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After having worked in an international project, Dam 999 - Actress Vimala Raman is all set to debut in Bollywood.Vimala Raman one of the promising actresses who failed to click in Kollywood is now all set for her Bollywood debut opposite Govinda in Afra Tafari, a situational comedy, directed by Haad Ali Abbrar. Confirming this news, her spokersperson said: "Yes, Vimala will start shooting for her role in the film from July 17. She is being...

Nayantara, one of the leading South Indian actresses called it a day.On June 25th 2011, Nayantara had her last day in front of the camera at Ramoji Rao Film city in Hyderabad. She wrapped up the shoot of her most ambitious film Sri Rama Rajyam, a film in which she plays Sita the most revered character in Hindu mythology.In an exclusive chat, Nayan said: "I consider Sri Rama Rajyam as a blessing and it will always remain a film close to...

Trisha, in a recent interview to a Tamil magazine, has said that she agreed to star in Mankatha only because the film had Ajith playing the lead. The actress said that she loved to work with Ajith and hence decided to sign the dotted lines despite her role being small.Trisha made it clear that her role in Mankatha will not be as significant as it was in Vinnaithaandi Varuvaya or Manmadhan Ambu but still she did it for Ajith.On Ajith’s cooking...

Anushka Sharma, Bollywood babe was detained by custom officials in Mumbai airport when she flew back from Toronto. Apparently she was held for 10 hours and interrogated by customs officials. All this, because she was carrying jewelry and expensive watches that have been estimated to be worth more than 20 lakhs!The actress received the best actress award for Band Baaja Bharaat at the IIFA awards held at Toronto. But her luck turned soar...

Kajal Agarwal was supposed to do the Telugu remake of Dabangg with Pawan Kalyan. But due to certain differences with her director, she was shown the door. This altercation worked out for Shruti Hassan, as she was immediately offered the meaty role which catapulted Sonakshi Sinha, who did the Hindi version opposite Salman Khan into superstardom.Shruti also has a film with Jr. NTR and another film with Siddharth. The singer/actor's career...

Samantha Ruth Prabu who debuted with Gowtham Menon's Ye Maya Chesave has been signed up for a Hindi flick. The actress is excited to bag the offer to star in Rohit Shetty's Bol Bachchan, an upcoming comedy starring Abhishek Bachchan and Ajay Devgn.Samantha says that director Rohit Shetty approached Samantha with the role because he needed a south Indian face to play that particular character. Samantha, who is currently busy with the shooting...

It has emerged that James Bond star Daniel Craig and his girlfriend Rachel Weisz have tied the knot evading the public eyes in an undercover ceremony.According to reports, the pair got married secretly in New York State last week in front of just four people.The guests included Daniel's daughter Ella ,18 and Rachel’s son Henry, 4 along with two other family friends who acted as witnesses."Daniel and Rachel insisted on having a small, quiet...

Jennifer Aniston has honoured the death of her beloved dog in a unique way - with her first tattoo.The actress was spotted strolling through New York, revealing a tattoo on the inside of her right foot that read 'Norman'.The 42-year-old actress was reported to have gotten a little emotional while talking to James Lipton about her favorite pet's death during the taping of 'Inside the Actors Studio'.Norman was her Welsh corgi-terrier mix,...

Elizabeth Hurley fell victim to her sky-high heels as she took a tumble at a village fete in the Cotswolds in front of cricketer boyfriend Shane Warne.Hurley, accompanied by Warne, was opening the Ampney Crucis Village Fete near her home in Gloucestershire in front of hundreds of villagers when the incident happened, reports the source.Normally the epitome of elegance and poise, the model and actress was walking down some steps moments...

It has emerged Cheryl Cole has obtained a new high court injunction, which threatens anyone who takes her photo with jail. The order granted is so wide-ranging that a fan who has snapped her in the street and does so again runs the risk of prison.The ‘crackpot’ order was pinned to lampposts outside her former home in Enfield, north London.It states it has been issued against “XYZ and others”, explaining that means anyone who has photographed...

Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif topped the '100 Sexiest Women 2011' list of an entertainment magazine, edging out fellow star Deepika Padukone, who grabbed this title last year.The list is based on short messaging service (sms) and online voting. The Bollywood actress got a whooping 35,000 votes.According to the online poll and the sms votes, by the Indian edition of men's magazine FHM declared that the actress's average rating was ahead...

It has emerged that Scarlett Johansson and Justin Timberlake were getting cosy with each other during their stay in New York.Johansson, who worked with Timberlake in a video for his track ‘What Goes Around... Comes Around’ a few years back, was spotted laughing and flirting at posh club Kenmare. Later on they both turned up at the actor’s lofty apartment in New York.“They were very touchy feely and sat close to one another in a VIP booth...

