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  • Ganesh Venkatraman to host SonyLIV’s Crime Patrol in Tamil

    Ganesh Venkatraman to host SonyLIV’s Crime Patrol in Tamil

    MUMBAI: ‘Satark Rahe’, ‘Surakshit Rahe’, ‘Har Jurm Dastak Deta Hai’ – If these lines resonate with you, then you have grown up watching Crime Patrol. Over the last 16 years, this marquee show from the Sony Pictures Networks stable has kept us hooked onto our screens with compelling cases and gritty storytelling. Riding on its colossal popularity of being India’s longest-running reality crime television series, the show now gets a Southern makeover. SonyLIV, the digital streaming platform is set to launch the Tamil version of Crime Patrol and has roped in leading Tamil actor Ganesh Venkatraman as the anchor.

    Ganesh Venkatraman will step into the shoes of Anup Soni who toplined the Hindi version of the crime series for years. With films across six regional industries, Ganesh is one of India’s finest film and TV actor and was also a finalist in "Bigg Boss Tamil 1". Some of the films he starred in were Radha Mohan's Abhiyum Naanum (2008), Unnaipol Oruvan (2009) and Kandahar (2010) besides a number of ad films across different Indian languages.

    Confirming the news, Ganesh Venkatraman said, “Creating awareness about crimes is a serious job and I am happy to team up with a very passionate team of technicians for the same. I truly believe Crime Patrol is not just a format breaking series but a path-breaking one for the Tamil audiences. My grandfather was a Police officer and my father is a lawyer, so naturally law & order runs in my blood. My tough cop roles in my movies have been always appreciated by Tamil audiences. I am super excited to don a new avatar piecing together these crimes for our audiences. My best wishes to SonyLIV for a successful launch in Tamil and shooting for the series is turning out to be a fantastic experience.”

    Crime Patrol Tamil will go live this August only on SonyLIV.

  • Vijay TV’s new celeb reality show ‘Achcham Thavir’ starts on June 2

    Vijay TV’s new celeb reality show ‘Achcham Thavir’ starts on June 2

    BENGALURU: Vijay TV’s new celebrity reality weekend show will start airing Thursday to Sunday starting June 2 at the 700 pm slot. The channel says that the Tamil television industry has seen shows involving small screen celebrities taking part in reality shows and performing extraordinary and thrilling tasks. Achcham Thavir differs from such run of the mill shows in as much as it has celebrities even from the film fraternity. The show has Tamil female film and television actor Divya Dharshini as the anchor.

    Amongst the participants include Sonia Agarwal, Gayathri of Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kanom fame, Sanjana Singh, Gayathri Jayaraman, Madumila of Office serial fame, Anchor Priyanka Deshpande, ‘Mettioli’ Gayathri, Ganesh Venkatraman, Bharani of Nadodigal fame, anchor turned actor Ma Ka Pa Anand, Amith Bhargav of Kalyanam Mudhal Kadhalvarai fame, RJ turned actor ‘Mirchi’ Senthil, Siddharth of Saravannan Meenatchi fame and Mudhavanan of Jodi fame.

    The channel says that the new show will be full of thrill, anticipation and emotions. It claims that all the stunts for the show have been done in a very protective environment under professional guidance so that no one is hurt. Vijay TV affirms that overall the show will be a perfect blend of fun, action and entertainment.

  • Vijay TV’s new celeb reality show ‘Achcham Thavir’ starts on June 2

    Vijay TV’s new celeb reality show ‘Achcham Thavir’ starts on June 2

    BENGALURU: Vijay TV’s new celebrity reality weekend show will start airing Thursday to Sunday starting June 2 at the 700 pm slot. The channel says that the Tamil television industry has seen shows involving small screen celebrities taking part in reality shows and performing extraordinary and thrilling tasks. Achcham Thavir differs from such run of the mill shows in as much as it has celebrities even from the film fraternity. The show has Tamil female film and television actor Divya Dharshini as the anchor.

    Amongst the participants include Sonia Agarwal, Gayathri of Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kanom fame, Sanjana Singh, Gayathri Jayaraman, Madumila of Office serial fame, Anchor Priyanka Deshpande, ‘Mettioli’ Gayathri, Ganesh Venkatraman, Bharani of Nadodigal fame, anchor turned actor Ma Ka Pa Anand, Amith Bhargav of Kalyanam Mudhal Kadhalvarai fame, RJ turned actor ‘Mirchi’ Senthil, Siddharth of Saravannan Meenatchi fame and Mudhavanan of Jodi fame.

    The channel says that the new show will be full of thrill, anticipation and emotions. It claims that all the stunts for the show have been done in a very protective environment under professional guidance so that no one is hurt. Vijay TV affirms that overall the show will be a perfect blend of fun, action and entertainment.

  • Disney UTV to produce Tamil film Theeyaa Vela Seiyyanum Kumaru

    Disney UTV to produce Tamil film Theeyaa Vela Seiyyanum Kumaru

    MUMBAI: Disney UTV Studio has said that its next Tamil film would be titled Theeyaa Vela Seiyyanum Kumaru (Kumar! You‘ve Gotta Work Really Hard, Yaar!).

    Written and directed by Sundar C who had earlier directed the studio‘s superhit Kalakalappu, the film stars popular south stars Siddharth, Santhanam, Hansika, Ganesh Venkatraman and many others. The shooting for the film is currently in progress and it is scheduled to release in June 2013.

    Commented Disney UTV, Chief – South Business, Studios G. Dhananjayan, “Our association with Sundar C has been hugely successful with Kalakalappu in 2012 and we are glad to continue this with Vela Seiyyanum Kumaru this year.

    Comedy films have found a wide audience in South with many recent successes and we are hopeful to create another good film in this genre. We are working towards an eclectic slate for this year and this project is yet another step in that direction.”

    Sundar C, known as a ‘Genius of Comedy‘ in South Cinema, is presenting Siddharth in an interesting lead role for the first time along with Comedy Super Star‘ Santhanam and one of the top actresses of South Hansika. Ganesh Venkatraman in a pivotal role adds strength to the cast of the film.

    The film is to be shot at Kumbakonam, Hyderabad and Chennai.

    While Settai will be UTV‘s first film in Tamil this year; it will release in April. It will be followed by Theeyaa Vela Seiyyanum Kumaru that is to open in June. This will be later followed by the Gaurav and Vikram Prabhu starrer Sigaram Thodu in December 2013.