Karthi’s Komban re-censored UA

Karthi’s Komban has been re-censored with a UA certificate. A few days ago the filmmakers announced that the film has been censored with a clean U but news has now emerged that it will be out with a UA.

Some politicians and caste-based political outfits have been protesting against this film’s release alleging that it shows a particular caste in bad light.

However, a press note from the producers, Studio Green, that the film has nothing to do with any caste is expected to put the controversy to rest.

Komban is gearing up for release on April 2 worldwide

Rambha delivers a girl baby

Popular yester-year heroine, Rambha delivered a girl baby at a hospital in Canada. The actress married to a Canada-based businessman, Indran in 2010 had a girl child in the year 2011. This is the couple’s second child.

Rambha, who is currently seen judging talent shows on television is elated over the arrival of the newborn. Both the mother as well as the child are doing fine, report sources.

One more Cute Heroine for Vijay in 'Puli'

The fast progressing ‘Puli’ has an interesting new addition and it is none other than Nandita of ‘Idarkuthane aasaipattai Balakumara’ and ‘Mudasupatti’ fame. Vijay plays dual roles in this film and there is a possibility of Nandita to be the pair of one of the Vijays, in which case it would be a major turning point in the career of the lovely lass.

Vijay seems to be surrounded by lovely ladies in ‘Puli’ as Hansika, Shruthi Hassan and Sridevi are also present in the mega budget fantasy drama directed by Chimbudevan. Sudeep and Prabhu play important roles and the film is expected to release on the birthday of Illayathalapathy Vijay which falls on 22nd June.

More Comedy Power for Simbu's 'Vaalu'

‘Vaalu’ is one of five films of Simbu getting ready for release in the coming few months. The film has high expectations as Hansika and Simbu became a couple during the shooting before abruptly ending their relationship.

Santhanam and VTV Ganesh are already in the cast to take care of the comedy department and recently ace Telugu comedian Brahmanandham has joined ‘Vaalu’ adding more color.  Brahmanandham made a big mark in Tamil in films like ‘New’, ‘Ghilli’, ‘Mozhi’, ‘Saroja’and ‘Lingaa’.  The film’s producer is NIC Arts Chakravarthy, Music is by Thaman and directed by newcomer Vijay Chander.

Ajith's companion is Vikram's villain now

Navdeep had a good start in Tamil cinema with ‘Arindhum Ariyamalum’ and lost his place somehow after being a part of Ajith’s ‘Aegan’. Now, the talented youngster is making his comeback with Vikram Prabhu’s ‘Idhu Enna Maayam’ as a villain.
 
The movie has been directed by Vijay, who is looking to stabilize his position after ‘Thalaivaa’s debacle. The film is being funded by Radhika Sarathkumar and Listin Stephen. director Vijay’s regular G.V. Prakash is scoring the music while Nirav Shah is handling the camera.

'Maan Karate' villain to flex muscle against the Romeo

Jayam Ravi’s ‘Rome Juliet’ is making all the right noises prior to its release and the team had kept all the details under the blanket apart from the lead roles. IndiaGlitz get to know that Vamsi, who played the role of a boxer in ‘Man Karate’ will repeat his villainous act in ‘Romeo Juliet’ as well.
 
D. Imman’s songs have topped the charts and especially ‘Dandanakka’ has become the anthem of youngsters. The makers are said to be waiting for the exams to get over, so that they can take advantage of the Summer vacation. Jayam Ravi and Hansika are joining hands for the second time to a romantic comedy.

Udhayanidhi, Santhanam part ways

Udhayanidhi Stalin and Santhanam, who have been acting together since 'Oru Kal Oru Kannadi', have decided not to share the screen space for the next two movies of the former.

"We are close friends, we care for each other, and we compete with each other to pull our legs. But we have decided not to work together in the next two films of mine," Udhayanidhi says.

"Karunakaran is taking care of comedy in my upcoming movie 'Gethu'," the actor-producer adds. He also says 'Nanbenda', in which Nayanthara, Santhanam and he had acted together after 'Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal', will be a fun-filled entertainer.

OK Kanmani to hit the screens on…

OK Kanmani will be out at the theatres on April 24th, confirmed the film’s US distributor, Prime Media. The romantic film has Dulqur Salman and Nithya Menen playing the lead pair with the Oscar winner, AR Rahman scoring the music.

