SEXY TEASERS: October 2011

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Poonam for Playboy!!?

Poonam Pandey, the controversial Kingfisher model all nude much to the delight of her fans after the victory of Shahrukh Khan's IPL franchise cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders. Find out if she's willing to go full frontal for Playboy..

Richa to star opposite Jiiva ?

Jiiva has signed a film with Ahmed, who hogged the limelight last year by directing 'Vamanan', a Jai-starrer.

This untitled film is still in its discussion stages and is expected to hit the floors very soon with Richa Gangopadhyay as the leading lady.

"Ahmed has penned a script that impressed Jiiva and the actor has already expressed his consent to be part of the movie. Following this, the director is busy doing preliminary works to start the project," reported the source.

Richa, who has become a 'most wanted' actress in Kollywood, following her releases 'Osthi' opposite STR and 'Mayakkam Enna' with Dhanush, has been approached by Ahmed to share the screen space with Jiiva in this yet-to-be-titled film.

"Though Richa very much wants to accommodate herself in the movie, she finds it very difficult to adjust dates, as she is also busy with her Hindi project 'Shortcut' (remake of 'Thiruttu Payale'). But she is making sincere efforts to work out her call-sheet," adds the source.

Vijay to imitate Kamal Haasan & Rajnikanth

There is a fascinating news about an interesting scene in 'Nanban', the Shankar-directed Tamil remake of Bollywood blockbuster '3 Idiots', which would make the lovers of Tamil cinema to jump with joy.

"In a song sequence, Vijay would appear in get-ups of top stars of the Tamil film industry and this would also include Superstar Rajinikanth and Ulaganayagan Kamal Haasan as a joint effort by director Shankar and Vijay to pay tributes to the veterans," say the sources.

The source further says that "The highlight of the song would be Vijay's appearance in the 'Enthiran' robot get-up of Rajnikanth and the 'Indian' looks of Kamal Hassan," and added that "Ilayathalapathy will be seen in other interesting get-ups too."

Remember the Shankar directed Rajnikanth starrer 'Sivaji The Boss' that had the Superstar imitate MGR, Sivaji Ganesan and Kamal Haasan in the lead scene to the 'Adhiradikaran...' song.

It looks like the director is now planning something similar with Vijay.

I am neither Kamal Haasan nor Sivaji Ganesan: RajniKanth

Superstar Rajnikanth has announced that he is completely fit and fine, thanks to the prayers and blessings from his fans, well-wishers and his fans worldwide.

Rajni attended a function organized by Sankara Nethralaya, one of the reputed eye hospitals in the country, to confer the 'Sankara Rathna' award to veteran director S P Muthuraman, in Chennai on Saturday evening and this became Rajini's first public function after he came back from Singapore.

Speaking on his hiatus even after recovering, Rajini expressed, "I want to act and there's no such thing as retirement from films as of now. But, audiences and fans are attracted to me is only because of my style and speed in my films. I am not Sivaji Ganesan or Kamal Haasan who are brilliant performers. My strengths are my style and speed and only when I have the energy to play hero I can".

"I take this opportunity to convey everyone that I am completely alright. I am back to normalcy," said Superstar Rajnikanth.

Recalling his association with Muthuraman, the Superstar said, "I have done 25 films with him. He is a gem of a person and he wanted me just to send a greeting letter to this event. But I have attended this function, as there could be no better occasion for me to declare to the world that I am fine."

Kamal Haasan's Viswaroopam

First things first. Kamal Haasan's 'Viswaroopam' is not a trilingual being simultaneously made in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi, as reported earlier. It is a bilingual which Kamal is directing in Tamil and Hindi and he has plans to later dub it in Telugu and other languages.

"The Ulaganayagan is ensuring that all the actors learn their dialogues in both the languages. He has given them their portions as printed material and wants them to be clear before standing in front of the camera," says a unit source.

"As per the script, the story has to be canned in a couple of foreign countries. Till now, Kamal has zeroed in on the United States and the United Kingdom to shoot Viswaroopam. His look will be completely different in the film."

Apart from directing this thriller roping in his younger daughter Akshara Haasan as his assistant, Kamal is also penning the lyrics for the one of the songs with ace lyricist Vairamuthu for working on the rest of the songs.

Nanban, a Pongal 2012 release . .

Shankar's forthcoming multi-starrer featuring Vijay, Jiiva, Srikanth and Ileana will see an audio release this December and will have five songs like its original, '3 Idiots'.

The music for 'Nanban' has been composed by Harris Jayaraj who is currently busy with his music tour, On The Edge.

The shooting has been wrapped as reported earlier and currently the dubbing work for the major portions has been completed as well.

The posters of 'Nanban' all confirm that the movie will see a Pongal 2012 release and the creative designs are unique by themselves, apt with the film's plot as the trio will be seen as college students and Sathyaraj as a taskmaster for a college head.

Ileana is amazing: Ranbir Kapoor

Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor, who is currently promoting Rockstar, clears the air about his next venture Barfee, saying it is a romantic-comedy set in 1970s and not a serious film.

"It is not a special character, people are just blowing it out of proportion. The treatment to the character and film is not serious at all. It is a romantic-comedy which has been set in 1970s. My character is very fun-loving (awaara types)," said Ranbir.

The actor plays a deaf and dumb person, Priyanka will be seen as a mentally-challenged girl and Ileana D'Cruz will be seen as a narrator.

