SUN TV Balance sheet with Enthiran collections out in the market!

The balance sheet vis-à-vis superstar Rajnikanth’s latest offering ‘Enthiran: The Robot’ is out. The film, touted as the most expensive film to have ever been made in Indian in any language, was produced at a whopping expenditure of Rs.132 crores, it was officially announced by the booming Sun Network, whose Sun Pictures produced the film.

Sun Network had also been candid enough to admit that the film had a revenue of Rs.179 crores the world over besides fetching an unbelievable sum of Rs.15 crores via satellite television broadcasting rights which would add to the Sun Pictures’ account.

For the third quarter, Sun TV had posted a revenue of Rs.597.99 crore and a net profit of Rs.225.49 crore, up from Rs.312.52 crore and Rs.151.94 crore respectively earned during the corresponding period of the previous fiscal, a company official said.

However Box office reports from trade sources,put the production cost of ‘Enthiran’ at Rs.182 crores and the  over all earnings at Rs.400 crores. It may also be recalled that Ayngaran Films & Eros Entertainment, who jointly released the film abroad, had once ‘disclosed’ that they went on to make a profit of Rs.70 crores by releasing the film abroad!

Whatever be the actual cost and expenditure, it’s certain that Rajnikanth is still the indisputable ‘Maharaja’ at the box-office!

3 Rascals now titled Nanban

The 3 Rascals now Nanban

It’s neither 3 Rascals, nor Moovar nor Khilladi. Shankar’s next movie is titled Nanban. And is now looking forward to direct Vijay and Ileana the lead pair in Nanban after Surya and Shankar decided to part ways, after high end demands.

Also it is officially confirmed that Jeeva will be essaying  Sharman Joshi’s role in the original and Srikanth would play Madhavan’s role.  Director-actor S.J.Suryah has been roped in to play an important role ‘Chatur Ramalingam or “The Silencer”, played by Omi Vaidya in the original.  There are also some other new names as part of the crew includingAnuya and Ajay Rathinam who will be also facing the camera in small roles.

Produced by Gemini film Circuit, the movie will have Manoj Paramahamsa handling cinematography and the music department handled by Harris Jayaraj who has already completed one song.

Vijay will join the team as of now on February 7^th,  but there could be  slight change in schedules as the actor is also busy with Velauyutham and expected to join in full pack the latest by February 25^th.

Shankar is currently busy with the shoots in Ooty with Jeeva,Ileana,Srikanth for Nanban a movie and portions involvingVijay would be shot during later schedules.

Now that a tamil title is set to benefit from tax exemption and the crew finalized , Shankar would be all set bring out his best

3 Rascals now titled Nanban

The 3 Rascals now Nanban

It’s neither 3 Rascals, nor Moovar nor Khilladi. Shankar’s next movie is titled Nanban. And is now looking forward to direct Vijay and Ileana the lead pair in Nanban after Surya and Shankar decided to part ways, after high end demands.

Also it is officially confirmed that Jeeva will be essaying  Sharman Joshi’s role in the original and Srikanth would play Madhavan’s role.  Director-actor S.J.Suryah has been roped in to play an important role ‘Chatur Ramalingam or “The Silencer”, played by Omi Vaidya in the original.  There are also some other new names as part of the crew includingAnuya and Ajay Rathinam who will be also facing the camera in small roles.

Produced by Gemini film Circuit, the movie will have Manoj Paramahamsa handling cinematography and the music department handled by Harris Jayaraj who has already completed one song.

Vijay will join the team as of now on February 7^th,  but there could be  slight change in schedules as the actor is also busy with Velauyutham and expected to join in full pack the latest by February 25^th.

Shankar is currently busy with the shoots in Ooty with Jeeva,Ileana,Srikanth for Nanban a movie and portions involvingVijay would be shot during later schedules.

Now that a tamil title is set to benefit from tax exemption and the crew finalized , Shankar would be all set bring out his best

Vijay to join 3 Idiots team from February 7th

Vijay to join 3 rascals team from Feb 7th

Earlier we had informed you about Vijay returning to the 3 Rascals camp alongside director Shankar. Now the news has been officially announced and the actor will join the cast from February 7th, 2011.Shankar had decided to go ahead with the shoots filming rest of the members (that included Jeeva and Srikanth) in Ooty.

