Kollywood Hotshots

The movie is directed by Lingusamy, who also assured that Karthi will appear in a never-seen-before look. Initially, the film was supposed to hit screens on Pongal day, but got delayed as Karthi’s Aayirathil Oruvan was being released, then the film was postponed to February, and now again to April.

There are also rumours that the delay is due to the financial problems of the producers. Dayanidhi Alagiri's Cloud Nine Pictures has bagged the release rights of the film recently. The film has bagged a clean ‘U’ certificate by the censors without any cuts.

Now Dhanush has got the opportunity to hone his skill sets even further under Bharathiraja. Bharathiraja who invited Dhanush to his office recently pleasantly surprised him with an offer. Both behaved very professional during that short meeting. Bharathiraja told the story and Dhanush liked it and promptly agreed.

Our initial sources say the film will be produced by Mid Valley Entertainment and will start soon.

Says Anusha, “He became my friend through one of my pals. One fine morning, I got 100 SMSes from him, all with just one line- ‘I Love You’. I was thoroughly surprised and responded positively.”

“He is no inferior to anyone in giving surprises,” the Chennai girl says and adds: “One day, he suddenly invited to his house where I was showered with affection by his parents. Two days before our engagement, he gifted me a cute puppy which I am preserving as a treasure.”

On his part, Dhayanidhi Alagiri says, “Anusha is so chirpy and this made me fall in love with her. Unlike other lovers, we hardly met each other. I am happy that elders in both families happily accepted our relationship.”

Now Ganesh Venkatraman is all set to woo Bollywood audiences too. Reportedly the young actor, who is currently busy with Muriyadi, has been roped in by ace Bollywood filmmaker Vikram Bhatt for a Hindi/ Tamil bilingual which will also mark the South Indian debut of Bhatt.

When asked about this, he says, “Well, I can’t say much about it. They have chosen me as they thought I was right for the character. Talks are going on, I will surely reveal more details once the official announcement is made.”

Ganesh was also supposed to feature in the much-hyped Malayalam film Casanova with Mohanlal. “It’s definitely happening, but has been postponed for a while. It’s common for films to get delayed like this; we might start shooting in April,” he clarifies.

Buzz up!Sura is expected to be a special film for Vijay fans as it happens to be his 50th film. Initially, producer Sangali Murugan started off this project and later Sun Pictures acquired rights over the film.

As of now, major portions of the film is said to be completed while Vijay is busy shooting for a song along with three hot models from Mumbai. According to the sources, the song is canned in the backdrops of grandiloquent sets in Anumondhai (near Pondicherry) at a cost Rs.45Lakhs. Mani Sharma has scored music for the film and it’s worth mentioning that his previous albums with Vijay have worked magic at audio markets.

Kollywood’s latest heartthrob Tamanna stars opposite Vijay in female lead while Magadheera fame Dev Gill takes on the role of baddie. S.P. Rajkumar has wielded megaphone for this film and handled story, screenplay and dialogues as well.

Now post the success of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, we hear that the multitalented Simbu wants to ensure the sophisticated class act in everything he does. So the young actor approached master cinematographer P.C. Shriram for his next directorial venture Vaaliban. Moved by the young actor's sincere request, the ace cameraman accepted the offer. Vaaliban is produced by S.S. Chakravarthy and Yuvanshankar Raja is scoring the music. Apart from playing the lead role, Simbu will wield the megaphone for the film.

Dayanidhi is one of most successful distributors of Tamil cinema. His ‘Cloud Nine’ banner produced first film Tamil Padam is a blockbuster and he will also be producing the next Ajith film with Gautham Menon directing it.

Dorai as her is known among family members and friends, was seeing Anusha for the past few years and the wedding will be held by end of the year. The buzz is that only close family members will be participating in the engagement.

Sources say A.R. Rahman will score the music; Gautham Menon has already confirmed that the technicians of VTV will be a part of this new film, while the hunt for the heroine is on.

Meanwhile, the latest buzz is that the team is planning a never-seen-before launch in Madurai. According to sources, the film will go on floors in June after Gautham completes his upcoming low budget thriller starring newcomer Veera (his associate) and Sameera Reddy.

Producer Dhayanidhi Alagiri is planning a grand launch for the film at Thamukam Grounds, Madurai. Superstar Rajinikanth is rumoured to be the guest of honour. The ace director is said to be planning an edge-of-the-seat thriller which will crown 'Thala' new James Bond of the South.

It is reported that the director is considering 'Kaaval', 'Khaki' and 'Police' for the title.

