Aascar films' Velayudham with Vijay is heading for a big Diwali release where it will take on Suriya's 7 Aum Arivu and Dhanush's Mayakkam Enna. The makers are planning to promote the film in a big way and the publicity campaign will get underway from the first week of October. A song video will be released as well as a slick new trailer. The audio launch for Velayudham was held recently and the tracks are a smash hit and there has been record sales. …

There are hardly any Indians in this booming capital of the southern Chinese island province, known for its sandy beaches, exotic sea food and spanking new high-rises. But Bollywood is never far behind – if you are ‘Yindu’ (Chinese for India and Indians), they expect you to sing “Awara Hoon”. The Raj Kapoor-starrer was a roaring success in the newly-Communist China of the 1950s and continues to strike a chord with the Chinese, especially the older …

Ajith's daughter Anoushka and Vijay;s kids Sanjay and Sasha are playmates we hear. The kids regularly visit each others' homes accompanied by their mothers - Shalini and Sangeetha and have a good time playing together. The trio are close buddies and their parents love watching them together. Ajith and Vijay have proved that two competitors can be really good friends. Looks like their children are the biggest benefactors of their closeness.

Amidst reports that Billa 2’s director Chakri Toleti is reworking on the script to ensure that the film turns out to be better than Ajith’s recent release Mankatha, the director has said that the second schedule has commenced. Earlier, there were reports that Chakri had decided to go on a short break before the second schedule and rework on Billa 2’s script. The shooting was happening in Hyderabad but now the team has moved on to an exotic location …

Mahesh Babu's Dookudu prints were dispatched from Rama Naidu Colour Lab, Hyderabad. With less than 24 hours for Dookudu movie, the operations are in full swing in terms of dispatching prints of far of places. Few news tabloids yesterday reported that Dookudu movie prints have returned back to the production house due to poor re-recording and sound quality but the makers quash all such gossips saying they are baseless and all is well for the grand …

Naga Chaitanya next film Autonagar Surya Under the direction deva katta will start its regular shooting from Dussera. Naga Chaitanya's Auto Nagar Surya film is an action movie set in the backdrop of trade unions in Vijayawada and the film is about a ‘nobody’ who grows into everybody’s identity. Samantha is playing female lead opposite Naga Chaitanya for the second time after Ye Maya Chesave. The movie produced by K Atchi Reddy under Max India banner …

It’s not as if people would want to watch only one film during Diwali, says Hema Malini who has decided to release her daughter Esha Deol’s relaunch “Tell Me O Khuda” with Shahrukh Khan’s sci-fi “RA.One”. “We had a meeting with the distributors and exhibitors on Friday. And we all decided to go for a Diwali release. I was advised against it since ‘RA.One’ is also releasing for Diwali. But it’s not as if people would want to watch only one film during …

For all you Vijay fans, waiting to know the release date of Nanban, here it is! The film is scheduled to be released for Pongal 2012, say sources in Kollywood. There were a lot of speculations that the movie would hit the screens on Diwali and then it was said that the filmmakers are eyeing the December slot. But now we have come to know that the director of Nanban, Shankar, is planning a Pongal release. Nanban is a remake of the Hindi smash hit …

Sonam Kapoor is not disturbed by the one-week delay in the release of her movie “Mausam” as she feels that she has got an extra week to promote her “first true love story”. “I would be able to promote my film for one more week. It’s absolutely fine if the release date got pushed by a week. We have worked very hard and we are waiting for the film to release for a long time. Another seven days don’t matter,” Sonam told IANS. The directorial debut …

Young Tiger NTR's upcoming movie 'Dammu' (tentatively titled) directed by Boyapati Seenu.The Movie fresh schedule will start from September 28 for 12 days in a special Set erected at Annapurna Studios. once these schedule will be completed, The film unit will be travelling to pollachi, kerala to shoot for a 45 days long schedule from November 12.Shruti Haasan is playing female lead in the film.Dammu is produced by KS Rama Rao on Creative Commercials …