(simbu)Racy Friday in Chennai Box Office

Rather than terming it as a ‘Racy Friday’, we can better assume it to be a happening weekend for film buffs. Uh-huh! We have three big releases in Hindi and Tamil that’ll manifestly keep us occupied for this weekend.

Of course, Gowtham Menon’s ‘Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya’ doesn’t need any introduction as the film has been making high waves in town over the past few days. The other couple of Hindi releases have indeed kept the ardent buffs yet more engrossed.

Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘Teen Patti’ and Farhan Akhtar’s ‘Karthik Calling Karthik’ holds special mention for its production values and unique storylines. Big B’s ‘Teen Patti’ is loosely based on Hollywood thriller ‘21’ that revolves around a professor and his group of selected students involved in the game of cards for money-spinning intentions. ‘Gandhi’ fame Ben Kingsley, Amitabh Bachchan and Madhavan are playing lead roles in this film.

The other release ‘Karthik Calling Karthik’ is produced by makers of ‘Dil Chahta Hai’, ‘Don’ and ‘Rock On’. The film features filmmaker-turned-actor Farhan Akhtar in lead role with Deepika Padukone as his ladylove. ‘KCK’ is centered on an introvert named Karthik, whose life completely changes after he receives a call from stranger, who also claims to be Karthik.

For sure, these things should’ve briefed you about the releases to come ahead on this Friday…. Keep logging to this column for more updates on these films…

Madhavan has no time for Tamil cinema!!

!2009 looks to be a good year for Madhavan, who seems to have his platter full with promising movies and is looking forward to the release of some projects with big names. The star recently signed with two young directors, Navdeep Singh and Aanand Rai of Bollywood, who have proved their mettle with the critically well-received movies ' Manorama Six Feet Under ' and ' Strangers '.

Talking about the projects has Madhavan excited. The actor asserts that his brush with Vikram Kumar, the director of ' Yaavarum Nalam ' (13B in Hindi), left him with an appreciation for concrete story lines. It is worthy to tell about his next release ' Naan Aval Adhu ' which is a thriller after his successful supernatural thriller ' Yaavarum Nalam '.

While these movies promise to keep Madhavan busy into next year, he's also eagerly awaiting the release of ' Teen Patti '. The heartthrob has been cast alongside the likes of Amitabh Bachchan and Sir Ben Kingsley in ' Teen Patti '. Also releasing is another multi-starer, 'Three Idiots', directed by Rajkumar Hirani and co-starring Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Sharman Joshi. Madhavan's latest release 'Guru En Aalu' doing a fair job now is a remake of the Hindi blockbuster ' Yes Boss '. It seems like Bollywood is adding more boost to Madhavan's recent flicks down south.