After a brief interval, Simran is back to play the prominent role in a movie titled ‘Sevval’, directed by Hari.

Featuring Bharath and Poonam Bajwa in lead roles, the movie is produced by M A Jinnah.

Also in the cast includes Vadivelu, Manivannan, Shanmugarajan among others in the cast. Produced by Jinnah, the movie has music by G V Prakash. The movie will hit the floors on 11 May.

“It would be shot in exotic locales in Ambasamudhiram and Kerala. It is a movie loaded with action, sentiment and romance”, says Hari.

Kollywood Today brings you some of the versatile personalities who made it big in Tamil Cinema being an outsider….

M.G. Ramachandran
AIADMK founder, former CM

Keralite born in Kandy, his origins were never questioned, not even during the height of regional chauvinism in the state. He was elected chief minister thrice, despite the 0presence of present CM M. Karunanidhi in the opposition camp. Even today, 20 years since he left the stage, fans and cynics keep their ears close to his tomb on Marina beach in Chennai to confirm the rumour that his watch continues to tick – proof of his undying fame.

Vijaykanth
‘Black MGR’

His roots can be traced to Andhra Pradesh from where his parents came to settle down in Madurai a little before he was born. The day he stepped into the political arena by launching DMDK in 2006, he described MGR as his political guru and went on a step further by using a campaign vehicle once used by his guru.

J. Jayalalithaa
AIADMK general secretary, former CM

Was born and brought up in Mysore, Karnataka, before making it big at the box-office and subsequently in politics in Tamil Nadu. However, Jaya insists that she is from Srirangam, Tiruchy in Tamil Nadu.

Rajnikanth
Super Star

He is the only ‘outsider’ who achieved the superstardom status that MGR once enjoyed. He is a Maratha by birth and Kannadiga by upbringing, but found success in Tamil Nadu and has been a Tamilian since.

Nayanthara

She was already a star in Kerala after a string of good performances since her debut in 2003.

Meera Jasmine

Apart from national awards, the the Malayalee actress has won the Tamil Nadu State Award for Best Actress (Special Award) in 2006. So far, she has worked in 12 Tamil movies, 8 Telugu and two Kannada films, apart from 16 films in Malayalam.

Asin

After debuting in Malayalam in 2001, Asin made Chennai her home now, and has been active in Kollywood.

Apart from the above

Arjun was born in Bangalore and acted in Kannada movies before moving to Chennai in 1984.

Karnataka-born Murali was particularly harsh while condemning the protests in Karnataka.

There have been several heroines from other states who made it big here. While Nayanthara, Meera Jasmine and Asin are from Kerala, Khushboo and Simran are North Indians.

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Ilayathalapathy Vijay chosen as the brand ambassador of Chennai Super Kings and has now become a diehard fan of cricket. Though he is the part of Chennai team, the actor has strongly condemned the act of Sreesanth.

His point is that though Harbhajan Singh has been suspended for 11 IPL matches with a heavy amount as fine, it is Sreesanth who was responsible for the problem. Speaking about this, he has stated that Sreesanth is not supposed to irritate and raise the frustration of his teammate.

So, we have to wait and see what Mukesh Ambani of Mumbai Indians has got to say about this.

Apart from this, Vijay has also taken Nayanthara seriously for not taking part in IPL to such an extent that he has eliminated her from his forthcoming flick Singam.

Vallamai Thaaraayo is a film produced by Nalini Sundararaman and Thirusakthi Sundararaman under the Giriguja Films International banner. The film revolves around emotions and relationships, what with a wife seeking divorce on the grounds that her husband is good.

The lead pair Parthiban and Chaya Singh has turned in a great performance. Karuna has also excelled. The cast includes Anand Raj, Kuyili, Rajalakshmi, and Devipriya. The camera is handled by Raja Rajan and the art is by Nandakumar. The music is scored by Bharadwaj. The film is written and directed by Madhumita. This film is slated to release on May 16th.

Here is the good news for A.R.Rahman fans. Nokia has joined hands with AR Rahman and Big Music to give young Indians a chance to remix two leading tracks from A R Rahman’s forthcoming film – Ada…a way of life.

