Kollywood Hotshots

Enthiran seems to be the biggest Diwali gift for any Rajni fan; thousands of people have been lingering around cinema theatres every day to watch their super hero.

The film's music launch will be held in London on October 15. According to Vaanam's music director Yuvanshankar Raja, all the songs in the film are peppy and will surely rock the charts. The story evolves around five people, who meet in the climax of the film, due to unforeseen circumstances.

Vaanam also has Anushka, Bharath, Vega, Prakashraj, Sonia Aggarwal, Jayaprakash and Ganesh in prominent roles. The film is expected to grace theatres in December.

The film, starring Bhagyaraj, Jayaprakash and Vivek in important roles, has already wrapped up the shoot. Produced by Balaji Studios Pvt. Ltd, Uthama Puthiran is Dhanush's third movie with Jawahar. The film has tremendous title value, as it is a Sivaji Ganeshan super hit title of the 1960s.

Earlier, the SIFCC has also decided to boycott Bollywood actors and technicians who performed at the IIFA awards in Sri Lanka, following allegations of genocide against Lankan Tamils during the war against the LTTE and the continuing discrimination against them.

Vijay has already started working for his next film Velayudham directed by Jayam Raja. Vijay Anthony is expected to compose the music; it will be produced by Aascar Ravichandran. Bubbly Genelia and Hansika Motwani are the heroines.

Genelia D'Souza will play the role of a journalist, while Hansika Motwani will be a village belle. Santhanam and Sathyan take care of the humour element. Velayudham will grace theatres in summer 2011.

Added to that the cameraman for this ad shoot was Ratnavelu and make up was done by Banu both who are a part of Enthiran team.

However the icing on the cake for Nayan was when superstar Rajinkanth visited her sets and spoke to her. Rajini who was shooting on another floor of the studio for Enthiran promotion on Sun TV walked into the sets where the Pothys ad shoot was happening and exchanged pleasantries with everyone.

Girija Raghavan the consultant publicist of Pothys told : “Nayanthara is the brand ambassador for our designer sarees which we are launching for Diwali. It is one the most expensive shoots that we have done so far. The classy set which resembled an art gallery was designed by Selva (of Madhrasapattinam fame). Motion control camera operated by foreign technicians under the guidance of Scott was used to show multiple Nayanthara’s in a single frame, something which is done for the first time in an ad shoot.”

The stills were shot by ace cameraman Venkat Ram and styling was done by Chaitanya Rao. This innovative ad will be aired from this week on television, Adds Girija: “Nayanthara is hot and happening. She represents the modern and glamourous girl of today and is the perfect choice who can be identified with our designer sarees”.

The young actor who is shooting for brother Selvaraghavan’s film took off from work like many people to watch back-to-back shows in Chennai.

He saw the first show at 7 am at Albert theatre followed by 2pm show at Devi and finally for the third time at the red-carpet premiere at Sathyam cinemas. And the buzz is that he saw the film with the audience and did not prefer box seats.

A visibly excited actor says with a smile: “I watched the film three times on Friday and it was robot day for me. This film is history. I am a huge Rajini rasikan and it was such a fantastic experience to watch the superstar in an awe-inspiring performance. The fantastic art direction and special effects kept me glued to the seats.”