Shankar do a film with Vishal

When we probed, sources said that Shankar had recently watched Vishal’s latest film ‘Pandiya Nadu’ and congratulated the actor on his performance.

“During the conversation, Shankar said he would like to do a film with Vishal in the future. But there are no immediate plans,” added sources.

Meanwhile, Vishal is set to start shooting for ‘Nan Sigappu Manithan’, to be directed by Thiru of ‘Theeradha Vilyaattu Pillai’ and ‘Samar’ fame. Thaman will score the music.

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Kamal Haasan busy in Mollywood

Now, after quite a long spell, he will be soon seen in a Malayalam movie and the ‘Dasavatharam’ and ‘Anbe Sivam’ actor is apparently thrilled about the development.

I have done 50 Malayalam films and I will soon do another Malayalam movie,” Kamal, who is currently busy with ‘Vishwaroopam 2′, said.

It may be recalled that he was last seen in Mollywood in Saji Surendran’s ‘Four Friends’, in which he did a cameo.

Sources close to Kamal, while confirming his return to Malayalam films, however said that it might take some time for him to start the project, since he is occupied with a couple of other films.

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Ajith not using a body double

Even during the shoot of his last venture, ‘Arrambam’, Ajith performed a very challenging stunt, jumping from one moving car to another.

In his forthcoming venture ‘Veeram’, there are said to be many such risky fight scenes. And despite repeated pleas from director Siva and the stunt choreographers, Ajith insisted on performing them himself without using a body double.

“This has left the whole unit in awe of Ajith. In fact, Siva has been talking about Ajith to almost every person he meets these days,” say sources close to the ‘Veeram’ team.

The movie is taking shape fast and it has Tamannaah as the heroine. Music is by Devi Sri Prasad and a theme song by him, which was released along with the teaser, is already making waves.

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Hansika Motwani is keeping herself busy

Hansika Motwani is giving the impression that she isn’t overly concerned about reports which suggest that her relationship with boyfriend STR is on the rocks.

Instead, the actress is keeping herself busy, shooting back to back.

Recently, she juggled three shoots at the same studio in Hyderabad, on the same day.

Recalling that it has been three months since she took a break, Hansika says, “I understands the demands of this job and I want to be a thorough professional.”

At the Hyderabad studio, Hansika shot for three of her upcoming films – ‘Aranmanai’, ‘Uyire Uyire’ and Telugu remake of Hindi hit ‘Golmaal 3′, on the same day.

“It was crazy and hectic,” she says with a smile.

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Prabhu Deva lighting up Happy New Year

Mumbai: Prabhu Dheva is said to have grooved so well for ‘Happy New Year’ that the film’s lead actor Shah Rukh Khan is mesmerised by the multi-faceted star’s magical moves.

“Too much fun to see Prabhu Dheva sir move on the dance floor. Thank you for lighting up ‘Happy New Year’…love and respect sir,” Shah Rukh, who plays a key role in the film, posted on Twitter.

‘Happy New Year’ also stars Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani and Deepika Padukone. The film is directed by Farah Khan.

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Arvind Swami to return to Bollywood

Chennai: Actor Arvind Swami is set to return to Bollywood with Mahesh Manjrekar’s untitled bilingual project.

“My next film will be a bilingual in Hindi and Tamil. It’s a film that will be directed by Mahesh Manjrekar. (I) will let you know about the other artists as soon as the casting is finalised,” posted Arvind, who played the male lead in the successful film ‘Bombay’, on his Twitter page.

He was also seen in the 1998 Hindi movie ‘Saat Rang Ke Sapne’.

Arvind, who had bid adieu to his acting career seven years back, returned with Mani Ratnam-directed Tamil romantic drama ‘Kadal’ earlier this year.

Reportedly, Arvind will play the lead in the big screen adaptation of Manjrekar’s award winning Marathi drama ‘Kaksparsh’.

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Paris Hilton make enough money in nice ways

London: Paris Hilton claims she never made a cent from her infamous sex tape ’1 Night in Paris’.

The 32-year-old hotel heiress was just 21 when her then-boyfriend Rick Salomon filmed them getting intimate and the leaked the footage after they split, reported Contactmusic.

“I never made a dollar, not one. I make enough money in nice ways, my fragrance makes enough, I don’t need to worry about that,” she said.

