Gautham Menon found Ram's replacement, Not Jeeva

Gautham Vasudev Menon has found a replacement for Ram, who opted out of the Telugu version of his trilingual, which is titled 'Neethane En Ponvasantham' in Tamil. And it's not Jiiva, the protagonist of the Tamil version as reported earlier.

Instead, the director will film the Telugu portions with Naani of 'Ashta Chemma' fame, who was seen playing a crucial role in 'Veppam', a movie produced by Gautham Menon. Impressed by his skills, Gautham has roped in Nani for the project," sources say.

Aditya Roy Kapur is playing the lead role in the Hindi version of this trilingual love story, while Samantha is the heroine of all the three versions. "It is about an engineering student falling in love with a psychology student. It will be as sweet as Gautham's earlier love stories," sources say.

AR Rahman is touted to compose the music for 'Neethane En Ponvasantham'. Shooting for the film is expected to complete by the beginning of 2012, after which Gautham is scheduled to start 'Yohan Adhyayam Ondru', his first movie with Vijay.

Will Ilayathalapathy 'Vijay' shine in Andhra?

 It is time for Ilayathalapathy Vijay to test waters in Tollywood. Vijay has conquered Kollywood market with his outstanding performance and good acting skills but has never tried to test his luck in neighboring industries. Now Vijay has eyed on Tollywood box office and is gearing to hit the Telugu screens with his next prestigious outing Nanban. Though some of his earlier films were dubbed, he could not able to leave his mark in Telugu.

The producers of Nanban, Gemini Film Circuit are now in plans of promoting Vijay in Andhra and in order to conquer Andhra market now all Vijay old films are suddenly getting dubbed in Telugu. His contemporaries Jeeva, Srikanth, Ileana and director Shankar too have a massive market for their films in Andhra. Now it is only with Vijay who need to have proper dubbing market.

Apart from the biggies like Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan, Vijay is going to join the bandwagon of dubbing stars of Kollywood other heroes like Suriya, Vikram, Ajith, Karthi, Simbu, Srikanth and Jeeva also captured the Tollywood market with the dubbing versions.

Nanban is now going to release in Tamil and Telugu simultaneously on January 14, 2012.

Nanban to release in theaters on Pongal 2012

Director Shankar is gearing upto release his prestigious project Nanban which has Vijay, Jeeva, Ileana, Srikanth and Sathyaraj in the lead roles. Currently the final editing of the film is under progress and the director has to still wrap up half a song and some patchwork with which the film gets completed.

Though Nanban was initially said to be a bilingual in Tamil and Telugu but nothing has been finalized on this front. Now latest we hear is that the makers of Nanban are going to release the Telugu dubbed version of the film in Andhra Pradesh. Producers of Nanban Gemini Film Circuit and director Shankar have a massive market for their films in Andhra. Even the lead cast Jeeva, Srikanth and Ileana has a brand in AP but its only Vijay who doesn't have a dubbing proper market.

Gemini Film Circuit and Shankar are now in plans of promoting Vijay in Andhra.  In order to fulfill this now all Vijay old films are suddenly getting dubbed in Telugu.

The audio of the film is expected to hit the stores soon as Harris is currently busy with the audio of Suriya's 7am Arivu.

Nanban is now going to release in Tamil and Telugu simultaneously on January 14, 2012.

Neethane En Ponvasantham -1 heroine 3 Hero's

Gowtham Vasudev Menon is directing a film titled Neethane En Ponvasantham which has Jeeva and Samantha in the lead roles.

This film is being produced by Gowtham Menon’s Photon Kathas in association with R S Infotainment.

Gowtham who always want to do something innovative directed Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya in Tamil and Telugu languages. Both the versions had different heroes and heroines.

Next he directed a film titled Nadunisi Naigal which did not have songs or background music. Now he is directing the film titled Nee Thane En Pon Vasantham in three languages.

In Tamil Jeeva is doing the lead role and in Telugu Ram is doing the lead role while in Hindi, Aditya Roy Kapur is doing the lead role. But Samantha is the heroine in all the three languages.

