Jai given a breather; Rajini’s role?

Jai has got himself into a bad position, thanks to a few ill advised comments on his upcoming movies. The storm that was stirred threatens to jeopardize his promising career. The Producer’s Council banned him for from signing any new film. This ban also threatened to put Venkat Prabhu’s Goa in trouble as Jai is part of the original cast. However, there has been news that the Producer’s Council has relented a bit in its stand and is willing to give a bit of a leeway to Jai for Goa. He has reportedly been given permission to act for a period of 20 days for the film. 


Goa is being produced by Soundarya Rajinikanth’s Ochre Studios. Due to this, there have been speculations that Rajinikanth’s side has shown special interest in Jai’s issue and has played a part in obtaining special permission for the actor to take part in the shooting.

The work for Goa has begun. Jai’s portions are yet to start. Currently a song involving many dancers is being shot in the beaches. The talkie portions are expected to commence soon. Goa will have all the regular Venkat Prabhu actors like Siva, Vaibhav and Premgi. Sneha will be playing the heroine. Yuvan Shankar Raja scores the music.

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Vettaikaran : Vijay’s other heroine

Sources from the Vettaikaran unit had mentioned that the movie would have a second heroine in addition to Anushka. We do not know the details of the role if it will be as important as Anushka’s or not. The actress for this role had not been finalized until now, even after the movie got well into its second schedule of shooting. Now, there are reports that Madalasa, a new face may get the opportunity to star opposite Vijay. The lady is currently acting in her first film titled Kadhalukku Maranam Illai produced by

K.T. Kunjumon along with Meera Nandan from Kerala. Talks are on with Madalasa but nothing has been finalized yet. If this opportunity materializes, it would be great for the actress’ fledgling career because new faces rarely get opportunities to star opposite top stars of Kollywood.

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Thoranai in Vegas

Vishal-Shriya starrer Thoranai is in its final stages of shooting. Almost the entire talkie portion has been shot and only a song remains. The team is expected to leave for Las Vegas shortly to film the song in a lavish manner which will be a duet featuring the lead pair. Once the team returns after completing the shooting, the post production works will take off and if everything goes as planned, the film is expected to be ready for an early May release. Thoranai is being directed by Iyappan. This film is going to be crucial for Vishal after the big disappointment of Sathyam.

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Aadhavan Suriya’s Villain role

In Suriya’s next film Aadhavan, the actor will be donning the title role, according to director K.S. Ravi Kumar. Yet another interesting info that the director shared is that Suriya’s role is that of an anti hero. Besides, Aadhavan will have all the aspects such as sentiment, comedy and fights that his films usually have.

Nayanthara plays the leading lady in this venture, which is produced by Red Giant Movies. Apart from

Suriya and Nayan, about 45 important actors and actresses will be a part of Aadhavan. Noted among them are Saroja Devi, Bollywood actor Rahul Dev, and Vadivelu. It is said that Vadivelu’s comedy is not be a separate track.

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Pattalam Movie Preview

An army of young exuberant school kids are going to invade theaters this Friday through Pattalam. This is the second production of Lingusaamy’s banner Tirupathi Brothers. A theme woven around school kids and their carefree world full of mischief and fun is seldom explored in mainstream Tamil cinema. The last movie one can recollect on these lines was Kasthuriraja’s Thulluvadho Ilamai, but even that was more grown up than what was expected from a movie featuring school children. However,



Pattalam, from its trailer, promises to be a more genuine look into the world of those who have just about stepped into their teens.

Featuring a host of newcomers along with the experienced Nadiya, the movie revolves around how the correspondent of a school (Nadiya), who also happens to be a psychiatrist, manages to influence a bunch of young school kids and turn the school into a model institution. The newcomers Arun, Kiruba, Sathya, Balaji, Vikas, Suresh, Hari, Vignesh, Guru and Irfan were chosen by debutante director Rohan Krishna after an extensive screening process during which as many as 500 aspirants were scrutinized.

The movie claims to be a very genuine representation of the lives of children in schools and the methods used to harness their potential. Any common man will be able to relate to what happens in the movie.

Rohan Krishan has been an associate of Priyadarshan and Santhosh Sivan. The story of Pattalam has been written by Sheeba Rohan, music has been scored by Jassie Gift (‘Four Students’ fame). Close to the vacation season, let’s see whether Pattalam can re-awaken the school adventure genre.

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Ayan Movie Preview

A Waywardly teenager, a youngster and an ageing gentleman – Suriya has done it all in his Vaaranam Aayiram. With an inexhaustible thirst for variety, he is ready for another date with the box office after the critically acclaimed Vaaranam Aayiram. Ayan is touted to be a high energy adrenaline rush experience with Suriya retaining his lately acquired six-pack hinting that there are as much action sequences as much there are romantic ones. And yes, if the promos are to be believed, Suriya drops his shirt flaunting his beefcake appearance.




Ayan has the all-fresh Tamanna playing Suriya’s female lead whose slow and steady rise to stardom is stuff for fairy tales. Ayan will also catapult Tamanna’s status into the big league and as a budding star; this movie is likely to become significant in her career.

And as far as the story goes, we do hear the usual clichés boasting on how the movie is different from the other movies. However, as a step ahead, here, director K V Anand declares that Ayan will rewrite the movie watching experience of Tamil viewers. “Ayan’s theme is completely unexplored in Indian cinema and hence the movie will be an eye-opener of sorts,” Anand was quoted as saying by the media. Besides, Suriya also revealed in a recent press meet that the Censor Board was uncertain in providing the movie’s certificate. All this only add up to the already swelling expectations.

Suriya plays the role of a 25 year old living in the labyrinth called Triplicane. So the requirement obviously demanded him to speak the ‘Chennai Sendamizh’. According to him, director K V Anand’s mastery helped him attain fluency in the dialect.

Originally named Boomathiya Regai, the movie was later rechristened to Ayan, meaning the unbeatable, for want of a crisp title. Ayan is shot in diverse locations including the maze like streets of Triplicane, the lush green forests of Africa & Malaysia and the Skeleton Coast of Namibia. Suriya’s electrifying action sequences are said to be one of the major attractions of the movie. Apart from Kanal Kannan, Franz Spilhaus, a stunt team that worked for many famous Hollywood movies has choreographed the stunt sequences in this film

Ayan also has Akashdeep Saigal debuting in Tamil in a negative role with Prabhu, Vivek and Karunas playing vital roles. Written by K V Anand and the noted writer Subha, Ayan is produced by AVM Productions and distributed by SUN Pictures.

Harris Jayaraj’s music is already topping the charts with footage from the movie being telecast in television channels. The album has 6 songs to its credit.

Ayan is scheduled for release this weekend, April 3, 2009.

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