Trailer of Ajith’s film is to be released on his birthday

Ajith is donning the lead role in the film directed by Vishnuvardhan. It is understood that the film is tentatively titled Valai. Nayanthara is pairing with Ajith in this film. After parting ways with Prabhu Deva, Nayanthara is pairing with Ajith in Valai.

Arya and Taapsee are also acting in this film. The shooting of this film is going on in top gear in Hyderabad and Mumbai. Now efforts are being made to release the trailer of this film. The trailer is to be released on 1st May which happens to be the birthday of Ajith. Ajith has already requested his fans not to celebrate his birthday.

Because of this Ajith fans have cancelled the birthday celebrations. The fans are eagerly awaiting the release of the trailer of Ajith’s film on his birthday. So far the First Look of this film has not been released. His fans are interested to see what the character of Ajith will look in Valai. The fans desire will be fulfilled on 1st May.

Vijay sings for Ajith

The Ajith-Vijay friendship is known to all. Both the actors are good friends while their wives holds good rapport with each other too. The latest is that Ajith was present at the shooting spot of ‘Thalaivaa’ since the Ajith-Vishnu project is also happening at Mumbai. The friends seemed to have a long chat during which Ajith requested Vijay to sing the song that he had sung for Thalaivaa. On hearing it, he wished Vijay good luck and assured that the song would do well on its release and that it would be one of the best in his career. Kudos to their friendship!

Meanwhile both the films have neared their final stages. We may expect these stars’ film to hit the screens soon.

Nayanthara voted as best looking in bikini amongst Indian stars

Nayanthara has once again proved that she is the numero uno when it comes to glamour even beating north Indian actors.

In a recent poll conducted online by a website she has been voted as the best with Anushka coming second, but with a huge margin.

The website had asked its readers to choose one among the top 17 bikini babes and people have voted for the Billa girl.

Anushka Shetty, Ileana D'Cruz, Lakshmi Rai, Priyamani, Shreya, Namitha, Shruti Hassan, Neetu Chandra, Sada, Ankitha, Sona, Deeksha Seth, Mumaith Khan, Shraddha Das and Sona were in the race.

The Best Bikini Babe Nayantara had a close fight with Anushka Shetty, but the interesting point of the story that Deepika Padukone has lost it with a good margin.

It shows that Nayan, who had sported bikini only once in her career, has a huge fan following on the internet.

In fact, other actresses in the race were not even close to the top three actresses - Nayan, Anushka and Deepika.

Nayantara, Anushka Shetty and Deepika Padukone have beaten other contestants by huge margins.

Anushka given nod to dub in her voice for Irandam Ulagam

For quite sometime it is believed that Anushka was nurturing a desire to dub for herself in a Tamil film.

She supposedly plays two contrasting roles in Selvaraghavan’s Irandaam Ulagam and she had expressed her interest to the director to speak for herself, and much to her delight Selvaraghavan has willingly accepted.

Anushka has reportedly started taking efforts to polish her skills with the language and is awaiting the director’s call up to fulfill the dubbing responsibilities.

Irandaam Ulagam is an ambitious project by Selvaraghavan that features Arya and Anushka in the lead with music by Harris Jayaraj.

High budgeted Jilla -

After completing the shooting of Thalaiva in Australia, the cast and crew has returned to Chennai. The film which has Vijay, Amala Paul, Sathyaraj and Suresh in the cast is being directed by A L Vijay. G V Prakash is composing the music while Nirav Shah is handling the camera.

The crew had been to Australia for the final schedule of shooting which took place for 25 days. Vijay introductory scene, Vijay- Amala Paul romantic sequences and a song sequence was shot there.

Since the shooting of Thalaiva has been completed, Vijay will be taking rest for some time. After this he will start acting in the film titled Jilla produced by R B Choudary. Jilla will be a high budgeted film. So far none of Vijay’s films has been produced at this cost. Kajal Agarwal and Malayalam super star Mohanlal will be sharing the screen with Vijay in Jilla. The film which has the music of Imman is being directed by debutant director Nesan. The shooting of this film will commence during the second week of May in Pollachi.

Nayan Plays Soup Girl

Ever since ‘Kolaveri’, a new terminology for love failure victims had been coined. Maintaining the tradition, Nayanthara has played the role of a ‘soup girl’ in her cameo dance appearance for ‘Ethir Neechal’.

The song titled ‘Sathiyama Nee Enakku Thevaye Illa’ has an extraordinary dance performance by Nayan and Dhanush. The film ‘Ethir Neechal’, directed by Durai Senthil, stars Sivakarthikeyan, Priya Anand and Nandita in the lead. Young composer Anirudh has scored the music for this film. The movie is expected on the big screens on May 1st.

Selvaraghavan fulfills Anushka's request in Irandaam Ulagam

For quite sometime it is believed that Anushka was nurturing a desire to dub for herself in a Tamil film. She supposedly plays two contrasting roles in Selvaraghavan’s Irandaam Ulagam and she had expressed her interest to the director to speak for herself, and much to her delight Selvaraghavan has willingly accepted.

Anushka has reportedly started taking efforts to polish her skills with the language and is awaiting the director’s call up to fulfill the dubbing responsibilities. Irandaam Ulagam is an ambitious project by Selvaraghavan that features Arya and Anushka in the lead with music by Harris Jayaraj.