Congratulatory messages have been pouring in ever since Amitabh Bachchan revealed that his 'bahu' Aishwarya Rai is pregnant, but filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma had more than just good wishes for the would-be parents.In a tweet to soon-to-be father Abhishek Bachchan, Varma, who is known for his caustic sense of humour tweeted "@juniorbachchan I hate beautiful women becoming pregnant but since she's ur wife I will make an exception.. congraaaaaaaats...

Actress Anushka Sharma was seen running around at Toronto’s Pearson international airport on Wednesday afternoon looking rather upset?The reason being that on arrival she couldn’t locate one of her bags for 15 minutes. Actress Kangna Ranaut, who was present with the actress was seen comforting her at the airport, as Anushka kept running from one officer to the other at the airport in search of her missing bag.There have already been a few...

Nithya Menon is super excited that she had one of the biggest releases of her career so far, this weekend. And the actress is obviously eager to talk about it. “180 is a film that I’m extremely delighted be a part of. I was really fortunate that my first Telugu film, Ala Modalaindi, was a massive success. Now, I have my fingers crossed for this one,” she says.“I play one of the two leading ladies in the film opposite Siddharth. While Priya’s...

Shriya Saran might well have got herself in trouble again. The actress has said that it is really absurd to raise the legal age for drinking to 25 when people are allowed to vote and get married when they are 18 years of age. Shriya has said that she is not advocating drinking but matured people should be allowed to make their decisions.This statement from Shriya has raked up a controversy, no doubt.Shriya has said that she does not want...

Ileana who is the highest paid actress in the South, has just booked herself a first-class ticket to Bollywood! Ileana will be starring opposite Ranbir Kapoor in Anurag Basu's Barfi playing a very interesting character as the story arc for this role starts with her being a teenager and finishes at 60! Ranbir will be a deaf-mute in this film. There is another meaty heroine role and word is that it will either go to Asin or Priyanka Chopra.The...

Sri Rama Rajyam , a Telugu epic film based on Ramayana has Nandamuri Balakrishna playing the lead role as Lord Rama with Nayantara as his Sita. Nayantara is reported to be very dedicated towards this role by being on a vrat during the entire shoot of this movie following a strict vegetarian diet. She has also been avoiding her 'Sweetheart' Prabhu Deva and other social events respecting the impact of her powerful role that is esteemed as...

Bollywood legend Naseeruddin Shah clarified that he is not imitating Rajinikanth in The Dirty Picture, a film chronicling the life of the late sex icon Silk Smitha.The actor clarifies, “I am not playing Rajnikanth in the film I’m simply portraying an ageing superstar, modelled on many people. I will be using my own observations of Hindi stars for the part, since I am not very familiar with most of the southern actors.”Talking of south Indian...

Double Cheers for Vijay fans, if what we heard from the closer sources is believed to be true. It is time for Vijay to rock as he’ll be joining hands with filmmaker A.R. Murugadoss. The film that is likely to be produced by Aascar Ravichandran and Vijay’s father’s S.A. Chandrasekhar on first copy basis with to release the film worldwide.Soon after Fox Star Studios signed up A.R. Murugadoss as the creative producer, Murugadoss mentioned...

Kajal Agarwal who paired with Karthi in Naan Mahan Alla says that Ranjini is the perfect match for Karthi. At that time, when there were news about Karthi's personal relation with actress Kajal Agarwal about their chemistry on and off the screen - both the actors brushed the news to be mere rumors. At this point of time, when Karthi is engaged to Ranjini who hails from Erode District. Their marriage is to take place on 3rd July and Kajal...

The shooting of Mahesh Babu’s ‘Dhookudu’ is presently progressing in Hyderabad with some action scenes that would come before the interval being shot at the Chiran Fort.Mahesh Babu’s character traits in the film is doing and getting what he wants and at the same time very easy going nature. Hence the tagline for the film is ‘Daring and Dashing’. With Samantha cast opposite Mahesh, Sreenu Vytla is directing 'Dhookudu' under the banned 14...

Hits and flops are a part of an one's career. Putting the debacle of Nenu Naa Rakshasi quickly behind him, Director Puri Jagannath plunged into making his debut film in Hindi 'Bbuddah..Hoga Terra Baap' with Amitabh Bachchan and a group of Telugu actors. Amitabh Bachchan, who was heard to be very impressed with Puri's working strategy has expressed his desire to work with him again for a home production with Abhishek in the lead. "The director...

