VTv earns an other Award.

The first edition of the mBillionth South Asia Awards 2010 was held in New Delhi on Friday (23.07.2010). The awards offer a platform for the best mobile content and applications with mass utility and social purpose. The organization received more than 250 entries and 24 winners took home the trophy in 10 categories. The jury deliberated on the nominees for three days in Colombo last month. 


The criteria for selection were: Content, Interface, Technical speciality, Design and Accesibility.

And here comes the biggest highlight! VTV Songs, an iPhone app developed exclusively by DCI Mobile Studios, was selected as 1 of the Top 5 app under m-Entertainment category.

The awards were jointly organised by the Department of Information Technology (DIT), Digital Empowerment Foundation and OnMobile, a provider of mobile value-added services (VAS).

More awards to reach..

We thank Galatta for sharing this Information.

Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya marks 125th Day.

Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya @ VTv, a movie made for lovers and a movie that bought in the real feel of lovers across the globe. We are proud to say that the movie has crossed the 125 days mark, which no other tamil movie in the recent time has done. In a period where, running a movie for 50 days finds to be a hard struggle, VTv has crossed the golden sign with the praise and support from the audience.

We thank each and every one of the Audience, Press, Online portals, Fans, Friends and Lovers for making this happen.

The video presented above was done by Arvin our Creative Moderator. We had little time, so we were not able to make a movie presentation. Fans who are good at it, can make a video presentation with the audio. The audio presentation carries the extreme characterization of the character Karthik in the movie.

- Hariharan Gajendran

VTv Ganesh : A Man beyond Excellence.

Its time to wish someone special. Very special indeed and its none other than VTV Producer Ganesh. His very presence in the movie made VTV lovable by the masses with Goutham Menon putting in all his talents in the romantic movie.


The highlight of Ganesh Sir is his voice and his down to earth dialog delivery. He is voice modulation made people love him, let it be

 Inga Enna Solluthu ? Jessie Jessie Sollutha" to "Avana Podu, Ivana Podu, Leftla podu, Un machaana Podu

Or

  "Melum melum oru april varaikum thallineenga na, Antha exam laam mudinju kudumbathoda vanthu paarpanga.." at the success meet of VTv, he just gave the role of an supportive actor a life.

Today we at Simbucentral, with regards to the entire fans fraternity of Yss Silambarasan wish VTv Ganesh the Kaakha kaakha camera man ;) a very happy Birthday.

Thank you Sir, for giving our hero a break that moulded our carrer as fans and our Heroes career with a mind blowing movie. We wish to see more of your team work and support to our Hero in the future.

With all respects a team with support and character.

Ps : Yss Simbu's Wish : Many more happy returns of the day to my sweet friend & producer vtv Ganesh :) god bless ..

Simbucentral Admins, Mods, Followers.

- Hariharan Gajendran

4 more days.

Four more days to celebrate the love and success of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya. First film of 2010 to reach 100 days as well as the first film to gross more profit interms of Fans as well as money. There are reports that a function will be held at Sathyam Cinemas Chennai to mark the Victory and that our Yss Thalaivan Silambarasan will leave to Uk London for Pre Shoot of Podaa Podi. We at Simbucentral wish the entire crew of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya "VTV" especially the Director our Honarable Goutham Vasudev Menon on this occasion for giving us such a good movie.

Hariharan Gajendran

VTv Background score : Ar.Rahman's Splendid work.

After loads of request from people across the globe, we manged to get the Back Ground score of VTv from the Fans of Ar.Rahman. Please check their website for more such Background scores. There are totally 71 BGM songs in VTv that is available right now.


BGM Ripper & Uploader

Mohan Manohar aka SpEd

Download Here :
Part 1 & Part 2

Credits to the Original Post :
www.arrahman.asia

- Hariharan Gajendran

Bringing back Divya to justify the character in Jessie.

Mounaraagam, a classic movie, which is worshiped by every single cinema lover is still portrayed as one of the best romantic movie ever. If you get to watch it, you would be taken aback by the screen play and the musical extravaganza of the movie. The movie left many stunned and gave a big boost to the lovers as well as the industry.

