Suriya starrer ‘7am Arivu’ release date!

Finally we hear it from the horse’s mouth. The release date of Suriya starrer ‘7am Arivu’ has been a long wait for the fans. With A.R. Murugadoss making his way back to Kollywood after a sabbatical, the expectations got bigger for the collaboration of ‘Ghajini’ team. It was expected that the film would hit screens in April-May as the producers felt summer as the high time for theatres.

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However, as the production works got postponed due to various reasons, the makers decided to postpone the release by July. A.R. Murugadoss has mentioned that the post production works are progressing rapidly and will be completed by next month. The audio launch is scheduled to be held by mid June. Harris Jayaraj has promised to delight his fans, who are curiously looking out for the album following his huge success with ‘Engeyum Kadhal’ and ‘Ko’.

Ajith's 50th film Mankatha in July!

​Ajith's eagerly awaited Mankatha, directed by Venkat Prabhu and produced by Dhayanidhi Alagiri's Cloud Nine, will complete its shoot by May 31.

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After that, Venkat plans to do some graphics and post production work which will take a month. As of now the producers are looking at a July second week release.

Mankatha is Ajith's 50th film and the star cast includes Arjun, Trisha, Mahat, Vaibhav Reddy, Lakshmi Rai, Andrea Jeremiah, Premji Amaren and Anjali. It has music by Yuvan Shankar Raja.

The film is said to revolve around a Mafia gang gambling during the cricket season. Ajith plays the kingpin behind the gambling, though there are rumours that he is a police officer in decoy. Arjun plays a CBI officer, while Trisha is a gangster's daughter.

Shankar's Nanban has a different song sung by Vijay Prakash!

The expectations surrounding Shankar's Nanban with Vijay are massive and every little tidbit fresh from the sets makes headlines. The latest is about an exclusive song composed by Harris Jayaraj with lyrics by Madan Karky in about 16 different languages and sung by the talented Vijay Prakash.

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Shankar famed for his songs which are shot in fabulous locations has gone all out for this number it is reported. He has looked the world over for suitable spots and settled on the most picturesque places.The film is proceeding at a rapid pace as it is going to be a Diwali release.

Kavya Madhavan’s divorce case final hearing!

Malayalam actress Kavya Madhavan became famous in the Tamil film industry for her praiseworthy performance in films like ‘Kasi’ and ‘En Mana Vaanil’.  The actress entered wedlock with Kuwait-based industrialist Nishal Chandra in 2009. After few months of marriage, the couple had some difference of opinion due to which she came back home to Kerala and applied for divorce. The actress mentioned that her in-laws tortured her and she does not want to live together with them.

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The Court Session of this case has reached the final stage now and after hearing the statements from both ends – Nishcal and Kavya – the judgment has been postponed to May 28.

Speaking to the media channels, Kavya Madhavan has said that she will focus more on films and has no idea of getting married for now.

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Deeksha Seth pairing with Simbhu!

According to sources, Simbu has roped in Tollywood's latest sensation Deeksha Seth as the female lead in his his next flick Vettai Mannan, to be directed by debutant Nelson. Deeksha has already signed Vikram's Vendhan, directed by Suseendaran.

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Unlike VTV, Vaanam and Podaa Podi (ongoing), Vettai Mannan will have lots of action with a strong comedy element. Interestingly, Nelson has worked with Simbu in Manmadhan and Vallavan. Vettai Mannan, an action-packed gangster story, is Simbu's costliest film till date (30 to 40 crores). Reportedly the film will narrate the egoistic conflict between two men who work under a don.

Jai of Subramaniapuram fame will play an important role (as Simbu's friend) in this film which will be shot in Chennai, United States and Mexico; Yuvan Shankar Raja will compose its music.

Rajni flying to Singapore for further treatment!

Indian film megastar Rajinikanth is to be discharged from hospital and fly to Singapore, doctors said Friday, just over a week after he was taken into intensive care.

