Bharathiraja to take up Ponniyin Selvan!

Bharathiraja is back with a new film. The movie has been titled Then Kizhakku Seemaiyile Appan Aatha and will start rolling in a couple of months. The ace director will use a totally new team for this project and has plans to make it a whole new experience for the viewers.

There are also reports that this story has been inspired from the novel Ponniyin Selvan though it would not be an adaptation in entirety. As per the storyline, the hero of the film arrives from abroad and what happens in his hometown forms the crux of Then Kizhakku Seemaiyile Appan Aatha. The songs sequences of this film will be shot in exotic foreign locations.

'Rangeela 2' Is Ready to Roll

The film that made huge waves in Indian film industry… The film that stopped Aamir Khan from attending award functions. And what else? The film which is considered as an evergreen showpiece of Ram Gopal Varma is all set to take its sequel now. Yes, it is ‘Rangeela’ that always appeals special for RGV and for A.R. Rahman, it was his debut in Bollywood.

Recently during the launch of his first authorized biography ‘A.R. Rahman: The Spirit of Music’, A.R. Rahman thanked a list of prominent Hindi filmmakers, who helped him a lot in gaining success in Bollywood and Ram Gopal Varma was one amongst them.

Filled with moist in eyes and happiness all over heart, Ramu thusly decided to make a sequel to ‘Rangeela-2’….

K V Anand thanks Kolleagues

With just three more days left for the release of ‘Ko’, captain of the ship K V Anand feels that it was because of an excellent team he was able to make the film without any compromise.

“Right from the producer to actors to crew members, everyone cooperated with me a lot while making the movie. But for their support, ‘Ko’ would not have taken shape as expected,” says the cinematographer-director.

On the lead actors, Jeeva, Karthika, Ajmal and Piya Bajpai, he says, “They have delivered their best. All the four are young and energetic and understood well what they were expected to do.”

“Script-wise ‘Ko’ will be better than ‘Ayan’, my earlier venture,” Anand says and adds: “I will try to outdo ‘Ko’ in ‘Maatran’ since I sincerely believe every film is an opportunity to polish my skills.”

Bala's next is called 'Agangaaran'

Bala has suddenly turned a maverick. Seems he is out to change the image thrusted on him that of a director who takes years to complete a film.

‘Avan Ivan’ is in its final post production stage and will be ready for April release. But within that period Bala may launch his next film.

Buzz is that Bala has titled his next film 'Agangaaran' and he will start the film sooner than expected. Sources say this title was registered even as the shooting of ‘Naan Kadavul’ was going on.

It’s interesting. ‘Avan Ivan’ was completed faster than ‘Naan Kadavul’. By that logic ‘Agangaaran’ will be completed faster than ‘Avan Ivan’. No complaints. Only praises for Bala.

Mani Ratnam calls on Rahul Gandhi

Ace director Mani Ratnam and Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi have jointly met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi recently. The meeting is said to be in connection with a charitable project that is based out of Chennai.

Sources say Rahul Gandhi gave a patient hearing to the director and was excited to see a director of Mani Ratnam stature has found time get involved in humanitarian projects.

It may be noted that in the last few months or rather years, a lot of Kollywood celebrities have shown interest in meeting Rahul Gandhi for reasons better known to tem only. A few weeks ago, Rama. Narayanan, Revathi, and Nasser met the politician when he was in Chennai.

Radha Ravi met him in October last year. Ilaya Thalapathi also met Rahul Gandhi in August 2009 and that meeting spawned a rumour claiming Vijay will join Congress party. S.Ve. Sekar also met Rahul Gandhi recently but the comedian joined the party last week.

A.R Murugadoss Next Film

Filmmaker Murugadoss is makes his maiden production through the untitled movie that indeed marks the foray of 20th Fox Century. The film features Vimal and Anjali in lead roles and is directed by Murugadoss’ close associate Saravanan.

The film is reported to be a love story that too with a different sort of treatment. The film is reported to have couple of Buses as important characters. Right now, the first schedule of the movie is proceeding in Chennai followed by other schedules in down south regions. The film also has other set of couple played by Jai and ‘Nadodigal’ fame Anuya in lead roles.

Shankar Starts 3 idiots Shooting without Surya !

