Shruthi dons the role of scientist

Shruthi Haasan is donning the role of a scientist in the film Ezham Arivu directed by A R Murugadoss. Shruthi while speaking about this said, " I am acting in the Tamil film Ezham Arivu.
In Telugu I am pairing with Siddarth in the film O My Friend and with Junior NTR in a film. The film Ezham Arivu will give me a good introduction in Tamil. I don’t want to reveal whether I am donning the role of a scientist or not at this stage.
I can never forget acting with Surya. My friends all became very happy when they heard that I am going to pair with Surya. I had learnt a lot from Surya. Many are asking me that whether I am having relationship with Siddarth. I have spoken about this many times. I wish to speak more about my work than sharing my personal matters."

Megha Nair Returns with Kadalichi Paar

Actress Megha Nair returns to Tamil after a long break. She is acting in Kadalichi Paar. She has paired with newcomer Vikas. Gaana Ulaganathan also stages a comeback with his Gaana song in this movie.

Meera Jasmine to Bid Adieu to Cinema

Meera Jasmine the National award winning actress is saying good bye to movies due to her marriage with her long time lover Mandalin Rajesh.

Anushka in Selvaraghavan-Kamal Haasan's Movie

Anushka has become the uncrowned queen of Kollywood with her handful of projects. The actress commenced her second innings with the grand success of ‘Arundhathi’, ‘Singam’ and ‘Vettaikaaran’. Now she’ll repeat her role of Saroja in the Tamil remake of ‘Vedam’ movie titled ‘Vaanam’. Apart from this flick, she’ll be a part of Vishnuvardhan’s upcoming bilingual movie and talks are going on to sign her for ‘Billa-2’.

But the latest buzzes are that the actress will share screen space with Kamal Haasan in Selvaraghavan’s next movie that is produced bilingually in Tamil and Telugu. Initially, the actress was to be pairing with Kamal Haasan in his own directorial ‘Thalaivan Irukiran’, which is stalled for time being.

The official confirmations pertaining to her role in Selvaraghavan’s movie will be announced after discussions.

Why Sameera loves acting in Tamil films

After wowing the Tamil audience as Meghna, the love interest of Suriya in Gautham Vaudev Menon's National Award-winning film Vaaranam Aayiram, Sameera Reddy is back (after Asal) with Menon's thriller Nadunisai Naigal (Midnight Dogs).
She is paired opposite Veera, Menon's assistant. The story of this song-less film takes place in one night. The film releases this Friday.
Shobha Warrier finds out more.
What was your initial reaction when Gautham Menon told you the story of Nadunisai Naigal?
What he told me first was a one line story of the film. He said that it was an edge of the seat thriller where the story happens in one night. I'm supposed to be on a date with my boyfriend when the most unexpected things happen. Menon told me that he would take me to places I cannot even imagine.
Were you hooked?
Yes. He also told me some of the things that would happen to me which I cannot divulge now. I had goose pimples on hearing them. He asked me if I was okay with no songs in the film. I told him that if he was okay, then I'm fine with it too.

Political Parties Busy in Booking actors For Compaign

Political parties in Tamil Nadu gearing up to face the election. Both DMK and AIADMK busy in booking popular actors and actresses for their campaigns.

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Actress turned producer Sona who lost almost Rs 5 cr due to the failure of her first film Kanimozhi, is now decided to drop her second venture Bagyaraj 2010

Anjali in ‘Mankatha’

The latest player in the mega ‘Mankatha’ game is Anjali. The ‘Angadi Theru’ salesgirl will play an important role in this 50th film of Ajith, a multistarrer being directed by Venkat Prabhu.

Anjali is the leading lady of ‘Thoonga Nagaram’, produced by Dhayanidhi Alagiri. “She bagged ‘Mankatha’ offer since Dhayanidhi’s Cloud Nine Movies is producing ‘Mankatha’ too,” say sources.

Happy about sharing the screen space with the ‘Thala’, Anjali says, “it was a great experience. I am really happy and excited to be part of an important film of Ajith. Thanks to everyone involved in it.”

‘Mankatha’ already has Arjun, Lakshmi Rai, Premji Amaran, Vaibhav and other actors playing crucial roles. “The film is going to be a real treat for Ajith fans on his birthday May 1,” says Venkat Prabhu.

Meena Invites VVIPs for baby Naming Ceremony

Actress Meena, who gave birth to a female child on new year is inviting the who is who of Kollywood including super star Rajinikanth for her child's naming ceremony.

Monicka in Kannada remake of ‘Charlie Chaplin’

The producers and filmmakers in Hindi film industry are known for their smartness over remaking some of our Tamil films by adding more shades to it. This was quite illustrious with ‘Houseful’, which was inspired from Kamal Haasan-Prabhu Deva starrer ‘Kadhala Kadhala’. The examples don’t end here and again ‘Charlie Chaplin’ is the need for this context.