Ranbir says "People are perceiving Barfee as a serious film because Anurag Basu is helming it. But he is completely a child at heart and it has been fun working with him teaming up with Priyanka Chopra after Anjaana Anjaani," and added that "Ileana is very fun loving and is professional at the same time. She's amazing and its a treat to work with her."

Anushka & Prabhas again

It was not too long ago, when actress Anushka Shetty had walked out of Raghava Lawrence's film Rebel that starred Rebel Star Prabhas.

There were rumors of Anushka's fallout with the director following which, she chose to walk out of the film.

Despite all these rumors, Anushka had rubbed off the repors citing date issues for not working on the project.

But now, Anushka is all set to be paired opposite Prabhas, but this time - it is for a film directed by Koratala Siva.

Post "Billa" this is the first time the duo will be seen together.

Also sharing screen space with Prabhas is actor Richa Gangopadhayay.

Priyamani, back in action . .

After MIA ( Missing In Action ) for a while, actress Priyamani is back on action.

Priyamani has been signed for a female-oriented film, titled "Kshetram", that will see her playing dual roles with one being an out-an-out glamorous role and the other of a historical character.

"The historical character played by Priyamani will appear in flashback sequences paired opposite Jagapathi Babu and this episode is going to be the highlight of the movie," says director T.Venugopal.

"Apart from this, Priyamani also has another film opposite Shyam that is expected to be ready to hit the screens this month end.

Kim Kardashians files for divorce

Reality television star Kim Kardashian is filing for divorce from her husband Kris Humphries after 72 days of marriage.

Keeping Up With The Kardashians producer and entertainment mogul Ryan Seacrest broke the news on Twitter. Soon after, the new became a hot topic on the social networking site.

Earlier in September, Kim had made a statement in the press saying that the constant media pressure was taking a toll on her marriage to basketball star Humphries.

Saif said its hot: Kareena Kapoor

Even though sister Karisma and boyfriend Saif Ali Khan couldn't be with her, Kareena Kapoor had enough reasons to smile as her wax statue was unveiled at the Madame Tussauds museum in Blackpool.

Kareena's statue dressed in a Manish Malhotra outfit from the Mauja Hi Mauja track from Jab We Met is placed right next to that of Amitabh Bachchan in a exhibition celebrating Bollywood.

To Kareena, the idea of having a statue of herself is a bit intimidating. "The idea of being immortalised forever is scary. The feeling hasn't sunk in yet. When I looked around the room, I realised I was the youngest person from Bollywood to be waxed. Also I am right next to Mr. Bachchan, so what more can one ask for?" Saying the best part of the statue are the eyes, Bebo adds, "They have done a marvellous job in capturing the eyes so well.

They are expressive and have that same feel which the song from Jab We Met showcases. I can't comment about my statue, but the fans who travelled miles to come and see it have loved it. They've all told me it looks exactly like me."

Kareena mentioned that "Saif couldn't come as he's busy with Agent Vinod. I sent him the pictures a night before on the phone, and he said 'it looked so hot! Karisma also couldn't be here as she is busy with her film," and added "When I am 70 and look back at these moments, I will definitely be proud of what I've achieved," concludes a proud Bebo.

Velayudham's victory over 7aam Arivu surprises all

Kollywood saw a massive clash between two big movies that were released during Diwali. One was the much-hyped AR Murugadoss’s 7am Arivu and the other, Jeyam Raja’s Velayudham.

With two popular heroes of Kollywood — Suriya and Vijay — battling it out on this festive occasion, it was rather surprising to learn who actually won the hearts of the masses this time.

7aam Arivu, produced by Udayanidhi Stalin’s Red Giant Films, saw massive publicity that ran for nearly a month before its release. Expectations too were soaring high for this film as the director who gave a runaway hit like Ghajini (both in Hindi and Tamil) was expected to deliver triple the success for this one.

Adding to the hype was Suriya’s role as Bodhidharma (a Buddhist monk) and Shruti Haasan's debut in Tamil cinema.

On the other hand, Vijay’s Velayudham was promoted at a mediocre scale in and around Tamil Nadu. With Vijay playing the role of a super-hero for the first time in his career, this one too created a lot of buzz before its release.

However, post the release, Velayudham’s stupendous victory has come as a rather surprising one. With critics and audiences voting for Vijay’s super-hero flick over Suriya’s 7am Arivu, the results have proved to be a shocker.

What really turned the tables?

“Before the release of these two movies, it seemed clear that 7am Arivu would win over Velayudham. The film’s massive promotional activities, claiming it as ‘something unseen’, proved to be a wrong tactic, once the film was released. With a lot of commercial elements in the film and scripting errors, people were let down by the Suriya-Murugadoss’s combination,” reports the source.

As a matter of fact, Velayudham which was released in comparatively lesser number of theatres across the country, has raked in more than 7aam Arivu in the first week of its theatrical release.

“Velayudham was promoted as an out-and-out commercial entertainer and did surprise the audiences when it was released. Though it had lesser publicity compared to the former, it has proven to be the ultimate winner. And while both the movies enjoyed a massive opening, the rather critical reviews let 7am Arivu down,” adds the source.

For films that rely only on promotional activities, the clear win of Velayudham proves to be a resounding lesson.

Some RA. One reviews were silly: SRK

Shah Rukh Khan’s over-ambitious superhero project RA.One received quite a few negative reviews in India. Talking from Los Angeles, where the actor was on tour with his film team until Saturday, he says, seeming rather upset, “I was reading some reviews and they were silly. They are looking into some other aspect of filmmaking.”

