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Not ready to disappoint Ajith fans who would not be able to see their Thala on screen in 'Mankatha' as planned on May 1, director Venkat Prabhu and his team are working to release the film's audio on the birthday of the Ultimate Star.
Circles close to Venkat Prabhu told that the movie's music album, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, will be released on May 1 at a grand function in Chennai. "The film will hit the screens within the next few weeks of the audio release," they said.
"A couple of crucial scenes and songs have to be shot. Venkat Prabhu is currently working round the clock on ‘Mankatha’. So the film would sure see the light of the day in a couple of months," they said, adding all the nine songs composed for 'Mankatha' by Yuvan would top the charts.
Produced by Dhayanidhi Alagiri's Cloud Nine movies, 'Mankatha', Ajith 50th film, has Trisha, Arjun, Premji, Vaibhav, Lakshmi Rai and Anjali in lead roles.
It looks like it will be a direct clash between Dhanush and Silambarasan at the summer box-office.
Sun Pictures the market leader is likely to release their Maapillai which has Dhanush and Hansika in the lead on April 8.A day later on April 9, Silambarasan's multi-starrer Vaanam distributed by Cloud Nine is scheduled to release.
As per trade sources Sun Pictures has blocked April 8 for Mapillai and May 6 for Engeyum Kathal, clearly giving both the films a decent gap of four weeks. Sun Network will aggressively promote both the films, which carry good reports.
Meanwhile producer Madan has said that his Vaanam, post-production work is going on in full swing, and the first copy should be ready by April first week. Says Madan: "We are on schedule and should release
Vaanam on April 9, a very good date if all goes well."
Vikram’s upcoming Tamil movie, which was tentatively titled Deiva Magan (DM), has been rechristened as Deiva Thirumagan. The makers of the film have finally zeroed in on the title after considering a few titles.
Deiva Magan is the title of Sivaji Ganeshan’s yesteryear movie. Sivaji Prabhu, who is planning to launch his son, has decided to name the launch pad movie of his son as DM. So he has told Vikram that he wants that title, which made the actor to drop the title. Later, director AL Vijay renamed it as Pitha but another producer had already registered it.
Finally, after considering a few other titles, makers of the film are happy to title the movie as Deiva Thirumagan. They say that the title perfectly suits the story. However, the movie is releasing in April. The movie stars Vikram, Anushka and Amala Paul in the lead roles.
Nishikanth Kamat known for his unorthodox style of filmmaking turned global spotlights with his Marathi movie ‘Dombvili Fast’ that won several international awards. Later the film remade in Tamil as ‘Evano Oruvan’ marveled every set of audiences.
In Bollywood, the filmmaker rose to epitome of success with ‘Mumbai Meri Jaan’ that was a classic showpiece revolving around 6 parallel tracks of stories interwoven through a series of bomb blasts.
Now the filmmaker is busy wrapping up with the Hindi remake of ‘Kakka kakka’ featuring John Abraham and Genelia D’ Souza in lead roles. Producer Vipul Shah has admitted that the plot from the Tamil version will remain the same while most of the scenes will be brand new savoring to the tastes of Hindi audiences
Selvaraghavan, who is quite busy with his project with Kamal Hassan, which also has Bollywood beauty Sonakshi Sinha in the lead, will be moving on to his next project with Tollywood star Allu Arjun.
Allu Arjun, who was recently married to Sneha Reddy, is busy with the shooting of Badrinath alongside Tamanna and will be moving on to his next movie with Director Selvaraghavan.
It is for the first time that the two are coming together for a movie,. Allu Arjun with his romantic image, will be working under Director Selvaraghavan who has given some memorable romantic movies.
This untitled movie is said to be a fantasy flick with a budget of Rs 50 Crores. This film will be produced by Lagadapati Sridhar in the banner of Larsco Entertainments who gave good movies like Evadi Gola Vadidi, Style, Sneha Geetam in Telugu. The pre production of the movie is on and the shooting is most likely to go on floors by the end of this year.
Tollywood heartthrob Mahesh Babu is hitting the headlines often after associating himself with Mani Ratnam's 'Ponniyin Selvan'. The mega budget multi starrer flick is in the race with Rajinikanth's 'Rana' for letting out news frequently.
Mahesh Babu is taking all possible efforts from going shirtless to consuming drugs, but the actor is said to have been irked by a decision made by Mani Ratnam. As per the reports Mani Ratnam has roped in Anushka for casting her as Mahesh Babu's pair.
Vijay's fans have raised voice against Mani's decision thereby forcing him to cast Anushka opposite to Vijay. This sudden decision change has not gone down well with Mahesh Babu it seems. A few unconfirmed sources mention that Mahesh Babu has gone for a quarrel with Mani Ratnam over the phone regarding this issue. Well, it will be finalized soon on who will be romancing Anushka in 'Ponniyin Selvan'.
South Indian actress Asin extended her hand for luck in Bollywood and it was an overnight success with Aamir Khan’s ‘Ghajini’. But her other movie ‘London Dreams’ produced by Vipul Shah didn’t work out best results for her. The same producer had plans of casting her in couple of movies and was reportedly taken back by the results of LD.
Thanks to Salman Khan as he rendered a great help for Asin to prove her adeptness through the movie ‘Ready’, a remake of Telugu movie with the same title. Asin has gone ahead making some changes in her looks with new hair style.
The major portions of the movie have been shot across Colombo, Mumbai and Thailand and are scheduled to hit screens on July 3.
Since the film has more prominence for Asin, the actress believes that she can make a big time in Bollywood with this movie.
The recent tsunami havoc in Japan, triggering panic among many countries on the Pacific coast, has hit honeymoon plans of newlyweds Allu Arjun and Sneha Reddy.
The celebrity couple had actually made plans of spending some quality time in Indonesia and a few other beaches around but with the tsunami alert, they decided to cancel their trip.
"Our chosen destination was Indonesia and the plan was then to move around the nearby exotic beaches but we had to drop it due to the tsunami alert," says Allu Arjun, who had kept 10 days aside for his honeymoon before joining the shooting for Badrinath from March 21. After the tsunami alert, the Indonesian islands reported high tidal waves.
The couple is now on an alternative plan. "We are planning to go to Europe for a couple of days but it all depends on getting the visa and other travel documents ready in a short notice. I`ll try my best to fly off with my wife to get to know each other better," he adds.
On a lighter note, the onscreen lover boy claimed to have been flooded with SMS from actresses and girlfriends after tying the knot. "Some of them sounded disappointed," he smiles. "But I can`t share those names with you."