More reasons for fans to like Hansika

Hansika Motwani is not only a bubbly actress. She is adopting young orphaned kids and provide them education as well. Recently, She has come forward to be a brand ambassador for spreading awareness about breast cancer among urban women.

Hansika has taken a step to bear the expenses of 30 women, who need treatment. The West Cancer Research Foundation (WCRF) recently started a mission called “Chennai Turns Pink”. This mission will provide cancer survivorship programs that will help financial and physical support for the needy.

The campaign will be launched soon and Hansika had a media interaction recently to announce her involvement.

Two girls from Dhanush’s Nayyandi crew drown to death during shoots

Nayyandi helmed by director Sargunam featuring Dhanush and Nazriya Nazim in the lead is in news for all the wrong reasons. As we had updated you about Dhanush heading for his second schedule of this flick, for the shooting spot at Edamelaiyur village in Mannargudi, the shoots were interrupted owing to an unfortunate incident involving a few from his 20 member crew.

During a break, three members from the unit namely – Saraswathi(24), Viji(21) and Suganya(22) opted to head towards the local pond to take a dip. However, things turned ugly as neither of them had enough strength to paddle the deep waters which sucked them in no time. Still, Suganya was lucky, as she was rescued from this freak accident with locals arriving for help.

The bodies of the other two girls have been found and now have been sent forth for a postmortem with the police intervening in the case. Likewise, Suganya is presently at a nearby hospital receiving treatment, as she is presently under physical stress apart from the psychological loss she suffers with the demise of her companions.We extend our deepest condolences to the families of Saraswathi and Viji. May their souls rest in peace.

Hansika joins breast cancer awareness program

The apple pie beauty Hansika Motwani has always shown her face of charity when ever the need rose. Hansika is already acclaimed for her initiatives in adopting 22 young orphaned kids in Mumbai and giving them good education and personal attention. Now, Hansika has become the brand Ambassador of  'Chennai turns Pink',an awareness programme to create breast cancer awareness among urban women. This initiative is being undertaken by the West Cancer Research Foundation (WCRF). The campaign will be launched soon.

She took a day off her busy schedules and attended a press conference, officially launching a theme song and the 'Chennai turns pink 'programme. Hansika has pledged her support to this programme and also announced that she will be bearing the expense of 30 women who will be identified by the organisers, who are in utmost need of finance in the treatment of breast cancer. 

Hansika opined that the programme which will surely reduce  the stigma of breast cancer through education on symptoms and treatment and hoped that greater knowledge will lead to earlier detection, which is associated with higher long-term survival rates. Noble thought indeed.

Anjali asked to appear before court

Actress Anjali who went missing from hotel Dasapalla in Hyderabad for five days alleging torture from her uncle and aunt in Chennai got summons from court.

Director Kalanjiyam who introduced her in Tamil industry, has lodged a complaint with the Nadigar Sangam, a film association requesting to take action against the actress who failed to attend his film shooting yesterday.

It may be recalled that Anjali's aunt Bharathi Devi had filed Habeas Corpus petition in Madras High Court stating that she was the aunt (Mother's sister) of the actress and adopted her in 2003 after following all necessary legal procedures. 

Earlier, when the matter came up for hearing, the court had directed the Chennai city Police Commissioner to present Anjali within two weeks.

'Powerstar' Srinivasan arrested in cheating case

Tamil actor Srinivasan, popularly known as 'Powerstar' among his fans, was arrested Friday in a cheating case, police said.

Srinivasan was arrested after a police complaint was filed by Andhra Pradesh resident P.S. Ranganathan alleging that the actor cheated him of Rs.50 lakh on the pretext of helping him secure a loan of Rs.20 crore.

"He (Srinivasan) promised Ranganathan that he would secure him a loan of Rs.20 crore if he paid him a commission of Rs.50 lakh. Neither did he help him with the loan nor did he return the money he had charged as commission. He kept on dodging whenever he was asked to repay the money," an official of the Central Crime Branch of police here said.

The actor has been remanded to custody, police said, adding he was found to have cheated some more persons. He was arrested by the Central Crime Branch of Chennai police.

Several such allegations have been made against Srinivasan, who is known for his work in Tamil films like "Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaya" and "Onbadhula Guru".

Trisha Krishnan turns down marriage proposal

Trisha Krishnan, one of the top actresses in South India, has been in the news over her marriage from a few years. Her link-ups with Telugu actor Rana Daggubati added a lot to those gossips in the last couple of years. However, the actress continued to deny all those speculations. In between, it was said that her mother Uma Krishnan was looking out for a prospective bridegroom. Well, we hear something related to her wedding once again.

Rumours mills say that Uma Krishnan, who is the pillar of her career, wants her daughter to settle down to marriage bliss soon. She is in search of Mr Right for Trisha Krishnan. Recently, she came up with good proposals for her daughter. But the actress has reportedly turned down the offers. Wondering why? Well, the 29-year-old has rejected the prospective proposals as the grooms were settled abroad.

HMK files case against Kamal and those he hugged/kissed in Vijay TV show

“The programme is watched by lakhs of viewers across the state and the still these women didn’t mind hugging Kamal and kissing him. Even Vijay TV anchors Divyadarshini and Priyadarshini also did the same. The show also witnessed debates on marriage and one of the views exchanged during the debate was that it’s not ‘wrong’ for a man and a woman to have a live-in relationship without getting married.

