Controversy courts Ramya ceaselessly and effortlessly or is it vice versa? Rajendra Singh Babu accuses her of deliberately not attending the crucial shoot for a song featuring the cream of Kannada stars. “I'm tired of explaining my actions to all and sundry. Come on, I'm a professional and know my responsibilities. I agreed to shoot on that day even though it was a second Sunday but I genuinely fell ill. It was definitely not intentional,” says the star who's burst a vein in her eye but is still on her way to shoot with Ganesh for Rockline Venkatesh's film. So what else is happening? “Well I'm excited about *Mussanjeya Mathu' with Sudeep. The film is being directed by a youngster and I have positive vibes about the film. An artiste can sense how things are proceeding and I'm very happy. In fact, people who've watched the rushes are gushing about me and the film.” Ganesh played a small role in “Amruthadhaare” but this is the first time Ramya is starring opposite him. “He's come a long way and it's always nice to see people achieve success through sheer hard work,” says Ramya. Two of her long-pending Tamil films are due for release. *Thoondil' with Shaam has been languishing in the cans for a long time thanks to production hassles and then there's Gautam Menon's *Vaaranam Aayiram'. “I have a couple of days shooting. That's a film worth waiting for,” says the star. Ramya bears the troublesome tag but that doesn't stop the top producers from signing her because her name adds value to the product. “Troublesome is a synonym for professionalism in the film industry,” sighs the star.“Beladhingalagi Baa” is full of twists and predictable turns. A goon's son falling for a cop's daughter is just one of them. There's the upright father, the wayward son and our hero the grandson who doesn't know he's Don's son. Instead of being fast paced the plot plods on with the director giving importance to mundane scenes. There's a wedding scene that's so long you wish you had a remote to fast forward the scene. Everyone is enamoured by cinema and Chandrashekar Kambar is no exception. He's stiff and delivers his dialogues in a monotone. Sobhraj is good but yet again it's Rangayana Raghu who steals the scene effortlessly. Here's a gifted performer who can lift the most ordinary of scenes with his dialogue delivery and attention to detail. If “BB” is watchable it's only when this man appears on-screen.The Tamil film industry is going through a lull. All the Pongal releases have crashed at the box-office. The much delayed but eagerly awaited “Bheema” is a dud. Linguswamy the talented director who gave us “Anandam” and “Run” has run out of ideas. He churns out a film full of endless fights and little else. The film is technically slick but found wanting in the content department. Silambarasan who calls himself the little superstar does the usual stuff in “Kaalai” where a major portion of the budget seems to have been spent on Ketchup. There's a scene where a young girl severs a head and drives two swords through the bodies of two others. The censors obviously forgot to carry their scissors.
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