Vijaylakshmi’s endless wait for Rajini

One of the foremost conditions mentioned by Ocher Studios when they signed up Vijayalakshmi for Sultan the warrior was that she be available for shooting whenever she is called for. But this hasn’t caused any issues for the actress, who reiterates that she’s always available for the movie and that hasn’t created any problems for her.

At a time when call sheet issue plaque the industry, Vijaylakshmi says she has agreed all the offers she got in recent times only after announcing that she’d rush for a Sultan shoot whenever she was called.

“It’s such a great thing to even share space with the Superstar. I don’t mind juggling dates for it ever,” says the actress, who has also signed up a film with Krishna of Alibaba fame.

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Prashanth has been arrested by the cops

Rumours do spread in the glam-world. This time around it was actor Prashanth who got entangled in one such rumours when he along with his dad Thyagarajan got into a police car and landed at the Kerala airport. And that was all, the people who saw Prashanth in this fake police car took it seriously and soon the rumours spread around the town that the actor has been arrested by the cops.

Prashanth is acting in the flick Pulan Visaranai part 2 where he plays the character of a cop. Recently while shooting in Delhi for the film he was dressed up in a police costume as he plays the character of a cop. Many people recognized the actor when he walked across the streets. He enjoys a lot of fan following all around the globe.

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Danush and his wife Aishwarya sing a Duet!

Actor Dhanush and his wife Aishwarya Rajinikanth have sung a duet for the actor’s brother, Selvaraghavan’s Aayirathil Oruvan.The movie has music by GV Prakash Kumar, and it is a duet that begins like Un mela aasai dhaan…., written by Vairamuthu.

Aayirathil Oruvan stars Karthi and Reema Sen, and has already made waves for its songs, including one in which Bombay Jayashree has sung along with yesteryear singer PB Srinivas. Then, there is a song which Shubha Mudgal has lent her voice for, besides the remix of the Aayirathil Oruvan number, Adho Andha Paravai Pola…..

Dhanush has sung earlier for Puthupettai, while Aishwarya has sung for Whistle. This is their first song together.

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Priyamani’s various demands after she got the award

Actress Priyamani’s National Award has put her on a pedestal, and it is said that the actress has had varying demands after she got the award.

And hiking her salary is only one such a thing. The actress, reportedly, demands to hear the entire story before she agrees to do the role, and then suggests changes. And it is after this that she also demands a hefty salary.

But those who’ve approached her with scripts commonly have a thing to say and that is- she flatly says that if her co-star is Vijay, she is prepared to do any role and will straight away give out dates.

It is in this context that it is said that the actress is trying hard to make herself part of Vettaikaaran, Vijay’s next, for which the heroine is yet to be fixed.

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Vijay’s Villu fight scene leaked on the net

Ilayathalapathy Vijay’s introductory comic fight scene in Villu has been leaked on the net.A free video site has the nearly 10-minute fight scene picturised in a ’dhobi ghat’ and an inside an ice factory.

The scene has Vijay with florescent coloured saris all over him, jumping from height, flying in the air and pouncing on the villains.

Ladies who are watching him jump, say “Is it Spiderman or Superman? From this scene, the focus shifts inside an ice factory where our hero single-handedly handles half a dozen thugs. The scene looked partially edited with only Vijay’s and Nayanthara appearing towards the end, voice to be dubbed. Ayngaran International the producers of the film will be taking legal action against the culprits who have leaked it on the net.

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Sada says ‘No’ to south!

Despite not having any big recent hits, Sada is still among the more sought after heroines in Tamil, primarily owing to her homely image, largely spread by her roles in Anniyan and Jayam. But the actress, who was last seen in Unnale Unnale, has taken a decision not to do a Tamil film again!

The Mumbai-actress has reportedly told all filmmakers who’ve met her that she is not interested in doing any more South Indian roles as she is currently working on Hindi movies and would like to continue only in Bollywood.

It is also said that she has been saying a firm ‘No’ to all Telugu offers as well, Klick, Kalbali and Love Kichdi.

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Silambattam was screened for the Ajith

Ajith was present at Four Frames Preview Theatre in Chennai on Thursday to watch an exclusive screening of Silambarasan starrer ’Silambattam’.

Ajith was received by Silambarasan and the screening of the movie began in the afternoon. Directed by debutant Saravanan, the movie features Silambarasan in dual roles. Sneha and Sana Khan play the heroines. Interestingly, the music by Yuvanshankar Raja was a big hit even before the movie hit the screens.

Towards the climax, Simbhu appears as ’Billa’, the role enacted by Ajith in the new version and there are special references made to Ajith. As a result the actor was invited by Simbhu to watch it.