After a long gap, Mani Ratnam has wielded the megaphone for an urbane romantic entertainer and his fans are eagerly waiting for the film to hit the screens to bask in the magic of romance! Well, the wait is not too long!

Arya’s VSOP nearing the finish line

Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga, directed by M Rajesh, is nearing completion. It will be a wrap for the talkie portions shortly in Bengaluru and the team will return back to Chennai for the song shoot.

The director needs to shoot just two more songs and this will be shot at a studio in Chennai where sets have been erected for the purpose.

Starring Arya and Tamannah as the lead pair, VSOP also has Santhanam to pep up the comedy quotient

Dhanush gifts gold chain to the National Award winners!

Dhanush is very happy with his production venture, Kaaka Muttai winning the National Best Children’s Film award and Best Child Artistes Award. The co-producer of the film gifted gold chains to the two young boys, Ramesh and Vignesh, for their exemplary performance in Kaaka Muttai and also its director, Manikandan.

Kaaka Muttai, which premiered in an international film festival, is due to hit the screens in India in May, say sources. The film has been jointly produced by Dhanush and Vettrimaran.

Vijay Sethupathi with his Live-in- Girl Again.

Vijay Sethupathi, the actor was noticed in ‘Thenmerkku Paruvakatru’, ‘Sundarapandian’ and ‘Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom’ but it was ‘Pizza’ that heralded the birth of the star Vijay Sethupathi.  One of the major plus points in ‘Pizza’ was undoubtedly the realistic portrayal of a live in couple by Ramya Nambesan and Vijay Sethupathi  whose onscreen chemistry was electrifying.

The Hot pair from ‘Pizza’ are reuniting after four years for the untitled film to be directed by Arunkumar of ‘Pannaiyarum Padminiyum’ fame in which Vijay Sethupathi plays a tough and upright cop for the first time in his career.

Jai Ho - A window into the Life and Music of A.R. Rahman

Music lovers and diehard fans of A.R.Rahman would be delighted  with ‘Jai Ho’ a documentary film that  chronicles the journey of the Mozart of Madras from humble beginnings to becoming Numero UNO of Indian Film Music.

Rahman for the first time opens his life on  screen. From ‘Roja’  to ‘I’ there are more than120 film scores in several languages and boasts of two Academy Awards, two GRAMMY Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, four National Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare Awards and thirteen Filmfare Awards South, Rahman talks about his work and life in personal terms. Manirathnam, Shekar Kapur and Danny Boyle are some of the celebrities who talk about the music wizard in this 50 minute documentary.

Banu plays a widow

In 'Pambu Sattai', which has National Award winner Bobby Simha as protagonist, Muktha Bhanu of 'Thamirabharani' fame is playing a widow, who is Simha's sister-in-law.

Her character name is Shivani and the actress is thrilled about it. "I initially had doubts to accept the role. But then, I realised that it was a challening one," she says.

Besides 'Pambu Sattai', Bhanu plays a key role in Arya-Tamannah starrer 'Vasuvum Sivavum Onna Padichavanga', directed by Rajesh M. She plays Santhanam's wife in this flick.

Vijay Sethupathi's 'Sweet' Business takes off!

In between non stop shooting schedules of ‘Purampokku’, ‘Naanum Rowdythaan’, ‘Idam Porul Yaeval’, and ‘Mellisai’, Vijay Sethupathi has managed to turn Producer and also write dialogues for  ‘Orange Mittai’ in which he stars as a 55year old man along with Ramesh Thilak and Aashritha.

‘Orange Mittai’ is directed by Biju Vishwanath who has made international as well as Indian language films and has won many awards.  The film is in its final stages of production and business talks have begun with Sony Music acquiring the audio rights.  Music is by Justin Prabhakaran, whose earlier work in ‘Pannaiyarum Padminiyum’was well received.

Thala hits a steady Half Century

When Ajith hits a century or half century, it is usually with a lot of fireworks as witnessed in ‘Mankatha’ and ‘Veeram’ but the Gautham Vasudev Menon directed ‘Yennai Arindhaal’  has completed 50days on a steady run.

Thala has proved that he can be daringly different as he has broken the mass hero rules big time in ‘Yennai Arindhaal’ like giving the villain equal footage, falling in love with the mother of a child and continuing to be the stepfather to the child after the mother’s death.  This has never been attempted by any other actor who enjoys the following that Ajith has and this success only re-asserts the fact that Thala is in his own league.