Although Hilton said she never cashed in on the film, her former boyfriend Salomon reportedly earned millions from the X-rated home movie.

She is currently River Viiperi since September 2012.

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Tamannaah romantic duet in Switzerland

Chennai: Ajith and Tamannaah are currently camping in Switzerland, to shoot a song sequence for ‘Veeram’, directed by ‘Siruthai’ fame Siva.

“It is a romantic duet composed by Devi Sri Prasad and the chemistry between Ajith and Tamannaah will be the highlight of the song,” sources say.

Almost 90 per cent of the shooting of ‘Veeram’ is over and the remaining is expected to be completed by the middle of December.

Produced by Vijaya Productions to mark the centenary year of its founder, B Nagi Reddy, the movie is set against the backdrop of a village.

Ajith plays Vinayagam, the elder brother of four youngsters. The film is slated to hit the screens for Pongal festival.

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Anushka animated awareness video on AIDS

Chennai: Actress Anushka Shetty and her ‘Singam’ co-star Suriya have collaborated with TeachAIDS campaign, which aims to spread awareness about the disease among children. She says she wishes to follow the cause closely.

“I’m not much into social service and have never been associated with any programme,” Anushka told us.

“One of the reasons I didn’t get associated with any programme (yet is) because I usually don’t follow it, but I wish to follow the AIDS awareness initiative religiously,” Anushka told us.

Actors Shruti Haasan and Siddharth are also a part of the campaign.

Anushka along with other actors have featured in an animated awareness video on AIDS, which was unveiled recently.

“I belong to a very conservative family like majority of others in this country and I know how we react to AIDS and sex education. We even consider talking about it a taboo not just in schools, but even in colleges.

I’m sure programmes like these will create more awareness,” said Anushka, who initially distanced herself from people afflicted with HIV.

“I was associated with two groups with AIDS many years ago and once when they offered me food, I refused to eat it because I felt uncomfortable and didn’t have the awareness that it’s safe to dine with them. Today, I don’t feel the same because I have the knowledge,” she added.

Anushka is currently busy shooting for Telugu films ‘Rudhramadevi’ and ‘Baahubali’.

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Nagababu essay the role of Pawan Kalyan

Chennai: In upcoming Telugu comedy ‘Choosinodiki Choosinantha’, actor Nagababu will imitate the role of his young brother Pawan Kalyan from his recent release ‘Attarintiki Daaredhi’. The film’s director hopes the audience takes it in the right spirit.

“Nagababu sir will essay the role of Pawan Kalyan from ‘Attarintiki Daaredhi’ and his character is also named after Pawan’s role.

We have even made him (Nagababu) don the same look as Pawan in the film. We want the audience to take all this in the right spirit and not get offended,” the film’s director Anil Vatupali told us.

“This has been done purely for entertainment purpose. Some of the recent Telugu films featured leading comedians imitating scenes from several star’s films, but we thought only Nagababu sir can do this particular role. Any other comedian imitating Pawan Kalyan may not have gone down too well,” he added.

The director clarifies that the intent is not to cash in on the success of ‘Attarintiki Daaredhi’.

“We are only trying to have some fun. Even Nagababu sir enjoyed playing this role. We have no intention on banking on the success of the film,” he added.

The film also features Sivaji, Krishnudu aka Alluri Krishnam Raju and Nitya in important roles.

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Prasanna creative initiative has been received

Chennai: R.S. Prasanna is using social networking platforms to create the right buzz for ‘Kalyana Samayal Saadham’, releasing on December 6. He believes it’s an effective marketing practice.

“Of course, there’s money involved in marketing and my distributors know it better. But social media is a cheap and effective marketing technique because it helps create one-to-one communication with the audience about your film,” Prasanna told us.

‘Kalyana Samayal Saadham’ revolves around one big fat south Indian wedding.

Produced by Arun Vaidyanathan, the film features Prasanna Venkatesan and Lekha Washington in the lead roles.

“Since the theme of our film revolves around marriage, all of us have replaced our profile pictures on Facebook with our wedding pictures. This includes me, my producer Arun and lead actor Prasanna. Lekha, who is still single, has been posting best wedding videos available on the net on her wall,” Prasanna said.

The idea was to do something innovative.

“Even though it was a planned strategy, we are doing it because we love our film. Instead of counting the days for release, we decided to do something that will stand out and draw the attention of the audience. From profile pictures to personal posts, we wanted everything to be marriage-related,” he said.

