Shriya Saran Still Red Hot
Shriya Saran has been on a signing spree lately with showering offers from Telugu, Tamil & Hindi cinema industries. At 35 Shriya is still running hot as filmmakers are choosing her over other leading actresses. She made her acting debut in 2001 & 16 years later, she is still one of the busiest actresses in South Cinema!!! Shriya, who was last seen in Balakrishna’s Gautamiputra Satakarni is romancing the Nandamuri veteran again in Paisa Vasool. She is roped in as one of the female leads in Silambarasan’s Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan and playing the female lead in Prakash Raj’s Bollywood film Tadka. Shriya is also doing a steamy hot song in Krishna Vamsi’s Nakshatram. Now she has landed a role in hotshot Tamil director Karthick Naren’s next film Naragasooran, produced by Gautham Vasudev Menon. Shriya is paired alongside Aravind Swamy in the film that also features Sundeep Kishan & Indrajith as the principal cast. Most of the actresses either retire or turn character artiste in their mid -thirties, but Shriya is still bagging lead roles at the age of 35!!!
Mani Ratnam & Bharathiraja For Karthik Subbaraj
The shooting of director Karthik Subbaraj’s next, starring Prabhu Deva has been wrapped up. Now we learn that the film will be formally launched in a grand event to be held in a star hotel in Chennai. Veteran directors Bharathiraja & Mani Ratnam are expected to participate in this event which was held on Friday 23rd Jun, 2017. More details about the Karthik Subbaraj – Prabhu Deva film was made during the launch event. As of now we know that Santhosh Narayanan is rendering the musical score & Tirru is the cinematographer of this project.
Important Update On Vivegam
The “Surviva” song from Thala Ajith’s Vivegam has become a huge hit and started setting new records. The makers are planning to launch the music album of Vivegam on 27th Jul, 2017th which falls on a Thurs. However we need to wait for an official confirmation about the audio release. Vivegam directed by Siva & produced by Sathya Jyothi Films banner is getting ready to hit the screens in Aug, 2017. Anirudh has rendered the musical score for the film.
Dhanush Becomes The 1st Person
Ilayathalapathy Vijay celebrated 43rd birthday on 22nd Jun, 2017). However the multi – talented actor Dhanush has wished his industry senior, a day in advance. Dhanush tweeted wishing Vijay for his birthday averring “Wishing a very happy birthday to vijay sir .. a very hardworking, dedicated amazing human being whom I admire a lot. Thank u sir. For being u.” Dhanush becomes the 1st person to wish the Ilayathalapathy for this year’s birthday and his words about Vijay are so heartwarming to everyone.
Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan Is Already A Record Breaker
Simbu with his star power has created a huge expectation for his upcoming movie Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan directed by Adhik Ravichandran & produced by Michael Rayappan. The film releasing on 23rd Jun, 2017 is already a record breaker. Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan is hitting close to 1000 theaters around the globe which is the highest in Simbu’s career. The Tamilnadu theater count is 450, followed by 50 each in Karnataka & North Kerala is accounting for about 75 screens while the rest of the world is around 350. The Yuvan Shankar Raja musical which also stars Shriya, Tamannaah & Neetu Chandra also has high demand in Sri Lanka where it is releasing in 40 locations.
Vishal’s Writes A Letter To Edappadi Pazhaniswamy
Vishal has written a letter to Tamilnadu CM Edappadi Pazhaniswamy, urging him to completely forfeit the loans that the farmers owe to banks. The Producer’s Council chief & Nadigar Sangam Secretary in his request has brought to the CM’s notice that following the Uttar Pradesh & Maharashtra governments, Punjab too has forfeited the loans of their farmers. Vishal has humbly requested Edappadi Pazhaniswamy to take into account the plight of the poverty ridden farmers of the state and cancel the loan repayments which will not only light up their lives now but also make their futures bright.
Vijay’s Director To Combine Vishal & TR!!!
Vishal has hectic schedules juggling his positions as the Producer Council Chief and the Nadigar Sangam Secretary along with his career as a frontline action hero. His multistarrers Thupparivaalan & Irumbu Thirai are in varied stages of production and he will also start shooting for Karuppu Raja Vellai Raja & Sandakozhi 2 soon. Meanwhile, there is a buzz in Kollywood that director Perarasu is likely to direct Vishal in a new movie that will also have T. Rajendhar as the parallel lead. Perarasu hit gold with his very 1st movie Thriupaachi starring Ilayathalapathy Vijay which enjoyed a 200 day run followed by Sivakasi which also went on to become a huge blockbuster. His 3rd movie was the Ajith starrer Thirupathi for the prestigious AVM banner. Official confirmation is expected after a few more rounds of talks.
