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Tamannaah Bhatia (born 21 December 1989[1]) known mononymously as Tamannaah, is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Telugu and Tamil films. She has also appeared in Hindi films. In addition to acting, she also participates in stage shows and is a prominent celebrity endorser for brands and products.

In 2005, she made her acting debut in the age of 15 in the Bollywood film, Chand Sa Roshan Chehra and appeared in Abhijeet Sawant album song "Lafzon main" from the album Aapka Abhijeet which was also released in the year 2005, before working in Telugu cinema and Tamil cinema. In the same year, Tamannaah made her Telugu film debut in Sri, and the next year she appeared in her first Tamil movie, Kedi. In 2007, she starred in two college-life-based drama films, Happy Days in Telugu and Kalloori in Tamil.

Her projects include the Tamil films Ayan (2009), Paiyaa (2010) and Siruthai (2011). She returned to Telugu cinema in 2011 with the romance film 100% Love (2011). Other films include Racha (2012), Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu (2012), Thadaka (2013), Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), Bengal Tiger (2015) and Oopiri (2016). She thus established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in Telugu.

Singam 3 Climax chase shot at airport runway!

Team S3/Singam3 has wrapped up the shoot and currently, they are busy with editing and other post production works.
Sources say that the team shot a high octane action sequence in the Chennai airport runway for which the producers had hired seven aircrafts. We hear that the particular chasing sequence will be a major highlight in the film and producer Gnanavelraja has spent a bomb to get the desired output.

Directed by Hari, the film has Suriya, Anushka Shetty, Shruti Haasan, Sarath Saxena and Thakur Anoop Singh playing the pivotal roles.

Harris Jayaraj is composing the music for the film and Priyan has cranked the camera. The teaser of S3 will be out on November 7 while the film is slated to release on December 16.

Dhanush-Selvaraghavan film to start next year?

We have been hearing about this news at regular intervals! And now, in a recent media interaction, Dhanush revealed that he will be teaming up with his brother Selvaraghavan in 2017. The Kodi actor has also added that it will be one of the biggest projects in Tamil cinema (?)

Additional information is that Selvaraghavan has penned two songs in Power Paandi, the directorial debut of Dhanush for which Sean Roldon is composing the music.

Till now Dhanush and Selvaragahavan have worked together in films like Thulluvatho Ilamai, Kadhal Kondein, Pudhupettai and Mayakkam Enna, needless to say all the films have received huge critical acclaim.

Selvaragahavan is currently busy with the post production work of Nenjam Marapathillai and he will be directing comedy star Santhanam next. Hope Selva and Dhanush complete their respective commitments, and make an official announcement on their film soon.

Muhurat Session: Movements likely to be listless

The volume of business in the short one-hour Muhurat Session that will usher in Samvat 2073, is likely to be thin as institutional investors may well stay away from the market. Activity will be stock specific with second quarter results and other corporate news providing some direction. Ahead of release of October sales and shipments data, shares of automobile and cement companies may see some action. Some buying is likely in midcap and smallcap segments, but stock may find it tough to hold at higher levels. FMCG stock Nestle will be in focus thanks to robust results. Movements will be quite listless at several counters.

Nifty, Sensex close lower after special Diwali trading session

Mumbai: Indian stock markets ended lower in a brief session of special "muhurat" trading for the festival of Diwali on Sunday. The trading session that lasted slightly over an hour on Sunday, saw the benchmark BSE index end marginally lower down 0.04 percent at 27930.21 points, while the broader NSE index closed down 0.14 pct at 8625.70 points. "Muhurat" means auspicious in Hindi, and traders believe gains made during this auspicious session bring prosperity and wealth in the year ahead.

Sensex, Nifty slump after military strike on militants in Pakistan

Indian shares, bonds and the rupee fell sharply on Thursday after India attacked suspected militants in Pakistan, raising political tensions just days before the RBI is set to hold a policy review.

India has conducted "surgical strikes" on suspected militants in Pakistan it suspects of preparing to infiltrate into the part of Kashmir it controls, the army's director general of military operations said on Thursday. Investors had already been growing cautious ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's policy review on Tuesday.