Internationally, he claims that the Anubhav Sinha directorial got a great response. “LA Times has carried a fantastic movie review,” he insists, before adding, “We presented the film to a lot of people from Fox (Fox Studios, US) and we spoke to the foreign press on the technical aspect of RA.One. It’s important that we promote this ideology and explain to the world that we can do it.”

Within this week, the actor has travelled to Dubai, London and Toronto, before arriving in the US. His promotional rampage in India too made headlines. But the real challenge he claims to face is “showing the world that India too can make high-tech films.”

And to facilitate the same, he has set up a technically advanced studio in the city, which he used for the postproduction of RA.One. “The good news is that the studio is two or three years ahead of any other. This is the first step in that direction,” says the actor-producer, adding, “This is the time to bring this genre to India. And I have started it. Instead of cribbing, if you want to modernise and make different movies, you have to use this technology.”

Till Friday, RA.One had collected over Rs 60 cr at the box office in India, the film’s spokesperson claims. “I feel relieved to see it open well. I’ve been travelling, so I wasn’t able to follow the figures much. All my partners now feel that they’ll be able to recover their money.”

The film, which also stars Arjun Rampal and Kareena Kapoor, released on Diwali, October 26 and was made for a reported budget of Rs 150 crore. Ask him about the sequel, and he says he’s leaving it all to time: “Let’s see how it fares. It’s lot of hard work. I’m happy how people have responded, despite mixed reports. Once it has come to the fore, I’ll give it a thought.”

Khan will be seen in Farhan Akhtar’s next directorial Don 2 in December, and will start shooting for Yash Chopra’s film in January 2012.

Arundhati to be reprised ..

A report that is currently making its merry rounds in the glam world is about the Hindi remake of Arundhati, the highest grossing Telugu film of all time.

Yes, Arundhati is the same film that catapulted the dusky Anushka Shetty to dizzying heights of fame.

The movie that starred Anushka Shetty playing the title role with Sonu Sood in a crucial role was directed by Kodi Ramakrishna.

Reliable sources say that Gemini Film Circuit has bought the Bollywood remake rights and will be producing the film to be remade soon.

And though there are two Bollywood biggies — Kareena Kapoor and Katrina Kaif in the fray to reprise Anushka’s role, a source close to the production house informs us that the latter stands a better chance to play the title role of the gorgeous Arundhati.

Other details of the film are still being worked out.

Sameera's wait is finally over.

After a hectic schedule and a hit movie down south, Sameera Reddy is now excited about moving into her new house in the coming week.

Sam, who bought this property in February, was told her by her dad that she would have the house ready in three months. Well, not everything falls in place at the right time. But Sam considers it perfect timing for her as, "My den is probably the most beautiful place in the world right now. My sister and father have made the decor look just perfect.

My family and dear ones will be doing the house warming party with me along with the Lakshmi puja. I'm thrilled to move and the wait for me is finally over."

Let's hope that we soon get a glimpse of her new crib.

Hollywood baddie for Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal

Roping in talents from other countries seems to have become a trend in the Tamil film industry.

Close to the heels of '7am Arivu' that had an imported Villain from Vietnam and 'Velayudham' with astounding stunts choreographed by a Hollywood expert, here comes 'Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal'.

Directed by Elred Kumar, one of the producers of 'Vinnaithandi Varuvaya' and 'Ko', Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal with Atharva and Amala Paul in the lead roles will have Zaved, who was a part of Hollywood films like 'Hangover 2', playing the baddie.

"Atharva finds the love of his life in Amala Paul and even as things are going smooth, an unexpected event changes everything. The young actor is working out for a six pack abs for Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal," says the director.

"Atharva and Amala Paul are good colleagues and the chemistry between them is great. This is all that I can say," stated the director dismissing all rumors that the actors have become real lovers working together in this film.

Vijay, a James Bond in 'Yohan'

Gautham Vasudev Menon is very busy working on four projects at the same time.

Gowtham is simultaneously making 'Neethane En Ponvasantham' in Tamil, Telugu & Hindi, and is also working on 'Ek Dhivana Dha', the Hindi remake of 'Vinnaithandi Varuvaya'.

After the completion of these films that are still in progress, Gowtham will move on to 'Yohan Adhyayam Ondru', his first venture with Vijay.

Rumour has it that Gautham has been toying with this idea of coming out with a movie every two years in this series like Yohan Adhyayam Irandu and Yohan Adhyayam Moondru, but the director has remained tight-lipped about this from revealing any details.

"Vijay plays an international agent in this flick," says Gautham and adds that "Yohan Adhyayam Ondru will deal with one of the assignments he does in a foreign country and it will chronicle two months of the protagonist's life."

On what made him to join hands with the Ilayathalapathy, Gautham says, "We both wanted to work together for a long time, but things didn't shape up very well until now. This time we were sure not to miss the opportunity and made an announcement on Yohan."

Bharathiraja's Annakodi

By now we all know that veteran director Bharathiraja is back in the village atmosphere, doing what he does best!

Bharathiraja is all set to begin his ambitious project Annakodiyum Kodiveeranum with actor Parthiban playing the lead role.

The film will have two leading ladies with one being Priyamani and Parvathy (of Poo fame) as another. However the latest buzz is that Priyamani has opted out of the project due to date hassles and newcomer Iniya (who made a dream debut in Vaagai Sooda Vaa) has been roped to play the lead.

