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Tanvi Lonkar, who played the teenage Latika, will appear in a lead role in the Tamil movie Kadhal Theevu. TheKadhal Theevu is produced by Studentstudio.com production company and Sathyaraj introduced the cast of Kadhal Theevu's leads - Tanvi and Ramcharan, who played the young Parthiban in Azhagi - was held in Fame National Multiplex in Chennai.Tanvi, in her address, revealed how hard it is to make it big in Bollywood. "Although I am...

The much-anticipated 84th Oscars Awards ceremony kick started in the US today.This year, it is The Artist that swept the Oscars with five awards. The Artist was adjudged as the Best Motion Picture. The crowd gathered gave huge round of applause when Tom Cruise announced the film as the winner.Interestingly, the Best Actor award went to Jean Dujardin for The Artist and another honor for The Artist with director Michel Hazanavicius receiving...

Now that the shooting of 'Ek Tha Tiger' has wrapped up in Cuba, Salman Khan is back in the city and is all set to switch on to the avatar of Chulbul Pandey in Dabangg 2 directed by his brother Arbaaz Khan, who is busy as of now searching for the most suitable cast for the movie.News is that there have been a few drop outs from the prequel.Not just that, in Dabangg2, there are reports of a few additions to the already existing cast. But...

The makers of the sequel of last years’ hit film, Saheb, Biwi aur Gangster, have roped in actor Soha Ali Khan in the role of Irrfan Khan’s tormented wife.Soha's role would borrow quite a lot from yesteryear film, Anupama, in which her mother, actor Sharmila Tagore, was seen as a suppressed daughter.“Nothing and no one is ever how they seem. I’m very excited about the role,” Soha was quoted as sayi...

Sunny Leone, the famous Indo - Canadian pornstar, whose claim to fame in India was Big Boss 5, is now very much a part of our Bollywood fraternity.Mahesh Bhatt, known for his keen eye for fresh faces, noticed Sunny on the show, and now the sensuous actor will be making her Bollywood debut with Mahesh Bhatt's JISM 2.Sunny Leone has also found a fan in ace director Ram Gopal Varma, who wants to cast her in his movie as well. Expressing this...

These are thoughtful times for actress Chitrangada Singh. After her critically acclaimed roles in films like HAZAARON KHWAISHEIN AISI, KAL - YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW and SORRY BHAI the actress is currently going through a phase of regret.This phase of regret has to do with her last film DESI BOYZ in which Chitrangada tried to go for some image makeover but did not quite make it. Now, we hear the actress is going through a low phase for working...

Vidya Balan, whose film count includes mostly female-oriented themes, says the film industry changed over the years and co-incidentally she has become the face of this change."I believe that change doesn't happen overnight, it takes time. I am lucky that today when we are feeling the change, it's a co-incidence that I have become a face of this change," she said in an interview.Vidya gave strong performances in "Ishqiya", "Paa", "No One...

While most actors usually shy away from discussing their cosmetic surgeries, Shruti Haasan - the 26-year-old daughter of veteran actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika had no problem in admitting that she went under the knife for a nose-job before her Bollywood debut."I had a common disorder involving a deviated septum and I underwent Septoplasty, a corrective surgery in the United States avoiding further breathing problems," revealed Shruti Haasan...

Director Bala is planning to rope in his Naan Kadavul heroine Pooja for Eriyum Thanal.The director is to conduct a test shoot on Pooja and is expected to officially announce her as the heroine in the film.The film also star Vedhika as a female lead with Atharva as the hero.Music for Eriyum Thanal is being scored by GV Prakash. The film is based on a Malayalam novel, say sourc...

Producer KTVY Loganathan, who produced the recently released 3D adventure Ambuli is very happy about the way the film has been received.The producer further expressed his excitement towards the amazing response that Ambuli has been receiving since day one of release. He further added that Ambuli's success has encouraged him to produce the film's sequel too.Ambuli 3D, the first ever stereoscopic Tamil 3D film has been received very well...

