Indian Regional Cinema

Filmmaker P. Vasu carved a niche winning rave reviews for his Kannada film ‘Aaptha Mithra’, which was later remade in Tamil as ‘Chandramukhi’ (starring Rajinikanth, Nayanthara, Jyothika and Prabhu in lead roles). ‘Aaptha Mitra’ was indeed acclaimed as the best film of this decade as it crossed 300 days at box office.

It’s no more a buzz as actress Navya Nair’s fiancé Santhosh himself has confirmed about their marriage. It’s wedding bells for Malayalam actress Navya Nair, who made her debut in Kollywood with ‘Azhagiya Theeye’ and continued gaining more appreciations for her extraordinary performance in various films.

Jeevan’s ‘Naan Avanillai-2’ is all set to hit screens on November 27 and the entire town is curiously awaiting the film’s release with big expectations. Of course, the prequel happened to be a sensational hit at box office crossing 100 days with houseful shows.

As Nayanthara turns 26 today, the actress has planned for any special celebrations since she is busy shooting for Telugu movie ‘Adurs’ with Junior NTR in Hyderabad.

Well, fan clubs for actors may not-so special news for all of us. But then, Tollywood’s bootylicious actress Ileana has something more out of the ordinary. The Telugu actress has a fans club in Madurai now.

Prakash Raj and Bhoomika are playing the lead in a film directed by Tekula Krupakar Reddy and produced under the banner of Amod Entertainments.

It looks like number of divorces amid South Indian actors would gradually overtake the number of hit films in 2009. Of course, there have been so many divorces (especially in Kollywood) amongst the film celebrities in 2009.

Endhiran is almost there! The much-awaited Rajnikanth film is on the verge of completion of the tiresome long-term filming. Director Shankar kick-started the shooting in September 2008 and has only recently canned the climax fight sequence between Rajnikanth and the villains.

Marriages in south Indian film industry seem to be falling apart like a house of cards these days as we see more and more actress filing for divorce. Following in the footsteps of her nemesis from Kollywood, Telugu and Malayalam film industry Gayathri Raguram, the choreographer-turned-actress is splitting with her husband.

Actor Aarya was known to be involved with director Manikandan’s film ‘Naan Kadavul’ for a couple of years now, but not anymore. As per the buzz the actor has been telling his close friends that he has walked out from the project.

‘Yaavarum Nalam’ fame Vikram K Kumar was reported to have been drenched in trouble as actor Vikram didn’t report to him on the sets of ‘24’. Recently, there were rumours stating that Vikram has been dropped from the project with Ajith Kumar replacing him.

Finally, the news is out straight from the shoulders of ‘Vettaikaran’ producers. It has been confirmed that the film will hit screens on Dec 18. The film is produced by AVM Productions and is directed by debutant Babu Sivan.