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.

Tags: chiyaan, kanthasamy, raavana, selvaraagavan, vikram

06 Sep 09 Mani Ratnam’s plans for Vikram!

Vikram plays an important role in both versions (Tamil and Hindi) of the Mani Ratnam directed Raavan. While there are a host of actors that star along with him in the film, like Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Priyamani, Prithviraj etc., the director has plans to make a trailer concentrating wholly on the title role or rather, the villain.

This first trailer, sources say, will concentrate on Vikram’s character, thus giving him a grand opening in Bollywood. Wonder what the director has in store for this versatile actor.

Tags: aishwarya rai, maniratnam, ravana, vikram