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The shoot of the much awaited sequel of Hari’s Singam, starring Suriya in the lead, is all set to go on floors on September 26th.

News is that, the director has managed to add the hot favorites Hansika and Santhanam to the film adding attraction to the cast that retains other characters he had in Singam including Anushka, Manorama, Vivek and Nassar.

Hansika is reported to be playing a school girl in the film. However, We're yet to receive an official confirmation if Santhanam is playing a school boy too.

Studio Green has taken up the project again and Priyan will be helming the camera. Devi Sri Prasad, who delivered super hits for the original is again ready to rock for the sequel of Singam.

There is a buzz in the industry that the story of K.V Anand's upcoming Suriya starrer 'Maattrraan' has been revealed online including the twists and turns in the film.

If sources are to believed, this unfortunate event might incur huge losses to AGS Entertainments, the makers and distributors of the film.

It is often witnessed that videos, songs and working stills are been unveiled in social networking and microblogging websites by a few unauthorized members who somehow get their hands on it. This consequence finally ends as the producers loss and now the Suriya and Kajal Aggarwal starrer 'Maattrraan' is also facing the same problem.

It can be recalled that K.V Anand's previous film 'KO' also was a victim of such lawless activity, but the film emerged as a box-office hit despite of all odds.

Is this another form of a publicity stunt, we wish we could tell.

Asin has been enacting marriage scenes in quite a few of her recent movies like Ready and Housefull 2.


Even for her upcoming film with Akshay Kumar titled Khiladi 786, Asin got married last week on the sets in Punjabi style.

Now, she has jokingly remarked to her support crew that it is time for her to find a good guy, and get married for real.

Looks like she is fed up of all these reel marriages. However, her fans would hope that Asin would continue donning the greasepaint and not think about marriage seriously anytime soon.

As reported earlier Kamal Haasan’s magnum opus Vishwaroopam will hit the screens in October.

Now we hear that the film will release on October 12th, K,V Anand’s Suriya starrer 'Maatrraan' is also expected to hit the screens on the very same day.

Kamal Haasan plays a Kathak exponent and a secret agent in Vishwaroopam. Pooja Kumar and Andrea Jeremiah play the female leads and Rahul Bose, Jaideep Ahlawat, Samrat Chakrabarti, Nassar and many others play character roles.

A major portion of the film was shot in Chennai and New York and the post production is being carried out in Los Angeles.

Coincidentally, Harris Jayaraj is the composer for both the films that are highly expected to release this year.

Hari, who is planning to do a sequel on 'Singam' has disclosed the role that Hansika is going to play. 

The OKOK girl, who is affectionately called as ‘Chinna Kushbu’ of Kollywood will portray the role of a school girl in Singam 2. This is the first time Suriya and Hansika are coming together for a film. 

Hari is also looking to retain the original cast of 'Singam' adding Santhanam and Aachi Manorama among the cast list for the sequel. 

“We both have become sort of a pair,” said Hansika in a recent interview, commenting on the fact that she and Santhanam are doing a lot of films together post OKOK this year including Singam 2, Settai, Vaalu and Vettai Mannan.

Little-known Tamil actor Dhanya Balakrishna, who hails from Bangalore, has become an "issue" between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu after she allegedly hurt Tamil sentiment by posting certain messages on her Facebook account.

Dhanya's facebook post regarding the IPL playoffs has almost cost the budding actor her promising career in Kollywood.

The actor's remarks ignited a fierce backlash on social networking sites, rattling the tinsel world damsel so much that she has decided to shun the Tamil film industry for good.

After the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) entered the playoffs, the young star gave vent to her feelings at local team Royal Challengers Bangalore's defeat turning out to be a gain for CSK.

Referring to the decades-old Cauvery river water sharing dispute she wrote,

Hansika Motwani is riding high as her career has turned red hot.

The lovable actor after having lost a lot of weight and is looking very fit. She has films with Arya, STR and Suriya and is looking hotter than ever according to her fans.

"I workout to be fit and healthy and I do not punish myself keeping away from food I relish," said the bubbly actor denying of her trip to the USA to put herself through extreme regimes to get a size - zero body.

In fact, her fans have been begging her not to lose weight as she is hot the way she is. Hansika said she is touched with their love and agrees with them that she does not have to become pencil thin to be desirable.

In a recent interview actor Suriya has revealed that his wife and former actress Jyothika still has the desire to get back to acting.

Suriya made it a point to clarify that it wasn’t his decision to keep Jyothika away from acting.

But when quizzed Suriya as to why his pretty wife takes up only endorsements but not films, the actor explained that shoot for endorsement lasts only for a couple of days and that Jo thinks that she cannot afford spending long time in shooting spots without being there for her children.

The 'Maatraan' actor also said that his lady will come to act when she thinks is the appropriate time.

Jayam Ravi has taken up boxing in a big way as he wants to beef up for his role in 'Boologam'. 

In the recent times, Suriya is one actor who has flaunted a perfectly sculpted bod in a couple of films and it seems Ravi is keen to follow his footsteps.

