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Director K.S Ravikumar is making his directorial debut in Bollylwood with the Hindi remake of the Tamil hit 'Saamy' with Sanjay Dutt in the lead.

If our Bollywood sources are to believed, then K.S Ravikumar has supposedly created wonders with Sanjay Dutt's work ethic.

The actor, who hardly shot couple of scenes a day in the past is now shooting up to six scenes a day without budging until his director is totally satisfied.

The actor himself was heard saying that he now understands how top stars like Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan work in the South, on the evidence of K.S.Ravikumar's previous experience with the two superstars.

Deepika Padukone was last seen performing a classical dance in her debut film Om Shanthi Om. After that, the gorgeous dame has performed a classical dance along with Superstar Rajinikanth for Soundarya Rajinikanth's directorial debut 'Kochadaiyaan'.

The pretty Bollywood girl, who could not attend the London schedule did her part for 'Kochadaiyaan' in the recently held Trivandrum schedule. A complete profession that Deepika Padukone is, impressed the film's crew by completing the song shoot in just two days.

“Yes, the song shoot was for a beautiful classical song composed by A.R Rahman. Deepika and Rajinikanth rehearsed for three days before shooting the dance sequence and it has come out extremely well,” said dance choreographer Saroj Khan when quizzed about the dance sequence.

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.

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.

Controversy queen Rakhi Sawant, who is said to be upset with southern star Dhanush for cancelling a performance with her at the last minute, says the singer-actor must have felt threatened by her.

"Actually he thinks that he can't dance and he thought that I will overshadow him. That's why he did this, but I love his song," said the 33-year-old sizzler.

Rakhi is said to have been upset with Dhanush for cancelling a performance that he was supposed to perform with Rakhi on "Kolaveri di". However, Rakhi has now forgiven Dhanush, whose hit bi-lingual song has crossed over 50 million hits on YouTube. She now hopes to work with him in future.

"I love Dhanush and Rajinikanth. I don't want to comment on him because I really liked his song. Whatever he did to me, it's okay. I have forgiven him," said Rakhi adding "Dhanush even called me later and said that he didn't have time, so he couldn't make it. ... Maybe it's because his film was also going to release, but he said that he'd do it the next time."

Rakhi was last seen in an item number in the film "Loot". Her TV show "Gajab Desh ki Ajab Kahaaniyan" kept her busy in 2011, and she also made an appearance on the finale of "Bigg Boss 5".

Just when you thought that Aishwarya would get to sit back and enjoy the success of her debut film, ‘3’ starring husband Dhanush and Shruti Haasan, things take a strange turn in the debutant director’s life.

If the grapevine is to be believed, all is not well in the home front for Aishwarya R. Dhanush, the eldest daughter of Superstar Rajinikanth.

According to a daily, Aishwarya and Dhanush’s relationship is going through a rough patch. Thanks to the leading lady of their film – Shruti Haasan and her growing proximity with Dhanush that has left Aishwarya mighty miffed and the couple is not sharing their best relationship currently.

"Numerous instances in the public forum over the last few weeks have lent credence to the fact that there are issues between the couple. Dhanush, Shruti and Anirudh were on a radio show chatting away happily but the minute Aishwaryaa joined them, Dhanush feigned a headache and walked off the show," added the source.

Apparently, the Kolaveri Di star has made some comments about his director-wife in public which haven’t gone down too well with Aishwarya or her family.

Even at the premiere of ‘3’ the discomfort between Dhanush, Aishwarya and Shruti was very apparent for everyone to see.

"Dhanush came in first followed by Shruti and the duo spent considerable time alone. Aishwarya joined in later and when the team stood for pictures, the two ladies looked in opposite directions," said the eye witnesses.

"Dhanush is apparently doing his best at avoiding his wife in public and his closeness with Shruti that has now become more evident for all to see. Aishwarya is said to be very upset about the way Dhanush has been treating her," added another source.

Well, let’s hope the rift between the couple is just a temporary one!

There is no business like show business and stars make insane amounts of money.

Bollywood stars make full use of their star power to deliver super hits and many like Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan have taken the plunge into production and help themselves to a hefty chunk of the profits.

A recent survey found that for 2011, India's highest paid actor for any one film is none other than Rajinikanth!

No surprise there?

Stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar and Salman follow closely. Superstar clearly is the star who shines brightest on the horizon!

K.V Anand and Suriya have stolen a march on Rajinikanth's daughter Soundarya Ashwin.

Maatran will feature the much vaunted Performance Capture Technology (PCT) introduced by Steven Spielberg with The Adventures of Tin Tin - The Secret of the Unicorn.

Srinivas Mohan, a three time national award winner for special effects who has worked on the visual effects for Maatran implemented Spielberg's PCT (Peformance Capture Technology) in some of Maatran's super slick action scenes.

