Namitha Kapoor is a famous South Indian actress and a former model
Namitha Kapoor born on May 10th, 1981 in Surat in Gujarat State, India has participated in several local beauty pageants before she won the 'Miss Surat' title in 1998 and missed her 2001 Miss India crown by a whisker and ended up being a second runner-up. However, she got noticed by the industry people and thus began her career in showbiz world. Her celluloid journey down south with "Gemini" and Sontam", both Telugu films released in 2004 were quite a hit. The same year, her Tamil movie, "Engal Anna" starring opposite Vijayakanth became the biggest hit. Finally the hottest actress settled in Chennai getting plump roles in Tamil movies. She has also acted in an English movie, "Maya" {2007} and a lone Hindi movie, "Love Ke Chakker Mein" {2006}. She has rendered brilliant performance in almost all South Indian language movies.
Vishal is Kollywood’s biggest success story in recent times. He came to the industry in 2004, and within a short span of four years and just six films has risen to the top.
He has zoomed past more established names and is today considered not only a ‘saleable star’ but a ‘safe bet’ by the distributors. The production cost of his new film Sathyam is a whopping Rs 27 crore, the combined cost of all his earlier six films put together! And Sathyam scheduled to release on August 14, has been sold all areas, including a record price for its Telugu version Salute.
What makes Vishal Reddy, the tall, dark hero with unconventional looks click with the masses as an action hero? It is his fiery determination backed by hard work, discipline, and commitment that got him to the top in a record time.
Like most of the new generation actors, he is also an industry child. He is the son of veteran producer GK Reddy and younger brother of Vikram Krishna who tried to be a hero and ended up as a producer. He had the right connections and at a young age was influenced by Ram Gopal Varma films and wanted to be his assistant.
Since his parents did not want him to go to Mumbai, he assisted ‘action king’ Arjun who saw the spark of an action hero in him. Later Vicky (brother) launched him with Chellamay, directed by Gandhi Krishna which went on to become a hit. However it was Sandakozhi directed by Lingusamy and produced by Vicky that went on to become a blockbuster, and a star was born.
In his early days, Vishal was influenced by Vijay type of mass masala movies where he played the larger-than-life action hero who is an all-rounder singing, dancing and fighting on screen. In films like Thimiru, Thamarabharani and Malaikottai he virtually cloned Vijay’s success formula and was able to create his own fan base in B & C centres.
Vishal, who started as an assistant director, was able to correctly read the pulse of the mass audiences, and the industry grapevine has it that he ‘ghost directs’ his film. And his brother Vikram Krishna too played a big role in Vishal’s success story by choosing the right projects and betting big on his younger brother. What Bonny Kapoor was to Anil Kapoor in his early days, Vicky is to Vishal. The two are also adept at marketing their films.
Many veterans in the industry point out that Vishal is the biggest marketing success of the decade in Kollywood. After winning over the B & C audiences the mass hero wants to take over the upper class audience with Sathyam. “Sathyam is an unusual cop story, with a great twist. I play an encounter cop in the film. Director Rajasekharan is trying to say something different. We are trying to make it exactly opposite of the usual formula cop story.
My role model for the character I play is ACP Shailendra Babu. He gave me a peek into the life of a real life cop,” says Vishal. The film has Kannada superstar Upendra playing a role with negative shades and the glamorous Nayanthara playing the role of a television reporter.
To make it realistic Vishal says, “I toned my body and did regular work-outs, to get that six- pack abs look, which was important for the story. People tell me I really look like a cop in the promos of the film.”
Vishal added he has been largely influenced by Shankar school of film making. “Sathyam is a mega budget film which has grandeur, visual effects, awesome action scenes, including a never seen before car chase through the streets of Chennai, choreographed by Craig Munna, peppy music by Harris Jayaraj and splendid camera work by cinematographer RD Rajasekhar,” says Vishal. There will be an audio launch of the film next week in Chennai. Sathyam is Harris Jayaraj’s 25th film and there are five songs in the album.
One of the highlights of the film is the steamy hot soft erotic song picturised on Vishal and Nayanthara, where they will lip-lock. Added Vishal: “It is the hottest song you will ever see on Tamil cinema. Harris has composed very unusual numbers for the film, which are sure going to be hits.”
