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Anjali in Vikram’s Karikalan

Anjali is thrilled. She has been cast as one of Vikram’s heroines in Karikalan directed by Kannan.

The actress whose Engeyum Eppothum is the sleeper hit of the year said : “ I will be joining the shoot of Karikalan from December 10 inHyderabad. It will be an honour and dream come true to be paired opposite anactor of Vikram sir’s stature. ”

In Karikalan, Anjali does the role of a fiery revolutionary woman, while Vikram is playing the title role of Karikalan, a king belonging to the Chola dynasty.

Anjali has important scenes with Vikram in the film.

The others in the cast of Karikalan are Zarine Khan, Mithra Kurian, Radhika Apte and Pasupathy. The film has music by GV Prakash.

A good part of the filmhas already been shot in Talakonam forest in Andhra. Karikalan will have a lotof computer graphics and special effects.

Surya’s Singam which got released last year was declared as a blockbuster and turned huge collections at the box-office. The film which was directed by Hari had Anuskha Shetty in the female lead along with Prakash Raj, Nassar, Radha Ravi, Vivek, Vijayakumar and Manorama in important roles.

After getting ready with the script of Singam 2 he approached Surya, the actor got impressed with the sequel plot and with the new storyline accepted it at once. Now Surya and Hari are waiting for the right moment to make an official announcement, sources say maybe in a week or two the project will kick start The film which ends with Dhorai Singam(Surya) stating that he will play as the under cop for some time.

So the story will mostly be based on Urban side maybe we can expect a movie like Kakka Kakka adds Kollywood circles. Anushka Shetty is already roped into Singam 2 and since it is a two heroine subject the director is in hunt for another lead actress.

After the success of Mayakkam Enna, Dhanush will be coming up with ’3′ directed by Aishwarya R Dhanush. Dhanush is paired along with Shruti Hassan, already the romantic stills of the pair has created waves among youngsters.

With ‘Why This Kolaveri Di’ being declared as the National Anthem song of the youth. The movie ’3′ have made the impact as one of the most expected movie of 2012 with just one song.

Aishwarya Dhanush the director is happy about the film shaping well, she confesses that without Anirudh’s music i couldn’t have gained this much reach.

Also the on-screen chemistry between Dhanush and Shruti Hassan will be a delight she adss.

Superstar Rajinikanth who will be celebrating his 61st Birthday on Dec 12, 2011 is going to be a festival for his fans. And today along with karthigai thiruvonam an auspicious event is considered as the Superstar’s Star Birthday,

Soundarya Rajinikanth has wished his father in the social networking site and thanked everyone for their wishes.

Rajini fans who consider this 61st Birthday of the Superstar to be the most special one and they are making preparations in every way to make it Big.

Also it is heard that many VIP’s are planning to attend this grand Birthday event which will take place in Chennai. Fans all around Tamilnadu will participate in this event says Rajini fan circles.

Porali Movie strikes Tomorrow

Finally the Nadodigal team returns back with their second venture Porali. The film which releases tomorrow(Dec 1) has raised expectations with the stills and trailers released.

Samuthirakani the director remains clam and when asked the reason for his silence, he tells ‘let the public do the talking about my film’ he smiles.

Sasikumar and Swathy are keeping their fingers crossed since it it their comeback after Subramaniapuram. Also kollywood circles says that Porali may come without much promotions but surely the film will become a huge hit for its content.

So with all these questions whether Samuthrakani’s Porali will shine well at the box-office or not will be revealed tomorrow.

Our Super Star Rajinikanth has a list of directors with whom he always wanted to work, director Dharani is one among them.He revealed his wish to director K.S.Ravi Kumar while discussing the script.

Director Dharani who came to know about had sent the trailer and music CD to Super Star Rajinikanth through K.S.Ravi Kumar of his latest offering Osthi which features Simbhu and Richa Gangopadhyay. After watching the trailer , Super Star was completely in love with the trailer cut and even called director dharani to convey his congratulatory message . Super Star’s words and his message has made Dharani and Simbhu excited about their work . Osthi will hit the screens from December 8th .

