 | Nine contenders for Best Picture ACHAOTIC Oscar season
found a bit order on
Tuesday, as The Artist, a
mostly silent tribute to
old Hollywood, and
Hugo, another bit of film
nostalgia, joined The Descendants,
about life and love in Hawaii, and
Midnight in Paris, about literary Paris,
in scoring.
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| | Jodi Breakers not a copy of
Heartbreakers: Madhavan |  ACTOR R Madhavan
is not amused by
the plagiarism
charges levelled
against his new Hindi film
Jodi Breakers by the Indian
distributors of the Belgian
film Heartbreakers.
"Let them read our script
and point out even one similarity.
I challenge them to
prove we´ve copied even a
frame," said Madhavan.
Directed by Ashwini
Chaudhary, Jodi Breakers is a
story of two individuals who
break others´ relationships but
end up falling in love with each
other.
It has been reported that the
film is embroiled in a plagiarism
controversy ever since
Heartbreakers distributors opened
up about their doubts on the originality
of Jodi Breakers.
But the makers of Jodi Breakers
have ... |
| | Potter star looks to life
without magic wands |  FOR Daniel Radcliffe,
it´s time to forget
Harry Potter. The 22-
year-old actor, inextricably
linked to the boy
wizard he played throughout the
movie franchise, takes on his first
adult role in Victorian-era horror
film The Woman in Black.
Hitting theatres in Britain on
February 10 and a week earlier in
the United States, the movie is a
step into the unknown for an
actor who grew up on the set of
one of Hollywood´s most successful
series.
Instead of production budgets
of $250 million or more, The
Woman in Black cost an estimated
$17 million to make. And however
big Radcliffe´s fan base
around the world, another billion-
dollar box office looks out ... |
| | Producers plan
bailout for Vikram |  ACIVIL court in the city
had ordered an interim stay
on Karikalan's filming after
K S Rajasekaran, aka,
Nagaraj sent a notice to the
team alleging that the film's
story and title were his. The court had also
issued summons to its makers and hero
Vikram. But, now, the producers of the film are
planning to file a defamation suit against
Rajasekaran for involving Vikram's name in
this issue.
S S Vasan, one of the film's producers, he
said that it is grossly unfair to drag Vikram's
name into this issue. "It was understandable
when the producer and the director are issued
summons in such a case. But, involving an
actor in such a case is unfair. He is not part of
both the ... |
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