CELEBS FACTORY

Katrina Kaif is yet to sign on the dotted line for a Tamil film and already she has achieved something that every top heroine in the Southern film industry is constantly aspiring towards.

Katrina has been approached for both Rajinikanth's and Kamal Haasan's upcoming films.

Buzz is that she was offered the female lead in Kochadaiyaan and now Aascar Ravichandran also wants her in Thalaivan Irukinran opposite Kamal Haasan.

Katrina, who is on a high after the fabulous reception to her item song Chikni Chameli in Agneepath, is very excited about being offered projects with the giants of Indian cinema but unfortunately, she is already booked to the hilt.

Katrina now being anxious to play the lead opposite South Indian Superstars is trying hard to find dates for these films, we hear.

Gautam Menon who has successfully teamed up with Harris Jeyaraj and A.R Rahman to create some of the most beautiful numbers of all time is all set to make magic yet again.

Gowtham has recently roped in none other than maestro Ilaiyaraja this time around for his trilingual, Neethane En Ponvasantham. The two held discussions and have decided to go ahead and work together.

Excitement is high on the film sets and everybody is eagerly awaiting Ilaiyaraja's compositions for the film. Jiiva especially can't wait to hear the tunes, we are told.

Vetri Maaran's Vada Chennai seems to be in news for one reason or other even before it goes on floors.

Latest is that Rana Daggubati, who is supposed to do his Tamil debut, will not after all be in the movie.

According to sources close to the director Rana willingly opted himself out of the project for reasons best known only to the director and him. Rana himself, however, was not available for comment.

Vada Chennai has Silambarasan in the lead and is produced by Dhayanidhi Alagiri's Cloud Nine Movies. Andrea Jeremiah and Divya Spandana play the female leads in Vada Chennai.

With Rana having opted out of Vada Chennai, Vetri Maaran and crew are now scouting for another actor to fill in the shoes of the character sketched for the script.

Reemma Sen was last seen with her best of friends Shriya Saran and Vikram for an item number in Suseenthiran's disasterous film 'Rajapattai'. Following this, the actor seems to have decided to enter into marital bliss with her long-time beau Shiv Karan Singh.

Shiv Karan Singh, the groom is a hotelier with chain of eat-outs like Mocha, Shroom, Smoke House Grill etc – in various cities.

Apparently, the couple have been in love for long but Reemma had denied it all along saying that they were just friends.

Shiv Karan proposed marriage to Reemma recently and the actress has agreed to it with the wedding and other ceremonies associated with it to take place at the groom’s farm house in Delhi.

Reemma and Shiv Karan’s high-profile friends from the film industry and other business circles will grace the occasion that is scheduled on March 11th.

Jai and Abhinaya will be the lead pair in Gautham Menon’s next. This film will be produced under Gautham’s home production Photon Kathas and will be directed by Prem Sai who had apprenticed under choreographer, actor and director Prabu Deva.

According to sources close to Gautham Menon, it was decided to sign up Abhinaya for the role of a garment sales girl as the crew felt that she would fit in the character.

Gautham apparently was very impressed with Jai’s performance in last year's hit Engeyum Eppothum that he decided on having him on-board.

Santhanam will play the comedian in this film which is yet to be titled.

The Chennai schedule of K.V Anand's Matraan with Suriya and Kajal Aggarwal was wrapped up recently and the team is now getting ready for theie next schedule in Hyderabad. It is said that director K.V Anand is planning a schedule in Hyderabad and the sets have being erected at the Ramoji Film City.

As reported earlier, Maatraan would have Suriya portraying five different roles and one of them requires him to sport different tattoos on his body. The actor without a doubt is working out again for an 8 pack abs towards flaunting his chiseled physique along with the tattoos.

The release date of Maatraan despite the shooting still being in progress is highly anticipated and is expected to be announced soon after the completion of the schedule in Hyderabad.

After the success of Businessman, starring Mahesh Babu and Kajal Aggarwal, Puri Jagannadh is getting ready to direct his next film roping Pawan Kalyan to play the lead role with leading lady's role going to Kajal Aggarwal again.

Businessman interestingly was Kajal Aggarwal's first working experience with director Puri Jagannadh and the director offering her his next proves how comfy the director is with the actor.

Kajal is now very busy with movies like Maatraan with Suriya, Thuppakki with Vijay and now Puri Jagannadh's next opposite Power Star Pawan Kalyan. Seems like somebody is on a spree.

Pawan is currently busy with Gabbar Singh, the Hindi remake of Dabangg with Shruti Haasan as his lead girl. The Power Star will move to the sets of the Puri Jagannadh’s film after wrapping Gabbar Singh up.

Soundarya Rajini has said that it is true that the work on Kochadaiyaan has begun but the reports that the shooting has commenced is false.