Say hello to the second hero-cum-villain in Vikram's next, 'Thaandavam' - Jagapathi Babu! This film will release simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu and Jagapathi Babu is one of the popular heroes in Telugu cinema.

Jagapathi Babu who recently completed his 100th film is bringing a change in his career by accepting a powerful second hero-cum-villain role in 'Thaandavam'. The film commences with a test shoot on November 30 in Chennai and the full fledged shooting begins in January 2012. The film will be shot in many locations of USA, Delhi and Chennai.

'Thaandavam' has the principal star cast of Chiyaan Vikram, Anushka, Amy Jackson, Jagapathi Babu, Santhanam, Nasser and many others. The film has music by GV Prakash Kumar, lyrics by Na Muthukumar, editing by Anthony and art direction by Nagu. The film is written and directed by AL Vijay and will be released big by UTV Motion Pictures.

'Thaandavam' will be a 2012 summer release.

Vijay - AR Murugadoss venture is reportedly titled 'Thupaki' and features Kajal Aggarwal as the female lead. The film will release simultaneously in Telugu bearing the same title but it now looks like there's a title clash in Telugu.

Jinka Harish Babu registered the title 'Thupaki' with the Telugu Films Chamber and wanted to direct and produce this venture which will focus on terrorism. He expressed that he came to know the title of this ARM - Vijay venture only through media reports and his film is already taking good shape and he hasn't given his title to any one.

'Thupaki' will go on floors shortly. We'll get back to you shortly with more on this front...

Karthika, who has bagged a meaty role in Bharathiraja's upcoming film 'Annakodiyum Kodiveeranum', will be seen in four stages of life in this film where she plays the titular role. "I play four stages in her (Annakodi) life, I will be seen as a kid, teenager, a woman and an old lady", says the 'Ko' girl.

Looks like, the director who initially seems to have had some qualms about casting Karthika in an out-and-out village-based role, got convinced about the actress' potential for this particular role post a photo shoot. The actress on her part is being absolutely thrilled to be associated with this film, more so because of the director, who was responsible for introducing Mommy Radha into the film industry.

In 'Annakodiyum Kodiveeranum' Karthika will be seen essaying a full-fledged village girl. The shooting for this rustic film has already flagged off in Theni district. This will be Bharathiraja's comeback film, and for the audience to see if the ace film director is able to repeat history, this time with Radha Jr.

In her Tamil debut 'Ko', Karthika pulled off well the role of a strong woman journalist, we'll have to wait to know if she can repeat the magic with the contrast avatar of an immature village girl as well.

Grapevine has it that the Badshah of Bollywood, Shahrukh Khan will play the lead role in the Hindi remake of 'Kanchana'. It is also said that choreographer-director-actor Lawrence, a popular face in the south who directed the original, will be directing the remake as well.

If all goes well, Lawrence will be directing the King Khan in his B-town debut! It can't get bigger for this multi-faceted film personality from the south. It was earlier said that Lawrence will be directing this film in Hindi with Salman Khan as the hero, but it now looks like his arch rival SRK will be seen in the lead.

However as rumour mills had earlier, Sanjay Dutt will be seen in the role of 'Kanchana' itself, a role reprised by Sarath Kumar in the original.

'Kanchana' is a horror flick in Tamil which made waves due to the script which had a good dosage of comic elements and had a reach with audience of all age groups. The film had a strong social message intertwined with it in a non-preachy manner.

An official confirmation is expected shortly.

Kamal Haasan at FICCI Press Meet

Versatile actor Kamal Haasan who is also the Chairman of industry body FICCI Media and Entertainment Business Conclave, arranged for a press conference. During the conference, he announced, the third edition of the FICCI Media and Entertainment Business Conclave 2011 scheduled for December 1 and 2, will focus on the theme ‘Embracing the Digital World’.

He also pitched for reduction in entertainment tax levied on films, saying there should be no second thoughts about it in order to keep the industry healthy. “It should be reduced..there is no second thoughts about it. People like me who do not have any political lineage and those who want the industry to thrive will ask for the same…”