Trisha refuses to get photographed by fans

Of late, actress Trisha doesn’t permit the luxury to her fans to get photographed with her. In the past, the actress had been in and out of many controversies including an (in)famous bathing sequence which purportedly featured the actress and did rounds via MMS. Trisha stoutly denied that it was she who was in the said video and has become very cautious ever since when it comes to getting clicked.

Reports say that the actress, who recently had the 40th film of her career in Mankatha releasing and running successfully, puts many pre-conditions to meeting her fans who come from far-off places to meet her. These fans invariably want to get themselves photographed with her to show it to their friends, relatives and others as a proof of their audience with the actress.

The first word Trisha utters to her fans who come to meet her is that they shouldn’t click her photograph on their mobile phones. This puts off the fans who undergo great hurdles and difficulties and finally win a chance to meet her. She also refuses to sign autograph in currency notes but doesn’t even oblige their request for autographs on a small piece of paper or blank sheet.

This has obviously not gone down too well with some of her ardent fans who had met her recently. They feel that while Trisha is obviously apprehensive of getting photographed which is somewhat justified in view of the MMS controversy, her refusal to sign autographs for the fans is totally unjustified.

Kajal Agarwal in love!

Kajal Agarwal seems to have fallen in love with Russia, where she had been to participate in the shoots of Matraan. The actress says that almost every place in the country has some historical importance and this made her trip highly interesting.

Kajal added that during days when she was free, she would roam around the city with her camera to capture the beauty and cherish it later. The actress furthered that she is looking forward to visit the country once again.

Matraan team including Suriya, director KV Anand and others were in Russia for about a month to shoot some important scenes in the film.

Ambuli 3D gets bigger day by day

Ambuli is the first ever 3D Stereoscopic Tamil Film it’s been directed by Hari Shankar and Haresh Narayan and their team is filled up with young souls. The film is making news each day with new updates from the crew. This 3D film has been shot in 3D entirely, whereas in the past 3D movies in Tamil will be just converted into 3D. So the crew has introduced Hollywood way of filmmaking.

The story tells about a folklore tale which stands in between the love of two young couple, with a battle that goes beyond our wildest imaginations. Also they are coming up with Unique and Interesting posters in the Newspapers each day. Already everyone’s expectations rose when heard that Parthiban portrays in a main role.

Vijay - Murugadoss Project: Details in here

Their films clashed with each other in Deepavali race. And now, Vijay, who played a saviour of the masses in ‘Velayudham’, and AR Murugadoss, the man behind ’7aum Arivu’, are coming together for a movie, which will be produced by the Ilayathalapathy’s father SA Chandrasekaran.

“Since this is the first production venture of SAC after he took over as the president of Tamil Film Producers Council, he wants the project to be grand in all aspects. He has given a free hand to Murugadoss in budget,” say sources which are close to the development.

It is said that the film will hit the floors in the middle of next month in Tiruchendur, one of the six abodes of Lord Muruga. “From then on, the shooting will take place in a brisk manner and the film will be shot in Mumbai, Chennai and a couple of foreign locales,” sources say.

Priyanka Chopra is expected to be the heroine while a search is on for the other leading lady. Harris Jayaraj, the favourite of Murugadoss, will score the music. “Shooting will be completed in four months time and you can expect the film by the middle of next year.”

Audio Songs Track List Of Nanban

Shankar’s forthcoming multi-starrer featuring Vijay, Jiiva, Srikanth and Ileana will see an audio release this December. We are brings you the official track list of the movie here..

Nanban Track List (Official) :
1. En Nanban Pola
2. Irukkaana Iduppirukaana
3. Uskulusku Yemo Yemo
4. Heartilay Battery
5. (Soon)
6. (Soon)

Actress Malavika is Back

Taking a break from acting after entering wedlock and becoming mother to two kids, Malavika has now expressed her desire to stand in front of the camera again, but not in feature films. “I am interested at doing television commercials since I want to take care of my children,” she says.