The Nifty was down 1.5 percent after falling as much 2.07 percent.

Benchmark 10-year bond yields were up 8 basis points at 7.00 percent from its previous close while the rupee weakened to 66.80/81 from its close of 66.46 on Wednesday.

Suriya 35 title: 'Thaanaa Serndha Koottam'

Suriya’s upcoming film with director Vignesh ShivnN has been titled as Thaanaa Serndha Koottam, the famous dialogue of Superstar Rajinikanth in the 1995 Tamil movie Baashha. Gnanavelraja’s Studio Green is producing this action entertainer, which will have music by Anirudh Ravichander and the team will be soon announcing the rest of the cast and crew. Meanwhile, Gnanvel’s Studio Green will also be announcing one more big Tamil-Telugu bilingual tomorrow at a star hotel here in Chennai. Suriya is currently busy with ‘S3’ shoot and the actor is also planning to hold an auspicious pooja by the end of this month for Thaanaa Serndha Koottam. After Vignesh ShivnN film, Suriya has also signed a project for SR Prabhu’s Dream Warrior Pictures.

Nayanthara strikes back!

Hard work, hard work and more hard work...the rest is blessing and luck.

Nayanthara is in a happy space. She’s drawing strength from a stable personal life and reaping the benefits of a rocking career. If one thought that 2015 was Nayanthara’s peak with three blockbusters in a row, then 2016 seems to be even better.

Nayanthara still continues to be an enigma and will forever be the perfect example of dignity, grace, sensuousness and commitment. It’s for nothing that she’s often referred to as the Lady superstar by her loyal fans. Nayan had four releases so far in 2016. Her first release of the year was the hard hitting Puthiya Niyamam in which she played a rape victim. This Mammootty starrer not only got her critical acclaim but was a hit.

Simbu’s long delayed Ithu Namma Aalu was her next release in Tamil which took a fabulous opening and is a hit. Next release Thirunaal with Jiiva proved to be above average in B and C markets. It was followed by the Telugu film Babu Bangaram with Venkatesh, an average grosser. And now Iru Mugan with Vikram, is turning out to be a super hit. Iru Mugan is doing extraordinary business throughout Tamil Nadu especially in B and C stations. The buzz is that the film which was expected to do well only in cities percolated down to smaller stations on the strength of Nayanthara. Her introduction scene, interval block scene is getting maximum claps along with the Helena song

S Pictures Srinivasan, the man who controls over 70 screens in South and North Arcot, says: “Nayanthara is an important factor that worked big time for the film in Tamil Nadu. She definitely has an opening and is known as the lady superstar”. Nayan is creating magic and is doing it her way. Looking at her line-up of films, the Nayan magic is going to continue to get better, bigger and bolder for her. Her big budget Kaashmora is releasing for Diwali 2016. Nayan has completed the talkie portion of Dora directed by Dass Ramasamy and has resumed shoot for the untitled film based on a powerful National issue directed by Gopi Nainar. She will start work for Ajay Gnanamuthu’s Imaikkaa Nodigal followed by RD Raja produced M.Raja directed Sivakarthikeyan-Fahadh Faasil film. Going by this list, Nayan’s charisma doesn't seem like its going to dim anytime soon.

Ajith Photo Gallery

Ajith Kumar

Ajith Kumar (born 1 May 1971) is an Indian film actor best known for his work in Tamil cinema. In addition to his acting, Ajith Kumar in a sabbatical, participated in the 2004 British Formula 3 season as a Formula Two racing driver and was ranked the third best motor car driver in India at his peak.