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Doctors at the private Sri Ramachandra hospital in the southern city of Chennai declined to say whether his treatment would continue in Singapore, which has some of the best medical facilities in Asia.

Rajinikanth has had fluid drained from his lungs to ease a breathing complaint and some dialysis for a kidney ailment. "Singapore is a place to relax and enjoy and if someone is visiting Singapore it is for rest and recuperation," one doctor said.

Rajinikanth, a former Bangalore bus conductor, is one of Indian cinema's biggest stars and inspires a near god-like devotion from his legions of fans. He was taken ill at the end of April on the first day of shooting for his new film "Rana" (The Monarch) and has been in and out of hospital ever since, sparking a vigil by fans and prayers for his swift recovery.

Tickets for a Singapore Airlines flight have been booked for Rajinikanth's two daughters, one son-in-law, a doctor who treated him in Chennai and his driver, a source at Chennai airport said. Rajinikanth, who is often referred to in southern Tamil Nadu state simply as "The Superstar", had been booked in as a wheelchair passenger.

Kamal Hassan’s ‘Viswaroopam’!

We had earlier told you that Selvaraghavan’s forthcoming ‘Viswaroopam’ failed to get their visas through for shooting in America. Following which, the team chose to shoot in Canada but looks like the visas for the team has been denied again!


Sources close to the crew suggest this may be due to the plot of the movie that might be based on cannibalism. Sources add that the movie is inspired from ‘The silence of lambs’ and its sequel, ‘Hannibal.’
Since the movie is a trilingual, in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu, Kamal had suggested Selva to work with Shankar-Eshaan-Loy for scoring the music as the trio are the leading music directors up North.


Now the latest news abuzz is that, the team is traveling to London for a period of 35 days where the duet sequences between Kamal Hassan and Sonakshi Sinha and romance scenes between the duo will be shot.
While the crew is busy over their next schedule, Sonakshi is all smiles about the shoot since this would help her do away with the rumours that are spreading like wildfire about her all over Bollywood.

200 Rajini fans from Bengaluru!

Superstar Rajini is currently in Ramachandra Medical Centre undergoing treatment for a bout of illness. His fans have been offering special prayers to help aid his recovery process and often visit the hospital in huge numbers hoping to hear from him or at least catch a glimpse of him to reassure themselves.

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Reccently, 200 Rajini fans from Bengaluru, descended en masse on the hospital in a convoy of 20 vans. They were not allowed into the hospital by security posted expressly for the purpose of preserving the privacy of the great man, but hospital authorities addressed them. The waiting fans were updated on the progress made by Rajini and assured that he was well on the way to complete recovery. Only then did they vacate the premises.

Silambarasan’s Vettai Mannan has begun!

The second schedule for Silambarasan’s Vettai Mannan has begun. The unit is currently stationed in Binny Mills where a massive set has been erected. STR and Jai are working on their portions together. Four hundred junior artistes have also been roped in for the shoot.

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Vettai Mannan is going to be an action film and a complete entertainer. Silambarasan is very fond of this genre and after experimenting with his roles in VTV and Vaanam, he will go back to playing a charismatic mass hero in this film.

Vijay,Ileana liplock in Nanban?

vijay_ileanaOne of the highpoints of '3 Idiots' is a romantic encounter between Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor in the climax, during which they would exchange a passionate kiss. Now that the film is being remade in Tamil, there is a question about retaining the scene.

"It is a long liplock scene which was well received by the audience. But it may not be retained in the Tamil version. Even if it is there, it would be shot in a way that you miss it if you blink," sources close to the unit say.

'3 Idiots' is being Tamilised by Shankar as 'Nanban', with Vijay, Srikanth and Jeeva playing the lead roles. Ileana is the heroine, while Sathyaraj plays her father. Music is scored by Harris Jayaraj.