Andrea faces Acid Test

She has sexy written all over her, is a great singer and has a wonderful screen presence as well . Though  She gets to work with the best technicians in the  most prestigious projects, one noticeable fact is that all of Andrea’s films in Tamil had  other actresses steal the limelight from her.  In her debut in GVM's t ‘Pachaikili Muthucharam’ she was the heroine, but the villain Jyothika overshadowed her.  She met with similar fate at the hands of Reema Sen in ‘Aayirathil Oruvan’, Pooja Kumar in ‘Vishwaroopam’ and Hansika in ‘Aranmanai’. Forthcoming films like ‘Uttama Villain’, ‘Idhu Namma Aalu’ and ‘Vishwaroopam 2’ all have other heroines giving Andrea stiff completion.

Friday the 27th of March is an acid test in the true sense of the word for Andrea as  ‘Valiyavan’ releases.  This is the first film that has Andrea as the solo heroine playing opposite Jai. Andrea can take heart from the fact that director M. Saravanan’s two previous films ‘Engeyum Eppodhum’ and ‘Ivan Veru Mathiri’ have both been critical and commercial successes.

Aamir Khan's apology to Kamalhassan

One of the finest actor cum star Aamir Khan had apologized to Kamalhassan in public for not standing up with him when Ulganayagan’s ‘Viswaroopam’ was in trouble. One can recollect what Kamal had to go through during the release of ‘Viswaroopam’ as he had to compromise on many things with the section of Islamic community even after getting an approval from the censor board. Finllay, the movie got released after chopping 9 mins from its original run time.
 
Aamir too had faced a similar situation after his latest release ‘PK’. Many Hindu leaders wanted to ban the movie, but the Bollywood Superstar did not fall prey for those. Aamir promises that he will continue to vouch his opinion on these kind of matters in the future in, Ficci Frames.

Shruthi Hassan walks out of a Big Film

Shruthi Hassan is working with Illayathalapathy Vijay in ‘Puli’ and is rumoured to be the heroine of Thala 56 directed by Siruthai Siva. The multilingual actress had recently signed an untitled Tamil-Telugu bilingual starring Karthi and Nagarjuna directed by Vamsi.

The latest news is Shruthi has walked out of this film, citing date issues as she is working with superstars of different industries like Mahesh Babu, Vijay, John Abraham and possibly Ajith and also promotional commitments to her hindhi film ‘Gabbar is Back’ with Akshay Kumar which is slated for release in May.

STR-Anirudh in Kiruthiga's next

Kiruthiga Udhayannidhi made an impressive directorial debut witih 'Vanakkam Chennai', which had Mirchi Shiva and Priya Anand in lead roles. Now she is ready for her next.

According to sources, Kiruthiga's second venture as director will feature Simbu in the lead. Anirudh, who scored music for 'Vanakkam Chennai', will compose for this new project as well.

"It will be a commercial entertainer and a search is on for the heroine. Shooting for the movie will get a kickstart in May. Official announcement will be made by the end of April," sources add.

Keerthi Suresh with Jiiva, Bobby Simha

There are two heroines in director Deekay's (of 'Yaamirukka Bayamey' fame) upcoming venture 'Kavalai Vendam', which has Jiiva and Bobby Simha as protagonists. One of them will be Keerthi Suresh.

The Mollywood actress is already part of two promising Kollywood projects- Sivakarthikeyan starrer 'Rajini Murugan' and 'Idhu Enna Mayam' with Vikram Prabhu in the lead. This will be her third movie in Tamil.

The film is said to be a rom-com. Keerthi is most likely to be the love interest of Jiiva, while another actress will be roped in opposite Bobby Simha. Deekay is apparently happy about bringing together Jiiva and Simha.

Team Romeo Juliet ready to screen exclusively for T.R.

The 'Dhandnakka' song in the film Romeo and Juliet has become a huge hit and the entire team including hero Jayam Ravi who plays a T.R. fan In the movie as well as music director D.Imman have maintained that the song is a tribute to the multi talented veteran.  But some sections feel otherwise.