Maniratnam, the man with magic fingers gave us what we still feel as one of the best movie to watch when ever we feel lonely or whenever we are in the mood of love. The story revolves around Divya, an Brahmin girl, who wanna make every moment of hers an enjoyable one. And she has that typical Brahmin Family. Father working in as Government employee and a elder brother and two sisters. Well she is forced to get married by her parents and she nods for it. It was Mohan who stunned every one with his acting and performing as if he lived the character. 

They tie knot, and end up to live separately, with Divya '' Revathy '' on a confused state of mind giving no good for the knuptial knot. And on one fine evening she lets know that she was already in love with a guy and that she still loves him. So there goes the flash back. Again the flash back shows a confused Divya, who at times takes bold decisions and at later half asks her lover "Karthik" to listen to what she says. And the movie goes on and at last, it goes like questioning if Mohan and Divya will stay together for life or will apply for a Divorce. Again showing the confused state of mind which Divya was.

Now this is how the movie VTv takes us too.. A confused Jessie, a truly loving person in Karthik and a typical Keralaitte accent. Will they get together or not. Critics say history always repeats, and it did happen with the characterization and with the success of both the movies. Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya is now said to be the highest ever collecting tamil movie of the century. It has broken the records of Sivaji and Chandramukhi. 

So, it was Revathy who was loved that time by the youngsters and Trisha now for the innocence and their confused state of mind. And again it was Maniratnam at that time and Goutham vasudev Menon now.

- Hariharan Gajendran

Manoj Paramahamsa Speaks on the Make over of Simbu.

Your Words on VTv :

At the end of Eeram, VTV started and his script book was given to me. While reading it, I found it so interesting and inspiring. It was new and fresh. I had not seen a genre like that in cinema and it was conversational, something he also explained. He wanted a lot to be created visually and there would be great scope for visual and music. Working with him gave me the opportunity to have a lot of interaction with him. On the sets, he does not have the director feel, l have worked with many directors but Gautham is like the CEO of a company, very humble and quiet on the spot. No-one knows shooting is happening. He is so soft and gives freedom to execute something in the script if its justified.

For instance for the title shoot of VTV, we shot 200ft with crane up. When we saw the location I felt it would be good as a concept, he said ok though it was expensive. We had to hire an agela crane, take it to Kerala for just that one complicated shot to reveal the church. He gives a lot of freedom and inspires you a lot while narrating the scene or in the script.

He gave me the opportunity to use a lot of wide angle shots, scope and space for camera movements. This script he said it should be very visual and we made a color palette. Since I had already done this in Eeram, I was very happy to hear it from him and after doing so much dark, he wanted white, this gave me more energy. Usually, a love subject is colorful but he wanted white and first I could not understand. However, once I read the script, the character is Syrian Christian and many things about Jessie are white, the church white for instance. We searched a lot for white, the Thiruvanmiyur house gave us a white backdrop and so did the 450-year old Church where we got permission after a lot of persuasion and donation. Malta is an off white island city and this suited our color palette.

What was your best shot in VTV?

Going by the feedback, the Malta songs and New York were well-appreciated. In the Mannipaaya song, there is a lead scene, a night scene across the backwaters where Simbhu jumps over the wall to see Trisha and then they both sit on a lawn and talk. This is followed by an intense scene where they kiss and the song begins. He goes on the boat after this; we underplayed the moonlight and the place Allepey was new. Many appreciated this. I like this night effect scene.

How is Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa different from other films?

From the Tamil films I have come across, this has a very different screenplay and treatment. Usually, there are a lot of artistes, an action block and even in a love element; there might be vengeance and a lot of negative elements. Suppose they are not there, it would become a family drama. This script breaks all this. There are two characters and the only thing between them is love. The two characters keep talking to each other throughout the film, the supporting cast is very less, the cameraman character is the only major one and worked out well. Parents have a small role. This two character drama was new and interesting and it was wonderful working with artistes who had a lot of experience. I had a high energy level and confidence that I could give good visuals as it had such as structure.


