Kollywood Hotshots

According to sources, Dhanush and GV Prakash are intending to move on to their next project and this holiday will help them refresh and get back to work soon.

The Mankatha team is currently busy with its final schedule in Mumbai which will go on till April 16. However, the talkie portion and two songs are yet to be shot. Apart from all these, we have the exciting IPL and Tamil Nadu elections in May. So considering all these factors, the producers have decided to postpone the release to June.

Meanwhile, there are also reports that the film will be a complete action-thriller that will narrate the match-fixing sagas in international cricket matches.

The producer of many hit movies, Jayaprakash will play Trisha’s father in ‘Mankatha’. In the meantime, he is happy with the feedback he received for his performance in Mysskin’s ‘Yudham Sei’.

In the film produced by AGS Entertainment, he brilliantly played an alcoholic pathologist alongside Cheran. Interestingly, it was Cheran who introduced Jayaprakash as an actor in ‘Mayakannadi’.

For those who want to know more about the origin of the rapport between Cheran and Jayaprakash, it dates back to the late 1990s, when the latter produced ‘Porkaalam’, a movie directed by the former.

Meanwhile, music director Yuvan Shankar Raja has recently completed Mankatha tracks. "Six songs composed!!! Three songs recorded!! There will be a promo song!!! One club mix and a Mankatha theme music!! 9 tracks!! U1 rocks," director Venkat Prabhu tweeted. According to sources, Mankatha will have nine songs, of which three tracks will be used for promotional purpose.

Santosh Sivan the director of the film had initially kept three days for Prabhu's dubbing, but to the surprise of the entire team, he finished it in 6 hours with breaks, in a day.

Urumi carried excellent reports and Prabhu plays a very important role, crucial to the story. He is there throughout the film which is almost three hours.

Adds Prabhu: "Urumi will be a visual treat.  The shots and locations are awesome. It will transport the audience to the 16th century and I think it will be landmark film in my career."

There is a song between Prabhu and Nithya Menen which is sure to scorch the screen.

The audio of the film will be launched next week at a grand function in Thiruvananthapuram.

If reports are true, the female leads for the film would be Deepika Padukone, Vidya Balan and Rekha.

First of all, if the rumors are true, then Deepika will cast opposite a young Rajni,  Vidya Balan will cast opposite a middle-aged Rajni and Rekha will cast opposite an old Rajni.

"Development team at INE in Mumbai is currently working on the story and screenplay of Billa 2 with inputs from the director. I am looking forward to be working with Chakri Toleti on Billa 2, who, in a short period of less than a fortnight, has brought in the freshness, energy and vigour required for this project. Yuvan is an integral part of the Billa franchise and all of us are glad to have him on board," Ajith said in a press release.

Unlike Shahrukh Khan's Don 2, Billa 2 is not a sequel but is being designed as a prequel to Billa, wherein the film will focus on the journey of how David became Billa.  

Interestingly, Billa 2 will have the same technical team which was behind Billa (2007): cinematographer Nirav Shah, editor Sreekar Prasad and music director Yuvanshankar Raja. Other details about the cast and crew will be finalized befor March 15.