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'Thottijaya' beats 'Ah...Aah' at box office
By Aparna Nath, Indo-Asian News Service

Chennai, Sep 20 (IANS) Silambarasan's avatar as a full-fledged action hero has gone down well with the audience with his new film "Thottijaya" receiving a great opening at the box office. 

Though S.J. Suryah's "Aa..Aah" was expected to do better, "Thottijaya" has won over. 

The top five Tamil films at the box office are: 

1. "Thottijaya" (Director - Dorai): Dorai's last film was a realistic offbeat film called "Mugavari" starring Ajit and Jyothika. But the film didn't do very well commercially. His full-length action film, "Thottijaya", however, is a winner. For actor Silambarasan, this is the second hit after "Manmadan". 

2. "Ah..Aah" (Director - S.J. Suryah): In a nutshell, the film is about a famished-looking Suryah romancing with a hot Simran look-alike, Nila. It is highly doubtful whether the film will have the same magic as "New". Nevertheless, it had a decent opening.

3. "Oru Kallooriyin Kathai" (Director - Nanda Periyasamy): This film had not only a good opening but continues to do extremely well at the box office. The plus points of the film are a different story, different treatment and an impressive young Arya.

4. "Oru Naal Oru Kanavu" (Director - Fazil): The truth is bitter. "Oru Naal Oru Kanavu" is not a "Kathalukku Maryadai". It is sad, but ONOK will not change Srikanth's career as "Kaathalukku Maryadai" changed Vijay's. 

5. "Anniyan" (Director - Shankar): Shankar has started writing the script of his next film with Rajnikant as the hero, but "Anniyan" is still going strong everywhere.

Rahman has no rivals in Tamil music market
By Aparna Nath, Indo-Asian News Service

Chennai, Sep 20 (IANS) A.R. Rahman's new album "Ah..Aah" for S.J. Suryah continues to rule the charts even though the film is not a big hit. 

The top five Tamil music albums are: 

1. "Ah..Aah" (A.R. Rahman): The film is not a big hit, but the song sung by Rahman himself, "Anbe Aaruyire", has been topping the charts for the last several weeks. 

2. "Ghajini" (Harris Jayaraj): The release of the film is getting delayed, but Harris Jayaraj's album is a hit and second only to Rahman's. The most popular song is "Oru Maalai" by Karthik. 

3. "Kanda Naal Mudhal" (Yuvan Shankar Raja): The song sung by Kay Kay, Shreya Ghosal and Tanvi for Yuvan is quite popular. 

4. "Thottijaya" (Harris Jayaraj): One more album by Harris Jayaraj in the top five, though it does not have the class of "Kaakha Kaakha" or "Chellame". 

5. "Oru Naal Oru Kanavu" (Ilayaraja): Ilayaraja has done the music of all Fazil's films. Even today, people hum the songs he had done for "Kaadhalukku Maryadai". Though not in the same league, songs of ONOK are also hummable and evoke nostalgia.