Kollywood Hotshots

She is going to play Sathyaraj’s wife in Ganesh Venkatram’s new Selva directed Muriyadi produced by Kavithalaya.

Lalitha Kumari had remained a housewife as Prakash did not like her to work. Now she is making a comeback in K Balachandar’s production house, the director who introduced her into films.

She has done 30 odd films like Pulan Visaranai, Maapillai etc.

Lalitha Kumari told a Tamil newspaper: “It is good to be back in movies. I’am open to doing more films in character roles.”

Buzz up!It is said that Thiruttu Payale and Santosh Subramanyam fame Kalapathi S Agoram will produced the film, which is a romantic comedy with leading artists. The buzz is that Prabhu Deva is keen on casting Nayantara as the heroine for the movie. But Jayam Ravi is said to have strongly refused this suggestion and requested the director to go for a new heroine.

Actor Jayam Ravi is busy with commitment with his brother director Raja and ace director Ameer (Kannabiran). After completing it, the movie will go on floors.

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.