The creative initiative has been received well.

“We have been getting congratulatory messages from people we don’t even know on Facebook. It’s a myth that social media is an urban phenomenon, but it’s not only for the elitists. Even if audiences take notice of our work on these platforms, we have achieved our purpose,” Prasanna said.

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Eminem building sprawling mansion for daughter

London: Rapper Eminem is said to be rekindling his relationship with former wife Kim Scott, according to the latter’s mother.

Scott’s mother, Kathy Sluck, said that the pair, who last divorced seven years ago, see each other all the time and Eminem is even building her daughter a sprawling mansion, reported Daily Mirror.

“They get along better than ever. He’s building her a new house on 22 mile,” Kathy said.

She also described how Scott, who has been a focus of many of Eminem’s hits, has been clean for years and is focused on her family.

However, a spokesman for the rapper has insisted that the couple, who first married in 1999, are only ‘friends’ who share parenting of their family.

AP

Justin Bieber Miley Cyrus Least Influential People

New York: Singer Miley Cyrus and teen pop sensation Justin Bieber have been named the least influential people by a magazine.

In a list compiled by GQ magazine, around 25 people have been named the Least Influential People of 2013.

Cyrus, 21, received the title because of her controversial appearance during this year’s MTV VMAs where she twerked and wailed her tongue as she performed with Robin Thick. In “Wrecking Ball”, the singer has gone completely nude.

“Miley spent the entire year foam-finger-blasting herself, licking sledgehammers, and basically trying every insane strategy she could think of to rile up America’s few remaining pearl clutchers. What’s sad is that it totally worked,” the magazine said.

Bieber, 19, who had been making headlines for all the wrong reasons, earned the spot in the list because of his errant behaviour.

“When you’re a just-legal megastar raising hell and being a brat, people will still give you a chance,” the magazine said.

“They’ll blame the money and the fame and probably your parents. But once you lose the baby fat, there are no viable excuses,” they added.

Other stars who made it to the Least Influential list, include Lady Gaga, Ryan Reynolds, ‘Man of Steel’ director Zack Snyder, Alex Rodriguez, Tim Tebow, Will Smith and his family and Dennis Rodman among others.

AP

Madhuri Dixit Talking about her experience

Mumbai: Madhuri Dixit, who has some intimate scenes with award winning actor Naseeruddin Shah in the forthcoming film ‘Dedh Ishqiya’, says she was shy doing them, thanks to her co-star’s intense eyes.

“I found his eyes very intense. Whenever I did intense scenes with him, I used to get very shy. This is for the first time I found myself in such a situation,” Madhuri told reporters.

“When you are with him, you don’t have to act, you just have to react. He is such a natural actor,” added the actress.

A sequel to Vidya Balan starrer 2009 hit film ‘Ishqiya’, this will be Madhuri’s first full-fledged movie role in six years. She feels filmmaking has undergone a lot of changes in the last few years.

She was last seen playing the lead in 2007 release ‘Aaja Nachle’.

“Things have changed. There is a lot of discipline now. Things are well planned now, which is good for the actors. Promotions have become a big deal and it’s very hectic, but it’s all for the good,” said the actress of hits like ‘Beta’, ‘Dil To Pagal Hai’ and ‘Devdas’.

Recently, she made a guest appearance in the “Ghaghra” song in hit movie ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’.

The 46-year-old will be seen as Begum Para, an attractive yet dangerous woman in ‘Dedh Ishqiya’, which has been shot in the interiors of the country.

Talking about her experience Madhuri said that they shot in the “remotest locations for the film but I didn’t know it will look so good on the screen.”

Directed by Abhishek Chaubey, ‘Dedh Ishqiya’ also features Arshad Warsi and Huma Qureshi.

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Sunny Leone upset with the censor board

Mumbai: The censor board has axed “Eggjactly” from being used in Sunny Leone starrer ‘Jackpot’. However the Indo-Canadian adult film star says it is a family film and doesn’t “require censorship”.

The 32-year-old, who has shot some bold scenes for the movie, admits that it’s censor board’s job to see what’s suitable for young adults to watch.

At the same time, she feels that ‘Jackpot’ “is not an A-certificate movie. So, they have to be really careful on what the subject matter is.”

