Hi friends,Pazhassiraja’s Tamil audio launch took place in Chennai today. Those present at the venue were Sarathkumar, Ilayaraja, the film’s director Hariharan and producer Gokulam Gopalan among others. With the film due to be released for the Tamil audience soon, the Ilayaraja compositions were, no doubt, the most expected.Speaking at the function Ilayaraja said that the story of a film is the real super star and not the actors that have a prefix Super Star and Supreme Star. He also shared his experiences while working for Pazhassiraja. The veteran music director said that he composed the music for a sequence which will show the people living as refugees in their own homeland and it was great experience to bring out the feel the director wanted.Notable among the absentees was Mammootty who played the title role in the film.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Kamal announces FICCI recommendations
Hi friends ,The two-day long Media & Entertainment Business Conclave hosted by FICCI drew to a close this evening with Kamal presenting the valedictory address and meeting the press briefly after that. The Business Conclave, held at Hotel Le Royal Meridien, Chennai saw delegates across the globe delivering speeches on various topics on the evolving technologies and the latest in the world of media and entertainment on both days. The Conclave was thus peppered with innovative talk shows to brainstorm ideas, interactive sessions and presentation of case studies.
During his interaction with the press, Kamal thanked all the core committee members, including Sarathkumar for their contributions to make the program a success. He mentioned that it was the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, who gave go-ahead for such an idea on which the whole conference was built upon. He also thanked the Chief Minister for allocating funds to the tune of Rs. 50 lakhs for the conference after realizing the significance of this venture.
He read out recommendations made by the action committee. The recommendations included; reviewing current rules and future resolutions of Trade bodies, Unions and councils, creating a digital archive for Tamil movies, government to run a registry of copyrights and ownerships of content after looking into the legal ramifications, arriving at a standardized process for post-production works and expand the same to other areas of the industry, creating security guidelines and to obtain priority industry status for the movie business.
Kamal also assured that these recommendations will make a noticeable change in the industry in terms of protecting and archiving the content. The conference not only focused on cinema, but also delved into other areas of entertainment including Television, Radio and performing arts. Kamal added that the idea to include diverse areas of entertainment in the conference is to arrive at a feasible revenue generation model for all the sections of entertainment.
FICCI has widely generated a positive response among the film industry, which was evident from the enthusiastic participation seen across all the events by the representatives of Tamil cinema including producers, directors, technicians and individual enthusiasts.
During his interaction with the press, Kamal thanked all the core committee members, including Sarathkumar for their contributions to make the program a success. He mentioned that it was the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, who gave go-ahead for such an idea on which the whole conference was built upon. He also thanked the Chief Minister for allocating funds to the tune of Rs. 50 lakhs for the conference after realizing the significance of this venture.
He read out recommendations made by the action committee. The recommendations included; reviewing current rules and future resolutions of Trade bodies, Unions and councils, creating a digital archive for Tamil movies, government to run a registry of copyrights and ownerships of content after looking into the legal ramifications, arriving at a standardized process for post-production works and expand the same to other areas of the industry, creating security guidelines and to obtain priority industry status for the movie business.
Kamal also assured that these recommendations will make a noticeable change in the industry in terms of protecting and archiving the content. The conference not only focused on cinema, but also delved into other areas of entertainment including Television, Radio and performing arts. Kamal added that the idea to include diverse areas of entertainment in the conference is to arrive at a feasible revenue generation model for all the sections of entertainment.
FICCI has widely generated a positive response among the film industry, which was evident from the enthusiastic participation seen across all the events by the representatives of Tamil cinema including producers, directors, technicians and individual enthusiasts.
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