How did you manage to give Simbhu an image makeover?

Many have asked this question. Trisha and Simbu look very good. We have done a lot of things that were not done in his earlier films. Basically, we decided his look. Hrithik Roshan’s hairstylist gave him the haircut. Nalini’s input was a lot and she gave him casual clothes generally middle class. She did not select them like a hero’s costume. Before shooting, his look was set and on my side, I planned and fixed the lighting pattern. The full film would be shot in sunlight and available light, back or direct. Even when scenes were shot at home, we decided to make it look like sunlight streamed in. White would look pure when the sunlight fell on it and shadows cast on it.

Unlike normal commercial films, we never gave Simbu special lighting but used a lot of available light, the reason for success of the makeover. In many places the duo were talking and the camera placed at a distance. In fact, many felt that it looked like two lovers who were captured on screen without their knowledge and this was appreciated. The reason is good planning without disturbing them with too much light and working in available light, maybe this looked fresh and new. Generally, for a hero, a lot of glow is used or he is given a backlight, both of which we avoided. Same goes for Trisha, her main scenes were done in available light. Only in the song sequences we have tried the glow because in his imagination we wanted her to look ravishing.

We selected good lighting conditions. I got enough co-operations from all three, Simbhu, Gautham and Trisha. When shooting in available light, when the sun’s direction changes, the continuity will change, usually, the sun will stay in a single angle only one or two hours but they completed the scene within that time frame. Generally other directors would take a lot of time and lot of shots, track movement and complicate it before finishing the scene. However, Gautham understood that would be good in available light and within one hour finished even big scenes. No rehearsals or retakes and many shots were okayed in a single take and this was good for the continuity and realism of the film.

Copyrights : Behindwoods.com 

The article is of the author and all credits goes for him on taking this interview.

- Hariharan Gajendran

Vtv roaring high even on 50th day of its release.

Is that true we are in to the modern arena ?. Yes says Vinnaithaandi varuvaaya with its interpretation of love and screen play.

I have seen quite a lot of movies which gave that unique feel. As in Mounaraagam , Alaipaayuthey, Idhayathai Thirudaathey, Kadhal Kottai, Kadhalukku Mariyaathai, Mann Vasanai and Punnagai Mannan, each film had its own way of showing love and I would say they were beautiful.


But Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya was something special. It changed the lifestyle of many. For a fact I was able to see quite a few people now changing the way they use to speak, to the way they dress and to be more matured. At times when IPL 20/20 is taking every one, VTv has made sure, IPL is just an entertainer, where as Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya is reality at screens.

It is not like I am praising Goutham menon or Silambarasan, but the fact is they have to be praised because; they have given a movie with elegance and maturity. For Goutham Menon it is quite a big break after Vaaranam Aayiram and for Simbu it is the biggest ever hit which gave him the extra fame and credentials.

Trisha- No words to describe her acting. She just took each frame of hers to the new heights. Right when she quips Simbu asking, Nee enna follow panna la illa? To Naan Appa kitta poi solrein , there is nothing between us so that we can move around easily. I was able to see Revathy’s innocence in Trisha for the first time.

Coming to Cinematography : Goodness, It was P.C.Sreeram the legend in Mounaraagam and here it is Manoj Paramahamsa. He leaves us spell bound with his magic in showing love and the beautiful shots at Allepey and Malta. It is no wonder that he will take Tamil cinema to new heights. The visuals in VTv was amazing and few shots where Trisha and Simbu move around in bikes and the Mannipaaya song took every one to their dreams. A special pat to this guy.

Never should we forget Thaamarai, her lyrics to the songs has been a major attraction to the movie, a simple line put forward with loads of essence in it "Kadalinil meenaaga irunthaval naan, Unakena karai thaandi vanthaval thaan" and "Yenn Idhayam Udaithaai norungavey, Yen Maru idhayam , Tharuvein nee udaikavey" where phenomenal.