“In a show intended to increase general knowledge and awareness, it is out of place to show women hugging and kissing a star. Programmes such as these contribute to the various incidents of sexual atrocities taking place across the country. We request you to take proper action against Kamal Haasan, Prakash Raj, Gauthami, Divyadarshini and the middle-aged woman(Priya) on the show for bringing disrepute to Indian culture by openly indulging in such acts as stated above,” the petition concluded.

Rajinikanth's 'Kochadaiyaan' new look released

Superstar Rajnikanth's 'Kochadaiyaan' is the one of the most anticipated movies of 2013. 'Kochadaiyaan' is almost complete with some post-production work remaining. The movie, which is India`s first motion-capture film, presents Deepika Padukone as the leading lady.

Recently, the makers of 'Kochadaiyaan' have released a new poster of the film.

Soundarya tweeted the picture and wrote: "A still from Kochadaiyaan :)

The 62-year-old actor will reportedly be seen playing both the lead ‘Kochadaiyaan’ and his son Rana in the movie directed by his daughter Soundarya R Ashwin.

Written by K S Ravikumar, 'Kochadaiyaan' is a “performance-capture photorealistic film”, a technology that was used in films like Avatar and Tin Tin.

Produced by Soundarya R. Ashwin  along with Eros, 'Kochadaiyaa', also features R. Sarathkumar, Aadhi, Deepika Padukone, Shobana, Rukmini Vijayakumar, Jackie Shroff and Nassar.

The soundtrack and background score of the film is composed by A. R. Rahman and cinematography is handled by Rajiv Menon.

The film will be dubbed and simultaneously released in Telugu as Vikrama Simha, Malayalam and English, and will also be released in Hindi and Japanese.

Sana Khan says Casting Couch is a reality

Casting couch has remained a much-debated subject in film industry, with some denying it outright while others claiming that the ugly truth is often swept under the carpet.

Sexy Siren Sana Khan, who is returning to Tamil films with forthcoming movie Nadigayin Diary, a dubbed Tamil version of Malayalam movie 'Climax', has said that casting couch exists in film industry. She is starring in the the biopic of yesteryear sex siren Silk Smitha, but the film is not a remake of Vidya Balan's Hindi film The Dirty Picture.

Speaking to a leading daily, Sana Khan has said that casting couch is prominent in film industry. Those, who do not admit it, are 'liars' according to her. However, when asked whether she had such an experience till date, the actress claims that luckily she has not gone experienced it. The 25-year old strongly adds that she would not believe in bagging offers through casting couch.

"I am part of the film industry and casting couch is so prominent. If people claim otherwise, then they are 'liars'. But by God's grace, I have never experienced such a thing. I don't believe in getting projects by indulging in the casting couch," The Deccan Chronicle quoted the actress as saying.

Kochadaiyaan making video with Superstar's song soon

Superstar Rajanikanth who rules millions of heart for his films is set to hit the big screen in his latest Avatar in "Kochadaiyan". Soundarya Aswin, the daughter of Rajani Kanth, is wielding the megaphone for this film. Rajanikanth is playing a duel role in the film. He is ready to sizzle as father Kochadaiyaan and son Rana role in the movie. Kochadaiyaan is introducing new technology to Indian film industry. It is India’s first 3D Performance capturing film.

Recently, a still from Superstar Rajinikanth’s ‘Kochadaiyaan’ was released by the movie’s director Soundarya R Ashwin and it has created a lot of buzz. The latest news is that a making video will be released so that people will understand the amount of work that has gone into this film. The making video will feature the song sung by Superstar for the film.

The interesting part of the story is that Soundarya Ashwin is planning to attach a song from Kochadaiyaan crooned by Rajinikanth with the making video. But the director has not revealed the date of its release.

Soundarya said the song begins with Rajinikanth's voice. It is a wonderful song composed by AR Rahman. However, the trailer of Kochadaiyaan will release in Cannes Film Festival and the audio will release in May. The movie is expected to release in July. Kochadaiyaan is jointly produced by Eros International and Media One Global Entertainment.

The film also stars R Sarathkumar, Aadhi, Deepika Padukone, Shobana, Rukmini Vijayakumar, Jackie Shroff and Nassar.  The film is being planned to release in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and English.

Hansika denies being in love with Simbu !

Southern actress Hansika Motwani strongly denies recent rumours of a link-up with Tamil actor Silambarasan aka Simbu and adds "when I'm in love, I will inform".

Hansika and Simbu are currently working on two Tamil films "Vaalu" and "Vettai Mannan".

"(I have) been hearing a lot of news about my link up. All I can do is laugh it off because I love reading stuff about me, which I myself don't know, " posted Hansika on her Twitter page.

"Let me still clear the air that there is no truth to any rumours. When I'm in love, I will openly inform the media, " she further wrote.

She admits celebrity lifestyle is prone to rumours.

"I understand it's a part and parcel of celebrity life, but still don't want to give my fans any wrong information and I know my media family will support me, " she wrote.

Hansika Motwani has a very busy year ahead of her with 5 movies in Tamil. ‘Vaalu’, ‘Vettai Mannan’, ‘Singam 2′, ‘Biriyani’ and ‘Theeya Velai Seyyum Kumaru’ are the films this young actress has in her bag for now.