After this Ajith had acted in Aegan but this film did not do well at the box office. So Ajith was lying low for some time and agreed to do the lead role in Asal.

This film also had Sameera Reddy, Bhavana and Sampath in the cast. This film was released and is successfully running in theatres.

In between Ajith landed himself in trouble by his controversial speech at the Chief Minister’s felicitation function. The controversy grew so big to level Ajith quitting acting. But Chief Minister intervened and put an end to this controversy.

Now there is news that Ajith will be doing the lead role in the film titled Thuppariyum Anand which is being produced by Dayanidhi Azhagiri. This film is to be directed by Gowtham Menon.

Ajith will donning a different getup and is donning the role of secret agent like James Bond. So his fans are having lot of expectations about this film now itself. There were news earlier that Ajith is likely to act in Part 2 of Billa. It was also mentioned that Vishnuvardhan who directed Part 1 will also direct this film and Soundarya Rajnikanth would produce this film.

But now it is confirmed that Ajith is not acting in Billa Part 2 after Asal. Director Vishnuvardhan while speaking about this said , “ I am ready to direct Billa Part but Ajith has become busy in another film. If he is ready to act, we will commence the shooting of Billa 2.”

’We have co-starred in a number of films. But does it mean that we have any relationships beyond professional boundaries?’ Priyamani reacts sharply to reports, dubbing it as ’rumours’.

’They are figments of some ugly mind’s imagination. Just because I have worked with Jagapathi in many films, you cannot link me with him. I enjoy a good friendship with him and there is nothing more than that’, she says.

When asked about his other production venture directed by K.S. Ravikumar with Kamal Haasan in the  lead, he says, "sir took me to the discussion room where I was stunned by his knowledge. He is a master of all subjects. We had discussions about 10 times so far. An official announcement will be made soon."

However, the actress is quick to deny it and says, “I have not been approached by Bala sir till now. There is no truth in reports that I am there in ‘Avan Ivan’.” Circles close to Pooja say she would however accept the offer if Bala wants her to be the part of the project.

“Because, ‘Naan Kadavul’ has established Pooja as a talented actress. Though she has acted in many films in Tamil, it was the Bala’s movie which earned her name and fame. So she is interested to work with Bala again,” they say.

Interestingly, ‘Avan Ivan’ would be the fifth film for Arya and Pooja together if she is roped in for the film produced by Kalpathi S Agoram. Their earlier films were are ‘Ullam Ketkume’, ‘Pattiyal’, ‘Oram Po’ and ‘Naan Kadavul’.

Meanwhile, buzzes are that Sun Pictures are holding talks with Studio Green Pictures to acquire the rights.When approached the closer sources of Sun Pictures, they blatantly mentioned that the production house is already occupied with lots of projects this year - Dhanush’s ‘Aadukalam’ and ‘Maapillai’, Rajnikanth starrer ‘Endhiran’, Vijay’s ‘Sura’ and so on. So, there are no chances of scheduling this release.

But nothing has been confirmed directly from the both ends and we’ll have to wait and watch for the official confirmations pertaining to this deal. It’s worth mentioning that Studio Green Films’ producer Gnyanavel Rajan is none other than Surya’s uncle.

Teaming up with director Hari after 'Aaru' and 'Vel', Suriya plays a tough police officer who fights for a cause in the movie. Produced by Gnanavel Raja of Studio Green Productions. 'Singam' features Prakash Raj as the antagonist while Anushka plays Suriya's ladylove.

Says Hari, "both ‘Aaru’ and ‘Vel’ were commercial hits. We hope to make it three-in-a-row with ‘Singam’. Suriya had played a similar role in 'Kaakka Kaakka' earlier, but ‘Singam’ is being made differently. It will be more vibrant and action-packed."

He adds: "Suriya and Prakash Raj are coming together for the first time. Devi Sri Prasad has scored some peppy numbers and one of the duet songs choreographed by Brindha was shot in the exotic locales of Dubai."

The latest we hear is that he is all set to participate in the Formula 2 race beginning in April 2010 in Europe. This Formula 2 will go on till October. There are also reports that his next film is tentatively titled Kaaval, directed by the stylish film-maker Gautham Menon. Now the Formula 2 participation has given rise to much speculation on the date of this film's launch.

Vinay was recently signed for a Hollywood film ‘Dam 999’ in which he will share screen space with Vimala Raman, Rajat Kapur and Ashish Vidyarthi. He is now busy in Kerala shooting for the English film. He was thankful to art director Thotta Tharani, who suggested him to the director.

