Rajnikanth in triple action in his next film ‘Rana’!

Superstar Rajnikanth has made official confirmation about his next film ‘Rana’ that will be produced by Eros International in collaboration with Orcher Studios. Following the grand success of ‘Muthu’ and ‘Padaiyappa’, K.S. Ravikumar will be joining hands with Superstar Rajnikanth for this film. Guess what’s so special about the film? If ‘Enthiran’ had Rajnikanth enacting dual roles, this one will delineate him in triple action. According to the official confirmations, the film will go on floors from March with the musical score by A.R. Rahman and cinematography by Rathinavelu and Anthony on editing with Rajeevan erecting grand sets. The...

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Vishal will join Prabhu Deva's film soon!

Reportedly Vishal has completed the shoot of Bala’s Avan Ivan and will now join Prabhu Deva's film unit in the first week of February. The film is produced under Vishal’s home banner GK Film Corporation. Pretty actress Sameera Reddy has already started shooting for the film in Chennai. Reportedly Sameera plays the role of a fun-loving college girl Paaro. Sameera will try her hand at comedy for the first time in this film. Meanwhile, Prabhu Deva’s directorial venture Engeyum Kaathal, staring Jayam Ravi and Hansika Motwani, is likely to hit screens on Valentine's Day. Technorati Tags: vishal,prabhu deva,avan ivan,kollywood gossips del.icio.us...

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Ajith ‘Mankatha’ new updates!

Here are the latest happenings from ‘Mankatha’ front. Venkat Prabhu has finished picturising three songs for the film. Ajith Intro Song that was shot in Bangkok, A kuthu song involving Ajith with Premji, Vaibhav and others shot in Chennai and a duet featuring Ajith and Trisha, also shot in Chennai. With this major development ‘Mankatha’ has completed 50 percent of its talkie portions. And an important action scene was also completed. The highlight of this stunt sequence is that Ajith performed the actions with a Body Mount Camera weighing around 30kg mounted on his body to capture the close actions when he runs, walks and turns. It’s a...

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Arya, Anushka and Tamanna getting Kalaiamamani award!

Arya, Anushka and Tamannah will become Kalaiamamanis from February 13, when Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi would present them the awards at a colourful function at Valluvar Kottam in Chennai. Circles close to Arya said that the actor was excited to know Friday night that he was selected for the coveted honour. “He was happy on hearing the good news. His friends have been asking him to throw a party,” they say. A source close to Tamannah said she never expected such a great honour. “When we explained her the value of Kalaimamani award, she felt extremely happy. She is thankful to all those who are supporting her.” And Anushka,...

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Surya out and Vijay in!

Vijay had previously walked out of Shankar’s academy of Idiots due to some creative differences and now he is back as confirmed by the confidential sources. There was some surprising news on airs that Suriya is replacing Vijay and the shoot was to begin by first week of March after the completion of ‘Ezham Arivu’. But again, the creative difference between Shankar and Suriya seems to have popped up resulting in abrupt conclusion. Vijay is busy now shooting for the film ‘Velayudham’ and will soon schedule dates for the project. Meanwhile, Shankar is planning to shoot the portions involving Jiiva, Srikanth, Ileana and Sathyaraj in...

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Anushka sign Billa-2 opposite Ajith?

Anushka Shetty continues to be Kollywood's most in demand actress to do big films. The latest we hear is that Sweety as she is known among friends has been pencilled in to do Billa-2 with Tamil Cinema's most handsome superstar Ajith. The good news is that Billa-2 will start rolling in the middle of April. The film is being produced by Suresh Balaji, son of the legendary producer K Balaji who originally made Rajinikanth's Billa. Vishnuvardhan is the director and Yuvan Shankar Raja will provide music. Nirav Shah is the cameraman. Now the big heroine hunt has started for the film. Vishnu and the makers are looking for somebody who can...

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Karthi’s won appreciation from his sister-in-law!

Karthi’s performance in his recent release ‘Siruthai’, in which he performed dual role for the first time in his acting career, has won appreciation from his sister-in-law Jyothika. “Anni said long back that she would watch the film on the first day itself since I am playing a police officer. Sticking to her words, she watched ‘Siruthai’ on the very first day,” Karthi says. “She thoroughly enjoyed the movie,” the actor says and adds: “She sent me congratulatory messages through mobile even before the show got over. I am overwhelmed.” On the possibilities of his acting together with his brother Suriya, Karthi says, “I don’t think we would...

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Happy birthday Shruthi!