Parvathi Omenakuttan to pair Vadivelu

The Kollywood grapevine is abuzz that Parvathy Omanakuttan, Ajith’s Billa 2 heroine has signed up to play Vadivelu’s heroine in his comeback venture Gaja Buja Buja Gaja Tenali Ramanum Krishnadevarayarum (GBBGTR)!

Parvathy was in Chennai for a function but was unavailable to confirm the news. She has been scouting for roles in Tamil cinema, and needs a hit to re-launch her career.

GBBGTR is produced by leading production house AGS Entertainments and directed by Yuvaraj of Potta Potti fame and has music by D Imman. Vadivelu said: “ GBBGTR is a comeback venture for me. It is a period comedy riot and I play a dual role in the film.”

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Summer Treat for Cinema fans

May 1 will be an entertaining month for Tamil Cinema fans. We have number of films to be released on May 1. As we all know, Ethir Neechal and Moondru Per Moondru Kadhal are set be released on May 1 now Soodhu Kavvum is joining the league.

Soodhu Kavvum is directed by debutant Nalan of Nalaya Iyakumar. Vijay Sethupathi and Sanchitha Shetty play the lead role and the film is produced by Thirukumaran Entertainments.

RS Durai Senthilkumar, a former assistant to Vetrimaran is the director for the movie ‘Ethir Neechal’ . Sivakarthikeyan and priya Anand plays the lead role while Dr. Vasanth is leading the film ‘’Moondru Per Moodru Kadhal’ with Yuvan Shankar Raja’s romantic music.

No more bedroom and Intimate Scenes:Sneha

Sneha has hinted that she wouldn’t be starring in bedroom sequences and intimate scenes on-screen anymore. The actress, who has spent more than a decade now in Tamil films (without ever winning a significant award for her acting, though), got married to actor Prasanna last year bringing to an end their secret courtship which spread over many months.

She was recently spotted in Haridas wherein she played a deglamorized role of a teacher. Though the film turned out to be a non-starter as many of her films had been at the box-office, Sneha’s performance was appreciated by the critics. Some critics even regretted Sneha not getting to perform such characters frequently. Sneha is also awaiting her Vidiyal opposite Sarath Kumar, a film she took up prior to her marriage.

A leading director is said to have met Sneha recently and narrated a script to her. Though Sneha loved the script, she refused to star in the film. Commenting about the film offer, Sneha says “The script is about the intimacy between a husband and his wife. Intimacy is of two kinds: physical and emotional. The script was a lovely one but had sequences depicting physical intimacy in detail.

“Now that I’m married, I can no more act in such sequences as it might create totally unnecessary and avoidable issues in my family. Therefore, I have refused to take up this offer,” concludes Sneha.

Arya – Nayanthara wedding in Holy church For “Raja Rani” Movie

The dream boy of 2013 got married the most beautiful girl of the cine industry recently. This was held at holy church of Pune abiding all Christian customs. Arya showed up in an elegant groom suite and Nayanthara looked heavenly beautiful in white gown.

I hope you are scratching your head wondering when all this happened, you got it wrong. The young talented director Atlee, former assistant director of Shankar directing his first movie “Raja Rani” and the above marriage sequence was authentically shot across 3 days that stunned the unit as it looked just as a real marriage ceremony.

A.R. Murugadoss’s hearing various scripts from Atlee and each one was always better than the other. While he decided to produce Raja Rani the first hero came to his mind was Arya. He mentioned that Arya showed some good acting skills and with the his perfection made him the first choice.

The first scene of this movie was shoot on a bungalow in Greams road Chennai by Ulaganayagn Kamal Hasan. Sathyaraj, Jai and Santhanam are also a part of Raja Rani. The film is scheduled to release in June 2013.

I am not a superstitious person: Actress Amala Paul

Amala Paul is currently pairing with Vijay in the film Thalaiva. She is also acting in two Telugu films. She while speaking to the media said, “ I believe in God. There are debates in the country whether there is God or not.

I want to say one thing to them. Believe in God and see. If you start believing in God, you will have peace of mind. There can be faith in God but there should be no superstition. There should not be blind faiths. At the same time we cannot live without believing others. When you select a film, you should believe the story and director. All the films do not fail. Success and failure will come in turns.

Whatever it is you should have complete faith. You should believe that the film will be a hit. You will be cheerful only if you work with faith. Success and failure is not in the hands of an actress. We should work with full dedication.”

Aarya ties nuptial knot with Nayanthara!!

Aarya and actress Nayanthara got married at a Pune Church recently. Before the readers jump to conclusions, the marriage sequence was just a part of their upcoming film Raja Rani which also has Jai essaying a parallel hero’s role.

Veteran Sathyaraj plays Nayanthara’s father in the film whereas comedian Santhanam gets to portray a prominent role in the film. As per the script, Aarya and Nayanthara were to get married at a Church. The film’s crew formally got the permission to shoot the seqauence at the St. Mary’s Church at Pune, one of the oldest Anglican churches in the country.

The ‘marriage ceremony’ was solemnized with all the rituals befitting a pucca marriage which usually takes place at the church. Arya and Nayanthara were spotted in the traditional wedding costumes. Some crew members were heard murmuring that the sequence could well turn out to be a rehearsal for an incident to occur in future.

Off late lot has been written about the ‘affair’ between Aarya and Nayanthara but neither of them has uttered a single word. But the rumor is gaining currency day by day.

