The first victim of the row between Kollywood and the Karnataka film industry over the Hogenekkal issue is the Dhanush-Nayanthara starrer “yaaradi Nee Mohini.”

The film was much hyped as it was the remake of Selvaraghavan’s hit telugu film “Adavari Matalaku Ardhale Verule” and was released soon after Dhanush’s super hit “pollathavan.” The film has been produced by Dhanush’s sister Vimala Geetha. It was released on April 04(the day the Tamil film industry went on a fast in Chennai), because of which the Karnataka distributor of the film refused to take delivery of the prints, causing a loss of Rs.25 lakh to the producer. The fact that Dhanush is the son-in-law of Rajnikanth only aggravated matters. When contacted, Dhanush’s father Director Kasthoori Raja, admitted to the tough situation but hoped that things will be amicably sorted out in a week’s time.

Vijay is no fool when it comes to deciding what tom do next. He had a massive hit in Pokkiri and it is no wonder that he is trying to obtain the remake rights to ‘Bujjigadu Made in Chennai’, the Prabhas starrer film which is currently under production. There are many who know of Jagannath’s directorial sense so there are many vying for the rights. And the reason behind the actor’s  urge to remake the movie is its director  Puri Jagannath whose Pokkiri was a hit film for Vijay. But it looks like Vijay is leading the race and is all set to buy the remake rights to the movie.

Not many people work at getting under the skin of the character they are playing. That is why so many actors are unconvincing in their films. Bharath however is made of different stuff. He is learning to speak Tamil the Nepali way. Yes you heard it right. He is taking lessons from a Nepali chap to get their Tamil accent right. So now you get ready to watch a real Nepali speaking Tamil on screen, as Bharath, who is donning the lead role in the film Nepali has been trained by an original Nepali on their style of pronouncing Tamil. Director V.Z.Durai said ‘We roped in a Nepali, who is residing in Tamil Nadu for many decades to train Bharath. We asked him to utter the dialogues and recorded it. After hearing it during rehearsal, Bharath spoke like a real Nepali.’

‘When asked about the highlights of the film, Durai said, ‘there are three different stories in Nepali. Bharath is acting in a triple role for the first time in the movie. Meera Jasmine has come out with her best yet.

Nayathara bombshell from Kerala who commands Rs.70 lakh per movie after her latest mega huge box office hit Billa. She was in the news not only for her movies but also for her quest for the perfect body. And the answer she found was liposuction in between taskes. She was reported to have fainted TWICE, the first time on the sets of Vallavan and the next time in Kochi Airport after phase one of her surgeries. She is now slated for being cast opposite Rajini in Kuchelan – a remake of Mammooty’s “Katha Parayumbol.” Just leaves us wondering whether the superstar will have time for ambulance rides with this bombshell.

After a long time a Hindi film is being remade in to south Indian languages. Normally  Hindi films with its emphasis on gloss cannot be remade, because it just does not go down well with the public. But the film Jab We Met which had Shahid Kapoor and Kareen Kapoor in the lead is being remade into Tamil by Moser Baer. News is out that Trisha and Dhanush will do the Tamil version while Ravi Teja will do it in Telugu. After a long time, a candy floss movie has gone down well with audiences everywhere in North India. That is probably the reason Moser Baer has decided to do it in all the four South Indian Languages.

S.J.Suryah, who took a break after two of his films did badly at the box office is now back in action in a Tamil film titles\d Newtonin Moondram Vidhi. Thai Selvam directs this action thriller.

Talking about his hiatus, Suryah says, “I was waiting for a film, I was very impressed.”

All the action takes place in a two- hour span (between 10 am and 12 noon) when the hero, a fashion designer, takes revenge on the villain, aleading businessman, who raped his girlfriend.

Nandhagopal is producing this revenge saga, for which Suryah sports a bald look.

Bipasha Basu, on a recent visit to Kochi expressed her desire to work with mega star Mammooty. She said, “I love Kerala and the culture of Bengal and that of food!” The sultry Bollywood beauty loves Keralite food, the language many times but haven’t been successful. I’m familiar with it though, as my sister’s husband is a Malayali and my niece speaks the language fluently. Given an option, I would love to work with Mammooty star.”

“Give me some time… May be within a year or two and I will act in Malayalam movie.” Was the answer given by Kamal Hasan to a question at Sobha Hridaya Ragam 2008, a musical evening held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai. The actor enthralled the audience by singing songs and speaking in Malayalam at the grand event. He has already admitted on previous occasions that Malayalam cinema taught him the nuances of acting. ‘I owe it to Malluwood,’ he said. Kamal Hasan, who is the project ambassador for Hridaya Ragam, was involved in raising funds to treat 125 children with congenital heart diseases from poor families. ‘This brings me a great amount or joy.’ Said the actor Hamal Hasan.

After Yei Nee Romba Azhaga Irukey, ABCD and the forthcoming Inba the lead pair are following it up with yet another film. As a follow-up to the above three, Shaam and Sneha are again teaming up for Sivamayam, a film by Sanjay Ram, who directed Eeramum Veeramum. For the first time, Sanjay Ram, who has so far been making films with new faces, has opted for known faces from Tamil cinema. It is said that Prakashraj has also been roped in for the project.

Director Vishnuvardhan’s brother Krishna is all set to make his debut. He has been signed as the hero in the film Alibaba. His heroine Janani is also making her screen debut in this film. Neelan Shekar directs this film. Krishna will not be facing the camera for the first time as he has been child star having acted in films Anjali and Iruvar. It will be interesting to spot him from his early films as it is always quite  a job to recognize a child star when he or she grows up.

The surya,jyothika and boomika chawla film sillunu oru kathal did not do too well at the box office in spite of killer cast and so director Krishna had been maintaining a low profile.now after his maiden venture sillunu oru kathal he is now getting redy for a romantic thriller.the film would have ajith’s brother-in-law Richard in the lead says Krishna.’the film titled ‘En ippadi mayakkinai’,the film will have keerath,who tested the waters in saran’s ‘vattaram’ as the heroine.the script banks on a gripping screenplay which would keep the audience glued to their seats right from beginning to the end said the director. Debutant music director Sathya is making his foray into Tamil cinema with this film. Krishna  said plans are on to shoot ‘En Ippadi Mayakkinai’ in and around Ooty.