Monday, August 29, 2011

Vijay’s 'Velayudham' audio launch pictures

The success of 'Velayudham' audio launch in Madurai has made Vijay extremely happy. The Ilayathalapathy has thanked his fans for taking pains to attend the event and for making it a grand spectacle.

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"It is because of my fans I am here now. They have been supporting me in my each and every step and the audio launch of Velayudham is a milestone in that aspect. I am overwhelmed with their affection," says Vijay.

Requesting his fans and the members of Vijay Makkal Iyakkam to concentrate on public work without losing focus on their family and career, the actor says, "Like how I am important to them, they are important to me as well."

The music of 'Velayudham' was launched in Madurai on Sunday evening, in the presence of thousands of Vijay fans from all over Tamil Nadu. On the occasion, Vijay donated cows, sewing machines and iron boxes, besides proving financial assistance to students.

Amy Jackson pairing with Kamal in Viswaroopam!

Amy Jackson is the latest to join the cast list in Kamal Haasan much-awaited Viswaroopam. The film went on floors on the outskirts of Chennai recently. Since the film required a foreign actress, the producers have signed Amy Jackson, a British actress, for the role. Bollywood actor Rahul Bose is likely to play the villain in the film. Rahul is reportedly growing his beard to look perfect for the role. Apart from directing the film, Kamal has also penned its screenplay, dialogues and lyrics. Sources also confirm that Viswaroopam will be a trilingual being made simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.

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If all goes as per plan, this will be the costliest Indian film ever made. The shoot of Viswaroopam is likely to be completed in 100 days. Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy will score the music of Viswaroopam, produced by Telephoto Films and scheduled to release on November 7, 2011.

Ileana pairing with Rajinikanth in ‘Rana’

With Superstar Rajnikanth ameliorating with his health status, the entire crew is busy now finalizing the other heroines for the film. It is worth mentioning that Raana has Rajnikanth in triple roles. K.S Ravikumar is directing this film.

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Deepika Padukone is the heroine of the film. They were in search for another two heroines for the other two roles that Rajnikanth is donning. Now they have signed one more heroine. She is none other than the heroine Ileana who made her debut in the Tamil film Kedi and now is the leading actresses in Telugu film industry. She is currently pairing with Vijay in the Tamil film Nanban.

Now there are two heroines for the two roles of Rajnikanth. Sources close to the director say that the shooting will commence full-fledged once the third heroine is selected. The shooting of Raana is likely to commence during the last week or in the first week of November.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

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Siva Karthikeyan Oviya pairing in next!

 Siva Karthikeyan oviyaDirector Pandiraj who made the National Award winning movie Pasanga and is back with a film after the hit Vamsam.

We hear that the film to be directed by him will have Kalavani fame Oviya as the female protagonist, while the male lead is said to be Vijay Tv fame Siva Karthikeyan.

Siva Karthikeyan who is a popular television anchor turns hero with this film. Sources say that this film is a love story and is set in the North Madras milieu where kids grow up with rowdies of the area as their role model.

We know about Siva Karthikeyan's comic timing, lets wait to see if Director Pandiraj brings in the acting talent too.

Friday, August 26, 2011

Murugadoss remaking 'Ramana' in Hindi?

This is the time when the whole nation is standing up against corruption. So there is a buzz in Bollywood as well as Kollywood that director AR Murugadoss would remake 'Ramana', his film which voiced against corruption, in Hindi.

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When asked, Murugadoss, who was giving finishing touches to '7am Arivu', his next film starring Suriya in the lead role(s), was neither ready to deny the idea nor to conform it.

"I would like to remake Ramana in Bollywood. But I am not sure when I would do it," the director said and added: "My next project will be a Tamil film with Vijay, which I will be starting post the release of 7am Arivu."

'Ramana' starring Vijayakanth in the lead role was about a college professor who unites his students and starts a movement against corruption. Following its stupendous success, Murugadoss remade the film in Telugu with Chiranjeevi, titled 'Tagore'.

