Vijay to woo Kajal in next!

While Vijay is basking in the success of his Diwali release, 'Velayudham' that is running to packed houses, tinsel town birdies have it that he will be seen with pan Indian actress, Kajal Aggarwal in his next with AR Murugadoss!

Sources close to this yet-to-be-titled venture reveal that the team have zeroed in on Kajal Aggarwal for the heroine slot. Many names were rumoured around for this film earlier, including Priyanka Chopra and Priya Anand, but it looks like lady luck has favoured Kajal.

Kajal is currently busy with work on 'Maatraan' where she shares screen space with Suriya, under KV Anand's direction.

The film will be an out-and-out action entertainer where the lead stars will be seen in a suave avatar. The film will go on floors shortly and as per reports shots will be canned in parts of Mumbai, Tiruchendur and Thoothukudy.

An official announcement is expected by the makers shortly...

'Nanban' teaser in here!

Even as Vijay fans are not yet over the 'Velayudham' fever, they are in for another surprise as a short teaser of his next, 'Nanban' has released today along with 'Mayakkam Enna'!


This film by Shankar is Shankar's first ever remake and has Vijay, Jiiva, Srikanth, Ileana, Sathyaraj in lead roles and has music by Harris Jayaraj. The film is a remake of Hindi blockbuster '3 Idiots'. This 46 second trailer showcases the lead roles from funny scenes in the film with a peppy background score.

One question in the minds of many was whether a classic like '3 Idiots' can be repeated? Looks like it can! The sleekly packed teaser looks great and will sure strike the chord among audience.

The film will release big this Pongal 2012... Don't forget to post your feedback on the teaser in here!

Nanban - Friends who heed

With Vijay's 'Velayudham' becoming a Diwali release, it is confirmed that the Ilayathalapathy's next venture, the Shankar-directed 'Nanban', will hit the screens for Pongal.

'Nanban', a remake of Bollywood blockbuster 'Three Idiots', stars Vijay, Srikanth, Jiiva, Ileana D' Cruz, Sathyaraj in lead roles with Anuya Bhagawath and S J Suryah playing pivotal ones. Harris Jayaraj has scored music. The shooting for the movie is complete and post production works have begun.

In 'Nanban', Vijay plays an engineering college student, whose ideas are always out of the box. Jiiva and Srikanth play his close buddies in college. A major portion of the film was shot in Darjeeling and Ooty. Unlike other Shankar films, 'Nanban' was completed in a quick pace.

Says Vijay, "It is my longtime wish to join hands with Shankar and it has come true with Nanban. He is a dedicated director and expects nothing but his best from his colleagues. Shooting for Nanban was a great and lovely experience. I enjoyed it thoroughly."

Goan-beauty Ileana is expecting to start her second innings in Kollywood with 'Nanban'. She enacts the role done by Kareena Kapoor in the original, romancing Vijay, who has replaced Aamir Khan.

The actress pins all hope on the movie and circles close to her say that she would accept other offers in Tamil only after the release of 'Nanban', produced by Gemini Films.

Shankar is known for his grand approach and his producers, keeping his lavish predilections in mind, had no objections to spend the extra buck to shoot his signature style of visuals, especially in the songs of the film. "This has made Nanban a visual delight," sources say.

Confirming this, Shankar says, "I feel Nanban has shaped out very well in all aspects. The highlight of the film will be its characters and the excellent performances of the artists in it. It's going to be a treat watching Vijay, Jiiva, Sathyaraj, Srikanth, Sathyan, Illeana altogether. Every scene is edited and dubbed till date."

The 'mega director', who is fresh from the grand success of 'Enthiran' adds: "Vijay hosted a wonderful party for the completion of the film and it was so nice that all the artists and technicians of the film gathered; it was a very relaxing evening full of talk, dance, fun, laughter etc."

Let's hope that 'Nanban' will be an enjoyable movie, as much as its original was, probably even more entertaining considering the exciting cast and crew of 'Nanban'!

I don't want to do off-beat films: Vijay

Without any ifs or buts, Vijay has answered straight to a famous allegation on him- that he is not trying hands at different subjects. "I don't want to come out of the commercial route. And I will not do off-beat films. Commercial format suits me well. So why should I," he asks.

At the same time, the Ilayathalapathy confesses that he likes watching off-beat movies. "Personally speaking, I like such films. But I know very well that fans don't like me doing anything out of the commercial format. I have prior experience in this," he says.

Happy about the success of his Deepavali release 'Velayudham', he says, "I wanted to do such a film right from the beginning. But I was just a budding actor then. So I waited all these years, till director Jayam M Raja came to me with the idea."

On his next, 'Nanban' directed by Shankar, Vijay says, "Again it is a remake but one could feel Shankar's unique stamp from the beginning till end. The director has given a new colour to 3 Idiots and I loved being part of the movie. Nanban will be a Pongal treat."

Vijay's project with ARM changes hands?

We know that AR Murugadoss is going to direct Vijay's next film. Now the project seems to have gotten a title and a new producer. Instead of the Ilayathalapathy's father SA Chandrasekhar, Kalaipuli S Thanu will now fund the film, which has been titled 'Thuppakki'.

If sources are to be believed, SAC, who is currently the president of Tamil Film Producers Council, had some issues with the salary demanded by Murugadoss. Following this, Thanu came forward to produce the film and Chandrasekhar had no problems in it, sources say.