Infact Ar.Rahman himself praised her for putting in awesome lines and lyrics. She deserves more than a award for her lines.

 Simbu our brother, leaves no space for any one to criticize this time, the way he spoke, to the way he acted, just showed his real nature. People close with the Actor say thats his real character, I personally say that too. He has showed what maturity can cause and what his talents are in the entire movie.

I have seen him blasting people in reel life, and throwing some punch dialogues, but here it was all life and reality. The scene at KFC showed his real humour sense, and that’s how he makes everyone laugh behind the screens. The presence of mind, biriyani irukka? Illa la.. Chicken kudu.. and appadiya at the climax,With a glitch of smile in his face made every one laugh and wonder on how he was able to make people laugh even with a slow voice modulation.

A.R. Rahman and his Magic hands :

We all know that the key success of the movie is attributed to A.R.Rahman’s songs and his Background Music. Right from the AAromaley female version to Jessie is on fire. He was able to bring in two sets of Back ground music to Trisha, when she is romantic and when she was angry. I simply loved the Jessie is on fire back ground theme.

Producer Ganesh was resembling V.K.Ramasamy the ace comedian of “velaikaaran,mounaraagam, agni natchathiram, tharmathin thalaivan and many”. Ganesh simply took every one to the happiest mood with his simple but powerful enough words to bring in the smile at every ones face. I can still think of the scene where I was jumping on the seats, When Simbu is asked to come out of the bus by Trisha’s brother, and when he slaps Ganesh, the next scene he was like, Avana Podu, Un Machaana podu, Anga podu, Inga podu , that was hilarious.

Between the reasons the film is running house full even after 50 days collecting 5.32 Crores in Chennai alone even with Piracy at its high; it is because of the natural chemistry and the screenplay in the movie. Many felt Simbu and Trisha should join together, but again many felt they shouldn’t coz that’s reality. In reality we can see 100s of such people.

 I was able to witness a huge changeover for Simbu after this movie; people in the so called Class- A speak all well about him and media as shown Thumb’s Up for this talented person.

All I could ask the producers now is “When will the Original DVD be out and the Producer replies – On the 100thday of the movie.” So let us wait for few more days to witness Love in reality at our home screens from the month of June. Let us support True love and true cinema. And thanks to the entire crew and Simbu for this movie. We are simply in love with it and we are expecting you to show your talents in the right way, which you always do. Cheers.

Author : Hariharan Gajendran

Copy Rights : Simbucentral.com

Crossing Over with Producer Ganesh of VTv.

What’s HOT gets talking to producer-turned-actor Ganesh, who has created quite an impact with his role in Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa

‘Inga enna solludhu? Jessie Jessienu solludhilla?’ Every time lovers watch Ganesh pose this question to Simbu in Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (VTV), they gain the courage to pursue their love. The unassuming actor who captured the audience’s attention as Simbu’s friend in VTV, is very much the same person off screen as well.

ACTING STINT IN VTV… 

As I was one of the producers of VTV, I was actively involved in the production of the film. I used to participate in the discussions which went on till late in the night. One fine day, Gautham Vasudev Menon asked me to play Simbu’s friend in the movie. I was initially hesitant as that character was pivotal to the film and I wasn’t sure if I would be able to pull it off. 

FROM A PRODUCER TO AN ACTOR… 

I have done few cameos earlier in Vaaranam Aayiram and Vettaiyadu Vilayadu. Acting was by sheer accident. During the shooting of Vettaiyadu Vilayadu, the guy who was supposed to play the role of the kidnapper of Kamalini Mukherjee did not turn up. There was no other person to portray the character. That was when Kamal Haasan asked me to play the role of the abductor who gets killed in an encounter. 

A LOT OF DIRECTORS AND PRODUCERS ARE TURNING ACTORS… 

Producers or directors taking up acting is not an issue at all. What matters is whether they suit the character. For instance, VTV had a lot of fresh elements. All of a sudden, Simbu was shown as a lovable boy and Trisha was seen in sari in most part of the film. Probably, people liked me for my voice modulation, body language and presentation in the film. Novelty casts a spell on every one. The artiste should suit the character. 

