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Taapsee has started working on Vishnuvardhan's multistarrer with Ajith, Nayanthara and Arya.

The actor says that despite the huge star cast there are no ego hassles and there is a great vibe on the sets. She revealed that the director has given every character due importance and they will all be memorable so there is no pressure on any one.

Taapsee said it was hard to believe but Ajith despite being such a huge star is very simple. The actor along with Arya and Nayanthara went out their way to make sure that she was comfortable.

Taapsee said that she and Arya had great fun while working together and she has nothing but respect for Nayantara who made sure that her junior co - star was well looked after.

The best of buddies, Arya and Vishal had a great outing together in Bala’s Avan Ivan.

We now hear that the duo is getting back together.

Arya is likely to do a cameo in Madha Gaja Raja aka MGR starring Vishal in the lead. The actor who currently has Irandam Ulagam and Vishnuvardhan's untitled film in hand, didn’t think a bit in giving his nod to do the cameo for his friend, say reports.

MGR also stars Varalakshmi Sarath Kumar, Anjali, Santhanam, Sadagopan Ramesh, Prakash Raj and Sonu Sood in important roles.

Richard Nathan is helming the camera for this film directed by Sundar C after the success of Kalakalappu (2012). Vijay Antony is composing the music for the film and actor Sada has been roped to perform for an item number in the film.

The teaser of Settai that released recently has garnered an amazing response from film buffs and celebrities alike.

In just a few days of its release, the teaser of 'Settai' has crossed half a million hits. The shoot of the film is now being planned in foreign destinations like Dubai and Switzerland.

Now that Arya is free from his commitments in Georgia for Irandam Ulagam, it seems that the actor has allotted his dates for Settai along with Hansika and Anjali.

Arya would be participating in the song shoots in the aforementioned foreign destinations.

Director Kannan has toned down the adult content from the original Delhi Belly, to make sure that family audiences enjoy Settai, like his previous films such as Jeyam Kondaan and Kanden Kaadhalai.

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 is getting slim and trim for his next movie with Vishnuvardhan and his gym workout stills have received widespread response from his fans.

Even his co-star in the film Nayanthara, is amazed by the star's looks.

Nayantara admits that Ajith looks the same as he was in 2007 when they worked together in Billa, and that he has become slimmer.

The actor who is making a come back with Vishnuvardhan's 'Surangani' opposite Ajith feels that her co-star is still youthful and admires the star for his dedication and commitment towards his profession.

Finally, Karthi's Alex Pandian can gallop towards the finish line as lead lady Anushka is back from her Irandam Ulagam shoots in Georgia.

Just a song needs to be shot with the lead pair in Alex Pandian before the film goes into the post-production stage. This song is currently being shot near AVM Rajeswari theater in Chennai.

There was news that Alex Pandian would release on October 12, and it looks like the release would happen as scheduled. Alex Pandian is directed by Suraj while Devi Sri Prasad scores for this entertainer, also starring Santhanam.

Selvaraghavan and his Irandam Ulagam team involving Arya and Anushka had been shooting in exotic locations of Georgia for more than 40 days.

The team has been shooting under very difficult conditions for this ambitious film of Selva.

Being a very big star in the south Indian film industry, the team says Anushka never complained about the inconveniences she was been put through for such a long period. Though the tough conditions were mainly due to the locations they were shooting in, the pretty actor never failed to adapt to it, even if it involved staying in a common dormitory.

Highly pleased by the Anushka's co-operation and her support for the shoot, director Selvaraghavan threw a farewell party for her.

The actor is now back in Chennai and has joined the Alex Pandian team.

First there was news that Arya will lock lips with his co-stars Hansika Motwani and Anjali in the Tamil remake of Delhi Belly, and now reports have it that the handsome actor will also do the steamy bedroom scenes with his female co-stars for the film that is titled 'Settai'.

Director R. Kannan recently announced that Settai will have no expletives like the original, but surprisingly he wants to make the romantic sequences between Arya and Hansika Motwani hot and racy enough to leave the audiences asking for more.