Shooting for Maatran is almost complete whereas Kochadaiyaan recently started rolling. So ultimately Maatran would hit the screens first becoming India's first film to feature the much hyped Performance Capture Technology.

Everybody knows that Rajinikanth is Asia's biggest star and he has fans across the world so it has been decided that Kochadaiyaan should be a truly international film.

After months of pre-production and groundwork Kochadaiyaan went on floors recently. It is touted that the film is going to be released in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, English, Japanese and other international languages meeting the demand that has aroused for the Superstar towards International Filmdom.

Although filming was being carried out, Rajini was not part of the crew until today to shoot his part at the AVM studios, Chennai. Rajini sought the blessings of Ganesha located inside the AVM Studios before attending the shoots. Accompanying him was the film's writer K.S Ravikumar. This was a hush hush affair and was rather kept under the wraps.

Kochadaiyaan is written by K.S Ravikumar and directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth is touted to be India's 1st film to be entirely shot using the 3D Performance Capture Technology (PCT).

Good News for the fans is that, Kochadaiyaan is the prequel of K.S. Ravikumar's much anticipated project Rana (shelved for now!, wonder if it is to be revived) and would likely be released in the month of August.

Katrina Kaif was the initial choice to play Rajinikanth’s pair in Kochadaiyaan.

The film’s director Soundarya had said that she was in talks with Katrina Kaif to get her onboard. Eventually, the offer fell on the hands of Deepika Padukone.

Talking about missing the opportunity to share the screen space with Rajinikanth, Katrina said that she has agreed to star in a film alongside Shah Rukh Khan and had given a 10-month call sheet for this film. Therefore, she was not in a position to allot the call sheet that Soundarya had asked.

Kamal Haasan is planning to revive the mega budget project Marudhanayagam.

Kamal had earlier began the film with much fanfare in the year 1997 but after a few days of shoot, it had to be shelved due to various reasons.

Some said that Marudhanayagam is not commercially viable and that was the major reason for the project put in the backburner. Now, the situation is much better and Kamal is looking forward to revive the project.

Kamal Haasan is reported to have said that there is a particular role in the film which would be very apt for his dear friend Rajinikanth. He is looking to rope in the Superstar and if he does, Marudhanayagam cannot get any bigger ..

Who could say no to Rajinikanth?

At least Deepika Padukone can’t!

Earlier, when Deepika was approached for Rajini’s Rana, she walked out of Housefull II to spare dates for the Southern Superstar. Now, Deepika has apparently ditched another Bollywood film Race II and yet again it is to star opposite Superstar Rajinikanth.

What a royal snub, Deepika!

It is said that Deepika Padukone has opted out of Race II to give dates to Rajinikanth’s upcoming film Kochadaiyaan, but kept the makers of Race II in the dark about the real reason for not working with them. However, this has gone down well neither with Ramesh Taurani, the producer or the film crew of Race II who are quite upset with Deepika Padukone.

“Deepika's manager Anirban said that she has bagged a big Hollywood film and it is a lifetime opportunity for her. So we had to let her go,” said Taurani.

But sources claim that it was later found out that the actress opted out for the Rajnikanth film and not for any Hollywood film. Apparently, this sudden exit of Deepika has caused a lot of trouble for the makers and that also includes monetary losses.

In fact, Deepika Padukone had even shot for two days for Race II. But reportedly she wasn’t happy with the slow progress of the film.

According to a source, who is close to Deepika, the actress didn’t leave Race II because of Rajinikanth’s film. She was just waiting for Race II to wrap up soon, as her dates for December and January were already wasted due to delay. Now, the makers of Race II required Deepika’s new dates because of Sanjay Dutt, who was recently roped in for the action thriller. And that created problem for Deepika as she couldn’t allot fresh dates to the film because of her prior commitments.

Whatever be the reason, producer Ramesh Taurani of Tips is not in a mood to take this lightly. Last it was heard that Taurani is lodging a complaint against Deepika Padukone with the Cine & TV Artistes’ Association (CINTAA).

Deepika trumped the other favourite Katrina Kaif to romance Rajinikanth in Kochadaiyaan.

Kochadaiyaan, Soundarya Rajinikanth’s mega budget film has been the talk of the town since its initiation. Beginning with the long line of prominent actors in its cast followed by the rift between the two sisters Soundarya and Aishwarya over release dates, Rajinikanth’s health and finally now the poster.

The poster shows Rajinikanth portraying one of Lord Shiva’s poses. He sports long hair and a beard along with accessories on his hair, neck and leg. While the physique looks like the work of a ‘mouse’ we are sure Rajini’s fans will be over-thrilled to see the actor in the new avatar.

In the film however, Rajini plays an eighth century Pandya king who is known for his legendary valour. Soundarya released the first look of the film on Twitter. The music of the film is by A.R Rahman while K.S Ravikumar will wield the megaphone.

