Rajanikanth's animated movie Hara title chage for "Rana"

Super star Rajinikanth’s first animated film produced by Soundarya Rajinikanth has under gone a title change for three times. Initially it was titled as Sultan the Warrior and later it has been changed to Hara. Now as per the snoopy sources it is heard that Hara has been renamed as Rana.

But as of now nothing has been announced officially by the filmmakers. Right now the film is under the heels of completion. Director K.S Ravikumar is going to direct the scenes, where line portions appear. It is also heard that Trisha is going to act in few scenes as asked by the director.

Rajini is going to share the screen space with ‘Anjathey’ fame Vijayalakshmi. Prakash Raj and Rahul Dev are playing important roles in the film. A R Rahman composed five songs for this animated film. The song sequences will be handled by K S Ravikumar himself.

Bilingual Film Payanam Release on February 4, 2011

The bilingual film starring Nagarjuna and Prakash Raj in lead roles was supposed to hit screens for Diwali 2010, but remained inside cans due to lots of continuous releases in both Tamil and Telugu. Now as the makers have found February to be the favorable time, they have decided to get it released by the first week.

Titled as Gaganam in Telugu, the bilingual movie is directed by Radha Mohan. This is the first time, the director is making an action-thriller as his previous films were patently rom-com entertainers.

The film revolves around a domestic flight between Mumbai-Chennai being hijacked by terrorists and they force the pilot for emergency landing at Tirupathi airport. Government now appoints a proficient commando (Nagarjuna) to save the hijacked victims and a senior bureaucrat (played by Prakash Raj) to negotiate with terrorists. The highlighting traits about the film is that Nagarjuna will have not have any pairs and his usual ‘romance’ factors will be missing here. Radha Mohan assures that though it’s an edge-seated action thriller, there will be some situational comedies that will tickle the funny bones.

Bhumika new movie Kalavadiya Pozhudhugal now ready for release

Looking at Prabhu Deva, you will wonder how he manages to be so calm inspite of all the tumult that the ace choreographer turned actor cum director is going through in recent times. Today (Dec 7), Prabhu Deva is meeting the press after a very long time. A normally media shy person, his personal life is dragged into public glare for all the wrong reasons, after he confessed his love for top actress Nayantara.

However on the professional front, the man is upbeat. He has completed work on Santhosh Sivan’s ambitious trilingual Urumi and his Thangar Bachchan directed off-beat Kalavadiya Pozhudhugal is waiting to be released. Top Bollywood director Sanjay Leela Bhansali has signed him up to direct a film for his home production early next year. As a director, his Engeyum Kadhal, a romantic musical is all set for a Pongal release and the audio which released last month is a chartbuster. And on Thursday (Dec 9) he is starting his new film for GK Film Corporation with Vishal as hero. This untitled film is an action packed drama a remake from Telugu hit and has Sameera Reddy and Vivek in the supporting cast.

Vandhaan Vendraan Movie Romantic Sequence

Though Kannan has said in a statement to the media that he and his team will be back to Chennai by the first week of December, this is not the end of his filming stint in the beautiful South Indian state.

The cast of ‘Vandhaan Vendraan’ will be back to Kerala on the 1st of January to complete the final leg of the Kerala shoot. In fact, the dates have been adjusted by Kannan keeping in mind the schedule of his lead actor Jeeva. According to the media reports, Jeeva will be very busy in the month of December shooting for the South Indian version of Bollywood blockbuster 3 Idiots.

While Kannan is presently shooting in Kerala, he is also searching for an appropriate face to suit a negative character in the upcoming film. Kannan says that while the lead actors have been finalized, a character which goes against the one played by Jeeva in ‘Vandhaan Vendraan’ is still in the reckoning. Kannan will not need him in the Kerala shoot but is in talks with several actors for the role. Thaman is scoring the music and Na. Muthukumar, Kabilan, Yugabharathy and Vairamuthu’s son Gorky are penning the lyrics. P.G. Muthaiah is handling cinematography and V.T. Vijayan is the editor and the movie is directed by Kannan.

Engeyum Kadhal Movie Released Plans December

In Picture:: Jayam Ravi

In an interview about his to-be-released Engeyum Kaadhal to a national daily, Prabhu Deva has said that Harris Jayaraj is the highlight of the film. All the seven songs scored by him have come out well and will definitely turn out to be hits, he prophesized.

On Jayam Ravi, he has said that the actor has excelled in all the fields that an actor is required to. Prabhu Deva has said that he has not yet finalized on the release date of Engeyum Kaadhal but said that plans are afoot for a late December or early January release.

