Kollywood Hotshots

Reacting to a query by fans on Twitter, the Kandireega actress wrote: “Guys for al those who are asking me, that m I doing The Businessman... the answer to the question is no. Im not doing The Businessman:)”

The Businessman, directed by Puri Jagannath with Kajal Aggarwal as the heroine, has started its first schedule recently.

Produced by Soundarya Ashwin's Ocher Studios which is also produced by Warner Bros, the film is getting Ready at a rapid speed and as suggested earlier the film has gone for a tittle change.

The confusion of title occurred earlier when Sultan was mistaken to be Rana and the confusion were cleared stating its two different movies. Now Sultan which was recently reported to have a Tamil title for its multi lingual live action animated movie, now becomes 'Dheera'.

The title Dheera which means the Brave one has been chosen as its Tamil title for the film. A source informs media, “Soundarya Rajinikanth was keen the film should have a Tamil title. Three titles were shortlisted and Dheera in all probability will be the final and fitting one.”

We also hear that Rajini who plays two different roles in the movie, will have Sultan and Dheera as his character names. Seems like this film is competing with SRK's Ra.One!

Multi Dimension Films has bought the dubbing rights of Mankatha, Ajith’s 50th film produced by Dhayanidhi Alagiri under the banner of Cloud Nine Movies. It’s not clear whether the Telugu version will be released simultaneously with the Tamil edition, which is slated for August 31 release.

The film stars Arjun in a special role, which was earlier meant for Nagarjuna. But he could not sign the film due to date problems. Others in the cast are Andrea Jeremiah, Premgi, Mahat and Vaibhav.

In Aishwarya's debut venture, Dhanush plays the male lead. Debutant Anirudh is the music director. Anirudh has earlier won the 'best instrumentalist' title at a reality music show judged by A.R. Rahman. He is also a part of a band Zinx. Reportedly the film will have seven songs: melodies, romance and fast-paced peppy numbers. Velraj is the cinematographer and Kola Baskar is the editor. The rest of the cast will be decided in a week's time.

Contrary to what was believed, it now dawns that it won’t be Boopathy Pandian who would be directing the debut film of Shanmugapandian.  Vijayakanth, his wife Premalatha and brother-in-law and producer Sudeesh have been listening to various scripts from many directors to select the appropriate script to be the launch pad of Shanmugapandian.

It is said that though Vijayakanth loved the script, a mix of riveting action and comedy, narrated to him by Boopathy, he is said to be apprehensive about whom to be cast in the comedy section of the film.  His family members are also said to be hesitant in introducing Pandian in an action film.

In order to doubly ensure that the launch-paid of his son turns out to be the best, Vijayakanth has reportedly put on hold the script narrated to him by Boopathy Pandian.  In the coming days, he would be listening to some more scripts before arriving at a decision

Nadia has decided to leave the show gracefully as it is eating into her personal life and time with her family which she values. The buzz is that Simran will be roped in as the new host of the show. The makers are hoping that Jackpot will return to its former glory with Simran at the helm.

Mankatha is an action thriller which is rumoured to narrate the story of match-fixing sagas in international cricket matches. There are also reports that Trisha will play the role of a don's sister in the film. The film is likely to hit screens on August 19.

The actor while he signs a film always has a clause that he will not attend any promotional events of his films. In a recent interview, the actor has made it clear: "I would like my films to speak for itself." 

To be fair to Ajith, he never attends any functions and during the previous regimes time he was forced to come to a 'Paratuvizha of the then chief minister Karunanidhi organised by Tamil film industry.'

At that function he bitterly complained to the CM on how he was forced to come for the function. In fact after his speech superstar Rajinikanth got up from his seat and gave Ajith a standing ovation.

As we had reported earlier the Mankatha audio is being quietly launched to the stores on August 10.

A press meet and a trailer and song release function is being arranged at a preview theatre in Saligramam.

Ajith will not be taking part in the audio launch as he is busy shooting for Billa 2 in Hyderabad.

The shooting is almost complete and the post production works are now in progress. The film is expected to hit screens across Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh simultaneously in the last week of August.

The film is produced by Gemini Film Circuit. Harris Jayaraj is scoring the music. Others in the cast are Sathyaraj, S.J. Suryah, Sathyan, Kishore, Anuya Bhagvath, Lawrence Raghavendra, Manobala and Uma Padmanabhan.

But the actress in question has quashed all the buzz about her upcoming engagement and marriage as mere rumours. Trisha has also stated that she does not have any plans to get settled in matrimony in the near future.
"I am not getting engaged nor am I getting married to anyone in the near future. If this crazy rumour was true I would first share it with my fans as I have nothing to hide, I haven't met my Mr. Right yet", says Trisha speaking on the issue.
As of now Trisha seems to be concentrating only on one thing - films; the actress is looking forward for her movies to hit theatres. In Tamil she is looking forward to the release of 'Mankatha' where she shares screen space with Ajith. Trisha also has a couple of films in Telugu..