Here's the first look of Abhay Deol and Emraan Hashmi starrer Shanghai.Shanghai is an upcoming Hindi political thriller film directed by Dibakar Banerjee of Khosla Ka Ghosla and Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! fame.Starring Abhay Deol, Emraan Hashmi, Kalki Koechlin, Prosenjit Chatterjee and Pitobash, Shanghai is currently being shot in Maharashtra based on the life of Politicians and their greed.The film is slated to release on June 8, 20...

Sajid Khan is back again to tickle your funny bone with Housefull 2: The Dirty Dozen.Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Boman Irani, Randhir Kapoor and Chunky Pandey will come together again for the sequel of the 2010 comedy.Malaika Arora Khan has done an item-number in Housefull 2 and Sajid-Wajid are the music directors of the mov...

'Tezz' is an upcoming Hindi action thriller film directed by Priyadarshan.Tezz features an ensemble cast that includes Mohanlal, Anil Kapoor, Ajay Devgan, Kangna Ranaut, Sameera Reddy and Zayed Khan in main roles.The stunts for the film has been choreographed by Gareth Milne, the stunt co-ordinator of 'Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer' and 'National Treasure: Book of Secrets' . Tezz was earlier titled 'Bullet Train'....

The first look of Hate Story promises a steamy journey ahead.A mystery girl with her bare back and the titillating setting of a gun and a tattoo - the poster of Vikram Bhatt's Hate Story is bold, daring and different.The identity of the girl is being kept under wraps.The movie, directed by Vivek Agnihotri, features Nikhil Dwivedi, Paoli Dam and Gulshan Devaiya.Bengali actress Paoli Dam is known to have done one of the boldest scenes in...

Actress Lakshmi Rai has come a long way after her debut in 2005 with the Tamil film Karka Kasadara. She is indeed considered as one of the actors who are ready to bare. Sizzling as usual, "What is wrong in wearing a bikini?," she asks stating "If you have a good body, you might as well want to flaunt it!”Fresh with the success of Kanchana, Lakshmi Rai is ready to entertain the audience with her latest film Adhinayakudu starring Telugu Superstar...

Karthi has signed up a project with Jayam Raja.Following the huge success of Velayutham, Director Jeyam Raja is working on a family subject and has roped in Karthi for the lead role. It is not immediately known if the film is a remake, as Jayam Raja is known for handing remakes well.Karthi, who is currently busy with Alex Pandian is awaiting release of Saguni this April. He is expected to join the sets of Jeyam Raja's upcoming film soon...

Sources say that Priyamani has been roped in to play Riteish Deshmukh’s leading lady in a Hindi film.After Mani Ratnam's Raavan, Priyamani has been looking for a good opportunity to make a mark in Bollywood and the actor seems to have found a good opportunity in a script narrated by Chandrakant Singh, says sources close to her.Priyamani currently has a couple of Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada projects on hands and will move over to this...

After Renigunta, Sanjana Singh opted to perform for item numbers and make cameos in few films like Ko, Veyilodu Vilayadu and Mayanginen Thayanginen based on the request of some friends in the industry.Sanjana, however says that she is in no hurry to accept offers as she is looking for good roles that requires award-winning performance.The actor mentioned of her opportunity to play the female lead again in a film titled Yarukku Theriyum...

Director Ahmed has said that Trisha did not walk out of the film that he is to direct with Jiiva in the lead.The director has said that Trisha liked the role very much and has agreed to join the project only after completing her Telugu film Dammu and Tamil film Samaran.Ahmed said that though the actress has not signed the dotted lines yet, he is expecting her to do it in the near future. He added that shooting of this yet-to-be-named will...

Trisha has been camping in Pollachi for the past week shooting of her Telugu flick Dammu with Jr NTR in the lead."The heat in Pollachi is so unbearable and its extremely difficult to maintain my complexion and skin care has become the need of the hour," said Trisha ruing of requiring re-takes unable to beat the heat of the scorching sun.It may be mentioned here that Trisha flew down from Thailand where her Tamil project 'Samaran' with Vishal...

With the ongoing strike, shooting schedules of many upcoming movies are being held outside Tamil Nadu.The shooting of A.L Vijay's Thandavam starring Chiyam Vikram and Anushka is currently carried out with a few flashback scenes and songs being shot in and around Delhi.Recently, the song 'Oru Paadhi Kanavu Neeyadi' was shot with Vikram romancing Anushka Shetty. It is worth mentioning her that these actors are reuniting with UTV motion pictures...