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Nayanthara craze continues

The Nayanthara phenomenon is a part of Tamil film folklore. No other heroine in recent times has created such a craze among the audiences. The trade feels she is the only heroine with an opening.

Now after a hat trick of damp squibs- Kuselan, Sathyam, Aegan the actress is still hot in the trade circles. Her combination with Ilayathalapathi Vijay for Villu has made expectations rise to new heights. The film has been sold for Kerala at a new record price.

An enterprising distributor has purchased Nayan’s Telugu hit with Ravi Teja Dubai Seenu and dubbed it in Tamil as Dubai Rani. The USP of the film is Nayan’s glamour factor, as the producer S.Reddy has designed huge larger than life posters of her for the film.

Dubai Rani is one of the hottest films in the circuit and it is selling like hot cakes, as distributors who were buying straight Tamil films feel it is a better investment than new films!

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Manirathinam’s ‘Raavana’ shelved for a day

A tiff between local tourist operators and members of Film Employees Federation of South Indian over renting vehicles shelved a day’s shooting of ‘Raavana’ in Ooty. Nearly for more than a hour, Mani Rathnam and his crew had to wait at Ooty. Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Vikram, stunt director Peter Hein, Cinematographer Mani Kandan and other crewmembers were present there. The tourist taxi operators blocked FEPSI vehicles and demanded that they be given an opportunity to operate their vehicles for the shooting. The Film Employees Federation of South India stand is that only FEPSI members could operate the taxis was unjust because Rs 1 lakh had to be paid for FEPSI membership.

Finally, the issues were settled down amicably and shooting resumed. However, talks would be happening between producers council and FEFSI Association by end of this month.

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Enthiran movie stills

Enthiran Movie Photo Stills Sun TV Network’s movie production arm - Sun Pictures will be handling the production of Endhiran, which stars Rajnikanth and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The movie was earlier being produced by Ayngaran International, which is a part of Eros International. Enthiran is India’s biggest project in terms of grandeur, splendor and Star Cast. SUN TV Network Ltd One of India’s largest entertainment conglomerate announced that it would be producing the ENDHIRAN. It is Superstar Rajinikanth’s next live action movie. This Multi crore project is to be directed by Shankar, Music is by AR Rahman and Aishwarya Rai stars along with Rajinikanth. The Enthiran movie will be released simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and other languages by the end of next year. The movie boasts of CG, special effects and stunt sequences and will have top notch technicians from Hollywood working on it. Rajnikanth said, “This is India’s biggest movie and I am very happy to work with Sun Pictures and Mr Kananithi Maran.” At the time of filing this report, Eros International officials were not available for comment.

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Sun Pictures to produce Rajni's Endhiran

Ever since director Shankar announced his new film, Robot that was renamed Endhiran -- with Rajnikanth and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, the film has made news.

Earlier, the film was to be produced by London-based Aingaran Films International (P) Ltd. Now, a press release from Sun TV Network Ltd -- one of India’s largest entertainment conglomerate -- says that the movie division of Sun Pictures will produce Endhiran.

’This project promises to be the first of its kind in terms of computer graphics, special effects and stunt sequences. Top notch technicians from Hollywood are being roped in for this movie, making this project truly global,’ states the press release.

Sun Pictures made a splash in the Tamil film industry by producing Kadhalil Vizhundhein starring Nakul, of Boys fame, and Sunaina. With aggressive marketing, the film became an unprecedented hit. The success of their second film Thenavattu shows that with aggressive marketing, even a typical masala film can become a hit.

Sun Pictures officially announced their involvement in Endhiran yesterday. Present on the occasion were Rajnikant, Shankar, Sun TV Network Limited chairman and managing director Kalanithi Maran, Sun Pictures chief operating officer Hansraj Saxena and the film’s cinematographer Rathnavel.

"This is a big moment for Sun Pictures, as we feel this will be India’s biggest movie," says Maran. "We are very happy and proud to be associated with superstar Rajinikanth, Shankar and A R Rahman. With this, Sun Pictures will scale greater heights internationally."

"Working with Rajnikanth is a pleasure," Shankar added. "There is high expectation from this project and by joining hands with Sun TV, the hugeness of the movie will be even more."

"This is India’s biggest movie and I am very happy and honoured to work with Sun Pictures and Kalanithi Maran," Rajni said.

Endhiran seems to be even bigger than Sivaji, Rajni’s earlier release with Shankar and Rahman. It will be released simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi by the end of next year.

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Tamanna say No to screen lip locks

Tamanna is surely basking in the glory of her hard earned success. Happy Days has virtually opened bright and sunny days of success for the actress. With an eye on Bollywood, the actress has made the right moves in both the Telugu and Tamil film industries. Though she has settled for a fifth position in the popularity charts, with Nayantara at the helm, the actress has a definite game plan in mind. No wonder that she has diplomatically cast way the popularity meter as, "The number game is not constant."Slowly but steadily consolidating her position she is presumed to be the face of cinema in the coming days at least in the South.

