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Vishnuvardhan’s shoot for 'Surangani' is happening at a fiery pace and Ajith has already started making the city go abuzz with his new looks.

Though there were rumours that Ajith is playing the role of a hacker, the makers have denied such reports.

Now the news is that actor Suman Ranganathan making a come back into acting in films with this much awaited film and is playing the role of a nosy journalist. Nayantara, Arya, Taapsee, Atul Kulkarni, Mahesh Manjrekar and Rana Daggubatti are also playing pivotal roles in the film.

Yuvan Shankar Raja is composing music for the film and P.S Vinod is behind the lens with Nayantara and Keerthana Parthipan assisting Vishnuvardhan in the direction department.

The film can be expected to hit the screens by the end of this year.

Ajith’s next with Vishnuvardhan is all set to go on floor on the 30th day of May, 2012. The yet to be titled has already started making buzz boasting of Arya, Nayantara and Taapsee. 

Recently there were reports that the team is likely to rope Arvind Swamy and Prithviraj in important roles in the film. Now the news is that director Vishnuvardhan is in talks with Telugu superstars Nagarjuna, Jagapathi Babu and Ravi Teja.

If everything goes well, we hear the Telugu stars will do guest roles in the film.

Along with the cameos by Superstars, the film would have Yuvan Shankar Raja’s ecstatic music, Vinod's topnotch cinematography and Sreekar Prasad’s flawless editing as other highlights of the film.

In an interview, Arya, who is featuring as the bad guy in Ajith’s next, has opened up about Ajith.

The actor started with agreeing that he is a great lover of Ajith films.

“Ajith is a thorough professional and has no ego that comes with the star status. He is very kind, humane and interacts very well treating everyone from co-stars to a bottom level technician in the sets equally,” said Arya who was all praises for Ajith.

"Every word that Ajith speaks will be filled with concern and affection. When I wished Ajith on his birthday, Ajith excitedly said that we will rock together in Vishnuvardhan's film."

 “Vishnu is my very good friend. I wouldn’t mind even being a junior artiste if he asks me to be,” said Arya about director Vishnuvardhan, whom Arya worked with for 'Sarvam'.

Vazhakku Enn 18/9 heroine, Manisha Yadav has landed the heroine's part in Suseenthiran's next film with Vishnu.

Critics were impressed with her performance in her debut film and she has already been roped in for a promising project.

Suseenthiran has decided to play to his strengths and make a film along the lines of Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu and Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai, which gave him a lot of fame.

The project has been titled 'Aadhalal Kaadhal Seiveer'.

The cast and crew are feeling upbeat about this film and are confident that it will make a huge impact.

Director Chakri Toleti and producer Sunir Kheterpal are in Mumbai for the post production of their film Billa 2. Yuvan Shankar Raja is also with them to complete the RR part of the film.

The work of the film’s DI, sound design, VFX and editing are being carried out in a rapid pace. The makers are aiming to present the film to the censor board before 30th May, as Ajith will be flying to Mumbai this month end for his first schedule of Vishnuvardhan’s untitled project.

The film is expected to hit the screens either by 8th or by 15th June. The film’s trailer is also on the making and will be released a week before the film’s release.

Ajith's yet to be titled project directed by Vishnuvardhan has added another star cast to its list.

Actor Ashwin, who played a cop in 2011s Ajith starrer 'Mankatha' will be seen in a significant role in the movie. Apparently, Ashwin's inclusion in the movie is based on Ajith's recommendation it is learnt.

Vishnuvardhan has managed to rope in an ensemble star cast including Arya, Nayantara and Tapsee for the movie.

The movie will have music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and produced by A.M Ratnam and Raghuram.

Vishnuvardhan is all set to begin his multi-starrer with Ajith, Arya and Nayanthara this month.

The Pre-production work for this yet to titled film is almost complete and the first look of the film can be expected anytime soon.

The latest to join this starry bandwagon produced by A.M Rathnam of Sri Surya Movies is the tantalizing Taapsee, who along with Nayantara is expected to scorch the screen on fire with their glamor and sex appeal.

Even before this project has taken off from the starting line, it has generated truckloads of hype and hoopla thanks to the high octane cast.

The makers are hoping to release this film for Diwali.

It is no secret that STR is a huge Ajith fan.

STR says that the music of Billa 2 is rocking and congratulated buddy Yuvan Shankar Raja for his excellent work. The actor said that Gangster and Bounce are his favorite tracks and he is playing them constantly.

STR has begged his fans and followers to say no to piracy and to buy only the original versions.

Piracy has been crippling the industry and many stars have joined the anti - piracy movement to make sure their films are not affected. But STR is the first to take up the fight on behalf of another actor's film.

Truly he is one of Ajith's biggest fans!

