05 Oct 09 ‘Chiyaan’ Vikram signed with biggest deal ever

Maybe, ‘Kanthaswamy’ would’ve got a big collection in box office, but actor Vikram has indirectly accepted that the film hasn’t been fair enough in his career. He has mounted all his hopes on his upcoming bilingual film ‘Raavana’ directed by Manirathnam. The Tamil version features him in the role of protagonist while on the other opposite role in Hindi.

His portions will be completed by 22nd October and the actor has given dates to Kanagarathna Movies Ramesh for the untitled film to be directed by Selvaraghavan. The entire film will be shot across various locales of India including Ladahk, Goa and Mumbai. Tentatively, ‘Subramaniapuram’ fame Swathi has been roped in for starring opposite him in female lead. Nothing has been revealed about the film’s storyline or nature of it.

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13 Sep 09 Vikram’s one day match

Popular director Vikram Kumar of Yavarum Nalam fame is all set to start his new project. The film is given a novel title Twenty Four. Sources say that Twenty Four is allo about the incidents that occurs in a single day.

We are aware that Vikram is good at entertaining the audience with his innovative style which was very well captured in his TV serial concept in Yavarum Nalam. Similarly, this new venture also will be a story of difference it is expected.

Twenty Four will have actor Vikram playing the lead character.

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27 Aug 09 Jayam Ravi’s Thillalangadi starts rolling!

Editor Mohan’s Jeyam Company’s new film Thilalangadi featuring Jayam Ravi, Tamannaah and Shaam, directed by M.Raja had its ‘pooja’ launch and shoot at AVM Studios in Chennai today (Aug 19) morning.

The first shot was directed by Chief Guest director Shankar, with Ilayathalapathy Vijay giving the clap shot!

All the top guns in Tamil film industry like Tamil Film Producers Council chief Ramanarayanan, KRG, Abirami Ramanathan, S.A Chandrasekhar, R.B Chowdhary, Ram Kumar, Kastoori Raja, PL Thenappan and actor Karthi were present on the occasion.

Thilalangadi is a remake of the Telugu super hit Kick which had Ravi Teja, Ileana and Shaam. The Tamil version has Jayam Ravi, Tamannaah, Shaam, Prabhu, Suhasini, Vadivel, Santhanam, Mansoor Ali Khan, Livingstone and Myilsami. The camera is by Rajasekhar, a former Jeeva assistant and music by Yuvan Shankar Raja.

M.Raja, the ‘Remake Raja’ of Tamil cinema says: “We have an extraordinary technical crew for a multi-starrer. Shaam is doing almost a parallel role, Vadivel in a full length role. It is going to be an energetic entertainer, my fifth film with ‘Thambi’ (Ravi) and its going to be a sure hit.”

Added Jayam Ravi: “The film has tremendous title value and it is going to be an all new entertainer. I had congratulated Tamannaah when she did Happy Days in Telugu. Now I’m happy that she has become my heroine.”

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30 Jul 09 Unnaipol Oruvan release postponed to September!

It looks like Kamal Hassan will not be able to keep to his original plans of releasing his eagerly awaited Unnaipol Oruvan on August 12.

His fans wanted it as the date has a significance- 50 years back as a child artist Kamal’s first film Kalathur Kannamma was released on August 12, 1959!

The dubbing of Unnaipol Oruvan is going on and it looks like it will take another fortnight before the first copy would be ready.

Then the sales of the film has to start and it looks like the film will make it to the theatres only in the third week of September.

Another important factor was that Ramzan Fasting period is to start on August 21 and will go up to September 17, during which collections will take a big dip especially in Malabar area in Kerala and Nizam territory in Andhra.

And the film’s Tamil Version has Kerala’s biggest star Mohanlal, whose role in the Telugu version is being done by superstar Venkatesh. Both of them have advised Kamal to release the film only after the Noyambu (Fasting) period.

The trade feels Unnaipol Oruvan has potential to be a big movie and it should not clash with the Vikram’s biggie Kanthaswamy which has announced an August 15 release.

Tags: kamal hassan, mohan lal, shruthi hassan, unnaipol oruvan

22 Jul 09 Suriya’s Singam to start rolling

Suriya will start work on his 25th silver jubilee film Singam in August, to be directed by Hari and produced by Gjanavel Raja of Studio Green. The film is likely to be the actor’s big summer April, 2010 release.

For Suriya and Hari it will be their hat trick film, after Aaru and Vel. According to Hari, it will be a mass action entertainer, in which Suriya will play the role of a cop. Suriya may put on weight to look like a TN cop, in a film where the action will fluctuate between city and village.

Anushka will be playing Suriya’s heroine in the film. The others in the cast are Prakash Raj, Nasser and Vivek. Devi Sri Prasad is the music director of the film, while Priyan will be the cinematographer.

Singam, is a catchy title and it will be a mass entertainer, catering to the B & C audiences. It is a smart move by Suriya who is very strong in ‘A’ and ‘B’ stations to reach across to the smaller stations in Tamil Nadu

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