Because of this cinematographer M S Prabhu is shooting each sequence three times. The shooting of this film is taking place in and around Chennai currently. It is expected that A R Rahman will compose the music for this film.

Vandhaan Vendraan Movie Review, Rating [2/5]

Banner:	Vasan Visual Venture
Cast:	Jeeva Nandha Taapsee Pannu Sapan Saran Santhanam
Direction:	Kannan
Production:	Srinivasan
Rating:

Review: Vanthaan Vendraan  disappoints

After he made promising films such as Jeyamkondaan and Kanden Kadhalai, it's natural to expect a lot from director R Kannan. This time, he has chosen to do an action-adventure-thriller of sorts, (He came, he conquered), under the aegis of Vasan Visual Ventures. Unfortunately, what may look good on paper doesn't quite work the same way on screen.

The film begins with two young boys, half-brothers, who are constantly at each other's throats. Small events lead to bigger ones and eventually the older one throws the younger into a well and runs away.

Cut to Mumbai some years later, and the dashing, suave Ramana (Nandha), a man of few words, flaunting designer-wear and a host of goons and looking every inch a hero -- except that he isn't. He is, in fact, very much the villain with his own set of enemies and ruling, a la Varadharajan Mudaliar, almost the whole of Mumbai courtesy several Mumbaiites who speak Tamil fluently.

Enter our hero Arjun (Jiiva), a would-be boxer but currently lover, who moves heaven and earth for an audience with the much-feared don, and gets it. Once he's allowed to outline his problem, though, he embarks on a long story about his ambitions and his girlfriend Anjana (Tapsee), with whom he sings numerous duets to Thaman's music while frolicking beside some truly beautiful waterfalls (courtesy P G Muthiah's camera-work). In the end, Arjun has just one proposition to make, which comes as no surprise and all hell breaks loose.

Unfortunately, the screenplay falls apart spectacularly. The mildly engaging first half, with the antics of Santhanam, works slightly, but in the second half with its supposed cat-and-mouse games, silly plot twists and melodramatic climax, you can do little but sigh with disappointment. The sudden change of heart of various characters adds to one's dismay.

Pattukkottai Prabhakar's dialogues don't really add much pep. Jiiva more or less sleep-walks through his role while Tapsee mostly smiles and smirks through hers. Nandha comes off as the most stylish of them all and appears to be enjoying his role. The rest -- Malavika, Nizhalgal Ravi, Rahman et al -- have practically no part to play.
As for the hero, he does not, unfortunately, conquer much.

Vandhaan Vendraan passed censors with clean 'U'

Jiiva's forthcoming 'Vandhaan Vendraan' is much-expected by fans and the film is touted to hit the screens on September 16. Today, the film passed the censor board and was given a clean 'U' certificate. It is said that the board members thoroughly enjoyed watching this film.


The film directed by Kannan has Jiiva and Taapsee Pannu in the lead roles with Nanda playing the baddie. Santhanam is on-board to provide comic relief and tunes are set in by Thaman.

Jiiva plays a boxer and it is said that Taapsee plays a chirpy young girl in the first half whereas there's a drastic change in her character as the film progresses. With a promising director who believes the script to be his first hero and young talents, 'Vandhaan Vendraan' is definitely one wholesome entertainer to look forward to this month.

Jai jumps into ongoing Jeeva - Simbu Controversy

 Jai has intervened in the ongoing spat between Jeeva and Silambarsan. The actor, who has worked in both the stars' films, has urged the Ko actor not to talk against Simbu in public.

Jai questions Jeeva's claims, where he indirectly said that Silambarasan backstabbed him. They were never friends and how can one stab in the back, when they are not good pals, fumes the actor. He urges the Rowthiram star to take cue from the Bollywood actors, where they support each other. His words send wrong message to the public that the Tamil stars are not united, he further adds.

