STR makes the most unpredictable moves! His Vaalu produced by Nic Arts, directed by newcomer Vijay and featuring Hansika is going to be a quickie and will be released for Diwali this year. Vettai Mannan also produced by Nic Arts with Jai, Hansika and Deeksha Seth which will be directed by Nelson is expected to be a Pongal release next year. Incidentally, Arya's Settai with Premgi and Santhanam with Hansika as the female lead wihich is a remake of …

Ajith, who is the now the hot shot of Kollywood, is all set to keep his fans surprised and engaged. His Billa 2 is geared up for release this June. Next week, he will start the shoot for Vishnuvardhan project. The director has completed the script and now thinking on a suitable title. The film will have Nayanthara and Arya in important roles. The work for the project is expected to be completed in three months, as the makers are planning to release …

Famous small screen actor, Vijay Adhiraj is all set to make his debut as a director with Puthagam starring Arya's brother, Sathya and Rakul Preet Singh. Vijay had the idea for this film nearly 14 years ago and was over the moon when producer, Dr Ramadass gave him the green signal. Vijay of KSY fame and Sanjay Krishna will also be part of the cast. James Vasanthan will be composing the music. Cinematography will be handled by Lakshman and the dialogues …

We suspect this year’s going to be a year of prequels. While the Billa 2 crew boasts that their upcoming film is a prequel to the 2007 film Billa, KS Ravikumar, the script writer of Kochadaiyaan has come up with a rather interesting revelation. The Dasavatharam director, in a public event said that Kochadaiyaan is more or less a prequel to Rana, a film that was to go on floor before Kochadaiyaan. Rana was put to a halt due to the illness Rajinikanth …

Hansika has changed her name for numerological reasons. Apparently, she was told that her name comes up to the number 9 and it is her lucky number as she was born on 09.09.1990. Hence from now on she will be sticking with Hansika instead of Hansika Motwani officially. The actress has received a good response for her outing in OKOK and currently she has four Tamil films on hands with top stars like Suriya, STR and Arya. She is also doing two films …

Rajesh is keeping his fingers crossed for his forth releasing film Oru Kal Oru Kannadi with Udhayanidhi Stalin and Hansika in the leads. The ace producer Udhayanidhi is debuting as hero with Oru Kal Oru Kannadi and the director is hoping for a hattrick with this rom-com OKOK after his Jeeva’s Siva Manasula Sakthi and Arya starrer Boss Engira Bhaskaran recorded hits in the box-office. Speaking about Udhay, Rajesh said, “We have captured the scenes …

Anushka is touted to be playing the lead in the remake of Bollywood awards winning film Dirty Picture. Vidya Balan has won the National award for the female lead in Dirty Picture and the Kollywood tinsel town buzzes that, Anushka may be roped in for Tamil and Telugu versions. There were rumor mills earlier that, Nikitha would be zeroed in for the role. But latest we hear is that original makers of Dirty Picture are keen to have Anushka in the remake …

The Defence Ministry was today dismissive about a media report that the Army moved two units towards Delhi in January without informing the government, saying such exercises are conducted from time to time. “The points raised in the report have already been clarified by the Army...such exercises are conducted by the Army from time to time,” Defence Ministry spokesperson Sitanshu Kar said in a statement. He also dubbed the report as “baseless and …

Kamal Haasan is very busy with Viswaroopam and is completely wrapped up in post-production work. He was supposed to be in Los Angeles last week on work and was very disappointed that he would miss the release of his daughter, Shruti's film, 3 directed by Aishwarya Dhanush. Hearing about this, Dhanush arranged a very special screening for Kamal Haasan and his daughter. The legend became very emotional on seeing the film and he hugged Shruti. He said …

Abhishek Bachchan has injured himself yet again! The actor has now suffered a back muscle tear, but says this won't affect the shooting schedule of "Bol Bachchan". "Thank you all for the get well soon wishes. Yes, have a muscle tear in my lower back. Got injured training in the gym," Abhishek tweeted. "Will be back on my feet soon. And NO, the schedule of BOL BACHCHAN has NOT been affected at all as wrongly reported. We shoot next end April," he …