He began his career as a supporting actor in a Telugu film before gaining critical recognition in the Tamil thriller Aasai (1995),before going on to establish himself as a romantic hero with Kadhal Kottai (1996), Aval Varuvala (1998) and Kadhal Mannan (1998) being the most notable. He was later seen in Vaali (1999), Mugavaree (2000), Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) and Citizen (2001) before establishing himself as an action hero with popular films, including Amarkalam (1999), Dheena (2001), Villain (2002), Mankatha (2011), Arrambam (2013), Veeram (2014) and Vedalam (2015). In 2014, Kumar was listed in Forbes India's Top 100 Celebrities

 

Sensex, Nifty fail to hold gains, end flat ahead of U.S. Fed policy

The Indian stock market ended flat on Wednesday, with investors, looking ahead to the outcome of the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting, turning cautious and choosing to trim down positions. Earlier, the market got off to a firm start and stayed notably up in positive territory for a long time, tracking gains in most of the markets across the Asian region after the Bank of Japan decided to modify its policy framework to achieve the inflation target at the earliest possible time. The Japanese central bank said it will control short-term and long-term interest rates, besides expanding the monetary base until inflation exceeds 2%. The bank said it will continue with its negative interest rate of -1% to the policy rate balances in current accounts of financial institutions. As stocks gave up gains in late afternoon trade, the BSE benchmark Sensex declined to 28,462.33 from the day's high of 28,689.36, before eventually closing at 28,507.42 with a loss of 15.78 points or 0.06%. The Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange ended up 1.25 points or 0.01% at 8777.15, after scaling a high of 8826.85 intraday. In the forex market, the rupee was trading at 67.03 against the U.S. dollar around late afternoon, little changed from its previous close of 67.02. Earlier, after opening at 67.00 a dollar, the rupee declined to a low of 67.14, a three-week low. In a significant move, the Union Cabinet today approved the merger of railway budget with the general budget ending nearly hundred-year old practice of having two separate budgets and agreed, in principle, to advance the presentation of the budget from late February. Following this development, rail related stocks attracted attention today. Telecom and consumer durables stocks closed higher. FMCG stocks were weak. Metal, oil, IT, automobile, bank, capital goods, power and realty stocks failed to hold gains and ended on a mixed note. Midcap and smallcap stocks too closed mixed. Among Sensex stocks, Tata Steel and Hindustan Unilever gained about 1% each. Axis Bank, Bharti Airtel, Wipro, Infosys, Bajaj Auto, Tata Motors and HDFC Bank closed higher by 0.4% - 0.8%. Power Grid Corporation, ITC, State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and ONGC closed lower by 0.6% - 1.5%. Bharti Infratel, the top gainer in the Nifty index, moved up 4.65%. Eicher Motors gained 3.3% and Hindalco ended 2.6% up. Yes Bank, Idea Cellular and Tata Power closed with modest gains. Bank of Baroda, Ambuja Cements, BHEL, UltraTech Cement, Kotak Bank and ACC closed lower by 0.3% - 1.6%. Vardhman Textiles rose sharply after the company sait that its board will meet later this week to consider a share buy-back proposal. Essel Propack hit a new high after the company said that its wholly-owned subsidiary in Mauritius, Lamitube Technologies Limited, will acquire 75.1% stake in Essel Deutschland Gmbh& Co. KG, Germany, a joint venture in which Lamitube already holds 24.9% stake. Flex Industries, MCX, Indoco Remedies, Inox Leisure, Shriram EPC, IRB Infrastructure, NBCC and TeamLease Services also saw some strong buying on stock specific news. The market breadth was slightly positive. Out of 2924 stocks traded on BSE, 1413 stocks moved up. 1312 stocks declined and 199 stocks ended flat. It is widely expected that the U.S. Federal Reserve will keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at the conclusion of its two-day policy meeting today, given recent weak economic data. The Fed had left the target range for its federal funds rate unchanged at 0.25% to 0.5% for the fifth time during its July 2016 meeting. Meanwhile, in the IPO market, the 13.23 crore shares offer from ICICI Prudential Life Insurance was subscribed nearly 10 times till the penultimate hour on the final day.

