Mani Ratnam to reintroduce Parthiban’s daughter

 

The guessing games for the female lead in Mani Ratnam's next seems to have not come to an end, as the filmmaker is yet to find a new face for his forthcoming multilingual movie. After unsuccessful attempts to introduce Akshara Hassan (Kamal Hassan's daughter) and Tulasi (Radha's daughter), the director is now thinking to rope in Parthiban's daughter Keerthana.

Sources say that Mani Ratnam has short-listed a few names and Keethana's also features in that list. The filmmaker is yet to approach her but believes that she can fit the bill. Though the actors daughter is not popular, she has become a familiar face as she has been often spotted at many cinema related functions like audio release, music launch and première shows. It is noted that the actress has worked before in the filmmaker's earlier film Kannathil Muthamittal as a child artist, which bagged her National Award.

However, on Akshara Hassan and Tulasi's decisions to opt out of the film, sources claim that the former is currently concentrating on her filmmaking career and in the latter's case, her mother Radha is keen on stabilising her elder daughter Karthika's career.

Meanwhile, Karthik's son Gautham, who is being launched by Mani Ratnam with this film, has started working on the project. The upcoming actor is visiting Chennai frequently for screen tests and preparing for his role with a lots of hope.

Amala Paul bags Surya’s Singam 2

 

Amala Paul, who missed out quite a few films including Dhanush's 3, has a big reason to smile. The actress, who was last seen in Vikram's Deiva Thirumagal, has reportedly bagged a biggie to her kitty. Well, she has been roped in by director Hari for his next project Singam 2, which stars Surya.

If reports are to be believed, Amala Paul was the favourite choice for the female lead role in Singam. After coming across her looks of her earlier films, Hari directly met director Lingusamy and asked him to show some of her pictures and videos from her upcoming Tamil movie Vettai. After going through it, he felt that Amala was the right candidate for the role and offered her the movie.

Hari's Singam 2 is a sequel to Singam, which starred Surya and Anushka Shetty in the lead roles. However, it is not sure whether the filmmaker will retain other cast and crew for the second instalment.

Watch Vettai Movie Online – Trailer

 

Watch Vettai Movie Online – Trailer
Directed by : N. Linguswamy
Written by : Brinda Sarathy (dialogues)
Screenplay by : N. Linguswamy
Story by : N. Linguswamy
Starring : Madhavan, Arya, Sameera Reddy, Amala Paul
Music by : Yuvan Shankar Raja

7am arivu Universal Hit

 

7am Arivu is still doing excellent business in almost all the Multiplexes in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Padesh and Bangalore.

Karthika says that she will pair with Simbhu soon

 

Actress Radha's daughter Karthika debuted as heroine through the Tamil film Ko. This film which had Jeeva in the lead role was directed by K V Anand. This film became very popular among the Tamil audience. But after this film she has not accepted any Tamil films.

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She is currently sharing the screen with Junior NTR and Trisha in the Telugu film titled Dhammu. At this juncture there is also news that Karthika is donning the female lead role in Bharathiraja film.

When asked Karthika about this, she said, "I was getting lots of offers in Tamil after Ko. But I was waiting for a good story like Ko. Next I am donning the female lead role in the film directed by Bharathiraja. The announcement regarding this will be made in due course.

Many are asking that whether I am pairing with Simbhu in the film directed by Vetrimaaran. I am not pairing with Simbhu in this film. But I will pair with Simbhu very soon."

Asin interview- I never got the opportunity to have boy friends

Though Kollywood angel Asin is flying high in Bollywood, she is still affectionate towards our people. Here is a small interview with her:

We know about your father very much but tell us about your mother?

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My mother is a doctor. My mother is also a role model to me like my father. She has never treated me as a child. Since I am the only child, I will never misuse the freedom they have given me. I am very sincere to their faith they have on me.

There is news that you have a big library in your house?

Yes. The library belongs to my father. In my younger days I use to read the books from my father's library. My father use to have big collections of books. These books pertain to Malayalam literature, politics, religion and psychology. When I was young, my father use to tell me not to read heavy materials to read light books. But I will read my father's books only. When I was taking a big Shakespeare book my father caught me.

At this moment do you have any desire?

I am very happy now. I have got everything. The only thing I missed was Valentine date, but there is no problem about that and I am not sad about that.

Have you been involved in relationships?

I was never in relationship till now. I was very firm and made a decision that I should not have relationship. In the age of 14 I took up modeling. Now I am in cinema. Till this moment all my concentration is in cinema only.

Then who is your boy friend?

I studied in St Teresa College in Cochin. But that was a ladies college. Because of this I did not have the chance to move with boys of my age group. Now after coming to cinema most of the heroes are married. Some are very elderly person. Because of this there is no chance of boy friend for me.

How are you managing the media there?

I have a formula for that. No overreaction= Peace of mind. This is the secret of my formula.

Vidya to perform live at `Dirty Picture` music launch

 

New Delhi: Her oomph and chutzpah in the 'Ooh la la' song from 'The Dirty Picture' is already a rage. Vidya Balan is now gearing up to mesmerise fans with a live performance with other artists at the music launch of the film in Mumbai Friday.

"Vidya, Emraan (Hashmi), Naseeruddin Shah, Tusshar Kapoor, Bappi Lahiri and Shreya Ghoshal will perform at the event live," Girish Johar, head of acquisition and distribution, Balaji Motion Pictures, told reporters.

Asked if Vidya will perform to 'Ooh la la', Johar said: "Yes of course!!!"

The event is to be held at the Inorbit Mall in Malad, starting 6 p.m. It is free for everyone.

"That`s the novelty value. We wanted to take the film to the public directly so that they can interact with the stars and enjoy the music," he added.

The actors themselves are quite excited about the colourful music launch.

Tusshar tweeted: "Hello people, on Friday, 4th Nov, pls come to `The Dirty Picture` audio launch. It`s at 6 pm at Inorbit, Malad and free for the public. It should be a first-of-its-kind audio launch where you will witness live performances by the star cast and singers.

"The Dirty Picture", produced by Ekta Kapoor, chronicles the rise to fame, gradual fall and death of southern actress Silk Smitha. The film is releasing Dec 2.