Set in Madurai, Annakodiyum Kodiveeranum is a period film which runs through four decades: 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. The film will have Parthiban in a dual role with different get ups.

The director has also roped in young composer G.V. Prakash as the music director for the project. Since music plays an important role and has to reflect the respective periods.

G.V. Prakash is currently doing research on the kind of folk rural music in these four decades.

Interestingly, G.V. Prakash's uncle A.R. Rahman teamed up with the veteran director for Kizhakku Cheemayilae in 1993.

Naan Ee with Samantha

Actor Nani of 'Veppam' fame will now be seen in another Tamil film 'Naan Ee'.

The film directed by S.S. Rajamouli is a socio-fantasy comedy entertainer and is Rajamouli's first film to be released simultaneously in two languages.

'Naan Ee' is the title of the Tamil version of the Telugu flick 'Eega' that is taking shape at a fast pace. It is a live action graphical film and has an animated character ‘House Fly’ in the title role. While actor Nani of ‘Veppam’ is the protagonist with Kannada actor Sudeep playing the antagonist.

The story of the film is about its hero who is reborn as Eega (fly) after being killed by the Villain. Eega happens to remember what happened in it’s last birth and the rest of the story is about Eega’s indomitable effort to irritate villain and take revenge on him.

Eega is an experimental film with mainstream emotions and financial viability.

Iniya post Vaagai Sooda Vaa

After making a decent debut in 'Vaagai Sooda Vaa', in which her performance was lauded by the critics, young actress Iniya is now a part of one more promising film - 'Mounaguru' starring Arulnidhi in the lead role.

"I faced enormous difficulties during the shoot of Vaagai Sooda Vaa, as we had to work under the hot sun for 45 days. But the appreciations I have been receiving post the film's release have made me forget all those things. Thanks to director Sargunam," said Iniya.

Iniya says "I am not ready to accept all the projects that come my way. I will be as choosy as possible, as I would like to retain the good name that Vaagai Sooda Vaa had gifted me," and added that "Mounaguru is one such offer which is interesting and performance oriented."

Directed by Sharath, the film will have music by Thaman.

"It is a unique storyline in which Iniya plays a medical student. Arulnidhi's role will come with a lot of surprises and it will be a different treat to the audience," said the source.

Jiiva is a director's actor: Gowtham Menon

Goutham Menon is very busy shooting Jiiva and Samantha for Neethaane En Ponvasantham.

"I have a passion for Ilayaraja’s songs. I borrowed the famous line from one of his songs," Said Gowtham.

The movie went to floors recently and the shoot is on in and around Chennai.

Gowtham said "Jiiva expressed his desire to work with me and I was waiting for a right script. Eventually 'Neethaane En Ponvasantham' happened," and added "I would describe Jiiva as a friendly and co-operative star. He is a director’s actor and does what a filmmaker wants."

Interestingly Goutham is also directing Prateik Babbar and Amy Jackson for Ek Deewana Tha, the Hindi remake of Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaya.

Trisha's role in Dhammu . .

While Trisha is to start shooting alongside Vishal for Samaran, the actress was signed for her next big project in Tollywood with none other than Junior NTR, one of the leading heroes in Tollywood.

According to the source, Trisha has a bagged the role in Dhammu to be paired up with Jr. NTR for the first time. It is reported that the role offered to Trisha is on par with that of the hero’s and the actress is very happy to have signed on the dotted line.

The Dhammu team's frantic search for a leading lady started after Shruti Haasan, who was reportedly offered the lead role, walked out at the last moment following a Bollywood offer to star opposite Aamir Khan.

Interestingly, it was a buzz that actress Kajal Aggarwal would be starring opposite Jr. NTR until it was finally decided that Trisha would be more apt for the role.

The shooting for this film is said to have started at the Annapurna Studios in Hyderabad as the heroine has also given her assent.

The other actress who will be sharing screen space with Jr NTR and Trisha in this flick is Karthika, who is yet to sign on any Tamil film post Ko.

Radha's plans ..

Radha is apparently the brains behind daughter Karthika's smart career moves.

All thanks to Karthika's mother actress Radha that the daughter had dream launches both in Telugu and Tamil with super hits, Josh and Ko respectively.

The latest buzz was that Radha wanted to launch her second daughter Thulasi as well.

It was reported that Thulasi would be making her debut with Karthik's son, Gautam in a Mani Rathnam film.

It will be remembered that Radha herself made her debut with Karthik in Bharathiraja's famous film, Alaigal Oyvathilai. However, Radha has said that the reports were false and that her second daughter is too young to enter films. So for now she will focus on Karthika's career in addition to her hotel business.

Mani Rathnam meanwhile is still searching for a suitable heroine for Gautam.

First Look - Rowdy Rathore

Akshay Kumar is back as the action hero! The first look of his upcoming movie Rowdy Rathore has been released and if the poster is to go by, Rowdy Rathore is looking to be a hard-hitting action flick!

When a poster reads ‘Faulad Ki Aulad’, you can expect nothing but unalloyed action. Agreeably, with his comedy movies falling like nine pins at box office, such an action flick from Khiladi Kumar was long due. And we guess Rowdy Rathore is what both Akshay and his fans are waiting for.

Now, time for some interesting piece of info! If you have loved the poster of Rowdy Rathore, but are still wondering what it is about the poster that makes it look different from the posters of movies released in recent times, we have an answer for you! Rowdy Rathore’s poster brings back the 80s’ era as Sanjay Leela Bhansali and UTV pictures roped in painters and the poster which you see is handmade!

