Kollywood Hotshots

According to reports, it was a dream of Udhayanidhi , who had produced films like Kuruvi and Aadhavan, to make a movie with Kamal and it had come true with the new project.

Ravikumar, who had directed Kamal for blockbusters like Avvai Shanmugi, Thenali, Panchathanthiram and the recent Dasavatharam, will direct the mega-budget venture, reports said. The film is expected to go on floors by January 2010.

It has sent shock waves as AGS Entertainment was considered close to Sun Pictures especially after they made Masilamani, a success. The trade says almost across Tamil Nadu nearly 350 screens will have Vettaikaran, which is being marketed aggressively.

But AGS is almost certain to go ahead and release Kandha Kottai which has Nakul and Poorna in the lead. They feel there is always a market for a second film which actually can piggy ride on the bigger film especially in theatre complexes in the state.

She said,” Nayanthara is acting stereotyped in all her films. I don’t understand why people are carrying her on their head when she has no stuff. When asked Nayanthara regarding this, she said,” Let anybody speak about me.

I am not bothered about it. I can also speak like them. I know who is behind this. This conspiracy cannot do anything to me.”It is learnt that Sana Khan was partying with Trisha the day before she passed comments on Nayanthara.

It seems that Trisha has instigated Sana Khan to pass comments on Nayanthara . It also seems that few days back when Nayanthara went for dinner with Vishal, Trisha created an embarrassing situation by sending Simbhu there.

The girl has been keeping busy with belting out hits for her dad’s film ‘Unnai Pol Oruvan’ in Chennai, doing a film in Hyderabad and sifting through scripts in Mumbai! And still looking pretty at the end of the day! Phew! Way to go girl!

Now the actress is adding one more feather to her cap and has proved her linguistic skills after she learnt Telugu in no time. Shruti, who is shooting for National Award winning director Prakash Rao’s Telugu film in Hyderabad opposite Siddharth, picked up the language in within a short period of spending time with the locals.

She can already speak good Tamil, English, Hindi, a little German and now Telugu, making it a total of five languages.

‘Sura’ features Vijay and Tamanna in the lead roles and is directed by S.P. Rajkumar. The director S.P. Rajkumar is making his comeback in Kollywood taking a sabbatical after ‘Azhagar Malai’. First schedule of the film was recently completed and the entire crew is busily shooting for the following schedules in Pondicherry and Vizag.

According to the trade reports, ‘Vettaikaran’ has been sold out for a big price and it has gradually encouraged Sun Pictures to ink a deal with Vijay’s ‘Sura’ as well.

The star who normally escapes from the fanfare and hysteria whipped up by his fans in Chennai, to unknown Himalayan destinations for solitude and introspection is this time very much at home.

As usual he is avoiding the media and fan frenzy and keeping a low profile. The buzz is that he will be locked up at his new Mahavatar Babaji Ashram that he has built near Chengalpet and celebrating the birthday in total solitude.

His family and close friends have organized a Shashitabadapoorthi puja (60th birthday celebrations) at the famous Tirukkadiyur temple near Tiruchi.

Individual fans and artist who are close to him like Lawrence and director SP Muthuraman are conducting their own “feeding the poor” programmes at Choolaimedu.

Earlier on Friday, Rajinikanth launched a book written by one of his fans Kundrathur Raju, at his Poes Garden residence.

As the Boss steps into his 60th year he is still the ‘numero uno’ star of Kollywood. 2010 will be a significant year as his Endhiran- The Robot is set to release.

The action extravaganza has been sold at a new record price for Kerala and Karnataka. In Kerala, it has been sold at the highest rate in the last two years, a new record for a Vijay film. Vettaikaran is releasing in Kerala in nearly 75 screens.

This Christmas, Vijay is pitted against the might of Mammootty and Mohanlal. Vettaikaran takes on Mammootty's action packed Chattambinadu and Mohanlal's family film Ividam Swargamanu.

For now, Nayan has the Arya starrer Boss Engira Baskaran in Tamil and another untitled Telugu flick in which she’s starred opposite Junior NTR.

Anushka had two big hits in 2009. Arundhati was one of the top Telugu movies this year which repeated its success in Tamil as well. She moved from the traditional look to the all-glam look in Billa. Though the movie also had glam queen Namitha, Anushka caught the audience's fancy with her acting, action and allure.

Her Vettaikaaran opposite Vijay is all set to release on

Buzz up!When Lyricist Snehan came to the stadium, he urged Namitha to wear the traditional costume of Tamil girls, half saree and skirt. "Yes... it is our cultural dress and if Namitha wears this dress, it will become the favourite dress of young Tamil girls soon", he added. In her reply, Namitha said, "I'm ready and wish to wear the dress mentioned by Snehan. Definitely I will try to wear the same in any one of my future film...".

She was also replied to the allegations made against her for not attending the music launch of her earlier movies. "People should understand that actors too are human beings. There must be a genuine reason when we are not attending events related to a film which we are also a part. We also have health related issues and unavoidable emergencies at home. So please trust us and accept our apologies if we can’t make it to any of the film functions...”

Directed by K.S. Ravikumar and produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin, Aadhavan tells the story of a hitman who has never failed, who is finally given a target he is unable to kill. Besides Suriya and the music, two other high points of the movie are Vadivelu’s comedy and the camera work. Vadivelu helps relieve some of the monotony, while the camera captures some really beautiful locales that are picture-perfect. Will Aadhavan celebrate 75 days and then 100? We surre hope so!

Learning the body language, doing things the man-way! Even something like Avvai Shanmugi, so long as I’m a man longer than I am a woman in the story, I would love the experience! I just hope someone can come up with a script like that for me,” says the lovely starlet, who is eagerly awaiting the releasing of her big flick Aasal opposite Ajith Kumar in January 2010.

The audio launch of Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaya is scheduled to be held on December 18th in London. There are reports flowing in that several film personalities, including AR Rahman, who has scored music for the film, will participate in the audio launch function.

According to Ramasamy, shoots of Endhiran inconvenienced the general public who were passing through the bridge to get to the city during rush office hours. Ramasamy also has plans to approach the court if the Government did not reply favorably to his petition.

Adding to his statement, Ajith also said; ‘at the same time if it doesn’t give him and his family peace and happiness, I sincerely would like to ask him to reconsider his decision’. Now that’s a solid opinion, we say.