 

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Vijay fasting with Anna Hazare at Ramlila Maidan!

Popular Tamil actor Vijay on Thursday joined a number of celebrities in expressing support to Anna Hazare’s fast for a strong Lokpal, saying the Gandhian’s stir has triggered a nationwide debate on uprooting corruption.

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Mr. Vijay flew in from Chennai on Thursday morning and met Mr. Hazare at the Ramlila Maidan, the venue of his fast.

Saluting Mr. Hazare’s “will power”, Mr. Vijay said the way the movement is getting public support that too without any political background is praiseworthy.

“The movement has triggered a nationwide debate on uprooting corruption. I am very proud to be here as a Tamil. I pray for his good health,” he told Mr. Hazare’s supporters.

Mr. Vijay is the second celebrity from the south to express his support to Anna Hazare after Super Star Rajinikanth, who lent his support to the campaign on Tuesday.

Sun Pictures got TV rights for ‘Mankatha', '7aam Arivu’!

First it was reported that Dayanidhi Azhagiri of Cloud Nine Movies has given the distribution rights of his production movie Mankatha to Studio Green headed by KE Gnanavel Raja.

Later we got to know that after some family disputes, they had given the Television Satellite rights of Thala Ajith's Mankatha to Sun Pictures. But now we hear that the distribution of the film will be handled together by Cloud Nine Movies as well as Sun Pictures, while the Satellite rights has been sold to Sun Pictures.

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They had also stated that the selling to Studio Green was a clever to release the movie as per plans on the 31st of August, as some distributors were preventing from the same to happen unless the concern production house, pays for the losses incurred due to their previous releases Va Quarter Cutting and Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai.

Meanwhile another report suggests that Sun Pictures has also bagged the satellite rights of AR Murugadoss's 7am Arivu which stars Surya and Shruti Hassan in the lead and is produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin's Red Giant Movies. Red Giant is also going to distribute the movie suggests certain sources.

We hear that they are also planning a live telecast of the film’s audio launch which is likely to be held in Singapore.

Rajinikanth's Sultan the Warrior name changed!

We had earlier reported that Rajinikanth's Sultan the Warrior, a live action animated movie will be completed even before his period movie Rana will hit the theaters.

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Produced by Soundarya Ashwin's Ocher Studios which is also produced by Warner Bros, the film is getting Ready at a rapid speed and as suggested earlier the film has gone for a tittle change.

The confusion of title occurred earlier when Sultan was mistaken to be Rana and the confusion were cleared stating its two different movies. Now Sultan which was recently reported to have a Tamil title for its multi lingual live action animated movie, now becomes 'Dheera'.

The title Dheera which means the Brave one has been chosen as its Tamil title for the film. A source informs media, “Soundarya Rajinikanth was keen the film should have a Tamil title. Three titles were shortlisted and Dheera in all probability will be the final and fitting one.”

We also hear that Rajini who plays two different roles in the movie, will have Sultan and Dheera as his character names. Seems like this film is competing with SRK's Ra.One!

 

Anushka replaced by Tamanna !

Actress Anushka Shetty who has been reported to be part of Director-actor-choreogrpaher Raghava Lawrence's Telugu movie Rebel opposite actor Prabhas has been replaced by Tamanna.

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Sources state that the film which was to go on floors long back got delayed as Prabhas was busy with the promotions of Mr Perfect while Lawrence was busy with his Kaanchana Munni Part 2.

Now when the film was about to start role Anushka Shetty has walked out of the film due to creative differences with the Director!

Reports has it that Anushka has been replaced with Tamanna who has given back to back hits like 100% Love with Naga Chaitanya and Badrinath with Allu Arjun in Telugu.

Rebel is being produced by J Bhagwan and J Pulla Rao under the banner of Sri Balaji Cine Media. The film's music is scored by Thaman and the Camera is handled by Ram Prasad. Rebel is expected to hit the screens in December.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Andrea dubs for Ileana in ‘Nanban’!

