CELEBS FACTORY

Samantha Ruth Prabhu celebrated her 25th birthday on April 28th,2012.

The Chennai girl was first seen in Gowtham Menon's 'Ye Maya Chesave', the Telugu version of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa that also earned her a Nandi Award and a Filmfare Award along with millions of hearts. In Tamil, Samantha debuted with 'Moscowin Kavery' written and directed by cinematographer Ravi Varman. Since then it’s no looking back for the glossy girl.

Samantha is now one of the most sought after actresses in both Tamil and Telugu industry. She is currently shooting for Gowtham Menon's Neethane En Ponvasantham with Jiiva and its Telugu version with Nani. She is also shooting for Mani Ratnam’s much anticipated 'Kadal' with Gautham Karthik.

Apart from these films that is currently under production, Samantha has a number of Telugu projects in her kitty.

Celebs Factory wishes the demure darling for all the luck and a beautiful birthday to keep rocking forever as she does today.

K.V Anand's Maatraan starring Suriya and Kajal Aggarwal has reached its last leg of shooting. 

The director of the film has been shooting for the film in the exotic locations of Russia, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Albania. The director and his crew are now in Jodhpur for the last schedule.

 In his social networking page, K.V Anand blogged, “Shooting the last phase of Maatraan in Jodhpur with 500 junior artist & Suriya. It's very hot here (around 41 degrees).”

Maatraan, that is being produced by Kalpathi S Aghoram also stars Vivek, Isha Sharvani and Sachin Khedekar in supporting roles. With cinematographer Sounder Rajan handling the camera and Anthony, editing the shots,  the film would have music composed by Harris Jayaraj.

Yohan: Adhyayam Ondru is the next film that Gautham Menon is going to start his work on.

The film will be an espionage thriller, the first of its kind starring Vijay as the lead. He would be playing the title character 'Yohan', an Indian spy and the story would revolve around his adventurous missions across the globe.

But why Yohan? Why not something like Kandasamy or Velayudham that regional people can relate to?

"Yohan is one of the most used names in the world. I strongly believe that the film would have a wider reach with this title," said Gowtham Menon, the ace director of his theory for having chosen his unique title.

From what we understand, Gowtham is probably trying to take this film international.

The film is expected to go on floor from May.

Esha Gupta, the gorgeous model from Delhi is one lucky girl.

The model turned actor, who will be making her Bollywood debut with ‘Jannat 2’ opposite Emraan Hashmi is making waves even before the film has hit the theatres. She has not signed up for Vikram Bhatt’s ‘Raaz 3’ and Prakash Jha’s ‘Chakravyuh’ but has also found a fan in filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt.

Bhatt, who is also the producer of ‘Jannat 2’, is all praise for Esha.

Speaking to a daily, the veteran filmmaker said, "Esha`s ethos is very Indian. She looks like Angelina Jolie but she has the flavour of India still in her. She knows that sensuality is an essential attribute of the female animal. However the mystique needs to be retained as a survival tool. Esha celebrates her feminine body and yet her ambition is rooted in real India. She has taken a quantum leap from Jannat-2 to Raaz-3 and she has a high emotional quotient and the ability to respond when she is challenged. She came back the other day from an outdoor shoot and I asked her `how did your schedule go?` She replied, `They thought I look like Angelina Jolie but they also commented that I act like Smita Patil.` That reveals her. That is the way she wants the world to perceive her."

Considering that bold and sexy roles are the norm these days, would we see Esha doing a ‘Jism’ ever in her career?

“I can`t shake of the image of Bipasha walking out of the water in a white dress with a soaked chiselled body. But you`ll have to wait for a sexy me, till someone offers something sexy," said the actor without waiting a while.

Considering that many already compare you to the sexy Jolie, the sexy roles will be coming your way very soon, Esha!

It was earlier announced that Venkat Prabhu, the successful director of colossal films like Chennai - 28, Saroja and Goa would be collaborating with Studio Green after the success of his Ajith starrer 'Mankatha' that went on becoming one of the biggest hits of the year.

Venkat Prabhu towards the curiosity over his next film had said that details about his forthcoming project would be released after his return from a holiday in Dubai with his family.

True to his word, Venkat Prabhu confirmed that Karthi will play the lead in his new project and not Suriya.

The director further added that Karthi suited the character in agreement with everyone and expressed interest to work with Suriya very soon.

The film that is tentatively titled 'Biriyani' promises to be a delicious dish.

