Shruthi Hassan hot perfomance in 7am Arivu

Shruti Haasan Performance In 7am ArivuShruti Haasan’s career is zipping ahead and is all set to hit the stratosphere very soon with the release of 7 am Arivu. Her director AR Murugadoss cannot stop talking about Shruti and her performance in 7am Arivu.

The grapevine has it that her character is the pivot around which the Suriya film revolves. Suriya and Shruti, the new romantic pair will sizzle on screen with their chemistry. There are unconfirmed reports that Shruti has sung a song in the film which has music by Harris Jayaraj.

Remember Shruti had earlier sung the chartbuster Adiye Kolluthe for Harris in Vaaranam Aayiram? Recently Shruthi wore a traditional saree for 7am Arivu. Everybody on the sets just could not stop gaping in admiration, as she looked stunning and beautiful. Her costumes in the film will give her an all new look.

Meanwhile stories have appeared in Mumbai press that Shruti and Siddharth are “living together to know each other better.”  When contacted Shruti told tkada “I’m a very private person when it comes to my personal life. I have never discussed it with the media and I hope everyone will respect it”

TFPC-Tamil Film Producers Council banned actress Ileana

Tamil Film Producers Council Banned Actress IleanaIs leading south Indian actress Ileana going to get banned by the Tamil Film Producers Council (TFPC) Ileana who had a few years back done KD in Tamil, had become a big heroine in Tollywood but avoided Kollywood like a plague.

After many unsuccessful attempts she was to be re-launched in Tamil with Vikram’s Vijay directed Deiva Thiru Magal. But the actress at the last minute walked out and was replaced by Amala Paul. She did not want to play the role of a married woman with a child in the film.

The producer of Deiva Thirumagal Mogan Natarajan has another story to tell. He says she took an advance of Rs 36 lakhs and never cared to return it.

Mogan in an interview to a newspaper has said that she had given the same dates to do Shankar’s Nanban, where she is playing Vijay’s heroine.

The peeved producer also added that Ileana was evasive about repaying his signing amount. The latest we hear is that Mogan Natarajan a veteran producer will be approaching TFPC (Tamil Film Producers Council) to issue a red card. Meanwhile,  Ileana has fallen foul of Telugu producers after she stayed away from the promotions of her NTR film Shakthi.

Swathi as Slum Girl in Porali

Subramaniapuram’ fame Swathi, who is back in Tamil cinema with ‘Porali’ directed by Samuthirakani, is playing a slum dweller in the film. “It is yet another meaty role for her,” according to unit sources.

“Since she has to speak pucca local Tamil, the Telugu girl is learning the Chennai language. Her character will be very bubbly and will make the audience to laugh out loud,” they add.

‘Porali’, produced by Sasikumar, revolves around five protagonists. “The director has finalised four of them (Sasikumar, Swathi, ‘Allari’ Naresh and Vasundhara) and a hunt is one for the fifth.”

The film, like the previous movies of Sasikumar and Samuthirakani, will have a right mixture of humour, sentiment and action. “The shooting will be completed in 80 days,” says the director.

Tamannah plays 100% love starred with Naga Chaitanya

Tamannah Fire 100% Naga ChaitanyaMahila Sangam protest against the one of the top actress Tamannah Batiah for her flip flop, she raises her top to show that she has answers written on her hip in the 100% Love starred with Naga Chaitanya, a youthful entertainer.

An eminent member from hard-core feminist group who protest against her condemns that the actress being in a position of top heroines in cine industry but disgraced women everywhere by sending out the wrong message and she should behave herself with dignity.

Though there are far more flagrant scenes being shown on the big screen of 100% Love while audiences also seem to love this youthful entertainer but unfortunately Tamannah is the one set on to the fire. The protest group will be staging protests and asking for the offending scene to be removed from the film 100%.

Rajanikanth's animated movie Hara title chage for "Rana"

Super star Rajinikanth’s first animated film produced by Soundarya Rajinikanth has under gone a title change for three times. Initially it was titled as Sultan the Warrior and later it has been changed to Hara. Now as per the snoopy sources it is heard that Hara has been renamed as Rana.

But as of now nothing has been announced officially by the filmmakers. Right now the film is under the heels of completion. Director K.S Ravikumar is going to direct the scenes, where line portions appear. It is also heard that Trisha is going to act in few scenes as asked by the director.