The film was patently remade in Hindi titled ‘No Entry’ and featured Anil Kapoor, Fardeen Khan with Salman Khan playing the role of Livingston. The film was again remade in Tamil as ‘Happy Husbands’ that was a good hit.

Obviously, the remake now goes to Kannada with the same title of ‘Happy Husbands’. The film has Ravichandran in lead role and Monicka stars opposite him in female lead role. The rest of star-casts are yet to be finalized.

Padmapriya is a giving a break for homely roles

Padmapriya says that she will not act in stereo typed roles. While speaking about this, she said,” I did homely roles in the films Pokkisham and Thavamai Thavamirundhu. But I cannot continue to act like this.

I am giving a break for such kind of roles. The tribal costume I wore in Pazhassi Raja cannot be worn in any other films. We have to wear costume dresses when we don the role of commercial sex worker or club dancer. I will definitely act in these kinds of glamour roles if I get them.

There is news that there is opposition for South Indian actress in Bollywood. It is not true. Nobody opposed me when I acted in Hindi films. Asin and Trisha are continuing to act in Hindi films. Katrina Kaif who hails from foreign country also acts in Hindi films. Nobody has opposed her.

There is competition in all fields. But it is little more in cinema field. We cannot say that it is objection. I am ready to face any kind of competition. I have the boldness to act in any kind of challenging roles. One thing is that the story should be good or either the role should be good. If neither is there, I will not act in such kind of films.”

Aishwarya refuses $1M deal

Aishwarya Rai has reportedly rejected a $1 Million (Rs. 5 crores) offer by a Hollywood studio to shoot a documentary filmed on her. According to the deal, a foreign crew would follow her for a week and document her personal and professional life.

The offer did not interest the beauty even to the slightest because she believes her privacy is priceless. Despite the team tried to influence the actress for a month Aishwarya was firm and politely rejected the request.

She said she would never let anyone shoot her at home and that what happens within her home are nobody’s business but her own.

In 2004 a British-based author and director Nasreen Munni Kabir filmed a documentary ‘The Inner World and the Outer World of Shahrukh Khan’ based on the actor and probably that might have prompted the Hollywood studio to try for one with Aishwarya Rai.

SRK’s documentary featured his 2004 Temptations concert tour, also his ‘inner world’ of family and daily life and his ‘outer world’ of his work.

Tamannah on ‘3 Idiots’

Tamannah has cleared the air by saying that no one had approached her so far to play the female protagonist in the Tamil remake of Bollywood blockbuster ‘3 Idiots’, which would be directed by Shankar.

“No, the reports are not true. I have not been offered the role so far,” the actress says, adding: “The Hindi original is a huge hit and I am hopeful that the Tamil version too will be equally big.”

Interestingly, if the role is offered to Tamannah, she would for the second time play a character played by Kareena Kapoor. The first time was in ‘Kanden Kadhalai’, which was inspired by ‘Jab We Met’.

Buzz is that the Tamil version of ‘3 Idiots’ would bring together Shankar and Vijay for the first time. Music will be by Harris Jayaraj. Remember Shankar worked as an associate to Vijay’s father S A Chandrasekaran before becoming a director.

Nayanthara wants to be Miss Idiot

Actress Nayanthara has been one of the top-charting actress of past couple of years and went down suddenly with a below average performance in her career graph. It was all due to her personal problems and now the actress is trying to make a great comeback in Kollywood.

The actress has pinned all her hopes on upcoming Tamil release ‘Boss Engira Bhaskaran’ that features Arya in lead role. The actress believes that her role will be completely impressive and has more probabilities of winning her great offers.

And then, there’s interesting news about the actress that is trying to perform the role of Kareena Kapoor in the Tamil remake of Vijay’s ‘3 Idiots’. The actress is also preparing herself to look fit for the role even before the offer could approach her.

But, it looks like Vijay isn’t interested over pairing with her due to the controversies, she has been bounded to.

Anaya says that she is willing to do glamour roles

Anaya who had acted in Nadodigal is now busy acting with Amitabh Bachchan and Mohanlal in the film Kandahar and with Mohanlal in Shikar. In Tamil she is acting in Seedan and a film directed by the assistant of Vasanthabalan.

Anaya recently while speaking to the media said,” Nobody would have got the opportunity to do the role which I did in Nadodigal. After the hit of the film, I got the character which I expected to do. The film is Seedan. There are lots of chances for this film to reach me to the audience in a good way.

Lot of debutant directors have narrated the stories. Since I am currently acting in two Malayalam films, I was not able to concentrate in Tamil cinema. Vasanthabalan’s assistant Sriram Balan has narrated a story to me. I liked it very much. In short while I will start acting in Tamil films continuously.