EXPERIENCE IN VTV… 

Well, first of all, let me tell you that I was not the cameraman for Kaakha Kaakha as I’m introduced in the film. I really loved working with the whole unit of VTV. During the theatre rounds of the film across the state, I realised that it was not only couples in love, who were thronging the theatres, but also family audiences, including elderly people over the age of 60. 

TAMIL CINEMA... 

Tamil cinema has come of age. But one aspect that really hurts me is that though we are technically more sound compared to other film industries, our talent is not recognised. Tamil films, with such good technicians and cast, should have a wider appeal. We should come out of the shell and make sure that our films reach a wider audience. We should work towards that.

Source : Times of India

Author : P SANGEETHA 

Thanks to the author and to Times of India for the article.

- Hariharan Gajendran

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VTv : Silambarasan's real face.

VTV is one nice movie which I've seen in the recent days. Good movies are in dearth as mass heroism has taken the front seat in Kollywood. Even Bharath like actors who did great movies like Boys, Kadhal have taken the boat and falling flat, quite regularly.

In this era of such heroes, Gautham has converted Silambarasan who used to be a mass hero who usually has

- 5 fight scenes where he uproots the lamp post and smacks the villains

- 4 songs with a heroine running around a tree

- 3 Heroism scenes where he speaks 1000 punch dialogues

- 2 overacts to the minimum

- 1 love making scene where he bites heroine's lip like a Pitta bread.

to a 'real hero'. Thanks to Gautham for that! Silambarasan you were wonderful in both acting and dance! You'll go places if you continue this.

Gautham has made good use of the genius called Rahman to the core. Be it Hosanna the popular song to 'Omana penne, VTV is heaven in my ears Amazing picturisation to complement the. songs made it an absolute delight to watch. Hey Guys, those who went their ciggie breaks, you missed good songs

One line comedy was the order of the day in VTV. Gautham even takes the micky out of himself where he says 'Yaaru antha tamil padathula english pesa vachu padam edupaare avara?' Appreciate your courage and humour!

This column can't be finished without mentioning Trisha. What a beauty! I You were truly, really, marvellously amazing.

But the movie has it's own weaknesses as well. I wouldn't say dragging second-half as many people have been saying or the repetitive dialogues or the inconsistent Trisha character. It’s the same old love story and a guy desperately trying to come good in Kollywood. The pace at which Karthik gets introduced to director and gets up the ladder is a bit unreal, as it doesn’t happen in Kollywood.

But Gautham has well hidden all these defects if I can say and has given us a real gem and potentially blockbuster.

Thanks,
Swami
swami.b@live.com

The view is by the author and we would encourage our Fans to give such review at sag_hariharan@yahoo.co.in

A Trailer For all to Cherish.

Vtv Ganesh : A special interview.

Thanks to the original Releaser :

I am Hariharan Gajendran and I am from Simbucentral. The Loyal Paradise of Silambarasan.

Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya - Behind the Scenes.

To get the Hq Stills you can download the pictures by clicking here.

I am Hariharan Naidu and I am From SimbuCentral. The Official Place for the Loyal-lites. 

Simbu is not in Orkut.

There are wide rumors spread across fans that Thalaivan Silambarasan is interacting with them in Orkut. When enquired we came to know that some one are using the name of Thalaivan Silambarasan in Orkut a Social Networking Site.

Our Thalaivan YSs Silambarasan does not have an account in Orkut and Fans are requested to avoid those spam profiles.

Our hero uses Facebook and Twitter alone and he is very much active here. So Fans be aware of such mis conduct sites.

Neither the Fans Federation or Our Hero is responsible for any false statements and  unruly behavior at the Orkut profile.

This is that profile : The FAke one : http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Profile?uid=2146394195420557671

I am Hariharan Naidu and I am From SimbuCentral. The Loyal Paradise of Silambarasan.

Simbu to watch VTv in Coimbatore today.