Anjali re-starts her shooting schedule

Anjali started to get into the groove by taking part in the unfinished shooting schedule of her upcoming Telugu film opposite Venkatesh. Anjali was in the news for all the wrong reasons in the recent past with her personal life hitting rock-bottom as the actress ‘quit’ her Chennai residence, left for Hyderabad and then disappeared all of a sudden.

However, Anjali resurfaced after a few days and presented herself before the DCP (West), Hyderabad and explained that she had been to Mumbai to stay away from the crisis in her personal life. Prior to leaving for Hyderabad from Chennai, she had accused her aunty Barathi Devi and director-actor Kalanjiyam of conniving to swindle her properties.

She is presently starring in the Telugu remake of the Bollywood hit film Bol Bachchan wherein she plays the role essayed by Asin in the Hindi version. Venkatesh, who starred opposite Anjali in the recent hit film Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu which also had Mahesh Babu and Samantha as the other pair, is paired opposite Anjali for the second time in a row.

The film’s shoot was held at the Panchagni locality on the outskirts of Pune in the State of Maharashtra. Unit hands said Anjali’s face revealed no trace of her turbulent life in the past fortnight or so and said that she appeared as bubbly and as energetic as always.

Vadivelu is acting after two years

Comedy actor Vadivelu was not acting in films for the last two years. Since he had campaigning for the DMK Party during the last assembly elections, he was sidelined by the directors. Apart from this he was facing court problems.

Now he has come out of all these problems. His daughter’s marriage also took place recently.

He did not invite any of his colleagues and politicians for the marriage since he may again get into controversies. Now he is getting lots of offers.

There were talks that he will act in the Part 2 of Imsai Arasan 23m Pulikesi. Instead of that film, he will be donning the lead role in the film titled Thenaliraman. Yuvaraj is directing this film.

Vadivelu will be donning dual roles in this film. Parvathy Omanakuttan who had acted with Ajith in Billa will be pairing with Vadivelu in this film.

Arthur A Wilson will be handling the camera while Thaman will be composing the music. A G S Entertainments will be producing this film.

Ajith advises his fans to desist spending money on him

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Ajith who had disbanded his fans club few years ago, advising his fans not to waste time and money for him, and instead spend the time and money for betterment of their individual lives and their families, has once again put a request to his fans.

This time, he had advised his fans to desist spending money on posters and banners of him, instead advised them to spend them for education of poor children.

Ajith has a tremendous following not only in TN but around the world, has of late showing great concern for the society.

When asked about it by a leading English daily, he laughed off and said that he has been doing it right from beginning, but it is reported regularly now only.

His next flick tentatively titled as Valai has created a great buzz amongst his fans as well as the industry.

Hansika overwhelmed by Japanese fan

Apple pie beauty Hansika Motwani, who is presently busy with the filming of her upcoming Tamil comedy Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru in Japan, is overwhelmed by the love that her Japanese fans are showering on her.

"I have never been so touched ever! A Japanese came running up to me and showed all my movie DVDs and said I'm your big fan! Touched. Now I can proudly say I have fans in Japan too. I'm what I'm only because of you all. Thank you," posted Hansika on her Twitter page.

One of her fans requested her to sign on a poster of her Tamil film Velayudham. "One more Japanese fan. She bought this (poster) for me to sign it. Wow," Hansika posted.

It seems she is giving competition to Tamil superstar Rajinikanth, who has a huge fan following in the Land of The Rising Sun. In Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru, she is paired with Siddharth Suryanarayan. It also features Santhanam and Vidyullekha Raman in important roles.

Hansika is also busy shooting for Tamil films Vaalu and Vettai Mannan.

Sridevi keen to pair up with 'Thala' Ajith

Sridevi the sensational actress of 80s and 90s, made a successful comeback to Hindi films with last year’s 'English Vinglish'. The movie released in Tamil as "Aangilam Vaangilam". While Bollywood Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was seen doing a cameo in the Hindi version, Tamil superstar Ajith Kumar performed the same role in the Kollywood version. Ajith reportedly didn’t take a single penny for his role in English Vinglish as he was a great fan of Sridevi and had said he felt honoured to have been cast in the role.

The 49-year-old while participating in the Tamil version of Kaun Banega Crorepathi, Neengalum Vellalaam Oru Kodi revealed her wish to work with Ajith Kumar. The TV serial host Prakash Raj asked Sridevi that whom does she prefer to share the screen space with and the actress’ instant answer was Ajith.

Earlier, after working together in Aangilam Vaangilam, the actress had claimed that she was impressed by the humble and down-to-earth attitude of Ajith Kumar. Sridevi said that she do not see much Kollywood films but she often watches Tamil channels. Her other favourite movies were Ghajini and Kaakha Kaakha. However, other than the Thala, the actress likes Vikram, Surya and Dhanush in the lot of actors.

Sridevi has performed in many Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada films. Her recent Hindi film includes 'Halla Bol' where she played herself as a guest star.

Prabhu Deva is enjoying Asin's company

Prabhu Deva who is busy in Hindi projects is now enjoying with south indian Actress Asin in Mumbai. Now, these two have become neighbours in Mumbai and both of them have been spotted moving rather closely together in Mumbai. It’s learnt that Prabhu Deva has shifted to Mumbai recently as he is doing plenty of Hindi films than the south lately.