“I don’t know whether I could get enough time to spend with my kids if I start to act in movies again. So my choice is commercials. I am looking for interesting offers,” says the ‘Unnai Thedi’ and ‘Vetri Kodi Kattu’ heroine, known for her beautiful eyes and sparkling smile.

Saying that she has been keeping track of Tamil cinema, Malavika says, “Kollywood is so close to my heart. I have many friends in Chennai and they give me live updates about what is happening in Tamil film industry. As always, Kollywood is a hub of talents.”

Malavika has a four-year-old son Aarav and an one-and-a-half year daughter Aanya. “Lifehas changed completely and it is beautiful than ever. My two kids have given new meaning to my life and I feel blessed. Thank God for gifting me with a great husband and cute children.”

Tamil Padam director Amudhan titled his Second film as 'Rendavathu Padam

Tamil Padam director Amudhan titled his Second film as 'Rendavathu Padam', 

starring Kalavaani fame Vimal & Aravind

Osthi Official New Trailer

7am Arivu beats Velayutham at Australian box office

Surya’s 7am Arivu might have shared equal honours with Velayudham at the UK Box Office but it has an edge over Vijay starrer Tamil movie at the Australian Box Office. Indeed, Surya’s scientific fiction has beaten the Gilli star’s superhero flick by a decent margin.

Traders say that 7aam Arivu has raked in Aus. $1,51,029 [approx. Rs 77 lacs] on 15 screens. In its second weekend, it has collected Aus. $12,788. The per screen average of the film is $853. Reports say the movie is faring well during weekends.

On the other end, Velayudham has collected Aus. $57,175 [approx. Rs 29.04 lacs]. It has grossed Aus. $5,041 on 6 screens in the second week and its per screen average for the show is Aus. $840. It is said that the less number of screens might be the reason behind the decent collections.

However, Velayudham and 7aam Arivu had reportedly crossed Rs 40 crore mark in first week at the worldwide Box Office.

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Vkram - Vijay's movie gets action title

After churning out a father-daughter bonding film with Deiva Thirumagal, Vikram and AL Vijay are set for an action movie. The duo’s forthcoming movie, which was in the news for quite a few months, has finally got the title – Thaandavam.

After considering a few titles, the makers of the film seem to have zeroed in on Thaandavam. The movie is a remake of Hollywood flick The Bourne Identity. Vikram’s character named Shiva will be seen suffering from retrograde amnesia, who has lost his identity, in the forthcoming Tamil movie. In the original, Matt Damon had enacted the role, confirms a source.

Thaandavam will be shot in Los Angeles and Chennai. Reports say that Anushka Shetty will be seen as Vikram’s wife, whereas Amy Jackson as his girlfriend. It has GV Prakash’s music and Nirva Shah’s cinematography. The shooting of the film will take off in December 2011 and it is slated for 2012 summer release.

The movie is produced by UTV Motion Pictures.

Sasikumar raises his voice against Sri Lanka in support of 7am Arivu

Actor-director-producer Sasikumar has announced that he won’t be making any effort to release his upcoming film Poraali in Sri Lanka. The bearded film-maker has made this decision as a protest against the Lankan government’s arbitrary action in ‘deleting’ some dialogues in actor Suriya’s 7aam Arivu which was released in the Island Nation on the eve of Deepavali (26th October).

Sasikumar has condemned the Lankan government’s action in deleting the pro-Tamil dialogues in the film. In a recent interview, he has said “All of us who are born as Tamilians do have our pro-Tamil feelings. We don’t need to open our heart literally to show our feelings. Many a time, I had myself felt the agony and pain the Lankan Tamils have suffered for long at the hands of the Lankan army.

“Whatever is within my reach, I’d do it for the welfare of the Tamils….I don’t need to narrate in detail as to what I did or propose to do. I’m determined not to award the FMS rights to Lanka vis-à-vis my upcoming film Poraali. As a producer, this decision would no doubt hurt me financially…still, I don’t mind. I don’t want to earn money through my film in a land which inflicts trouble on our brethren….

