Karthi's Naan Mahaan Alla Movie Preview

Karthi is one of the hottest stars of this year with three consecutive hit films. This year he had the first super hit ‘Paiyaa’ publicising his ability. ‘Naan Mahaan Alla’ is his fourth film. The title has reused taken an old Rajinikanth film released in 1984. That had Rajini and Radha and this new film has Karthi and Kajal Agarwal. The similarities end there. The story of Karthi’s ‘Naan Mahaan Alla’ has no resemblance to the super star film. While that was a story of lawyer who becomes the nemesis of the villains, the new film is all about a wishful romantic.

‘Naan Mahaan Alla’ directed by Suseendran of ‘Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu’ fame. This is a different film for the director as his first film was set in a village backdrop and ‘Naan Mahaan Alla’ is a city-centric flick. This film is produced by K.E Gnanavel Rajan of Studio Green Films in collaboration with S.R. Prakash Babu and S.R. Prabhu. Studio Green is the banner which gave riveting films like ‘Sillunu Oru Kadhal’ and ‘Paruthi Veeran’.

The heart of the film is about the bonding of a serious father and a romantic son, laced with the criminal backdrops of Chennai. Karthi plays the role of Jeeva, a typical middle-class Chennai youngster with a devil-may-care attitude, who is drawn into the world of crime and criminals after a particular incident changes his life. Jayaprakash after his superb performances in ‘Pasanga’ and ‘Naadodigal’, plays the role of Karthi’s father.

The hottie in Telugu after the blockbuster ‘Magadheera’, Kajal Agarwal is the heroine of the film. In Tamil, she was last seen in Saran’s ‘Modhi Vilayadu’. Her character in ‘Naan Mahaan Alla’ is cute and bubbly, something on the lines of what Asin played in ‘Ghajini’, says the director.

This film will be an extension of Karthi’s image in ‘Paiyaa’. According to the director Suseendran Karthi’s role in this film is almost the same as senior Karthik’s role in Mani Ratnam's ‘Mouna Raagam’. This film will showcase another romantic side of Karthi ala Paiyaa, sources say.

A combination that made ‘Paiyaa’ a success, music director Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematographer Mathi are back together in this film. Songwriters are Na. Muthukumar, Yugabharathy and Francis while Bhaskar Sakthi has penned dialogues. Rajeevan is in charge of the art department.

Director Suseendran assures that ‘Naan Mahaan Alla’ contains 100% entertainment factors with the right mix of comedy, romance, action and sentiments. Karthi had said,” When director Suseendran was narrating the first half of the story I was laughing. I asked him whether I would be suitable for the role of an ordinary middle income youth. He said I will fit the role. For the first time I rehearsed for this film. I rehearsed for one week.”

Now that the film is taken over by Dhayanidhi Alagiri’s Cloud Nine Movies, it will leave no stone unturned to reach the masses in every nook and corner.

‘Naan Mahaan Alla’ will be stylish as well as realistic. The film which started in September 2009 has been scheduled for release in August 2010.

Shreya in love with a Telugu actor

Shreya is currently acting in the Tamil films Chikku Bukku and Roudram. The last released Tamil film of hers was Jaggubhai. Raana is an upcoming actor in Telugu film industry.

Next he has been signed to do the lead role in Tamil and Telugu film directed by Gowtham Menon. There is news that Shreya and Raana are being seen together in Hyderabad.

Some leading actors have also seen both romancing in a five star hotel. A Telugu director while speaking about this, said,” Both Shreya and Raana are leading stars. Both of them came to know each other only a few months back. Their meeting took place in a film function.

After this they started meeting each other frequently. Their love was at first sight. They will be announcing about this in due course.”

News about Ajith's 50th Movie

Ajith is getting ready for his 50th film. Ajith is very cautious that his 50th film should have meatier story than his early film Asal. It was expected that Ajith’s 50th film will be directed by Gowtham Menon.

But now the news is that instead of Gowtham Menon, Venkat Prabhu will be directing Ajith’s 50th film. Recently Venkat Prabhu met Ajith and narrated him the story which is about Mumbai underworld dons.Ajith who was impressed by the screenplay which has action, romance and action has agreed to act in this film.

Venkat Prabhu’s earlier films Chennai 28 and Saroja were great hits. Venkat Prabhu will be directing this film in Tamil and Telugu. Talks are also going on with Telugu hero Nagarjuna to make him act in this film with Ajith.

The action against Actress Asin

Nadigar Sangam Secretary Radha Ravi was questioned recently on what action the Sangam would take on Asin, who had traveled to Sri Lanka, to participate in the Hindi film shooting Ready. It is worth mentioning here that the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce and several other associations of the Tamil film industry have issued a warning to all the Tamil stars not to visit Sri Lanka for shooting purposes. They also made it clear that the Tamil film industry would not cooperate with their Sri Lankan counterparts.

When news about Asin flying down to Sri Lanka to take part in the shooting of Salman Khan-starrer Ready started making rounds, there was a lot of opposition. The actress, on the other hand, stated that it was not her preference but she had to go with the crew of the film.

Speaking on this issue, Radha Ravi said that the association would meet to discuss the issue.

Arya releases in end of this month

Arya is becoming an expert travelling on two roads without compromising on his destinations. The actor who is also producer is also becoming a master tactician. Apart from acting Arya is producing ‘Padithurai’ which is getting good reports even while under production.

To make his producer tag stronger Arya has bought over all the rights of his upcoming film ‘Boss Engira Baskaran’ from its producer Vasan Visual Ventures. The film stars Arya and Nayantara in lead roles. It is a comedy and one of the anticipated films of the year as the pre-release talk is extremely good. It is directed by Rajesh of ‘Siva Manasula Sakthi’ and has music by Yuvan Shankar Raja.

The unit of ‘Boss Engira Baskaran’ is currently in Switzerland for the shooting of final songs. Santhanam’s comedy track is also said to be a key positive of the film. ‘Boss Engira Baskaran’ is likely to be released by the end of this month.

K R Vijaya cheated by her diver

Popular actress K R Vijaya complained to the police that her car driver Thamizhvannan stole a Rs. 1 Lakh cheque from her residence and cashed it without her knowledge. The actress stated that the car driver joined the service three years ago and proved to be very trustworthy in several instances. Due to this, Thamizhvannan was entrusted with several jobs and has handled cash, she said.

However, the recent theft has left the actress shattered and her daughter Hemalatha filed a complaint with the T Nagar police to arrest the driver.

Thillalangadi music releases on July 2

Call it caution or cleverness. The music of ‘Jayam’ Ravi, Tamannah starrer ‘Thillalangadi’ will make its way to the stores without much trumpeting. Recently even the music of ‘Raavanan’ was soft launched.

‘Thillalangadi’ is a Sun Pictures film. The company is set to premiere the music of the film on its television channel on July 2 after a simple intro at one of its television studios.

‘Thillalangadi’ is a remake of Telugu blockbuster ‘Kick’ starring Ravi Teja, Ileana and Shaam in lead roles. Shaam plays the same role in Tamil version also. Prabhu, Vadivelu, and Santhanam play other important roles.

Music is Yuvan Shankar Raja and he has scored six numbers for the film. Chitra, Shreya Ghosal and Yuvan have sung. Another song is Silambarasan which will have novel fusion Bhangra with Kuthu.