Yss Thalaivan Silambarasan will watch his movie Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya at Coimbatore today 11-03-2010.
He will watch the movie at Central, Senthil Kumaran and two more theatres. Fans can get to meet Simbu there and can convey the wishes.


Fans who get to meet Thalaivan Silambarasan can mail us the pictures, so that we can post it here at Simbucentral.

I am Hariharan Naidu and I am From Simbucentral. The Official Place of the Loyalist.

The Collection Say's it for all.

Below we have three Pictures for you to verify on your self. With just one week of collection Young Super Star Starring Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya took all the movies to its feet with the sweep in collections. Even the much publicized big venture Tamil Padam is getting its business hit and no words on Vishal's his movies are not in for competition, still it was publicized by Sun Pictures. In the Next couple of weeks VTv will break all the records of box office collection.

I am Hariharan Gajendran and I am from Simbucentral.

Gowtham Menon Opens up.

Simbu is ready and raring to go.

In a interview to Sreedhar Pillai of Times New Network, Our Thalaivan YSs Silambarasan opened up on few questions.

Simbu is suddenly the most-wanted actor in Kollywood. His Gautham Menon film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (VTV) released on Friday and has taken an awesome opening worldwide. With the movie, the actor has made a total transition from a finger-wagging, punch-line spewing mass hero to a class act. Today, everybody wants to work with him and girls who earlier found him a little crass, now say he is the hottest poster boy in the industry. Simbu opens up about his new-found star status and a lot more in an exclusive to CT.

• What does VTV mean to you? 
It has given me a new image, thanks to that magician of movies, Gautham Vasudev Menon. It’s an honest, straight-from-theheart movie; a young man’s account of his first love. The film has taken me to the next level, and has given me an elite audience.

• With your makeover in VTV, you have turned from a mass hero catering to B & C centers to a class multiplex hero.
I saw VTV alone for the first time at a preview theatre a week before its release. I watched it purely as a Gautham Menon fan. It hit me in the same way that my character in the film Karthik explains how he got hit by love at first sight, as he says, ‘Ennai Adichadhu Andha Kadhal (that love hit me).’

• Your on-screen chemistry with Trisha is crackling. Are you in love with her? 
The chemistry worked big time because we have known each other for a very long time and she is a good friend. But I am still single and ready to mingle. (Laughs)

• Women are going weak in the knees over your character in the film. Honestly, VTV has given me a new image among girls. A girl from Singapore wrote to me on my social networking page that she was so moved by my performance that she wants to marry her ex-lover whom she ditched some months back!

• What are your impressions on working with a class director like Gautham Menon?
GM, as I call him, is the most phenomenal talent in Kollywood. The first time he narrated the story to me, I was bowled over by his love for filmmaking. He never thrusts anything on his actors. He gives respect to his artistes and receives the same. The kind of exposure he has to life, music, performances and nuances is awesome.
Right from the day I saw Minnale (firstday, first-show on my birthday, February 3) as a 16-year-old who bunked school to watch it, I have been hooked to his films. Ten years later, I watched VTV in the same theatre. It made me nostalgic.

• Some say that you are making a mistake by tinkering with your mass image by doing films like VTV.
My fans love me in VTV and the feedback I’m getting is very positive. They feel I’ve done something different and made them proud. I want to break the formula. In future, I will do films that I want to and try to balance between mass and class.

• Are you doing your next film with Mani Ratnam? 
No comments. But, who would not like to do a film with Mani sir?

Meet Simbu and Gowtham Menon in Land Mark Chennai.

Hi Guys,

This is a very sweet opportunity, for all Thalaivan YSs Silambarasan's Fans. You can meet Simbhu today March 1st ,in Citi Centre Landmark, Chennai, at 6.30 pm IST.

This event is to promote VTV as well as to launch a Magazine of Galatta.

All fans are invited to take part in the event. You can take pictures along with your Favorite Star as well get yourself an Autograph from the man himself. Cheer up and Enjoy.

Regards

Hariharan Gajendran

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