LATEST CINEAMA NEWS-ILAYARAJA AND RAHMAN GET PADMA BHUSHAN

The most prestigious civilian awards – the Padma awards 2010 were announced today. 130 awards will be given at a grand function at the Rashtrapathi Bhavan, New Delhi in the month of March/April. Of the total 130 awardees, 6 are Padma Vibhushan, 43 Padma Bhushan, and 81 Padma Shri.

The awards are announced every year and handed over to the individuals who excel in the field of art, medicine, literature & education, trade and industry, sports, public affairs, civil service, journalism, science and engineering and social work.

In the field of Arts some of the prominent personalities who will be presented with the high status awards are popular music directors, Ilayaraja and Oscar winner A R Rahman who will be awarded the Padma Bhushan. Bollywood star Aamir Khan also will be bestowed with Padma Bhushan while Rekha (Bollywood) and Saif Ali Khan will receive Padma Shri.

Awards for the sports category include, cricketer Virendra Shewag, badminton star Saina Nehwal, boxer Vijendra Singh and racer Narain Karthikeyan who will be awarded the Padma Shri.

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LATEST CINEMA NEWS-Andrea in ‘Aadukalam’

More than her acting skills, it is her voice that fetches Andrea more and more offers, one has to say. The actor-singer is now dubbing for Tapasi, the heroine of Dhanush starrer ‘Aadukalam’.

“Since the actress doesn’t know Tamil and the character needs a person who speaks English well, makers of ‘Aadukalam’ approached me for the job. I was busy dubbing for the film and this stopped me from even attending a press meet by ‘Aayirathil Oruvan’ team,” she says.

Andrea, who says she is little disappointed with the limited scope of her role in ‘Aayirathil Ouvan’, is however quick to add she is not going to regret being a part of the film, “Because Selvaraghavan is one of the best directors of Tamil cinema and it was a great learning experience for me on the sets of ‘Aayirathil Oruvan’,” she says.

Saying that she wants to work with Mani Ratnam, the actress adds the other filmmakers she admires a lot are Quentin Torantino and Vishal Bharadwaj. “I am happy that I had already worked under two best directors of Tamil film industry (Goutham Vasudev Menon and Selvaraghavan),” she says.

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