Welcome back Balram Naidu!

Here comes the answer to ‘Meendum varuvadhu yaarendru therigiradha?’, a question in the poster of Kamal Haasan‘s upcoming film, or films, which will be launched in Chennai on Friday.

According to sources, Balram Naidu, one of the 10 characters played by Kamal in ‘Dasavatharam’, will be an integral part of his next movie, which will be made simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.
“The character has been drawn into this script in an interesting manner. And Shruti Haasan will play Balram Naidu’s daughter in this flick,” sources said.

The movie will be helmed by Kamal's long time friend Rajeev Kumar and will be predominantly shot in the United States. It will be jointly produced by Raajkamal Films International and Lyca Productions.
Kamal tweeted recently: “I found a simple and exciting title for my new trilingual MI moving images.The Hindi title came from Saurabhji .The Tamizh from illayaraja”.

Kamal Haasan's next film launch will be live streamed in YouTube

Known for innovations, Kamal Haasan is at it again. The ‘Ulaga Nayagan‘, who will launch his next venture in Chennai on April 29, will stream it live in three languages.
“Inaugural function of RaajKamal productions in Hindi, Tamil & Telugu going live on respective language channels & also Ulaganayagan tube”, updated Kamal on his microblogging page.
The film, which will be helmed by Kamal's long time friend Rajeev Kumar, would go on floors at a function at Nadigar Sangam premises at T Nagar in Chennai.
Interestingly, Ilayaraja has named the movie’s Tamil version, and Kamal has confirmed this. The title is expected to be unveiled on the launch day.
It will be jointly produced by Raajkamal Films International and Lyca Productions. Tipped to be a family comedy drama, the film will have Shruti Haasan in a key role.

Viral Video: ''Be Our Pondati' an Indian matrimonial parody of 'Call Me Maybe'

    

This 3 minutes long video has gone viral in Social media, crossed 7 lakhs hits in YouTube.

Pondati means wife in Tamil. The video was originally made as an campus entry piece for a Sir Mix-A-Lot parody contest. 

The video from the Students of IIT, Be Our Pondati, parodying singer Carly Rae Jepsen’s song, ‘Call Me Maybe’. Three final-year students Asmita Ghosh, Anukripa Elango and Krupa Varghese reenact a popular format of most Indian matrimonial ad, the kinds that require tall, thin, and light-skinned girls who make round chapatis.

It has been gaining a lot of social love for its honest delivery of cultural stereotypes, and Krupa Varghese’s expressions are amazing! 

Let's meet and know more about them in this Puthiya Thalaimurai TV's interview... 

 

(Mockery of Matrimonial Ads, song goes viral - let's meet the creators)

 

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Amazing Pictures of Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple

Those who have visited the temple will admire. 

Those who have not visited will wonder

 

This enormous temple complex in Madurai is dedicated to Lord Shiva, known here as Sundareshvara, and his consort Parvati or Meenakshi. The original temple was built by Kulasekara Pandya, but the entire credit for making the temple as splendid as it is today goes to the Nayaks. The Nayaks ruled Madurai from the 16th to the 18th century and left a majestic imprint of their rule in the Meenakshi – Sundareswarar Temple.

It is said that the temple was plundered in the 14th century by the Muslim raider Malik Kafur who looted the temple of its valuables. Restoration was undertaken by the Nayak ruler Vishwanatha Nayakar around the 16th century. It was Vishwanatha Nayak who rebuilt the temple in accordance to shilpa shastra .

The temple complex is within a high-walled enclosure, at the core of which are the two sanctums for Meenakshi and Sundareshwara, surrounded by a number of smaller shrines and grand pillared halls. Especially impressive are the 12 gopurams . Their soaring towers rise from solid granite bases, and are covered with stucco figures of deities, mythical animals and monsters painted in vivid colours .

WHERE? Interesting places around the world

Where is the world's   
coldest place?
 
East Antarctic Plateau ...
On the high ridge of the East Antarctic Plateau,
the temperature can drop to as low as-135.8  degrees Fahrenheit, which was recorded in August, 2010.
 
 
 
 
 Where is the world's  most populated city?
 
 
 Shanghai  ...
At a whopping 24,150,000 permanent inhabitants,
Shanghai  is the only city that is home to over 24 million people in one 
city.
 
 
 
 
             Where is the world's least populated city? 
 (the picture is the clue)
 
 Vatican City  ...
With a paltry population of 842, the city-state of
Vatican City  is the smallest city and state in the world.
 
 
 
 Where is the world's  wealthiest city?
 
 
Tokyo  , Japan  ..
That tower might as well be made of gold since Tokyo tops the 
charts
with a GDP of $1,520 billion, beating New York City by a mere $310 
billion.
 
 
 
 Where is the world's  poorest city in the poorest country?
 
 
 Kinshasa  , Congo  ...
it is the poorest city in the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo,
which is also the  poorest country in the world, at a GDP of $55 billion.
Many of its residents live on less $1 a day.
 