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...

While Deepika Padukone has made it clear that she will not be a part of Race II as the producer has wasted her call sheet last year, producer Ramesh Taurani is set on having none other than Deepika playing the female lead.As a result of this, Ramesh had filed a complaint at the actors’ association in Mumbai.Replying to the complaint, Deepika said that her dates have been wasted by the producer several times before and she has no intention...

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...

There is a buzz that a popular director is trying to get Silambarasan and Nayantara onboard for his next.Nayantara has made it clear that she is looking to revive her acting career and has already signed Vishnuvardhan's project alongside Ajith and Arya.A popular director in Kollywood is said to be in talks with Nayantara for a film that is to have Silambarasan as her lead pair.It may be mentioned here that the two had fought bitterly during...

Asin recently said that she would love to work with Shah Rukh Khan as she has already worked with the other two Khans in Bollywood -Aamir and Salman.It looks like Asin's wish to act with the King Khan is now about to come true as she is all set to sign on the dotted line for a film with Shahrukh Khan himself.The film will be based on the book - Two States: The Story of My Marriage by Chetan Bhagat.Sajid Nadiadwala would be producing this...

After Ajith, it's Suriya who joins hands with Venkat Prabhu.According to industry sources, Suriya and Venkat Prabhu will be working on a bilingual multistarrer movie to be produced in both Tamil and Telugu.Sources reveal that there will be an ensemble star cast including the Telugu star Ravi Teja in the movie with Tapsee as his love interest.Sonam Kapoor will be making her Tamil debut opposite Suriya.Suriya has given a go ahead for the...

Gautham Menon has released the promo trailer of Nee Thaane En Pon Vasantham. The trailer, which runs for about one minute, has the Ilayaraja number from Ninaivellam Nithya which begins with the lyrics Nee Thaane En Pon Vasantham…Interestingly, the maestro has been signed up to score the music for this film and being a soft romantic flick, the king of melodies is expected to spin magic with his music baton. Nee Thaane En Pon Vasantham stars...

Gautham Menon's Ek Deewana Tha has turned out as something very unique because the director has revealed that the film will be released with two very different climaxes.It may be recalled that Gautham Menon's Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya and Ye Maaya Chesave, the original Tamil and Telugu versions respectively had two different endings.In VTV, STR and Trisha part ways whereas in the Telugu version the lovers Naga Chaitanya and Samantha are united....

Looks like Upendra is headed for a make-over. If his actress-wife Priyanka has her way, Uppi will soon be seen in a new avatar in her first directorial."People often ask me how Uppi is as a person. Through my film, which will revolve around life and relationships, I intend to bring out his other side. He is often cast as the rough and tough guy but I want to show him as a romantic. Uppi seems to be impressed with the characterization and...

"If we are taking about female population, now we know that we have a female hero here with us who has taken over. I think with all the Khans and the Kapoors, we have Vidya Balan now," Shekhar, of the Vishal-Shekhar duo, said at the music launch of their latest film 'Kahaani'.After being down and out for a while, Vidya resurfaced and showed her Versatility with 'Ishqiya', 'Paa', 'No One Killed Jessica' and her masterstroke came in the form...

Nila aka Meera Chopra who made her acting debut in the film industry with S.J.Surya’s ‘Anbe Aaruyire’ in the year 2007 bid farewell to the film industry sometime ago, with the perception of not fitting well in the film industry.The actor who has earlier acted in many films in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages and has now decided to make a comeback by taking the Bollywood route.On asking about this, Meera said that, “I’m gearing up for...

Ambuli, for the first time in the history of Indian cinema, has released a motion poster. The specialty of this 3D flick is that viewers do not need to go to 3D theatres to watch the film as the 3D effect can be enjoyed in all theatres.Vanessa Taylor, who is known for her work in films like Harry Potter, has worked in Ambuli as a DI Colorist. Ambuli has been directed by Hari Shankar and Hareesh Narayan. It stars Parthiban in a pivotal ...

