Vijay is having much hopes on Nanpan

Vijay is on cloud nine after his recently released Velayudham has been well-received by the audience. Putting the success behind him, the actor is now looking forward for his next film Nanban, which is a remake of Bollywood movie 3 Idiots.

"Chennai Girls Never Forget Me" Sarvananth

Sarvanand is an handsome young actor who had scored well in Engeyum Eppodhum though he didn’t have much dialogues to speak. While speaking to the media said, “All the appreciations that I am getting now should go to director Saravanan. Engeyum Eppodhum is my first success after so many years of hard work. When I was 17 years, I discontinued my B Com in midway and came to act.

Silk Smitha's family objects the movie dirty pictures

Silk Smitha was the leading glamour queen who reined the Tamil film industry in the 1980s. She had also acted in Malayalam and Telugu films. In 1996 she died in a mysterious way. Some say she committed suicide because of financial problems while others say that she was murdered and hanged in her apartment in Saligramam.

Velayutham overtaking 7am Arivu at UK Box office

Vijay’s Velayudham might be still lagging behind 7aam Arivu at the domestic Box Office but it has already beaten Surya’s prestigious film at the UK Box Office. Jayam Raja directorial movie has collected £66,843 (Approximately Rs 52 lakhs), whereas AR Murugadoss’ film raked in £55,602 (Rs 43 lakhs) in its first weekend.

While Velayudham features in 21st position at the UK Box Office, 7aam Arivu is at 23rd. Vijay starrer movie was released in 17 screens by Ayngaran International and Surya’s multilingual film was released in 19 screens in the UK. However, good reviews and word-of-mouth have helped Jayam Raja’s movie to surpass AR Murugadoss’ movie, claims a trade source.

Velayudham, which stars Vijay, Genelia D’Souza and Hansika Motwani and 7aam Arivu featuring Surya and Shruti Hassan have reportedly crossed the Rs 40 crore mark at the worldwide Box Office in its five-day weekend.

Parvathy Omanakuttan Cutting Cake in Billa 2 Shooting

Ajith's heroine in Billa 2, Parvathy Omanakuttan brought a huge cake to the set after the first schedule for Billa 2 was wrapped up in Goa after 23 days of intense shooting. Ajith asked the director Chakri Toleti to cut the cake and everybody enjoyed the sweet surprise from the former Miss World contestant.

The next leg of the shoot will take place in Georgia, Eastern Europe. Some action scenes will be canned there. There are huge expectations from this film and the team is working hard to deliver the goods.

Maatraan Movie Updates

Suriya, Kajal Agarwal, KV Anand and the rest of the Maatran team were in Latvia for a song shoot. KV Anand who is famous for his gorgeous visuals had chosen this location as it is yet to be discovered by tourists and boasts of an untouched, verdant landscape. The song has come out very well and the team is back in the city.

Harris Jeyaraj is doing the music and S Sounder Rajan is handling the cinematography. Director KV Anand after delivering back to back hits with Ayan and Ko is on a hat trick and all eyes are on Maatran.

Engeyum Eppothum completes 50 days

Engeyum Eppthoum has completed 50 days run at the box office successfully. The film got a massive reception from the audiences due to the fast and crisp screenplay and director's Saravanan's story telling made the film a hit among the masses.

All those associated with Engeyum Eppothum, including director AR Murugadoss, who co-produced the film with Fox Star, director Saravanan, lead stars Jai, Anjali, Sharvanand, and Ananya are happy over the film reaching the landmark 50th day.  According to trade sources, the film has grossed about 17 crores since its release.

Finaly Kamal chooses his heroine

After keeping everyone guessing for a long time, Kamal seems to have decided on his heroine for Viswaroopam and she is Pooja Kumar according to the media. Although there is no official confirmation on it yet, the news has leaked from reliable sources and is considered to be final.

Pooja Kumar is a New York based theatre artist and is a former beauty queen and made her debut years back in Tamil with the movie Kaadhal Rojaave. She was last seen in the Hindi flick Anjaana Anjani.

Superstar's film in Chennai theaters

One of superstar Rajini's biggest hits in his career is Baasha. This film has been re-released in four screens in Chennai and the amazing response despite heavy rains is something that only Rajni'a filma can evoke.