With regard to Malayalam films, I got big offers within few years of me coming to act. I am really happy that I got these offers. I am acting with big stars like Amitabh Bachchan and Mohanlal in Kandahar and Shikar. There is only one song remaining to be shot for Shikar. Scenes pertaining to me for the film Kandahar are to be shot this week. Amitabh sir scenes are over.

This film will be an innovative film in Indian cinema. In cinema life, all things which I have not expected is happening on its own. I will escalate to the next level in my cinema career after the release of these two films. People are asking me whether is donning the role of my mother. Yes. All her scenes are in flashback.

There is no scene in which I and Sneha have acted together. As far as my knowledge she is the mother of baby Anaya. I heard that the media has made a big issue out of it. There is nothing more to talk about it. I will act in glamour roles but I will not cross the limits.”

Asin in Chennai. Red carpet rolled

Asin, after all the controversy over her visit to Sri Lanka and coo chi cooing with the government forces there is back at work and that too in Chennai. Tamil community was outraged at Asin’s visit to Sri Lanka and moving in the company of the President’s wife in military helicopter. Asin was able to go to areas declared high security zones and are banned even for international media and NGOs.

Asin with all her courage poo poohed the unity call of Tamil film industry and resumed her work for Vijay's film 'Kaaval Kaadhal'. The actress was seen shooting with Vijay in RCR region of Chennai with out any protest even to the minimum.

Does this mean the problem is over and Asin will not be troubled anymore? Was Asin right from the beginning when she daringly challenged the dictates of FEFSI? Will more stars be allowed to go to Sri Lanka in future? How are they planning to tackle the ban call given by the Tamil communities outside India including the largest Tamil organization FeTNA?

It’s good to have plans to cross the bridge even before they reach the bridge.

Andrea joins dance classes

Actress Andrea is busy shaking her legs day and night. Know what? The actress has joined a dance class to develop the skills. Making her debut with ‘Pacchaikili Muthucharam’, Andrea never had an opportunity to dance. Even in the most overpowering song of ‘Oh Eesa’ of ‘Aayirathil Oruvan’, it was Reema Sen, who had more footage to dance. However, Andrea hasn’t given up the hope and is now vigorously gaining those skills.

The actress is now shooting for her upcoming film ‘Idhu Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam’, in which she shares the screen space with Dhanush. The film is directed by Selvaraghavan and is produced by his father Kasthoori Raja under the banner of RK Productions.

The rumors about her affairs with Selvaraghavan have slightly got trivialized on its course and maybe, soon after the release, things may catch up again.

Kushboo, Suhasini turn advisors

Tamil Film Producers Council president Rama Narayanan, Suhasini Mani Ratnam, Kushboo, Revathi and Rohini are on the advisory panel of this year’s Chennai International Film Festival.

The Indo-Cine Appreciation Foundation (ICAF), which organised the festival for the last seven years, is this time joining hands for the cause with two powerful bodies- South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce (SIFCC) and Film Federation of India (FFI).

According to E Thangaraj, secretary, ICAF, “the aim of the festival is to put Chennai on the global map of film festivals. The budget this year has been almost doubled when compared to that of last year, as we are planning to screen more films.”

He added: “Apart from the Woodlands multiplex, where we normally screen movies, SIFCC's theatre will be one more addition like last year. We are expecting support from the Tamil Nadu government and other bodies of Tamil cinema.”

Samira Reddy: I love Gowtham Menon

Samira Reddy says,” I am a great fan of Gowtham Menon. Though my role was small in Vaaranam Aayiram, I got lot of fans because of him. I love Gowtham Menon.”

Samira Reddy was a glamour doll in Bollywood but Gowtham Menon made her dress modestly in the film Vaaranam Aayiram and showed her as a beautiful angel. Because of this film, Samira Reddy had got a good name in Tamil cinema. Now again she is acting in Gowtham Menon’s film. The film is being produced by Gowtham Menon and is titled Nadunisi Naaigal. Samira Reddy eyes widen when she speaks about this film.

She said,” You will see a different Samira Reddy in this film. This film will create great thrill in the theatres. This film and I will be much spoken. I am not interested in glamour roles alone. I like to journey in everything.

Though my role in Vaaranam Aayiram was small I was able to earn lot of fans. But I was the heroine in Asal but many people did not like that. Now I will be choosy and act in selected films. I am a great fan of Gowtham Menon. It is a great gift for me to act once again in Gowtham Menon’s film. I love Gowtham Menon.

Both Asal and Vaaranam Aayiram had good stories. Above all I like Ajith and Gowtham Menon. That is why I agreed to act in these films. That doesn’t mean that I will act in the films directed by popular directors. I liked the Tamil film Kaaka Kaaka very much. So when Gowtham Menon called me to act in Vaaranam Aayiram, I was thrilled.”