Ravi said that the pursuit of fitness is challenging but enjoyable as well.

The actor, who has donned the role of a kick-boxer in M Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi is hoping that all his efforts will be translated on the big screen.

K.V Anand's Suriya starrer 'Maatraan' is closing completion but for a song.

While the shoot for the film is yet to be wrapped, sources confirmed that the director's penchant for hunting new locations is the reason behind the song still being pending.

K.V Anand, a filmmaker in perfection best known for his work in 'Ayan (2009)' and 'Ko (2011)' is still on the lookout for unseen locales to shoot the one remaining song with Suriya and Kajal Aggarwal.

Meanwhile, Eros International bought the distribution rights of the film for an astronomical 43 crores even before the final product is complete. With this 'Maatraan' becomes one of the year's most expensive movies to be released.

Harris Jayaraj who is composing music for the film, recently revealed that the songs of 'Maatraan' were composed in 6 different countries.

The action thriller is expected to release for the Independence Day weekend in August.

Some of Vikram's acclaimed Tamil movies have found takers in Bollywood. His hit Sethu, written and directed by Bala, was remade in Hindi with Salman Khan as Tere Naam. Directed by Satish Kaushik, the flick went on to be a hit for Sallu bhai as well.

The rights of another one of Bala's films have been bought by Satish Kaushik but this time it was nine years later than the release of its original!

Released in 2003, Pithamagan, which also stars Vikram, was a critically acclaimed film. So why has the director bought the rights so late? "I didn't have too much clarity with whom the rights were till recently. I saw the movie when it released and loved it but I took a gap from remakes," said director Satish Kaushik, who has just started work on his next project that is still in its initial stages.

Like most directors today who are vying to cast Bollywood's hit machine Salman Khan, in their films, Satish also is eyeing him. But if the director had to wait for him, the wait would be unbelievably long considering Sallu doesn't have dates!

"I haven't approached Salman yet. I need to first finish the script first and then I may approach him for it. But I think he is perfect for Vikram's role. I haven't finalized any of the cast as of now," said the filmmaker.

"Once the movie goes on the floors, I plan to invite him over. It's always good that the film's original director is part of the project. He'll be able to give additional inputs," he said adding that he plans to tweak the original script to suit the audiences in the north.

Looks like an 'azhagu rani' has been zeroed in for Karthi Sivakumar's forthcoming film 'All In All Azhagu Raja', to be helmed by Rajesh M, who tasted hat-trick success with 'Oru Kal Oru Kannadi'.

If sources are to be believed, Kajal Aggarwal has been roped in for the film for which the script work is yet to be completed. This venture is still in its pre-production stage and would be a comedy caper quite typical to Rajesh's earlier ventures.

Santhanam, the inevitable part of Rajesh films, is doing a crucial role in 'All In All Azhagu Raja'. It may be recalled that the duo (Karthi and Santhanam) delivered a firebrand performance in 'Siruthai' and their chemistry was much talked about.

Likewise, Karthi and Kajal, considered to be one of the cutest onscreen couples after pairing together in 'Naan Mahan Alla' is expected to recreate the magic again in 'All In All Azhagu Raja' that was recently seen in a television commercial for Bru Instant Coffee.

Kajal is thrilled with the way her career is shaping up as she now has films like Thuppaki with Vijay, Maatraan with Suriya and now her second time with Karthi.

'All In Azhagu Raja', to be produced by K.E Gnanavel Raja of Studio Green, is expected to hit the floors soon.

Eros International Media Ltd. has acquired the Tamil theatrical rights for the K.V Anand directed Maatraan starring Suriya, Kajal Aggarwal, Vivek, Sachin Khedekhar and Isha Sharvani. Produced by AGS Entertainment, the film has been widely shot in Pakistan borders, Jodhpur, Maharashtra, Hyderabad, Russia, Croatia, Serbia, Albania and Macedonia.

Commenting on the acquisition, Sunil Lulla, the Managing Director of Eros International said that with Maatraan, Eros continues to explore and establish its presence in the regional film markets. He also added, “The film promises to be one of its kind action thrillers and we are happy to associate with AGS Entertainment Private Limited to release this much awaited film with the hugely popular Suriya”.

Kalpathi S. Aghoram, Director, AGS Entertainment said, “There exists a huge potential for AGS Entertainment and Eros International to synergize given our experience in Tamil film production and their global presence with content spread across most leading Indian languages.”

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.

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.

 Bollywood lass Deepika Padukone, who is presently shooting for the much awaited 3D film Kochadaiyaan, has been approached by director Shankar for his forthcoming film.

The rumour is that the leggy actress seems to be quite interested in the film. But the news hasn’t been confirmed yet as the talks are still in its initial stages.

Though his previous film Nanban is still going strong in theaters, the Endhiran director isn’t interested in laying back and enjoying the success of the film. Instead he has started working on his next flick. The buzz around the industry is that this untitled flick might even feature Surya or Vikram.