The film has been screened on TV on numerous occasions and most people would have seen it at least once. In spite of all this, Rajni's charisma never ceases and the response for Basha's re-rlease only reiterates this fact.

A.R. Rahman on a world tour

Rahman is going on a world tour and this one will be a tribute to salute the diversity in Indian music. The concert is expected to be launched on the 9th of December in Dubai. With the Rahman regular singers, the concert will also see Rahman collaborating with choreographer - director Amy Tinkham and the Superheavy, the global rock group in which he is also a part.

Back home, the maestro's songs for Rockstar are being raved about. They are also slowly becoming a rage with the movie about to be released soon.

Anushka's plans on her birthday

Another celebrity who shares her birthday with Kamal is Anushka, who hits the 30s club this year on November 7. Among other things she is likely to do on her birthday, Anushka will attend the audio launch of Thulli Ezhunthathu Kadhal (TEK), to be hosted by director Sreehari Nanu and Bhumika Chawla.

Anushka has a special appearance in the movie, which is a remake of Thakita Thakita, a Telugu film. While her marriage is on the cards, Anushka has agreed to do only Selvaraghavan's next film in Tamil. We wish her a happy birthday!

Ajith planning for his photography exhibition

Ajith, who is known for his interest in motor racing, seems to have developed immense interest in photography. He is seen toting his expensive camera on the sets many times.

“It started a decade back, when I was shooting for my film Dheena. My cinematographer Aravind Kamalanathan lent me his Nikon F2 camera and ever since, I’ve been hooked on to photography,” Ajith was quoted as saying in an interview for one of the newspapers recently. Does he have plans to hold an exhibition of his pictures? He has no immediate plans for that.

Tabu Celebrates her 40th Birthday

As the National film award winner turns 40 today (4-11-2011), we take you through the actor’s repertoire of memorable performances over the years

Every time she appeared on screen, she convinced us that no one could do the character better than her. Be it a struggling mother who tried hard to deter her kids from entering the hellhole of trafficking in Chandni Bar or stepping into the shoes of a village belle in Virasat, Tabu did it all with absolute ease. She did slip into the world of mindless movies every now and then, but then we forgive her disasters just because of the simple fact that she never looked like the sorts who would rest on her laurels. We witnessed the same amount of passion in every movie she did. Endowing us with some thought provoking performances in movies like Astitva,Cheeni Kum, The Namesake, etc; Tabu aka Tabassum Hashmi struck a chord only because she has always represented reality in her own unique style. Her last film on screen was Toh Baat Pakki which was a major disaster. The actor is apparently busy shooting Life of Pi opposite Irrfan Khan at present. While the actor claims to be busy, we are definitely missing her undiluted magic on the big screen…

Saguni Movie Stills

Saguni is an upcoming movie from Karthi after a break.

Secrets of Saguni

Karthi-starrer Saguni’s shooting is almost over, say sources in Kollywood. But doubts have risen over the film’s director Shankar Dayal going in for a photo shoot session at the AVM Studios recently. Generally, the photo shoot is done prior to the commencement of the shooting.

It is rumored that Shankar Dayal intends to use these stills for promoting the film. Shankar Dayal apparently does not want to use the stills shot during the shooting because it will leak out the story.

The newbie director has taken up an entirely different storyline and he does not want the media to even make a guess prior to the film’s release. Everything is being kept a top secret about Saguni, say insiders.

Anushka is Preparing for Success

Anushka

The lanky Anuskha Shetty a.k.a. Anushka is a top actress now both in Tamil and Telugu films. The actress has had a pretty satisfying year in 2011 vis-à-vis her Tamil film market is concerned. She has had a couple of releases and both of them have turned out to be successful ventures.

Vijay Fans Tonsure for the success of Velayutham

Around 25 die-hard Vijay fans tonsured their heads as an offering to Lord Murugan at Vadapalani Temple in Chennai for the success of Vijay’s recent release Velayudham. Apart from that they also made a ‘paada yatrai’ from the temple to Kamala theatres to celebrate the success.