Recently, Prabhu Deva and Asin visited as a pair for an award presentation event held in Canada. Prabhu Deva took a day off with a South buddy and Mumbai's neighbour, Asin Thottumkal. The duo flew from Vancouver to Victoria in a seaplane. They enjoyed a delightful 35 minutes journey capturing in camera the scenic Victoria beneath and clicking each other's photos. Prabhu and Asin completely let their hair down during the trip full of fun and fiesta, enjoying each and every moment of this holiday.

Prabhu Deva’s side has not made any comments regarding this report. However, Asin has said that she and Prabhu Deva are just friends and that media should not report that both are romancing each other.

Aishwarya Dhanush's Vai Raja Vai

Tamil New Year's day (April 14) was special as at least half a dozen film announcements with relevent ads in leading dailies. The most intriguing of the lot is Aishwarya Dhanush directed Vai Raja Vai for producers AGS Entertainment.

The ad had no pictures of the lead cast, just a conventional old telephone, against the back drop of some newspaper cuttings. It was although difficult to identify the genre of the film, it appears that the film may dwell on betting in cricket and gambling perhaps in other sports as well.

The ad says music director is Yuvan Shankar Raja, camera Velraj and editing Kola Bhaskar. The film is produced by AGS Entertainment. Earlier it was strongly rumoured that Gautham Karthik was playing hero in the film. But now the ad of Vai Raja Vai has created doubts on the lead star cast.

Virattu will have action sequences comparable to Hollywood standards - Director Taurani

Virattu is an upcoming film that promises action sequences of Hollywood standards according to the director Kumar Taurani who has also written the story.

The film’s crux is apparently set on a train journey but the director says that the story will take the viewer around the globe as they’ve shot in Thailand, Malaysia and New Zealand.

The film stars newcomer Sujiv romancing two model-turned-actresses Pragya Jaiswal and Erika Fernandes. The fresh faces expressed their gratitude towards the director for being given the opportunity.

Virattu will be a Tamil-Telugu bilingual with music by Dharan Kumar and is being made under the banner White Candy Entertainment. The songs of the movie have been shot in exotic foreign locales.

Disha Pandey drops her surname

Actress Disha Pandey has dropped her surname, saying she wants to be known as an Indian and not by her caste.

"I want to be known as an Indian before I'm recognised by my caste. In my effort to follow secularism, I will be known as Disha instead of Disha Pandey hereafter", said Disha.

Disha is known for southern films such as Tamizh Padam, Race and Keeripulla.

She has also worked in Hindi films such as Bolo Raam and Saare Jahaan Se Mehnga.

Currently, she is busy working on an untitled Telugu project.

Yaruda Mahesh to release on 26 April

Yaruda Mahesh starring Sundeep Kishan and Dimple and directed by Madhan Kumar, is all geared up for a big release on 26 April.

It is a comedy-oriented film and also features Jagan, Srinath, Livingston, Uma Padmanaban, Swaminathan, Singamuthu and Nellai Siva while music is by Gopi Sundar.

It must be noted that the film's trailer created a lot of buzz and it has become a huge hit in the net among youngsters. Anbu Pictures has grabbed the rights to release the film. After a grand production venture in Aadhi Bhagawan, J Anbazhagan, producer is releasing the movie in a big way.

Expectations are sky-high for the movie as the trailers have won the adoration of youngsters.

Three cheers to Yaruda Mahesh for a stupendous show. Wish them all success.

Anjali should resolve her family problem early - Suresh Kondeti

Tollywood producer Suresh Kondeti, widely regarded as the person who introduced Anjali in Tollywood, wants the actress to sort her family issues as soon as possible.

"She's facing a family problem and it needs to address it at the earliest," he says, "I've been involved in bringing out many of her films in Telugu and hope that she ends this confusion. I have been in regular touch with Bharathi Devi, who used to accompany her for shoots throughout her career.

"All these latest developments come as a surprise to me." The producer is currently doing the dubbed Telugu version of Settai.

"I've been trying to get in touch with her to start the dubbed version of the film," he says.

Trisha becomes NAC Jewellers brand ambassador

Chennai based jewellery retailer NAC Jewellers has signed on actor Trisha to endorse the brand. Announcing this at a press conference yesterday in Chennai, Anantha Padmanabhan, Managing Director, NAC Jewellers, said the company is all set to launch its second outlet in Chennai in the next few weeks. Buoyed by customer patronage and demand, the retail brand is now poised to expand its footprint further in the coming years. “We target to take the total turnover of the company to Rs 1,000 crore, from the current Rs 300 crore,” he said. According to him, the new store, spread over 15,000 sq. ft, would offer a handpicked range of products – in gold, diamond, silver and platinum. “Our two-level parking space will be an added advantage,” Padmanabhan said.

The pretty actress has expressed delight in endorsing a "traditional and prestigious" brand. Trisha has previously endorsed Prince Jewellery. Recently, Trisha had signed up as the brand ambassador of Magnum, an ice cream brand that is making its entry for the first time in India.

Trisha is currently shooting for RUM, Engeyum Punnagai and Bhoologam. While RUM has three ladies playing the lead, she pairs up with Jiiva in Engeyum Punnagai and with Jeyam Ravi in Bhoologam.