So will this mainstream Hollywood film take him away from the fast and furious south Indian film industry? No says Vinay. Vinay is open in expressing his love for doing Tamil and Telugu films. He loves the hurry burry of south and will return as soon as possible.

Presently Vinay starrer ‘Nootrukku Nooru’ in Tamil and ‘Veele’ in Telugu are in their final stages for release.

Earlier, we have reported that star kid Shruti Haasan will croon a duet song for Kannada superstar Puneeth Rajkumar's upcoming film Prithvi. The latest buzz is that the multitalented artist has recorded the song at Bombay Brothers Studio in Mumbai on Sunday. The gorgeous lass recorded 'Nenapidhu Nenapidhu', which will feature Parvathi Menon and Puneeth Rajkumar. The film is produced by Soorappa Babu and N.S. Rajkumar.

An official confirmation is awaited soon!

Now the actor has gone on a crash diet and reduced five kilos and is looking lean and fit. The buzz is that he is playing a super cool intelligent investigative cop look for his new untitled Bhoopathy Pandian film.

Vikram was the cynosure of all cameramen and guests who turned up for actor Munna’s wedding reception last Saturday. When quizzed about his new look, the actor said: “I can’t reveal much about my new look other than saying it for the role that I’m doing in Bhoopathy Pandian’s film produced by Mohan Natarajan.”

The buzz is that the cop role that he is playing, uses his brains more than brawn to solve murder cases. In the film, he does not wear police uniform and has more of an intelligent investigative officer’s look. Ileana is his heroine and Devi Sri Prasad, the music director.

The shoot of the film will start in Chennai from March 20, and the first schedule will be for 40 days.

After a gap of five years, this Kollywood miss is reportedly the heroine in a Telugu film Don Seenu opposite Ravi Teja once again.

Trisha was the first choice for this film, being directed by debutant director Malineni Gopichand, but she opted out due to unavailability of dates. Don Seenu is currently progressing in Rama Naidu Cine Village at Nanakramguda. After the next schedule in Hyderabad ending on March 20, the crew will leave for Switzerland and then Spain.

Meanwhile, Shriya is also doing her debut Malayalam film Pokkiri Raja opposite superstar Mammootty. The film is directed by Vysakh, a television anchor and associate of directors Johnny Antony and Joshy.

In an interview to a leading daily, Dhanush said, “Yes, I'm interested, but it'll take another couple of years for me to give it a shot. I'm learning the nuances of direction from the directors I work for.” He also has one of the best tutors at home: big bro Selvaraghavan. The latest buzz is that Dhanush is busy preparing for turning director; he has already worked as assistant director for his brother's Aayirathil Oruvan.

Dhanush's upcoming flicks include Vetrimaaran's Aadukalam, Suraj's Mappillai, Mithran Jawahar's Ready, Hari's Aruva and Subramaniya Shiva's Seedan

In the recent times, some of the media channels scrupulously published rumors about certain married actress lacking interested in family life. It has precisely resulted in complete disorder amongst the family members.

But look how Bhavana feels when she reads some articles about an actress divorcing?

She says, ‘Most of the time, I feel so pity for those actresses and on pars, a sort of fear develops in me as my life partner may perceive me for acted in glamorous roles. But, I don’t keep underplaying the situation as most of the times, there are fault on grooms and other members as well…’

Now, Ajith's 50th film with Gautham Menon produced by Dhayanidhi Alagiri is believed to be a police story too. Ajith has played a cop in Anjaneya, but the film was not too successful, so we hope it’s time Ajith tastes succes in a thrilling cop story. The latest buzz in the industry is that Ajith will play the role of an Intelligence agent in the film. The film is reportedly titled Thuppariyum Anand; the title Ulavali is also under consideration.

Sources say that Superstar Rajinikanth was busy shooting some patchwork for ‘Endhiran’ in Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam at Kodambakkam in Chennai recently. After the shooting, Rajini made sure the crew had been served dinner, specially made for them by a well known chef.

Reports have it that, Rajini gave attention to everyone individually. He even served them food, much to the crew’s delight. They were all pleased with his warm and kind nature. There have been such reports in the past about Rajini’s gestures. No doubt Superstar is one man who knows how to handle his guests.

Notably, Mamta has already sung for 13 Telugu films and 3 Tamil films and recently sang for a Malayalam album produced by East Coast videos. Anwar, based on terrorism, starring Prithviraj, was launched at Ernakulam on January 5 and will start rolling in March.