Katrina’s penchant for south movies

 

The angel of beauty Katrina Kaif may well be the queen of Bollywood and has countless number of admirers in her list but then it is heard that she has a great admiration for south cinema. Apparently, Kats has great respect for the likes of superstar Rajinikanth, Ulaganayagan Kamal Haasan or Malayalam superstar Mohanlal. Though she is on her toes with Bollywood projects, she is hoping that she gets the right script to make her comeback in south.

Bala conducted a test shoot for Pooja

 

Director Bala is planning to rope in his Naan Kadavul heroine Pooja for Eriyum Thanal. The director is to conduct a test shoot on Pooja and is expected to officially announce her as the heroine in the film. The film also star Vedhika as a female lead with Atharva as the hero.

Music for Eriyum Thanal is being scored by GV Prakash. The film is based on a Malayalam novel, say sources.

Karthi’s Malligadu audio launch today

 

Karthi, Priyamani starrer Malligadu is all set to release in Telugu. The film is a dubbed version of National Award winning film Paruthiveeran. Priyamani had won the National Award for Best Actress for her performance in this film back in 2007. Ameer Sultan had directed the film and almost five years later, it has been dubbed in Telugu. The film started a new trend in Tamil cinema and post the success of this films, several directors began making films which are set in villages. Yuvan Shankar Raja has composed the music for Malligadu. The film's audio is going to be launched later today at Taj Deccan, Hyderabad. Several dignitaries are expected to attend the event.

I’m not affected by the entry of newcomers : Shriya Saran

 

Shriya Saran says she is hardly affected by the constant entry of newcomers in the industry. The actress, who has the distinction of pairing up opposite superstar Rajinikanth in his mega-hit Sivaji: The Boss directed by Shankar, somehow was unable to make it to the list of frontline actresses.

Shriya is very pretty, possesses an enviable hourglass figure and is a great dancer. Despite all these, she hasn't been flooded with offers. She starred in films like Enakku 20 Unakku 18 and Mazhai but it was her film opposite Rajini which took her to the pinnacle of her career. After that, she starred in a few films opposite Dhanush, Rajini's son-in-law.

She also paired up opposite Vijay in Azhagiya Tamizhmagan, which bit the dust at the box-office. In between, she also starred in Telugu, Hindi and even in English films. The moment she made the cardinal sin of starring along side comedian Vadivelu for an 'item number' in a failed project, offers started deserting her. Ajith, who had thought of signing her up for one of his films, backtracked and there started Shriya's slide.

Though she doesn't have a single Tamil film on hand, she claims she's busy with her Hindi and English projects. She was a visible face in the recently-concluded CCL cricket tournament. Queried whether she felt bad about her Tamil market, Shriya says "I'm not bothered about the fact that I don't have any Tamil project on hand. With the entry of newcomers, it's quite obvious that offers many not be the same as it was earlier.

"Still, it's a good trend that lot of newcomers is coming up. Even I was a newcomer when I debuted many years back. I welcome all those newcomers like the way I was welcomed; I have starred in many films and have a few projects on hand. I'd remain in the film industry as long as I find the going smooth," concludes Shriya.

Aravaan gets back to Lingusamy

 

Lingusamy has laid his hands on the Vasantha Balan directed Aravaan. Though there were talks that his Tirupati Brothers are in fray to distribute the film, Lingusamy opted out as the deal did not work out to his satisfaction.

But things have now turned out to be conducive for him. Following this, Tirupati Brothers and T Siva's Amma Creations will release Aravaan on March 2nd. The film stars Aadhi, Pasupathy, Dhansika, Archana Kavi and several others. Karthik has scored the music for Aravaan.

An additional piece of info is that the trailer of 18 Vayasu will be released along with Aravaan. Renigunta fame Johnny has played the lead role in this film, which has been produced by Nic Arts SS Chakravarthy

Arya and Santhanam in Delhi Belly remake

Kollywood famous Arya and Santhanam will plan for their next combination. They have planned to act together in the film 'Delhi Belly' which will be a Hindi film going to remake in Tamil with another title.

Director Kannan is now in this idea and will see him in the film's shooting soon. The film has Arya and Santhanam in the crucial roles and surely it should have a familiar female role as it is going to be produced by a leading producer. Hope to start the film's shooting soon.

Shruti Haasan-Vishal romance in Sundar direction ?

 

Actress singer Shruti Haasan is likely to be the heroine opposite Vishal in his new bilingual to be made in Tamil and Telugu by popular Tamil director-actor Sundar C.

According to reports, Sundar C approached Shruti Haasan recently and got a green signal for the actress.

However, Sundar C, who is giving final touches to the script, has denied the reports and claimed that nothing has been finalized yet. The movie is expected to take off in March, 2012.

Kochadaiyaan all set for record-breaking

 

Superstar Rajinikanth's upcoming venture Kochadaiyaan is all set to be sold in other languages at a record-breaking price. Distributors from various languages are already gearing themselves up to secure the release and distribution rights of the film in their respective languages at a whopping cost.

Only in Rajini's case, it is often witnessed that the film's distribution rights are sold off on the day the film's muhurat is held or some times even before that. The supreme confidence among the distributors and exhibitors that Rajini's films won't 'disappoint' them is cited as the foremost reason for this trend. They also know that even if it misfires (which is a rarity), Rajini would take care of their liabilities.

Kochadaiyaan, the first Indian film to be made using the 'motion capturing technology', has Rajini and Deepika Padukone in the lead and also has a huge star cast in Sarath Kumar, Jackie Shroff, Aadhi, Rukmani and others. It has music by A.R. Rahman and is directed by Rajini's younger daughter Soundarya. K.S. Ravikumar, one of Rajini's favourite directors, pens the story, screenplay and dialogues besides supervising the direction of Soundarya.

To be made on the lines of Hollywood's Avatar and to be released the world over, the film's distribution rights for Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam languages are said to be negotiated at huge costs. A popular Telugu film producer has reportedly come forward to secure the film's dubbing rights in Telugu for a whopping Rs.30 crores. Overall, the film might cross the Rs.100 crore barrier including Kerala region and abroad.

Add to it the Hindi and Tamil version's business and the film might end up as one of the highest-grossers in the history of Indian films!