Well, Rowdy Rathore is being directed by Prabhu Deva and stars Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead roles. Produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ronnie Screwvala, it is the third remake of the Telugu film Vikramarkudu.

Anyhow, do let us know what you think about Akshay Kumar as the ‘Faulad Ki Aulad.’

Rajnikanth in RA.One is unreal . .

A piece of disappointment for Rajini fans, the minute long cameo of the real-superhero Rajinikanth aka Chitti of Robot was actually graphically created in the film Ra.One.

Highly placed sources reveal that Shah Rukh’s talented VFX team had already created the replica and imaging of Rajinikanth. But, the South legend’s flashing visit to SRK’s studio in Mumbai was put to life by performing real motion capturing technique.

Motion Capturing (MoCaP) is one of the great new frontiers in the world of movie making and is becoming a crucial tool in complex digital effects.

A source elaborated, “The VFX team of Red Chilies had already created a graphically designed flawlessly looking face of Rajini, after taking textures from Rajini’s Robot sequences. Sensors were put on the face of Rajinikanth and his facial expressions were captured through MoCAP”.

“Rajini was also made to wear Chitti’s attire and walk in and out of the sporty Benz car, his entire body movements especially the facial expressions were captured and real motion was put to his computer generated face and body,” disclosed the sources.

As per sources, in haste to meet up the deadline of release, Rajini’s voice was also recorded on the VFX machine and not in a professional dubbing studio making it sound shabby.

Visual graphic expert revealed, “The entire activity took around a couple of hours, perhaps if Rajini sir would have not made it to Mumbai we would have to use a body double to do the needful”.

Robert Zemeckis has produced three films entirely using MoCap: Polar Express, Beowulf and A Christmas Carol. Peter Jackson, James Cameron, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas have also used the technology in their productions.

November releases . .

With the Diwali fever settling down, the month of November is ready with some interesting releases lined up.

According to trade sources, Dhanush and Selvaraghavan’s Mayakkam Enna is scheduled for a 11-11-11 release and Silambarasan starrer Osthi will hit the marquee the following week on 18th November 2011 with Samuthirakani directed, Sasi Kumar starrer Poraali making to the public eye on 25th November 2011.

With Mayakkam Enna and Osthi slated for release a week away from another, fan's expect that the two films may clash at the box office.

Kingfisher model Esha Gupta in "Krrish 2"

She has just signed her first film and the movie is yet to go on floors, but it seems Kingfisher girl Esha Gupta has set the ball rolling for herself as she might replace Jacqueline Fernandez in Krrish 2. Ooh! The newbie might step in to do the role which no other actress is agreeing to do.

The problem of second lead in Krrish 2 is yet to be solved! First it was Kangana Ranaut who was approached for the role, followed by Sonakshi Sinha, but it was Chitrangada Singh who finally agreed to do the film. But due to some dates issues the actress bowed out. Then Jacqueline Fernandez came to the scene. But as per reports, Jackie wasn’t so happy with the role offered to her, and her beau Sajid Khan also thought the same way.

Now, as neither Chitrangada nor Jacqueline is willing to be part of Krrish 2, the makers have set their eyes on the hottest new starlet on the block, and she is Esha Gupta. The dusky bombshell who is also known as desi Angelina Jolie, has created ripples in the modeling world and now she might do the same in Bollywood too.

7am Arivu awed Superstar Rajnikanth

Though 7 Aum Arivu has been receiving mixed reactions from critics, director A R Murugadoss, producer Udhayanidhi Stalin and actor Suriya are flying high for they have won the admiration of Super Star Rajnikanth.

On Wednesday, a special screening of the movie was organised for Rajnikanth in Chennai.

Impressed watching the movie, Rajnikanth had reportedly appreciated Suriya for playing the lead roles well.

Rajnikanth said Suriya has put up an excellent performance. Udhayanidhi Stalin too has tweeted that Rajnikanth’s appreciation has made him happy.

Kamal Hassan's pat for 7am Arivu

Kamal Haasan is a proud papa and despite his hectic schedule for Viswaroopam, he managed to catch a special screening of 7am Arivu.

The film directed by A R Murugadoss opened to huge crowd across Tamilnadu on the Diwali day.

Kamal had nothing but good things to say about the film and not surprisingly he loved his daughter Shruti in it.

Shruti has done a good job and 7am Arivu undoubtedly proves to be an ideal debut for her in Tamil, said Kamal.

"I couldn’t meet him personally after he saw the movie because I was busy with promotional activities. But I called him up and he gave his views over the phone. He felt that it was an extraordinary movie," added Udhayanidhi.

Kamal Haasan quickly left after the screening avoiding public appearance as his look for Viswaroopam is urged to be a top secret!

STR ready to rock with Osthi

STR cannot stop gushing about his film Osthi with director Dharani.

STR says that it is going to be a milestone in his career and all due credit would go to Dharani.

STR praised his director and said that he had inspired him to work hard on the film and the results will soon be there for everyone to see.

The climax scene of the movie was finally filmed with STR taking off his shirt displaying his six pack abs that vaunted as a result STR's dedication and hardwork hitting the gym regularly.

The trailer of Osthi was released this Diwali and the music has also been launched. Both have been well received and Osthi and STR seem ready to rock this November.