Shruti Hassan celebrates her birthday today (Jan 28) . The ever cheery, down-to-earth pretty actress is on cloud nine and 2011 has started on a great note for her.    She has been getting rave reviews for her performance in her debut Telugu film, Anaganaga O Dheerudu, which hit screens for Sankranthi and she is busy completing work on Murugadoss directed Suriya starrer 7am Arivu. Shruti has more reasons to smile as her second Hindi flick Madhur Bhandarkar's Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji,  is getting released today and she says: "I am really excited about this film in which I play a cameo, but the character is strong. A perfect...

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Trisha at Colgate and IDA Guinness World Record Event

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Shankar successfully started '3 Idiots' shooting !

Director Shankar for the the first time would have faced so much hurdles for starting a film's shoot. Earlier Shankar was put into such situation when the initial producers of Endhiran, Ayangaran International walked off from the film. Now after surviving all the odds, Shankar had successfully started the shooting of '3 Idiots' with Jeeva and Srikanth. It is said that Surya will join the crew at the end of February and before that Shankar will be finishing Srikanth and Jeeva's combined portions. However the title confusions are still on and the official announcement will be given soon. The expected titles are '3 Rascals' and 'Moovar'....

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Simbu injured during vaanam shooting

Silambarasan, who recently suffered injuries while shooting for ‘Vaanam’, is now ready to undergo a surgery. But nothing to worry about it, as it is to remove foot corns that the actor has developed. “Doctors have advised STR to remove foot corns with an operation at the earliest. Though the procedure will be over in hours, they have asked him to be on rest for a couple of weeks,” sources say. This, it is said, will have an impact on the release of ‘Vaanam’, which is scheduled for the Valentine’s Day weekend. “Attempts will however be made to release the film as soon as possible,” they add. Saying that STR was suffering from foot corns...

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Dhanush’s Mappillai April release!

Sun Pictures and Dhanush, whose ‘Aadukalam’ is doing well in the Pongal race, will have their next release together in April. It is ‘Mappillai’, a remake of a yesteryear Rajinikanth blockbuster of the same title.   “Gear up for ‘Mappillai’ next. Completely opposite genre to my recent release (‘Aadukalam’). It is an April release,” the Mappillai of the Superstar says with optimism. Directed by Suraj, the film has Hansika Motwani as heroine and Manisha Koirala as the all-powerful mother-in-law. “Though the original script is racy, necessary changes have been made for the present day audience,” says the director. Dhanush is currently...

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Suriya praises Santhanam

Comedian Santhanam is on a roll. The busiest comedian of Kollywood is in raptures after accolades are pouring in for his performance in 'Siruthai'. Actor Suriya who met Santhanam has said that the one liners of Santhanam in the film were as hilarious as the ones of legendary Goundamani sir. He even said the best comedian award for 2011 will be reserved for Santhanan.   But the rise in popularity has also made Santhanam costlier. The comedian who was getting remuneration depending on the budget of the film has now consolidated his fee. The new rate card says Santhanam is charging Rs. 30 lakhs for a film which will take only 15 days of...

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Trisha share the screen space with Rajini!

The latest buzz about Superstar Rajinikanth’s first animation film, which has now been reportedly renamed as ‘Rana’ (‘Sultan’ and ‘Hara’ were the earlier names), is that, it would have Trisha in an important role. “The movie would have some scenes in which the real Rajini would appear. Trisha would share the screen space with the Superstar in those scenes, which would be directed by K S Ravikumar,” sources say. Produced and directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth, the first of its kind movie already has Vijayalakshmi of ‘Chennai 28’ and ‘Anjathey’ fame as heroine. Music is by Oscar-Grammy winner A R Rahman. Though the film went on floors more...

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Surya replaced Vijay?

The much hyped under production flick & the first remake of Aamir Khan's '3 Idiots' titled as 'Moovar' is shelved in both the versions. There has been many speculations regarding the star cast and the director Shankar has decided to drop the project as he is not finding the suitable stars from Tollywood & Kollywood. Initially he signed Mahesh Babu for playing 'Aamir' role in Telugu version & Vijay in Tamil version. Jeeva & Srikanth has been roped in to play the other characters in both the versions. Vijay walked out of the project due to date issues and then Mahesh Babu also walked out of the project for the same reason....

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Bharath unhappy with his role!

