Kollywood Hotshots

According to the producers, "there was a huge demand for the remake rights of the movie. Thank Almighty, we won the bid. The movie is a mix of action, romance and sentiments."

Mithran Jawahar, who directed Dhanush for 'Yaaradi Nee Mohini' and the to-be released 'Kutty', is wielding the megaphone for this one too. The movie is currently being remade in Kannada starring Puneeth Rajakumar and Priyamani in lead roles.

K Vishwanath had already signed up Allari Naresh for this project and is now said to be scouting for another heroine.

It is worth a mention here that Shruti in a recent interview had mentioned that she is yet to make up her mind on the career choices available in the film industry

"Not just Dhanush, but each and every member of his family, including his wife Aishwarya (daughter of 'Superstar' Rajinikanth) are close to me. We are more than just friends," she said.

Dwelling more on the 'relationship', the actress said, "when we are shooting for 'Kutty' near Tirunelveli, Dhanush asked me to visit the famous Nellaiappar temple. I had been to the shrine thanks to him and it was a marvellous experience. This is just an example and Dhanush has recommended me many other good things too."

Now the time has come for us to see our Devi Sri Prasad doing a lead role. Oh yeah! But his first venture is signed-up for Telugu. Producer M S Raju is introducing Devi Sri as the hero with his next production.  Tollywood’s hot girl Hansika Motwani will be paired up with Devi, which is said to be a love story.

Though we have seen many writers, lyricists and directors coming in front of the camera, it is the first time we are seeing a musician do the big thing. In fact when it comes to giving live performance, Devi Sri is very famous and a household name. It is all because he is expressive in his interviews and is ever-ready to give a power packed performance with dancing and singing.

We wish Devi does it well in Telugu and comes to Tamil too.

The untitled film produced by R Mohan (the man who first introduced mosquito mats under the brand name Good Knight in India), is a remake of the off beat Malayalam super hit Nandanam written and directed by Ranjith.

It was the debut film of Prithviraj and Navya Nair, a beautiful love story and showed the power of a devotee of Lord Krishna of Guruvayur.

In the Tamil version Prithviraj will do what he did in the original and Nadodigal girl Ananya will play a devotee of Lord Muruga. It is the only change that writer Viji who is doing the script is making to suit the Tamil Nadu nativity, as Lord Muruga is a very popular deity in the state.

The shoot of this film will start in Palani from the third week of November.

Most importantly, Silambarasan has visited a lot of first-assistant directors of Hollywood in Los Angeles and has enquired about the Hollywood productions.

Whenever the hero starts on such tasks, his close friend would accompany him every time. And that close buddy is our Trisha dear.

After knowing Silambarasan’s aptitude and interest in film making, the girl wished him best of luck. Trisha has also gifted him a software that is used to build auto story board by Hollywood Script writers. And Silambarasan who did not expect such a thoughtful gift from Trisha was very happy about it, say the sources.

The climax portion of Goutham Menon’s ‘Vinnaithandi Varuvaya’ was canned in New York.  But then sadly, the film’s team was not able to complete the full shoot as it was planned. So, the director decided to match the remaining part in Chennai.

Sources close to Silambarasan say that, he feels that ‘Vinnaithandi Varuvaya’ is a milestone in this 25 years long career.

Anna Singh is designing her wardrobe in the film; with the emphasis on ethnic wear mostly Sari’s and Salwar’s. Priyan is very particular that Trisha be introduced as a North Indian girl in the film, and there are no traces of her south Indian roots.

Priyadarshan also pointed out that unlike his earlier slapstick comedies with Akshay, Khatta Meeta is a family film on the lines of Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Basu Chatterjee films, with lots of scope for Trisha to perform.

Meanwhile Trisha is supposed to have impressed everybody including Akshay Kumar with her Hindi. Before the shoot she had said that she can’t converse in Hindi even though it was her second language in School.

But she has taken the unit of Khatta Meeta by surprise when she spoke fluently in Hindi. Akshay Kumar immediately sent her a bouquet of roses with the note- “ You rock baby”!