With top class banners and popular heroes of the day to share the screen with her like Surya in Ayan, Dhanush in Padikkathavan and Bharat in the Tamil remake of Jab We Met, she surely has a long way to go.However the actress has never shied away from roles demanding much critical rigour like the one she essayed in Kalloori. If rigour is the right word for restrained acting, then the lady has imbibed the meaning of the word in the true sense of the term. Tamanna who is acting in the Tamil remake of the Blockbuster Hindi movie Jab We Met has ruled out any scope for on screen lip lock and size zero figure along the lines of Kareena Kapoor .

The actress has categorically made her statement clear, "I will not do kissing scenes; it’s in my contract. Kissing scenes can’t contribute to a film’s success; it’s the emotion that counts." Size zero she believes won’t suit her and “Besides, it doesn’t suit Indian bodies and can’t be retained forever."

Tamanna lays her conditions as well as her remuneration. The audience is charmed by her and she is making hay when the sun is shining bright for her. No wonder that she has raised her fee by more than100 hundred percent from 30 lakhs to nearly 70. With glamour the defining quotient for heroines of the age along with their acting talents, it needs to be seen whether she will hold on to her vow for no lip lock and size zero or ...

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A R Rahman gets London Critics Award

London Critics Award was given to A R Rahman for best music composer for the film “Slumdog Millionaire”. The film is based on Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup’s novel “Q&A”. Set in Mumbai, the film revolves around a slum kid who wins a jackpot on a quiz show called “Kaun Banega Crorepati”. “Slumdog Millionaire” received critical acclaim post its limited release Nov 12. Also, it wowed audiences at the Toronto International Film Festival as well as the Telluride Film Festival. The US’ National Board of Review has named Slumdog Millionaire the best film of 2008, while the film bagged the ‘Best British Independent Film’ prize at the British Independent Film Awards.

Rahman also received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score and two Critics Choice nominations - Best Score and Best Song for Jai Ho. This film has featured in Time magazine’s top 10 movies list of the year. Speaking about this award A R Rahman said,” “I have worked with different people. Most Westerners are generally reserved. But Boyle was different - like a friend, very helpful. It was like working for Mani Ratnam, Rakeysh (Omprakash Mehra). He was very excited about India. He loved India. He loved Mumbai. He loved everything,”

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A Sepration between Kanthaswamy director and Vikram

Refuting all reports that Kanthaswamy is getting delayed because of a rift between Vikram and him, director Susi Ganesan said that these are just baseless rumors. Gossipmongers also have it that Susi Ganesan had a rift with the producers too. The director speaking , lambasted those who has made those statements to the media, as those who have nothing better to do than to spread rumors. On the delay of Kanthaswamy, the director said that Vikram will be appearing as a female in the film and hence his make up and costume selection requires a lot of time. This is one of the reasons for the delay, he added. Susi Ganesan mentioned that wherever the team went for shooting, the place experienced heavy rainfall. This is true from their shooting in Mexico to the villages in Tamil Nadu. He said that this is a good indicator that the film will become a runaway success. Kanthaswamy’s computer graphics work may take another three months to be completed. He signed off saying that in all probability the film will hit the screens on April 14th.

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Temple for Nayanthara

Fans have myriad ways of expressing their adoration for their stars - some extreme. A few years ago, when the “Khushbu craze” was at it height, some fans built her a temple! Recently, some fans built two temples for Namitha. Now, it is the turn of Nayantara. A bunch of her ardent fans from Aravakurichi, Karur have planned to build a temple for her!

Reports say the construction is already underway and the temple will be declared open in a few months. Her fans in Aravakurichi say that they are absolutely devoted to Nayantara and their admiration for her began even during her fledgling days in Malayalam films!

But all this over-exaggerated display of admiration only embarrasses the actresses. In no way are they happy about this. They even try their best to dissuade their fans from doing something as dramatic as this.

Speaking of fans’ exaggerated reactions, this incident that occured about a decade ago in a theatre playing an MGR movie is worth sharing. An over-excited MGR fan got carried away watching his unarmed matinee idol battling the villain carrying a big sword. To help his icon, he threw a dagger he was carrying on the screen, hoping MGR would catch it!!!

Well, that funny incident only elicited laughter from his fellow audience, but sometimes things get too serious and the results are devastating. A few months ago, a fan was trampled to death in a mad rush to buy the first-day-first-show tickets of Kantri, a Junior NTR movie.