The latest development is T.R.’s lawyers have sent legal notices to four persons, including  D.Imman and Anirudh who sang the song stating that the song is degrading to the image of the actor- director. Meanwhile Nandagopal the producer  of ‘Romeo Juliet’  categorically denied the allegation and offered to screen the movie exclusively to T.Rajendar before the releas

Team 'Jigarthanda' snaps two National Awards

Karthik Subbaraj’s ‘Jigarthanda’ was one of the rare films in Tamil cinema, which garnered critical and commercial success. Now, the movie has bagged two National awards in the 62nd Award ceremony as Bobby Simha and Vivek Harshan won the Best Supporting Actor and Editor awards respectively.
 

Unnikrishnan is a proud father!

Playback singer Unnikrishnan has won the prestigious National Award in his very first attempt with 'Kaadhalan' for ‘Ennavale’ song back in the early 90s. Now, his daughter, Uthra Unnikrishnan has repeated the same by winning the coveted award for ‘Saivam’. The song went viral even before the movie’s release, and many had predicted that the little girl will go places.   Na. Muthukumar has also won the best lyricist award for the same song, and it is just goes to show that Tamil cinema’s music is pretty much in the safe hands as we are known to produce some mind boggling numbers and create new trends within our boundaries.

Sivakarthikeyan to head to Cool Places

Basking in the success of ‘Kakki Sattai’, Sivakarthikeyan will be heading to Ooty and Kodaikanal in April  for the last schedule of his forthcoming ‘Rajini Murugan’ which is locked for a July 17 release by producers Thirupathi Brothers.

The ‘Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam’ team of Sivakarthikeyan, Soori and Director Ponram will be joined by heroine Keerthi Suresh, Rajkiran and Samuthrakani in this schedule where a few crucial scenes will be shot in Madurai as well.  D.Imman scores the music and the audio will be out on June 7, while the first look is expected during the Vijay Awards function on the 25th of April.

Kamal questions distributors' ethics

Well, it was all started with Rajinikanth’s ‘Baba’ where the Superstar himself had called the distributors to his home and compensated for its loss. But, what happened with ‘Lingaa’ was unfortunate as Rajinikanth got nothing to do with the distribution and production side. Still, the reports say that he returned a whopping amount to put a full stop to the controversy.
 
Earlier today, Kamal had invited the press to discuss about his immediate release, ‘Uttama Villain’ and he termed asking the money back to the producers’ are unethical and questioned what would the distributors do if the audience demand their money back while half way through a movie?
 
Kamal is known to initiate good debates with his practical questions and may this be a good start to put an end to the producer – distributor row.

Kushboo gets National Post

Actress Kushboo  was the most talked about heroine in her heyday in kollywood where her fans even went to the extent of building a temple for her.  After a stint with a regional party Kushboo recently joined the Congress and has been active in the party for the past few months.

The Congress High Command has recognized the immense potential in the star and has elevated her to the post of National PRO of the party.  The outspoken Kushboo has risen to National politics in a very short time since her foray into public life.

Andrea to scorch screens with Jai on March 27

'Valiyavan'  directed by M.Saravanan of ‘Engeyum Eppodhum’ and ‘Ivan Verumathiri’ fame has been given a clean U certificate by the censor board and the film is hitting the screens on the 27th of March braving the Indian team and the ICCCWC2015 finals fever.

Jai plays a marketing executive while Andrea is a banker and the film is said to be loaded with love and action sequences with Saravanan’s trade mark social message in the undercurrent.  Bala Saravanan who is fast becoming a bankable comedian is also part of the film which has musical score by D.Imman .

Uttama Vilain- First Visuals out Today!

A visual treat awaits all the fans of Ulaganayagan today as Sony Music is releasing the promo video for the song ‘Kadhalaam Kadavul Mun…today at 7pm from ‘Uttama Villain’ composed by Gibran, written by Kamalhassan and rendered by Padmalakshmi.

Kamalhassan’s ‘Uttama Villain’ directed by his friend Ramesh Aravind  is releasing on the 10th of April and stars the Super Actor in dual roles as an aging  contemporary superstar and an eight century Theiyam artiste with an impressive cast that includes Urvashi, Pooja Kumar, Andrea Jeremiah, Parvathy Menon, Jayaram, Nasser,M.S.Bhaskar with K.Viswanath and K.Balachander in his last appearance

Superstar Rajinikanth pays Tribute to his Favorite Hero!

