Director KS Ravikumar turns busy bee!

KS Ravikumar is one busy man these days. The man who was supposed to shoot for Rajini’s Rana, has not been able to do so, due to the postponement of the film. In the meantime, he has got busy shooting for the Hindi remake of his 2003 hit Saamy which had Trisha and Vikram in the lead.

The man is super busy shooting with Sanjay Dutt for the film. And according to the grapevine, the director has brought about a sea change in the shooting pattern of Sanjay. The actor who is known for his easy going manner during shoots, arriving late and shooting according to his whims, is now imbibing and impressed with Ravikumar’s style of working.

For the huge change is that he has managed to get Sanjay to shoot six scenes in one day instead of the normal two he is used to doing in Bollywood!

According to a unit member, “Sanjay Dutt himself has been saying aloud that he can’t remember when or which director in his life had made him shoot like this. Even the makers can’t believe that this is the same actor with whom directors had trouble finishing two scenes with him in the past.”

After shooting with south director K S Ravikumar, who makes his Bollywood debut with the project, Sanjay seems to be imbibing the South style of working

The source further added: “Sanjay not only comes on time but stays till the director is totally happy with his work. He has been further heard saying that he now understands how South stars like Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan work as Ravikumar has directed both of them in his films.”

Sanjay Dutt has been paired opposite Prachi Desai in the film.

Thuppaki is an action entertainer – A.R. Murugadoss

The film is close on the heels of completion and the post production works are on complete swing. The makers are planning to release the film on the festive occasion of Diwali while the audio launch is scheduled for somewhere in mid-of-September.
Shedding lights on the film, A.R. Murugadoss says, "Don’t perceive this film to be a hard action drama. It has lots of commercial elements and the romantic scenes between Vijay and Kajal Agarwal will be one of the greatest highlights in the film. The comedy sequences by Sathyan will be an additional attraction."Recently, a romantic song featuring Vijay and Kajal Agarwal was shot in foreign location.

Director Shankar orders Amy to stop partying

Director Shankar is among the soft-spoken persons in the film industry despite being called as the Showman Of South Indian Cinema. But, when it comes to his films, Shankar is a stickler for perfection.

This is why he allegedly asked Brit Beauty Amy Jackson, whom he has cast opposite Vikram as the female lead in I, to keep her partying ways in check until the end of the shoot.

Apparently, Amy was turning up late or with sleepless eyes for the shoot and Shankar who likes to make his heroines as vivacious as possible on screen was quite upset with the output of Amy’s scenes as the actress looked far from being fresh due to her late-night gigs.

The concerned filmmaker called Amy aside and told her in no uncertain terms that she has to stay away from the party circuit until the end of his film’s shoot as he doesn’t want it to disrupt his film’s outcome. We hear that an embarrassed Amy realized her folly and promised Shankar that she will mend her ways.

Now, looks like this is one girl who will take constructive ‘advice’.

Happy Birthday Director Shankar

One of the most successful directors in the Indian film industry, Shankar is celebrating his birthday today, August 17th, 2012. He entered the film industry as a director with Gentleman and this film turned out to be grand success at the box office raking in profits as well as awards.

Since then, Shankar has directed and produced a number of films. The smash hits in his long career include Kadhalan, Mudhalvan, Anniyan, Sivaji, Enthiran and Nanban. Shankar is also a shrewd producer having produced a number of blockbusters like Kadhalan, Imsai Arasan 23am Pulikesi and Veyyil. He is currently directing the Vikram starrer I and is awaiting the release of the 3D version of Sivaji.

Director Gautham Menon directs Asin

Gautham Menon is an acclaimed film maker as everyone knows. He is much in demand to make ad films as well. The master director has agreed to direct an ad film and none other than Asin would feature in this ad.

It isn’t known if it will be another Miranda ad (Asin being the brand ambassador of Miranda) or some other product’s ad. Gautham has already directed Asin in the Telugu version of Kaakha Kaakha some years back before Asin became a big name in the Indian film industry.

Director Bala's Paradesi Shooting Completed

Director Bala released the first look of his much anticipated next movie Paradesi. He has completed the shooting in 90 days.

Director Shankar Appreciates Naan Ee

Before the release of Naan Ee, there were a lot of expectations on this new genre film directed by SS Rajamouli. And after its release, it is not just the movie buffs but the celebrities are also raving about the film. Ace director Shankar had seen Naan Ee at the Devi Cineplex on July 8th, 2012, and has recorded at the Visitor’s Book there that it is a ‘Super Film.’