There are many similar incidents which go unreported. It is not wrong to admire someone, but one should know where to draw the line.

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Kushboo’s duet with Vijay

Vijay’s introductory song in Prabhu Deva’s Villu will actually see him dancing with Kushboo! The team of producer Arun Pandian and music director Devi Sri Prasad came together for a soft audio launch at a radio station on Sunday (Nov 14). The film is slated for a Pongal release. Apparently, the filmmaker was originally keen on roping in Divya Spandana to do the item number, but the actress made it clear to him that she will not do a one-song act again. So, actress Khushboo, a confessed Vijay fan, was approached and the actress readily agreed to do the role.

That song will be the introductory song of Vijay which will surely be lapped up by his fans. Earlier, actresses like Shilpa Shetty, Meena, Nayanthara and Namitha had done one song appearances with Ilaya Thalapathy.

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Wedding bells for singer Krish and Sangeetha

Sangeetha was recently the hot topic with rumors spreading that she has married singer Krish in a secret ceremony in Tirupati . He said, they had gone to Tirupati to attend actress Maheshwari‘s wedding and this was the cause for the rumors.Krish said,We’re not married but we are in love and we would want it to be a grand marriage, not something as secretive and small as newspapers published.

Singer Krish who is gaining popularity by the day is all set to marry actress Sangeetha in the month of February, 2009. According to sources the couple has been in love for a long time. As every love affair by Kollywood personalities gets grossly exaggerated from time to time theirs too has been subject to a lot of speculation. When they had gone to Tirupathi to take part in a friend’s marriage ceremony, rumor mills worked overtime stating that they had got married secretly. Both Krish and Sangeetha had to deny this at that time. However, it is true that they are in love and that they are getting married with the consent of both families.

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Simbu's Silambattam censored

Silambarasan’s Silambattam has been censored with a UA certificate on Friday (Dec 12) morning.

Says Simbu: “The board members who watched the film liked it and they congratulated me for my dance, which they said was the best they have seen in recent times”. The film which is an action based entertainer was given UA by censors with a few scenes like Santhanam’s comedy scenes with double meaning either muted or trimmed.

Lakshmi Movie Makers for whom Silambattam is their 25th film is all smiles as it is the first Silambarasan film that has gone for high price in all areas. The film has now been confirmed for a December 18 big release in over 150 screens in Tamilnadu.

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Sana Khan, the new sexy girl for South

She shocked the nation with her bold act in Amul Macho underwear ad and danced on ‘Billo Rani’ song from the movie Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal . Sana Khan is the new girl of Tamil cinema.

This Mumbai model was spotted by Silambarasan when he had gone to Mumbai to hunt for a new face for his film. Now, even as she makes her debut in his movie ‘Silambattam’, releasing this Christmas, Sana has reportedly received plenty of offers from Bollywood. But the lady wishes to stay in Tamil Cinema.

She has also been given the name of Chhoti Madhuri in south, as she closely resembles Madhuri Dixit . And sexy Sana says she likes to dance on the tunes of the Madhuri numbers. In ‘Silambattam’, Sanaa plays a village belle, who is slightly tomboyish, outgoing, and tries to attract Simbu. Now that she has decided to enter southern cinema, Sana is watching as many Tamil movies as she can to grasp the language to prepare herself for more Tamil films.

Reportedly, she’s been flooded with offers from both Tamil and Telugu producers. But she’s waiting for the release of ‘Silambattam’. The movie also stars another Bollywood babe, Sneha Ullal .

According to the reports, this film has sold out for a hefty price in all southern areas. Sources even disclose that the movie is sold for a record Rs.1.89 crore in Coimbatore area, the highest ever paid for a Simbu film.

Cameraman Saravanan makes debut as a director through this film. The songs, set by Yuvan Shankar Raja, are already playing on top of the charts.

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Sexy Namitha on top

Namitha tops the list of Tamil actresses for the 2008 year-end India Zeitgeist by Google, which features this year’s major events and hottest trends based on searches conducted by users in India.

Katrina Kaif, Aishwarya Rai and Salman Khan take the credit of most popular celebs online in India.

Among politicians, Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi takes the number one spot, followed by controversial MNS leader Raj Thackeray.

Among sports stars, tennis player Sania Mirza still serves in the mind of many, with master blaster Sachin Tendulkar and Football player Cristiano Ronaldo in second and third spot respectively.

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The Thiruvilayaadal Aarambal hit pair Shriya and Dhanush are back!

They have started shooting for the remake of the Telugu hit, Arya. The movie, yet to be titled, is being directed by Mitran Jawahar, who had directed Dhanush’s 2008 super hit Yaaradi Nee Mohini. Music for the movie is by Devisri Prasad.