Lee Kuan Yew, the founding Father of Singapore and Prime Minister for the past 31 years passed away at the age of 91 and Super Star Rajinikanth took to twitter to register his tribute and here  in his own words:

Rajinikanth ?@superstarrajini  Indeed a dark day as a leader I admired has passed on. I feel your sorrow S'pore. A true loss of a path breaking politician.

Ilayaraja: From Mamallapuram to London

Maestro Ilayaraja is impressed so much with the visuals of 'Rudhramadevi', that he is taking time more time to compose its background score.

"A few days ago, the Isaignani went to Mamallapuram to pen the score for 'Rudhramadevi'. Soon, he will go to London to record the music with a popular orchestra," sources said.

Ilayaraja took three days to compose the score for 'Rudhramadevi' trailer alone. "This is the time he normally takes for a whole movie," sources pointed out.

Directed by Gunasekhar, the Tamil-Telugu bilingual has Anushka in the title role.

Which genre 'Thani Oruvan' belongs to?

Raja says the film is more of a thriller, which talks about the emotions and experiences of an individual. Recently, he signed Hip Hop Tamizha to score music for the movie.

"We have already completed recording an energetic song. There will be a total number of four songs. The film has ample scope for background score too," Raja says.

Lawrence's long wait for Nithya Menon

Raghava Lawrence, who is gearing up for the relase of 'Kanchana 2', says he waited for almost four months for Nithya Menon's call-sheet for the movie.

However, the actor-choreographer-director is all praise for the actress' dedication and sincerity. "I was told something negative about Nithya Menen. But she is a thorough professional," Lawrence says.

On the other heroine of 'Kanchana 2', Taapsee Pannu, she says, "She has got enough opportunity to showcase her acting skills. She is my love interest in the film."

What Samantha did in Nepal?

Samantha had been to the neighbouring Nepal recently, to shoot some important scenes for 'Paththu Enrathukulla' starring Vikram in the lead.

"Samantha took four flights (Hyderabad to Chennai, Chennai to Mumbai, Mumbai to Delhi and Delhi to Kathmandu) and reached Nepal," sources said.

Cinematographer-turned-filmmaker Vijay Milton is wielding the megaphone for 'Paththu Enrathukulla', which has music by D Imman. Plans are on to release the movie in Telugu too.

Shiva to romance Nandita

(Mirchi) Shiva and Nandita will share the screen space together for a horror movie, which is to be directed by a newcomer. An official announcement will be made soon.

Horror is the latest trend of Kollywood and both Shiva and Nandita are said to be happy about signing one in this genre. Shooting will commence soon.

At present, Shiva is doing 'Masala Padam' and '144', while Nandita is busy with Radha Mohan's 'Uppu Karuvadu' and a film directed by Bharat Bala's former associate.

G.V.Prakash impresses Ravishing Beauty!

Manisha Yadav, the girl who impressed one and all with great performances in ‘Vazhakku Enn 18/9’ and ‘Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer’ is turning glam for her upcoming film ‘Trisha Illana Nayanthara’.  As we have reported earlier the G.V.Prakash starrer directed by Aadhik Ravichander has Kayal Anandhi and Simran in important roles.

Manisha whose new look is stunning, is already gushing about co-star G.V’s performance in the film comparing his acting with his music.  After three days of shooting for the project she is also impressed by the way the project is helmed by Director Aadhik Ravichandran.  Manisha feels that she is lucky to be working in the same film as Simran of whom she is a fan from childhood.

Aravind Swamy gets a heroine in Jayam Ravi film!

It's four years since Jayam Raja directed Illayathalapathy Vijay in 'Velayudham' and his new movie starring brother Jayam Ravi and Nayanthara 'Thani Oruvan' is fast nearing completion with only a couple of songs remaining to be shot with the lead pair.

Yesteryear hero Aravind Swamy is playing an important role in this film and his pair is the glamorous former model Mugdha Godse who has acted in Hindi films like 'Fashion', 'Heroine' etc.  Ganesh Venkatraman, Vamsi Krishna  and Sanjana Singh for the rest of the cast. 'Thani Oruvan' Music is by Hip hop Thamizha.

Raai Laxmi, a Glamorous air hostess in her Next!

Glamour queen Raai Laxmi has a meaty role in the ensemble ‘Bangalore Days’ Tamil remake which is as yet untitled.  Lakshmi is going to essay the role played by Isha Talwar in the Malayalam original and is paired opposite Bobby Simha who replaces Nivin Pauly.

