My dream is to act with Rajnikanth- Namitha

Your favorite film
Pachai Kudhiraj and Billa
Your favorite actor
Rajnikanth and Vikram.My dream is to act with Rajnikanth.
Your favorite actress
Sridevi. I would like do Sridevi’s role in Mundram Pirai.
Your hobbies
My hobbies are reading, listening to music and playing badminton.
Secret behind your beauty
I go for jogging every morning, have good food and sleep.
Your future projects
I am currently busy shooting for Jagan Mohini. Apart from that, I am acting in two Telugu films and also in one Malayalam flick.

‘Indiravizha’ – lots of skin, no depth

Film: “Indiravizha”

Director: K. Rajeshwar

Cast: Srikanth, Namitha, Hemamalini, Vivek, Rahasya, Nasser, Radha Ravi, Y.G. Mahendra

Music: Yadheesh

Rating: *1/2

A woman driven by ambition goes on to seduce her ex-lover in the backdrop of workplace politics – that is the crux of “Indiravizha”. Heavily inspired by Bollywood hit “Aitraaz”, the movie has a bold theme amidst Tamil film stereotypes. But that alone doesn’t come to the rescue of the flick directed by Rajeshwar. It looks amateurish and lacks conviction and depth.

What begins as a normal candy floss love story takes a turn after the entry of Namitha (Kamini). Keen to make quick money, she is ready to go to any extreme. Unlike the Hindi version, which wasn’t that provocative, the Tamil movie relies heavily on namitha’s skin show.

The film revolves around Santhosh Sreenivasan (Srikanth), who is content head for a television channel. His choice of programmes helps the channel sustain its ratings. Then enters Kamini, wife of the channel’s owner John Kumaramangalam (Nasser), who is nearly two decades older.

She is entrusted with the task of running the channel. When Santosh meets her, he gets the shock of his life for she is his ex-lover who had ditched him for greener pastures. She makes all attempts to bed Santosh. Meanwhile, coming to know of the past, Kumaramangalam sacks Santosh.

The latter challenges his dismissal in court alleging sexual harassment. Does he win or not? That’s the climax.

Namitha deserves credit for playing a negative character and oozing glamour. Srikanth underplays his character while newcomer Hemamalini, who plays Srikanth’s wife, deserves credit.

Nasser plays a role that is typical of his earlier movies. Vivek, as Srikanth’s friend, tries to evoke humour, but in vain. Surprisingly, item girl Rahasya has got a role to play apart from dancing to two songs. And she does manage to impress with her performance.

Director Rajeshwar has made an effort to portray human emotions, but he seems to have concentrated more on the steamy scenes and the glamour quotient rather than a convincing narrative. As a result, the movie lacks logic, pace and interest.

“Indiravizha” may be remembered only for its gutsy theme, not the way it has been handled.

Namitha tired of skin shows

Actress Namitha, best known here as the sex siren, is reportedly bored of skin shows. The actress, whose ‘Indira Vizha’ opens today, says she would like to do performance oriented roles too.

“I would like to be part of interesting, acting oriented films like ‘Sadma’. But I know people here will never cast me for roles like this,” rues the actress. But she has moved out of the glamour mould in her own way, by deviating now to do an action film. The movie, titled ‘Desadrohi’ that has her playing a serious cop. “It’s such a welcome difference to do different things on screen than just grope about in a bikini. People who saw my stunts actually thought I was the second version of Vijayashanthi in doing them.”

Following these, the actress is doing the lead role in ‘Jagan Mohini’ too, in which she plays a ghost. “Just because I am famous as a sex siren, it doesn’t mean that I have to wear a bikini all the time. I equally love wearing kurthas,” says the actress. Are the directors listening?