Amala Paul recently got the opportunity to act with Prithviraj in a Malayalam film. The actress was very happy as Malayalam is her mother tongue, and Prithviraj is a huge star. Unfortunately Amala couldn't accept the offer as the production crew wanted bulk dates from her in July and she had already given those dates for Mupozhudum Un Karpanai with Atharva.The pretty actress had no choice but to refuse. She said that since her career in...

Suriya and the 7am Arivu team were shooting in Mumbai, recently. Priyanka Chopra was present in the vicinity and she came over to say hello to cinematographer, Ravi K Chandran, since the two of them have worked together. Priyanka enquired about Suriya, and said that she has seen him on the cover of a lot of magazines.Apparently, Priyanka thinks Suriya is really hot and one of the best looking men in the country! Looks like Suriya has even...

Ajith will sport a new look in Billa 2 and for this purpose an experienced makeup man from Hollywood has been signed up. Billa 2 being a prequel to the earlier released Billa, focuses more on Billa’s early life requiring Ajith to essay a role of a 20-year-old.The star is undergoing rigorous exercises to tone down his body and look like a 20-year-old. Moreover, the makeup artiste will give several tips to perfect his look in Billa 2. The...

Sameera Reddy and Amala Paul play sisters in Vettai, says report from Kollywood. Interestingly, it is Sameera playing the eldest sister of the two. The two heroes in this flick are Madhavan and Arya. While Arya plays the youngest and Madhavan is the one elder to him. According to grapevine, Vettai is a family saga with loads of sentiments, action, romance and emotions.Lingusamy is directing this flick, which is produced by his home production...

Dhanush and Selvaraghavan have decided to pen the lyrics of Irandam Ulagam themselves. There are six songs in the album altogether and the brothers have written them all. Selva began Irandam Ulagam several months ago but the film is progressing slowly due to various factors.Not wanting to wait for the lyricists to come out with the songs, Selva and Dhanush have decided take it upon themselves. GV Prakash is setting the tunes for these songs.The...

Director Arivazhagan’s upcoming project has been titled Vallinam. The director shot to limelight with the trendsetter Eeram and began his next project with Nakul in the lead. Vallinam revolves around a basketball player and Nakul underwent special training to ensure that he lived the role rather than act.Nakul is extremely positive over the way this project is shaping up and declared Thaman's music to be the highlight of Vallinam. He added...

"Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez will soon have a star with her name on it on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in recognition of her musical career" announced The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce that grants this honour.Lopez is scheduled to be one of the artists to be honoured with a star on the walkway in 2012, although those selected to receive stars have five years to set the dates for their star placement ceremonies.Besides Lopez, Mexican...

Lohan, who was once considered one of Hollywood's most promising actresses got her career fallen on hard times due to her personal and legal troubles.Starting with the 2007 drunk driving case that she has been dogged for years, Lohan has served several stints in rehab and jail for violating her probation. A judge last year ordered Lohan to court for missing alcohol education classes for which she did time at the rehab center in southern...

Actress Eva Mendes has been granted a three-year restraining order against a man who has allegedly bothered her since 2008.Mendes was given a temporary restraining order against John C Luna, after telling a judge that she has been living in “constant fear” of Luna, who claims to be engaged to the actor.He had showed up at her Los Angeles home in May this year, reported Contactmusic.com.Luna, 39, who last showed up at Mendes's home at LA...

It has emerged that Mad Men beauty Christina Hendricks is most likely to play the role of Wonder Woman in an upcoming movie.Director Nicolas Refn said that Hendricks, who plays Joan Harris in the hit TV drama, would be perfect for the role. He also added that the project was one of his ambitions for the future."If I ever get to do it, she's going to be it," stated Nicolas."I've been wanting to wear that outfit my whole life," said the flame-haired...

It really doesn’t matter whether Priyanka's ongoing problems with actor Shahid Kapoor have been sorted out or not. The actress Priyanka Chopra has once again gone back to her usual ‘no talk about my personal life’ space. Her relationship with Shahid Kapoor thus enters into a thanda zone, where both will deliberately continue to remain aloof from each other.“Priyanka and Shahid had fought bitterly on the sets of a film, when he felt being...

Actress Neetu Chandra, who has a versatile personality and has done more than 20 films, including two national award-winning ones, feels proud of the projects she has been a part of. The actress reveals that the journey has been worth taking only because of the ‘good’ people she met in the industry.Talking about her projects, she says, “I am currently working on some projects and I have signed a big banner film which will be announced soon.”...