Talking about the nature of his good friend Simbu, Jai says that he has been a good friend of him since 10 years. Indeed, the Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa star has been his pillar of strength during his bad phase and has helped him to get roles in his films.

It was all started after Silambarasan and Bharath fight came out in public. While the latter accused the former of limiting his role in Vaanam, the former hit back him by saying that the movie bosses know the market and what sells in the Kollywood. Based on that formula they might have chopped his scenes. Later, Jeeva entered their controversy and took potshots against Simbu.

Vanthaan Vendraan sees trouble from Mankatha

Jeeva is all set to hit the screens for the fourth time this year with Vanthaan Vendran. Though the film is ready to hit the screens but the release dates of the film are not finalized as they are waiting for Mankatha’s release. In fact the team doesn’t want to have a clash with Mankatha and wanted to release only after a gap of 2-3 weeks.

Meanwhile the Telugu version of the film which is titled as Vachadu Gelichadu is going see an audio launch tomorrow in Hyderabad. Jeeva is going to grace the audio launch in Hyderabad. The actor is slowly hitting the Tollywood market with a line of releases of his films. His film Rangam was well accepted by Telugu audiences and also hit 100 days mark.

Vanthaan Vendraan is an action entertainer, written and directed by R. Kannan and features Jeeva, Nandha and Taapsee Pannu in lead roles.

Jeeva tweeted “Vandhan Vendraan ready to hit the screens jus waiting for Mankatha release dates. Will release VV after 2-3 weeks from release date of Mankatha”

Nanban: Songs/Music almost ready

Music composer Harris Jayraj is currently looking forward for the audio launch of Suriya’s 7am Arivu, which is scheduled on September 10th, 2011.

Meanwhile Harris is busy composing tunes for director Shankar’s prestigious film Nanban. He has recorded three songs earlier and now wrapped up the fourth song, sung by Vijay Prakash and Sunidhi Chauhan. The album includes six songs with a mix of peppy, melody and dancing numbers. Madhan Karky has penned a romantic song that has lyrics in more than 10 different languages, sung by Vijay Prakash.

The film is the remake of the 2009 Bollywood blockbuster film 3 Idiots, directed by Rajkumar Hirani, which was adapted from the novel Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat. Nanban is also getting dubbed in Telugu.

The shoot of Nanban is wrapped up in a jet speed and currently the post production and dubbing works are going on a brisk pace. Today Jeeva, one of the lead role is dubbing for his character in the film

Controversy Continues- Simbu's reaction on Jeeva's Statement

 In a recent press meet, the media quizzed Jiiva on 'Ko' and how he bagged the offer after Simbu walked out of the project. They further asked the star to comment on his relationship with Simbu. Apparently angered by this, Jiiva shot back saying, "Simbu and I have never been good friends. Healthy competition between film stars is always welcome; however, Simbu indulges in back stabbing which is no way healthy".

This open comment by Jiiva targeting a co-star shocked many.

Reacting to this, STR asked his fans to ignore the comments made against him and further requested them to stay calm.

Jiiva's 'Vandhaan Vendraan' is gearing up for a release, while he also has 'Mugamoodi' and 'Nithya' with Mysskin and Gautham Menon respectively. Simbu on the other hand has 'Osthi' that is gearing up for a diwali release. He also has 'Vettai Mannan', 'Podaa Podi' and 'Kettavan' in the pipeline.

Rowthiram to release on August 12

Super Good movies latest offering Rowthiram is all set to see the light of the day on August 12, 2011. This is going to be the third release of Jeeva this year as he has graced the big screens with Singam Puli and KO.

Post to the success of KO the expectations around Jeeva’s film are running high. The audio of the film has been launched recently and all the songs in the album are refreshing. Rowthiram sees Jeeva and Shriya Saran in lead roles with Prakash Raj and Jayaprakash appearing in supporting roles. The film is written and director by Gokul.

RB Choudhary had re-shot some important scenes in the film to match up with the expectations of the audiences.

Jeeva’s father RB Choudhary has produced the film under Super Good Films banner.