Director promises Hollywood style action

Virattu is an upcoming film that promises action sequences of Hollywood standards according to the director Kumar Taurani who has also written the story. The film’s crux is apparently set on a train journey but the director says that the story will take the viewer around the globe as they’ve shot in Thailand, Malaysia and New Zealand.

The film stars newcomer Sujiv romancing two model-turned-actresses Pragya Jaiswal and Erika Fernandes. The fresh faces expressed their gratitude towards the director for being given the opportunity. Virattu will be a Tamil-Telugu bilingual with music by Dharan Kumar and is being made under the banner White Candy Entertainment.

The songs of the movie have been shot in exotic foreign locales while the stunt sequences will be of Hollywood standards.

Ileana Bids Adieu to the South

The usual thing has happened again. It is usual that the actresses down the south, after gaining a good amount of reputation, look for the offers from the Bollywood. If the find some meaty role once, and gets some success, then they pack their bags to the Hindi cinema industry bidding adieu to the southern cinema. This usual thing has happened again in the case of southern actress Ileana D’ Cruz. The Nanban actress now claims that Bollywood is her top priority now!










Recently, Ileana met the media people and answered their queries. During the meet she said that she feels so happy in doing the role offered to her in her debut Hindi flick Barfee along with actor Ranbeer Kapoor, directed by director Anurag Basu. For your information, the music of the movie is out already, and the movie is expected to release quickly. She added that, Bollywood is her top priority now ahead of any other southern industries. She also stated that she is working with full force and energy just like any other debutant actress, as Bollywood is still a fresh industry for her.


When the media people asked whether she would not act in southern movies again, she replied that she could not completely abandon the southern movie industries. She added that she owes a lot to the southern cinema industries and that she respects them tremendously. She further stated that she came from a different background and the southern cinema industries accepted her with care and shaped her career with all reputation and success. She went on to say that southern movies so much fun to do. However, she also insisted that she is seeking a good career in Bollywood, as the industry has a wider reach and a global audience.

Legendary singer P.B.Sreenivas is no more.

 Legendary playback singer Kalaimamani P.B.Sreenivas passed away today, the 14th of April, in Chennai at the age of 82. He suffered a heart attack and breathed his last at around 1 pm. He began his career in 1952 with the Hindi movie Mr.Sampath, and has rendered 1000s of songs in languages like Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. In Tamil, he was famous for the numerous songs he sang for Gemini Ganesan. He also sang many devotional songs in his mesmerizing voice. Recently, his voice featured in movies like Aayirathil Oruvan and 7G Rainbow Colony. Behindwoods prays for the departed soul to rest in peace and offers its condolences to the family of the deceased.

Nayan-Nag's Love Story release postponed to 26th April

The release of Nagarjuna-Nayanthara starrer Greeku Veerudu which was supposed to hit the screens on April 19th has been postponed to April 26th.

Since it is Nayan's comeback film, there are huge expectations on it. The film, directed by K Dasaradh, is touted to be a romantic entertainer.

Along with Nag and Nayan, the film also has Meera Chopra in an important role.

The film, which has sentiments in equal dose, is expected to release in both Telugu and Tamil simultaneously.

Anjali goes missing from Hotel in AP

Anjali, who gave a media briefing a couple of days ago in Chennai, was missing from her Hotel at Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, since yesterday.

Her brother Ravi Shankar has filed a police report at Jubilee Hills PS, stating that his sister is missing since Monday morning from the hotel.

While Anjali told the media that director Kalanjiam and her step-mom should be held responsible if any thing happens to her life, the director Kalanjiam on Tuesday petitioned the city police commissioner stating that Anjali by her statement has maligned his reputation.

Anjali’s disappearance comes a day after she had released a statement to the media in Chennai alleging harassment by her aunt Bharathi Devi and director Kalanjiyam.

Jubilee Hills police sub-inspector M Saidulu told Express, “Ravi Shanker came here in the evening, and informed us that his sister went missing from Daspalla hotel in Jubilee Hills.

"He also said there was a threat to Anjali’s life from Bharathi Devi.”

The police officer said that they have launched a search for the actor after checking the hotel room and have gained access to the CCTV camera footage.

The footage showed she left the hotel room alone. Investigations are on and we are looking for more clues,” Saidulu added.

Neram censored got clean 'U' certification

The bilingual 'Neram' directed by Alphonse Puthran has been cleared by the Censor Board with a clean 'U' certificate.

The film marks the Kollywood debut Nivin Paul who will be paired by Nazriya Nazim.

Music will be scored by Rajesh Murugesan who will be debuting with this film.

Udhayanidhi Stalin's Red Giant Movies already acquired the film distribution rights for Tamil Nadu.

The film also features Nasser, Thambi Ramaiah, John Vijay, Crane Manohar, Charlie & RJ Ramesh.

Presented by Winner Bulls Films along with Koral Group Vishwanathan, Simhaa, the best actor award winner in Naalaiya Iyakkunar season one, acts as the villain.

Hansika's role in Singam 2 revealed

Hansika Motwani plays the female leads in director Hari's Suriya starrer Singam 2 which is the sequel to the super hit film Singam which has Suriya and Anushka in the lead.

The sequel also has Anushka in the lead along with Hansika and also Anjali has done a special song in the film.

While it was said that young actress will be playing a school teacher in the film, now there is more information on the character Hansika plays.

It is said that Hansika who plays a school teacher meets a tragic end in the film because of the baddies in the film.

