Kollywood Hotshots

This film recently finished it’s 3rd schedule of shoot. The next schedule is to be shot in Kenya and Tanzania. The unit will be flying there in a few days for this.

A producer of “Singam 2” and part of Studio Green, Prabhu tweeted, ” The third schedule of Singam 2 is done. Now what remains are the overseas portions which will start from mid of this month.”

The film has Anushka Shetty and Hansika Motwani as the female leads besides the support casts Vivek, Santhanam, Rahman, Mukesh Rishi, Vijayakumar, Nassar, Radha Ravi, Manorama, Janaki Sabesh and Mansoor Ali Khan.

Produced by K.E Gnanavel Raja under Studio Green banner, the film has Devi Sri Prasad's music, Priyan's cinematography and V.T Vijayan's editing.

But interestingly, the latest update is the versatile actor Prakash Raj will be replacing Surya as the host!

A source close to the channel informs, “Surya will not be hosting the second season. Prakash Raj has been approached to take over as the host this time. An official confirmation will be sent out in January.

When Surya was quizzed he also told media, “I am unable to accommodate time for this season. I enjoyed working on the first season of the show.”

Though Prakash Raj was not approachable, his wife Pony Verma confirmed that the channel has approached him and the decision is yet to be made final.

The ads are already up in the channel and the questions are being shown for the audience to participate in the quiz game show.

This new project will be Gautham’s home production and it will focus on international issues. A majority of the film will be filmed in international locations to gel with the subject.

Suriya is currently busy completing Singam 2 and he has also signed on for Lingusamy’s next with Samantha as his pair.

Rumours are rife that Nayantara has been approached by the makers of Singam 2 for the special number in the movie. The early buzz says that she has not signed on the dotted lines, but the actress has given her verbal consent. It is said that Hari was the director, who introduced the 26-year-old girl to Tamil cinema in Ayya. It is this reason, which has made the actress to agree to give a nod for the item number.

However, Singam 2, which is a sequel to Singam, also stars Anushka Shetty and Hansika Motwani in the lead roles. The movie produced by KE Gnanavel Raja will hit the screens next summer.

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Over 1000 aspiring actors and actresses took part in the audition that took place at AVM Studio in Chennai. Short listed candidates will be roped in to play key roles in the movie.

The cast and crew of 'Singam' are coming together for 'Singam 2' and the list includes Suriya, Anushka Shetty, Devi Sri Prasad and Hari. The value additions in the sequel are Hansika Motwani and Santhanam.

Shooting for the movie will kick start once Suriya completes 'Maatraan' directed by K V Anand. Once it begins, Hari, needless to say, will finish it as fast as the screenplays of his movies are. 

The film which was long pending to take off, that shifted hands from Ajith, Kamal to finally Surya, is a period flick set ion 30's. The film we hear would showcase Surya in his 40's look. (reminds you of Vaaranam Aayiram Surya). Surya will play a romantic detective in the film.

Industry insiders reveal that Pranitha who is very much excited in grabbing this offer, had to turn down a Sundar C's film since she had to give away bulk call sheets for this Gautham movie.

The film is expected to go on floors for shoot by early 2013, as both Gautham and Surya are busy with their respective projects. Both Gautham Menon and Surya are hoping to create the magic that their earlier film their Varanam Ayiram had done.

AR Murugadoss' Thuppakki is shooting in Pune and has got only a few songs sequences left. The official sources have said that the movie will be released on August 15. On the other hand KV Anand's Maatraan is eying a release on the same day.

Feeling the heat or to beat the heat of Maatrran clashing with Thuppakki, director AR Murugadoss has tweeted “Baby go farther and play”. This has created a buzz in Kollywood doubting whether the directo had mocked Surya's Maatraan as 'Baby'.

Both AR Murugadoss and KV Anand have proved themselves as masters of fast-paced screenplay and delivering a thoughtful message with a punch. Let us wait to see whose got the potential to win the race.

It was but natural for the media to think that it was the Venkat-Suriya film, as they had planned to come together.

However that film will be done by Venkat only after he completes his film with Suriya.

Venkat Prabhu himself has tweeted – “ Just to clear rumours!! My next is with Studio Green! The official announcement by this month end.”

He has not named Suriya as the hero, leaving the production house to make the official announcement.

It's also speculated that Studio Green will be producing the film. Suriya's Maatraan is nearing completion and by then Venkat Prabhu is likely to have a script ready for narration. An announcement will be out after that, a source close to the director mentioned.

Suriya and Kajal Agarwal play the lead pair in Matraan, which is directed by KV Anand. Sachin Khedekar plays the villain. The film has been shot extensively in Russia and is said to have some great visuals. Harris Jayaraj is scoring the music for Maatraan.

The show which is extremely popular in India,  thanks to Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan now comes down south with top actor Suriya playing host. Suriya, who is known for his friendly approach and interactive nature, is super excited about his first appearance on a reality game show on small screen.

Neengalum Velalam Oru Kodi will go on air from February 2012

Shooting of this action thriller is being held in Chennai, after a brief schedule in Moscow, Russia making it one of the very few Indian movies to shoot there. Produced by AGS Entertainments in a grand manner, the movie will be completed soon.

When queried about the movie, Surya denied rumours that he is doing the role of conjoined twins in the film.

Basking in the glory of the success of 7am Arivu, Surya says, ‘ it is too early to talk about Maatran. We are shooting the film and KV Anand has come out with an excellent film with twists and turns. As usual there are enough commercial elements in the film.

After completing Maatran, Surya will venture to do a sequel to his previous hit Singam, to be directed by Hari again.

According to trade reports, 7th Sense was released in 400 screens. In Nizam region alone, it hit with 150 plus screens that comprises 55 prints in Hyderabad. It is said that the actor and director AR Murgadoss' brand worked big time. The multilingual movie had 70-80 percent occupancy in most of the screens in metros. Especially, multiplexes were running into packed houses during weekends.

Trade analysts claim that as there were no big releases during Diwali, 7th Sense was able to encash on the long weekend. Though, Mahesh Babu's Dookudu and Junior NTR's Ooseravalli are still doing good business at the Box Office, Surya and Shruti Hassan starrer movie did not face any competition, as the above mentioned straight Telugu movies were released several weeks ago and most of the audience have already seen it, traders conclude.