Vijay-Raja film confirmed

Vijay is wrapping up his 50th film ‘Sura’ soon and will immediately start his next. There were enough speculations as to who will direct Vijay after ‘Sura’. There were three names of prominent directors doing the rounds. ‘Jayam’ Raja had already narrated a story to Vijay and was ready to roll. Another one was Siddique who influenced Vijay for a remake of his recent super hit in Malayalam ‘Bodyguard’. Siddique was the one who gave the evergreen comedy hit ‘Friends’ for Vijay.
Meanwhile director Lingusamy was also in the fray. Now the murk is settling and things are clear. Lingusamy is doing a film with Silambarasan and so he may not have the dates for Vijay. Vijay is so impressed with ‘Bodyguard’ and wants to do the Tamil remake as quickly as possible.
So where does that leave ‘Jayam’ Raja. Raja says “It’s for sure that I am doing a film with Vijay for Aascar Films. But it has not been decided whether that will be immediately after ‘Sura’ or otherwise.”
So it is doubly confirmed that Vijay will act under the baton of Raja.

Mani Ratnam’s ‘Raavan’ to IIFA

Mani Ratnam’s eagerly awaited film ‘Raavan’ may be first seen at the IIFA Awards at an international venue. Reportscirculating in Bollywood suggest that the film might premiere at the International Indian Film Awards (IIFA) later this year.The trilingual ‘Raavan’ is nearing completion and is set to release on 18th of June. This mega budget multi starrer will hit the bull’s eye in getting the international audience if premiered at an international venue. The venue for this year’s IIFA is still not decided but Seoul, the capital of South Korea seems to be the first preference.It may be remembered that Mani Ratnam’s ‘Yuva’, the Hindi version of Tamil ‘Aayutha Ezhuthu’ was premiered at the IIFA ceremony in Singapore.With truly pan Indian stars like Abishek Bachan, Aishwarya Rai and Vikram the movie has huge expectations.