"Nanban is getting shape fast. Shankar has made some slight changes to the script to make it appeal to the Tamil audience. There may even be a fight sequence to satisfy Vijay fans. But we are not sure about it," sources say further.

Tamanna charged 1.25 crores for liplock!

Responding to the rumours that she has charged a whopping Rs 1.25 crores to perform a liplock scene with Jr. NTR in her upcoming Telugu film Oosaravelli, directed by talented director Surender Reddy, ravishing actress Tamanna said that she will never liplock, stating that she is uncomfortable with kissing scenes.

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The actress revealed that the first line in her contract say that she would never wear a bikini or act in a liplock scene. "No matter how much money is offered, I will never do it," she said. The actress also lashed out at the media for spreading such rumours.

Oosaravelli is produced by B.V.N.S. Prasad under the banner of Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra. Devi Sri Prasad is scoring its music. The shooting will commence soon.

Bollywood wished the superstar a speedy recovery!

After every other Bollywood personality shown concern towards Tamil superstar Rajnikanth’s health, Bollywood Baadshah ‘Shahrukh Khan’, an admirer of the Tamil matinee idol has praised the superstar and wished him a speedy recovery.

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SRK, who is busy with his IPL franchisee, Kolkatta Knight Riders and his film ‘RA.One’ after coming to know about the health condition of Rajnikanth immediately tweeted by saying that, “suddenly felt awful yesterday while driving back from the match to know rajni sir is unwell. he is our superhero…insha allah he will be well soon”.

Meanwhile SRK’s rival Salman Khan, who after receiving a National award for Dabangg [best wholesome entertainment category] was more worried about the health condition of the Tamil superstar. He was quoted saying, “Thanks to god he is ok now”.

Rajnikanth, admitted in the ICU of the Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre in Chennai, is improving after advanced treatment, including hemodialysis, according to doctors attending on him.

Actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Bobby Deol, Priyanka Chopra, Arshad Warsi, Riteish Deshmukh, Javed Jaffrey etc from Bollywood have already wished the superstar a speedy recovery.

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Lawrence’s prayer meeting for Rajini!

One of the biggest fans of Rajinikanth is choreographer turned actor Lawrence.

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On Sunday (May 22), the dance king organised a mass prayer meeting for "the speedy recovery of superstar Rajinikanth" at Raghavendra temple at Thirumangalam in Chennai.

Later he organised "Annadanam" and served lunch to the underprivileged people.

Nadigar Sangam chief and AISMK leader and MLA Sarath Kumar was also present on the occasion.

Rajinikanth still in ICU?

According to sources, Superstar Rajinikanth, who has been admitted in hospital due to stomach and respiratory infections, will remain in the ICU for some more days. The 61 year old actor is responding well to treatments; he takes his food on his own, spends time with his family members and watches television. Rajinikanth, admitted to Sri Ramachandra Medical University on May 13 for respiratory and gastro-intestinal problems, is receiving appropriate and comprehensive treatment. According to hospital sources, his vital parameters are stable,

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Meanwhile, to clear all rumours, his son-in-law Dhanush posted Superstar's picture on his micro blogging site. But many fans now allege that Dhanush was “cheating” the fans by posting an old picture of Rajinikanth taken at the Isabella Hospital.

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Suriya’s Maatraan ready to kick start near Pakistan!

Suriya starrer Maatraan is ready to kick start and the unit is all set to shoot a schedule near Pakistan border. Director K V Anand is all geared up for this project and the expectations are high as the duo is paring up after the blockbuster Ayan.

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After shortlisting from a long list of actresses, K V Anand has finally zeroed in on Kajal Agarwal as the female lead for Maatraan.

S.Soundar Rajan who has wielded the camera for movies like Ananthapurathu Veedu, Aadi and Billa in Telugu has been roped in for the project. Editing is by Antony and Art direction is by Rajeevan.

Ko in Telugu was in lead!