Earlier titled Samaran, the film starring Vishal and Trisha directed by Thiru was retitled 'Samar' after much brainstorming.

The Vishal starrer is again caught up in  a problem with its title as a person by name Sakthi Mohan claims to have already registered the same with the guild.

“Pa Vijay, for one of his projects had registered the title. But, when I requested him for the title, he graciously withdrew his registration. Now, I wouldn’t mind going to the court to retain it,” said Sakthi Mohan in a statement.

Samar also features Sunaina, Manoj Bajpai, J.D Chakravarthy and Rajendran. Richard M Nathan cranks the camera and Yuvan Shankar Raja is composing the music for the film.

Will the title change again? We will have to wait and watch.

Samaran, Vishal and Trisha's next film produced by Balaji Real Media Productions and directed by Thiru has now been renamed Samar.

Samaran means "The Warrior" and Samar means "The War".

Samar's cast along with Vishal and Trisha would also have Sunaina, Manoj Bajpai and JD Chakravarthy in supporting roles.

Yuvan Shankar Raja has composed the music for Samar and cinematography is by Richard M Nathan. The team is having a blast working on this action film and word is that it is shaping up very well.

Shooting for Selvaraghavan's film, Irandam Ulagam with Arya and Anushka in the lead, resumed yesterday after a gap of three months and the director couldn't help but blame the strike for the delay.

"Arya and Anushka share a good chemistry together as they enact two well-etched characters that I can't wait to see on the big screen," said Selvaraghavan updating the progress of his upcoming film 'Irandam Ulagam' collaborating with Harris Jeyaraj for the music of the film.

Produced by PVP cinemas, Irandam Ulagam will have Arya and Anushka paired together for the first time. This would be the first that director Selvaraghavan be associated with Harris Jeyaraj after having worked great tunes with Yuvan Shankar Raja and GV Prakash.

Namitha had a meaty role in the Ajith starrer Billa, though Nayanthara was the main female lead.

Wishing Billa II team all success, Namitha said that she wanted to be a part of the film but unfortunately it did not happen.

Billa II was initially to be directed by Vishnuvardhan but the project fell on the hands of Chakri Toleti who is now directing the film with Parvathy Omanakuttan and Bruna Abdullah playing Ajith’s lead pairs in this film.

Billa II had music composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja.

With the Diwali fever settling down, the month of November is ready with some interesting releases lined up.

According to trade sources, Dhanush and Selvaraghavan’s Mayakkam Enna is scheduled for a 11-11-11 release and Silambarasan starrer Osthi will hit the marquee the following week on 18th November 2011 with Samuthirakani directed, Sasi Kumar starrer Poraali making to the public eye on 25th November 2011.

With Mayakkam Enna and Osthi slated for release a week away from another, fan's expect that the two films may clash at the box office.

With Vettai’s release date set for December 23rd, the team is racing against time to finish off the shooting.

After the Diwali break, the unit assembled in Karaikudi to shoot the remaining portions before beginning the post-production work.

Lingusamy, the director of Vettai and the rest of the team members are currently stationed in Karaikudi, confirms the film's producer UTV Motion Pictures’ Dhananjayan.

Vettai is a multi-lingual film starring Arya, Madhavan, Sameera Reddy, Amala Paul and others. Yuvan Shankar Raja has scored the music for this film.

Ajith's next heroine is likely to be Anushka who is on a high, post the rave reviews of her performance in Deiva Thirumagal.

Ajith and Anushka are likely to do a film together for Nagi Reddy's banner.

Ajith will soon turn his attention to this film once the shooting for Billa 2 and Vishnuvardhan's next for A M Rathnam is completed.

Anushka should also wrap shooting for Selvaraghavan's Irandam Ulagam opposite Arya and her pending Telugu projects before beginning work on this project.

This untitled film will be directed by Siruthai Siva and Yuvan Shankar Raja is likely to compose the music for the film.

Thala Ajith will be lending his voice for the dubbed Tamil version of Vishnuvardhan’s next film Panjaa starring Power star Pawan Kalyan.

Director Vishnuvardhan’s next is a Telugu film titled ‘Panjaa’ and he has plans to have the film released simultaneously in Tamil as well. For this he got in touch with none other than his close friend Ajith to lend his voice.

Sources report that Ajith has even agreed to this despite of his busy schedule shooting Billa 2.

Panjaa is a gangster film that stars Pawan Kalyan in the lead along with Sarah Jane Dias and Anjali, whereas Jackie Shroff plays a pivotal role in the film. Yuvan Shankar Raja scores the music. The film will be released by the end of this year.

There are rumours that Ajith will be joining hands with director Vishnuvardhan shortly after ‘Billa 2 but there are other media reports saying that Ajith is to work for a film with director Shankar.