoyed working in the
    project. Bala guided both of us
    well

    AIADMK FILLED A COMPLAINT AGAINST MK STALIN

    Stung by Deputy Chief
    Minister MK Stalin's reported
    remark about the marital status
    of AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa,
    her party on Friday filed a
    complaint against him with the
    Election Commission demanding
    immediate action.
    Stalin's remark was "malicious
    and was beyond all limits of
    decency", the complaint, filed a
    day after the EC issued a notice
    to Jayalalithaa for allegedly
    making personal remarks
    against Tamil Nadu Chief
    Minister M Karunanidhi, said.
    AIADMK Rajya Sabha member PH
    Manoj Pandian in a written
    compliant to Tamil Nadu Chief
    Electoral Officer, said Stalin
    made "derogatory and
    defamatory remarks" against
    Jayalalithaa in Namakkal on
    Friday last during a campaign
    for the April 13 Assembly polls.
    Quoting Stalin from a Tamil
    daily as saying that the AIADMK
    chief was not married and so
    was not interested in funding
    other women's weddings,
    Pandian said it was "no way
    connected with the public
    activities of the leader."
    Terming the speech as a "clear
    violation of the Model Code of
    Conduct," Pandian, who is also
    State Advocate Wing Secretary
    of AIADMK, demanded
    immediate action against Stalin.
    AIADMK has sought two days
    time to reply to the EC's notice
    to her. Jayalalithaa's ally and
    DMDK leader Vijayakant has also
    been slapped with similar notice
    for his reported personal
    attacks on Karunanidhi.

    India beat Sri Lanka to win ICC World Cup 2011‎

    MS Dhoni (91 not out) and Gautam Gambhir (97) helped India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets to win the ICC World Cup 2011 at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
    Dhoni joined legendary Kapil Dev to lift the coveted trophy for India.

    Dhoni played captain's innings in the summit clash as he hit two six and eight fours in his 79-ball innings and raced to fifty in just 52 balls.

    The skipper added a record 109-run partnership with Gambhir for the fourth wicket, which was highest for India in World Cup finals, to chase the challenging 275-run target.

    Gambhir missed to score a hundred in the World Cup final as Lankan all-rounder Thisara Parera clean bowled him in the 42nd over.

    After losing two quick wickets, Virat Kohli (35) added a valuable 83-run stand with Gambhir to resurrect the Indian innings.

    Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga dismissed Sachin Tendulkar (18) and Virender Sehwag (0) early to jolt the India run-chase. Tendulkar was going smoothly as he hit two fours in his 14-ball 18 innings before Malinga struck in the seventh over.

    India started the run-chase on terrible note as they lost Virender Sehwag (0) on the second ball of the match as Malinga trapped dashing opener LBW in his opening over.

    Opinion polls on Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2011

    Loyola College survey
    Dr S Rajanayagam, Director, ‘People Studies’, Loyola College Chennai who has conducted successful prediction in previous elections has found out that 2G spectrum scam has remained a non-issue when compared
    to the local problems such as drinking water shortage, power crisis and price rise dominating this election. In contrast most of the opinion polls conducted by mainstream national media have put the 2G scam on top. That reflects on the methodology adopted by the surveying agencies.

    Headlines today survey
    Headlines today – ORG have projected their predictions based on 2009 Lok Sabha elections and opinion poll on the issues of corruption, administration, killing of Indian fishermen and price rise. According to this method ADMK alliance will get 50 per cent of the vote share winning 164 seats and DMK alliance will get 45 per cent winning 68 seats only. Their conclusion is that 2G spectrum is a major set back to DMK. This was published on 31’st March and the size of the sample for Tamil Nadu in their survey is not known. The survey covered 14,000 respondents in 121 constituencies across the four States.

    Kumudam survey
    The Kumudam reporter a Tamil biweekly magazine has assessed 48.60 % support for AIADMK alliance and 41.70 % support for DMK alliance. This survey has concluded that 57% people consider price rise as an important problem when compared to 15% for 2G spectrum issue. This appears to be right.

    Puthiya thalaimurai survey
    A relatively new magazine Puthiya thalaimurai has published a survey taken with AC Neiilson, This survey reveals 49% wishing to vote for AIADMK alliance and 46% for DMK alliance. But at the same time both Karunanithi and Jayalalithaa got 43% support to become Chief Minister. Another 4% were for Vijayakanth. The publishers have admitted that the survey was conducted before conclusion of alliances and the onset of campaign, therefore the percentages are subject to change. This survey was conducted among 5000 voters in the first week of March.