Young actors Simbu and Bharath, who co-star in the upcoming Vaanam, are reported to be on less-than-cordial terms. It was spoken in Kollywood circles that Bharath is unhappy with his role in the movie, which is of lesser importance compared to Simbu's. Bharath even kept away from a recent promotional event of the movie. When the media asked him about his absence, Bharath asserted that he was too busy with other projects to appear in the said promotional event. The actor also denied being unhappy with his role. Technorati Tags: bharath,simbhu,anushka,vaanam movie stills,vaanam,vega,kollywood gossips del.icio.us Tags: bharath,simbhu,anushka,vaanam...

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Rambha “The child is a big Pongal gift for us”!

Rambha, who exchanged wedding vows with Canada-based entrepreneur Indiran last year, delivered a baby girl in Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada, last weekend. “Both the newborn and Rambha are doing fine. The child is a big Pongal gift for us. My joy knew no bounds,” said Indiran, whose voice was brimming with happiness. A popular actress who was part of many blockbusters in almost all south Indian languages, Rambha was the brand ambassador for a product of Indiran’s company. The businessman, who fell in love the actress, married her later with blessings from elders in both the families. Some of the memorable movies of Rambha in Tamil...

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Surya's next film has been announced!

Surya's next film has been announced as Maatran and the movie will be directed by KV Anand. Maatran will be the fourth movie of the director followed by Kana Kandaen, Ayan & Ko. Maatran will also be the second movie with Surya after Ayan. The movie will be produced by AGS Agoram Entertainment. Surya's upcoming flick 7aam Arivu is slithering towards its completion and Maatran will began after 7aam Arivu is completed. The director of Maatran, KV Anand has retained the core team of Ayan and specially the music director Harris Jayraj. The movie poster reveal that the movie will be a action movie and the actor looks very rough in the...

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Rajini appreciates Tapasee’s performance

Actress Tapasee Pannu is in Chennai to promote her debut film 'Aadukalam' which has been directed by Vetrimaran. Aadukalam has Dhanush in a protagonist role and Kishore in pivotal role. As a part of promotional activity, Tapasee Pannu was seen in the special screening of 'Aadukalam'. Tapasee received Superstar Rajinikath at preview show of the film 'Aadukalam' on Wednesday evening and spoke few words with the superstar. But the actress was nervous to watch the film along with Rajinikanth, says sources. After watching the preview show, superstar Rajinikanth has congratulated Tapasee for her performance in Aadukalam. Rajinikanth has shook...

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Tension stills continues for Vijay’s Kaavalan

Tension prevailed outside a theatre complex at Chromepet, a southern suburb of Chennai, Monday morning, after more than 100 fans of Vijay assembled outside the cinema hall to stage a protest. According to them, several posters of their matinee idol starrer film ‘Kavalan’, which hit the screens on Pongal day, were ‘deliberately’ torn and damaged by miscreants. The fans also alleged that the police failed to take action when they filed a complaint. Alleging that no case was registered against those involved in the ‘act’, angry fans raised slogans demanding immediate action against the wrong-doers. A large number of policemen were deployed...

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Surya’s third movie going to be remade in Hindi!

7aam Arivu is Surya’s upcoming movie which is on the roll and the movie is inching towards the final stages. Shruthi Hassan is pairing with Suriya in this medical thriller. Expectations of the movie are raising so high as the movie is based on medicine. Imagine a genre which is medico-science and a action thriller. Isn’t it creating a fantasy about the movie ? The movie is going to be remade in Hindi. So the bollywood extensions will surely have high speculations with the directors last movie. If the movie is remade in Hindi, it will be Surya’s third movie following Raththa Sarithram, Singam in Hindi. The movie will be the 2nd movie for...

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Ajith and Vijay on the Sets of Mankatha

  Ajith,Vijay with Venkat Prabhu on the Sets of Mankatha .   Technorati Tags: Ajith,vijay,kollywood gossips,Mankatha del.icio.us Tags: Ajith,vijay,kollywood gossips,Mankatha...

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Trisha creates problem in CM’s family!

Petty beauty 'Trisha' is facing threats from M Karunanidhi family, who is in deep affair with Udayanidhi Stalin, the grandson of Karunanidhi.   Beauty queen Trisha has handcuffed Udhayanidhi Stalin in her love and made the film 'Kuruvi' with her as a heroine which was a dud at the box office. Later she made him to make 'Manmadhan Ambu' (Manmadha Baanam in Telugu) investing Rs.30 crores, which failed miserably in both the versions. Knowing that Trisha is spoiling the family of Udayanidhi Stalin with her oomph CM Karunanidhi and his son Stalin father of Udayanidhi warned Trish to keep away from him. The family members felt that Udayanidhi...

