Kollywood Hotshots

UDS located at the famed beaches of Kovalam, just 15 meters from the sea, is an exclusive 4 Star leisure beach hotel - a destination by itself. The setting, facilities, people, spa, cuisine and its whole philosophy is dedicated to visitor's personal wellness in a luxurious environment. Radha's daughter Karthika Nair who has acted in a film each in Telugu and Malayalam is all set to debut in Tamil with KV Anand's Ko opposite to Jiiva. Here is wishing Radha all the best on her new venture.

For the uninitiated, Kajal is a popular actress down South with a repertoire of numerous successful films in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. She rose to prominence after her performance as 'Yuvarani Mitravinda Devi' and 'Indira (Indu)' in the 2009 Telugu super-hit Magadheera which also won her a Filmfare nomination for Best Actress (Telugu).

Talking about casting Kajal in his film, director Rohit Shetty says, "Kajal is very popular down South. She has done Magadheera, one of the biggest Telugu hits of all time. We are confident about her pulling off the role successfully."

Talking about similarities between the original and Rohit's remake, Rohit adds, "75% of the film will be different, while the original basic premise will stay the same. We have to make the film accessible to every market in the country. So the story will differ from the original. I have introduced new characters and subplots to cater to the general audience."

Singam produced by Reliance Pictures is all set to hit theatres this July.

This will be his first ever public meeting after his political inclinations were made public. The whole event is expected to have large political tones as Vijay’s father SA Chandrasekaran had met AIADMK supremo J.Jayalaithaa for the second time a few days ago.

In a statement released today, Vijay had called upon his fans and all general public to join him in the protest meeting. He has said that the eight crores Tamils living in this world will rise up together to support if anything happens to even one Tamil anywhere in the world.

Vijay will address the protest meeting from the VTP College Grounds in Kadanpady Road, Nagapattinam at 4pm.

From the day Vaanam’s audio launch date, which is to be held on March 6th, 2011, was announced Silambarasan’s fans are eager to know about the film’s release date. Enquiries in Kollywood have revealed that the film may hit the silver screens on April 9th. The filmmakers intend to release Vaanam as soon as the Cricket World Cup is wrapped up and hence have decided on the said date, we are told.

Vaanam, which is the remake of the Telugu flick Vedam, is directed by Krish and stars Anushka, Bharath and Prakash Raj. Music has been scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja.               

It is obvious that he is trying to be one up on Shankar's  Nanban, the original remake of 3 Idiots!

Adhiyaman's Nanban is being made as a quickie about two college students who are academically poor and it is about their antics.

Nakul and Shanthanu will play the two idiots and has Nikisha Patel , Pawan Kalyan's Puli girl as the heroine.

In short Nanba is going to create confusion  among the audiences with Nanban, as Adhiyaman says he has already registered the title much earlier!

A leading newspaper has reported that "Sonakshi Sinha, a year younger than Shruti Haasan is likely to be Kamal Haasan's heroine in his next film directed by Selvaraghavan".

The report says the film is inspired by Ridley Scott's Hannibal, a sequel to the classic The Silence of the Lambs with Kamal Haasan playing the role of a psychopathic killer made memorable by Anthony Hopkins.  Sonakshi will do Julianne Moore's role in the film.

The newspaper report further states that Sonakshi will hear  director Selvaraghavan's narration once she completes Joker shoot with Akshay Kumar  in Chandigarh.

The film will be made in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.

However, when contacted Selvarghavan told: "As of now, nothing has been confirmed. Will break the news by next week".

Rana will be produced by Soundarya Rajinikanth and Rajini’s favorite director KS Ravi Kumar is to direct the film. The movie is said to be set partly in the historical era and this has increased the interest of the movie buffs.

Prakash Raj, who also plays an important role in Payanam along with Nagarjuna, has borrowed a sum of 50 lakhs from Mahendra Kumar Jain and it is this amount that the financier wants to be settled before the film’s release.

On hearing this petition, the Judge ordered Prakash Raj to either pay up the amount or issue a security for the said sum.

Shankar has taken her after watching her performance in Rajesh directed Siva Manasulla Sakthi . Anuya is playing Ileana's elder sister in the film.

In the Hindi version, Mona Singh played Kareena's pregnant elder sister who goes into labour pain at a time when there is a heavy storm which cuts all power and traffic.

Our hero Vijay under instructions over the phone from his doctor girlfriend Ileana will help Anuya  to deliver the baby using  a cobbled-together vacuum extractor! The scene is one of the highlights of the film. Anuya is all excited about doing the role done by Mona Singh.

She is very clear that she is doing it because "it is a Shankar film"!

Following their inability to pay up the loans, the bank has decided to auction the said properties to realize the amount due to it.

It may be mentioned here that the Indian Overseas Bank also initiated action against Nirosha and Ramki for not paying the loan dues.

Now Kollywood is abuzz that Rajini’s Rana, which is to be directed by KS Ravikumar, has drawn inspiration from Dasavatharam. According to a source, during the discussion about the ten roles and their unique characterization, Kamal and KSR created the best 13 characters and out of 13 they had picked 10 characters suitable for the movie.

The left out 3 characters are said to be the role played by the Rajini in the movie Rana. KSR is very close to both Rajini and Kamal and it is said that this is one more example of their friendship.

Director Siddique was very much impressed with her performance and wanted her to play the same role in Tamil version as well with Vijay and Asin. This Perumbavoor beauty, in an interview to a channel, claimed that Nayanthara is a distant relative to her and she also said that the real name of Nayanthara is Diana Kurian. With the strong role as equal as Asin in Kaavalan, Mithra is said to be flooded with the offers from Kollywood,.

According to Prithviraj, the climax scene is the most massive in Mollywood till now. Starring Prabhu Deva, Arya, Nithya Menon, Tabu and Vidya Balan in pivotal roles, Urumi is based on the attempted murder of Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama, who arrived in Kappad near Calicut, on May 20, 1498. The film is about a group of men who plotted to kill the famous explorer Vasco Da Gama for his cruel deeds.

She has a pet dog at home which she rescued from the streets and from there her interest in stray animals began. The pretty actress now plans to open a shelter for stray animals and has sought the help of her close friends in doing so.

Trisha has said that she knows that it is impossible to take care of all the stray animals but would do all that she can to help the maximum number of them reach her shelter.

The film has Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead, with music by GV Prakash and produced by Farah Khan.

GV Prakash told : "I have already finished work on two songs for Joker. As the film will be in the sci-fi genre, the songs will be high on energy , and appeal to the masses".

Meanwhile he has recorded a song with Vikram "Papaa Papaa" for director Vijay's untitled film.

The film has Vikram, Anushka and Amala Paul in the lead. However GV's favourite song in the film is  'Vizhigalil oru vaanavil' , sung by his lady love.

Sources in Tollywood say that Tapasee is busy with her other commitments and success in Aadukalam has opened several avenues for her to carve a niche in the tinsel town and this is one of the reasons for evading Mohan Babu’s film.

However, Tapasee has to face Mohan Babu’s wrath as he has already complained against the actress at the Producers’ Council and Filmstars’ Association.

Nayanathra says: "First and foremost, I have not spoken to any media in the recent past. And I was shocked that the magazine carried a fabricated interview with me, which has been taken by all sections of media including newspapers and Internet".

"I have always respected my work and prefer to keep my personal matters to myself. Right now, I am busy with the shoot of Sri Ramajayam, which is a lifetime role for me. I have given bulk dates for this film directed by Bapu ji and when the right time comes, I will come out in the open about my future plans regarding films and personal life".