Chandramukhi Catchup

Nethu night thalaivar kanavula vandhu, romba naaLa avarai pathi onnum post paNNalenu romba varuthappattaar. With Shankar apparently still working on the Sivaji story, there's not much news about that film. So here's a quick update on Chandramukhi, which is still going great guns and nearing 200 days :-)

- The 200th day celebrations of the film were held on October 1st. Though it was officially only the 170th day, October 1 was selected since it was also Sivaji's birthday. Jo couldn't make it since she is in Mumbai visiting her ailing mother but everyone else who was part of the movie was there. Apart from his family members(Dhanush, Aishwarya, Soundarya and Latha), Vijay was in attendance too.

If you remember, Rajni said at the Chandramukhi audio release function that he was keeping his speech short and would speak more at the film's silver jubilee celebrations. Pretty cool that it really came true! His speech had the usual philosophical stuff about not letting defeat keep you down and working hard for success. He was also quite open about his admiration for Aish.

- Chandramukhi is going to be screened at the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival. Since Chandramukhi wasn't released in Japan, this would be first chance for the Japanese to catch the movie. They better get their aarthis and torn lottery tickets ready :-)

- Chandramukhi's complete soundtrack(BGM, dialogs, etc.) was released recently. Looks like Sivaji Films is out to milk this one for all its worth :-) Personally, the soundtrack doesn't appeal to me much(especially since I own the DVD now!) But the 'The Making of Chandramukhi' VCD to be sold along with it sounds interesting. Wouldn't mind a look at that one :-)

- Chandramukhi's movies costumes, props, etc. were auctioned off on eBay India and Rajni's coolers, the first item to be sold, fetched Rs. 25,000. The winners were supposed to receive the items from the Superstar himself during the 200th day function. Not sure if they showed up for that.

- The film is the first Tamil film to complete 100 days in South Africa. Superstaru yaarunnu kEttaa, South African kuzhandhaiyum sollum :-)

Lakalakalakalaka....