‘Vettaikkaran’ hunts for the villain in a market

Shoot for Vijay’s ’Vettaikkaran’ is going on in full steam in AVM Studios in the city. After a hectic schedule in Rajamundhary, the crew has proceeded to shoot in hotspots in the city, and is currently involved in a fight sequence shoot in AVM Studios. The fight sequences, which have always been a specialty in Vijay’s films and with Kanal Kannan as the stunt choreographer, who has become a star choreographer after his work for ’Ayan’, one expects a lot of breathtaking actions in the film. The set that has been erected for the film resembles a market place and has an elaborate chasing sequence, involving Vijay and villain Sri Hari.

’Vettiakkaran’ is being directed by Babusivan, and is said to be a pacy entertainer. To keep the action sequences interesting, the director and stuntmen are said to have taken a lot of care. ’Vettaikkaran’ sees Vijay pairing up with Anushka for the first time. The film has created a lot of hype already, being the actor’s 49th film. With this film being a year end release, the actor is said to begin his next venture in September this year.
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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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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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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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Rajinikanth shoots in Prashanth's place

The shooting for the Rajinikanth starrer ’Endhiran’ which is directed by Shankar is progressing in and around Chennai.

In spite of heavy rains, director Shankar has opted to go ahead with the shooting on Wednesday. Amidst tight security, the crew is reportedly shooting at a jewelery house owned by actor Prashanth which is located in T. Nagar, Chennai. Since Aishwarya Rai is busy shooting for the Mani Ratnam movie, scenes involving Rajinikanth are being shot.

Shooting for the movie is on at a rapid pace. The movie stars Aishwarya Rai opposite Rajinikanth and is produced by Ayngaran International. The film has musical score by A R Rahman.Interestingly, some important sequences were shot in Europe followed by one schedule in Goa.

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Aishwarya Dhanush launches VLCC Wellness book

Aishwarya Dhanush, daughter of superstar Rajinikanth, launched VLCC’s ’Transformation Towards Wellness’, a wellness encyclopedia. Taking time out from her busy schedule, Aishwarya launched this book dedicated to well being, slimming, beauty and fitness.

Aishwarya, a very independent person with her own identity, is very active in cultural activities and in promoting various products. Speaking at the launch of VLCC’s book on slimming, beauty and fitness, she said, “It gives me great pleasure to be here on Anti Obesity Day. I wish VLCC all the best and my support in their future endeavours dedicated to the cause of eradicating obesity.”

VLCC is India’s premiere wellness institute and a leader in the field of preventive health care.

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