Learner, no, man, those metal details are actually silver. Blame it on my camera and the lighting.

Vidya, good eyes on you! I’m usually pretty good on details, but I didn’t see that.

Joseph, it’s just that they wanted to invite some journalists to the event. I got a call from a friend in Madras and who received the request from Madhavan, and we took it from there. While I suppose I’m glad to see men subjected to the same tsk-tsking over any weight gain that women have for decades, at the same time I would say, first, he really hasn’t put on a lot of weight. It does seem though that he may be one of those folks whose face is the first place where any pounds appearing or disappearing gets reflected. Maybe his cheeks look a little fuller, when you see him from head-to-toe, you might notice a little more weight than he carried in Guru, but he’s by no means overweight. Also, I think the weight loss in Guru was extreme; he was SO skinny in that film. But one other thing, if you look at southern films - while there are some slimmer lead actors - look at how many of the rest of them are quite paunchy and get leading roles anyway. Will be posting a review shortly, as well as some film stills and you’ll see him there, not too heavy, not too light.

Darshana, chee chee chee! Of course she was earing something underneath!

If you look closely at the photo, those are actually pale cream-colored churidars. The whole emsemble was quite figure-hugging and she was very glam, quite the opposite of her homemaker role in Evano Oruvan, where she work pretty much no make-up and cotton saris.

How’d you like the movie BTW?

I was there to get a close up to the movie as well as the stars..talking abt maddy’s shoes…i think i saw a scene in the movie where he was wearing a similar pair of shoes….i wonder if its the same:). I liked the movie and wish the stars best of luck.