Kollywood Hotshots

“Malavika, who is already the mother of a boy child, is pregnant again. She is expecting delivery in a few months. As a result, she has politely refused some offers from the film industry recently,” sources said.

Saying that Malavika might come back to acting after giving birth to the second child, they however maintained that it would take some time. “Because she wants to take good care of her kids on her own.”

Meanwhile, the actress has tattooed the name of her son Aarav on her hand. With the first letter ‘Aa’ in Devanagiri script and the remaining in English, she is proudly showing her hand to her friends these days. Magic of motherhood, one can say.

Sources close to the actress say that she agreed to star in this film as it is the potential award-winning role. Bollywood actress Vidya Balan was offered the role initially but she rejected it, sources report. Madhilgalkappuram, which has Mammootty playing the male lead, happens to be his home production.

Trisha looked very cheerful after the first day's shoot. When asked about the proceedings, she replied that everything went according to the plan and it was all fun during the first day. Having worked with Gautham already, Trisha praised the director for his meticulous planning and said she feels very much at home with VTV unit. Being an experienced actor herself, Trisha has no problems working with a relatively newcomer Prateek. "We all had a blast during the first day shoot and I hope it is the same for the entire shoot", she smilingly concluded.

“Deswa is a coming-of-age movie about three young boys and covers the period from 2000 to 2010. It explores their journey in search of jobs from Bihar to other places and then back to Bihar. It was the subject that lured me to become a producer,” Neetu added.

Reportedly Neetu Chandra is likely to play the female lead in Thala Ajith's much awaited 50th film Mangaatha directed by Venkat Prabhu.

He revealed this when journalists asked him in Chennai on Thursday whether he is in love with Tamannah, his ‘Paiyaa’ co-star. “She is my colleague and a very good friend of mine,” Karthi said.

He added: “My father and mother have been searching for a bride for me. They know me well and I am hopeful that they would zero in on a perfect girl. I would also consult with my anna Suriya and anni Jyothika before tying the knot.”

On his forthcoming ‘Naan Mahaan Alla’, Karthi said, “it is based on a real life incident happened to one of the relatives of director Suseendran. The film will show on screen a different side of Chennai, which has not been highlighted in Tamil cinema so far.”

“We shot for almost a month for the first schedule. We were rushing around like mad people, rehearsing and shooting our scenes. Though we were all abroad and sailing around in a cruise ship, work was very taxing. But I’m definitely not complaining. It was so nice to work with veterans like Kamal sir and K.S. Ravikumar sir. And getting back with Madhavan and Trash (Trisha) was fun. I thoroughly enjoyed it,” Sangeetha said to a leading English daily.

“The unit will decide the locations in another 20 days and we should be on board soon. We’ve shot almost 65% of the film in the first schedule. In fact, Kamal sir and I are almost done shooting for our parts. Only Trash and Maddy have to shoot for theirs now,” she added.

Many people had an eye on the winning combination of ‘Jayam’ Ravi and Jananathan to rope them for their films. The winner at the moment sees to be Aascar Films which has signed the pair for a film. Aascar Films is reputed for big budget super flicks like ‘Dasavatharam’. It is the one producing Vijay’s ‘Velayudham’.