Chandramukhi 365th day celebrations at Shanthi Theatre!!

	There can be only one Superstar and he has proved himself again and again that in terms of mass appeal, he has no peer. When his detractors wrote him off after Baba, he rose like the proverbial Phoenix and challenged that Chandramukhi would erase all the bad memories. He kept his word and Chandramukhi became the thumping success which galvanized Tamil cinema back to good health. In this era of DVDs, when family outings to movie theatres have almost vanished, the film has been grossing record collections well past the silver jubilee. To express their happiness over the outcome, the LIC unit of Rajini fans? club organized a function at Shanthi Theatre.
The event had been entirely got up by the fans themselves after consulting Sathyanarayana, Secretary of the All India Association and Rajini?s man Friday who conveyed the green signal. They also sought permission from Ramkumar of Sivaji Productions. He agreed but could not attend the function as he is abroad. In his place, the managing partner of Sivaji Productions, Giri. Shanmugam attended.
Mr. Sridhar of LIC Unit Rajini Fans Club and Gurusrinivasan of Vaaniyambadi had taken the initiative and and the event was the result of their untiring efforts. The whole show was simple but striking. It was a spontaneous outpouring of affection for the star. Usually, the heroes prop up the events organized by their fan clubs in order to get mileage, but Rajini always insists that his fan clubs should contribute to social causes and does not like too much attention on himself. Yet, with a modest budget, this event celebrating the 365-day non-stop run of Chandramukhi had several aspects of a typical Rajini fan celebration.
The main guest was the young hero, Chithiram Pesuthadi Narain. He was quite awed by the fan frenzy for the Superstar. He was presented with a shield with the Superstar in a stylish pose with the caption ? One year. Narain said, ?Rajini is an inspiration to many of the younger generation like me. We have to learn a lot from him. My fervent wish is to meet him and seek his blessings. I am very thankful to the fans for inviting me to this joyous occasion?. Giri. Shanmugam was obviously pleased and said,? Chandramukhi has created a new benchmark for Tamil films which can be bettered only by another Rajini film. I am sure, Sivaji, will have a run for not just 365 but 730 days?. There was thunderous applause when he told this. Narain also felicitated Venugopal, the manager of Shanthi theatre. The function was headed by N.Ramdas of All India Rajini Fans Association and other guests included D.Gurusrinivasan and Bhoominathan. The latter, who is the Secretary of Sivaji Fans Club proposed the vote of thanks.
There were plenty of festivities in the form of kolattam and other folk dances at the venue. A huge 10,000 wala was set off before the function started. Every time Rajini?s name was mentioned by a speaker there were whistles and claps which brought the roof down. Chosen songs from Rajini?s earlier films were played at the theatre and a special screening of the Chandramukhi with ?Repeat? songs has been planned for the day as well. Earlier, five fans from Trichy had completed their journey by cycle from Trichy to Chennai for attending the function while 70 others from Trichy had come by a special bus. They were received by local fans with jubilation.
On the whole the event which lasted for about 100 minutes was a tribute not only to the enduring charisma of the man but also reinforced the belief that come what may, Rajini fans will always have a unique style of showing their respect and anbu for their thalaivar. May God give them many more opportunities to do this.

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'Chandramukhi' background score released as album

'Chandramukhi' made so much money and is set to make some more records as the background score is to hit the market soon as an album. It seems this is the first time in India that a film's background music is being brought out as an album.

 

With a full heart and full coffers, Ram Kumar of Sivaji Productions has decided on this novel venture.

There will be a grand celebration of Sivaji's birth anniversary and 'Chandramukhi' jubilee on Oct 1. So, the film's background music release took place today afternoon (Sept 27, 2005) at a function held at GRT Grand Days in T Nagar.

Producers Ram Kumar-Prabhu, director P Vasu and music composer Vidyasagar together released the album.