The movie, for which shooting has commenced in Vishakapatnam, was originally supposed to be directed by Balasekaran. There were lot of hiccups before the film finally took off. Initially, Simbu had also shown interest in the remake, but couldn’t do it as he fell out with the producers Gemini Film Circuit.

The buzz is that some major changes have been made to the original script as that film is nearly two years old and the interesting fact is that its sequel Arya- 2 is on the floors in Tollywood.

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Sexy Mumaith Khan in an action role

Sexy siren Mumaith Khan will bash up men and make them go weak on their knees!But not by showing skin alone this time!

The actress will kick butt in her new movie Machakanni, in which she plays the lead. The movie is a bilingual, and will be made in Tamil and Telugu.

The movie is said to be inspired by a popular English flick, and is being written and directed by Velu Prabahakaran. JD Chakravarthy, popular Telugu hero, is said to be playing an important role in it.

Mumaith Khan has just completed the remix of popular yesteryear hit number Bambara Kannaala for Vikram’s Kandhasamy.

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Sexy Namitha in strict diet plans

Kollywood likes busty figures. And so, Namitha is able to run her business here. But, Namitha’s hip size is growing at a faster rate that made her get into serious workout plans. The busty babe, who has a dedicated fan following downsouth, has been slogging out to reduce her waist line. But a strict diet regimen in not what suits Namitha’s lifestyle. Reportedly, the actress has a weakness for eating chicken regularly. She tried battling this habit of hers when she resolved to lose the extra flab from her midriff. So she kept the chicken out from her meals for a few weeks but after that she couldn’t resist the temptation anymore. Anyway, since she did not desire to be size-zero (that would be a nightmare for her fans) like Kareena Kapoor , Namitha let go of her resolve and succumbed to her temptation. She resumed her favourite dish but decided to opt for other ways to maintain her figure. We hear the actress is now regular in her work-outs and avoids fatty foods. She will next sizzle in the bilingual film ‘Jaganmohini’.

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Lakshmi Rai dinner dating with Dhoni

Finally, Lakshmi Rai and skipper Dhoni concede that they actually are real good friends and might turn lovers in time!

With Dhoni in Chennai again for the India-England test series, can Lakshmi Rai be far behind? The actress had visited Dhoni’s luxury hotel for a dinner with him but was peeved when security officials didn’t let her in.

It was only after Dhoni himself clarified that he had invited her that the girl was allowed in. The actress, who is now in Hyderabad confirms the story and says “We are friends, and we still meet every time he is in town”.

She continues: “We message and talk over the phone. We’re only friends now and I’m his biggest fan. I don’t know if this can blossom into love in the future.”

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Nayantara has migrated to god's country, Kerala.

Nayantara skipped several offers in Tamil and Telugu, during her wait for Lingusamy’s ’Paiya’ to kick off, but eventually pulled out of the project following demands to cut her remuneration. Quick to fit in her show was Tamanna.

Now according to reliable sources, Nayantara has migrated to god’s country, Kerala. Being back in her native, she has agreed to do a Malayalam movie titled ’Body Guard’, which begins on 15 January, the day ’Paiya’ goes to floors. A coincidence!

Nayantara began her journey in films with Malayalam movies and she made her debut in Tamil with ’Ayya’. She has been set to act with Dileep in a movie, in Siddhique’s direction. It may be recalled that Nayantara had appeared for a song sequence in the recent Malayalam release ’Twenty:20’ starring the most popular stars of Mollywood.

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Kollywood actress Shriya Saran is now very busy

Sivaji was the movie that moved Shriya to new levels. Since then she has been scaling one peak after another. The year 2008 has so far been a tremendous one for the actress for she has seen her career take an upward swing.

Shriya has completed shooting for ’Kanthaswamy’ opposite Vikram. It is a magnum opus directed by Susi Ganesan. She is almost wounding up the shoot for Sarathy Kumar starrer ’Jaggubhai’ and Deepa Mehta’s film ’Who’s Cooking, Stella?’ What more, she has been signed up for Deepa Mehta’s next film too, titled ’Komagata Maru’.

She has also been roped in to act in a movie with Dhanush later next year. Besides, She’s also in ’Thoranai’ with Vishal.

She is pinning lots of hopes on Kanthaswamy. She says, ’ I have given my cent percent dedication for the movie. The whole unit has worked hard. Especially, I was impressed with Vikram’s dedication to excel in his role and it was cool working with him’.

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Vijay 50th film was to be produced by AVM

Villu’ directed by Prabhudeva is Vijay’s 49th film. Following this, his 50th was to be produced by AVM. It was even titled ’Vettaikaran.’ This is the remake of director Siddique’s Malayalam film ’Bodyguard.’

