Kollywood Hotshots

Here we got some exclusive stills of Rajinikanth who was in the Singapore Mount Elizabeth hospital taking treatment for his health and took rest before returning to Chennai, is now staying with his son-in-law Dhanush, and grandsons in an apartment in Alwarpet, till his Poes Garden House gets renovated for Rajini to move to a infection free zone.

Vettai is about two brothers - Maddy and Arya and will devote itself to action, romance, and family values. Maddy is playing a cop and has worked hard on his physique so that he looks convincing. Yuvan is doing the music. Cinematography is by Nirav Shah.

The film is being produced Wide Angle Creations Suresh Balaji and George Pious, while the presenter of the film will be Sunir Khetrapal of IN Entertainment.

Chakri Toleti has clearly said in an earlier interview that Billa 2 would be a prequel. Says Chakri : "Billa 2 would focus on how David, an ordinary man from coastal Thoothukudi in South Tamil Nadu, becomes Billa, a dreaded underworld don".

A debutant Mumbai based theatre actor and model Huma Qureshi will play the female lead. From the previous film, the producers had made it clear that apart from Ajith, Prabhu and Rahman, most of the other characters would not be retained.

Television actor KK who starred in sympathetic roles in Kaavalan and Deiva Thirumagal,is playing a 'dirty cop' in the film. Sudhanshu Pandey and Vimala Raman will do cameo special appearances. Y

Yuvan Shankar Raja, a part of the original Billa is the music director. Rest of the technical crew being finalized in the following weeks.

Leading Bollywood cinematographer Hemant Chaturvedi, was originally chosen as the cinematographer but due to shoot getting postponed, he opted out.

Now the latest we hear is that RD Rajasekhar is the cameraman for the film. The crew also announced the film would become the first Indian production to be filmed with an RED EPIC Camera, being shot at 5K resolution.

It is heard that the lead role went to Prakashraj due to his immense popularity in the South. Notably, the film is a multilingual to be made in all South Indian languages by politician-cum-producer Hari Rama Jogaiah.

Presently, selection of the cast is in progress. Vasu is the cinematographer and Jonnavithula is the lyricist. Dialogues are by Rajendra Kumar. The songs will be recorded in July and the shooting will commence shortly. The makers are planning to release the film worldwide on November 23, which marks Baba’s birthday.

In her maiden film, Dhanush will be the hero. "Yes I am doing a project with Aishwarya. But the lead opposite me has not been finalized. I'll confirm soon," Dhanush said. It is believed that Shruti Haasan has been approached to play the female lead in this untitled romantic film.

Being a great movie buff, Aishwarya usually accompanies Dhanush for all his shootings and has also assisted a few directors, including Dhanush's brother Selvaraghavan and Sri Raghava in his Karthi starrer Yuganiki Okkadu. For the past few months, she has been busy preparing the script. The project will be announced after Rajnikanth's complete recovery, it is heard.

Osthi has Sonu Sood playing the villain while Jithan Ramesh plays Silambaransan’s brother. The film is directed by Dharani. Richa Gangpadhyay plays STR’s arm candy in Osthi. Thaman has scored the music for this flick.

Some of the biggest stars in Kollywood called her up and congratulated her for her outstanding performance in the film. Recently at Vijay Awards everybody called out her screen name Saro, and she was all smiles.

However, the biggest compliment Piaa received; according to her was when she was flying back to Mumbai after the function. She was seated next to Prabhu Deva, her childhood hero and dancing legend, who she had met during the shoot of Aegan, a few years back. At that time she was just starting out in the industry and was too scared to go up and introduce herself to the master choreographer. However this time in mid-air she said 'Hello' to Prabhu, who profusely congratulated her for her "Saro act in Ko".

 Piaa says: " I'm over the moon as Prabhu sir, who I thought was a very reserved person, congratulated me and told me that it is not a mere achievement that any heroine gets appreciation for her character in a hit film. He also gave me some small tips on how to be patient and sign good projects."

Piaa is all smiles and adds that Prabhu's appreciation will be an inspiriation for her to do good films in future.