Odd & Ends

- Here's Aish talking about Rajni after the first schedule of Endhiran shooting. Nothing new since what she says about Rajni is pretty much what everybody says about him - humble, simple, etc. But still, solradhu ulaga azhagiyaache...! Looks like she's definitely improved at giving interviews. I still remember her giggling unprofessionally through her interview with David Letterman but she looks classy and in control here and I liked many of the phrases she used.

- Security's been breached again on the sets of Endhiran, this time in Goa. A few stills of thalaivar and Aish relaxing between shots have made it out. The French beard suits thalaivar real well.

- After those first few photos of a bearded Ajith, we finally get some new photos from his upcoming Aegan. Its now quite certain that the film is a remake of Shah Rukh's Main Hoon Na but the photos themselves are rather generic and don't really hint at any of the plot points. No photos, for instance, of Ajith or Nayan at the school or Ajith facing off against an armyman. But Ajith looks smart, Nayan as always looks great and they make a nice pair. Hope Raju Sundaram makes as successful a debut as his brother did with Pokkiri.

- On a very different, somber note... we've been reading about the global financial crisis; about the credit crisis; about the bad mortgages; about banks shutting down; about the stock market slump; about the job market slowdown. But somehow, it all seemed far away. But then you read something like this [via Hawkeye] and WHAM!, it really hits home how easily things can go out of control. Real sad...