Sivakarthikeyan To Do It For Vijay Sethupathi
Director Pushkar – Gayathri are busy with the post – production of their Vikram Vedha starring Vijay Sethupathi, Madhavan, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar & Shraddha Srinath in lead roles. The songs of the film composed by C. S. Sam were released recently and they are getting positive reviews from critics & music buffs. Now comes the announcement on the release of the trailer. The film’s producer Sashkanth of Y Not Studios has confirmed that the trailer of Vikram Vedha will be released at 5 PM on 22nd Jun, 2017 (Thurs) by none other than Sivakarthikeyan. Sivakarthikeyan & Vijay Sethupathi are the 2 top heroes of the current generation of stars and it is a great idea to make Sivakarthikeyan release the trailer of VS’s film. It is to be noted that it was Sivakarthikeyan who released the trailer of Irudhi Suttru from the same producer last year which turned out to be a blockbuster and also won many awards & critical acclaim.
Kamal Haasan Flies Abroad
All the roadblocks pertaining to Vishwaroopam 2 have been removed and Kamal Haasan has begun shooting the remaining few portions in Turkey which will continue for a few days there. In the 1st week of Jul, 2017 some more scenes will be shot in Chennai after which the post – production will be completed and efforts are on to release the magnum opus within this year. Vishwaroopam 2 directed by Kamal Haasan has Pooja Kumar, Andrea Jeremaiah, Shekar Kapur & Rahul Bose in the cast with Gibran providing the musical score. The film will release as a trilingual in Tamil, Telugu & Hindi.
Kajal Reveals Her Character
Recently birthday girl Kajal Aggarwal had a chat session with her fans & followers in Twitter. As usual she was flooded with questions of Ilayathalapathy Vijay & Thala Ajith by the Thala – Thalapathy fans in Twitter. When a person asked about her role in the much expected Vivegam with Ajith Kumar, Kajal averred, “I am playing a character’s friend and I play a girl who exemplifies strength and a lot of character. It was a pleasure working with the team.” When asked about Ajith as a person, the Thuppakki actress averred, “Have tremendous respect for him as an actor and a person.” And when a fan wanted her to define her Thuppakki, Jilla & Thalapathy 61 co – star Vijay, she averred, “Extremely sweet co – actor, fabulous actor”. Kajal’s next big release in Tamil will be Vivegam, her 1st film with Ajith scheduled to hit the screens in Aug, 2017. Thalapathy 61 her 3rd film with Vijay will be hitting the screens for Diwali in Oct, 2017.
Hinduvtva Leader Meets Rajinikanth
Rajinikanth has been getting more political visitors than before in recent times after his speeches during the fans meet hinting about his political entry. Recently, Hindu Makkal Katchi founder Arjun Sampath met the Superstar at his Poes Garden Residence in Chennai. After meeting Rajinikanth, Arjun Sampath addressed the media persons and here is the crux of what he spoke: “Rajinikanth is very much worried about Tamil Nadu and he wants to change the entire system. He is always thinking about the development of Tamil Nadu and the interlinking of national rivers such as Ganga & Cauvery. We made an appeal to Rajinikanth to come to politics & save Tamil Nadu. The Dravidian parties since 1967 have ruined Tamil Nadu. We want someone like Rajinikanth who has accepted Nationality & divinity. We requested him to enter politics and we will back him.” Asked about the response of Rajinikanth, the leader said “His response was very good. He is keen to do something for Tamil people who have given him a good life. He promised me that he will consider over the request.” A hardcore Hindutva leader meeting Rajinikanth in connection to politics is expected to strengthen the argument that the sexagenarian star will either join BJP or support it after entering politics. However Rajinikanth, while speaking to media persons said that he did not discuss anything about politics with Arjun Sampath and it was just a courtesy meeting.
Suriya – Sivakarthikeyan – Vijay Sethupathi Together
An upcoming movie that is creating a lot of curiosity over its relateable subject is Kootathil Oruthan that deals with the college middle benchers. The film directed by Gnanavel has Ashok Selvan & Priya Anand as the lead pair, while Samuthirakani, Nassar & Bala Saravanan play other important roles. The Kootathil Oruvan team has decided to release a promo song for the film which will feature Suriya, Sivakarthikeyan, Vijay Sethupathi, Arya, Vishnu Vishal, Sivakumar, Nassar, R. J. Balaji, Samuthirakani, director Linguswamy & Remya Nambesan. Music is by Nivas K Prasanna and the film is produced by S. R. Pabhu under the banner of Dream Warrior Pictures.