STR is feeling upbeat about his film Poda Podi with Varalakshmi Sarathkumar.

The team recently filmed a song in Disneyland, Hong Kong and apparently it has turned out great. A big plus for STR was the presence of his beloved nephew, Samarth in the song. The tiny tot plays his son in the film.

As far as STR is concerned, Samarth made the experience truly special. The song that was filmed was a father and son song and is called Paapa. STR praised Dharan and Vaali for the tune and lyrics.

STR said that the lyrics go like this, "Paapa naan irukken pa, motheravum irrupen pa, Yepavumey nandhan pa unn firstu friend pa unn bestu friendu pa".

STR himself has sung the song and he said that it is his favorite in the album and hopes that his fans love Samarth and the track as much as he does.

Sameera Reddy is the talk of the town for the high octane stunts that she had pulled off in Tezz.

Tezz, the multistarrer that has Ajay Devgn, Anil Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut, Zayed Khan and Sameera Reddy is directed by veteran film maker Priyadharshan.

For the film Tezz, Sameera performed risky stunts like riding a Speed bike and a canoe under supervision of a Hollywood stunt team in Scotland that was responsible for the action scenes in Harry Potter.

According to Sameera, the hard work she had put in was absolutely worth it as she has been getting a wonderful response. Her newfound popularity in Bollywood has not caused her to forget South cinema and said that she is looking forward to doing more films in Tamil and Telugu and hopefully, she will be offered some wild roles!

Gautham Menon was utterly saddened by a report made a famous newspaper that said he blames his actors for his failure in bollywood.

In a letter to the editor of the newspaper, the Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya director said, “It's unfair for a reputed newspaper to put out an article based on hearsay and constructed out of another article that itself didn’t quite report the exact words I had used.” He also added, “All it takes is a phone call and you would have got my views on the same before putting out the article.”

The daily had quoted that the director pointed out Madhavan’s obesity and Prateik’s lack of lusture as the causes for his two Hindi films’ to fail. However, the director in his letter has washed off this article as “wrongly reported”. He also made it clear in his letter that as the daily is writing articles that has no base, he wouldn’t be willing to share any details or even talk to their reporters anymore.

S.J Suryah, who is best known for making films like Vaali and Kushi shot to fame with his acting debut opposite Simran in 'New' (2004). The film directed and produced by S.J Suryah can be recalled for all its censhorship issues due to its sensuous content. 

The buzz in the industry is that S.J Suryah, who was last seen onscreen in 'Nanban' is getting back into direction since his last venture 'Anbe Aaruyire' (2005) that featured himself and Meera Chopra AKA Nila. He will be launching his new film 'Isai' either on May 9th or on the 15th.
 

The USP of  S.J Suryah's upcoming film titled 'Isai' is this that he is not only going to produce, direct and act in the film but will be also composing the  music for the film as requested by Academy Award Winner A.R Rahman, who was initially approached to compose for the film. It was reported that the maestro was awestruck with Suryah's musical talent and recommended trying his hand on composing for the film.

S.J Suryah has roped in a new girl from Mumbai to debut opposite him in 'Isai'. The film maker recently had a photo shoot for the film with his leading lady and is keeping her identity a secret until the cast and crew for the film is finalized.

Ajith's death defying stunts in Billa 2 are the talk of the town.What makes Ajith's achievement so amazing is that the actor has had 15 surgeries and the fact that he can walk by himself is itself a big deal! Ajith not only walks but he can dance with the best of them and insists on performing risky stunts himself. 

Ajith said that he is thankful to God for letting him do these things despite his painful surgeries.

However, Ajith admitted that while it is ok for people to have good or bad opinions about his films it is hurtful when they get personal and say that he is fat. 

The actor admits that he finds that a little disheartening since his metabolism has changed since the surgeries and he tries so hard not to let his body slow down post the operations.

We don't think he is fat, we think he is a real hero and absolutely awesome!

Lingusamy's plans to remake his hit film Vettai in Hindi ran into troubled waters when there were problems encountered with the dialogues being translated into Hindi.

Lead actor, Shahid Kapoor said he will continue with the project only if they agreed to rope in a good Hindi dialogue writer. UTV and Lingusamy immediately brought in Prasoon Joshi and thanks to this clever move recommended by Shahid, everything started to go smoothly.