Actress Andrea Jeremiah has been dubbing for Shankar’s upcoming film ‘Nanban’.  No, the singer-cum-actress, who is a stunner in her own right, isn’t a part of the film’s cast which has Vijay, Srikanth, Jeeva, Ileana, SJ Suriyah and others.  She is dubbing for heroine Ileana’s character in the film.  Incidentally, it would be a comeback for Ileana, who debuted in Tamil films with ‘Kedi’ some years back and then disappeared from the scene.

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Shankar reportedly paid a whopping Re.1 crore to Ileana to bring her back to Tamil films.  Ileana, who is cast opposite Vijay in the film, is said to have made life hell for Shankar and the rest of the crew with her starry tantrums.  Despite her tantrums and a largely non-cooperative attitude, Shankar has successfully finished her portions in the film.  Ileana is also said to be doing the same thing in Tollywood as well.

It appears that the trouble had spilled over to Andrea who arrived at Chennai’s Kothadndapani Dubbing Theatre to dub for Ileana’s portions in the film.  Some dubbing artistes, who had already assembled there, staged a mini-protest saying that they won’t allow Andrea to dub for the film as Andrea wasn’t a permanent member of the Dubbing Artistes’ Association.

Andrea waited for a few minutes and was pondering her next move.  When Shankar came to know of it, he immediately arranged for Rs.60,000 to be paid to the Association to make Andrea a permanent member.  After the money was paid, Andrea didn’t face any hurdle and started her dubbing work!

Lakshmi Rai denies the rumours!

 

Lakshmi Rai has often been linked-up with most of her co-stars and some cricketers. This time, she was tagged with director-turned-actor Raghava Lawrence. However, she has denied those speculations again.

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It was all started after Lakshmi Rai was roped in to act with him for Kanchana. Lakshmi Rai claims that it is not a crime to work with an actor in more than one film. In fact, the actress, who worked with him earlier in Super Cowboy and Tamil film Pen Singam (Guest appearance with him), says that she was not the first choice for the recently released Telugu film.

Raghave Lawrence had approached Anushka Shetty before offering the same role to Lakshmi Rai. The former, who turned down the offer due to her commitments with other projects, was replaced by the latter in Kanchana. The actress adds that he is a good friend of him and they share a good working relationship. He concludes on the note that nothing is cooking between them.

Simbu don’t want to give importance!

Silambarasan is in no mood to grab unnecessary attention by reacting to statements made by his colleauges like Bharath and Jiiva.

In fact both the stars lashed out at STR in recent press meets, with Jiiva even calling him a “back stabber”.

STR he said: “I think only insecure people try to do back biting and grab attention by making unwarranted sensational statements and I don’t want to give undue importance to them by commenting on what they said about me”

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The star has completed work on Osthi in Mysore and is all amused about the attention that the film and the famous Munni song is getting.

STR says: “Everyday there is something written about the Munni song. I read reports stating that Nayanthara is doing the song and on the same day another paper reports that Katrina Kaif is doing the item number! This will be a new song and the truth is that music director Thaman is yet to compose the tune. It will be a fast peppy song and the set is getting ready in Chennai. The girl who will be doing the song along with me and Sonu Sood is yet to be finalised”

Osthi which is now snapped by Reliance is now complete and the makers are planning to release it for Diwali. Recently, a song Neduveli... was shot (see pic) in a set resembling a police station with STR, Richa and dancers choreographed by Robert.

Yuvan Shankar Raja ready for his second marriage!

A few months back, Yuvan Shankar Raja confessed to the press that he is Ready to get married once again in the year 2011. Now, the young music director seems to have found his apt life partner. Yuvan Shankar Raja will be marrying Dr Shilpa on Spetember 1, 2011.

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Yuvan's first Marriage with London-based girl Sujaya Chandran was made as a secret affair which later came into limelight when his parents arranged for a grand Wedding in the same year (2005). 3 years later Yuvan Shankar Raja and Sujaya Chandran parted ways due to irreconcilable differences.