Meanwhile Vicky is working out the release strategy of the film which is due on August 14, as he is trying to market Vishal as the “first macho action hero in Kollywood, with rippling muscles.” Source: timesofindia
He has zoomed past more established names and is today considered not only a ‘saleable star’ but a ‘safe bet’ by the distributors. The production cost of his new film Sathyam is a whopping Rs 27 crore, the combined cost of all his earlier six films put together! And Sathyam scheduled to release on August 14, has been sold all areas, including a record price for its Telugu version Salute.
What makes Vishal Reddy, the tall, dark hero with unconventional looks click with the masses as an action hero? It is his fiery determination backed by hard work, discipline, and commitment that got him to the top in a record time.
Like most of the new generation actors, he is also an industry child. He is the son of veteran producer GK Reddy and younger brother of Vikram Krishna who tried to be a hero and ended up as a producer. He had the right connections and at a young age was influenced by Ram Gopal Varma films and wanted to be his assistant.
Since his parents did not want him to go to Mumbai, he assisted ‘action king’ Arjun who saw the spark of an action hero in him. Later Vicky (brother) launched him with Chellamay, directed by Gandhi Krishna which went on to become a hit. However it was Sandakozhi directed by Lingusamy and produced by Vicky that went on to become a blockbuster, and a star was born.
In his early days, Vishal was influenced by Vijay type of mass masala movies where he played the larger-than-life action hero who is an all-rounder singing, dancing and fighting on screen. In films like Thimiru, Thamarabharani and Malaikottai he virtually cloned Vijay’s success formula and was able to create his own fan base in B & C centres.
Vishal, who started as an assistant director, was able to correctly read the pulse of the mass audiences, and the industry grapevine has it that he ‘ghost directs’ his film. And his brother Vikram Krishna too played a big role in Vishal’s success story by choosing the right projects and betting big on his younger brother. What Bonny Kapoor was to Anil Kapoor in his early days, Vicky is to Vishal. The two are also adept at marketing their films.
Many veterans in the industry point out that Vishal is the biggest marketing success of the decade in Kollywood. After winning over the B & C audiences the mass hero wants to take over the upper class audience with Sathyam. “Sathyam is an unusual cop story, with a great twist. I play an encounter cop in the film. Director Rajasekharan is trying to say something different. We are trying to make it exactly opposite of the usual formula cop story.
My role model for the character I play is ACP Shailendra Babu. He gave me a peek into the life of a real life cop,” says Vishal. The film has Kannada superstar Upendra playing a role with negative shades and the glamorous Nayanthara playing the role of a television reporter.
To make it realistic Vishal says, “I toned my body and did regular work-outs, to get that six- pack abs look, which was important for the story. People tell me I really look like a cop in the promos of the film.”
Vishal added he has been largely influenced by Shankar school of film making. “Sathyam is a mega budget film which has grandeur, visual effects, awesome action scenes, including a never seen before car chase through the streets of Chennai, choreographed by Craig Munna, peppy music by Harris Jayaraj and splendid camera work by cinematographer RD Rajasekhar,” says Vishal. There will be an audio launch of the film next week in Chennai. Sathyam is Harris Jayaraj’s 25th film and there are five songs in the album.
One of the highlights of the film is the steamy hot soft erotic song picturised on Vishal and Nayanthara, where they will lip-lock. Added Vishal: “It is the hottest song you will ever see on Tamil cinema. Harris has composed very unusual numbers for the film, which are sure going to be hits.”
Meanwhile Vicky is working out the release strategy of the film which is due on August 14, as he is trying to market Vishal as the “first macho action hero in Kollywood, with rippling muscles.” Source: timesofindia
She is the actress who has achieved what only Kushboo could get in Kollywood. A temple for herself. The temple located in Nellai is built of the voluptuous actress by her fan club.
Namitha’s fan club President has said that Namitha did not support this kind of activities or did not support financially and told them to donate the money to a charity, but the fans wanted to show their love and hence the temple in her name.
The surprised and thrilled Namnitha says that every time, she went back home to Surat, she used to tell her family members in jest that soon there would be a temple in her name. And now, it has actually come true.
Namitha’s fan club President has said that Namitha did not support this kind of activities or did not support financially and told them to donate the money to a charity, but the fans wanted to show their love and hence the temple in her name.
The surprised and thrilled Namnitha says that every time, she went back home to Surat, she used to tell her family members in jest that soon there would be a temple in her name. And now, it has actually come true.
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