It is learnt that the bubbly heroine will die in Singam 2 and rest as usual is the hero avenging her death.

Produced by Studio Green K E Gnanvel Raja, the film stars Suriya, Anushka and Hansika in the leads with Vivek and Santhanam in supporting roles.

Sunaina to pair with Vemal in Seenu Ramasamy's next flick

Sunaina seems to have impressed director Seenu Ramasamy the director of Neerparavai, with her performance in the film.

The director has now cast her again in his upcoming film which will have Vemal and Vijay Sethupathi in the lead.

"Sunaina will be paired opposite Vemal in the film. We are yet to finalize Vijay Sethupathi's pair," the director informed a leading English daily.

This is the first time the actress will be teaming up with Vemal. She was last seen in a cameo of sorts in the Vishal-Trisha-starrer Samar, which released this Pongal.

Seenu's untitled film will see him moving to a more commercial genre than his earlier two films.

The semi-rural action film is about two young men from different walks of life whose paths cross at one point in time and is has been developed out of a story by noted writer S Ramakrishnan.

Shooting for the film is expected to start in July.

Siddharth-Hansika fly to Japan for Sundar C's 'TVSK'

Siddharth and Hansika Motwani has left for Japan to shoot some song sequences for their forthcoming film Theeya Velai Seyyanum Kumaru.

Directed by Sundar C, the movie, which is touted as a comedy caper, has Santhanam in a crucial role. It is produced by UTV Motion Pictures in association with Kushboo's Avni Cinemax. The film has been shot extensively in Kumbakonam, Hyderabad and Chennai.

'Team of TVSK has flown to the picture perfect locales of Toyama, Japan. Sathya has tuned in some super songs and Shobi is choreographing,' Kushboo wrote on her microblogging page.

A single number and a teaser of the movie were launched in Chennai last week, it may be noted. Movie simultaneously release in Telugu as ‘Something Something‘, movie is expected to release on May.

Gautham Karthik set to romance Lakshmi Menon in his next

A few days ago, we broke the news that Gautham Karthik, son of veteran actor Karthik who made his debut with Mani Ratnam's Kadal agreed to star in cinematographer turned director Saravanan's next.

Now the latest buzz is that Lakshmi Menon of Kumki and Sundarapandian fame will play the female lead opposite Gautham in this Saravanan’s project. Silambattam director Saravanan is said to be working on the story which is set in the backdrop of college life.

This will be Saravanan's second directorial venture after Simbu-starrer "Silambattam", which garnered lackluster response at the box-office when it came out in 2008. The yet to be titled movie will begin its shooting from May 15th.

Lakshmi Menon who is excited about the project said, “I can’t talk much about my character, but I’m happy to be part of the project. I will start shooting for the film soon.”

Lakshmi Menon is currently busy working on Kutti Puli yet again with Sasikumar, post Sundarapandia’s success and has recently signed on Vishal-Suseenthiran’s movie. She is also doing Manja Pai opposite Vimal, directed by Naveen Rahavan.

Suriya's risky stunt scene in mid-sea for 'Singam 2'

Suriya is currently busy with his shooting for his next keenly-awaited outing "Singam 2". Singam 2, the sequel of Singam is directed by Hari. Anushka, Hansika are playing the female leads and Vivek and Santhanam are playing the prominent roles.

Suriya is known for his risky stunts and he has proved that same in films like Ayan and Aadhavan. Now the actor has done some fiery stunt sequence for Singam 2. A fight was shot in the middle of the sea in Malaysia with film unit travelling to the spot in a boat for three hours. Surya did the stunts without dupe.

'We filmed the scene for over a week. We hired a ship and every day we used to travel three hours from the shore to the middle of the sea for the shoot,' says the director.

Hollywood actor Danny Sapani is playing the role of antagonist and Mukesh Rishi, Nassar, Radha Ravi are playing the supporting roles. Anjali is playing a special cameo role. Singam-2 has Priyan’s cinematography and V.T.Vijayan’s editing. K.E.Gnanvel Raja is producing this movie under Studio Green productions. Devi Sri Prasad is composing the tunes.

Anjali alleges harassment by her Step Mom and director

Anjali, the sought-after actress in Tamil cinema with several hits under her belt, is facing personal problems. Anjali has reportedly stated that she has been harassed by director Kalanjiyam and her step mother Bharathi Devi. She has added that both of them have looted all the money from her. She is planning to leave Chennai and relocate to Hyderabad.

Anjali who is currently in Hyderabad, says that her step mother forced her work round-the-clock and lived a happy life with her money. She also reportedly leveled charges against film-maker Kalanjiyam. 'He has been advising my step-mother on various issues and I fear that I might be attacked by them if come to Chennai now,' she was quoted as saying.

She is also planning to lodge a complaint against both of them. Director Kalanjiyam has trashed the rumours and he has stated that he doesn’t have any relationship with her family to go the extent of torturing her. Also, Bharathi Devi has expressed shock over the allegations made by Anjali.

The 'Engeyum Eppodhum' girl has made her mark in Tamil cinema doing roles that demands both performance and glamour. Much recently her films including Kalakalappu and Engeyum Epodhum took her to greater heights. Even in neighbouring Telugu cinema she managed to leave her mark with "SVSC" acting alongside the likes of Venkatesh and Mahesh Babu.