Kamal Haasan to revive Balram Naidu character

Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan will revive the popular character Balram Naidu, a RAW operative from 2008 Tamil action-comedy 'Dasavatharam', in his upcoming yet-untitled trilingual comedy. It is slated

to go on the floors in May. "Kamal will play Balram Naidu in his new film. Audiences will be introduced to his family for the first time. It's an out-and-out comedy flick interspersed with sporadic action sequences. The regular shooting will start from the second week of May," said a source.

Actress Ramya Krishnan will play Kamal's wife in the film, which will also star Shruti Haasan as their daughter. This will be the first time Kamal and Shruti will be playing father-daughter on the screen.

Veteran Telugu comedian Brahmanandam will play the character Appa Rao, Kamal's sidekick, which was played by late choreographer Raghuram in 'Dasavatharam'. "Most of the film will be shot in the US. The makers have hired international make-up crew to take care of Kamal's look in the film," the source added.

The film, which is being produced by Raaj Kamal International, will be simultaneously shot in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. National Award-winning actor Saurabh Shukla is also part of the cast. Maestro Ilayaraja, who has been roped in to compose the tunes, chose the title for the film's Tamil version which will be officially unveiled on Friday.

Kamal is Rajini's Villain in Shankar's Next?

Director Shankar after his blockbuster ‘I’ is busy penning the script for his next and news has leaked out that the ‘Enthiran’ director is planning a gargantuan project, which will bring together the two Giants of Indian Cinema Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan.

Though the project is in its budding stage reliable sources confirm that an International production house is bankrolling the project,the budget for which is said to be close to 300 Crores. Kamal Haasan will play the villain to Rajinikanth for the first time. It is to be noted that Rajini has played Kamal’s villain in a number of black and white films. A.R Rahman will score music and P.C. Sriram the camera and shoot will begin in early 2016. This sure is the mother of all Movie News.

Trisha with Kamal again?

After 'Manmadhan Ambu', it seems Kamal Haasan and Trisha would come together once again, this time for a stylish action thriller set in the backdrop of the picturesque Mauritius.

The movie, which will be Kamal's next after 'Uttama Villain', 'Papanasam' and 'Vishwaroopam 2', will be directed by one of his associates and produced by Rajkamal Films International, it is learnt.

Shooting is expected to get a kickstart in May. "It is a James Bond type of thriller. While Kamal will play a suave detective, Trisha will play a stylish girl. Kamal himself has penned the script," sources said.

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.