KV Anand’s Ko with Jiiva in the lead was released in Telugu as Rangam. It has taken a good opening and is going strong judging by the initial trade reports. The music is also a smash hit.

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The film has had the right commercial ingredients and was therefore able to transcend the language barrier, insiders feel. The fast pace and action also worked in favor of the film. KV Anand is pleased with the response to Rangam and conveyed his gratitude to the Telugu audience who have appreciated his film and made it such a resounding success.

Rajini is doing well !

Lata Rajinikanth met the media at the SRMC hospital today (May 19)where Rajinikanth has been admitted.

According to her Rajinikanth is "doing well and he has moved to the ICU as it is a more protected and sterile area."

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Lata made it clear that the superstar "was suffering from minor stomach ailment and respiratory infection. He is out of danger and his health is stable".

The superstar’s wife dismissed reports that his health is deteriorating. Says Lata: "In fact today afternoon he was cracking jokes and looking cheerful and had a normal meal".

She also clarified that all "his organs are fine and functioning properly."
Lata also made it clear that "he is human being and does not have super human powers. He needs time and I hope the fans and the media will give us some privacy."

Meera Jasmine to quit movies soon!

National award winning actress Meera Jasmine, who has garnered over 35 awards in her filmi career of 10 years for her impressive performances in some of the best super hits in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada, is likely to quit movies soon.

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One of the reasons behind her retirement from movies is said to be her upcoming marriage with her long time beau Mandolin Rajesh. Mandolin Rajesh, who belongs to an orthodox Hindu family in Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh, announced in October 2010 that he would marry the actress in 2011.

Another reason is her back-to-back debacles. The actress had a string of flops in Malayalam in the last two years: Minnaminikootam, Calcutta News, Ore Kadal, Pattinte Palazhi and Mohabbat. Her recent Tamil films Pen Singam and Ilanjian were too colossal flops. The buzz is that due to the failure of her films at the box office, no producer is willing to sign her up, forcing her to quit films.

Tamanna in bikini!

According to new reports, Tamanna has agreed to sport a bikini in Ram Charan Teja's forthcoming film Rachcha, starting from May 22 in Hyderabad.

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Interestingly, Ram Charan Teja underwent 45 days physical training at David Barton’s gym to develop his 8 pack abs, the major attraction of the film, and to match up with the hero’s effort, the makers asked the heroine to sport the two piece bikini, consequently adding more glamour to the movie, it is heard.

Rachcha, an out-and-out commercial film by director Sampanth Nandi (who earlier directed Emaindi Ee Vela with Varun Sandesh), is produced by Paras Jain and N.V. Prasad under the banner of Mega Super Good Films. Devi Sri Prasad is scoring music.

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Akshay Kumar in Siruthai remake!

lfrlh7aidajKarthi's super hit Siruthai is going to be remade in Hindi by director Prabhu Deva, which will be produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

The film will have Bollywood's original khiladi Akshay Kumar and the hot 'n' happening Sonakshi Sinha in the lead.

Siruthai , a mass masala action entertainer, was a remake of Ravi Teja film Vikramarkudu in Telugu.

The remake went on to become 2011's most successful Tamil film so far at the box-office.

Vikramarkudu and Siruthai became super hits because Ravi Teja and Karthi could carry the difficult dual role of a street smart goonda and a rough and tough police officer successfully.

The buzz from Bollywood is that, after seeing both the films, the makers felt that Akshay Kumar would suit the role in Hindi, as it has all the mass elements.

Ravikumar's reassurance!

KS Ravikumar the director of Rajinikanth's Rana has pooh-poohed rumours making the rounds that the film has been shelved. He is quoted by a leading newspaper as saying: "Rana is on. There are no plans to shelve or postpone the film. Reports suggesting otherwise are false."

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Ravikumar added that work is going on for the film. He had gone to Thailand to scout locations for the movie.