Sources close to Yuvan say that the wedding will take place in Tirupathi. Moreover, the wedding will be a private affair and will have only close friends and relatives invited for it. With his professional life flying high in Kollywood, Yuvan has taken a right step for the betterment of his personal life too.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Rajinikanth rasing his voice for Anna Hazare!

While the Tamil Film Industry is under going fasting today to show their support for Anna Hazare's Ani Corruption campaign to pass the Lok Jan pal Bill, we hear that Superstar Rajinikanth also shows his support for the same.

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The Bollywood celebrities had been very vocal about their support for Anna Hazare, while many Kollywood celebrities ere not expressing the thoughts thinking about the political remarks that might affect them.

But in a press statement released by the star, Rajinikanth had stated, “There can be no doubt that corruption is a dreaded disease that needs to be weeded from the Indian Society. I am very happy that we have a very able and dedicated leader in Anna Hazare to lead us in this fight against corruption.

I whole-heartedly support the India Against Corruption Movement in their campaign to get Jan Lokpal bill legislated in parliament.

I congratulate all the Indians who have lent their support to this bloodless revolution. This kind of peaceful movement is possible only in India which is the birthplace of Satyagraha. I am very proud to be an Indian.”

Surya to produce his own film!

Most frontline heroes have amassed enough money to start producing their own films. But why risk their savings? So most stay intelligently away from that. Most actors happily give heir call sheet, act, and collect their fees.

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Now Surya says he plans to turn producer. Recently, at the film function of AR Murugadoss’s ‘Engeyum Eppodhum’ starring Jai and Anjali, Surya said, “I am happy to see Murugadoss turn into a producer. I’m happier he has made a director of his own assistant director. It is laudable of him to give opportunities to newcomers in the industry. Seeing this, I am motivated to become a producer. I would like to produce 2 films a year and give opportunities to newcomers. I hope to put my thoughts into action starting from next year.”

Surya is already putting his plan to work. He is spreading the word in the film industry to recommend talented assistant directors who have good stories for the celluloid. It could take off by Jan or Feb 2012.

Monday, August 22, 2011

Ajith’s Mankatha date announced!

Ayngaran International the leading distributors of Tamil films in the overseas market has announced the release date of Ajith’s Mankatha as August 31!

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They have informed theatres in overseas markets that Mankatha will release for Ramzan (Aug 31) and has also booked screens.

On their website it clearly states that the Venkat Prabhu directed Ajith’s 50th film will release on Aug 31.

It is a smart move by Ayngaran, to block theatres screening Tamil films in advance, so that others will not take away this “important Weekend”.

The other big Indian film releasing on the same day worldwide  is Salman Khan’s Bodyguard.

Trisha and her mom first appearance together in an ad!

The mother-daughter duo of Uma Krishnan and Trisha make their first appearance together in an ad for the famous Kohinoor Basmati rice.

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Vijay, who has directed Trisha in Kireedom earlier, directed this ad which was shot by ace cameraman Ratnavel.

A source close to the ad agency told :“The concept was about a mother and daughter and we wanted a noted actress. So we zeroed in on Trisha and her mom Uma in Tamil along with Soha Ali Khan and her mom Sharmila Tagore in Hindi. We had tough  time convincing Uma Krishnan who has refused big film offers to be a part of it, but when she read the concept she agreed”

The ad and photoshoot was done in Chennai and both Uma and Trisha dubbed in their own voice which makes the ad very realistic.

When contacted Trisha said: “ I really enjoyed doing the shoot with my mom and I think more than me talking, the concerned people should be making an official announcement and press release soon.”

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Ajmal Ameer say no to liplock!

Upcoming Malayalam-Tamil-Telugu actor Ajmal Ameer has refused to kiss actress Aparnaa Bajpai in his upcoming Tamil film Karuppampatti, being directed by Prabhu Raja Cholan.

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Sources further said that Prabhu Raja Cholan tried his best to convince the actor to perform the passionate liplock scene, promising that it would be shot aesthetically. But his mission failed when the actor was adamant in his stand, stating that his family might not like him being part of a liplock scene and he had even promised them before entering films that he would never let them down! Karuppampatti chronicles the life history of a father and his son, both played by Ajmal.