Ever since the release of the film, theatres are flooded with Vijay fans to watch their favourite star on screen. Vijay’s powerful punches, electrifying dance sequences, sister sentiment and songs (especially ‘Chillax’ and ‘Sonna Puriyadhu’) make Velayudham a complete entertainer.

And now due to tremendous demand from fans across Tamil Nadu, theatres owners have asked for more prints. The film is produced by Aascar Ravichandran and directed by Jayam Raja.

Vettimaran modified his script for Silambarasan

It is a general practice for acute technicians to frame the script before venturing into a movie. Vettrimaran is one director who has the magic with him to wield the megaphone for executing success mantra. His first film Pollathavan portrayed Dhanush in a simple family man extending his guts to face the Dadaism. The next film Aadukalam also shot into fame reaping with numerous national awards.

Maniratman satisfied with Gautham (Karthikès Son)

For the ace director Mani Ratnam, hunt for heroes and equal scripts always has been a daunting task. If this not happened, then we would not have got Maddy, Siddharth, a la for Tamil movies. His penchant for perfection is ever coming to the foray whenever he involves in a new project.

Mankatha is going to be ramaked in Hindi

Gnanavel Raja’s production house, Studio Green has obtained the remake rights for Mankatha. They were supposed to release the film at one stage but Sun Pictures made the acquisition then. Now Mankatha is back in their hands and word is that Mankatha is going to Bollywood.

Cast and crew details are yet to be finalized but it is going to be a multi – starrer and the leading actors in Bollywood will be vying for Ajith’s role. Gnanavel Raja has promised to release more details in a couple of weeks.

Ra One sets new records

Ra One, the Shah Rukh Khan starrer with Rajini in a cameo, has been screened in 87 theatres across Kerala. It is certainly a record because this is the first time a Hindi film is being screened in so many theatres in Kerala.

A press note states:

“We have released only Hindi Ra-One all over Kerala, despite the fact that 40% of Kerala are Tamilians, 50% of Kerala speak fluent Tamil and 70% understand Tamil very well and they enjoy non Malayalam films and as we anticipated the strategy worked well.” Though the Kerala theatres have announced a strike from November 1st, the theatre owners have decided to allow the films that are already being screened. Therefore Ra One will also continue its run, say sources.

Vishal and Thrisha in Samaran

Vishal is all set to begin work on his film Samaran to be directed by Thiru. Trisha is his heroine. The team is currently in Ooty for the first schedule and Vishal will be joining them there today.

Yuvan Shankar Raja is doing the music for the film. He lost his mother Mrs. Jeeva Ilaiyaraja last night and Vishal will stop by to offer his condolences before departing from the city.

Shruthi Hassan opens her heart about her most favorite person

Shruti Haasan adores her younger sister Akshara and the two are very close. They enjoy each other’s company and like to spend as much time together as possible given their hectic work schedules. Shruti is busy acting in films and Akshara is learning the ropes of film direction.

Recently, Shurti was glad to take a day off and she spent the evening relaxing with her sister. They chilled out by waching tv, eating yummy desserts and catching up on each other’s lives. Shruti’s 7aum Arivu is out and she has also wrapped up her Telugu film, Oh My Friend. She is busy with 3 directed by Aishwarya Dhanush at present. Akshara is assisting dad Kamal Haasan who is directing and starring in Viswaroopam.

Deepavali race Velayutham vs 7am Arivu

7aum Arivu and Velayutham collections for the first five days have been declared by trade sources. It is said that 7aum Arivu has grossed 40.25 crores from October 25th and Velayutham has grossed 40 crores from October 26th onwards.

Both Suriya and Vijay are excited over these figures because the competition is still neck and neck and looks like this competition will end in a draw. Velayutham has Vijay, Hansika and Genelia in the lead while in 7aum Arivu it is Suriya and Shruti Haasan as the lead pair.

Aishwaryarai Bachan 38th Birthday Celeberations

It’s again a celebration time for the Bachchan family. After a high profile ‘Godh Bharai’ ceremony and grand Diwali bash, the Bachchan household geared up for another celebration. It's Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's 38th birthday. A majestic party has been arranged at Jalsa to mark the birthday of the Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The diva and mom-to-be Aishwarya turns 38 today and the Bachchan parivar is leaving no stone unturned to make the birthday a memorable one.