Today News 10.12.2008

Ajith's Asal – will it or wont?

While the media went crazy writing about Ajith's next movie with director Charan, the actor and the director remain tightlipped about the issue. The movie is said to be produced by Sivaji pictures since the company has officially acquired Ajith's call sheets recently.


While numerous news sources state that the movie is named Asal and Sameera Reddy has been roped in to play the lead, no official confirmation in this regard has been released by Ajith, Sivaji Pictures or Charan so far that does not completely rule out a possibility of such a project. Grapevine also has it that the movie is scored by Harris' music.

Karthi’s heroine dilemma

Looks like the heroine hunt for Karthi’s Payya seems to have hit the road to nowhere. After Nayan refusing to come down from her 1 crore mark, Trisha was approached. While initial reports averred that Trisha was booked for 80 lakhs, lesser than Nayan’s remuneration, news from the director’s stable state otherwise.


Industry sources, citing the director/producer’s close allies reveal that Lingusamy is resorting to his third option in the list, which is Tamanna. Incidentally, the Punjabi lass’ pay check is way lesser than that of Nayan and Trisha. Besides, she also joined the elite league recently after having been starred with Surya for Ayan. More news in this regard awaited.

Villu resumes!

Prabhudeva is not letting his personal grievance pull down his responsibilities at the professional front. The director turned actor, who lost his eldest son to a mysterious form of cancer, a few days back is back at the sets of his upcoming project Villu with Vijay in the lead.

Vijay, Nayan, Ranjitha, and Geetha

participated in the Villu shooting that resumed recently. The shoots were held in a private bungalow near Meenambakkam. A song sequence with Nayan and Vijay was also shot in Binni Mills, as part of the shoots.

Lawsuit against Ghajini

The posters of Ghajini pasted across the country have stirred a lot of controversies. Only recently, a Mumbaiu-based doctor alleged that she has been receiving numerous calls and SMSes after mobile number was displayed on the posters. As per the story, Aamir Khan suffers from short term memory loss and hence to remember the phone numbers he

would have tattooed the most important numbers on his body. One such number happened to be Dr. Surekha Varma's.

Now a business man, Trilochan Singh, has complained that he is also receiving several calls day in and day out. According Mr. Singh's advocate, his client is a BP patient and such calls are detrimental to his health. Moreover, Singh is not able to distinguish between personal call, business call and Ghajini calls, he says. A lawsuit has been filed seeking a compesation of Rs. 50 lakhs, he added.

Rahman's Puli – redefining deals

As it seems the Madras Maestro Rahman is redefining music right deals in Tollywood. His latest soundtrack album for the movie Puli in Telugu has been sold for an enviable sum of 2.5 crores to Sony Corporation. This is said to be a record quite unseen in the history of music deals in Tollywood. Puli stars Pavan Kalyan in the lead and is

directed by S J Surya. Puli's music is expected to be out soon.

With this deal, Sony will have exclusive access to the release and publicity of the soundtrack of the movie. This deal also includes access to a handsome profit obtained from selling caller tunes and dialer tunes supported by cellphone network providers.

Aishwarya Rai - No expectations!

Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan starrer The Pink Panther is ready to hit the screens soon. The gorgeous actress disclosed to the media the reason for accepting to star in the film. According to Aishwarya, Peter Sellers, the British comedian who has starred in four of The Pink Panther films was her favorite actor.

Ash disclosed that she grew up watching The Pink Panther and the films were such a comedy and never failed to at least bring a smile on one’s face. Ash added that she knew well that the film is all about Steve Martin and The Pink Panther and does not expect to be critically acclaimed for her role in it.

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Top News 04.12.2008

Villu on internet

Internet seems to play spoilsport as far as unreleased films are concerned. The latest film that is hit by the mischief makers on the internet is Villu. Many big budget films have fallen prey to the mischief mongers who distribute the songs of the unreleased film on the internet free of cost. The three songs that have been doing the rounds recently

are: Uyirai Thozhitthen, Nee Parthidel and Kanavellam Neethane. These three songs are said to be from Villu.

