Vishawaroopam to clash with Maattrraan

Last week we had reported that Kamal Haasan’s magnum opus Vishwaroopam will hit the screens in October. Now we hear that the film will release on October 12th. Incidentally, KV Anand’s Maatrraan is also expected to hit the screens on the very same day.

Kamal Haasan plays a Kathak exponent and a secret agent in Vishwaroopam. Pooja Kumar and Andrea Jeremiah play the female leads and Rahul Bose, Jaideep Ahlawat, Samrat Chakrabarti, Nassar and many others play character roles. A major portion of the film was shot in Chennai and New York and the post production is being carried out in Los Angeles.

Mugamoodi's 'Enter the Dragon' connect and Hong Kong designer

The Mugamoodi fever has started, with the film ready to hit the screens on Friday, 31st August. The producers, UTV Motion Pictures are giving heavy publicity for the super hero film. Meanwhile, they have also revealed a few interesting details about the film.

The stunt choreographer of the film Tony Leung has worked with Bruce Lee in the ever green film, ‘Enter the Dragon’. Tony has trained Jiiva, Narain and Selva in a specialized martial art called ‘Wing Chun’. The international choreographer, who has an experience of over 40 years in this particular art, has created 5 jaw dropping action sequences.

The super hero suit that Jiiva sports was designed by yet another international designer, Gaebriella Wilkins, who has worked with Disney land and Cirque du Soleil. She, along with 10 of her assistants took 6 months to design this costume. A dozen suits and more than 30 different masks were created for the character, out of which Mysskin chose the best. The suit was reduced to 4 kg from 8, yet it proved very difficult for Jiiva, who without complaining has carried it throughout the film, brag the producers.

The makers have also hired researchers to study and make the costume much easier to carry for the sequel.

Anushka cries, Alex Pandian shooting in trouble

Behindwoods has earlier reported that Anushka has returned to Chennai and the shooting for Alex Pandian with Karthi has resumed. However, as per industry reports, the shooting of the film got into trouble today.

Anushka has engaged a personal makeup woman and has brought her to the shooting spot of Alex Pandian. However, according to reports, about 30 members of the makeup union from here, barged into the shooting spot and demanded that the personal makeup woman be sent away. Apparently they were agitated that Anushka’s makeup person is not a member of the union. Also according to people present at the spot, they abused Anushka verbally. Anushka was shocked at the treatment meted out to her and cried and went running away from the scene.  

However, actor Karthi intervened and spoke to the union members. The shooting resumed only after the makeup woman was sent out from the place.

Vijay in another blockbuster remake?

Salman Khan's Ek Tha Tiger (ETT) is already the second biggest blockbuster in Bollywood history and still it is only 10 days old at the box-office. There are already rumors about the Tamil and Telugu remakes of ETT.

Generally Salman makes his films based on Southern hits but now it is the reverse as there is stiff competition to purchase ETT's Tamil remake rights. Editor Mohan has supposedly purchased the Tamil remake rights and his son Jayam Raja might direct this one, given his expertise in handling remakes.

None other than Vijay might fill the shoes of Salman, as the Indian RAW agent sent on a mission to Ireland. Vijay and Raja have already worked together in Velayudham. Official updates are awaited on this. Till then the guessing game would continue.

Maattrraan release date confirmed

Putting an end to fake propaganda, the Maattrraan team has announced the date of release of the film. The film, Maattrraan, will hit the screens on Oct 12. The film stars Suriya in double role as conjoined twins and is being directed by KV Anand. Kajal Aggarwal is the heroine.

The film’s trailer and audio were released recently. Harris Jayaraj has composed the music and there five songs in the film. The satellite right of the film is with Jaya TV.

Ajith amazes Nayanthara

Ajith is getting slim and trim for his next movie with Vishnuvardhan and his gym workout stills have received widespread response from his fans. Even his co-star in the film Nayanthara, is amazed by the star's looks.

She admits that Ajith looks the same as he was in 2007 when they worked together in Billa, and that he has become slimmer. She feels Ajith is still youthful and admires the star's dedication and commitment towards his profession.

Another journo in Ajith-Vishnuvardhan's project

Vishnuvardhan’s untitled venture’s shoot is happening at a fiery pace. And Ajith has already started making the city go abuzz with his new looks. Though there were rumours that Ajith is playing the role of a hacker, the makers have denied such reports.

Now the news is that Taapsee is playing the role of a journalist in this much awaited film. Suman Ranganathan, who is making her comeback in Tamil after a long gap, is also reported to be playing the role of a nosy journo.  

Nayanthara, Arya, Atul Kulkarni, Rana Daggubatti and Mahesh Manjrekar are also playing pivotal roles in the film. Nayanthara is also assisting Vishnuvardhan in the direction department and so is Keerthana Parthipan. Yuvan Shankar Raja is composing music for the film and PS Vinod is behind the lens. The film can be expected to hit the screens by the end of this year.