Siddharth-Shonali do a Veena-Ashmit act

After the roaring heat generated by Ashmit Patel and Veena Malik on Bigg Boss last year, romance was definitely a missing link this season. But now that too, is about to become a thing of the past.

While India’s biggest House of Scandal continues to buzz with mind-boggling activity including daily catfights, Miss India International Shonali Nagrani and Wild Card entry Siddharth Bhardwaj have begun coochie-cooing like lovebirds on the reality show.

The latest episode caught the couple in the bedroom, exchanging sweet-nothings under the observance of night cameras, with Siddharth consoling and hugging Shonali and kissing her hand, while the girl seemed to reciprocate his every move.

“Siddharth has earlier won the reality show MTV Splitsvilla and knows how to play things up. If all goes well, we should have the first full-blown romance of this season on Bigg Boss in a few days,” says celebrity publicist Dale Bhagwagar, who is a specialist with reality shows, having handled the PR for some of the most popular contestants including Shilpa Shetty (Big Brother), Rakhi Sawant, Kashmera Shah, Sherlyn Chopra and Ashmit Patel (Bigg Boss).

When asked if Siddharth and Shonali are doing this for TRP’s, Dale remarks, “It doesn’t matter much, as long as they are providing the entertainment. Bigg Boss is a game and however much one thinks of it affecting society, one should not forget that all the Housemates know very well that they are wearing mikes around them and are surrounded by cameras 24x7. They have all gone on the show with personal agendas and roles to portray. They have all gone on it to play and win.”

Shakthi Kapoor evicted frm Bigg Boss

After being humiliated by most Housemates in the last few days of his stay in the Bigg Boss House, ‘Aaoo’ man Shakti Kapoor, who had entered the House with 12 ladies amid much fanfare and widespread speculation, faced defeat this week, as he lost out in votes to lesser known names like Mahek Chahal, Pooja Bedi and Shradha Sharma.

Shakti had entered the House performing to the number Bachna Ae Haseeno Lo Main Aa Gaya, but by the time he left, he was the one who seemed to need all the ‘saving’.

While the actor was said to have entered the reality show to rectify his image spoilt by the sting operation that India TV had carried on him a few years ago, he seems to have returned from Bigg Boss with his image marred further.

Some also link his eviction to his earlier spat with the show’s co-host Salman Khan, which Shakti also indirectly discussed with another contestant on the show.

The Bollywood villain was not only seen playing politics with the Housemates, but also received flack when he slapped Miss Afghanistan Vida Samadzai’s butt on the show. Vida, who had become his good friend in the initial days, deserted him as she felt he was indulging in bitching and back-biting.

Shakti’s many other ways with the ladies on the show were abhorred, and now the actor is left with a more tarnished image than ever before.

Celebrity publicist and Bigg Boss specialist Dale Bhagwagar remarked, “What hit Shaktiji worst on the show was his long-time friend Pooja Bedi, repeatedly pointing out that he was not behaving like a gentleman, a good father, husband and family man. I guess, that negative branding hurt him the most,” adds Dale, sympathizing with the actor.

He analyses, “This situation was accelerated by the fact that while Shaktiji was being alienated by many Housemates and battled the onslaughts alone, he had absolutely no back-up support in terms of a PR machinery or management team outside the House, which could have done much to either justify his actions with his image, or at least dilute the negative impact, by portraying his actions in lighter vein. This was a big factor that went against him for garnering votes,” rues the PR expert.

Vettai in progress for a Christmas release . .

With Vettai’s release date set for December 23rd, the team is racing against time to finish off the shooting.

After the Diwali break, the unit assembled in Karaikudi to shoot the remaining portions before beginning the post-production work.

Lingusamy, the director of Vettai and the rest of the team members are currently stationed in Karaikudi, confirms the film's producer UTV Motion Pictures’ Dhananjayan.

Vettai is a multi-lingual film starring Arya, Madhavan, Sameera Reddy, Amala Paul and others. Yuvan Shankar Raja has scored the music for this film.

Adhisaya Ulagam 3D, The first ever in Tamil Cinema.

Adhisaya Ulagam 3D, directed by Shakthi Scott and produced by Tittu Productions’ R. Banuchitra and L. Ravichandran stars Livingston, Anandha Kannan, Sreelakshmy, Prithivi, George and Latha Rao.

A press note states that it is the first ever Indian film to feature a dinosaur and the first CGI+LIVE ACTION 3D movie in Tamil.

Shot in the Dual Lens Panasonic 3d Camera, which is said to be used by the NASA in its space mission, this movie has some great visual effects which is evident from the teaser trailer released recently.

The press note also gives a brief about the story of Adhisaya Ulagam 3D: “A maverick scientist invents a Time Machine and his grand children accidentally get teleported to the pre-historic world where gigantic Dinosaurs roam alive. So the grand father goes to rescue them, but how?”

The film is sure to take you to the next level of adventure in Indian cinema with never before seen thrills in 3D.

Trisha is unhappy ?

Trisha is unhappy over reports that she is to play Tollywood star Mahesh Babu’s sister-in-law in a Telugu film.

In the film industry, it is well known that the sister-in-law and sister roles are considered to be offered to heroines who do not have opportunities.

Trisha says that she is not in such a position as she has several good offers in her kitty at the moment.

The heroine is currently busy with the Tamil film Samaran, in which she is paired opposite Vishal. The actress adds that Samaran has a good role for her and it is equal to that of the lead star Vishal.