Actress Nithya Menen seen in films like Nootrenbathu and Veppam is in trouble as she may be banned from Malayalam films.Two of Nithya's Malayalam films 'Bachelor Party' and 'Ustad Hotel' have been directly affected.Apparently the Producers Council slapped the ban on Nithya Menen when she refused to meet some producers who had dropped in to discuss a project with her while shooting for another Malayalam film 'Tatsamayam Oru Penkutty'.However,...

Salman Khan and Shriya get along splendidly over their shared passion for fitness.The Bollywood superstar is very impressed with Shriya's talent after Gali Gali Mein Chor Hai and has been promoting her in a big way.It may be remembered that Salman also promoted Katrina Kaif and as a result she is one of the leading heroines in Bollywood today.Sonakshi Sinha is also a Salman discovery and her career is also rocking these days.Will Shriya...

Esha Deol got engaged to businessman Bharat Takhtani at a very private ceremony at Hema Malini’s bungalow in Mumbai. Only very close family and friends were invited to this engagement ceremony. Notable among those who attended this event was Aishwarya Dhanush.Esha is the daughter of Bollywood star couple Dharmendra and Hema Malini. Her debut film was Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe for which she won the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award. She has...

Kajal Aggarwal it seems has decided to focus on her Southern language films now we hear.The actress was offered a new Hindi film by Maneesh Sharma, the director of Ladies vs Ricky Bahl but the actress turned him down as she is busy in Tamil and Telugu films and is working with some of the biggest names in the business.The actress earlier received some bad press where she was criticized for not being grateful to the Southern Film fraternity...

Ulaga Nayakan Kamal Haasan has recently bought a new Range Rover Evoque. The white colour Range Rover is the talk of the town.The actor is known for his penchant for SUV’s and the brand new Range Rover Evoque is a new addition to his collection of cars.Prior to this he was using a white colour Prado.In March last year Kamal Haasan's Audi A8 L was in the news after he purchased the flagship model sedan introduced into the Indian market...

It seems there’s no limit to the creative talent of Prabhu Deva and he never gets bored of doing several things at a time.The multi-talented choreographer-turned-actor-turned director is all set to release his music album and prove his mettle.Prabhu Deva has been working on his album titled ‘Boruda’ for quite some months.According to sources, the launch of the album will take place soon.Interestingly, Prabhu Deva has shaken his leg to some...

Although she is shuttling between Bollywood and regional movies, Asin seems to be landing plump roles in Tamil as well.After her last year hit Kavalan, if rumors are to be believed, Asin might be in the Shankar directed Thalaivan Irukkiran. Speculations are abuzz in the internet that she will play Kamal’s lead in Thalaivan Irukkiran.It’s also reported that Telugu actor Prabhas, Malayalam superstar Mohanlal and Hollywood star Jackie Chan...

Suraaj has titled the Karthi starrer that he is directing right now as Alex Pandian, say sources.The director did not announce the title of this project till date though the shooting commenced last September. But now, sources in the tinsel town say that he has decided to name the film Alex Pandian.Apparently Alex Pandian is the name of the character that Karthi plays in the film and Suraaj has decided that it would be appropriate.Anushka...

Whitney Houston, who found fame as one of Pop’s biggest voices has died.Whitney who was 48 died Saturday afternoon on the eve of the Grammys and on the night of Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammy gala, at which she performed last year.Houston, a formidable force in R&B/pop known for her powerful multi-octave range and sweeping ballads in the 1980s and '90s, was beset in more recent years by reports of drug use, erratic behavior and a volatile...

Imran Khan and Kareena Kapoor aren't the only ones making drunken mistakes... The only difference is, their mistake was onscreen.But B-town's latest IT couple Prateik and Amy Jackson made a shocking confession while interviewed of their latest outing 'Ek Deewana Tha' and about their candid 'smooch' picture that had leaked online.Prateik confessed, "It was New Year's Eve and we were having a lot of fun. It was almost like 'Group Love'."...

Katrina Kaif has been sexy but never the sensuous Yash Chopra heroine. And thus, she has decided to devote a major part of the year to her upcoming YRF project co-staring Shah Rukh Khan."I shot with Shah Rukh for five days before my Ek Tha tiger schedule in Cuba. We had never worked before. And I tend to be a bit reserved on the sets. Shah Rukh has shot several times with Yashji. This is my first. But I was made to feel at home from Day...