Ace director Shankar started the shooting of '3 Idiots' remake at Ooty with Jeeva and Srikanth. According to sources, Surya who is said to be played the lead role in this film, hasn't attended the first schedule.

Bala’s next with new face

National award winning filmmaker Bala, who is busy giving final touches to his first comedy caper ‘Avan Ivan’, has said that his next movie would feature a newcomer in the lead role.

“My films always demanded an actor, and not a star. Even Vikram, Suriya, Arya and Vishal were like new faces when they came to me. My forthcoming film will sure have a debutant as the protagonist,” he said.

‘Avan Ivan’, which has Vishal and Arya in lead roles, is expected to be a straight contrast from Bala’s earlier ventures. Produced by Kalpathi Aghoram’s AGS Entertainment, the movie has been announced as an April release.

“I am indebted to each and everyone who are watching my movie, for they are spending two hours of their lives to see my film. My request to them is to judge my movies alone and not me,” added Bala.

Mani Ratnam to make Ponniyin Selvan

IndiaGlitz carried a report in December last year itself that Mani Ratnam’s next would be a period film and the ace director, who last made ‘Raavanan’, was busy with the ground works of the project.
It is almost official now, with sources suggesting that the film will be based on Ponniyin Selvan, one of the greatest works of Tamil literature, penned by arguably the most celebrated writer, Kalki.
It is said that the movie would be made on a whopping Rs 200 crore budget and would be produced by Sun Pictures, breaking their earlier record ‘Enthiran’, which was reportedly made on Rs 150 crore.

Sources have it that popular writer Jayamohan will pen dialogues for the film. ‘Ponniyin Selvan’, a fiction on Raja Raja Chola, was a highly popular novel known for its grand theme and colourful characters. It is also Superstar Rajinikanth’s favourite novel in Tamil.

Bala's Avan Ivan - Shooting Spot

Director Bala's Avan Ivan shooting almost nearing its climax. Recently Bala conducted the shooting amidst 1000 rough bulls in a village near Theni.

Another title for Perarasu

Perarasu who has added story, screenplay, dialogue, songs and direction to his name card has added music direction also. He is now composing for his movie 'Tiruthani'.

Perarasu who is now shooting for the songs in the Binny mill location said, 'I do generally add my own music to my lyrics. For Thiruthani also when I presented the lyrics to the producer with my own music, he appreciated and confirmed me as the music director also. Now I have finished composing for five songs'. 'No I do not have any prior experience and learning of music.' he confirmed.

The Bharath, Sunaina starrer Thiruthani is on the same Perarasu style of commercial entertainer.

Director Shankar Wants to Direct Dhanush

Shankar strides ahead with the undeniable fact that he is the man of honor for this season. Apart from Tamil version, ‘Enthiran’ marked a stupendous trade graph in Hindi and Telugu version. The trade analysts have revealed that Telugu ‘Robot’ is Tollywood’s No.1 movie for 2010 as it grossed with Rs. 38 Crores. The Bollywood reports make it official that the film has fetched 3rd place for spinning big collections in box office.

During the recent occasion of ‘Aadukalam’ audio launch, the director conveyed his likeliness that he will soon get a script ready and direct Dhanush.

The filmmaker was astounded watching the teasers and songs of Dhanush’s upcoming film ‘Aadukalam’.

Mani Ratnam to sign Yuvan?

n the recent times we have reported that Mani Ratnam is soon going to direct a periodic film. And now sources reveal that the director is currently working on the script and will kick start the film very soon.

If Mani Ratnam is going to start a film means one can think big of the cast and crew. The details of the cast and crew are unknown but there is a query regarding the music director. Mani Ratnam’s first choice would always be Madras Mozart AR Rahman and they proved to be the best combo.

Now the director may find it difficult to get AR Rahman for his periodic film as he is busy with his international projects. It is heard that Yuvan Shankar Raja may score the music, as he expressed his time aspiration to work for a periodic film.

Shankar - Indian of the Year

Accolades and honors never seem to stop for director Shankar ever since Endhiran’s release. The film is a runaway success and people cannot stop raving about it. Still running to packed houses, Endhiran/Robot has earned the producers much more than they have invested as we hear that it has broken all box office records thus far.

The latest honor that is being bestowed on this director is the Indian of the Year Award from CNN-IBN. Shankar will be in Delhi to receive this award on December 22^nd 2010.

