SUNPICTURES: 10/22/11

Is Velayutham remake of Telugu movie Azad? Director Jeyam Raja answers.!!

Velayudham is a fantasy film that would break all barriers and do well, says director Jayam Raja. Addressing media persons, he said, ' Vijay is a real mass hero, who has a strong screen presence. A pacy script with enough commercial elements for Vijay would do wonders'.

'Though he enjoys huge stardom, he is humble and down-to-earth. He knows his strength a lot. Vijay is a director's actor'.

The movie has over 100 artistes and all is grand and glitzy in Velayudham. I thank producer Aascar Ravichandran for giving me enough liberty. The end product is very impressive and rich'.

The movie has three leading ladies - Genelia, Hanshika Motwani and Saranya Mohan. They have equal screen space and there was healthy competition between them to give their best on screen, says Raja.

Queried whether Velayudham is a remake of Telugu hit Azad, Raja is quick to reply. He says, 'It is not a remake. I have only taken the crux from the Telugu movie and worked on a crisp screenplay.'

Vikram’s ‘Karikalan’ few interesting facts

At least two cities of Chola dynasty are being recreated for ‘Karikalan’, Vikram’s next, which is directed by special effects expert LI Kannan. “The port city of Kaveripoompattinam and the business hub Uraiyur are carefully being recreated,” informs the director.

“With the help of experts, books and technology, we are planning to take the audience to the era of Karikala Cholan, which dates back to more than 2000 years. Karikalan is like Alexander. He was brave, charming and very interesting,” says Kannan, who is excited about the project.

“I am lucky to have Parthi and Vasan as my producers. They don’t mind shelling out money as all they expect is a quality product. And I must thank Vikram, for none other than him could bring Karikala Cholan alive on screen. He is simply superb,” the director says.

“The film will set new standards in Kollywood as far as special effects are concerned. With my experience working in various movies, including Enthiran, I have been giving nothing but my best for Karikalan. Get ready for a time machine journey soon,” he concludes.

Vijay wishes ’7aum Arivu’ all the best!

Only recently Udhaynidhi Stalin, the producer of ’7aum Arivu’, said he would like to watch ‘Velayudham’ on the first day, first show of its release and expressed that the Vijay starrer should emerge successful in the box-office.
And now, Vijay has wished ‘all the best’ to the cast and crew of ’7aum Arivu’, and said he would like to see the Suriya-starrer tasting a big success. “Both of us (Vijay and Suriya) sincerely hope that both
Velayudham and 7aum Arivu should become hits. My wishes to the unit members of these two films.”

Suriya and Vijay share a close friendship for more than a decade and they had acted together in two films- ‘Nerukku Ner’ and ‘Friends’. Udhaynidhi, one of the top producers in Tamil cinema now, started off his Kollywood career by producing Vijay-starrer ‘Kuruvi’ in mid-2008.

And interestingly, AR Murugadoss, whose ’7aum Arivu’ is clashing with Vijay’s ‘Velayudham’ this Diwali will soon start a film that would star the Ilayathalapathy in the lead role. “I am gearing up to work with Murugadoss after finishing work on Nanban and Yohan Adhyayam Ondru. I am thrilled about it,” signs off Vijay.

Ajith's 53rd movie with Anushka under director Siva

After pairing up with the major Kollywood biggies like Suriya, Vijay and Vikram, the Bangalore beauty Anushka is now pairing up with Ajith in the direction of Siva [Siruthai fame].

The film will be made under Nagi Reddy's banner. Yuvan Shankar Raja will score the tunes.

The project will hit the floors in the early next year and in the meantime, Ajith will wrap up the shoot of Billa 2 and also complete his next with director Vishnuvardhan to be produced by A.M Ratnam. On the other hand, Anushka will meanwhile wrap up Irandam Ulagam with Arya to be helmed by Selvaraghavan.

An official announcement regarding the Ajith- Anushka starrer along with other cast and crew details are expected shortly.

Diwali Special Films in TAMIL TV Channels

October 26:
Sun TV
Singam (Suriya, Anushka, Prakash Raj)
Engeyum Kathal
Aayirathil Oruvan

Jaya TV
Vandhaan Vendraan (Jiiva, Santhanam & Taapsee)
180 (Siddharth, Priya Anand, Nithya Menen)
Vijay TV
Avan Ivan (Vishal & Arya),
Payanam (Nagarjuna, Prakash Raj)
Kalaignar TV
Boss Engira Baskaran (Arya, Nayanthara & Santhanam)
Katcheri Aarambam
Raj TV
Raavanan (Vikram, Aishwarya Rai, Prithviraj)

Deiva Thirumagal Completes 100 days.!

Deiva Thirumagal has completed 100 days at the box office. The film, no doubt, reached this distinction due to Vikram’s acting, Vijay’s direction and UTV Motion Pictures’ massive promotions. Deiva Thirumagal starred Vikram, Anushka, Amala Paul, Santhanam and baby Sara in the lead roles.
The film backgournd score needs a special mention here and the musician responsible for it is GV Prakash.