Trisha out from VTV hindi version

Even when her debut film ‘Khatta Meeta’ was a big flop, actress Trisha was so confident that she would somehow make it bigger in Bollywood. She made it a point that posing for glamorous pictures would win her offers in Hindi film industry. Moreover, she was confident that her Hindi remake of ‘Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya’ would win her laurels.

Unfortunately, her 3-film contract with Akshay Kumar was cancelled due to her lack of punctuality. Unlike Tamil film industry, Bollywood gives more priority to the promotion of films and signs the actresses accordingly for the call-sheet. But Trisha was so careless that soon after completing the shooting of ‘Khatta Meeta’, she flew down to Venice for the shooting of ‘Manmadhan Ambu’. This had badly disappointed Akshay Kumar and he seems to have immediately cancelled the contract for other two films.

Seeing that Trisha has lost her fame right on the first film, Gowtham Menon has replaced her with British model Amy Jackson, who made her debut in Tamil film industry with the film ‘Madharasapattinam’.

But Trisha says that she had signed a call sheet of October 1-25 and Gowtham Menon didn’t kick-start the shooting due to his own problems. And now since she is busy with couple of big projects in Tamil – Mankatha with Ajith Kumar and Telugu – Kushiga (Remake of Hindi movie ‘Love Aaj Kal’) with Pawan Kalyan, she isn’t able to do the film.

AR Murugadoss to direct Akshay Kumar

A.R. Murugadoss is all set to direct his second Hindi film two years after the all-time highest grosser Ghajini. Akshay Kumar will play the lead role and Vipul Shah, who's currently producing the Hindi version of Kaakha Kaakha with John Abraham, will produce Murugadoss's second Hindi film.

The film will go on floors after Murugadoss' 7Aum Arivu, starring Suriya and Shruti Haasan.

Akshay Kumar has gifted cookery book Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai was on the sets of Star Plus' Master Chef India, which Akshay Kumar is hosting. The actor has taken to his new role so much that he has helped compile a cookery book that consists of all his favorite recipes.

When his co-star in Action Replayy, Aishwarya Rai visited him on the sets of this show, the actor thrilled her by gifting a copy of the cookery book.

KHATTA MEETHA- Movie Review

Corruption is rampant in many countries today. No work is possible without chai paani (bribe). Everyone must have experienced this ubiquitous nuisance. KHATTA MEETHA, a remake of the 1989 Malayalam drama film, VELLANAKALUDE NADU (which was again directed by Priyadarshan) is a satire on this perpetual menace. While it was a novel issue back then, it’s been done copious times over the years.
Sachin Tichkule (Akshay Kumar) is a struggling road construction contractor in a small town who has taken loans practically from the entire village. But he still manages to wear sunglasses! Trigun Fatak (Manoj Joshi), Sachin’s brother-in-law, is a corrupt chief engineer who works in the municipality. Suhas Vichare (Milind Gunaji) is a road contractor married to Sachin’s second sister. Anjali (Urvashi Sharma) is Sachin’s college-going sister.

While Sachin struggles through his never-ending woes, things go haywire. A bridge collapses because of bad construction, taking many innocent lives. Figun, Suhas and others who were involved in the construction, conveniently pass the buck to Vishwas Rao (Tinu Anand), who is a driver of the Tichkule family and later kill him. Azad Bhagat (Makrand Despande), who has lost his wife and son in the bridge mishap, is determined to bring to justice the criminals behind the scam.

The common man’s troubles remain the central plot of the film. As if Sachin’s miseries weren’t enough, the new municipal commissioner turns out to be his ex girlfriend Gehna Ganpule (Trisha) who now loathes him.

The successful director-actor jodi of Priyadarshan and Akshay Kumar (HERA PHERI, BHOOL BHULAIYAA, DE DANA DAN) fails to entertain this time. Priyadarshan falls short to render the issue of corruption, which Rajkumar Hirani did effectively in portions of LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI. It has the right intent but offers nothing which we haven’t seen. The screenplay gets monotonous with Sachin Tichkule constantly borrowing money, his numerous tiffs with Gehna, perverted acts of Rangeela (Rajpal Yadav) and random songs
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That a corrupt politician has maintained a file of all the wrong doings of his accomplices including himself, is inexplicable. It’s ludicrous to see Azad Bhagat easily getting inside a politician’s house and stealing important documents. The climax is too convenient to grasp.

There are a few laugh-out-loud moments like the one in which the road roller rams through Gehna Ganpule’s house or when Karodimal (Asrani) is attending countless calls at the same time. But that’s just about it.

With an excruciating long running time of 2.40 hours, the film drags. Music by Pritam except for the song Nana Chi Taang, is very poor according to his standards. Only V Manikanandan’s choreography is neat.

Akshay Kumar’s comic timing is impeccable but he is very loud. Trisha, who makes her Hindi film debut, is passable. She looks too young to be a municipal commissioner! Urvashi Sharma is decent. Johny Lever, who is seen after a very long time, is uproarious. Wish we could see more of him. Rajpal Yadav gives a superlative performance. Makrand Despande is effective in his small role. Manoj Joshi is impressive while Kulbhushan Kharbanda is good.

KHATTA MEETHA isn’t sour or sweet. It’s simply bland.

Trisha will play Vinnaithandi Varuvaya Hindi also as Jessie

Trisha's graph in Bollywood is on upward swing. The pretty actress will debut in Bollywood with 'Khatta Meetha' opposite Akshay Kumar. She was particular about her debut and did not accept any other film in Hindi until she completes ‘Khatta Meetha’. Now that the film is almost over and Trisha has accepted her next big offer.

