Bharathiraja to team up with Ilayaraja for Annakodiyum Kodiveeranum

Director Bharathiraja recently turned 70 but still considers himself as a youth at heart. The veteran director recently stepped down as the president of Tamil Film Directors’ Association after getting elected to the post hardly a few weeks back. Citing his other commitments, he asked vice-presidents Cheran and Ameer to run the Association to suit the interests of producers and directors.

Known for his realistic village-based movies, many consider Bharathiraja as the pioneer in making films of this genre, a practice which he kick-started in the mid-seventies when he made ’16 Vayadhinilae’ starring Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth and Sridevi. Maker of many memorable movies, Bharathiraja recently interacted with pressmen when he revealed details of his next directorial venture.

The director hasn’t made any movies since his ‘Bommalattam’ which rleased more than three years ago. He has now launched ‘Annakodiyum Kodiveeranum’ which would bring to the fore the amount of creativity that is still left in him. He is said to have completed the story and screenplay portions of the film and is presenting location suitable places for out-door shooting.

The film is likely to bring together Bharathiraja and ‘Maestro’ Ilayaraja together in a movie after many years. It might also witness the ‘Isaignani’ setting music to the lyrics of Vairamuthu. Ilaiyaraaaj had fallen out with both Bharathiraja and Vairamuthu long time back and this film might just witness the reunion of the three great men.

“This film would reveal a hitherto unseen dimension of myself as a film-maker. I’m sure the film would be spoken about with pride at least for the next three decades or so,”says Bharathiraja. Knowing his verve, you can’t disagree with him

Rajnikanth Exclusive Photos from Singapore

Rajni at Singapore

Superstar Rajinikanth returned to Chennai the 13th July, after staying away from the city and getting treated at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore for his kidney-related ailments.

Rajini’s exclusive Stills from Singapore for you.

Ajith’s Mankatha release in trouble due to Dhayanidhi Alagiri’s production

Reports emanating from Kollywood say that actor Ajith’s upcoming film ‘Mankatha’ is facing the problems vis-à-vis its theatrical release and that the problem is not dissimilar to the one which Vijay faced during the release of his ‘Kaavalan’ early this year.

The film, which is Ajith’s landmark 50th film and pits him opposite ‘action king’ Arjun for the first time, has raised high expectations among his fans and the movie-goers alike. The multi-starrer film has heroines such as Trisha, Lakshmi Rai, Anjali and Bollywood’s Kainaat Arora and has been directed by Venkat Prabhu. The problem is its producer Dayanidhi Azhagiri, son of Union Minister M.K. Azhagiri and the DMK strongman.

Though distributors and theatre-owners all over the State believe that the film would do well at the box-office, they are apprehensive about taking on a film produced by grandson of Kalaignar as they don’t want to invoke the wrath of Amma who is in the saddle at present. Ironically, the film’s Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Overseas distribution rights have been sold at a good rate but the Tamil Nadu distribution rights are yet to be sold!

Distributors and theatre-owners feel that it won’t be ‘proper’ if they release the film under the banner of Dayanidhi Azhagiri’s ‘Cloud Nine Movies’ and have reportedly asked Ajith to take on the responsibility of getting the movie from Azhagiri so that they would release the film without any fear or hesitation.

Ajith, on the other hand, maintains that he won’t be meetingCM Jayalalitha at this juncture as it would be construed that it was a ‘selfish’ meeting to iron out problems in releasing his film.

Genelia and John Abraham share steamy Titanic moments Still

After its Telugu remake Gharshana in 2004 with Venkateshand Asin and a Kannada remake 2003 block buster hitKaakha Kaakha now enters the Bollywood market with it’s Hindi remake. The Hindi version titled Force (2011) stars lead pair John Abraham and cuty-tuty Genelia D’Souza in main roles.

Genelia did shed her bubbly image recently, after her bold role as a warrior princess in Santhosh Sivans Urumidubbed Padhinaitham Nootrandu Uraivaal in Tamil, playing Prithvira’sj love interest. Now her role in Force does come as a ‘forced’ effort by Genelia to up her glamour quotient. The latest stills of the movie show Genelia andJohn sharing some intimate moments with one of the scenes sharing close resemblance to some steamy Titanic moments. Kaakha Kaakha was ‘THE’ movie for the hot Kollywood couple of Surya and Jyothika , as the duo fell in love during the shots of this runaway hit, later entering wedloc

Nanban Shooting in Hospital Still

Director Shankar is very keen on completingNanban as soon as possible since his super troupe of actors has other projects lined up already.The current schedule is supposed to be the final, although it is a very lengthy stay, reports on of our close sources present at the unit.

Well yesterday, we got lucky as we got a close glance at Vijay, Srikanth, Jiiva, and Ileana who were shooting for their respective scenes along with Nanbans crew at the Gosha Hospital located in Chennai, precisely Triplicane.

The superstars of Nanban are surely determined to give in their best and make their collaboration a success under the directorial hat of Shankar who is attempting a glorious remake of the Bollywood hit ‘3 Idiots’.

Ajiths Mankatha bloopers coming your way assures Venkat Prabhu

Well this one can come as a spoiler but guess Thala fans would be eager to know the same. We heard it through the grapevine that Thala Ajith’s upcoming mega budget offering does have its share of fun in the very climax. No silly, the climax will be “bigger and better than before”, we are talking about the rolling credits part.

Confirming our suspicions now director Venkat Prabhuhas spilled the beans as he revealed, “The end credits ofMankatha will be extraordinarily different from my previous movies!!! You guys can catch Thala’s bloopers for the very first time.”

Mankatha already has created much hype for the big star Kollywood offering with an endless list of celebrities hopping in to make Ajith ‘s landmark 50th offering a big hit.

Director Venkat Prabhu has always been credited with blowing in a fresh wind with all of his flicks. This “blooper addition to Mankatha” does come as a pleasant surprise to many.

Deiva Thirumagal II has baby Sarah in a matured role

Vikram’s extra ordinary performance and Director Vijay’s emotionally charged delivery have presented fans with a gem of a classic in Deiva Thirumagal. Apart from some memorable moments provided by Anuradha (Anushka), Shwetha (Amala Paul) and Vinodh (Santhanam) and the mentally challenged protagonist played by Chiyaan himself, 5 year oldNila’s performance (portrayed by baby Sarah) has secured a place in every cine goers heart.

Fresh from the success of the movie,now we hear that theDeiva Thirumagal production team of M. Chinthamani andRonnie Screwvala are already planning for a sequel to the much acclaimed, Vikram starrer Deiva Thirumagal. The sequel will be followed after baby Sara grows big and promises to be even better than the initial offering which still has good wishes pouring in from all corners. The actor also thanked his fans for the great response the movie has generated applauding Director Vijay and rest of the crew for their performances.]