All is not well with Nanban

So far the shoot of Nanban is progressing in cool and calm manner but suddenly on Sunday tension prevailed on the sets of the film as a group of people entered the shooting spot and messed up the location.

Nanban which is currently progressing at a college near Chennai has suddenly witnessed a crowd of local residents who arrived to the shooting spot to have a glance of Vijay and the rest of the team. Vijay and Shankar obliged their request and spent some time with them but the crowd refused to leave the place and didn’t even let the crew to continue with the shoot. The situation turned out to be worst and resulted in a verbal duel. By moving a step forward the crowd even damaged the set properties.

With the arrival of the police the situation came into control and now an extra cover of protection is now being provided to Nanban team.

Well, we as fans have to respect our stars and by making the situations messy will not fetch any good for us.

Rowthiram audio launched!

The latest outing from Super Good Films, Rowthiram which stars Jeeva and Shriya Saran has seen an audio launch at Hotel Green Park in Chennai.

The audio launch was a glittering event as a wide range of Kollywood celebrities were seen having a gala time. The guests list includes Jeeva, Sriya Saran, Arya, Jayam Ravi, Lingusamy, Vikraman, SA Chandrasekar, KS Ravikumar, Nasser, Vetrimaran, Kalaipuli S Thanu, SC Bose, Saravanan, Sai Ramesh, Rajesh, Monica, Jayaprakash and Lakshmi and cast members of the film.  Producer of the film RB Choudhary left no stone unturned to make the audio launch a classy affair.

During the audio launch two trailers and three songs were screened which includes a song shot in France and Switzerland and the third song which was shot in a bar which features Bollywood ace choreographer Ganesh Acharya.

Nasser, Arya, Jayam Ravi, Lingusamy praised the team for their outstanding efforts.

Shriya Saran says “Rowthiram has a message in it were it will bring smile on your face and a tear from your eyes. People will be looking ordinary things in a different and unique manner after watching the film”.

3 days shooting of Nanban at Koyambedu water tank!

Nanban director Shankar’s first ever remake which has Vijay, Jeeva, Srikanth and Ileana in the lead roles is currently progressing in Chennai.

Jeeva along with Srikanth were spotted at the Koyambedu water tank for the film’s shoot that took place for about three days. The team canned few important scenes of the film over here. The scenes shot at this spot are Vijay, Jeeva and Srikanth spend some quality time in here during their college days and some scenes of Jeeva and Srikanth will be visualized in the film. It is also known that these scenes appear towards the introductory part of the film.

The team canned the shots at the water tank using an Akila crane which is about 200 feet tall. Sources say that if one goes onto the top of the tank we can get the clear view of the entire city.

Nanban is gearing up for Diwali release but some sources claim that the film would release for Christmas! Let us wait for the official announcement from the filmmakers.

Rowthiram to release on August 12?

Rowthiram which stars Jeeva and Shriya Saran in the lead roles will have a grand audio launch some time next week in Chennai.

According to the latest reports it is known that the film is likely to make the silver screen presence during the Independence Day weekend August 12, 2011. The film deals with patriotism and social welfare activities as the film’s lead star Jeeva plays the role of youngster who questions the system while Shriya will be seen in the role of a lawyer and also plays as his supportive lover. So this similarity made the filmmakers to think of the release during the Independence Day weekend.

Rowthiram is written and directed by debutant Gokul. R. B. Choudary is producing the film under the banner of Super Good films. Music is scored by debutant Prakash Nikki for this action and comedy entertainer.

Vanthaan Vendraan audio on July 21

Jeeva’s next outing Vanthaan Vendraan audio is going to hit the stores on July 21st, 2011. Earlier the makers of Vanthaan Vendraan have planned to launch the audio on June 12th but didn’t happen due to some official reasons.

Surprisingly July 21st happens to be Kannan’s birthday the director of the film. The team is happy to launch the audio on the same date as it would be a great coincidence. Mani Ratnam, Shankar, and Bala will be the guests of honor of the event. Kannan is a former associate of Mani Ratnam and he wants his mentor to impress with Vanthaan Vendraan. The film stars Jeeva, Taapsee, Nandha, Oviya, Simran and Santhanam in the lead roles.