Sridivya, Arya and Rana Dagubatti replace Nazriya Nazim, Dulquer Salman and Fahad Fazil while Parvathi Menon reprises her role from the original.  Basker of ‘Bommarilu’ fame directs this lavish production from PVP Cinema.

March 29 a Special Day for Jyothika and Surya!

Sunday the 29th is going to be special not only for the Indian team when they meet and conquer whoever in whatever color, but also for the power couple of Tamil Cinema Surya and Jyothika as the audio of ‘36 Vayadhinile’ releases on the red letter day.

’36 Vayadhinile’ is Jyothika’s comeback film and also one of the maiden production ventures of Surya’s 2D Entertainment and has Rahman and Abhirami in central characters.  The director of the original Malayalam ‘How Old are you’, Rosshan Andrrews is helming the Tamil version too with current favorite Santhosh Naryanan scoring the music.

Thala's Birthday lucky for Vijay Sethupathi!

Vijay Sethupathi’s new film ‘Idam Porul Yaeval’ is releasing on the 1st of May.   Coming from the stable of Thirupathi Brothers the film is directed by Seenu Ramasamy and features Vishnu as the parallel hero.  Seenu Ramasamy had earlier worked with Vijay Sethupathi in ‘Thenmerku Paruvakaatru’ and  Vishnu in ‘Neerparavai’.

Nandita and Iyshwarya Rajesh are the leading ladies, while Balasaravanan and Vadivukarasi play pivotal roles.‘Idam Porul Yaeval’ is the first collaboration between lyricist Vairamuthu and music director Yuvan Shankar Raja.

Ghibran is not a music composer alone

The most exciting composer in Tamil cinema is on the verge of completing a trilogy with Kamalhassan starrer. Little did we know that the ‘Uttama Villain’ composer has taken his time for his childhood friend, Rathindran to complete his short film ‘Swayer Corporations’.
 
The short film has been officially selected for Cannes, and Ghibran played his part as an executive producer to give proper shape to Rathindran’s dream. The short film has been funded by a Turkish people. Since, Ghibran had some experience with Turkish and Hungarian people, he acted as a bridge between the production team and the crew for a smooth sailing. The shoot happened right before the audio launch of ‘Uttama Villain’ and still Ghibran did it with ease.

Vikram's Decision after '10 Endrathukulla'!

Vikram recently finished shooting for a song with Charmee, which is said to be a hot number for Director Vijay Miltons’ 10 Enradhukulla’ and the team are now flying to Nepal for a fifteen day shoot  where crucial scenes involving Vikram, Samantha and other cast members are to be canned.  The film completes with this schedule.

Kenny, as he is fondly called by friends, has decided to take his family to Europe for a one month vacation to spend quality time with them which he had missed due to busy scheduling.

On his return Vikram will move on to ‘Marma Manithan’ in which he plays dual roles opposite Kajal Agarwal and Priya Anand directed by Anand Shankar of ‘Arima Nambi’ fame.

Karthi out of country

Karthi will soon fly to an abroad destination, to shoot for his first multistarrer bilingual. The film, directed by Vamsi, has top Tollywood star Nagarjuna and Shruthi Haasan in key roles.

"Karthi is an admirer of Nagarjuna and he is so happy about sharing the screen space with him. During the abroad schedule, some important portions will be shot," sources say.

Meanwhile, Karthi's 'Komban', directed by Muthaiah, is gearing up for release on April 2. Interestingly, it was on the same date some years ago the actor's 'Paiyaa' helmed by Lingusamy, hit the screens and went on to become a blockbuster.

High Rated Hero turns villain for Vijay Sethupathi!

Dhanush’s Wunderbar Films and director Vignesh Sivan have succeeded in doing the near impossible by getting a big hero to play the villain for the first time in ‘Naanum Rowdythaan’ which stars Vijay Sethupathi and Nayanthara as the smoking hot lead pair.

The hero who is making this bold move is none other than Actor/Director R. Parthiban who has a stunning new look in this picture and the confrontations between Vijay Sethupathi and Parthiban are going to bring the house down.   Anirudh is said to have come up with some peppy numbers and this project is sure becoming more and more exciting as the days go by.

The Title of A.R.Murugadass New Film!

The ‘Kathi’ director has started Hindi film starring Sonakshi Sinha and her father Shatrugan Sinha. The title of the film has just been announced as ‘Akira’ which means intelligent, Bright or Clear.
 