A visibly relieved Lingusamy said "It was a big load off my mind since I do not speak Hindi and I am still trying to understand the market". Shooting will begin in June. Ali Zafar will be playing Madhavan's role. Asked about the heroines, Lingusamy said, "Ileana D'Cruz is almost finalized to play the female lead".

From the looks of it, Akshay Kumar, Sonkashi Sinha starrer ‘Rowdy Rathore’ seems to be a hell of a masala flick.

Rowdy Rathore, a remake of Telugu blockbuster ‘Vikramarkudu’ is being touted as one the big releases of this year with the trailers of the film creating ripples across the globe.

The makers recently released the trailer of its new song ‘Aa re Pritam Pyaare’ and by the looks of it, it is surely going to top the charts very soon.

Known for his passion for dance, Prabhu Deva has roped in not one or two but three dancing divas for the song. The result, of course, is simply splendid. The song ‘Aa re Pritam Pyaare’ features veteran item queen Mumaith Khan gyrating her hot body with Iraninan actress/dancer Maryam Zakaria and Shakti Mohan, winner of Zee’s Dance India Dance II.

The three gorgeous ladies are seen shaking their Jatkas and Matkas to the hot item number composed by the fabulous Sajid Wajid. The song is sung by the uber talented and perfect vocals of Mamta Sharma!

Have a look. We bet you would want to shake a leg or two as well!

Jayam Ravi, who is about to wrap up the shoot of Adhi Baghavan after the song he is presently shooting in Goa, will soon start working on his untitled project with Samudrakani of Nadodigal fame.

It was rumoured earlier that Nayantara will pair up with Jayam Ravi for this yet to be titled film too.

It has now been officially confirmed that Amala Paul will play the role of the lead lady with her bankable status after the success of Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal and Kadhalil Sodhappuvadhu Yeppadi.

Jayam Ravi, on the other hand also has Boologam in his kitty to be directed by debutante Kalyanakrishnan. Boologam will have Nayantara starring alongside Jayam Ravi.

Reemma Sen who married hotelier Shiv Karan Singh last month is still going strong on the career front.

Reemma has been roped in for a powerful role in Vijay's maiden production venture for Ghilli Films, which is a remake of S.A Chandrasekhar's Sattam Oru Iruttarai.

Sneha, S.A Chandrasekhar's niece will be making her debut as the director with Vikram Prabhu and Karthika in the lead roles with Reemma Sen playing the cop in the story.

After Reemma's power packed performance in Aayirathil Oruvan, a lot can be expected from her with this role.

Paoli Dam, the bong bombshell who made her Bollywood acting debut with its first ever erotica 'Hate Story' has been the talk of the town for quite sometime now.

Producer Vikram Bhatt launched Bengali seductress Paoli Dam into Bollywood with 'Hate Story' requiring the debutante not just exhibit her acting skills but also what it takes to become an overnight B-Town Celebrity. 

Hate story, the film is about a woman who becomes a sex worker to get even with the man who brutally deceives her love and f#cks her up. Paoli Dam's immense contribution towards her maiden venture aroused more than just eye-brows and 'Hate Story' has now become a success story with repeated audiences.

Paoli Dam is now embarking upon yet another film with Producer-director Vikram Bhatt. This film has been titled 'Love Games' is takes on a bold subject of wife-swapping.

Bhatt, who has been researching on the subject, has some startling statistics on the subject.

Trisha is one confident lady as she has gone on record to say that she is not threatened by any other actors rising in competition against her.

In fact, Trisha said that she had no problems working with Karthika Nair in 'Dammu', the NTR Jr. flick that is releasing Friday, the 27th April 2012.

Trisha is now likely to team up with Amala Paul for a film with Ravi Teja called Saar Vastaru.

Although nothing is official yet, the makers are very determined in roping Trisha and Amala Paul for their project. Ashwini Dutt, the producer along with her crew has approached both the heroines to be roped in for their film with Ravi Teja.

"The stars themselves are reported to be excited about the project as both of them have tailor-made roles in the film," reported our sources.

Nayanthara is clearly one of the most sought after heroines in the industry.

Following her reported break up with Prabhu Deva Nayanthara has been in the news for all the right reasons as her career has seen a major resurgence with the actress getting roped in for mammoth projects with some big names.

The latest on Nayanthara's career front is that she has been approached for the heroine's role in Boologam opposite Jayam Ravi to be directed by a newcomer.

According to sources, Nayanthara had liked the script very much and is keen to do the film.

If all goes well Jayam Ravi and Nayanthara will become one of the hottest couples on the silver screen.