"Even before the start of the film, when Rajini sir asked me about the music, the name that first came to my mind was Vidyasagar. For a film, the story and dialogues form the body and music is the costume. Just like the dress is important to a body, music is important to a film," said P Vasu in a rather poetic fashion. One could see the happiness spread across Vidyasagar's face.

"Even I am astounded by the music in 'Chandramukhi.' This has been my career best. The people responsible for this are the producers, director and Rajini sir. I took about 31 days only to score the background music. About 80 artistes participated in the orchestra," said Vidyasagar about the hard work that went into the music composition.

Last to speak was Prabhu. "After my father's demise, I wanted to do another round of films. That was fulfilled by 'Chandramukhi.' I owe it all to my brother Ram Kumar, Rajini, Kamal and friend Vasu," said Prabhu emotionally and sincerely.

Ram Kumar reminded the journalists present to attend the 'Chandramukhi' celebration without fail and handed out the invitations.

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Collector�s item!

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Tuesday, 27 September , 2005, 17:41

After many, many years the original soundtrack of a film Chandramukhi was released in Chennai today by Sivaji Productions- Ramkumar and Prabhu in the presence of music director Vidyasagar and director P.Vasu. The original soundtrack has all the punch lines, plus that famous “Lakka…Lakka…Lakkaa..” said by superstar Rajnikanth in the film. As a bonus, a VCD-'The making of Chandramukhi' is also given along with the original soundtrack. Said Ramkumar: “There was tremendous pressure from the fans of the superstar to bring out this soundtrack of Chandramukhi. The proceedings from the CD sales will go towards the Sivaji-Prabhu Charities Trust. AnAK audio the distributors of the audio CD say that it is going to be only limited edition and will be a collector’s item.

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Chandramukhi Online Auction begins!

 Sivaji Productions and galatta.com, in association with eBay, inaugurated their first ever online auction of the memorabilia of the latest super-hit, Chandramukhi. Sivaji Productions is well-known for their philanthropic activities and the proceeds from this auction will go to Sivaji charities which will, in turn, be donated to AWWA (Army War Widows Association) and to the Rotary Educational Charity for adopting a Government school. This record-breaking movie, another milestone in our Matinee idol Rajinikanth’s career, is still proving to be a distributor’s delight with house-full shows in both Tamil and Telugu.
Selected costumes and associated memorabilia of the film will be sold by online auction, which was inaugurated today (9th September, 2005) at South India Film Chamber in the presence of various dignitaries. These costumes come with certificates of authenticity signed by the Producers of this film.
Some of the articles that would be available for users worldwide to bid on would include:
a. Super Star Rajinikanth's Blue Kurtha in the Devuda Devuda song
b. Jothika's Chandramukhi Saree
c. The pretty peach saree worn by Nayanthara in Konja Neram song
d. Superstar’s Raja costume ornaments set
e. Ra Ra Jothika’s yellow saree
and many more...
Galatta.com has created the website for the film Chandramukhi and also for the late legend Sivaji Ganesan, and are now associated with this pioneering event in alliance with eBay.com, who handle the online auction. The successful bidders will have the opportunity of collecting the articles in person from the Chandramukhi stars themselves, at the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the film to be held at Chennai on 1st October, 2005. The auction, which promises to be an event of great magnitude and glory, was attended by vivacious screen idols like Ram Kumar, Producer and many others. This auction can well be called another important chapter in the history of Tamil Cinema, Sivaji Productions, and the superstar.
Spearheaded by Galatta.com and eBay with the unrelenting support of Sivaji Productions, this auction is held for a cause with the proceeds going to Sivaji Prabhu Charities Trust which will, in turn, be donated to AWWA (Army War Widows Association) and to the Rotary Educational Charity for adopting a Government school.
To bid for these unique pieces from Chandramukhi, please log on to www.ebay.in, and look for the auction under Bollywood Memorabilia or under the user-name “galattaauctions”. The auction closes on 18th September, 2005, so hurry!
Galatta.com is glad to be associated with Sivaji Productions in this noble endeavor.

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