Soundarya Rajiinikanth clarifies on her role in AWBI

Soundarya Raiinikanth seems to be always in the news for some reason or the other. Remember, she was recently appointed as the honorary brand ambassador of Animal Welfare Board of India and also as a part of performing animals sub committee. Though the Kochadaiiyaan director is receiving praises for this honor, there were few people saying that her role in AWBI is against animal cruelty and hence, she is opposing Tamil Nadu traditional sports ‘Jallikattu’. In a statement, Soundarya’s officially PR said : “Soundarya’s job is to monitor and survey the use of animals in the films. She will ensure the safety of animals used in the films. Soundarya will also monitor the uses of graphics in the film and will say whether the makers have used graphics or shot with real life animals. This is completely apt for her as she has in-depth knowledge in animation and she has also directed “Kochadaiiyaan", which is an animation film”

Gold gains as investors bet against Fed hike

LONDON: Gold rose for a second straight session on Tuesday as the dollar dropped ahead of a two-day U.S. Federal Reserve meeting that investors are betting will leave interest rates unchanged. Spot gold was up 0.2 percent at $1,314.76 an ounce by 0955 GMT, with U.S. gold futures gaining 0.1 percent to $1,319.10. "Gold should remain supported as long as it holds above $1,300 an ounce ... but that level could be easily broken if the Fed surprises with a rate hike tomorrow," ActivTrades chief analyst Carlo Alberto de Casa said. "If not, we could see a $10 rebound after the Fed meeting." Investors will listen closely to Fed Chair Janet Yellen's speech at the end of the meeting on Wednesday for any hint that the central bank could raise rates before the end of the year. A range of mixed economic figures and conflicting remarks by key Fed policymakers have kept investors guessing over the timing of the next U.S. rate increase. Only a 12 percent chance of a rate rise is priced in now, compared with 24 percent last week, CME FedWatch said. Rising U.S. interest rates increase the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding bullion and boost the dollar, making gold more expensive for buyers holding other currencies. The dollar was down 0.1 percent against a basket of six main currencies as investors also awaited the outcome of a Bank of Japan policy meeting this week. Japan's central bank also meets on Tuesday and Wednesday, and could make negative interest rates the primary focus of its monetary policy, moving away from quantitative easing. Spot gold looks neutral in a range of $1,313 to $1,319 an ounce and an escape could point a direction, said Reuters technical analyst Wang Tao. In other news, Swiss gold imports from Hong Kong last month hit their highest since records began in 2012, while combined shipments to Hong Kong and China hit their lowest since April, data from the Swiss customs bureau showed on Tuesday. Among other precious metals, spot silver rose 0.3 percent to $19.19 an ounce, building on a gain of nearly 2 percent in the previous session. Platinum was up 0.5 percent at $1,026.25 and Palladium rose 0.6 percent to $687, extending a 2 percent increase on Monday.

Actress Anushka Photo Gallery

Anushka Shetty

Sweety Shetty (born 7 November 1981), better known by her stage name Anushka Shetty, is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in Telugu and Tamil films.

She made her acting debut through the 2005 Telugu film Super. She went on to star in a number of Telugu films such as Vikramarkudu (2006), Arundhati (2009), Vedam (2010), Rudramadevi (2015) and Baahubali: The Beginning (2015). After starring in a series of high-budget productions, she established herself as one of the leading actresses in Telugu cinema.[4] She received critical acclaim for her portrayal of the title character in Arundhati (2009), as Saroja in Vedam (2010), and as Queen Rudramadevi which fetched her three Filmfare, one Nandi and three CineMAA Awards. In the 2010s, Anushka also achieved success in Tamil cinema with the action films Singam (2010), its sequel Singam II (2013) and Yennai Arindhaal (2015). All three of them were big commercial successes, while her performances in Vaanam (2011), Deiva Thirumagal (2011) and Inji Iduppazhagi (2015) won her critical praise.

She was also voted as "Hyderabad's Most Desirable Woman of 2015".

Anushka Photo Gallery

Early life

Born in Mangalore, Karnataka, Anushka is an ethnic Tuluva hailing from the landed Bellipady Uramalu Guthu family. Her parents are Prafulla and A.N. Vittal Shetty. She has two brothers Gunaranjan Shetty and Sai Ramesh Shetty who is a cosmetic surgeon. Anushka did her schooling in Bangalore and her Bachelor of Computer Applications at the Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. She was also a yoga instructor, trained under Bharat Thakur