The newbie director says that it is a pleasure to work with her dad and the work has started already. She made it clear that the shooting of Kochadaiyaan has not yet begun as some groundwork needs to be completed before beginning the first schedule.

The star cast in Kochadaiyaan includes Rajinikanth, Katrina Kaif, Sarath Kumar, Prithviraj, Aadhi, Sneha and Nasser. The music of the film would be by Oscar winner A.R Rahman and KS Ravi Kumar is penning the story, screenplay and dialogues for Kochadaiyaan.

Selvaraghavan is basking in glory lately celebrating the birth of his newborn daughter.

Following the birth, Selva took a short break from the grueling schedule of Irandam Ulagam which was progressing in Hyderabad. Now, the director is getting ready to fly down to Canada to film some important scenes there.

Irandam Ulagam’s lead pair Arya and Anushka along with the rest of the cast and crew will travel to Canada soon and the date of their departure will be announced soon.

Eriyum Thanal’s first schedule has been completed and director Bala is getting ready to start the next schedule in Connoor. However, with the tiff between the FEFSI and Producers’ Council still going on, the director has decided to postpone the shooting schedules until the issue is resolved.

Eriyum Thanal stars Atharva and Vedhika as the lead pair. Uma Riyaz Khan plays an important role in this film. GV Prakash has scored the music.

The film is inspired from a Malayalam novel which has the same title.

Nanban is in trouble once again with the Most Backward Classes Association sending a notice to the Producers’ Council Chairman S.A Chandrasekar, director Shankar and the Censor Board seeking deletion of the words Aandi and Pandaram.

In the notice, it has been stated that Aandi and Pandaram community belong to the Most Backward Classes. It is hurting to hear dialogues about these communities in the film. Further, they have also sought the deletion of the words Paari, Poori, Kakoose Sorry.

It has been furthered that the community members will go on a fast until the offending words are deleted.

Trisha is thrilled with the overwhelming response that she has received on her recent film with Venkatesh, Bodyguard. Her role in Bodyguard that was originally played by Nayantara in the Malayalam version had Asin in its Tamil version, Kaavalan and Kareena Kapoor in its Bollywood remake.

Apparently Trisha's fans have been contacting her on social networking sites to compliment her on a job well done. In fact, they have been comparing her to famous legendary actresses like Savitri and Soundarya and the pretty lass felt humbled and thanked her fans for their love and appreciation.

Trisha who is now busy with a Telugu film Dammu with NTR Jr. and her Tamil film Samaran with Vishal, said that she will continue to do her best as an actress.

Prabhu Deva is arguably the best dancer in the country and has also established himself as an actor and director.

Now Prabhu Deva is trying his hand at singing and composing as well.

On Valentine's day, Prabhu Deva will be releasing a music album with five tracks that he has composed and sung by himself. The videos for the same will be shot in Mumbai and it is expected to be ready in time for his birthday on April 3rd. Prabhu Deva is very excited about his new avatar and is keeping his fingers crossed as he is nervous about the response to his album.

Prabhu Deva is currently directing Rowdy Rathore with Akshay Kumar and is preparing for choreographer, Remo's 3D dance film that is to go on floors very soon.

If rumors are to be believed, Prabhu Deva would tie the knot with his lady love, Nayantara this year despite their reported break up.

The National Award winning star Dhanush has made it to Bollywood.

Yes, Dhanush has signed up his first Hindi film. Titled Raanjhnaa, the film will be directed by Anand Rai of Tanu Weds Manu fame.

On picking Dhanush for the lead role in Raanjhnaa, Anand Rai said that after seeing Aadukalam, he was sure that the star would be the right one to play the protagonist.

The other cast and crew is yet to be finalized, said the director.

Raanjhnaa will be a different film completely and the audiences are sure to have a whole new experience.

With 4 consecutive hit films in his profile, the announcement on Venkat Prabhu's next is being anticipated with nothing less than bated breath.

Venkat Prabhu was last heard to be scripting for his next film produced by Studio Green that would have Suriya in the lead.

While Suriya's Maatraan is nearing completion, Venkat Prabhu is expected to have a script ready for narration.

"An announcement will be out soon after that", mentioned a source close to the director.

Jai is happy about the way his career is shaping up, especially after the sleeper hit Engeyum Eppodhum last year.

The actor is now kicked about the project that he is currently working on for Gautham Menon's Photon Kathas, directed by Prabhu Deva's Assistant Director.

Jai reminisces that he missed an earlier opportunity to work with Gautham Menon in Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya. "I received a call from Gautham's office when I was shooting in Thirunelveli. Gautham wanted me to meet him to talk about VTV. However, since I was busy shooting I couldn't honor that invitation and the opportunity fell through," Jai says with a tinge of regret.

If reports are to be believed, Actor Jai has a film on cards in Gautham's direction.