Santhosh Sivan, cinematographer par excellence has done the country proud by becoming the first Director Of Photography (DOP) to receive a coveted membership from the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).

Santosh Sivan is the first person from the Asia Pacific region to have received this honor.

The membership with ASC is a towering achievement in cinematography and is the top accolade that can be conferred towards a cinematographer.

Santhosh Sivan said that it was a dream come true and thanked his directors like Mani Ratnam and Priyadharshan for believing in him.

While Celebrities like K.V Anand, A.R Murugadoss and Ravi K. Chandran have been congratulating Santhosh Sivan and Celebs Factory joins them most heartily in congratulating him of his stupendous achievement.

Vikram's film, Thaandavam to be directed by Vijay already has two glam heroines - Anushka and Amy Jackson.

The latest addition to the cast of 'Thaandavam' is none another than Kollywood's sexy bombshell Lakshmi Rai, who rocked in Mankatha and Kanchana with her femme fatale routine. She has reportedly joined the Thaandavam team in London.

The music composed by G.V Prakash is expected to release over the summer and expectations are skyhigh for this film as Vikram and Vijay have already had a successful outing with Deiva Thirumagal.

The film is likely to be released in August or September. 

Samaran, an upcoming commercial film, brings Vishal and Trisha together for the first time.

The buzz is that a single track from the film will be released in May, though a precise release date hasn’t been announced yet.

The crew will be flying to Thailand in the second week of May to complete the talkie portions of the film. They had been shooting in Bangkok for the film till recently.

Trisha, who has taken a short break now, recently updated, “Will be joining the Samaran team after the first week of May. Will keep you posted. No work talks now. Haha enjoy…”

Thiru dons the director’s hat for Samaran.

The film apart from Vishal and Trisha features Sunaina, Manoj Bajpai and JD Chakravarthy in supporting roles. Richard M Nathan handles the camera and Yuvan is composing for the film.

Tamannah was a popular and much sought after model before films happened.

Now that Tamannah is one of the hottest heroines, she is also into brand endorsements campaigning as a brand ambassador for many products.

Tamanna has now been roped in as the brand ambassador of Fanta, a popular soft drink.

The actress will be doing a commercial for Fanta and will also be part of a promotional campaign where fans who are also Fanta drinkers will get the chance to meet her.

Tamannah seems all set to give some serious competition to Asin who is endorsing a rival soft drink. The hottie however didn't have much to add to this discussion except to share that she is happy to be associated with the brand.

The two hotties Parvathy Omanakuttan and Bruna Abdullah of Billa II are said to have posed for a calendar, which the makers of Billa are creating as a treat to the fans.

The makers came up with the idea of shooting a sexy calendar as both the ladies are basically models.

The Photo shoot took place in Goa and reports say that the 'revelation' is a lot lesser in the film than in the calendar.

The calendar is expected to be released by the two sirens promoting the film sometime in the month of May. As far as the film’s audio release, it has been scheduled on May 1, coinciding with Ajith’s birthday.

STR who is presently working in Nelson’s Vettai Mannan with Jai, Hansika Motwani and Deeksha Seth, recently signed another film titled Vaalu, directed by newbie Vijay.

Santhanam is also expected to do an important role in the film.

The film will be produced by Nic Arts and Thaman will once again join STR to delight their fans.

The film’s crew is very positive about releasing the film for Deepavali and expects that it will be a special treat for his fans.

The film’s camera man, Sakthi is also handling the camera for Vettai Mannan and STR’s Love Anthem. He has used the Super 35 mm camera and also some portion used panavision.

Bollywood's reigning queen Kareena Kapoor will don the role played by Anushka in the Hindi version of Arundhati.

In the race for the role, where Rani Mukherjee, Kareena Kapoor and Katrina Kaif were contending for the role, Kareena seems to have emerged as the winner.

"I am excited to do Arundhati that had importance for the female character," Kareena was quoted as saying.

Sonu Sood plays the villain role in the Hindi version as well.

Jeyam Ravi has been sporting a beard for almost a year, reason–because Ameer wanted him to have one for the role in Aadhi Bhagavan. 

The shooting has been going on for almost a year now. Finally, the crew is getting ready for the final shooting schedule after which the post-production works will begin.

The final schedule, which is expected to last for a month will signal the end of Jeyam Ravi’s bearded days. 