Rajini is going to share the screen space with ‘Anjathey’ fame Vijayalakshmi. Prakash Raj and Rahul Dev are playing important roles in the film. A R Rahman composed five songs for this animated film. The song sequences will be handled by K S Ravikumar himself.

Bilingual Film Payanam Release on February 4, 2011

The bilingual film starring Nagarjuna and Prakash Raj in lead roles was supposed to hit screens for Diwali 2010, but remained inside cans due to lots of continuous releases in both Tamil and Telugu. Now as the makers have found February to be the favorable time, they have decided to get it released by the first week.

Titled as Gaganam in Telugu, the bilingual movie is directed by Radha Mohan. This is the first time, the director is making an action-thriller as his previous films were patently rom-com entertainers.

The film revolves around a domestic flight between Mumbai-Chennai being hijacked by terrorists and they force the pilot for emergency landing at Tirupathi airport. Government now appoints a proficient commando (Nagarjuna) to save the hijacked victims and a senior bureaucrat (played by Prakash Raj) to negotiate with terrorists. The highlighting traits about the film is that Nagarjuna will have not have any pairs and his usual ‘romance’ factors will be missing here. Radha Mohan assures that though it’s an edge-seated action thriller, there will be some situational comedies that will tickle the funny bones.

Bhumika new movie Kalavadiya Pozhudhugal now ready for release

Looking at Prabhu Deva, you will wonder how he manages to be so calm inspite of all the tumult that the ace choreographer turned actor cum director is going through in recent times. Today (Dec 7), Prabhu Deva is meeting the press after a very long time. A normally media shy person, his personal life is dragged into public glare for all the wrong reasons, after he confessed his love for top actress Nayantara.

However on the professional front, the man is upbeat. He has completed work on Santhosh Sivan’s ambitious trilingual Urumi and his Thangar Bachchan directed off-beat Kalavadiya Pozhudhugal is waiting to be released. Top Bollywood director Sanjay Leela Bhansali has signed him up to direct a film for his home production early next year. As a director, his Engeyum Kadhal, a romantic musical is all set for a Pongal release and the audio which released last month is a chartbuster. And on Thursday (Dec 9) he is starting his new film for GK Film Corporation with Vishal as hero. This untitled film is an action packed drama a remake from Telugu hit and has Sameera Reddy and Vivek in the supporting cast.

Vandhaan Vendraan Movie Romantic Sequence

Though Kannan has said in a statement to the media that he and his team will be back to Chennai by the first week of December, this is not the end of his filming stint in the beautiful South Indian state.

The cast of ‘Vandhaan Vendraan’ will be back to Kerala on the 1st of January to complete the final leg of the Kerala shoot. In fact, the dates have been adjusted by Kannan keeping in mind the schedule of his lead actor Jeeva. According to the media reports, Jeeva will be very busy in the month of December shooting for the South Indian version of Bollywood blockbuster 3 Idiots.

While Kannan is presently shooting in Kerala, he is also searching for an appropriate face to suit a negative character in the upcoming film. Kannan says that while the lead actors have been finalized, a character which goes against the one played by Jeeva in ‘Vandhaan Vendraan’ is still in the reckoning. Kannan will not need him in the Kerala shoot but is in talks with several actors for the role. Thaman is scoring the music and Na. Muthukumar, Kabilan, Yugabharathy and Vairamuthu’s son Gorky are penning the lyrics. P.G. Muthaiah is handling cinematography and V.T. Vijayan is the editor and the movie is directed by Kannan.

Engeyum Kadhal Movie Released Plans December

In Picture:: Jayam Ravi

In an interview about his to-be-released Engeyum Kaadhal to a national daily, Prabhu Deva has said that Harris Jayaraj is the highlight of the film. All the seven songs scored by him have come out well and will definitely turn out to be hits, he prophesized.

On Jayam Ravi, he has said that the actor has excelled in all the fields that an actor is required to. Prabhu Deva has said that he has not yet finalized on the release date of Engeyum Kaadhal but said that plans are afoot for a late December or early January release.

Jeeva And Karthika Walk For Ko Movie

The last leg of Ko shooting began soon after Diwali celebrations were safely out of the way. The lead pair in Ko, Jeeva and Karthika were spotted at the Ampa Skywalk in Aminijikarai today where the shooting of the film is progressing with full gusto.

Ko also has Ajmal and Piaa in important roles and this film is being directed by KV Anand. The team is working at a fast pace to complete the shooting schedule so that they can go ahead with the post production work.