Music is by Thaman and he had scored some soothing and peppy tuned for this album. The technical team consists of P. G. Muthiah for Cinematography and V. T. Vijayan for Editing.

Nanban in the final leg of shooting

This might be the first time, director Shankar is wrapping up a film in a record time. The director is pressurized to complete the film faster as all the lead stars in his film are the most happening heroes of Kollywood and they have already signed up new projects.

It is well known that Shankar has kept Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai wait for about two for completing Enthiran but that is not the case with Nanban. Shankar is rushing with the shoot of the film and the final schedule has started today, which will go on for a month. Shankar is working round the clock for completing the project in one month. Jeeva will be joining the shooting from today onwards and is excited about it.

This is the first remake film for Shankar and he is taking utmost care in making the film match to the Tamil audiences. The expectations are running high on the film as Nanban is shaping under Shankar’s direction, music by Harris Jayraj and off course the lead cast Vijay, Jeeva, Srikanth and Ileana.

Jeeva relaxing Holiday in Pondicherry

Jeeva who is busy with back to back schedules of his forthcoming films like Vandhan Vendraan, Nanban and Rowthiram has took the much needed break. The actor is running after busy schedules these days so he decided to go for a break with his family. 

Jeeva has a relaxing holiday at one of the luxury resorts in Pondicherry along with his wife Supriya and son Sparsh. He had a great time with his family in Pondy and is back with loads of energy. As soon as he is back in Chennai he started the shoot of Vanthaan Vendraan. The film is currently on the heels of completion and Jeeva is busy dancing for a song composed by Thaman along with Taapsee. The dance choreography is done by Dinesh master.

Vanthaan Vendraan is an action entertainer directed by Kannan. The film is strongly rumoured as the remake of Bollywood film I Hate Luv Storys, but the director has bluntly trashed the rumours.

Jeeva is confirmed while Simbu is not – Gautham Menon

Actor Jeeva’s film with Gautham Menon is confirmed that the first schedule will begin in the month of August 2011. The shoot on August 5, 2011 will be followed by a photo session on August 1, 2011. The first schedule will take place in Chennai and the rest of it will be in the UK as opposed to Gautham Menon’s favorite US.

While this is confirmed, the media had carried news on the sequel to Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaya. Simbu had reportedly claimed himself to be the hero and Amy Jackson to be the heroine. We had also predicted that it could be about Simbu finding new love after Trisha gets married.

However, even if made, the story could be close to this. Gautham Menon has come out with a press note stating that although such a prospect was discussed, the sequel to VTV was not confirmed. However, he will be teaming up with Simbu once again in 2012.

Amy Jackson has not been decided as part of the cast. Gautham Menon loves working with Simbuand he is sure to make a film with him in future but not at the moment. On the other hand, Jeeva has bagged all good directors’ offers and is surely on the path to delivering so many hits in future.

Narain Plays Jeeva’s Villain in Mugamudi

Jeeva gets powerful villains of heroes turning villains in his films. K.V Anand had Ajmalplaying villain against Jeeva in Ko. Now, he will have Narain playing villain against him in Mugamudi. Narain played hero in Mysskin’s first two films - Chiththiram Paesudhadi andAnjathey.

Mysskin did not cast Narain in Yuddham Sei. When asked about it, Narain said he would not ask Mysskin about it, since he was his friend.Jeeva has been lucky to get powerful villains and now since he has signed Mysskin’s Mugamudi, which is a film like Christopher Nolan’s Dark Nights, Narain is cast as his villain.

Mysskin told Jeeva that the script demanded a powerful villain. Mysskin wants to give them equal screen space and so is working on the script towards that direction. Often Yuvan Shankar Rajashows his desire to work with Mysskin but sources say that K (Yuddham Sei) will wield the tunes again. Mugamudi will go on floors in August 2011.