The city wears a festive look with the arterial roads and important junctions and parks getting decorated with colourful lights. Popular Tamil films are also being screened at public places/parks in localities such as the Marina Beach.
Chennai is celebrating the centenary on Indian cinema in a grand and jubilant manner. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha formally inaugurated the centenary celebrations of Indian cinema which are held for four days from 21-24 September in Chennai. The function commenced at an auspicious time with the CM lighting the traditional kuthuvilakku at 0400 p.m. on Saturday (21st September) to declare the celebrations open at the spacious Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium.
Senior film-makers, actors, actress and other technicians were honoured by Amma on that day. Superstar Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan took part in the celebrations held yesterday (21st September). Fans were treated to entertaining cultural programmes featuring ‘action king’ Arjun, Mohan, Simbu, Gautham Karthik, Ajmal, Nanda, Anandbabu, Tamannaah, Devyani, Hansika, Shriya Saran, Lakshmi Rai, Bindu Madhavi, Oviya Helen and Thulasi.
The 22nd sep 2013, witnessed cultural programme featuring stars from the Kannada and Telugu film industry. Today (23rd September) would feature cultural programme including artistes from the Malayalam film industry. Curtains would fall on the celebrations on tomorrow evening (24th September) with President Pranab Mukherjee delivering the valedictory address. Chief-ministers of all the 4 South Indian States are expected to take part in the concluding ceremony.
In order to enable artistes and technicians to take part in the 4-day long festival, shooting has been suspended in all the four languages for a week from 18th to 24th of this month. Films are being screened for free-of-cost to movie-goers at Chennai’s leading movie halls including Sathyam Cinemas, Woodlands, Abirami Complex, etc. as part of the centenary celebrations.
Judul : Chennai in festival mood as CM inaugurates centenary celebration of cinema
Deskripsi : The city wears a festive look with the arterial roads and important junctions and parks getting decorated with colourful lights. Popular...