Kollywood Hotshots

A cultural event will be organized by the television channels of these countries. Apart from Vikram and Tamanna, several other actors actresses and technicians will also be honored in this event. Ganesh Venkatraman will also be receiving an award for his performance in Unnaipol Oruvan.

Now, the latest buzz is that the veteran director will team up with the actress for his next venture with a new face in the lead role. Anwar, a gold medallist from Poona Film Institute will handle the camera and the maestro Ilayaraja will create the music. We also hear that students from Balu Mahendra Film Institute will play prominent roles in the production side. More details are awaited.

Breaking away from rustic roles, Karthi will be seen in a urban look in his forthcoming film Paiyya,followed by Naan Mahan Alla with director Suseendran, which is 60% complete. According to Karthi, though he enjoyed playing rustic roles, he is also happy that he can finally play a city boy, something that is close to his real self.

After these, Karthi will star in Vada Chennai directed by Vettrimaran. The buzz is that the handsome actor will play the role of a good fisherman who unwittingly falls in the trap of a mafia gang. As usual, this Vettrimaran flick will be set in the bylanes of Chennai with a realistic touch.

Ajith, who is known for his nonappearance in such events, made a rare entry yesterday at a glittering ceremony at Nehru Stadium in Chennai. He made a frank appeal to the CM that film fraternity should not be arm twisted to attend such political and social events. He said, “They want us to attend such events and at the same time are against us joining politics.”

Speaking at the event, Rajini said that the CM is offering land and housing facilities for those who cannot afford it. He appealed to all the film personalities not to apply for a house in the allotted land if they can afford it elsewhere.

While the CM spoke, he said that he was against mixing politics with the art world. The other luminaries like Amitabh Bachchan, Bharathi Raja, VC Guhanathan, and Sarathkumar stated that they were participating in the function out of their own will and were not forced. The event was attended by most of the bigwigs in the industry like Kamal, Rajni, Ilayaraja, Vairamuthu and others. The function also witnessed various cultural events organized by the film and television artists.

She has revealed that a story narrated by an ad filmmaker has impressed her so much that she has decided to produce it immediately.

On 'Vaaranam Aayiram' being selected for the national award in the Best Regional Film category this year, Divya said that she feels proud to be a part of it.

Sources say Goutham Vasudev Menon had already narrated the story to Sameera, the actress has given her consent to do it. If it happens, then the movie would be Sameera's third under the direct baton of Goutham. This super cop story will be produced by Dhayanidhi Alagiri.

For the records, this morning we broke the news of the new film by Goutham starring Sameera Reddy which is in all likelihood be ‘Chennaiyil Oro Mazhai Kaalam

Director Lingusamy is also planning to remake the film in Hindi and Telugu after the release of the Tamil version.