We already reported that ‘Akira’ is the remake of Arulnidhi starrer ‘Mouna Guru’ with the gender reversed and Sonakshi plays Arulnidhi’s character. ‘Akira’ is going to be a quickie and A.R.Murugadass will move on direct his dream project with  Superstar Rajinikanth after this.

Stunt Siva's new avatar

Stunt Siva is one of the best stunt choreographers in Kollywood and he was making a few cameos with top stars in the industry. He was last seen in ‘Yennai Arindhaal’ as a gangster, and now he has decided to wear the director’s hat.
 
7 Star Universal Entertainment Private Limited is stepping into production this year and will be bankrolling this yet to titled project. Stunt Siva has written the screenplay for Lanny How’s story. Madhan Karky will be penning the dialogues.

Vadivelu goes back in Time!

‘Vaigai Puyal’ Vadivelu after a brief hiatus is back with a bang as the first look posters of ‘Eli’ released a few days ago had fans raving.  ‘Eli’ is directed by Yuvaraj who also helmed the super hit ‘Tenali Raman’ with Vadivelu.

The shooting of ‘Eli’ is progressing on massive sets erected at AVM studios and sources tell us that the period setting for the current schedule is the 1920s and sequences involved Vadivelu, Rajkapoor and other regular comedians from the Vadivelu camp. The crew had a difficult time keeping a straight face as the scenes shot had a high quotient of comedy in them.

'Thala 56' for Deepavali?

Now that Ajith is done with his professional and personal commitments ('Yennai Arindhaal', birth of 'kutti thala', sinus surgery etc), he is soon expected to start shooting for his next, to be directed by 'Siruthai' Siva.

According to sources, shooting for the movie will get a kickstart either by the end of April or by the beginning of May, and Siva and his team are currently brainstorming for a title.

"Some important portions will be shot in Kolkata. Though talks are on with Shruti Haasan to play the heroine, she has not yet signed on the dotted line, as she is in Kerala. Plans are on to shoot the movie in one go and to release it for Deepavali," sources say.

Shruthi travels to Vagamon for Vijay

Shurthi Hassan has flown all the way from Mumbai to Vagamaon yesterday and made her presence for ‘Puli’. Initially, the team had canned combination scenes between Vijay and Hansika at ECR, Chennai, a few months ago and the team is currently shooting some important scenes in the neighboring state.

Cinematographer Natraj has mentioned that the movie is shaping up really well and ‘Puli’ could well end up as the biggest blockbuster of the year. The story is said to carry lots of twists and turns and Vijay will be seen in a never seen before avatar.

Srikanth, Raai Laxmi in 'Sowcarpet'

Both Srikanth and Raai Laxmi are in need of a break in Kollywood and they are expected to get it from a horror-comedy, titled 'Sowcarpet'.

To be directed by Vadivudayan of Karan-starrer 'Thambi Vettothi Sundaram' fame, the film, as the title suggests, will be set in the backdrop of Sowcarpet area in Chennai.

Though the genre is new for Srikanth, it is familiar to Raai Laxmi, thanks to her earlier ventures 'Kanchana' and 'Aranmanai'. Shooting for 'Sowcarpet' will commence soon.

Manisha opposite G V Prakash

After a successful acting debut in 'Darling', G V Prakash Kumar is now busy shooting for 'Trisha Illana Nayanthara', which is fast taking shape.

The latest update about the project is that Manisha Yadav of 'Vazhakku Enn 18/9' fame has been roped in for the project. Remember 'Kayal' Anandhi is already there on board in 'Trisha Illana Nayanthara'.

Yesteryear top heroine Simran is playing a key role in the flick, directed by debtant Adhik Ravichandran. Besides playing the lead, GVP is also scoring the music.

Karthi to take on Nanbenda and Sagaaptham!

Karthi’s Komban will hit the marquee on April 2nd instead of March 27th. Studio Green, the production house that has produced Komban, made the announcement officially yesterday. Lakshmi Menon and Karthi are the lead pair in this Muthiah directorial.

Therefore, it is now clear that Komban will clash with Udhayanidhi Stalin’s Nanbenda and Shanmugha Pandian’s debut vehicle, Sagaaptham. Incidentally, Udhay has come out with the theatre listing for this Nanbenda indicating that it is sure release on April 2nd.