Though Naan Ee doesn’t boast of a big star cast, the film is appreciated by one and all for director SS Rajamouli’s unique idea, Sudeep’s extraordinary performance, and Maragadhamani’s background score.

The film stars Nani, Samantha, Sudeep and Santhanam in the lead roles.

Director Bala join hands again with Vishal

Director Bala and actor Vishal is going to join again for an untitled movie after their present commitments.

Director Sundar C's MGR – the Hunt Is On

Director Sundar C is riding high on the success of his latest release Kalakalappu and is now gearing up to begin his next. He had already announced that his upcoming film has been titled Madha Gaja Raja with the abbreviation MGR, a name that still has the power to create magic in Kollywood. MGR is touted to be an action comedy flick that Sundar is adept in directing.

Vishal has been roped in to play the lead role in this film. MGR’s cinematographer Richard M Nathan has confirmed that the location hunt for MGR has begun starting from today onwards. Once the pre-productions works are over, Sundar C will start rolling with the shooting of MGR. Vijay Anthony will be scoring the music for this film.

Will Ilaiyaraaja, Mani Ratnam work together again?

For Kollywood buffs, June 2 is a red letter day, as two legends, Mani Ratnam and Ilaiyaraaja share their birthdays. The duo that has created milestones together, Kollywood feels, should work together again.

Director CS Amudhan opines that filmmakers of his generation share a special relationship with movies made by the winning combination. He says, “They have set the standards for background music. If one were to list out the best background scores in Tamil cinema, one would say they are Mouna Ragam, followed by Nayagan and Thalapathi. These are still the benchmarks.”
Little wonder that most people in Kollywood say the duo must collaborate again. Director Venkat Prabhu, who nurtures the wish to work with his uncle Ilaiyaraaja, says, “I think all their fans would like to see that combination.”
Similar sentiments are echoed by Karthik Raja, the music maestro’s son too. “I wish they could get back together to give us some of those evergreen hits. My dad gets inspired by directors like Mani Ratnam. Few directors are able to bring out the beauty in a composer’s work.”
Amudhan, commenting on the same, says, “Mani Ratnam’s vision always challenged Raja sir’s music. This is why the Isaignani worked differently for Mani sir’s films. Take Anjali, which was so ahead of its time. We’ve not seen Raja sir go back to those kind of tunes. Maybe he is still reserving them for Mani sir.”
The year 2012 will see a comeback of sorts for both these maestros. While Mani Ratnam will have his film Kadal starring Gautham Karthik and Samantha releasing this year, Ilaiyaraaja will see a few releases including Gautham Menon’s Neethaane En Ponvasantham.
Actress-producer Lakshmi Manchu, who will be seen in Kadal and also has Ilaiyaraaja composing for her film Maranthein Mannithen, says, “I am ready to retire now, since I’ve worked with my two idols. It wasn’t my dad but Mani sir who inspired me to get into movies. As for Raja sir, my life wouldn’t be the same without his music. They brought in cheer every time I was down.”

Director Shankar watches Billa 2

A special screening of Billa 2 was arranged for director Shankar recently. Distributed by Aascar Films, Billa 2 is close to completion and will be ready to be released in the month of September. The special screening also was attended by director Chakri Toleti and Aascar Ravichandran.
A clearly impressed Shankar was seen congratulating Chakri for his feat after the movie’s screening. He also extolled Ravichandran for making the right choice, according to sources present at the event. With Ajith, Parvathy Omanakuttan and Bruna Abdullah in the lead, Billa 2′s audio release is expected soon.

Director Gowtham Menon says Yohan will be like James Bond film

There is a great question in Kollywood that which director will get the call sheet of Vijay after Thuppakki. Now there is information that Vijay will be acting in Yohan directed by Gowtham Menon after completing Thuppakki. 

Director Gowtham Menon while speaking about this film said, "Yohan script is ready. I will commence the shooting once Vijay completes Thuppaki directed by A R Murugadoss. Vijay will be the only Tamilian in this film.
The heroine will be an Indian. Rest of the actors and actresses will be foreigners. This is a Tamil film. This film will be of an International standard and will be released worldwide with English sub titles. A R Rahman is composing the music for this film. If I am able to establish the character Yohan, I will continue to make Chapter 1, 2 and 3 like James Bond films."

Director KS Ravikumar's Daughter to wed

Ace director KS Ravikumar's eldest daughter, Janani will be getting married to Sathish on May 3rd. The groom has an engineering degree as well as an MBA and is working in Chennai. Janani is also an MBA graduate. The ceremony will take place at the Mayor Ramanathan Chettiar hall in Chennai.