Ravikumar made it clear: "I will be going to London for further location hunt. Anyway as per the original plans the shoot was to take place only by July end. "

Namitha agreed to dance on the roadside stage!

Usually, politicians wait for nothing, especially when they are in power! But the Tamil Nanu Khadi Board minister K. Ramachandran, a special invitee of a cultural programme held in Ooty on Wednesday by a Kerala-based jewellery shop owner, had to wait for 45 minutes for another special guest Namitha’s arrival. Namitha had agreed to dance on the roadside stage at the event.

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The programme wasn’t trouble-free, since just minutes after celebrities Namitha and Jayam Ravi left the scene, the police and the Forest Department officials rushed to the spot to conduct a raid, saying that they have received a complaint from animal activists alleging that snakes were brought to the show by the dancers.

The police closed Commercial Road for nearly two hours, but could find nothing. Onlookers said the dancers and public brought nearly half-a-dozen snakes and they disappeared when the officials came. However, B. Bulganin, ranger of the forest protection squad, who led the search operations, said a case against the showroom management has been filed at the Nilgiris North forest division.

Rajinikanth admitted in Ramachandra hospital

Superstar Rajinikanth was admitted to Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre (SRMC) in Chennai on Friday (May 13) to undergo medical tests. Since the last three days the superstar's health has become a concern for his fans.

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The family members of the star have repeatedly said that there is nothing to worry. Meanwhile the latest report from  SRMC on Sunday (May 15) says: "Rajinikanth  will spend three more days in the ward and is being treated for lung infection and gastro intestinal problems."

Trisha in bikini!

Leading Tamil-Telugu actress Trisha seems to have changed her mind over sporting a bikini on screen!

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Sources insist that Trisha, who earlier declined bikini acts, has agreed to sport a two piece swimsuit for the first time in her career for her forthcoming Telugu remake of Malayalam blockbuster Bodyguard, which was made in Tamil as Kaavalan.

Notably, the original version does not have a bikini act, but the actress has agreed to don a bikini to keep an edge over her competitors, it is said. Reports further claim that the actress has charged an additional amount of Rs. 25 lakhs for the bikini act.

Starring Victory Venkatesh in the lead role, the remake was launched in April and regular shooting is on. It is directed by Gopichand Malineni and produced by Bellamkonda Suresh under the banner of Sai Ganesh Productions.

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Allu Arjun’s Badirinath in tamil!

Tollywood young superstar Allu Arjun is very popular in Kerala with many of his Telugu films, including the recent Arya 2, having dubbed in Malayalam.

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For the first time in Allu Arjun's career, his film is being dubbed in Tamil; it is his costliest film Badirinath (also spelt as Badrinath), produced by Geeta Arts' Allu Aravind and directed by top commercial director V.V. Vinayak with Tamannna in the female lead.

Popular Tamil comedian Santhanam will play an important role in the Tamil version to give a local flavour and a few scenes of Santhanam comedy track with Allu Arjun were shot three days ago in Chennai. Badirinath, made in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam, is scheduled to release in the first week of June worldwide.

Nayanthara moves to bollywood

Vijay starrer ‘Pokiri’ was a super hit down south and Salman Khan’s Hindi flick ‘Wanted’ was the remake of this Kollywood hit. Following this blockbuster, the ace hero requested ‘Wanted’s director, Prabhu Deva to consider a sequel with Salman.

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Despite his projects down south, Prabhu Deva worked on a script for the sequel and it is expected to go on floor by the end of 2011.

However, what our birdies have to say might interest one and all. It is now said that, Prabhu Deva’s lady love, Nayantara will be paired up with Salman Khan in this sequel! This is on contrary to the speculation prevailing among Nayantara’s fans that she will quit acting after marrying Prabhu Deva, which is after he obtains his divorce this June.

Whether the South Indian beauty Nayantara shares screen space with Salman in ‘Wanted 2’ or not, we’ll have to wait to know…

Simbu’s fans protest against BJP

Fan club members of STR were involved in a protest against BJP for garlanding slippers for the actor's cut-out at Tambaram MR Theatre.

