Cloud Nine's Dhayanidhi Alagiri and Vivek Rathinavel has produced their first film Thoonga Nagaram, set in Madurai, their home town. The film is directed by debutant Gaurav, a former assistant of KS Ravikumar, and is said to be different in treatment and packaging.  In an exclusive interview to sify.com Gaurav opens up on the film

What is Thoonga Nagaram all about?
Thoonga Nagaram is set in Madurai city, the city that never sleeps as the locals say it. For villagers around coming to Madurai was something similar to going to Singapore.  People coming to the city are always fascinated by its hustle and bustle. There are places like Periyar bus stand and Yanakkal vegetable market that are open round the clock. The film is about four youths from neighbouring areas who come to Madurai and how life changes for them.

Actress Yamuna was in news for all the wrong reasons in the last week. Her arrest in Bengaluru's five star hotel and the subsequent release on bail made it to the headlines. She was held by the cops when she was prima facie involved in prostitution.  

Yamuna who is from Bengaluru had moved to Hyderabad after she got a break in Telugu films. Yamuna had presented an image of being a respected actress and her quiet nature was always appreciated by the film industry fraternity. Yamuna had acted recently in the Kannada film Kanteerava which was released a week ago.

Ilayathalapathi Vijay's Kaavalan is slowly but surely becoming stronger by the day at the box-office.

The family audiences all over Tamil Nadu are thronging the theatres, to watch this Vijay entertainer.

Says director Siddique, who is shooting for Hindi Bodyguard with Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor in Pune: " My phone hasn't stopped ringing since the release of Kaavalan. The kids are enjoying the clean comedy of Vijay and Vadivel in the first half and ladies are hooked to the last 15 minutes of the stunning climax. The feedback that I'm getting is that it is an out and out Vijay film and he has excelled".