"The shooting of Thuppakki will start soon. Murugadoss is ready with the script and Vijay is eager to work with him. Kajal Aggarwal will be the leading lady of the film, which will have music by Harris Jayaraj, the lucky mascot of the 7aum Arivu director," add sources.

While some say the movie will hit the floors at Tiruchendur, there are others who claim that the shooting of 'Thuppakki' will start in Mumbai on November 26. Whatever be the place, sure thing is that another grand entertainer is on cards.

Vijay fans donate their organs

Vijay fans celebrated Velayutham’s success recently and since it is his 52nd film, about 52 college students pledged to donate their organs. The star was present at this function that took place recently.

In fact, ‘Velayudham’ is inspired from Telugu movie ‘Aazad’ that had Nagarjuna, late actress Soundarya and Shilpa Shetty in lead roles. Genelia D’ Souza and Hansika Motwani – the hotties of South Indian film industry star opposite Vijay in female lead roles while Santhanam takes care of comedy portions. Saranya Mohan gets a meaty role to perform here in the role of a sister.

On the whole, ‘Velayudham’ marks the comeback of actor Vijay, who had most of his previous films not so good in its places. Following ‘Mankatha’, this film will make a good mark in the box office of 2011.

Vijay has always been supportive of such causes and has encouraged his fans to donate organs, blood etc. The actor said that he is impressed by the students coming forward to donate their organs and thanked them for it.

Nanban audio launch at Dec-10

It’s a great year for Vijay and Harris Jayaraj as they have been streaking success in their own respective arenas. Well they’re coming together for the first time in Shankar’s ‘Nanban’. Harris Jayaraj has managed to churn out chartbusters one after the other.

Harris Jayaraj is now working on the final mix of the album and the master copy will be ready somewhere by next couple of weeks. As the producers are planning to release the film on January 14 for Pongal. Sources says that the music is likely to hit audio stores by 10th of December as they need at least a month gap between the audio and theatrical release.

Gautam-Vijay-ARR

This is surely a dream come true for the Vijay fans. With mega movies like nanban, velayudham under his umbrella making the fans go crazy. This good news from the Movie crew would be a great news to the Tamil industry. Already Vijay's fans have started celebrating for the movies in the queue. This Gautam-Vijay-ARR combo movie was actually penned by Gautam for the Ultimate star, however for some unfortunate reasons the plans were dropped. So the smart director made some changes to the script that would suit Ilayathalapathy's style and mannerism and the movie had already started rolling.

Vijay’s much expected movie release date

Vijay’s much expected movie Nanban is all set to be released for 2012 Pongal. Nanban starring Vijay, Jiiva, Ileana, Srikanth, Sathyaraj is being directed by Shankar and it is one of the most expected movie in Kollywood.

Nanban is remake of the Aamir Khan’s Blockbuster Box office Hit 3 Idiots. Nanban movie shooting is almost completed expected a song and some patchwork scenes.

The producers of the movie Gemini Film Circuit has decided to Release Nanban simultaneously both in Tamil and Telugu. Nanban will be dubbed in to Telugu and will be released in a big way.

Vijay’s Nanban’s audio Song Track list:

1. All is well – Singers: Vijay Prakash Lyrics: Madhan Karky
2. Nee Yen Nanban – Singers: Benny Dayal, Blaaze Lyrics: Madhan Karky
3. Uyire Engai – Singers: Hariharan, Chinmayee Lyrics: Madhan Karky
4. Killi Killi – Singers: Haricharan, Ranjith Lyrics: Madhan Karky
5. Kulu Kulu Venpani Pola – Singers: Arjun Lyrics: Madhan Karky
6. Song With 15 Different Languages Lyrics: Madhan Karky

Venkat Prabhu has found next hero

Looks like Venkat Prabhu has found the hero for his next. It is none other than Vijay. After directing Ajith in Mankatha, which got a huge opening, Venkat’s status as a director went up. There were a lot of rumors about his next project and we hear that it will be with the Ilayathalapathy. Vijay has given the go ahead for this project, sources say.

And this film will be produced by Venkat’s long-time buddy SPB Charan, son of popular singer SP Balasubramaniam. The groundwork for this project is on and Venkat is working round the clock to begin it as early as possible.

Vijay and Ajith Relationship

All of us know about the sparring in the media Kollywood actors Vijay and Ajith. It spilled over in their films which had dialogues taunting each other. The day before yesterday however was different. Vijay who had come to AVM studios for attending the launch of E, made an unannounced entry into the launch function of Ajith’s Tirupathi. He hugged Ajith and pleasantries were exchanged. While everyone stood dazed in surprise, both attended the E function together.

Vijay next movie starts soon

Ilayathalapathy Vijay's latest release Velayudham has turned out to be a big hit. The movie has been declared as a clear winner among other diwali releases and is continuing to make more profits. Vijay is now a very happy person, as his last two movies has been received very well by all audiences and his fans too. Velayudham was made on a budget of 45 Crores, the highest till now in Vijay's career. The movie has collected a gross of 76 Crores and the profit share is almost close to 49.2 Crores. Considering these figures and the movie's good run in all the screens, it is sure to surpass all other releases of the year and would be amongst the top 3 tamil movies on overall collection. All the distributors and theater owners are happy, as this movie has earned much profits to all. Thanks to the Vijay, Director Raja and his entire team for a good commercial entertainer