Keerthi Suresh To Be Replaced
Jiiva & Bobby Simha are coming together for a new film ‘Kavalai Vendaam’ produced by Elred Kumar of R. S. Infotainment & directed by Deekay, who gave the sleeper hit ‘Yamirkka Bayamey’. The film had Keerthi Suresh & Nikki Galrani as the 2 heroines with Karunakaran in a pivotal role. But Keerti Suresh is not a part of the project any more due to issues with dates and the team is on the lookout for a suitable replacement.
’10 Endrathukulla’ Packs Up From Rajasthan
Renowned for his action thrillers, director ARM has always held the audience spellbound, waiting in anticipation of his next adventure biggie, ’10 Endrathukulla’. The rugged scenes from the teaser has built further on the anticipation quotient of the movie and the team has reported to us that they are almost done with the shooting. Some risky shots, including a high adrenaline train fight sequence, were shot in Rajasthan and the team has wrapped up and returned back to Chennai. Back home, ’10 Endrathukulla’ will complete the shooting for patches, in localess in & around Chennai. The film stars Vikram & Samantha in the lead, while Charmee will be seen again on Kolly screens after a long hiatus, for a cameo in a song.
Vidhya Balan Replaced by Lakshmi Menon
After ‘Maari’, Dhanush is a busy man, he has been shuttling between the sets of an untitled movie with Prabhu Solomon, ‘VIP 2’ and yet another flick with Durai of ‘Kaakisattai’ & ‘Ethirneechal’ fame. Its rumored that the movie will figure Dhanush in a dual role, that of brothers, the 1st for the remarkable actor. Earlier on Vidya Balan was supposed to be playing the heroine, however due to dates clashes the actress might be replaced by Lakshmi Menon. With ‘Thala56’ almost nearing its end, Lakshmi Menon’s inclusion for Dhanush’s next looks to be a reality however the makers are in full flow to sign the actress up.
The New Title Of Suriya’s Film Is ‘Pasanga 2’
The title of ‘Haikku’ directed by Pandiraj & produced by Suriya’s 2 D Entertainment has been changed to ‘Pasanga 2’ and is expected to hit the screens in Sept, 2015. Bindu Madhavi & Karthik Kumar are playing important supporting roles for the 3 children Kavin, Nayana & Abhiman who are the heroes of the film. Suriya & Amala Paul pair up as a psychologist & a teacher respectively and also appear in supporting roles. Cinematography is by Balasubramaniam, editing by Praveen K L & music by Arrol Corelli.
Ram Charan’s ‘Bruce Lee’ 1st Look Poster Revealed
Finally, the makers of Ram Charan’s 9th film has fixed the title ‘Bruce Lee’ for the film, with the tagline ‘The Fighter’. Cherry plays a stuntman in this Sreenu Vaitla directorial and the teaser is intriguing. Rakul Preet Singh is playing the leading lady & Kriti Karbhanda will be seen as Charan’s sister in this action entertainer, which is being produced by D. V. V. Danayya on D V V Entertainment’s banner as production no.1. Thaman is the music director.
Manchu Adopts 10 Villages
Tollywood actors are showing their philanthropic side of late. It’s been only a few days since Mahesh Babu announced that he is going to adopt a Telangana Village apart from his native village Burripalem. Now it’s the turn of Manchu Vishnu. The ‘Dynamite’ actor revealed that he has adopted 10 villages in Chandragiri Mandal in Chittoor district and he will be providing basic amenities for those villages, apart from building toilets for girls studying in Government schools. The Manchu hero will meet Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu soon and will discuss about his plan of action.
Sudeep To Turn Rajamouli
Kannada actor Sudeep, who made his Telugu debut with ‘Eega’ says that he’s lucky to be a part of Telugu’s ‘Baahubali’. He further hopes to direct his own epic drama like ‘Baahubali’ in 5 languages sometime next year. Sudeep, who was also part of ‘Baahubali’ & Tamil film ‘Puli’ says that he was fortunate to be a part of such epic fantasies. The actor says that Telugu & Tamil industries have grown over the years and while budgets in Kannada are much smaller, they have shown us that it is not impossible to grow.
Sanjjanaa’s Next Is ‘Happy Birthday’
Sanjjanaa has began shooting for her next Telugu film, a female oriented horror thriller titled ‘Happy Birthday’. The actress is pretty kicked up about it as she believes the role gives her scope to show off her acting chops.
Sanjjanaa has also recently shot for another horror film in Kannada titled ‘She Is Deadly Dangerous’. “Horror films offer a lot of thrill and when the makers cast a good looking woman in such a film, it adds to the appeal visually,” believes Sanjjanaa.
Parineethi Chopra To Enact The Role Of Malar
Bollywood actress Parineethi Chopra has signed a Telugu movie which is the remake of Mollywood’s hit movie ‘Premam’, The actress will reprise Sai Pallavi’s role in the movie. Parineethi’s role as Malar will be the one to watch out for, since the actress has not appeared in so toned down a role.
The Telugu version will have Nagachaitanya essaying the role of George played by Nivin Pauly in the original. There is also a buzz that Anupama Prameshwaran, who played the role of Mary has been approached to reprise the role in Telugu also.
Mohanlal In Telugu Movie After Nearly 2 decades
Mohanlal will play the lead role in a Telugu movie after a gap of more than 21 years, He was last seen in a Telugu movie directed by Priyadarshan titled ‘Gandheevan’ in which he played a small yet significant part. Mohanlal’s upcoming Telugu movie is being directed by Suresh Vamshi. The actor will don the role of a police officer in it. Suresh believes that the role would be apt for the actor and that he had to wait a while to get Mohanlal on board for the project.
‘Jwalantham’ Ready
An archeologist on a hunt for a new discovery is himself hunted with strange developments in ‘Jwalantham’. The protagonist on the way to his discoveries traces strange moments in this Divine Developers Organization ‘Jwalantham’ that has completed shooting. Anu Rao maiden venture ‘Jwalantham’ is at the dubbing stage. The shoot was held in Bengaluru, Channapattana, Karkala, Honnavara, Karawara and other places. Ambarish is making his debut as a story, screenplay & dialogue writer besides being the director. Vikram Subramanyam has scored music for 4 songs & Kurinan F are composing music, Srinivas is cinematographer, Vinod is stunt director, Arasu Anthare has penned the songs.
‘Kanchana’ Gets ‘A’
Amarchand Jain Presents, Om Shanthi Vijay Productions ‘Kanchana’ has been cleared by regional censor board with ‘A’ certificate recently. The film was referred to Revising Committee when regional censor board had given ‘A’ certificate. Similar certificate was granted in the Revising Committee also. The film’s producer Vijay Surana also story & screenplay writer besides a director is now content with the certificate and he is making arrangements for the release of the film. Rahul is making debut with Roopa Nataraj of ‘Miss Mallige’ fame. Hemanth, Hanumanthe Gowda, Vijay Chendur, Geetha are also in the cast.