Rajinikanth alongside an ensemble cast including R.Sarathkumar, Katrina Kaif, Sneha, Aadhi, Shobana, Nasser and Jackie Shroff will be featured in Kochaidaiyaan, the first of its kind in Tamil cinema in terms of using motion capture technology. With cinematography handled by Rajiv Menon and background score and soundtrack .composed by Maestro A.R Rahman, the film is being directed by Soundarya Rajnikanth under K.S. Ravikumar's supervision who has penned the screenplay and dialogues.

While we eagerly wait for the film to hit the screens, tell us what you think about the poster.

Katrina Kaif is yet to sign on the dotted line for a Tamil film and already she has achieved something that every top heroine in the Southern film industry is constantly aspiring towards.

Katrina has been approached for both Rajinikanth's and Kamal Haasan's upcoming films.

Buzz is that she was offered the female lead in Kochadaiyaan and now Aascar Ravichandran also wants her in Thalaivan Irukinran opposite Kamal Haasan.

Katrina, who is on a high after the fabulous reception to her item song Chikni Chameli in Agneepath, is very excited about being offered projects with the giants of Indian cinema but unfortunately, she is already booked to the hilt.

Katrina now being anxious to play the lead opposite South Indian Superstars is trying hard to find dates for these films, we hear.

Soundarya Rajini has said that it is true that the work on Kochadaiyaan has begun but the reports that the shooting has commenced is false.

The newbie director says that it is a pleasure to work with her dad and the work has started already. She made it clear that the shooting of Kochadaiyaan has not yet begun as some groundwork needs to be completed before beginning the first schedule.

The star cast in Kochadaiyaan includes Rajinikanth, Katrina Kaif, Sarath Kumar, Prithviraj, Aadhi, Sneha and Nasser. The music of the film would be by Oscar winner A.R Rahman and KS Ravi Kumar is penning the story, screenplay and dialogues for Kochadaiyaan.

Ajith Kumar's Billa II is now considered one of the biggest films of the year and this was proved when the overseas rights of the film was purchased for a million dollars by GK Media, a Tamil film distribution company that operates out of the United States of America.

With this staggering feat, Ajith joins the likes of Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Vijay and Suriya whose films have hitherto been sold overseas for the same amount.

It may come as a good news for all Rajnikanth fans that the actor had declared himself to be fit, fine and ready being all set to start his shot for Kochadaiyaan later next month.

The Superstar along with his spouse had recently attended a stage play by Y Gee Mahendra in Chennai. Rajinikanth had thoroughly enjoyed the show and heaped laurels on actor Y Gee Mahendra. After the play, Rajinikanth said "Thanks to the prayers of all my fans and well-wishers. I am back. Fully fit and I will resume shooting for Kochadaiyaan in a month."

Kochadaiyaan is an upcoming 3D Tamil film to be shot with the kind of performance capturing technology used in films such as Avatar (2009) and The Adventures of Tintin (2011). Directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth and written by K.S Ravikumar, the film will feature Rajinikanth in the lead role whilst background score and soundtrack will be composed by A.R Rahman.

Initially, Anushka Shetty was approached to play the female lead role for Kochadaiyaan. However, it was later officially announced that Anushka Shetty was not part of the film. It was then rumoured that Asin and Vidya Balan were being considered for the female lead role, since producers preferred a Bollywood actress.

Soundarya Rajinikanth disclaimed all rumours that Aishwarya Rai was chosen to do a guest appearance in the film. In January 2012, Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif was approached for the lead role along with Rajinikanth, with Soundarya confirming the same.

In an exciting development, Soundarya Ashwin has said that they have offered Katrina Kaif the female lead in Kochadaiyaan.

Katrina is one of the reigning Queens in Bollywood and she is also considered a lucky mascot. Her sizzling performances in Sheila Ki Jawani and the recent Chikni Chameli from Agneepath have cemented her reputation for pure star power.

Katrina is thrilled with the opportunity to work with Rajnikanth. However, she is very busy and has already committed to many Hindi films.

Katrina is now acting very swift and is doing everything possible to somehow accomodate Kochadaiyaan reports sources from Bollywood.

Here is the latest update of Superstar Rajinikanth’s forthcoming film Kochadaiyaan.

The Director of the film Soundarya Rajinikanth has informed that Peter Heins has been zeroed in to be the Stunt Choreographer of the film, making it his third time to associate with Rajinikanth after Sivaji and Endhiran.

However, Kochadaiyaan will be Peter Heins first 3D movie and he is striving hard for the film to get the best stunt scenes.

Kochadaiyaan will be shot using the performance-capture technology (PCT) in 3D technology for the first time ever in India. PCT is that technology that was used in the making of Steven Spielberg's recent release The Adventures of Tin Tin - The Secret of the Unicorn.