In a discussion with Siddique, Vijay has requested him to make changes for the Tamil version and also to suit his image. But it’s said Siddique was not for it. When ’Kadhaparayumpol’ was changed in ’Kuselan,’ it caused distress to director Srinivasan. Siddique naturally does not want his story to also become a casualty like that.

When SA Chandrasekhar heard the story for ’Jayam’ Raja, he decided that could be Vijay’s 50th film. Vijay was also agreeable to that, so Raja will direct Vijay’s 50th film. So ’Vettaikaran’ could be Vijay’s 51st film.

Raja is working on a Telugu film starring Prabaas, and he is now showing great enthusiasm for Vijay’s 50th film

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Deepika Padukone reprising the role played by Trisha

Ghilli will be reportedly remade in Hindi soon, with Deepika Padukone reprising the role played by Trisha.

It might be quite possible. Because Ghilli, which has been the most successful film of Vijay so far, achieved a phenomenal success and even outdid its source film Okkadu’s (Mahesh Babu) box-office collections!

It is a great idea to cast Deepika Padukone - the young actress who has bewitched the entire Bollywood - in Trisha’s roles. She will definitely do justice to the role; she will be able to portray the vulnerability and ebullience displayed by Trisha in Ghilli to perfection.

Well, since Deepika is the heroine, will Ranbir Kapoor be the hero of this film? And what will Bollywood do to match the popularity of ‘Appadi Podu’, a song from Ghilli which compelled even Abhishek Bachchan to perform the famous and histrionic ‘kuthu’ (in one of the commercials of a cell phone)! Maybe, the man of the hour, Himesh will get a call to do compose a Bollywood equivalent!

PS: A while ago Abhishek Bachchan was seen shaking a leg to the wild tunes of ’Appadi Podu’ is a cell phone ad telecast in numerous satellite TV channels. The ad film became quite popular throughout the nation.

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Nayanthara out Tamanna in

After Nayanthara decided to walk out of Lingusamy’s Paiyya, several names like Saranya Mohan, Vijayalakshmi and few others were tossed around.

It seems Karthi and his advisors were very clear that only an actress of the same stature like Nayanthara would come in as the replacement. Meanwhile the media wrote that Trisha is the new replacement which the actress denied.

But the latest buzz is that Lingusamy has pulled off a coup by casting Tamann who is the fastest rising glamour girl in Kollywood opposite Karthi in the film.

Tammu who just did not have any dates, as she is busy in Tamil and Telugu has gone out of her way to accommodate Paiyya, for which she is likely to do the first schedule from December end. The pretty young thing has two big releases lined up for Pongal 2009- Anandathandavam and Padikathavan. She also has two biggies Koncham Ishtam Koncham Kashtam in Telugu and Ayan in Tamil to be completed.

Then she has given confirmed dates to Moserbaer for their Kannan directed Raja Rani, the Tamil remake of Jab We Met. The shoot of the film will start in February middle once Bharath completes his Perarasu film Thirutani.

Tamanna is the flavour of Kollywood and is all set to be the star of 2009. She has the pick of younger hero’s like Surya, Dhanush, Bharath, Karthi, Siddharth (Boys) and a new boy Siddharth.

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Nayantara had refused to act with Vijay

Kollywood is abuzz with rumors that Nayantara had refused to act with Vijayakanth, when she was approached.According to reports, Nayantara was asked to pair with Vijayakanth for his forthcoming film ‘Viruthagiri’. However, she had allegedly rejected the offer. When queried, she retorts back saying, ‘No, It’s isn’t true. At the first place, no one came forward with the proposal to act with Vijayakanth for any movie. If approached, I would see whether there is enough scope for me in the script. I go by merit.’

Earlier news is, a whopping sum of one crore rupees was Nayantara’s remuneration for Lingusamy’s ‘Paiya’. But, due to heavy losses incurred in the industry, she was asked to cut down her pay scale. It was then she opted out of the project which became the talk of the town. Now, in Nayantara’s place a popular heroine will be bought in, says producer Bose. ‘Paruthi Veeran’ Karthi who’s busy in ‘Aayirathil Oruvan’ will play the hero in ‘Paiya’.

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Arya “Naan Kadavul” Delayed for Pongal

Director Bala had started this project with fabulous opening and he chooses many leading names for the lead role but finally zeroed at Arya. Unfortunately the project met many consequences and now finally after a long 302days of production the “Naan Kadavul” filmmakers announced that the film shooting is over.

In recent time at AVM Studios Chennai the final day shooting was placed. Director Bala is the one who directs “Pithamagan” which fetched actor Vikram a National Award. Hope Actor Arya will definitely recognize as a talented actor after this movie released.