The actor is looking forward to Aadhi Bhagawan, as it has given him an opportunity to do something extremely different from the kind of roles he has been doing for the last couple of years.

Every film lover is dying to see Kamal and Rajini again together, sharing the screen space.

In fact there were rumours that Kamal would soon be resuming Marmayogi and that Superstar Rajinikanth would be a part of the film.

However, now there is a chance for us to see the two stalwarts sharing the screen space.

In this era, where the masterpieces of Sivaji Ganesan and MGR are being re-released, one of director K Balachander’s masterpieces Ninaithale Inikkum, starring Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan is expected to re-release soon.

Selvaraghavan's wife Gitanjali has said that Aayirathil Oruvan and Pudhupettai are her favorites among Selva's films.

"Aayirathil Oruvan was the first film I watched after completing film school in England and was blown away by it. I've always been a Selva fan and in fact even my thesis revolved around Pudhupettai," said Gitanjali, director Selvaraghavan's spouse.

Now, Irandam Ulagam starring Arya and Anushka is all set to beat these films, Gitanjali has promised fans on the basis of what she has read and seen so far. She added that it is going to be Selva's best effort thus far.

Richa Gangopadhyay hasn’t acted in Tamil post Mayakkam Enna and Osthe. 

When asked why, Richa reasons that she is very selective about her role.

Richa feels she had a perfect launch pad followed by Osthe and now she is looking for something much different than what she has already done.

"I have already rejected 8 scripts and will do the film which my gut says is right," said Richa adding that she is now shooting for a Bengali film 'Bikram Singha', a remake of Karthi starrer Siruthai.

We wish the gutsy actress all the luck to get a script of her heart’s liking.

Vishal’s next film has been confirmed.

It will be a full-length comedy flick directed by Sundar C, who seems intent on returning to direction in a full-fledged manner.

Sundar C is currently doing the Vimal-Shiva-Santhanam starrer Kalakalappu, earlier titled Masala Café. The film is almost complete and he will move onto the Vishal starrer immediately. Vishal also will be ready after the completion of Samaran, his film with Trisha.

Casting for the new film has commenced and it has been confirmed that Ko fame Karthika will be seen along with Vishal. It is reported that Hansika was the original choice for the role but the team later thought that the huge difference in height between Vishal and Hansika might not be ideal. So, they went for a heroine whose height matches well with the tall Vishal, and that’s how Karthika bagged the role.

It seems to be the season of first-looks.

Billa 2 unveiled on Tamil New year. Now, we have news that Kamal is getting ready to unveil the first-look of his magnum opus Viswaroopam very soon.

All along, Kamal has been very secretive about this mammoth project and has played his cards very close to his chest, so much so that not even a single still has been available so far.

Therefore, it will be a huge suspense unravelled when Kamal officially releases the first-look.

All speculations about Kamal playing a terrorist and an army general will be confirmed or disposed very soon. And, as far as we know, the first-look could be followed pretty soon by the film itself.

STR is quite the doting son and he is currently working on a super gift for his parents. 

It is a spanking new house for them which STR is designing himself. 

The actor said that he kept their tastes in mind while designing each room but also made sure that everything is ultra modern. He added that it will be ready in a couple of months and that he can't wait to move in with his mom, dad, brother Kuralarasan and sister Ilakiya.

STR is currently wrapping up Poda Podi and Vettai Mannan. Vada Chennai helmed by Vetri Maaran will go on the floors in June. 

STR will also be doing a film for Nic Arts entitled Vaalu to be be directed by debutant Vijay in which he will be romancing Hansika. And he will also be part of a dance competition organized by 7up, the soft drink he is currently endorsing.

Ace director, Ram Gopal Varma has gone on record to say that an item song in his film Department, is inspired from Rajinikanth's Aasai Nooruvagai number from the film Adutha Varisu.

The Hindi song Dan Dan Cheeni features Rana Dagubatti and Sanjay Dutt dancing with item girl, Nathalia Kaur - an Indo - Brazilian beauty is choreographed by Ganesh Acharya.

At RGV's insistence, composers Dharam - Sandeep added a 30 second line from the original to their own composition,

RGV said that the Aasai Nooruvagai song is one of his favorites and Dan Dan Cheeni is his way of paying tribute to it.

In a freewheeling chat with fans on CNN - IBN, Shruti Haasan got candid and answered questions ranging from beauty secrets to her latest crush.

About how she manages to look so good all the time, Shruti said that lots of water and sleep is her secret.