New Tamil movie Om Obama Release On December

It may have an all new cast, but journalist-turned-filmmaker Janaki Viswanathan’s Tamil movie “Om Obama” certainly has one globally known star – the American president who stars via cutouts, posters and even a song!

New Tamil movie Om Obama Release On December
“Broadly the story is about a village that transforms economically after an export garment unit was built nearby and how it gets hit due to global recession. There are various sub-plots that make up the storyline,” iswanathan told IANS. She says the Kedarapalayam villagers started praying for Obama’s victory in the US presidential elections because they thought his economic policies would uplift the economies of the garment unit and their own.The sub-plots of “Om Obama”, releasing in December, include romance, grassroots politics, panchayat elections and others.

Viswanathan, a former print and television journalist, says the star cast is entirely new and the US Consulate gave a helping hand in identifying some Americans to star in the movie.”Many villagers where the movie was shot have acted in the film,” she said while declining to reveal the real name of the village that is around 200 km from here. “Perhaps this is the first time there is an Urdu song in a Tamil movie. The movie has four songs and the music is scored by Paul. J. There is also a song `Obama nee vaama, koode serndhu aadalama’ (Come Obama, shall we dance together),” she said. Cagey about the budget, Viswanathan says the film was shot in 35 days. Asked about the germination of the idea, she said: “I was working on a story on the impact of global recession on an Indian village when I chanced upon a news report on the crisis faced by Tirupur garment exporting units.”  She said the article quoted Tirupur exporters as saying that they would pray for Obama’s victory in the 2008 US presidential elections as it would be better for Indian business. “That was the spark and from there I developed the plot,” Viswanathan added.

The movie is expected to be released in Tamil Nadu by the end of this year, close on the heels of Obama’s Nov 6-9 visit. “With subtitles we plan to release in other languages. We are also planning an international release and in movie festival circuits,” Viswanathan said. “Om Obama” is her third movie, the first two being national award winner “Kutty” and “Kanavu Meippada Vendum”. The first two movies broke even and she is confident that “Om Obama” will make profits! She is also confident that the movie will get entertainment tax exemption from the Tamil Nadu government as the title is in Tamil. In the state if a film has title in Tamil, it gets tax exemption.

Shriya Saran Place Of Tamanna

Remember on how Tamanna did a cameo role in the Ram Genelia’s ‘Ready’ movie? Tamanna appears at the beginning of the movie. The movie is remade in Tamil and is releasing tomorrow in which Dhanush and Genelia paired. And in this remake, Shriya Saran plays the role that Tamanna did in the original Ready movie! It was also revealed that Shriya Saran did the role for free as she is very close with hero Dhanush!

Bhagyanjali Hurles Torture Charges on villain Actor Velu

In the latest face-off in Kollywood, a starlet from Kerala has hurled a slew of charges against a villain actor, including mental torture, harassment, extortion and blackmail.

If 21-year-old Bhagyanjali is to be believed, actor Velu has been inflicting mental torture and harassment by stalking her and constantly pestering her to marry him ever since she co-starred with him in Unnai Kadhalikiraen.

Her complaint to the City Police Commissioner alleged that she became friendly with him after acting together in the Tamil film, but that he misunderstood her and resorted to issuing threats.

She accused him of forcing her to sign on papers claiming that she had borrowed Rs 15 lakh from him.

Bhagyanjali, who was in the city to attend a function, visited the Vepery police station on Saturday to answer queries.

Countering her claims, Velu’s family told the police that she had borrowed Rs 40,000 from the actor about a year ago and had signed papers to that effect.

They alleged that she was yet to return the money and had cooked up the charges to evade repayment.

A senior police official told Express that an inquiry was in progress and no FIR had been registered so far.

A police team that went to Velu’s house on Vaikkolkaran Street in Purasavakkam in search of the actor returned emptyhanded.

The actor has been asked to report to the police station, as the cops want to know his version of the unfolding sordid saga

Dhanush Uthamaputhiran to hit 600 screen in Tamil nadu

Dhanush is getting ready for one of his biggest releases ever. His forthcoming film ‘Uthamaputhiran’, which is set to hit the screens on Deepavali day, will be released in 600 cinema halls in Tamil Nadu alone.

“The film has been shaped up in such a way that it would be liked by one and all irrespective of what age or section they belong to. Hence the producers and distributors are planning such a big release”, sources in the know say.

Directed by Mithran R Jawahar, Dhanush’s lucky mascot, the film, which is a remake of Telugu blockbuster ‘Ready’, is produced by N V Mohan Apparao and G Ramesh on Balaji Studios banner.