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Nithyananda and Ranjitha video are genuine!

After comparing her photographs and the video with the help of the Forensic Science Lab (FSL), the Criminal Investigation Department officials refuted the claims by South Indian actress Ranjitha that she was not part of the Swami Nithyananda sex video. They said that the forensic reports confirm that she was indeed in the video clip. FSL experts, who tallied the video images with the photographs of both Nithyananda and Ranjitha, have confirmed that the images in the video are genuine and are neither morphed nor any body double has been used, as claimed by Ranjitha earlier, sources in the CID said. Reacting to Ranjitha's claim on Friday...

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Yuvan Shankar Raja to enter wedlock this year!

Yuvan Shankar Raja has confirmed that he has decided to enter wedlock this year. “But I am not sure whether the girl would be of my choice or the one selected by my parents,” says the music composer. Busy with works related to his first live concert in Chennai, which is scheduled next weekend, the younger son of maestro Illayaraja says, “My parents have given me freedom to take a decision on my life.” Happy about joining hands with Selvaraghavan again, Yuvan says, “The script of ‘Irandam Ulagam’ was awesome and am thrilled to score music for it. The joy is doubly so since the director is my good friend Selva.” On the live concert, he...

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Dhanush’s Aadukalam has no villain!

‘Aadukalam’, Dhanush’s Pongal release, comes sans a villain. But still, the film will be racy and interesting from the beginning till end, say reliable sources which are close to director Vettrimaran. Confirming this, the director says, “In our life too, there are no real villains. People, depending on the situations, behave good and bad. ‘Aadukalam’ will speak about a set of such persons.” On the character played by Kishore, his ‘Polladhavan’ antagonist, Vettrimaran says, “Many thought Kishore is playing a baddie. But it is not true. One can get to see a new dimension of the actor in ‘Aadukalam’.” Heaping laurels on Dhanush, the director...

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Happy Birthday AR Rahman!

The Oscar-winning maestro AR Rahman celebrates his 45th birthday today (January 6).   He would be going on a pilgrimage to do a 'Niyyat' (a religious Thanks Giving) to either the Ajmer Dargah or the Dargah at Kadappa. Meanwhile Rahman has tweeted: "Hey guys, watch out for the world premiere of my new music video soon.  It is being speculated that it could be a new music video of his recent international collaboration with English sensation Dido for a number in Danny Boyle's 127 Hours". Rahman has already bagged a Golden Globe nomination for his score for the film.  If he bags the award for 127, it will be his second Golden...

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Anaganaga O Dheerudu releases on January 14!

Walt Disney's first production in South India, the fantasy adventure in Telugu Anaganaga O Dheerudu (AOD)  with tag line  Once upon a Warrior is scheduled to release for Sankranthi on January 14. The film has a young and happening star cast of  Siddharth, Shruti Haasan in her Telugu debut, and Harshita as protagonists with Lakshmi Manchu making her debut in a negative role as a witch. This big budget special effects laced Rs 30 Crore spectacular is directed by Prakash Kovelamudi, son of veteran director K Raghavendra Rao and producer of the film. The Tamil version of AOD was slated to release along with the Telugu original...

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Good News for all Ilayathalapathy Vijay!

Good News for all Ilayathalapathy Vijay fans. His eagerly awaited Siddique directed Kaavalan has been cleared by the regional censor board in Chennai with a clean 'U' certificate. The censor took place today (Jan 5) morning. It clearly means that Ekaveera Creations and producer C Romesh Babu will release the film worldwide on January 14, for Pongal. Theatre booking and other distribution arrangements has started from today. Kaavalan  has Vijay, Asin, Mitra Kurian, KK and Vadivelu. The Siddique directed film is a remake of the director's Malayalam film Bodyguard and has music by Vidyasagar. Technorati Tags: kaavalan movie...

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Kollywood Calendar 2011

Shriya Saran – Ford   Nayantara - Jaguar S-type   Genelia D'Souza - Austin Chummy   Shruti Hassan - MG TB 1939   Karthi Sivakyumar - Studebaker President   Aarya - BSA Bantam   Surya Sivakumar - MGTB 1956   Vikram - Chevrolet Impala   Akkineni Nagarjuna - Chevorlet Eagle Master Tammana Bhatia - Chevorlet Half Ton Truck   Trisha Krishnan - Dodge Brother del.icio.us Tags: Kollywood Calendar 2011,kollywood actress,hot pictures,sexy...

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