Kareena's wax statue unveiled

Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor, unveiled her wax statue at the Madame Tussauds museum in Blackpool, Britain, this Thursday.

"It is an honour and a privilege for me to have my own wax figure at Madame Tussauds Blackpool and even more so to launch a global Bollywood exhibition. This is a moment of pride for the Indian cinema," Kareena said in a statement.

It took four months to create the wax statue, which cost 150,000 pounds.

"The figure looks incredible and is so life-like. I had to do a double take when I saw myself - they have really done a superb job at capturing my essence," she added.

The unveiling of Kareena's wax figure also flagged off a global exhibition, where the statues of Bollywood stars will be taken to six major cities around the world to be exhibited, before they are brought back to Blackpool in January next year.

Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai too have their wax figures in Tussauds'.

Pooja Misrra's ugly spat with MTV Siddharth

After being nominated, Shraddha Sharma has fought with almost everyone in the house. Meanwhile, Pooja Misrra had taken a backseat and was enjoying the show, but she is back with a bang now.

Lately Bigg Boss divided the housemates into two team and asked them to make 500 candles each. The team who finishes the task first will enjoy the luxury budget. Siddharth Bhardwaj and Amar Upadhyay are the captains of the two teams. Poor Sid is stuck with loud characters like Laxmi Narayan, Shraddha Sharma and Pooja Misrra in his team.

After working for entire night, Sid went up to Misrra to wake her up. While she was still half asleep, Misrra and Sid bumped into each other. Soon after Sid and Misrra were seen abusing each other at the top of their voices.

Though Pooja Bedi tried to pacify both, but the idea didn’t work. Surprisingly Misrra and Shraddha were seen boding after this huge fight. Nomination and fear of elimination are the biggest players inside Bigg Boss house. Last week we saw Mahek Chahal getting friendly with Misrra after being nominated.

This week Shraddha Sharma, Shakti Kapoor, Pooja Bedi and Mahek Chahal have been nominated for eviction.

Lindsay goes n#d3 for Playboy

The Mean Girls actress was reportedly offered close to $1 million to pose for Playboy, and the photographs - which were taken at a Los Angeles mansion last weekend - are said to show the star completely naked.

The pictures are said to leave little to the imagination. Lindsay, however, maintains that the photographs were done "tastefully".

It is not yet known if she will be a cover star for the legendary magazine, which has previously had La Toya Jackson and Pamela Anderson pose for it.

Meanwhile, Lindsay has been offered $1 million from s#x toy company FleshLight to make a mould out of her private parts for a new product.

Although she has not yet seen the offer, sources close to her claim that she is not likely to accept.

The source said, "She would never accept such an offer for any amount of money."

Click here to view more of Lindsay's sizzling hot images !!

Rajni's cameo for RA.One

Rajini’s is back to acting.

Interestingly it is not with a Tamil film but a Hindi film.

Rajini after the illness struck has been resting silently for the past several months. Now he has done a cameo role in ‘Ra.One’, Shah Rukh Khan most ambitous film.

RA.One was dubbed and released in Tamil as well on Diwali day.

Though Rajni's presence is only for a short time, it seemed enough for the fans to celebrate and enjoy, as it ensured that all is well with Rajini.

“We were very much worried about the health condition of Rajini though it was repeatedly said that he is fine. Only now we are happy to watch him on screen. He has given a rocking performance once again,” said Rajini Anbu - one of Rajni's biggest fans.

The scene for Rajini was created by Shah Rukh Khan and director Anubhav Sinha to pay tribute to Rajini and his legendary character Chitti the Robot.

Ra.One was produced by SRK's Red Chillies entertainment and Eros international.

Simbu's Six pack abs . .

Finally Simbhu is ready to rip off his shirt for Osthi having developed a six pack abs after strenuous work-out in the gym for over a month.

‘I am ready and raring to go. My six-pack abs is ready for the climax,’ says Simbhu.

The climax of Osthi, a action sequence between Simbhu and Sonu Sood will be shot in Chennai.

Osthi is a remake of the Hindi hit Dabbang with Simbhu playing Osthi Velan, a role enacted by Salman Khan in the original. Richa Gangopadhyaya plays his heroine.

Directed by Dharai, the movie has music composed by S Thaman.

Censor Board is unfair: Rakhi Sawant

Rakhi Sawant feels that the censor board isn't fair to her.

The item girl is particulary ticked off that they have bleeped the word 'choos le' from a song in her next film Loot.

Rakhi feels that while they have been strict towards her, the members have passed off a song titled Jhak maar ke picturised on John Abraham and Deepika Padukone in Desi Boyz.

Rakhi says, "I don't know why they found the words 'choos le' so offensive that they had to bleep it. In fact, Jhak maar ke is a vulgar phrase but the censors have allowed it to pass because the film has big stars in it!"

Rakhi adds that John's dance steps in the song too are in bad taste. "He's making a particularly distasteful action with his hand. I have no such thing in my song." We wonder if the censors will give her another chance?

Ranbir to enter the "Big Boss" house

If there is one thing that the Bigg Boss house has in abundance this year, it’s women! The actor, along with singer Mohit Chauhan, will be visiting the sets of Bigg Boss 5 – Aapka Farman to promote his upcoming movie Rockstar.

While it is still not confirmed if the actor will enter the house and speak to the contestants in person, we have heard that Ranbir is very keen to have a conversation with the ladies – especially so because they are ‘trapped’ in the house with a handful of men.