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Vijay's Villu first copy has been leaked in Bits through the internet

Prabhu Deva who lost his son due to cancer yesterday is in a state of shock as his latest movie VILLU songs are out on the internet and the movies first copy has been leaked in Bits through the World Wide Web. It is said that three songs -Uyirai Thozhittem, Nee Parthidhel, and Kanavellam Neethane are on the internet websites which are offering free downloads of this songs.

The scenes in these songs feature Vijay dancing with a item girl and so this may make the fans of Vijay happy to sneak into their hero’s next venture.

The movie is likely to be released early next year and still some songs and scenes are left to be canned. Nayantara is the female lead in this movie and is said that the glam doll has left no scope of ease in her regular skin show to her fans.

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Shankar's Enthiran to be shot in Top Slip?

At present, Aishwarya Rai is perhaps living the most difficult yet productive period of her life. Why? Because of the monumental effort she has to put in while working in Mani Rathnam’s bilingual and Shankar’s Enthiran simultaneously. Imagine the pressure she would be experiencing: A role in a high-class Mani Rathnam or Shankar film does not come easy; it entails for an immense amount of hard work for the artist! Plus she needs to be fit and in good shape for Enthiran, which will reportedly require her to do some stunts as well. To top it all, she has to shuttle between Salakkudi in Kerala and Chennai, where Mani’s Ravana/ Ashokavanam and Shankar’s Enthiran are being shot respectively.

But considerate Shankar has been kind to Aishwarya Rai and is willing to make quite a lot of changes in his schedule. The recent news we hear is that Shankar is making a change to the third round of shooting which was supposed to be held in Kulu Manali. To save Aishwarya Rai the trouble of travelling from Kerala to Kulu Manali, Shankar is willing to hold his next schedule in Top Slip (37 km away from Pollachi), an equally scenic and beautiful hill station.

There is also a chance that he would opt for obscure locations of Nilgiris, Ooty, or Kodaikanal. Since he wants to keep his project a secret until its release, he always has two or three options for a shooting location and finalizes the spot at the last possible moment, making it hard for the media to follow his crew.

Well, Shankar’s compassion and improvisation skills are excellent and admirable. It also appears he would have mastered espionage and logistics by the end of Enthiran’s shooting!

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Surya's Ayan movie stills

AVM Productions’ next venture is titled Ayan. Ayan will be a movie that would be entertaining with Surya at his best, says director K V Anand. Ayan stars Suriya and Tamanna in the lead roles with a supporting cast Prabhu, Jagan and Karunas. Music for the film Ayan is by Harris Jayaraj.Harris Jayaraj scores the music for the first time for an AVM film. Ayan directed by cinematographer-turned-director K.V. Anand.

Cast: Surya, Prabhu, Tamanna Direction: K.V. Anand Production: M. Saravanan, M.S. Guhan, Aruna Guhan, Aparna Guhan Music: Harris Jeyaraj

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Subramaniapuram Swathi In Deep Love

The young heroine of Ashta Chemma,colours Swathi is now a very popular and successful babe thanks to the big success the small film has achieved. Swathi played the role of a die hard prince Mahesh Babu fan in the film. Nani played the lead role in the film.

During the making of the film, Swathi and Nani became close friends. It is now heard that the two are now more than just close friends. But the parents of Swathi are not happy with the news and they are reported to have put restrictions on Swathi meeting Nani or going out with him.

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Trisha lapped up the project for 80 lakhs

In less than few days of Nayan having been shown the door from the Lingusamy directed Payya, Trisha bagged the project and is all set to star in the movie. It is learnt that Nayan demanded a crore for the movie and refused any negotiations whatsoever. The producers, on the other hand, were ready to shell out 75 lakhs on her pay check.

This tug of war eventually ended with the producers finding a replacement for Nayan. Last heard, Trisha lapped up the project for 80 lakhs and signed in the contract papers giving away the required dates to Tirupathy pictures.

Payya is expected to kick start soon and it would be Karthi’s third venture after the long-pending Selvaraghavan directed Aayirathil Oruvan.

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Nayantara stood at number one

The survey by an organization to gauge the popularity of the heroines has thrown up some interesting results. Nayantara who is struggling for a bit hit for quite some time stood at number one. She is also the highest paid actress in the industry today. Trisha stood in the second place while Shreya bagged the third spot. Genelia D’ Souza is in the fourth place and Tamanna of Happy Days fame is in the fifth. Charmi is in the sixth place and Divya of Surya S/o Krishnan fame is in the seventh place. The sexy Ileana stood at the eighth place and the yoga teacher turned heroine Ansuhka is in the ninth place. Sneha stood at the 10the place.