This is the first time ever that the beacon of Indian music is allowing listeners to remix his compositions. Ada is directed by Tanvir Ahmad and produced by Kazaan Ahmad. It stars debutant Ayaan Ahmad, Ayesha Jhulka, Nauheed Cyrusi, Rahul Roy and Milind Gunaji. As a part of this initiative, Nokia and Big Music will run a month-long contest where participants can remix the two Ada soundtracks namely Gulfisha and Gum Sum on Nokia’s newly launched Nokia XpressMusic mixer application.

The Nokia XpressMusic mixer application is an online music mixer available on www.nokia.co.in/XpressMusic that has pre-loaded Ada tunes. The winner, chosen by AR Rahman, will get an opportunity to spend one day with the music legend and compose the remix Ada soundtrack with him at his studio.

Trisha is always in a spinning spree these days. She is the most wanted girl not in Kollywood but as well as in Tollywood. Trisha is really a girl of principles and she respects others sentiments and that could be one of the reasons she was driven to the top. Three of her big films are going to be released in Tamil and Telugu this summer.

Dharani directed Kuruvi, where she acts with Vijay, is her first release this summer. Radha Mohan directed Abhiyum Naanum will be released in mid-May. Bujjigadu – Made In Chennai, the Telugu movie directed by Puri Jagannath is another big release for this summer. Always one wanted to know that what Trisha meant. So the truth is when this beautiful baby girl was born, her father who was holding an important Government post had to travel extensively in foreign countries.

On one such visit to Russia her father got attracted to a Russian name Trisha which meant Victory. So her father christened this baby with the name Trisha.

Nayanthara who rose to dizziest heights within a short span of time is now facing unusual problems. Nayanthara who was chosen to be brand ambassador of the prestigious Indian Premier League could not make it for the match played between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians. The actress fainted while shooting in Hyderabad for Rajnikanth starrer ‘Kuselan’ due to exhaustion and fever.

Doctors believe she might have caught a viral infection while doing a dance number in artificial rain during a five-day shooting schedule for Telugu film ‘Sathyam’, Tamil superstar Vijay, ace drummer Sivamani and singer Hariharan are set to entertain the crowd during the two matches to be played at the M. A. Chidambaram stadium here Wednesday and Saturday. Her non attendance earned the wrath of CSK which in turn terminated her deal. Vijay who was looking forward to Nayanthara’s participation got him terribly upset.

Now Vijay has gone to the extent of removing her from his forthcoming project Singam to be directed by Prabhu Deva. He has recommended a leading lady from Telugu film industry. It is also quite important to note that she was also replaced in Kuruvi.

Kuruvi, the much awaited movie of Vijay and Trisha will hit the theatres on May 3rd. The reservations for Kuruvi will start from tomorrow. Dharani, who tasted success with Vijay in Ghilli, has directed this action flick too.

Kuruvi movie has the latest animation technology which will be animated by LSS Sathyan and his team. The team of the movie ‘Ghilli’, which consists of Director Dharani, ‘Illayathalapathi’ Vijay, Trisha, Cinematographer Gopinath, Art Director ManiRaj, Music Director Vidhya Sagar have teamed up for Kuruvi too. The movie is said to be released in 300 screens in Tamil Nadu and 55 screens worldwide!

There are no other big movies to be released, that can compete with Kuruvi. Kuruvi is expected to cashin on the summer holiday crowd.

Starring: ILAYATHALAPATHY Vijay, Trisha, Malavika, Suman, Vivek and others
Music: Vidyasagar
Cinematography: Gopinath
Direction: Dharani
Producer: Udayanidhi Stalin (Red Giant Movies)

Kuruvi is raising expectations at all levels and the music is already topping the charts. The one thing that has come through in all the speeches made by the Kuruvi crew at the audio launch function was the involvement of new producer Udhayanidhi Stalin.

Director Dharani, Vijay, Trisha and music composer Vidyasagar, who came together to create a magic with ‘Ghilli’ are back again for ‘Kuruvi’, the production venture of Chief Minister M Karunanidhi’s grandson Udayanidhi Stalin.

Right now Red Giant’s (Udhayanidhi’s banner) office is abuzz as Kuruvi has been cleared with a UA certificate and is is all set to hit screens on 3 May. There will be 400 prints in circulation. The audio release of the film was held recently in Chennai.

Kuruvi Movie Photo Stills

Starring: ILAYATHALAPATHY Vijay, Trisha, Malavika, Suman, Vivek and others
Music: Vidyasagar
Cinematography: Gopinath
Direction: Dharani
Producer: Udayanidhi Stalin (Red Giant Movies)