While reports suggest that Anushka has turned down the offer to play Venkatesh's love interest in Venkatesh-Mahesh Babu starrer Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (SVSC), it is now heard that producer Dil Raju has roped in Amala Paul for the same role.
After playing Naga Chaitanya's heroine in Bejawada, Amala Paul is currently doing Love Failure opposite Siddharth. If everything goes well, Amala Paul will play Venkatesh's wife in SVSC, directed by Srikanth Addala. Samantha is Mahesh Babu's heroine. SVSC was launched on October 7.
The fine Platinum collection ‘The Platinum Soulmates Collection’ at the Prince Jewellery was inaugurated by Dhanush and Aishwarya Dhanush at their Cathedral Road branch in Chennai. The couple also exchanged rings and jewellery to celebrate the Platinum Day of Love. The collection includes jewellery for daily wear and for special occasions.
Latha Rajinikanth spoke to a private satellite channel on her husband's birthday. To a question on whether Kochadaiyaan will be a prequel to Rana, the Superstar’s wife said that it is a pioneering effort from Soundarya Rajinikanth and depending on the course of direction Kochadaiyaan takes, anything can happen with Rana in the future.
On Rajinikanth not meeting people, Latha said that he is perfectly fit and fine but is taking his time to relax and recuperate. She added that the entire family is thankful to all the fans world-over for praying for the Superstar’s health and recovery.
Kamal Haasan will leave for the US with his 75-member crew on December 15th. The star and his team will be stationed in the US for about a month or so and complete a major portion of the film Viswaroopam there.
Kamal, the director and lead star in Viswaroopam, is also undergoing a special training with guruji Birjumaharaj to master the art of Kathak dance. It is imperative for the storyline to know Kathak and Kamal is leaving no stone unturned to master this art.
Viswaroopam has Pooja Kumar and Andrea as the leading ladies. Music is being scored by the trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.
STR’s Dharani directed Osthi has taken a good opening all over Tamil Nadu. The opening is uniform in multiplexes and single screens in B and C stations.
The film after initial release hiccups, opened on Thursday, a working day to get the advantage of a four-day weekend. It succeeded to a large extent as STR films always take a good start and there was an 85 to 90 % opening on day-one and two and holding well on Saturday.
Rajesh of Raja theatre in Kallidaikurichi says: “ Osthi is a racy mass masala that is being lapped up by the audiences. It has opened well and collections are steady.”
Dharani is happy the way the Osthi has opened. Says the director: “STR has proved once again that he has a star opening. I’m very happy that the opening collections are fantastic, inspite of releasing on a working day.”