Jeeva And Karthika Walk For Ko Movie

The last leg of Ko shooting began soon after Diwali celebrations were safely out of the way. The lead pair in Ko, Jeeva and Karthika were spotted at the Ampa Skywalk in Aminijikarai today where the shooting of the film is progressing with full gusto.

Ko also has Ajmal and Piaa in important roles and this film is being directed by KV Anand. The team is working at a fast pace to complete the shooting schedule so that they can go ahead with the post production work.

New Tamil movie Om Obama Release On December

It may have an all new cast, but journalist-turned-filmmaker Janaki Viswanathan’s Tamil movie “Om Obama” certainly has one globally known star – the American president who stars via cutouts, posters and even a song!

New Tamil movie Om Obama Release On December
“Broadly the story is about a village that transforms economically after an export garment unit was built nearby and how it gets hit due to global recession. There are various sub-plots that make up the storyline,” iswanathan told IANS. She says the Kedarapalayam villagers started praying for Obama’s victory in the US presidential elections because they thought his economic policies would uplift the economies of the garment unit and their own.The sub-plots of “Om Obama”, releasing in December, include romance, grassroots politics, panchayat elections and others.

Viswanathan, a former print and television journalist, says the star cast is entirely new and the US Consulate gave a helping hand in identifying some Americans to star in the movie.”Many villagers where the movie was shot have acted in the film,” she said while declining to reveal the real name of the village that is around 200 km from here. “Perhaps this is the first time there is an Urdu song in a Tamil movie. The movie has four songs and the music is scored by Paul. J. There is also a song `Obama nee vaama, koode serndhu aadalama’ (Come Obama, shall we dance together),” she said. Cagey about the budget, Viswanathan says the film was shot in 35 days. Asked about the germination of the idea, she said: “I was working on a story on the impact of global recession on an Indian village when I chanced upon a news report on the crisis faced by Tirupur garment exporting units.”  She said the article quoted Tirupur exporters as saying that they would pray for Obama’s victory in the 2008 US presidential elections as it would be better for Indian business. “That was the spark and from there I developed the plot,” Viswanathan added.

The movie is expected to be released in Tamil Nadu by the end of this year, close on the heels of Obama’s Nov 6-9 visit. “With subtitles we plan to release in other languages. We are also planning an international release and in movie festival circuits,” Viswanathan said. “Om Obama” is her third movie, the first two being national award winner “Kutty” and “Kanavu Meippada Vendum”. The first two movies broke even and she is confident that “Om Obama” will make profits! She is also confident that the movie will get entertainment tax exemption from the Tamil Nadu government as the title is in Tamil. In the state if a film has title in Tamil, it gets tax exemption.

Shriya Saran Place Of Tamanna

Remember on how Tamanna did a cameo role in the Ram Genelia’s ‘Ready’ movie? Tamanna appears at the beginning of the movie. The movie is remade in Tamil and is releasing tomorrow in which Dhanush and Genelia paired. And in this remake, Shriya Saran plays the role that Tamanna did in the original Ready movie! It was also revealed that Shriya Saran did the role for free as she is very close with hero Dhanush!

Bhagyanjali Hurles Torture Charges on villain Actor Velu

In the latest face-off in Kollywood, a starlet from Kerala has hurled a slew of charges against a villain actor, including mental torture, harassment, extortion and blackmail.

If 21-year-old Bhagyanjali is to be believed, actor Velu has been inflicting mental torture and harassment by stalking her and constantly pestering her to marry him ever since she co-starred with him in Unnai Kadhalikiraen.

Her complaint to the City Police Commissioner alleged that she became friendly with him after acting together in the Tamil film, but that he misunderstood her and resorted to issuing threats.

She accused him of forcing her to sign on papers claiming that she had borrowed Rs 15 lakh from him.

Bhagyanjali, who was in the city to attend a function, visited the Vepery police station on Saturday to answer queries.

Countering her claims, Velu’s family told the police that she had borrowed Rs 40,000 from the actor about a year ago and had signed papers to that effect.

They alleged that she was yet to return the money and had cooked up the charges to evade repayment.

A senior police official told Express that an inquiry was in progress and no FIR had been registered so far.

A police team that went to Velu’s house on Vaikkolkaran Street in Purasavakkam in search of the actor returned emptyhanded.

The actor has been asked to report to the police station, as the cops want to know his version of the unfolding sordid saga