According to the director, Arya will not only be locking lips with Hansika and Anjali but would also share steamy bedroom scenes with them. Those who have watched Delhi Belly know that Imran Khan did intimate scenes with both of his female co-stars in the film, thus the passionate sequences are requirement of the film’s script. 

"The kissing and bedroom sequences amongst the actor are very important to establish the intimacy between the characters and I hope to shoot them all aesthetically," said director R. Kannan who is expecting a U/A certificate for his film despite of all that kissing and lovemaking scenes.

Selvaraghavan seems to be pulling out all stops for his film 'Irandam Ulagam' with Arya and Anushka.

The team will be flying to Georgia for a two month schedule and everybody is excited.Selva was there earlier to scout for locations and was joined by wife Gitanjali and baby daughter, Lilavathi.

Portions of Irandam Ulagam have already been shot in Hyderabad but the shoot was delayed because of the FEFSI - TFPC strike. Now the team is eager to make up for lost time. Arya has started work on Settai as well and will be juggling his dates to make room for both films.

Lingusamy is planning to remake his Arya-Madhavan starrer Vettai in Hindi.

The director had approached Asin to reprise the role of Sameera Reddy, who played the wife of Madhavan and elder sibling of Amala Paul in the film.

But Asin seems to have turned down the offer.

“Right now I’m not ready to take up films that have multiple heroines. I definitely cannot do the role of an elder sister. And I also have some date issues,” said Asin justifying her decision to turn down Lingusamy.

Ajith starrer 'Billa II' is scheduled to release on 15th June,2012 and the actor is all set to start shooting for his next project with director Vishnuvardhan, a yet to be titled film that would also have Arya, Nayantara and Taapsee in the lead roles.

The 'Billa' actor recently signed up for a film with director Siva of 'Siruthai' fame with Nagi Reddy's Vijaya Productions. With reports suggesting that the film will be a Tamil remake of the Telugu film 'Daruvu', there is a lot of curiosity surrounding this project.

'Daruvu,' a Ravi Teja starrer also directed by Siva is an out and out masala entertainer and falls in the socio-fantasy genre in the lines of Superstar Rajinikanth's yesteryear film 'Athisaya Piravi (1990)'.

Siva's last Tamil outing 'Siruthai' with Karthi in the lead was also a remake of Ravi Teja's 'Vikramakoodu' that went on to become one of the biggest hits of the year.

Clearly Ravi Teja is a lucky charm for director Siva!

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'.

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.

It is reliably learnt that Hansika Motwani has been roped in to play the lead opposite Naga Chaitanya in his next flick. This film directed by Kishore is a remake of the Tamil blockbuster 'Vettai' that had Arya and Amala Paul in the lead roles.

The baby faced actress is currently busy shooting for Tamil films 'Settai', 'Vaalu' and 'Vettai Mannan' and also has Singam II in her kitty. The actor's last Telugu release was the Siddharth starrer, "Oh My Friend" that failed to live up to the expectations at the Box Office. 

This yet to be titled Telugu remake of 'Vettai' will have Naga Chaitanya playing the role enacted by Arya and Hansika paired opposite him for the first time. Sunil has agreed to play Naga Chaitanya's brother in the movie and the filmmakers are currently looking for another female lead to be cast opposite him.

Bellamkonda Suresh is producing the movie that is set to start shooting from the last week of June.

Sources close to the producer say that an official announcement is on the way.

Intense excitement was generated when it was reported that Nayantara had been offered Vidya Balan's celebrated role in The Dirty Picture.

Nayantara has clarified and said that though she herself loved the film, she would not be comfortable pulling off the role.

The actor has also denied reports that the makers were willing to pay her a whopping renumeration saying that there were absolutely no official talks about her being cast in the Tamil and Telugu version of 'The Dirty Picture'.

Nayantara has become something of a media darling ever since she bounced back from a broken relationship and went on to make a strong comeback in Tamil as well as Telugu.

Nayantara is currently preparing herself for director Vishnuvardhan's yet to be titled film with Ajith, Arya and Taapsee.

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.