But I don’t think there is anything in the movie that requires censorship. It’s a very nice family movie that everyone can watch,” added the actress who entered Bollywood with erotic thriller ‘Jism 2′. She was speaking at the music launch of the film.

Meanwhile, director Kaizad Gustad is upset with the censor board for banning “Eggjactly”, by Javed Jaffrey.

“It’s unnecessary. I don’t understand why the song has been banned – it’s funny and there is humour in it. It is not anything personal. It is about the whole country. He (Javed) has not attacked any one person,” Gustad said.

“The censor board should have some sense of humour. It’s just a funny song and he has not offended anybody. He has been very careful to avoid personal attacks,” Gustad added.

The film’s actor-producer Sachiin Joshi feels he is being targeted.

“I seriously think it’s somebody’s ploy against me and I am being targeted,” he said reacting to the ban on the song.

‘Jackpot’ has been shot in Goa and also stars Naseeruddin Shah. It hits theatres on December 13.

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Kush Short Film selected for Oscar

‘Kush’ has been selected by the Academy in the short-list of 10 live-action shorts that will advance in the Oscar race.

Three or five films out of these 10 films will be selected for Oscar nomination by the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch members.

‘Kush’, a 25 minute film, stars Sonika Chopra, Shayaan Sameer and Anil Sharma. It has been produced by Shubhashish’s father Sanjay Bhutiani through their Red Carpet Moving Pictures banner.

“The film is getting a great response and is set to travel to some more festivals. The big responsibility for us now it to get it noticed to as many people as possible,” producer Sanjay Bhutiani told us over phone from Mumbai.

Shubhashish made the film, inspired by a true story, for his graduation project at New York’s School of Visual Arts.

The film’s story takes place during the riots that followed the assassination of prime minister Indira Gandhi in 1984. The story revolves around a school picnic where a teacher is trying to protect Kush, the only Sikh child in the group from the violence raging around them.

‘Kush’ won the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film at the 70th Venice International Film Festival 2013 and jury prize at Hamptons International Film Festival.

The other nine short listed films include: ‘Aquel No Era Yo’ (That Wasn’t Me) by director Esteban Crespo, ‘Avant Que De Tout Perdre’ (Just before Losing Everything) by director Xavier Legrand, ‘Dva’ (Two) by Mickey Nedimovic, ‘Helium’ by director Anders Walter, ‘Throat Song’ by director Miranda de Pencier, ‘Tiger Boy’ by Gabriele Mainetti, ‘The Voorman Problem’ by Mark Gill, ‘Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa?’ (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?) by Selma Vilhunen and ‘Record/Play’ by Jesse Atlas.

The Short Films and Feature Animation Branch Reviewing Committee viewed all the eligible entries for the preliminary round of voting at screenings held in Los Angeles.

Branch screenings will be held in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco in December.

The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced on January 16 while the Oscar ceremony will take place on March 2, 2014 at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center.

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Nayantara to give bikini feast again

From a couple of weeks, it is always rumoured in film circles that one or the other of our star heroines are soon going to scorch screen with a bikini look. We have heard the names of Samantha and Tamanna getting hit by this bikini virus. Here comes another senior heroine joining them.

This heroine is not new to wearing a two piece dress on silver screen. She is none other than Nayantara. This senior beauty is right now the busiest star heroine in South with almost six films in her kitty.

Highly placed sources revealed that Nayan is going to give bikini feast again. Earlier she has taken a spicy cat walk beside a swimming pool for the movie 'Billa'.  She is now heard doing that act in the movie 'Arambam'. In both the films, Ajith happens to be the hero.

Actually Nayan decided not to expose too much after re-entry into films post breakup. But it looks like she can't resist the temptation as she is acting with hero Ajith, who has given her a big break in Kollywood earlier. So, wait for it

Nayantara to play Simbus lady love

Nayantara has signed the dotted line to play STR's lady love in their upcoming film being directed and produced by Pandiraj.

“we have searched heroine from long time for our mylaa character now finally we have fixed the heroine that none other than nayanthara :-),” confirmed director and producer Pandiraj in his twitter page.

Pasanga Productions presenting Simbu starrer is yet-to-be-titled, while makers have already started the shooting and wrapped up the first schedule. Meanwhile, STR is busy with untitled Gautham Menon's film.

Post success of Arya's Raja Rani and Ajith's Arrambam, Nayantara will soon join STR after their blockbuster Vallavan in 2006.