SHANKAR TO BEGIN WITH MAHESH BABU… NOT VIJAY

Director Shankar may begin the shooting of the Telugu version of 3 Idiots in December as he had already obtained the call sheet of Mahesh Babu. The Tamil version will begin sometime later as Vijay’s dates are mixed up with his other projects.

Jiiva is set to play one of the roles in Tamil. There is a talk that Siddharth and Arya are in the race for yet another important role. Shankar may rope in either of them as both enjoy immense popularity in Kollywood and Tollywood.

So, for now, the Tamil version still looks bleak with nothing finalized.

3 Idiots From December 6

Yesterday, official confirmations about the ‘3 Idiots’ remake were made by some of the closer sources of S Pictures. Now it has been revealed that first Shankar may start shooting for the Telugu version.

According to the sources, the film is scheduled to go on floors on December 6 as call sheets of Mahesh Babu are not hectic at that point. With Vijay, nothing has been confirmed. As of now, Jeeva has been confirmed the other lead role while details on other actor isn’t finalized yet. It may be either Siddarth or Arya as the duo has gained popularity across Telugu and Tamil film industries.

Harris Jayaraj has completed couple of tunes for Telugu version and Manoj Paramahamsa will handle cinematography.

Pandiraj blessed with baby boy

Awards and rewards are not stopping this year for director Pandiraj. While still basking in the success of ‘Vamsam’, the stork has visited the household of Pandiraj.

The award winning director has been blessed with a baby boy yesterday October 18 at 10. 30 AM.

In early January this year Pandiraj married his sister’s daughter Vasanthi at a ceremony in his native Virisillai of Pudukottai district.

IndiaGlitz wishes the proud parents and the newborn all the very best in life.

AR Murgugadoss follows Shankar

Director AR Murugadoss is also feeling the heat ‘Endhiran’ generated with its spectacular visual effects. He is already good at his work and with more faith put on him by the Hollywood studios, Murugadoss is trying all he could to make ’7am Arivu’ a better film.

In the process Murugadoss is following certain things which Shankar did for ‘Endhiran’. ’7am Arivu’ is a contemporary sci-fi thriller set within the architecture of the mind. It stars Suriya and Shruthi Haasan.

First for his film Murugadoss is hiring the services of Banu who created the stylish looks of Rajinikanth in ‘Endhiran’. She will be deciding the looks of Suriya in ‘7am Arivu’. Then ARM is signing up Stan Winston Studios which handled stunning visual effects for ‘Endhiran’ and iconic Hollywood films like Aliens, Terminator 2 and Jurassic Park.

After ‘Endhiran’, suddenly there is a spurt is competition to raise the bar of creativity is films. It’s a welcome change and we all love it.

Ram Gopal Varma pulls Karan’s legs with RC

Ram Gopal Varma’s upcoming film Rattha Charithram is all set to hit screens during third week of November and the filmmaker has vigorously started promoting the film. He has been claiming this one to be the best of all his movies.

It has been an usual comments passed by these filmmakers – Ram Gopal Varma and Karan Johar as they make fun of each other movies.

At the time of ‘Phoonk-2’ release (Tamil version titled ‘Bommai’), Karan Johar had tweeted – I saw this horror movie along with Ram Gopal Varma and the scariest part was watching the film holding his hands.

And now, as the release of ‘Rattha Charithram’ is fast approaching the release date, a similar take has happened, this time from Ram Gopal Varma. In his recent twitter, he has mentioned that Rattha Charithram is not about loving families, but warring families. So the ones who loved Karan Johar’s ‘Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gum’ can better stay away from this film.

Such a bold promotion of film: only RGV get along with it.

Director Pandiraj plans next

It’s time to move on for Pandiraj. After two making two films set in rural background and winning a National Award, the director is now getting ready for his next venture, which is a city-based subject.

“Yes, I am entering the city for the first time. Though the film will be in an urban background, there will be no compromise on realism”, says the proud maker of ‘Pasanga’ and ‘Vamsam’.

Throwing more light on his third venture, he says, “The three National Awards won by ‘Pasanga’ has made me more responsible. So I am now working extra time on the script to ensure that there is no lag anywhere”.

Saying a big no to infusing glamour in his film, Pandiraj says, “My films would never have glamour. I don’t think skin show is essential to make a movie click at the box office. Story should be the main attraction”.