Malaysia Vasudevan dies at 67

Malaysia Vasudevan dies at 67

February 21, 2011

Veteran singer Malaysia Vasudevan passed away yesterday afternoon at a private hospital in Chennai. He breathed his last when he was 67. He was admitted last week due to cardiac problems. The singer is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.

Malaysia Vasudevan crooned over 8,000 songs in Tamil and sung close to 4,000 songs in different languages. He worked with many top music directors like MS Viswanathan, Ilaiyaraja, Shankar-Ganesh, AR Rahman etc. He lent his voice for most of the actors in Tamil film industry.

He started his singing career with Delhi to Madras. But it was 'Attukutti Muttaittu' from Kamal Hassan starrer 16 Vayithinile, which brought him under limelight. He forayed into acting with Oru Kaithiyin Diary and went on to act in 85 films in Kollywood.

Actor Kamal Hassan, Ilaiyaraja, Rajinikanth and many noted names from the Tamil film industry have paid tribute to Malaysia Vasudevan. A few celebrities expressed their grief on Twitter.

Director Venkat Prabhu tweeted, “Our uncle singer Malaysia Vasudevan passed away!!! RIP vasu uncle!!! Love u .”

Actor Siddharth tweeted, “RIP Malaysia Vasudevan. So many great songs. A legacy lives on... ”.

Dayanidhi Azhagiri, “RIP Malaysia Vasudevan! ”. On behalf of Malaysia Vasudevan fans, we expresse our deepest condolences to his family and friends. (OI)

Priyamani to repeat her bikini act in Tamil

Priyamani to repeat her bikini act in Tamil

February 23, 2010

Malayalam national award winning actress and gorgeous dam shell Priyamani is soon going to repeat her bikini act in a Tamil movie for director Balu Mahendra. Priyamani The director Balu Mahendra is going to make a film with a new face hero in lead and has asked Priyamani for her dates.

Priyamani has given a positive response for this project and has also agreed to repeat her bikini act in this film. A year ago, Priyamani was seen in a Telugu film in a bikini which raised the temperatures of many males. Her bikini act also increased the revenue for the film also. So, the same is expected for Balu’s project and the cinematography department will be handled by Gold medalist Anwar from Pune film institute.

The music for this film will be composed by Illayaraja and the movie will start in mid 2010. Priyamani is currently a busy bee in different languages and is waiting for the movies such as with movies such as Tamil- “Raavan”, telugu- “Sadhayam”, Kannada – “Eno Onthara” and Malayalam- “Master”.

Hope the glamorous role will fetch Priyamani another award in Tamil. But director Balu Mahendra has the potential to come up with some entertaining stuff in his films. So, these two factors and a good music by Illayaraja are enough to make the untitled film a big hit. (HC)