Rajinikanth is close to Narendra Modi

Since long rumour mill is abuzz that superstar Rajinikanth will join politics. But, Rajini Sir himself has neither confirmed nor denied the news.

Once again reports suggest that Rajinikanth will soon make his plunge into politics, after Narendra Modi has been declared as BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate for forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2014. Sources say the veteran actor is close to Modi.

Moreover, Tamil Nadu unit of BJP sent out feelers to superstar Rajinikanth. Making an appeal to the Tamil movie icon recently was BJP state president Pon Radhakrishnan who is in Trichy supervising preparations for a youth rally scheduled to be addressed by Modi on September 26.

The Tamil movie icon originally hails from Bangalore and did several Kannada movies Thappida Thala, Garjana, Maathu Tappada Maga, and Kumkuma Rakshe, to name a few and has a huge fan following across Karnataka.

According to sources, the upcoming film Kochadaiiyaan starring the superstar, will be released on Rajnikanth's birthday on December 12.

Kajal Agarwal concentrating more on Bollywood

Till last year sexy seductress Kajal Agarwal was quite busy with bunch offers and all of sudden things got changed and the lady is running with lack offers now. Many star directors approached the lady by offering prominent roles but she has refused all by citing the remuneration.

Kajal is concentrating more on Bollywood career and this also caused producers looking for other options. Now the hottie realized the pain of being workless and she is now accepting films coming her way.

Now kajal is not hesitating to act beside the veteran actors and she has bagged a biggie to star opposite Lokanayakudu Kamal Haasan.Titled Uttama Villian(Best Villain), actor and director Ramesh Aravind will be directing the film.

The film is being written by Crazy Mohan and produced by Thirupathi Brothers. The film will be a comedy and the story idea was given by Kamal himself.

Heroines from South wish to act at least once opposite to Universal Hero Kamal Hassan. They opine that, one can learn many things with his experience but at the same time heroines fear to have lip lock with him.

And so, quite a few heroines backed out to pair with Kamal. Heroine Kajal too said no to Kamal earlier but now the lady gave green signal to Kamal which means that lady has Okayed lip lock with Kamal.

Sunny Leone to debut in Tamil cinema

After scorching the screens in a few Hindi movies such as Jism 2, Shootout at Wadala and the upcoming Ragini MMS 2 and Jackpot, Sunny Leone is all set to make her onscreen debut in Tamil cinema as well.

Dhayanidhi Alagiri's production, Vada Curry would take the credit of introducing this porn-star / actor to Tamil audiences.

She would be performing for a song in the movie, and it must be noted that Yuvan Shankar Raja has composed the tunes for this movie, starring Jai and Swathi.Get set for a sizzling time when Vada Curry releases.

GV Prakash romancing with Sri Divya

Young music director G.V Prakash, who recently tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend-singer Saindhavi, is busy working on his acting debut.  He was spotted romancing with his female interest Sri Divya, of course, as part of the film Pencil.

Tipped to be a romantic thriller set in high school, Prakash and Divya will be seen as Class 12 students.Director Mani Nagaraj is handing the megaphone.

The makers are planning to dub the film in Telugu considering the popularity of Sri Divya (Bus Stop, Mallela Theeram Lo Sirimalle Puvvu) and protagonist Prakash.

G.V Prakash, who also happens to be nephew of AR Rahman, is himself composing music for the film. He is popular in Telugu for his tunes in Ullasamga Utsahamga, Darling and Endukante Premantha.

Varna Box Office Collection report

Varna is dubbed version of Tamil movie Irandam Ulagam, it is an romantic fantasy movie. In which, Arya and Anushka Shetty playing the main lead roles.

Varna Box Office Collection

Varna 1st Day Collection: 4.5 Cr

Varna 2nd Day Collection: 5.5 Cr

Varna 3rd Day Collection: 5.1 Cr

Varna 4th Day Collection: 4.2 Cr

Varna Total Box Office Collection: 20.3 Cr

Irandaam Ulagam Box Office Collections report

Irandaam Ulagam (English: The Second World) is an Indian sentimental dream film composed and regulated by Selvaraghavan, made at the same time in Telugu (as Varna). Featuring Arya and Anushka Shetty, the film characteristics soundtrack made by Harris Jayaraj, foundation score by Anirudh Ravichander and cinematography took care of by Ramji.