About her fitness fundas, Shruti said that she relies on diet and exercise to stay in shape though there are times when she feels lazy and also indulges in her fave foods like Sambar sadam, burgers with fries and cupcakes.

Shruti said that currently she has a crush on Hollywood hottie, Ryan Gosling. Other than him, there is no one in her life she said cheekily.

The actress also said that she has absolutely no plans to marry and settle down at present but will concentrate on her work. She speaks English, Tamil and Hindi fluently and is currently learning Telugu.

Sundar C's next film originally called Masala Cafe and starring Vimal, Shiva, Santhanam, Oviya and Anjali has been renamed Kalakalappu.

UTV Motion Pictures and Kushboo's Avni Cinemax are the producers. Ilavarasu, Panju Subbu, John Vijay, Balaji Mohan and yesteryear actor, VS Raghavan in a special appearance round out the rocking cast.

It is felt that Kalakalappu is the perfect title for the film as it promises to be a full - fledged comedy with lots of laughs and entertainment.

Shooting has been wrapped up and post production is underway. The audio for this film will be launched today, April 20th 2012 and the film is expected to hit the screens in May.

Gautam Menon is presently busy shooting Neethane En Ponvasantham starring Jiiva and Samantha.

In an interview Gautam shared his experience working with Isaignani Ilayaraja who has composed the music for the film.

Gowtham said that when he approached Ilayaraja and told him the story and mentioned of his requirement, the maestro immediately came up with a number of tunes. The director said he was totally awestruck and asked Ilayaraja to take it slowly as it was too much for the director to take in. But the maestro was in no mood to stop.

"The maestro composed all the eight tracks with his Harmonium and made Na. Muthukumar write the lyrics. He then made the singers sing the songs and took the tracks to London. In a matter of 16 days, he completed recording all the 8 songs along with the Hungarian Symphony group in an ultra modern studio," said Gowtham Menon adding that the songs have come out beautifully and assured that the album would be a chartbuster.

Trisha makes sure to take some time off at least once a year to go on a holiday with her buddies in order to relax and unwind.

In the past, Trisha and her buddies have holidayed in Australia and even hit the Tiger trail in Ranthambore. This year is going to be special as Trisha's birthday is coming up as well on May 4th.

As of now, Trisha is thinking of heading to Thailand with her pals. They have found a superb resort and are thinking of hanging out there and bringing in her birthday.

Trisha has two films lined up in Tamil - Samaran with Vishal and Endrendrum Punnagai with Jiiva. Shooting for the former film happened in Bangkok and that was when Trisha fell in love with the country and decided to visit the place again at leisure.

'Vettai Mannan' produced by S.S Chakravarthy of Nic Arts is an action-thriller written and directed by debutante director Nelson. STR is currenly shooting for this film with Jai, Hansika Motwani, Deeksha Seth & Poonam Kaur in the lead roles.

While STR is busy shooting for Vettai Mannan, the producer of the film signed STR up for a new film that is to be directed by another debutante Vijay. This announced project is in pre-production and has been titled 'Vaalu' meaning Naughty.

The latest development in the production of 'Vaalu' is that, Kollywood's most wanted girl 'Hansika Motwani' has also been roped in to romance STR as his love interest in the film. The music for the film will be scored by Thaman, whose combination with STR in Osthe worked big time.

Thaandavam, Vikram's next film directed by A.L Vijay with Anushka and Amy Jackson, has been progressing in and around Delhi and Chennai. Having finished almost 50% of the shooting, cast and crew of the film are expected to shoot the rest of the film in the UK. 

Although it was scheduled to be shot in the US, delay in obtaining visa for the entire cast and crew made the producers opt for UK, stated a press release by UTV Motion Pictures.

While the director Vijay and cinematographer Nirav Shah have already left for the UK, rest of the team will fly in the next week. 

Shooting will go on till mid-June and the movie is expected to hit the screens in August / September 2012.

Following the path of yorebeauty queens, stepping into movies, Parvathy Omanakuttan made her cinematic debut with United Six, a Bollywood chick flick directed by  Vishal Aryan Singh. She lated signed for two other movies 'Madan Kolli', her debut Malayalam film and Umaganeshwaram, her Tamil debut that is still to see the light of the day.

Parvathy Omanakuttan is back on the news ever since she was cast opposite Ajith Kumar for her upcoming film 'Billa II' that is expected to relaunch her career. Although her role in the much awaited prequel of Billa is kept under wraps, she says she is playing a very interesting role.