“Those Tamils who are in Lanka are surely not in a mood to watch films…Lanka’s main source of income stems from films and the tourism industry….When we care for the welfare of our race in the Island, why should we attach significance to this FMS? Not only this film, I have decided not to give the FMS rights of any of my future projects to Sri Lanka.

“If Kollywood stands united, we can deal a telling economic blow to Lanka by not giving FMS rights of all our films. I feel it’s not wrong to sacrifice our economic interest for the welfare of our brethren,” said Sasikumar. Udhayanidhi Stalin, producer of 7aam Arivu, has welcomed Sasikumar’s stance saying that our ‘self-esteem’ is more important than any other factor.

Lakshmi Rai to play Veerapan’s wife?

It’s not Priyamani or Divya Spandana, but Lakshmi Rai who would play the female lead in ‘Vana Yudhdham’, a biopic on forest brigand Veerapan, directed by AMR Ramesh of ‘Kuppi’ fame. In other words, the actress will play the role of Veerapan’s wife in this movie.

Confirming this, the ‘Kanchana’ and ‘Mankatha’ actress says, “Yes, it is true that I have been approached by Ramesh for Vana Yudhdham. But I have asked some time from him due to date issues. And he has promised that he would work out schedules according to my dates.”

Kishore plays the lead role in this film, which grabbed attention right from the day it was announced, thanks to its ‘controversial subject’. However, Ramesh, who is an expert in filming real life issues, assures that he would not take sides while presenting the story of Veerapan.

“The film will present on screen the real life of Veerapan. It will be an honest attempt without being partial to any side. We have done intense research to know about Veerapan. We met a lot of people, including those very close to the forest brigand,” adds the director.

Surya envy’s Johnny Tri Nguyen

Surya & Johnny Tri Nguyen

Johnny Tri Nguyen is a Vietnamese American film actor. The reason for him to be roped into 7am Arivu is that his interest into films. He did martial arts and performed stunt double in big movies like Spiderman 1&2, X-men, Mortal Kombat, Cradle to the grave and many more. His first anti-role is against Tony Jaa, from the movie Tom Yum Goong. This got him a good name as an artist.

AR Murugadoss who was writing the script based on martial arts, was keen on roping in a person who would suit the role to the utmost. During this period the director heard about the baddie role played by Johnny Tri Nguyen in the Tony Jaa movie. He got so impressed with the smartness of Johnny, so he approached Udhayanidhi Stalin.

When contacted Johnny, he got impressed very well with the Dong Lee role in 7am Arivu and gave his dates to the director. Johnny got a world recognition thro 7am Arivu than all the movies that he had worked so far. Also Tamil Audience was so impressed with Johnny’s screen presence so much, that would have envied Surya himself.

Dhanush Becomes Filmmaker Now

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Actors passionate towards filmmaking always desire to make their experiments with it. Especially the young league of actors like Silambarasan have already accomplished on this panorama while Karthi wanted to be a filmmaker and assisted Manirathnam in few films.

Now it’s time for Dhanush to turn his interests towards filmmaking spree. It is worth mentioning that actor’s passion for filmmaking has been right over his childhood days. Not to miss the fact that he has been deeply influenced by his father Kasthoori Raja and brother Selvaraghavan.

Getting over the topic, yes, Dhanush will make his debut directorial through a Hindi film that will star a famous actor in lead role. Right now, it is heard that Dhanush has been handling major works of direction for his wife Aishwarya Dhanush’s debut directorial ‘3’.

Karthika signs two new films

The long wait for Karthika after the stupendous success of Ko seems to be over. She has finally signed two new films in Telugu and Tamil respectively. Karthika has been roped in to play the key role in NTR’s Dammu, where she is sharing screen space with Trisha.

Now she has also been roped in to play the pivotal lead in Bharathiraja’s Annakodiyum Kodiveeranum, which has Parthipan in the male lead along with Iniya and Easwri Rao. The grapevine had it that all these days Karthika was waiting to do a big hero film opposite a top star in Tamil. But it did not happen even though her Ko is a super hit.