Friday, August 19, 2011

Vijay’s special gift!

Here is an interesting titbit about Vijay's Velayudham! According to sources, Vijay was close to tears and fought hard to control his emotions after watching the climax of the film. He was moved by Jayam Raja's extraordinary direction skills and Priyan's camera work. To appreciate the team effort, Vijay also gifted gold chains to all his chief technicians.

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Reportedly director Raja has left no stone unturned to make it a grand climax. The climax scene involves almost 5000 artistes, 1000 vans and extras. Apart from that, a huge set has also been erected in a mill near the airport for the climax sequence. This mass entertainer stars Genelia, Hansika and Saranya Mohan, Santhanam, M.S. Bhaskar, Sathyan, Pandirajan and Sayaji Shinde in pivotal roles.  The film is produced by Aascar Ravichandran and Vijay Anthony is the music composer.

Anushka will be Kamal’s heroine?

Looks like Kamal Haasan's 'heroine hunt' for 'Viswaroopam' has come to an end, as the Ulaganayagan, according to sources, has finally zeroed in on Anushka to play the female lead in the mega budget movie.

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Directed by Kamal himself, 'Viswaroopam' initially had Sonakshi Sinha on-board. However, since the film's shoot got delayed, the Bollywood heroine opted out of the project, reportedly citing call-sheet reasons.

Then started a heroine hunt as well as a guessing game, with the media predicting a new actress's name every passing day. With no official confirmation from Kamal's side, the game intensified, resulting in many stories on 'Viswaroopam'.

Now it is said that Anushka has been roped in by Kamal, as he feels that the actress's popularity in south India would help the multilingual, which is to be simultaneously made in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.

Jeeva next with Gautham Menon!

After the success of Ko, Jiiva has possibly become one of the most popular actors in Kollywood. The actor has recently signed Mysskin's Mugamoodi, which will be produced by UTV Pictures, and an untitled flick with Gautham Menon.

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The latest buzz is that ace director Gautham Menon will soon begin his next project Nithya, which will be a quickie romantic thriller, with Jiiva. The film will be produced by RS Infotainment, which made VTV and Ko. Oscar winning musician A.R. Rahman is likely to be the music director. Gautham Menon's much awaited film Yohan with Vijay is likely to begin after the completion of Nithya.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Suriya’s 7aam Arivu music launch on August 20!

The music of director A.R. Murugadoss' 7aam Arivu, which has Suriya and Shruti Haasan in the lead roles, will be launched on August 20, 2011. The director is currently busy with the post production works. The story is said to revolve around a time machine which is brought to India by a scientist (played by Shruti or Suriya according to conflicting versions). The film is also being dubbed in Hindi and Telugu.

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7aam Arivu is a sci-fi thriller in which Suriya plays a double role: a circus artist and Buddhist monk. Vietnamese stunt actor Johnny Tri Nguyen will play the baddie. Ravi K. Chandran handles the camera. According to sources, Suriya is also planning to perform the circus stunts he has learnt during 7aam Arivu live for his fans at the audio launch of the film, which is likely to take place in Chennai.

Meanwhile there are reports that Suriya will sport the look of a Buddhist monk for only 20 minutes in the film.

Shruti Haasan came back!

Shruti Haasan has come back to Aishwarya Dhanush’s directorial debut 3!

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Remember that Aishwarya had initially went on record saying that she had written the story keeping Shruti Haasan in mind, but the actress did not have dates.

It was at this juncture, Aishwarya signed Amala Paul who later had date problems. Now that they have mutually agreed to shake hands and move on, the director once again turned to her first choice.

Shruti Haasan had in fact loved the script and was destined to do it. Due to her busy and tight schedule in Telugu she could not adjust her dates.

Call it destiny, last week one of her Telugu film which was to start in August end got postponed. Now she has given those dates to Aishwarya Dhanush and will start with a photo shoot next week.