Nayanthara Replaces Shruti Haasan!!!
Thenadal Studios announced their magnum opus, Sangamithra directed by Sundar C at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival with Shruti Haasan in the titular role as a warrior queen & Jayam Ravi & Arya in the lead heroes. However due to creative differences, Shruti walked out of the film. Now it is reported that the Sangamithra team is keen on bringing Nayanthara on board and that negotiations have begun. There are also reports from some sources that a very high remuneration has been quoted to the lady superstar whose only reluctance is that the long duration of the production could affect her other projects. It is understood that if the required dates are very clear and if there is no problem in her shooting for other projects in the middle, Nayan could well be the new Sangamithra.
Amy Jackson’s Next Movie 2.0
Amy Jackson has signed a new untitled Hollywood movie directed by Andrew Morahan with whom she collaborated in Boogie Man. The British beauty will camp in China for 3 months to undergo rigorous training in martial arts to prepare for her out & out action role. Amy’s next release is the most awaited 2.0 directed by Shankar in which she shares screen space with the 2 biggest heavy weights of Indian cinema, Superstar Rajinikanth & Akshay Kumar.
Trisha Bags Filmfare Award
Trisha has been enjoying a rock solid position in the industry and command respect for her long & illustrious career for more than a decade now. Recently she bagged the Filmfare critics award for her performance in Kodi and she wowed everyone at the Red Carpet in a Nishka Lulla asymmetrical gown & fringe heels. By the 1st week of Jul, 2017 she will start work in Goa for Hey Jude with Nivin Pauly directed by Shyamprasad. She will also start shooting for her new Tamil film 96 with Vijay Sethupathi. Her Mohini & Garganai are ready for release. Sources say that both 96 & Hey Jude will be completed in a single schedule, which means Trisha will be working round clock to wrap up these 2 projects. Trisha continues to challenge her craft by working in half a dozen movies in her kitty. But such busy schedules are not new to Trisha, she has been successfully in the game for more than 15 years and still going strong!!!
8 Different Looks For Vijay Sethupathi!!!
In his upcoming film, Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Solren, Makkal Selvan Vijay Sethupathi will be seen in 8 different looks. The actor plays a tribal in the film that his character has no reference, avers the film’s director Arumuga Kumar. Arumuga Kumar avers that he was stunned by Vijay Sethupathi’s dedication for the 8 getups and ensures that it would be a treat for the actor’s fans. “We have completed major portions of the film, Gautham Karthik also plays an equally important role along with Vijay Sethupathi”, adds Arumuga Kumar. Touted to be a comedy drama, Niharika Konidela plays the female lead in Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Solren, the film also has Ramesh Thilak in a pivotal role & Justin Prabhakaran of Oru Naal Koothu fame is composing the music.
Simran To Enact The Role of An Antagonist
Yesteryear’s dream girl Simran has been roped in to play a pivotal role in Sivakarthikeyan’s new film with director Ponram. That apart Simran plays the antagonist in the film along with Malayalam actor Lal while Napoleon will be seen as Sivakarthikeyan’s dad. Samantha is Sivakarthikeyan’s romantic interest in this action entertainer and the actress has learned Silambam for her character. Ponram’s regular Soori is in charge for comic portions, the film also has Yogi Babu & Manobala in important roles. RD Raja’s 24 AM Studios is bankrolling the film, which will have music composed by Imman & Balasubramaniem takes care of the visuals. The film also has extensive VFX work for which the team has signed RC Kamalakannan of Puli & Baahubali 2 fame. The as yet – untitled film is likely to release in Summer 2018.
Vishnu Vishal’s Minimini Title Changed
Touted to be a psycho thriller, the makers feel that Ratchasan would be more appropriate for the genre & storyline. Vishnu Vishal plays an aspiring filmmaker turned cop in the film & Amala Paul plays a school teacer in Ratchasan, which is being directed by Ram of Mundasupatti fame. Dilli Babu of Axess Film Factory is producing Ratchasan for which Ghibran of Uttama Villain fame is composing the music. Meanwhile, Vishnu Vishal’s Katha Nayagan has opted out of Ramzan race as the makers feel that they don’t want to compete with too many films.