Karthika’s mother yester year glam heroine Radha who is looking after her daughters career confirmed that Karthika is doing Annakodiyum Kodiveeranum, to be directed by her mentor Bharathiraja.

A.R.Rahman says "OK" to Vijay, "NO" to Jeeva?

Academy award winner A.R. Rahman has become the most loved music director of Gautham Vasudev Menon. With the grand success of ‘Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya’, the director isn’t going for any other choices but the Madras Mozart. It is confirmed that Rahman will be scoring music for his ‘Yohan: Adhyayam Ondru’ starring Vijay in lead role.

Even the posters have started carrying the brand name of Rahman. But it’s not the case with ‘Neethaane En Ponvasantham’ starring Jiiva and Samantha in lead roles. It was heard that A.R. Rahman might not score music for this film.

But the closer sources have confirmed A.R. Rahman has signed the project as it will be made simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. It will be an additional attraction for the project as Rahman has a great market across all these territories.

Shriya Saran's car attacked by Telangana Agitators

Shriya Saran claims that her car was attacked by alleged pro Telangana activists today morning. The actress was shooting for an untitled Telugu film at the Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University campus in Rajenderanagar, in Hyderabad.

Shriya states that the Telangana supporters threatened her to say ‘Jai Telangana’ on camera and when she refused they threw stones at her car and stopped her shoot.She said she has never feared for her life so much, anywhere in the world.

Speaking about the unpleasant situation, she says, “I was shooting for a Telugu film with Sarva in Hyderabad and was getting ready for a scene in my vanity van when I heard a commotion. When I stepped out to enquire, I saw that a huge crowd had gathered outside and was creating a ruckus. They saw me and wanted me to say Jai Telangana. I said it because I was concerned for my safety but they insisted thats I should say it again in front of a camera. When I refused, they started using obscene language and said the entire incident was being covered by a news channel. I lost my cool at that point.”

She added, “later, when I got in my car I saw that both windows were damaged. Luckily, I didn’t get hurt but it happened in broad daylight with police around. I’ve never felt so unsafe anywhere in the world.”

Shriya Saran used micro blogging site Twitter to disclose the incident. She tweets,”How can they break my car, throw stones, stop shoot and threaten me to say Jai Telangala on TV. That to in broad day light, Police staring at all of this! what about freedom? Safety?”
The actor seems to remain safe during the occurrence as she tweets, “Thank god the stone didn’t hit me. Both the windows are broken. Seriously! I’m disgusted I’m born in India and I deserve my freedom and safety is my right!”

Vijay ready for different roles

Vijay has expressed his desire to be part of movies that offer versatile roles to him. But the Ilayathalapathy of Tamil cinema wants those films to fall under the commercial format. “Because commercial cinema is something which I have been successful at,” he says.

Happy with the success of ‘Velayudham’, his Deepavali release, the actor says, “It was my longtime desire to work with Jayam Raja and so was the director’s too. I started feeling positive vibes right from the first day of the shoot and when 60 percent of the movie was shot, I was confident about it’s success.”

Speaking on comparisons with ‘Azad’, Vijay further said, “Anyone can find a lot of differences between Azad and Velayudham. The director has made interesting changes to the story and screenplay to make it close to the hearts of Tamil audience.”

Vijay is currently on a break, spending time with his parents, wife and children. Earlier this week, the actor’s mother and singer Shobha Chandrasekaran has been appointed as the Artistic Heritage Consultant by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.

Simbu's toned body for Osthi

We earlier reported Simbu aka STR has been working hard to get a six-pack physique for his forthcoming flick Osthi, the Tamil remake of Dabangg, just like Salman Khan did in the original. Simbu is believed to be going shirtless in a climax scene. Now the actor has released a picture showing off his well shaped body in a social networking site. Here’s the pic of Simbu’s toned body, released by him.

Will Osthi and Simbu get the same success like Dabangg? We have to wait and watch.