A few months later of generation, the film discharged worldwide on 22 November 2013 plus named renditions. The Tamil variant accepted blended to positive audits from analysts, however the Telugu form appropriated blended surveys.

Irandaam Ulagam 1st Day Collections  -   5.9 Crores

Irandaam Ulagam 2nd Day Collections –  5.86 Crores

Irandaam Ulagam 3rd Day Collections –  5.92 Crores

Irandaam Ulagam Total Box Office Collections World Wide –  17.68  Crores (Approx)

Deepika Padukone has scored a hattrick

Mumbai: Actress Deepika Padukone, who has been delivering back-to-back successful films in 2013, says the biggest compliment she ever got for her latest film ‘Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela’ was from filmmaker Shekhar Kapur.

“The biggest compliment which I got for ‘Ram-Leela’ was from Shekhar Kapur. I received a message from him which says that I have added so many layers to Leela that even Shakespeare didn’t think while writing for Juliet. For me, that’s the big compliment,” Deepika told us.

Her first big hit of the year was ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’ and ‘Chennai Express’ followed it. With ‘Ram-Leela’, Deepika has scored a hattrick and she says she is enjoying every moment of it.

“All I can say is I am thankful to God and I am enjoying every moment of it. It is very overwhelming for me that ‘Ram-Leela’ is doing so well. It’s a perfect combination of what I ideally want for all my films, being critically acclaimed as well as doing well at the box office,” she said.

Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, ‘Ram-Leela’ which released last Friday also featured Ranveer Singh.

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Jennifer Lawrence to burn Catching Fire costumes

Los Angeles: Jennifer Lawrence was so tired of some of her costumes from the forthcoming movie ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’, that she wanted to burn them.

Lawrence plays the role of Katniss Everdeen in the movie, and she got to wear some one-of-a-kind pieces in the film. But after hours of filming in them, she was fed up, reports Femalefirst.

“I enjoyed some of it… a lot of the dresses are so lovely and fitted, but you’re wearing them for like 12 hours a day and after that you want to burn them,” she said.

Lawrence walked the red carpet for the premiere of the new film. The film will see Lawrence team up with director Francis Lawrence for the first time.

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Shruti Haasan was attacked at her residence

Mumbai: Shruti Haasan was attacked Tuesday morning at her residence by a stranger who has perhaps been following her for quite a while now, a source close to her said.

“The stranger has been following her ever since she started shooting for ‘Ramaiya Vastavaiya’. Three days ago, he had also come on her sets.

At the moment, she is very stressed and for her safety, she has moved to her friend’s place,” the source said.

On Tuesday morning, Shruti was attacked when she answered the doorbell.

The actor, though shocked, fought and pushed her attacker out, the source said.

IANS

Simbu and Nayanthara will team up again

Chennai: Seven years after they decided not to work together again, actors Silambarasan aka Simbu and Nayanthara will team up for an upcoming yet-untitled Tamil romantic comedy. The film’s director Pandiraj is responsible for bringing them back on screen.

While working on 2006 Tamil romantic-drama ‘Vallavan’, Simbu and Nayanthara started dating each other, but the relationship didn’t last long. However, the director managed to persuade Nayanthara for the role.

“I couldn’t think of anyone besides Nayanthara for the role, but she was not ready to work with Simbu because of their past. But I requested her to look at this from a professional angle and leave the past behind,” Pandiraj told us.

“Finally, I had to remind her about Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone, who worked together despite being partners in the past. Eventually, she agreed to do the film only because she loved the script and not for any other reason,” he added.

Simbu, who had no qualms to work with Nayanthara, will produce the film.

“He didn’t even hesitate a little and agreed instantly to act in the film. He even expressed interest to produce it,” said Pandiraj.

The rest of the film’s cast is yet to be finalised.

IANS

Krishna will get married to Kaivalya

Coimbatore: Kreshna Kulasekaran, brother of filmmaker Vishnuvardhan, will get married to Kaivalya, a Coimbatore-based computer engineer and social activist, on February 6 next year.

“It’s an arranged marriage,” a source close to the family told us.

“The engagement is slated to take place today (Wednesday) at Coimbatore Jenny Club. The couple will throw a reception party in Chennai for all their friends from the Tamil film fraternity to attend,” he added.

