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Sneha is shocked by the news (rumour?) saying that she is producing a film. It is also said that the film would have children’s subject. According to her close circles, she is quite upset to hear the ‘news’.

Sneha is investing her earnings in real estate and she is not intended to invest in films, say the sources close to the actor. She has recently built a marriage hall in Panrutti and she would be willing to build more marriage halls in the future. Her friends categorically say that she has never wanted to make films.

The dusky beauty is busy with her acting commitment and seems to be content with that.

The erstwhile hero Suman, who made his comeback in to Tamil films with ‘Sivaji’ as a villain is getting more offers to act as villain. The handsome star, who fought with the Superstar in ‘Sivaji’, will now battle with Ajith in his forthcoming movie ‘Aegan’.

Suman got the chance to act in ‘Sivaji’ after Prakashraj refused to act as a villain in the mega movie produced by AVM and directed by Shankar. The director then approached Suman and the rest is history.

Suman’s handling of the character won him lot of accolades and he started getting calls from many filmmakers to act as villain in their films. The actor, however, was determined to act only with the big heroes and hence refused many offers that came his way.

Finally he has got the offer he was waiting for. Raju Sundaram, director of ‘Aegan’, approached him to don the role of the villain in the film. Suman, who gleefully accepted the offer, is now preparing to clash with Ultimate Star.

Malabar beauty Navya Nair was cheated in her own state. According to the actress, two builders claiming to build a 14-storey building in Kochi approached her. Believing it to be true she concluded the deal for Rs. 23,93,600 and handed about Rs. 9 lakhs in three installments. But enquiries later on revealed that the Corporation has granted permission to build only seven stories. Perturbed by this, she lodged a complaint with the police. Meanwhile, the builders, apprehending arrest, has approached the court seeking anticipatory bail. Wish the matter is resolved amicably.

Kuruvi is easily one of the most awaited summer blockbusters. Vijay’s next will release in May. The film has been shot in Malaysia and Brazil.

More recently, the crew has been shooting in Salem and Chennai. Only the last bit of shooting is still left at Ambasamuthiram, What is unusual about the way Kuruvi is being completed is that even before shooting has been wrapped up, post production work has begun.

Both processes are taking place simultaneously.

Aamir gave the news-hungry media a good look of his latest bald avtar recently. After staying undercover from the papparazis and media events unwilling to disclose his shaved look for the upcoming Murugadoss directed Gajini, Aamir broke the vow and joined the other bollywood blokes for the premier of Race, of the
director duo Abbas-Mustan starring Saif, Bipasha, and Katrina.

Aamir was also flanked by his wife Kiran Rao who was seen sporting her customary broad framed spectacles at a time when the media is busy filling the gossip columns about the alleged rift between the couple.

Get ready to have Shriya rolling you in the aisles with laughter – that is what the star feels she is confident of doing with her Hollywood debut, The Other End of the Line. Shriya’s career has skyrocketed with offers pouring in from all the other woods –from Bollywood to Hollywood. Her next Kollywood movie, Kanthaswamy with Vikram is eagerly awaited, as are the roles she will do for internationally acclaimed filmmakers, Deepa Mehta and Meera Nair.

Talking of her role in The Other End of the Line, Shriya said it was a romantic comedy set in Mumbai and San Francisco. She plays a call centre employee who falls in love with an American on the phone. The American, thinking she lives in the States, asks to meet her. What is she to do? Confess to him that she lives in Mumbai or fly to Frisco to meet him and continue the deception? Shriya went on to say that her fans have so far seen her dance and cry and do romantic roles but this will be the first time they’ll see Shriya the comedian! Apparently, a lot of the places that are meant to be Frisco were actually shot in Mumbai itself. The movie will probably release around June or July. 

Reliance Mobile Vijay Awards is back with a bang after its astounding success the pervious year. This year about 107 films that were released in 2007 are in the fray. The interesting part of this show is that fans get to choose their favorite hero, heroine, director and film.

To enable fans vote for their stars, the Rasigan Express, a publicity van, will travel to important cities of the state. Honorable Minister Mr. Parithi Ilamvazuthi, Information Minister of Tamil Nadu, flagged off this van on 20th March 2008 at the Chennai City Center. Other dignitaries who attended the function are Mr. Ramanarayanan, President, Tamil Film Producers’ Council, Mr. S. A Chandrasekhar, President, Tamil Film Directors’ Association, Mr. Sarath Kumar, President, Tamil Actors Union and Mr. FEFSI Vijayan, President, Film Employee’s Federation of South India. The Rasigan Express Van would reach Salem on March 21, and then proceed to Erode (March 22), Coimbatore (March 23 & March 24), Madurai (March 25 & 26), Trichy (March 27), Tanjore (March 28) and finally reach Vilupuram on March 29.

There are 30 categories of which fans will choose four. The remaining 26 categories comprising Best Film, Best Actor Male/Female, Best Supporting Actor Male/Female, Best Comedian, Best Villian, Best Playback Singer Male/Female, Best Debut Actor Male/Female, Best Choreographer, Best Film Editor, Best Lyricist, Best Art Director will be chosen by an eminent jury comprising actor-cum-director Bhagyaraj, writer-cum-director-cum-producer Yugi Sethu, film critic-cum-cartoonist Madan and Lizzy Priyadarshan.

Rasigan Express’ journey will be aired by Vijay TV from March 30, Sundays 2 PM onwards. “Neeya Naana” Gopinath will host the initial episodes.

When author and screenwriter Sujatha passed away, everyone wondered what would happen to Robot and other projects that he may have been involved in. But, curiously, the same has not happened with Raghuvaran’s passing away. People have not been talking about the films he had a part in. The most affected seems to be Susi Ganesan’s Kanthaswamy. Raghuvaran plays Shreya’s father here, and apparently the director wrote that role with this sophisticated actor in mind.

What a genuine loss, indeed. Because no one else in Kollywood can take his place. This puts the film in a bit of a fix – sources say that much of Raghuvaran’s part in the film has been canned, but there was just a few scenes that this character actor had to complete. Luckily for Yaaradi Nee Mohini, Raghuvaran’s role had been totally competed. Other than Kanthaswamy, there is Adada Enna Azhagu, which also featured Raghuvaran, but did not complete his shooting schedule. Will – or can – a new Raghuvaran emerge in Kollywood?

Rajini is an enigma, no doubt. And when the actor makes a mere appearance in public he is swarmed by fans. This is one reason why most directors avoid canning his shots within the boundaries of Tamil Nadu.

But P. Vasu intends to change all that. Presently shooting at a location in  Hyderabad, he has decided to shift the location to Pollachi near Coimbatore. The Kuselan team is already scouting the area for good scenic beauties. The other stars that would take part in the shooting are Nayanthara, Vadivelu and Pasupathy.

After giving successive hits with Kaazcha, Tanmathra and Palunku, Malayalam film director Blessy was expected to repeat his success streak with Calcutta News too. The film had dealt with the life of a television program producer and a reporter and events that take place in his life in one year’s span. Dileep and Meera Jasmine played the lead roles and the film had created expectations in the industry.

But unfortunately, Calcutta News had met with lukewarm response which was disappointing both to the director and heroine. Meera Jasmine had pinned her hopes on this film but its result has left the actor in a very somber mood and she is reported to have not signed any offers that had come her way in the wake of the failure of the film.