• Continuing on Omkara, do read Deepak Dobriyal’s interview on Rediff.
• News about the 53rd National Awards are around. Trivia: Amitabh is not winning for Sarkar, which breaks (discounting much horrible retellings of the Coppola classic) the National Awards constant connection with Brando’s Don Corleone.
• Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu is finally getting released. I have already expressed my lack of regard expectation for this film. But, let me wait and watch.
  
• “The star cast would comprise big names like Monica Bellucci and Salma Hayek in the lead role,” says Simbhu about his next directorial venture which will “[p]erhaps start by 2007.” And, produced by Warner Bros., perhaps!
  
• It seems Thimiru is a big hit. And, while we are at it, Balaji, where are the good old “bombs”, when we need them the most? Please use them.