Ajith, who is considered very close to the Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalitha, had surprised many by not paying her a visit or wishing her on the electoral victory. It may be recalled that Ajith met Jayalalitha at a function when she was not in power and sought her blessings. Therefore, when she returned to power, it was naturally expected that he would pay his obeisance without fail especially when his contemporaries like Vijay, Suriya and …

After a long time, Victory Venkatesh is acting in a socio-fantasy movie in which he would be romancing with Ileana. And Dasharath would be directing this movie, which means Victory Venkatesh, Dasharath and Ileana would be working together. It was also reported that Prakash Raj would play Lord Brahma. Venkatesh earlier played in socio-fantasies like 'Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya' and 'Devi Putrudu' and this movie with Dasharath would be a new offering. …

Soon after his arrival, all Rajini fans are eager to know when Rana would take off. Sources close to Rajinikanth say that Rana will commence in October and until then the Superstar will take rest at his Kelambakkam farm house. Only very close friends and dignitiaries will be allowed to meet Rajini as he needs complete rest for the next couple of months in order to get ready for Rana. It is said that he will hold discussions with director KS Ravi …

Rajinikanth starrer Rana will have all the important elements that his fans will look out for in his films, said director KS Ravi Kumar. Since the film is set in the 17th century, there are bound to be horse-back fights in the film. When the director was questioned about how he proposes to shoot those scenes with Rajini’s health being frail, he replied that he would use a dupe. The director said that he would discuss with the doctors to find out …

Mahesh Babu’s new film Dookudu in the direction of Srinu Vytla is progressing at rapid pace. Currently, the film’s shoot is taking place in Aluminum factory and recently few scenes on Mahesh and Brahmanandam are canned at a private house in Khairatabad. Dookudu is yet to complete 30 days of shooting. Samantha is playing the leading lady in this action cum comedy entertainer. Anil Sunkara, Ram Achanta, Gopichand Achanta are producing the film on …

Nagarjuna’s socio-fantasy project Damarukam will commence its fresh schedule in Saradhi Studios from 1st July. A special set is being erected for the schedule, where few vitals scenes in the film will be shot. A couple of schedules have already been wrapped up earlier in Switzerland and Hyderabad. Anushka is pairing up with Nagarajuna in the film. This is the fourth film in the duo combination. Damarukam is being directed by Srinivas Reddy and produced …

Amitabh Bachchan who attended the premiere show of his latest movie 'Bbuddah-Hoga Tera Baap' in Prasads, Hyderabad on Thursday has requested his friend and Tollywood Mega Star to act in movies again and at least complete his 150th film. Big B said that he has recently read Chiranjeevi has quit films for politics and he came to know that Chiru has done 149 films. Amitabh further said he knows Chiranjeevi from long time and they share good family …

As a director, Vetrimaran may be just two films old in the Tamil film industry, but he has already gone places what with the wonderful critical acclaim for his very first venture, 'Polladhavan' and numerous National Awards for his second venture, again with Dhanush, 'Aadukalam'. Although it was earlier said that 'Vada Chennai' will be his next project, things seems to have changed now. It is said that, the ace director is working on a big-budgeted …

Regarding the news that Gautham Menon will be making Vinnaithaandi Varuvaya 2 starting sometime in November with Silambarasan and Amy Jackson, the director has clarified that nothing is confirmed yet. He said that they had all talked about making a sequel to VTV but he himself remains undecided on the issue. In the meantime, he and Silambarasan are talking about doing a film together in 2012. The script, cast, and crew are yet to be finalized though. …

Finally, Venghai seems to have managed to come out unscathed from the legal wrangle that was imposed on it. The film ran into trouble with a wannabe director, Kalai Selvam claiming that the title belonged to him as he had it registered. This created a lot of confusion and the matter was taken to the court for settlement. Now, everything seems to have been sorted to the satisfaction of all the parties concerned. Director Hari and Dhanush have got …