Emma Watson has admitted being 'a bit scared' during the filming of the final installment of the Harry Potter Franchise, The Deathly Hallows II."It was a bit scary at times when all the fake bombs were going off as We didn't really have much training or much warning sometimes," she explained."Although they can prepare you and put stunt doubles in there, there's a certain amount that you have to do yourself. You can't get away from doing...

Well not many people know that I am a professionally qualified computer engineer. Yes, I’m pretty studious as a person. Guess it came from my mother who is a teacher.Contrary to what people think, I love to spend time home alone or with my family and don’t like partying much. But yes, when I do go out to party I like to make the most of it and party real hard. People usually mistake me for being a total party animal who loves to socialise,...

J.K. Rowling finally unveiled her highly-anticipated Pottermore website Thursday.Beginning this October, the seven Harry Potter novels will be released on eBooks, and an interactive community will launch online. She hopes it will encourage more people to begin reading.But fans were a little confused about the site on Twitter, where Rowling's initials, #JKR, quickly became a trending topic Thursday morning.It seems that Pottermore is both...

Shia LaBeouf went from big screen leading man to full-fledged global superstar playing Sam Witwicky - the unlikely hero of Michael Bay's blockbuster "Transformer" trilogy.However, the 25-year-old star says that although he "loves making" the sci-fi movies, his days of fighting Decepticons are over for good."I just don't think there's anything [left] to contribute - there's nowhere to take Sam," stated Shia at the "Transformers: Dark of...

Jackie Shroff may have been missing from the big screen for a while, but he's back with a bang in Cover Story -The Ultimate Interview. The veteran actor stars opposite Sheena Nayyar in the concept-driven movie. The first look of the film is just out, and by the looks of it, it is certainly bound to be one glamorous affair!Since Sheena is essaying the role of a top B'Town actress in the film, the poster is designed to look like the cover...

Groom-to-be Karthi is also busy signing up plum projects. His next film after Saguni will be with director Suraaj, who did Padikathavan and Mappillai. Anushka has been roped in as the heroine. She was supposed to have done Siruthai with Karthi since it was a remake of her Telugu film, Vikramarkudu, but it did not work out. The actress is very happy that this time around everything went smoothly.The film is yet to be titled. It is going...

The latest news circulating in Kollywood is that Rajinikanth has decided to take in Vadivelu amongst the star cast for Rana. According to sources in Kollywood, Rajini agreed to include Vadivelu in Rana’s star cast as he is on the verge of being sidelined by several in the film fraternity.Vadivelu’s statement regarding Rana during the elections and his comment about Vijaykanth had irked Rajini and he had requested director KS Ravi Kumar...

Ramya Krishnan is turning producer. Her first venture will be directed by hubby Krishna Vamsi, who is a famous Telugu director. Vamsi has readied the script already and is just waiting to finalize the cast. Ramya wants good friend, Trisha to play the female lead since she is the numero uno actress in the South today and had to say that the part was perfect for Trisha's talents.Trisha although being a busy bee is expected to join hands with...

The Singampatti Zameen is planning to take legal action against Bala and others involved in Avan Ivan for degrading their Zameen and their deity Sori Muthu. The Zameen has condemned Bala for using their names in the film, particularly that of deity Sori Muthu and the Kaaraiyar Sorimuthaiyanar Temple.The Simgampatti community members are an angry lot for Bala ridiculed them in the film. Further, the scene in which the Singampatti Zameen...

There is a talk in Kollywood that Ameer and Neetu Chandra have been bonding ever since the two met on the sets of Mysskin’s Yudham Sei. Ameer had even topped these talks offering her the heroine’s role in Aadhi Bhagwan starring Jayam Ravi in the lead.When asked about him being inseparable from Neetu, Ameer replied that they both like each other so much that they stick together whenever time permits. He added that it is a very stable relationship...

Prashanth starrer, Mambattiyan will hit the screens on July 15. This film produced and directed by Thiagarajan is a remake of his own super hit Malayur Mambattiyan. Meera Jasmine is the heroine and Mumaith Khan plays the femme fatale with Prakash Raj, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Vadivelu, and Mano Bala forming the rest of the star cast.Made on a budget of 25 crores, Mambattiyan was shot in Theni, Malaiyur, Kambam, Dindi, and forest regions all...

Asin has officially entered a golden era in her career. She is one of the lucky few to have worked with two out of the three Khans in Bollywood. Not only that but she has delivered blockbuster hits with them that have smashed records at the box office and made her the lucky mascot for the Khans.With Aamir Khan, Asin had Ghajini which exceeded all expectations and propelled her into the highest echelons of stardom. And unlike other Bollywood...