We knew Gautham Menon will be directing block buster 'Vinnaithandi Varuvaya' in Hindi and was looking for the right producer. Many top Bollywood producers from Rakesh Roshan, Balaji to Vashu Bhagnani were trying to buy the Hindi remake rights of 'Vinnaithandi Varuvaya'.

But the rights have now gone to the biggest bidder - Ambika Hinduja's Serendipity Films that recently produced ‘Teen Patti' starring Ben Kingsley and Amitabh Bachchan.

The cast has not been decided though Prateik Babbar is being considered to play Silambarasan’s role and Trisha will play ‘Jessie’ in Hindi also.

Gautham wants to use the same tunes of A R Rahman for Hindi as well but the BGM will be reworked again for Hindi as the story is set to happen in Goa instead of Kerala.

Gautham Menon, who had earlier directed the Madhavan-Dia Mirza-Saif starrer, Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein, was going slowly on his Hindi offers. He even refused to direct ‘Kaakha Kaakha’ in Hindi which is now being directed by Nishikant Kamath.

Trisha's Khatta Meeta shootings is near to end

Trisha’s ticket to Bollywood ‘Khatta Meeta’ has been successfully completed now. The cute belle of South Indian film industry isn’t a new personality in B-town as she has already done more commercials and acted in music albums before a decade itself.Making her debut with Priyadarshan’s ‘Khatta Meeta’, the actress has justly done her best job winning laurels amongst the crewmembers. Indeed, Akshay Kumar has signed her up for other couple of films, which will take off shortly.Trisha started shooting for this film before 5 months of time and Priyan took a long time as he has been filming three projects simultaneously at the same time. Meanwhile, Trisha is holding talks with producers and directors to sign more Hindi projects.
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What is next for Trisha

Reigning actress Trisha is working hard on her Bollywood debut Khatta Meetha opposite Akshay Kumar directed by her mentor Priyadarshan.
We also hear that the actress has doled out innumerable dates for her B-town debut. “I spared 120 days for the film, since Priyadarshan works very fast in comparison to other Bollywood filmmakers. He has wrapped up most of the shooting; we only have a 15-day schedule left,” Trisha said to a leading English daily.
“Akshay’s known to have great comic timing, I think even my comic timing is good as I have done lots of Tamil and Telugu comedy flicks. Besides comedy, the film has its share of emotional moments too. Working with Akshay has been a pleasant experience, he has been a good teacher. I have learnt a lot from him,” she added.
About her three film deal with Akshay Kumar, she revealed, "Of course. I have to do another film for Akshay’s production house, either with him or some other actor."
Interestingly Trisha hasn’t signed a single Tollywood project in 2010. Is she planning to give up Tollywood? She chirps in quickly, "Nothing of that sort. Tollywood has been treating me great, so I don’t need a break. I couldn’t do Ravi Teja’s film since it got postponed and my dates went unused in February and March. Now they want dates in April but I had already allotted those dates to my Hindi film Khatta Meetha and Kamal sir’s new Tamil film."  Trisha says she’s going to bounce back in Tollywood very soon with a big-ticket entertainer. 

Trisha: working with Akshay is a good experience

Reiterating that her three-film pact with Akshay Kumar’s production is still on, Trisha says that her next film for the production house could have Akshay in the lead or some other actor. For the time being, the actress is happy over the way Khatta Meeta has been shaping up and it has her full attention.

Trisha says that working with Akshay is a good experience and he is a good teacher. The lady adds that she has had several acting tips from him.

After wrapping up Khatta Meeta, Trisha will move on to the Tamil project, which has Kamal Haasan in the lead.

The hot topic in Bollywood about Trisha

After going to Bollywood, Trisha has got a new friend. Akshay Kumar is her friend. Both are seen joking and taking at the shooting spots. This is the hot topic in Bollywood.

Trisha while speaking about this said,” I will be very jolly in Priyadarshan unit. Akshay Kumar became very friendly within few days of his introduction. I have signed three films to act with him. I will be acting with him until next year end. He is a jolly good type.

He will always be smiling. He use to crack jokes and make others laugh. The whole unit will be jubilant if he is present. But once he is before the camera, you cannot see this Akshay Kumar, he will turn into the role that he is doing.

I thought Hindi actors will be boastful but Akshay is just opposite of what I thought. Rumors regarding me and him are being spread because he speaks very affectionately. When I told him about this, he told not to bother about this since this is a common thing here. After this I was not bothered about these rumors.”

Trisha - I will not leave Tamil cinema

Trisha while sharing about Bollywood experience said,” Priyadarshan was asking me for a long time to do a Hindi film. The time has come only now.

He is the one who introduced me in Tamil film. Now I am happy that I am acting in the Hindi film directed by him. I am acting with super star Akshay Kumar in my first Hindi film itself. He is a very jolly good type.

He will be going on cracking jokes at the shooting spots. My second language was Hindi in the school. Because of this I am able to speak Hindi fluently. Akshay seeing this in the shooting spot asked me to dub. After the first day shooting, Priyadarshan called my mother over phone and praised my acting. I am really proud about this.

The first schedule of the shooting will be completed by 23^rd November. Akshay Kumar is producing this film Khatta Meeta. I am also been signed for three other Hindi films produced by Akshay Kumar’s production house.

Some other hero will be pairing with me in these films. Other details are yet to be finalized. Many are asking me whether I am refusing Tamil films because of Hindi films. It is not so. I have given three months call sheet for this film.

That is the reason for not accepting Tamil films. Nobody can separate me from Tamil films. I am popular today because of Tamil cinema only. Next I will be acting in a Telugu film with Junior NTR. I will also act in Tamil films.