Kollywood Hotshots

The movie is directed by Lingusamy, who also assured that Karthi will appear in a never-seen-before look. Initially, the film was supposed to hit screens on Pongal day, but got delayed as Karthi’s Aayirathil Oruvan was being released, then the film was postponed to February, and now again to April.

There are also rumours that the delay is due to the financial problems of the producers. Dayanidhi Alagiri's Cloud Nine Pictures has bagged the release rights of the film recently. The film has bagged a clean ‘U’ certificate by the censors without any cuts.

Now Dhanush has got the opportunity to hone his skill sets even further under Bharathiraja. Bharathiraja who invited Dhanush to his office recently pleasantly surprised him with an offer. Both behaved very professional during that short meeting. Bharathiraja told the story and Dhanush liked it and promptly agreed.

Our initial sources say the film will be produced by Mid Valley Entertainment and will start soon.

Says Anusha, “He became my friend through one of my pals. One fine morning, I got 100 SMSes from him, all with just one line- ‘I Love You’. I was thoroughly surprised and responded positively.”

“He is no inferior to anyone in giving surprises,” the Chennai girl says and adds: “One day, he suddenly invited to his house where I was showered with affection by his parents. Two days before our engagement, he gifted me a cute puppy which I am preserving as a treasure.”

On his part, Dhayanidhi Alagiri says, “Anusha is so chirpy and this made me fall in love with her. Unlike other lovers, we hardly met each other. I am happy that elders in both families happily accepted our relationship.”

Now Ganesh Venkatraman is all set to woo Bollywood audiences too. Reportedly the young actor, who is currently busy with Muriyadi, has been roped in by ace Bollywood filmmaker Vikram Bhatt for a Hindi/ Tamil bilingual which will also mark the South Indian debut of Bhatt.

When asked about this, he says, “Well, I can’t say much about it. They have chosen me as they thought I was right for the character. Talks are going on, I will surely reveal more details once the official announcement is made.”

Ganesh was also supposed to feature in the much-hyped Malayalam film Casanova with Mohanlal. “It’s definitely happening, but has been postponed for a while. It’s common for films to get delayed like this; we might start shooting in April,” he clarifies.

Buzz up!Sura is expected to be a special film for Vijay fans as it happens to be his 50th film. Initially, producer Sangali Murugan started off this project and later Sun Pictures acquired rights over the film.

As of now, major portions of the film is said to be completed while Vijay is busy shooting for a song along with three hot models from Mumbai. According to the sources, the song is canned in the backdrops of grandiloquent sets in Anumondhai (near Pondicherry) at a cost Rs.45Lakhs. Mani Sharma has scored music for the film and it’s worth mentioning that his previous albums with Vijay have worked magic at audio markets.

Kollywood’s latest heartthrob Tamanna stars opposite Vijay in female lead while Magadheera fame Dev Gill takes on the role of baddie. S.P. Rajkumar has wielded megaphone for this film and handled story, screenplay and dialogues as well.

Now post the success of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, we hear that the multitalented Simbu wants to ensure the sophisticated class act in everything he does. So the young actor approached master cinematographer P.C. Shriram for his next directorial venture Vaaliban. Moved by the young actor's sincere request, the ace cameraman accepted the offer. Vaaliban is produced by S.S. Chakravarthy and Yuvanshankar Raja is scoring the music. Apart from playing the lead role, Simbu will wield the megaphone for the film.