Suddenly 3 has become one of the hottest films in Kollywood.

Superstar Rajinikanth’s  daughter is directing a film starring her husband Dhanush as the hero opposite Ulaganayagan Kamal Haasan’s daughter ! It cannot get bigger than this.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Sameera Reddy has been finalized to pair with Kamal Hassan!

While after finalising Sonakshi Sinha the movie which got delayed had to waste Sonakshi's dates and now been pushed to look for a new leading lady for the movie.

After many stories that Kamal has approached Isha Sherwani, Vidya Balan, Sonam Kapoor and even Deepika Padukone for the movie we now hear that Sameera Reddy has been finalized to play the lead.

Even 180 movie's heroine Priya Anand's name was doing the rounds but Kamal's close associated denied such stories.

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Sexy Sam, who is working on Tamil movies Vettai, Vedi, is also doing a Hindi movie Tezz and we hear that the makers of Kamal Hassan's Vishwaroopam, who has turned the direcytor after Selvaraghvan's walkout has approached Sameera.

A source was reported to have told media, “Sameera Reddy has been approached by the makers recently to play a role in Viswaroopam. However, as the actress is busy shooting for Vettai and Vedi and Kamal is out of country, they haven’t yet got an opportunity to meet and discuss the movie. Once that happens, a clearer picture will emerge.”

We hear that the movie is on the lines of a spy thriller and that there will be two leading ladies in the movie. Well lets see if Kamal Hassan's search for his Bollywood girl gets zeroed down with Sameera.

Vishal is in love with Varalaxmi!

Well, that is the latest and hottest news in Kollywood today! Rumours suggest that handsome hunk Vishal is in love with Sarathkumar's daughter Varalaxmi. The relationship recently reached a point where there was even discussion of marriage, but reportedly Vishal's father is not happy with the relationship. Friends turned foes Sarathkumar and G.K. Reddy (Vishal's father) have worked together in many projects; their last joint outing was I Love India, which failed miserable at the box office.

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But actor Vishal has denied all these reports and claims they are 'just good friends'.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Mankatha will be launched in an innovative manner on August 10!

The music of Ajith's much awaited Mankatha will be launched in an innovative manner on August 10, 2011. Cloud Nine Movies and Sony Music have decided to launch all the songs of Mankatha on a leading radio channel. So tune into your favourite radio station to listen and enjoy the songs of Mankatha along with an interactive chat with Yuvan Shankar Raja and Venkat Prabhu. The audio CDs will also hit stores on the same day.

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Sony Music has already launched an online pre booking offer which has witnessed a tremendous response. Sony Music is also leveraging its partnership with mobile operators to ensure that songs are available to music lovers and fans as caller back ring tones and through other streaming avenues on the mobile platform.

Directed by Venkat Prabhu, the film also stars Trisha, Lakshmi Rai, Premji Amaren, Arjun and Vaibhav in prominent roles. Mankatha is an action thriller which is rumoured to narrate the story of match-fixing sagas in international cricket matches.

Hansika Motwani adopted 20 kids!

Hansika, the fastest rising young star of Kollywood is celebrating her 20th birthday (August 9) today.

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And she is adopting the 20th kid, son of the lift operator in her apartment in Mumbai.

Hansika's career graph has never looked better.

Her Kandireega with Ram is releasing on Aug12 in Andhra and she is currently shooting for Rajesh directed Oru Kal Oru Kannadi ( OKOK). 

She has one more song to be shot abroad for Vijay's Velayudham, which will be her next release.

The actress who was shooting in Chennai, has taken a day off to celebrate her birthday with “friends and family” in Mumbai.

Hansika who is already looking after the education of 19 kids in Mumbai not only personally oversees their well-being but find time to take them out for a drive in her car, go to the beach and buy them ice-creams. 

Quiz her if she has become more mature as she is turning 20 and she is quick to reply: “It’s just that I have become more confident and when you feel that you are accepted, you become more comfortable in your space. And that shows in my personality”.

Monday, August 8, 2011

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