The music for 3 Rascals is being composed by Harris Jayaraj and the composer has completed one song already. So Shankar’s first task will be filming the lead pair of Ileana and Vijay as soon as shooting kicks off after Vijay hops in.

So it’s Vijay, Srikanth and Jeeva who will finally play the 3 Rascals.

We earlier reported that creative indifferences between Shankar and Suriya made Suriya walking out from the film. Now sources close to Shankar disclosed us that Surya’s demand of remuneration crossing over 18 crores for the film didn’t go well with Shankar was the sole reason why the director decided to drop Suriya from the film.

It is said that Suriya reportedly demanded a fee of Rs.8 crores besides thehalf the share of the Telugu distribution rights of the film. Considering that Shankar and Suriya are both quite marketable in Tollywood , it is estimated that the film’s Telugu distribution rights might reach a minimum of Rs.20 crores.

Shankar, who is never known to give into the demands of his producer or actors, fell back on his original choice Vijay after having met up with the Actor, who was happy to do the film after the success of Kaavalan.

Meanwhile, another Surya is likely to star in an important role in the movie, it is learnt. Shankar has reportedly made some ‘deft’ changes in the screenplay and has ‘inserted’ a role which is likely to be played by director-actor S.J. Suryah!

Kamal-Selvaraghavan project to start after Irandam Ulagam

Kamal

According to sources, Selvaraghavan, after his Dhanush-Andrea starrer Irandam Ulagam by the end of March is likely to start with one Kamal Haasan project in May.

This is what industry insiders tell us,

If everything goes according to plan the Kamal-Selva project will be a welcome treat for Kamal fans. Working with younger directors who understand the pulse of the audiences is an appropriate move headed for a perfect mix. In the last few years, Kamal’s significant hit at the box-office was Gautham Vasudev Menon’s Vettaiyadu Vilayadu. With Selvaraghavan who doesn’t mind taking risks with different genres this project surely has great potential.

The movie is expected to be a commercial venture though and is to be completed within a time of 6 months. Well we still have to wait for an official announcement from them.

For the moment lets hold on and look at Mollywoods association with Kamal .Lately a pleasant surprise came Kamal’s way as the producer of ‘Pazhassi Raja’, Gokulam Gopalan of Gokulam Films at an event recently promised Kamal Haasan that he would produce a malayalam movie with him soon. A while ago Haasan himself expressed that he is very much fond of acting in Malayalam movies, but hasn’t found the right opportunity yet. Bang! And there you have it for you Kamal Sir, an offer on the spot, what more could you ask for.

It should also be noted that Gokulam Gopalan has acquired the Malayalam rights of Manmadhan Ambu which is yielding handsome profits at the box office.

Anu Haasan weds Graham Jay

Anu Haasan Wedding with Graham Jay

Anu Haasan has made quite a name for herself hosting the show ‘Koffee with Anu’ on Star Vijay TV for the past 3 years. Anu the niece of Kamal Haasan has entered wedlock again with London-based businessman Graham. The wedding ceremony was attended by Kamal Haasan, Shruti Haasan, Akshara Haasan, Gauthami, Suhasini Maniratnam and many others including Graham’s parents who boarded flights from London.

Anu supposedly met her soul mate over the internet and one thing led to another and the couple finally decided to meet each other. Graham later proposed his love to Anu and yes came her reply. Now she says that she really has given this relationship a good thought. It maybe recalled that her marriage earlier with Army man Vikas dint have a happy ending and this is the second time she is tying the knot.

Nadunissi Naaygal delayed to February 18th

Gautham Menon’s Nadunissi Naaygalwas expected to release on February 11^th.Now the movie has beenpostponed to a February 18th releaseas the producers felt the need to shift the dates.

Now there are talks that the release ofThoonganagaram and Yudham Sei the same week didn’t sit well with the producers who decided to play it safe by postpone the release by a week.

Surely the movie will meet greater expectations for it being postponed and secondly for the fact for it being the most awaited psychological thriller in Tamil cinema after ‘Sigappu Rojakkal’ in 1979.

The movie has Veera and Sameera Reddy who will enjoy the lead pair status.

A clever decision by the Nadunissi Naaygal team, let’s hope they make up for the delayed time.