 
 
 What is the highest point in the world?  (this one is easy)
 
 
 Mount Everest ...
Towering 29,029 feet in the air, the top of Mount 
Everest
is the closest you can get to touching outer space while still 
standing on Earth.
 
 
 
 Where is the lowest point in the world?
 
 The Challenger Deep Trench
It is the lowest known natural point in the world
at  35,797 ft  below sea level at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
Only three people have ever made it to the bottom in a submersible, 
one of which was filmmaker James Cameron.
 
 
 
             What is the most photographed place         in the U.S.?
 
 
 Surprise:  the Guggenheim building in New 
York...
Photos have always told stories, but in today's world of cell phone 
cameras and social media,
that story is relayed as data to companies who monitor everything 
we do.
Geotagged data was culled by Sightsmap using a Google-based image 
sharing software,
and can show us the most photographed places in the world, right 
down to this landmark.
The strange winner is this building in New York City.  Guess 
it impresses a lot of visitors.
      
 And I thought it was Abbey Road, 
London.   
 
 Where is the wettest spot on Earth?  (and it's not the Amazon!)
 
 
 Mawsynram  , India  ...
In this city in India, it rains an average of  467.35inches per year,
and has a record of 1000 inches in 1985...much more than any rain 
forest!
 
 
 Where is the  driest spot  on Earth?   (It's not the Sahara!)
 
 
 The Atacama Desert ...
The  600 miles of South America's Atacama desert is recorded as the driest place 
on Earth, no contest.
This desert has an average of only 4 inches of rain every hundred 
years. Incredible, but true.
 
 
 
 What city claims to be the  sunniest placein the U.S.?
 
 
 Yuma  , Arizona  ...
In this city in Arizona, the sun shines for an average of 11 hours 
a day.
The usual forecast is sun for 90 percent of the year, averaging a 
total of 4015 daylight hours each year.
 
 
 
             Where is the most expensive city to live in?   (It's not in the U.S. thankfully)
 
 
 Singapore  ...
This city has recently beat out Tokyo, Japan, for the title of 
"most expensive city" for 2014.
Cars can cost between 4-6 times as much in Singapore from what they 
cost in the US or UK
(for example, a Toyota Prius actually costs about $150,000.00 
there).
 
 
 
 Where is the  least expensive city  to live in?
 
 
 Mumbai  , India  ..
At the other end of the spectrum, Mumbai, India, is the cheapest 
place to live in the world,
according to the Worldwide Cost of Living Index, 2014.
For some comparison, a loaf of bread that would cost $3.36 in 
Singapore,
would only cost $0.91 in Mumbai.  A lot of poverty brings the 
cost of living down.
 
 
 
 
 What country consumes the  most food per capita?
 
 The overweight United States ...
We eat an average of 3,770 calories a day each.
Shamefully, obesity is becoming more of a problem every 
year.
 
 
 
 Where is the world's  oldest city?
 
 Damascus           ...
There's quite a bit of controversy over which city gets to 
officially claim the title of "oldest continuously inhabited city.
However, Damascus is the safest bet, with evidence of civilization 
that extends back over11,000 years.
 
 
 
 
 Which is the  youngest country  in the world?
 
 South Sudan  ...
The people of South Sudan were formally recognized as an 
independent country in2011,
making it the youngest country in the world to-date.
 
 
 
 
             Which is the world's most visited city?
 
 London  ...
After a several years of competition with Bangkok, London has 
regained its place as the world's most visited city
(according to MasterCard's 2014 Global Destinations City 
Index).
The city sees about  18.69 million international visitors annually, generating  $19.3 billion in revenue for their city.
 
 
 
 
 What is the world's  least popular country?
 
 
 Iran  ...
            On that same rating scale, Iran has come in dead last (at a 79% 
negativity rating) for many years.
Only 15% of people polled viewed Iran in a positive 
light.
 
 
 
 
 Where is the world's  most dangerous  city to live in?
 
 
 San Pedro  , Honduras    ...
This city averagesover three murders a day.
The violence stems from the city's role as a major hub for illegal 
drug and arms trafficking.
 
 
 
 Which country consumes the  most caffeine  in the world?
 
 
 Sweden    ...
The strong coffee in Sweden will put a spring in your step, and 
hair on your tongue.
The Swedes consume an average of 388 mg of caffeine in coffee per 
person, per day
(that's almost 5 Red Bulls in the U.S.).
 
 
 
 Which country in the world  drinks the most alcohol?
 
 
 Belarus  ...
In the little country of Belarus, each person above the age of 
16
drinks an average of 4.62 gallons of alcohol every 
year.
That's a lot of booze.
 
 
 
 
 
             Which country is the most bicycle friendly in the world?
 
 
 The Netherlands …   By comparing cities using the average number of bicycle trips made 
daily, one city reigns supreme:
Groningen  in the Netherlands.  About 50 percent of the population 
commute via bike daily,
making it the city with the greatest proportion of 
cyclists.
However, many other cities in the Netherlands have a great 
bicycling tradition.