“The on-screen chemistry between Dhanush and Genelia is great. Action scenes will be one of the highlights of ‘Uthamaputhiran’ while comedy portions involving Dhanush and his Padikadhavan co-star Vivek will bring the roof down”, sources add.

Poonam Bajwa team up with Mammootty

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Punjabi actress Poonam Bajwa, mostly known for her roles in Tamil and
Telugu films including Parugu (Telugu) and Thenavattu (Tamil), will be
Malayalam megastar Mammootty's heroine in his first Kannada-Malayalam
bilingual Shikari. The 21 year old actress's debut in Kannada was in
Thangigaagi, as Darshan's sister.



The title of the Malayalam version will be announced soon. It cannot be
Shikari as the title has already been used for a Malayalam film starring
Mohanlal.



The film, produced by K. Manju, has recently completed its second
schedule near Thirthahalli. The final schedule will be held in Mysore in
November. Music is scored by V. Harikrishna

Oviya's next tamil movie Sevanu

Oviya
has not grabbed the offers she received. Kerala beauty Oviya made her
debut in film Kalavani and after this She was loaded with offers. Oviya
who has changed her original name Helen for the movie Kalavani donned
the village girl.



Her action not only attracted the audience but also the people of Tamil
cinema. The result, Oviya was flooded with offers. Oviya instead of
utilizing her offers, waited for good offer like Kalavani has now she
has signed for the film title Sevvannu.



New face Aman is doing the lead role and Jeevan is directing the film.
Oviya who had donned the role of village girl in first film is donning
the looks modern attires in the film. Oviya is fully confident that the
film will do well at the box office and also planning to settle in
Chennai.

Rajinikanth next movie

Sultan – The Warrior has been rechristened Hara, says sources from Kollywood. Soundarya Rajinikanth’s Ochre Studios has been producing this 3D animated film with the lady directing it. However, Ochre Studios decided to make a 30-minute feature film during the climax, something on the lines of Avatar. KS Ravi Kumar will direct this portion.

Also, the Hara team is making all arrangements to ensure that the film does not lack in technical expertise.

Naadodigal Abhinaya enters Sandalwood

Her physical challenges are no way stopping Abhinaya, who played Sasikumar’s sister in ‘Naadodigal’. The actress, who is there in Sasi’s next venture ‘Easan’, is stepping into Sandalwood too.

According to sources, Abhinaya will enact the same role she did in ‘Naadodigal’ in the Kannada remake of the movie, which would have leading actor Puneeth Rajkumar as the protagonist.

Interestingly, this is third time for the dumb and deaf actress to do the role as she repeated the act earlier in ‘Sambo Siva Sambo’, the Telugu remake of ‘Naadodigal’. “She is happy with the hat trick”, sources say.

“A self taught dancer and a girl of many talents, Abhinaya is doing a powerful role in ‘Easan’. She is the apple of the eye of her parents and other family members who keep motivating her in all her works”, add sources.

Bollywood Actress Neetu Chandra wants Tamanna’s place in kollywood

Neetu Chandra has only two Tamil films in her hand. One is Ameer’s Aadhi Bhaghavan and a film which has Jayam Ravi in the lead role.

Though the female lead role in the Ajith’s Mangaatha has slipped away from her hands, her ambition is to conquer Thamanna’s place. Because of this she is learning Tamil in her house by engaging a Tamil teacher in her house in Mumbai.

Since Ameer’s Aadhi Bhaghavan may fetch her the place she anticipates, she is getting ready to dub for the film in Tamil in her own voice. Though Neetu’s act may look avaricious, there is no other go to welcome an actress who loves Tamil.

Raghava Larencce ready to direct ‘Kanchana’

Raghava Larencce, who is getting ready to direct ‘Kanchana’, a sequel to his earlier venture ‘Muni’, is hopeful that the movie would be received well by the audience.

“Though Raj Kiran sir will not be there, I have retained most stars of Muni in ‘Kanchana’. Lakshmi Rai has been roped in to play an important role”, says the actor-choreographer-filmmaker.

On the movie, he says, “It is no doubt a sequel. But the script will be totally different from ‘Muni’. Enough care has been taken to ensure that the audiences are glued to the seats while watching Kanchana”.

Claiming that he has put in a lot of groundwork for ‘Kanchana’, Larencce adds: “I am a strong believer of the Almighty. And I hope that He would always reward hard work and dedication.”