"I was initially very nervous but Ajith was very easy going and that put me at ease majorly," said Parvathy Omanakuttan on her experience in working with a star like Ajith. 

Meanwhile, there is news that Ajith's Billa 2 is releasing in Telugu too. Presumably a dubbed version, the version will be released simultaneously.

Nayanthara is busy shooting for Boopathy Pandian's film with Gopichand. 

The first schedule is underway and the hero's intro scene and certain romantic interludes between Nayanthara and Gopichand have been canned.

For the next schedule which will begin on April 25th, Nayanthara and the rest of the team will be flying to Switzerland which is going to be the backdrop for some of the songs in the film.

Thaman is the music composer for this film and Cinematography will be by Shakthi Saravanan.

Kamal Haasan’s Viswaroopam has almost been completed and the actor is now giving his work the final touches that is required for his magnum opus film. 

According to reports Kamal Haasan is doing the role of an Army General. So we come to understand that the film has something to do with war and terrorism with Rahul Bose playing the antagonist. Not necessarily a terrorist as there are other reports that Kamal Haasan himself plays the role of a terrorist besides being a Army chief.

Pooja Kumar, an American actor/model who was crowned Miss India USA and has been a veejay for Channel V is the female lead in the film. She is returning to acting in Tamil films since Kadhal Rojave (2000) after starring in several feature films such as Night of Henna, Flavors, Hiding Divya, Park Sharks, Bollywood Beats, and Anything For You etc. Kamal Haasan's cast along with this sexy lass also has Andrea Jeremiah, Zarina Wahab, Samrat Chakrabarti, Jaideep Ahlawat and Shekhar Kapur in supporting roles.

Viswaroopam is being produced by Kamal Hassan under his Rajkamal International banner co-produced by Prasad V Potluri of PVP Cinemas with an expected budget of Rs.150crores. Ace composers Shankar-Eshaan-Loy are scoring the background music for the much awaited film that has wrapped up its shooting schedule.

Raghava Lawrence is currently directing a Telugu film called Rebel that will have Prabhas and Tamannah in the lead.

After this project Lawrence will give directing a rest and return to acting. He will be the hero in Rasu Madhuravan's next film entitled Paraman. The duo had worked together in a film called Pandi and are looking forward to working together again.

Muni 3 is also in the works for Raghava Lawrence following the super success of Kanchana or Muni 2. There is also talk of a Hindi remake of Muni 2 which will have Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt reprising Lawrence and Sarathkumar's roles.

Vikram's film, Thaandavam directed by Vijay and with Anushka and Amy Jackson as the heroines was supposed to release in July but it has been delayed and the release date will have to be postponed.

According to those in the know, the film is likely to be released in September instead.

Fans of both Vikram and Anushka will be disappointed with this. However, the audio launch will be held in July. The music for Thaandavam has been composed by GV Prakash Kumar.

The young composer who has already worked with Vikram and Vijay in Deiva Thirumagal has been acknowledged as a bright new talent and he will be hoping to deliver again with this album.

The Superstar is known more for his style than his dance. However this time, he is all set to display his ability as a versatile dancer in Kochadaiyaan.

Word is that there is a 3 minute song sequence that will see him perform the Rudra Thandavam or Lord Siva's dance of destruction.

For those who have forgotten their Hindu Mythology, Siva performed the Rudra Thandavam when his  consort, Sati immolated herself at her father Daksha's yagna. The fury of his dance would have destroyed the world if the other Gods had not intervened.

Rajini will be recapturing the magic of this fabled dance in Kochadaiyaan. Needless to say there are some intricate moves involved, and Rajini has pulled them off with aplomb.

According to insiders, this particular sequence is simply amazing and fans are going to love it.

The buzz around the tinsel town is that ace director Gautham Menon might start his next project with Dhanush in the lead. 

The Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya director is said to have met up with the Kolaveri boy recently to discuss his next script. We also hear that Dhanush will be signing on the dotted lines soon. The official announcement about the project is expected anytime.

The actor is presently busy with his Bollywood Debut Raanjhnaa that is being directed by Anand Rai. He is being paired up with Sonam kapoor and Kangana Ranaut. He has also accepted a project with the Bharath Bala Productions.

Gautham Menon is presently shooting for his Neethane En Ponvasantham with Jiiva and Samantha in the lead. He also has Yohan Adhyayam Ondru in his kitty.