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Simbhu's ‘Silambattam’ -Same but different

Simbhu has been in desperate need of coming up with a hit followed by consecutive flops ‘Vallavan’ and ‘Kaalai’. Well, he is brimmed up with lots of expectations about his forthcoming film ‘Silambattam’ that is expected to hit the screens by December 12 or in the later weeks. Director Saravanan is so keen in making each and every shot so perfectly that’ll land both him and Simbhu on safer grounds.

Speaking about the film, Saravanan does say that Silambattam doesn’t have a different and unique story. It’s the same old story that audiences would have glimpsed a million time. But then, it’s the gripping screenplay that will make them fixed to the film without any scattering of attentions. Adding more he says that it would be a full length entertaining factor for all the audiences.

Songs tuned by Yuvan Shankar Raja are moderately doing well in box office with ‘Where’s the party’ rocking across the centres…

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Ajith's next project with Sameera Reddy

Ajith has started on his next project. After Aegan, Ajith has plunged into his next film with the verve and zest that is his deeply ingrained work ethic.

The latest film called Asal, meaning original, will star Sameera Reddy. This hot, shapely star from Bollywood wowed Tamil audiences with her very down-to-earth and girl-next-door performance in Vaaranam Aaiyram. It was her sweet and heart-rending smile that did it for most of her male fans.

Produced under the Sivaji Productions banner, Asal will be directed by Saran. The project was initially planned with Gautham Menon. After that several names including Dharani and Vishuvardhan did the rounds, but now Saran is to handle the project. The film’s music is by Harris Jayaraj.

Saran will take up the project just as soon as he wraps up Modhi Vilayadu starring Vinay and Kajal Aggarwal. Colonial Cousins Hariharan and Leslie Lewis debut as music directors in Modhi Vilayaadu.

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Reema Sen-'Aayirathil Oruvan' will be a truly amazing film

’Aayirathil Oruvan’ will be a truly amazing film, says actress Reema Sen, who plays a prominent role in it.

In an interview to an English daily in Chennai, the actress said, ’ it is a spectacular action, adventure traversing right from the 13th century till date. It is a different attempt by Selvah. Hope it rocks’.

Just a couple of days ago, Parthiban who is acting in the movie echoed similar feelings. Reema Sen, who has devoted almost two years for the film is upbeat to share the screen with Karthi for ’Ayirathil Oruvan’.

She is slated to act in Priyadharshan’s ’Malmal Weekly II’ next.

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Trisha faced some anxious moments at Bangkok

It was a long journey for Trisha to reach Chennai from Bangkok. The actress faced some anxious moments at Bangkok airport before reaching Chennai. The actress was in Bangkok to shoot for a Telugu film titled ’King’ opposite Nagarjuna.

Trisha had been involved in filming for three days and had made arrangements to board a flight bound for Chennai. To her shock and dismay, she found the airport locked due to protests from opposition parties in Thailand.

As a result, she had to reach Phuket by road and catch a flight from there to Kuala Lumpur and from there to Chennai by yet another flight.

Says Trisha, ’ I was so very tense. But some how, we managed to reach Chennai though with tremendous difficulty.’

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Nayanthara is out of Lingusamy’s Paiyya

Nayanthara is out of Lingusamy’s Paiyya produced by his brother Bose under their home banner Thirupathi Pictures and directed by him in which Karthi was supposed to be her co-star.

Remember that Lingusamy had signed Nayanthara for a whopping salary of more of than Rs1 Crore for this project. Everybody was shocked by the figure, as no female lead has ever been paid so much in Kollywood. No other star in Tamil has commanded and got such price which clearly indicated that she adds value and opening to a film.

Said a peeved Nayanthara: “I have a valid contract with the producer on my salary and now with no substantial reason, he wants me to bring it down. Why should I? I had given dates for this film from September and for the last three months he was unable to start the shoot due to various reasons. I understood his situation and waited patiently without signing any new film. In the meantime, I came to know that Lingusamy was contacting other actresses and spreading false rumours about me which I ignored, giving him due respect as a film maker.”

In fact, Nayanthara was to meet Nalini Sriram her costume designer and the director for the photo-shoot that was slated for mid- December.Out of the blue, Lingusamy called up Nayan’s manager and said that he wanted to re- negotiate her salary stating that he does not have the budget to pay the promised salary and he was on cost cutting!

Nayan is honest and upfront about the way she feels: “ Lingusamy must have thought that I will silently take a cut in my salary while he will get the name of a producer who paid a Crore to his heroine and walk away with all the publicity. Did he not know about the budget when he signed me? He could have been more transparent by discussing his problems with me in the larger interest of the film instead of playing nasty games? I would have definitely come down on my salary if he had told me about his budget”

It is indeed a tough decision that Nayanthara has taken which clearly shows that she is strong and honest in a way.

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