f industry sources are to be believed, then it really is a coup! According to the latest buzz, Bollywood’s Badshah Shah Rukh Khan will be launching Ilayathalapathy Vijay’s next flick, which is tentatively titled Velayudham.
The man who’s being tipped to bring the My Name is Khan star to Chennai is producer Aascar Ravichandran, known for his lavish launches. The same producer brought international star Jackie Chan to India for his earlier film Dasavatharam’s audio launch.
Aascar Ravi has gotten a commitment from Vijay, reveal insiders. Vijay will be directed by filmmaker Jayam Raja for the forthcoming movie, which will go on the floors after he completes his current film Kaavalkaran with Siddique.
Though Asin was originally supposed to play opposite Vijay in Aascar’s project, the actress chose to team up with the Sura star for the Siddique-directed movie.
Now, it is learnt that the new movie, which is based on the Telugu flick Azad (which featured Nagarjuna, the late Soundarya and Shilpa Shetty) will star two hotties —- Ileana and Genelia. Both will be romancing Vijay. Both the actors and director’s penchant for Telugu remakes is common knowledge, so it came as no surprise that they zeroed in on Azad for their next project.
Since Genelia has already worked with Vijay in Sachien and Jayam Raja in Santhosh Subramaniam, it was easy to rope in the actress. In all likelihood Harris Jayaraj will compose the tracks.
The big launch is to take place for sentimental reasons at the Nehru Indoor Stadium, a venue which worked well for the producer during his Dasavatharam audio release.