However, in most of the cases the songs distributed on the internet do not feature in the film. So it needs to be seen if the songs doing rounds on the internet will be a part of Villu. Villu, which is directed by Prabhu Deva, stars Ilayathalapathy Vijay.


This actress may miss the awards!

Parvathy’s astounding performance in the film Poo has been receiving rave reviews from the fans as well as the critics. In fact most of the audiences who watched the film vouch that Parvathy deserves an award for her performance. But what they fail to understand is that she had not lent her voice for the film. According to Poo’s director Sasi, he wanted
Parvathy
Parvathy to dub for the film but her strong Malayalam accent forbade him to use her voice.

It is a well known rule that all the actors considered for the National award must have dubbed for the film. Since Parvathy’s voice was not used for Poo she may miss the coveted award.

Soundarya Rajini's association with Nakul

Soundarya Rajinikanth is making waves in the film industry with diverse projects in film making. Her animation film ‘Sultan the warrior’ on her dad will soon be ready. Currently she is producing Venkat Prabhu’s Goa. Now, the latest update from her Ochre studios reveals that she will be making a film with Kaadhalil Vizhunden Nakul in the lead role

directed by Hosimin, an assistant director who had worked with Shankar in Sivaji. It has been said that she and Nakul had studied together at Ashram school and are good buddies. This association seems to have helped her rope in the young hero in her project. When Hosimin recently narrated a story it has impressed the younger daughter of the Boss. She had immediately called Nakul and after narrating the story to him has obtained his consent to feature in Hosimin’s film as hero. School connections do help in some cases after all!

December season in Kollywood

A temporary lull in the last couple of months in the industry will be replaced by barrage of movies in December 2008. Saamida, a film that is shot in Kasi, will be out on the 6th. Silambarasan's Silambattam is likely to be released on the 12th while official confirmation is awaited. 'Where is the party tonight' is on the top of charts and his fans are eagerly

awaiting this release. AVM's Aa Aaa Yi Yee with two young couple doing the central role will hit the screens on the 18th.

Besides these movies, other films that are anticipated are: Ravi Krishna and Kamalaini Mukherjee's Kaadal Naa Summa Illai, Abirami Ramanadan's Panjamirtham, Maddy's Guru En Aalu and Aindam Padai. However, Radha Mohan's Abhiyum Naanum which was expected for Diwali may also hit the marquee during this season. Perarasu's Thiruvannamalai with Arjun may throw a surprise with an early release. We will keep you posted.

Bala seals Naan Kadavul

Naan Kadavul, the film that was in the making for a very long time, will finally be released for Pongal 2009. The film’s audio release is scheduled for this month end. Yesterday the crew shot a last bit of the film at the AVM Studios in Chennai which had Bharathi, Ranjani and Azhagan Thamizh Mani.


Bharathi (not to be confused with Ammuvaghiya Naan star) plays the role of Arya's mother while Azhagan Thamizh Mani is Arya's dad and Ranjani happens to be his sister. The scene was that of a small function for Ranjani on her attaining puberty. Bharathi happens to be in a melancholic mood because there are no kith and kin attending the function. When Ranjani questions her parents about the absence of her brother Arya, both the parents appear to be in a very pensive mood. This was the scene that was filmed and with this, the shooting of Naan Kadavul comes to an end. Bala's fans would be extremely delighted and would wait for this Pongal bonanza from the talented director.

Rajini considers his film to be the last

Director Lingusamy during the audio launch of his production venture Pattalam, disclosed that Rajini had mentioned once to him that ever since 1992 he has considered each of the film that he has been acting to be his final film. The director-producer said this was Rajinikanth's answer when he questioned about being in the film industry for over 25 years.

Rajini till date maintains his stylish and youngish persona in all his films, which is an attraction to the young and the old alike.

Lingusamy is producing the film Pattalam under his banner Thirupati Brothers. The film stars veteran actress Nadiya along with eight debutantes.

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