The protest was held by around 100 Simbu fans at the BJP office in T. Nagar .

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The Police arrived soon at the spot and insisted the fans to clear the area as the permission was denied for the protest.

But the fans were quite determined about fighting it out for the sake of their hero. Finally, the police arrested 50 fan club members.

Says STR's dad T Rajendran: "There is nothing wrong in the gesture of fans as they are up here for the right reason. Vaanam boasts of an outstanding message to take home and it has created a huge impact on audiences and nothing is there in the film which hurts the feelings of any community."

TR himself rushed to the police station and released the 50 fan club members.

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Vijay and Ileana are flying to Amsterdam

Ilayathalapathy Vijay and Ileana are flying to Amsterdam in Netherlands, for Shankar's Nanban song picturisation. Nanban is a remake of Aamir Khan's Raju Hirani directed classic 3 Idiots.

Amsterdam is one of Shankar's favourite locations, especially the Tulip Gardens, 'discovered' first by Yash Chopra, in the famous Silsila song.

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Shankar has done even better during the 'Flower Festival of the Keukenhof Gardens' in full bloom with tulips and other flowers making it a riot of colour on screen for the Kumari, Kumari   song in Anniyan.  The song featured Vikram and Sada, with Vivek in the background.

Now Shankar and Harris Jayaraj the Anniyan composer have come out with a peppy melody which will be picturised on Vijay and Ileana in Amsterdam and partly in Zurich in Switzerland.

Shankar and his team will be leaving for Amsterdam today (May 4) and will be back by May 10 or 11.

Rajinikanth hospitalised again!

Rajinikanth has been hospitalised again on Wednesday night. He was admitted to Isabel hospital in Chennai on Wednesday, after he felt breathless and uncomfortable. 

As per doctor's treating him the superstar has viral fever and allergic bronchitis, which has aggravated due to lack of rest.

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Rajinikanth has been advised total rest and not to exert himself.

The hospital authorities have said that no visitors including VVIP's will be allowed to meet him during his stay in the hospital.

Karthi’s Diwali release!

Karthi’s upcoming film Saguni has just kick started. The film is being directed by Shankar Dayal and produced by Dream Warrior Pictures. The lead pair for Karthi has not been finalized yet and it is expected that they could rope in someone from Bollywood.

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The shooting of Saguni just began and is progressing in and around Chennai. Sources say that Saguni will be a masala film that will have all the elements to suit Karthi’s fans. There are plans to have this film released on Diwali day. The entire team is in fact working hard to achieve this goal.

Happy Birthday Trisha!

Trisha celebrated her birthday with her family members and close friends as the clock struck 12.01am today ( May 4) at her Cenotaph Road bungalow in Chennai.

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Later the actress tweeted- "Brought in my birthday with my family and best friends at home. Was a touching moment I'll forever cherish."

Trisha is going through a purple patch, as her career is booming. Her effervescent persona and buoyant smile adds to her appeal.  Her Teen Maar in Telugu with Pawan Kalyan took a record opening.

Her Tamil film Mankatha with Ajith will be releasing this summer. We  wish her a very Happy BirthdayTrisha

Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan requires a whopping Rs. 100 crores!

Ace director Mani Ratnam's proposed Tamil-Telugu bilingual period drama (titled Ponniyin Selvan in Tamil and tentatively titled Veerudu in Telugu), starring Mahesh Babu and Tamil heroes Vijay, Arya and Anushka, has been reportedly shelved.

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According to sources, the film has been put on hold due problems in finding the funds. The film requires a whopping Rs. 100 crores, it is said.

After the financial failure of Raavan (Raavanan in Tamil), which was also made with a huge budget, corporate houses are showing no interest in spending huge amounts on a risky subject like Ponniyin Selvan, it is heard.

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