The director who has worked on the script and will also be directing a portion of Kochadaiyaan is currently busy distributing invitations for his daughter's wedding. The invitation comes with an innovative CD that has family members extending a cordial invitation to the guests.

Shankar for his own movie?

Director Sankar began his career as the producer from his Muthalvan with Action King Arjun. Since then, his majority films turned out to be hits on media end. His products were Kathal, Imsai Arasan 23m Pulikesi, Veyil, Kalloori and Arai Yen 305l Kadavul, Eeram, Rettachuli and Ananthapurathu veedu.

Of these one film which had a director as the major artist made Sankar burn his fingers. As the director happened to be his mentor during his initial days, Sankar had no objection when the remuneration demanded was Rs1 crore. With the films from Kallori failed to cash in profit for Sankar he almost suspended his task for many years. However a story from the fresh director shuffled his tryst and Sankar seems to have made up his mind to resume his production stint.
Being impressed with the script and the storyline, Sankar assured the man to do the project at the right time. Will this resumption save Sankar from further fall or lead him to the same old ditch is to be seen. In the meanwhile there is a buzz that Sankar was in a mood to do the Bollywood Delhi Belly in Tamil based on the success he had with Nanban, a remake of 3 Idiots.

Bala's flim titles 'Paradesi'?

Sources say that ace film maker Bala has finalised the title Paradesi for next movie.

Director Gautham Menon records in London

Music always plays an important role in a Gautham Menon directorial venture. Right from his debut Minnale, he’s had good music.

This time around, his trilingual project Neethane En Ponvasantham, which stars Samantha as the female lead, while Jiiva, Nani and Aditya Roy Kapoor play the leads in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi respectively, will have music maestro Ilaiyaraaja composing the tunes. The filmmaker is off to London to record the songs. “I am off to record the songs with Raja. He is someone I’ve grown up listening to and I love his tunes. I am excited about working with him as it is a dream come true for me,” says Gautham.
While the teaser promo that was released a month back had the famous Ilaiyaraaja song that the film’s title is inspired from, a little known fact is that Gautham himself sang the song that Jiiva lip syncs in it. Ask him if he will be singing the full song which will be remastered and released in this film and he says, “Oh no! I am not a singer.”

Director Shankar join with Vikram

After stupendous success of Nanban all eyes were on Shankar’s next hero. We have some interesting news for all Shankar and Vikram fans.

The duo is set to join again after their blockbuster movie Anniyan for Aascar Productions .It is said that Chiyaan Vikram will join Shankar’s cast once he completes Thaandavam.It is said that Director Shankar has completed the script which is said to be unique and fresh from his earlier works. So we have the final word here .Lets wait for yet another blockbuster.

Director Hari’s next a mega budget film!

Director Hari is teaming up with the Azhagar Samiyin Kuthirai producer Madhan. The two is reported to have inked the deal to work on a project. The cast and other crew have not been fixed yet. According to industry sources, this project will be a very high budget one indicating that a top star in Kollywood would be signed up.
It may be mentioned here that Azhagar Samiyin Kuthirai went on to become a hit film and had also bagged two national awards. Following this, the producer intends to produce an out-and-out commercial film with all the masala ingredients that Hari is capable of including.

Director Murugadoss' Brother Is a Hero Now

A.R.Murugadoss has become one of the biggest Directors in Indian Cinema. Recently, he became as successful Producer too through the movie ‘Engeyum Eppodhum’, which featured Jai, Anjali, Shravanand and many others.

Now director-turned-producer Murugadoss has decided to launch his younger brother Saravanan. He is launching Saravanan in his own Production venture.

Earlier, Murugadoss teamed up with Fox Star Studios for the movie ‘Engeyum Eppodhum’. He has decided to join hands with Fox Star Studios in his second venture.

One of A R Murugadoss’ Assistants named Kinslin is directing this film. It is touted to be a Romantic thriller. It is to be mentioned that, Anjali would become the Heroine in Murugadoss second production venture too. This could have been probable, as he was satisfied by Anjali’s performance in his first film.

The Music Composer Gibran, who made his debut through the film ‘Vaagai Sooda Vaa’ would be scoring the Music for this film. The other details are expected to follow soon.

Shankar Denies Rumors About Vikram

Shankar is so cool and happy. His experience with a remake has been fresh and enjoyable. But the director makes a promise that he would never go for a remake again. Adding more details to his future project says that actually he wanted to make an action thriller, but ended up with a comedy film (Nanban).

So his next film will be a full-fledged action thriller and the lead actors for the project are still under consideration. ‘I will be finalizing the lead actor by March and we haven’t finalized anyone – Vikram or Ajith for the film’ tots up Shankar.