Kreshna, who was shooting in Nainital for upcoming Tamil film, will make a quick trip to Coimbatore on Wednesday for the engagement ceremony.

“En route from Nainital to Coimbatore for a day and back on the 21st to shoot climax for ‘Ille Aaanalum Irruku’,” he posted on his Twitter page.

He is currently busy shooting for ‘Vizhithiru’ and will soon start shooting for ‘Vanmam’.

IANS

Rupa Manjari freezing in Nainital

Chennai: With successive back to back hits in Malayalam and Tamil, actress Rupa Manjari is keeping her fingers crossed on her upcoming two films one of which features her as a construction worker.

Bangalore-based Rupa, who shot into the limelight with the critically acclaimed ‘Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru’, a romantic comedy, in 2009, directed by woman-director Nandhini, will be seen playing a labourer in the Tamil film ‘Sivappu’.

The movie is directed by Sathyasiva and she plays the female lead, opposite actor Naveen Chandra from the Telugu film industry. Work on the movie is over and it is expected to be released soon, Rupa told us.

The story is about the life of construction workers in southern Tamil Nadu. Cinematography is by national award winning cinematographer, veteran Madhu Ambat.

The other upcoming Tamil movie is ‘Illa Aanalum Irukku’ directed by Deekay in which she stars opposite Kreshna and is shooting in Nainital.

“It is a comedy thriller. I play an urban girl. Oviya and Karuna are the other main characters. Each one is in their own way eccentric and my role is quite different from the others I have played so far.

“I can’t disclose much on the movie,” she said.

The crew is likely to be in Nainital till this month end and will wrap up the film in December.

“It is absolutely freezing in Nainital. There are shoots in the morning as well as in the night. The weather is bad but the crew is just fantastic, focused on the job.” she said.

This will be her fourth Tamil movie. Rupa’s back to back hits were the Malayalam movie ‘Mallu Singh’ and ‘Naan’ in Tamil last year. In ‘Mallu Singh’, directed by Vyshakh, she starred opposite Kunchacko Boban.

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Bombay Jayashri disheartened when Adele beat her

Panaji: Bombay Jayashri says she was disheartened when Adele beat her and took home the Oscar for Best Original song at this year’s Academy award.

The singer was nominated for her “Pi’s Lullaby” from director Ang Lee’s acclaimed film ‘Life of Pi’ at the 85th Academy awards. Adele won the award for the title track of the last James Bond film ‘Skyfall’.

However, Jayashri said the feeling of loss was only momentary and she enjoyed the glitzy ceremony to the core.

“Well I did feel bad. For three or four seconds I was like ‘Oh she took it away from me’. But then I recovered soon. I felt highly honoured that I was nominated alongside such great people… I was carrying India with me that day. I can’t thank Ang (Lee) enough for giving me such a great opportunity,” the singer said.

The “Zara Zara” hitmaker has sung in over 65 films in different languages in her 20-year-long career.

Jayashri said the Oscar ceremony sent her back to her younger days as she felt like a school girl attending an annual function.

“Everything is done up beautifully. And the emotions running through me was just like I was attending my annual school function. The directors, actors, producers were all very excited and happily interacting with each other. I feel blessed to have attended such a prestigious event,” she said.

PTI

Mohanlal is impressed with Sachin speech

Thiruvananthapuram: Mohanlal is impressed with Sachin Tendulkar’s speech at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai last week and says the legend has set an example for generations to come.

Mohanlal, who took to his blog to express his views on the speech and posted a write up titled “An enlightening Swan song at Wankhede”, missed the speech on November 16 due to work commitments.

“I read it the next day and it came to light that just like the beginning, the ending is also very important,” wrote Mohanlal, known for memorable films like ‘Vanaprastham’, ‘Bharatham’, ‘Manichithra Thaazhu’, ‘Chithram’ and ‘Kireedam’.

“What he spoke is just not limited to one profession, as there is a lot to learn for professionals from diverse sectors,” he wrote.

Soon after Tendulkar finished playing his last match, the government announced the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honour of the country, for the 40-year-old.

Tendulkar dedicated it to all the mothers in India – and especially his own mother Rajni Tendulkar.

Mohanlal says that those who dump their parents should learn a lesson from Tendulkar and realise that there’s no success without a mother’s blessing.

“His speech should now be taught in schools as this will be a morale booster for the children,” wrote the superstar.

IANS