Ladies Man, Ranbir has, in fact, even managed to convince Mohit to try to convince Sanjay Dutt so that they can get a glimpse of the women inside the house.

Will Sanjay Dutt give in and give Ranbir Kapoor a chance to chat up the ladies?

Prakash Raj to play the baddie in Dabangg 2

After Wanted, actor Prakash Raj will be seen with Salman Khan once again. He will play the main villain in Dabangg 2, says actor-producer Arbaaz Khan.

"The extremely talented actor Prakash Raj is the main villian of Dabangg 2," Arbaaz posted on his Twitter page recently.

The southern actor-filmmaker is excited about the new role.

"Just heard the narration of Dabangg 2. Arbaaz has a sureshot winner on hand. Happy and excited to join Salman bhai once again. Cheers!!!" Prakash Raj tweeted.

This has put a question mark on actor Sonu Sood's role in Dabangg 2, the sequel to the 2010 action blockbuster Dabangg.

Sonu played Chaddi Singh, the bad man in the original movie. But if Prakash Raj will play the "main villain" in the sequel, one wonders what will happen to Sonu.

But Sonu, who is repeating his villainous act in Osthi Tamil remake of the film, tweeted: "@arbaazSkhan is a fab guy, I know he will make a great film. I will always be there with him may be not as an actor this time but as a brother."

However, what will be retained in the sequel is the pairing of Salman and Sonakshi Sinha.

Dabangg 2 will release in December 2012.

The latest on Vijay's espionage with Gautham

Following the smashing reception to Velayudham following his super successful Pongal release Kaavalan, Vijay is cresting the wave of box office triumph.

Vijay also has some very interesting projects in hand for the future.

Nanban is likely to be Vijay's next release and the actor is also set to do a film with Gautham Menon titled Yohan Adhyayam Ondru. The film is still in its discussion stages and is red hot even before the filming has begun.

Yohan is touted to be on an espionage thriller on the likes of James Bond with a License to Kill. The film will follow the adventures as Yohan takes off across the globe to track down international criminals over a period of two months.

Osthi for Diwali

Osthi directed by Dharani was supposed to release in time for Diwali.

Unfortunate for STR that he had to disappoint his fans and make them wait for the film as it was not ready on time. But we still get a slice of Silambarasan this Diwali as the theatrical trailer of Osthi will be released.

STR, Richa Gangopadhyay, and Sonu Sood are the main leads in the film.

Earlier, promos of three songs were released and the music by Thaman has become quite the rage. So before the big release, hopefully in November, the fans will get a taste of things to come with the trailer.

Shweta Menon's meaty role

Shweta Menon who was last seen in Naan Avan Illai 2 will be returning to Tamil screens with Aravaan directed by Vasanthabalan.

Shweta will be starring alongside Aadhi, Pasupathi, Kabir Bedi, Bharath, Dhansika, and Anjali.

The actress who got hitched earlier this year is upbeat about her role.

Shweta plays a prostitute in the film but clarifies that there will be no sleaziness involved as the director has shot everything in an aesthetic manner.

Arjun speaks high of Kattupuli

Arjun is looking forward to his film Kattupuli to be directed by Bollywood stunt master, Tinu Verma.

Arjun said "I play a doctor who is part of a team that heads into the forest on a secret mission. Their adventures in the forest forms the rest of the plot," and added that it was very exciting to shoot in the Thalakottam forest.

Kattupuli stars Action King Arjun with Rajneesh, Sayali Bhagat, Anaya and Biyanca Desai forming the rest of the cast. The film will also be released in Telugu and Hindi. The music was released recently and Arjun says that a major promotional campaign is underway to make sure the film reaches the target audience.

Priyamani relieved off the stalker

Priyamani has been through hell for the past couple of months apparently being harassed by a phone - stalker.

An anonymous male had been calling the actress constantly and using vulgar language and suggestive innuendo. He was also peppering her with offensive text messages.

The actress tried to ignore the calls and text messages but her stalker would not leave her alone. She had even changed her number three times but the misreant managed to find out the new numbers and continued to be a disturbance. The family and friends, who were concerned with Priyamani starting to wilt under the strain were forced to have this reported.

The cops were soon able to track down the phone-stalker and have arrested him relieving Priyamani to wear a smile again.

Asin onto Hollywood?

In a recent interview, Asin said that she wants to be like Aishwarya Rai.

Asin says that Aishwarya as an actress has always been one of the frontrunners, despite being in the race for so long.

"Aishwarya Rai is a pan - Indian actress who has done films in Tamil, Hindi, and Bengali. In addition to this she is an international brand ambassador and has also acted in Hollywood projects with some of the biggest names in the business," added Asin.

Asin says that she herself is also aiming to achieve same things at the national as well as the international level.

So does that mean Asin will be hopping onto the Hollywood bandwagon soon?

Daredevil on his own . .

Suriya is a true director’s actor.

Suriya's performances so far has proved that he is keen to go to any stretch to achieve what his director has in mind. Pithamagan, Nandha, Ghajini, are just a few examples of his hard work.

In 7aum Arivu, Suriya is said to have done some mind-boggling stunts and he did not opt for a dupe.

Suriya is so eager to perform his own stunts that he does not prefer for dupes even though he has the option to use one.

The star takes risks willingly and he is happy to see the fans enjoy the outcome on the silver screen. His films’ run at the box-office prove that it’s well worth the risk.

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