Vivek takes on singing

October 1st, 2009 Mamta Mohandas was recently the showstopper for her friend Vivek Karunakaran at the Lakme Fashion Week. Vivek is a newbie designer who has designed Tamil actor Ajith’s outfits in his upcoming film.

September 29th, 2009 MUMBAI - Nightingale of India Lata Mangeshkar says that she wants to continue singing forever, provided she is offered meaningful songs. "I want to continue singing for the rest of my life," said Lata who turned 80 Monday.

September 23rd, 2009 Known for his roles as a villain in numerous Malayalam films, Manoj K Jayan showcased his singing abilities to the audience at the inaugural ceremony of the seventh Mullassery Raju Music Awards. He sang ‘Anuragaganam pole…’ after which people wanted to hear more of him so he also sang ‘Oru Pushpam Mathram…’.

September 9th, 2009 Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi is on the brink of making his debut in Kannada films. He will star in cinematographer-director Ashok Kashyap’s film Sihi Muthu.

September 3rd, 2009 MUMBAI - Instead of ringing in his 33rd year with parties, Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi chose to spend his birthday Thursday at an ashram here and with cancer patients, says a source close to the actor. There is no party, no dinner, no celebration that has been planned by Vivek for his birthday.

August 1st, 2009 Film: "Anthony Yaar"; Director: C.T. Pandi; Cast: Shaam, Mallika Kapoor, Lal, Vivek and Rajesh; Music: Dhina; Rating: *1/2 Actor Shaam has gone in for an image change -- from that of a chocolate boy to an angry young man.

July 31st, 2009 A.R.Rehana sister of A. R. Rahman will be singing for a Kannad film Yogi.

July 11th, 2009 Film: "Indiravizha"; Director: K. Rajeshwar; Cast: Srikanth, Namitha, Hemamalini, Vivek, Rahasya, Nasser, Radha Ravi, Y.G.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Govinda's niece Ragini Khanna, who plays the lead role in Sony TV's "Bhaskar Bharti" is the next after his daughter Narmadaa Ahuja to take the plunge into the Hindi film industry. While Ragini has disclosed the banner and name of the film she might get involved in, details of Narmadaa's project are still under wraps.

June 28th, 2009 MUMBAI - After many national and international celebrities, Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra is the latest to have taken to social networking website Twitter in a big way. Priyanka has recently taken to Twitter and she is quite regular as she updates her account at least once a day, a source close to the actress told IANS.

June 28th, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil actress Lakshmi Rai, who has been romantically linked with M.S. Dhoni, rubbishes reports that she flew down to Mumbai from here to console the Indian cricket skipper after the Indian team was ousted from the T20 World Cup.

June 11th, 2009 Two of Surya’s films, Singam and Adhavan, is getting ready for release this year end and with Ayan doing well at the box office, distributors are desperate to earn the rights for these films, especially Singam where Surya would only be seen but also heard singing a song. Yes, after giving chance to become a playback singer in Kandasmy now Devi Sri Prasad has given Surya to show his singing talent.

June 5th, 2009 LONDON - American singer Mandy Moore, who did not stick to formula singing, says her music is different from Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears. The Candy singer shot to fame at the same time as her pop rivals did, reported contactmusic.com.

May 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Vivek Oberoi says he didn't know what his dream role would be like until filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma asked him to play Paritala Ravi, the lead role of a rebel-turned-politician, in his "Rakta Charitra". "Journalists have often asked me what my 'dream role' would be and I always dismissed the idea thinking a thing like that never existed, until I encountered Paritala Ravi.

May 29th, 2009 ‘Sirippu Police’ instantly reminds one of Vadivelu in the flick Marythamalai. It clicked as a great comic element amongst the masses and Vadivelu name got attached with it.