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Mani Ratnam Makes An Interesting Addition - Mani Ratnam - Samantha - Tamil Movie News - Behindwoods.com

A Mani Ratnam film can be counted on to create a buzz and Kadal with Gautham and Samantha in leading roles is doing just that. Every thing about the film makes news. Aravind Swamy will be returning to the silver screen because of his high regard for his mentor. And as always AR Rahman insisted on doing the music despite his busy schedule. Now the latest addition to the cast is Devi who played Jiiva's sister in Nanban. She is a famous figure in the Tamil theatre circuit and Mani, who has attended some of her workshops felt she was perfect to essay the role of Gautham's mother. Jeyamohan has penned the script, Rajiv Menon is the cinematographer and Sreekar Prasad is the editor. We hear he is entirely satisfied with his cast and crew and the film is shaping up to be something special.

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Samantha In Shankar’s Next - Shankar - Vikram - Samantha - Neethane En Ponvasantham - Jiiva - Tamil Movie News - Behindwoods.com

Samantha, who is busy with Gautham Menon’s Neethane En Ponvasantham with Jiiva, has been roped in for Shankar’s next big venture. The Endhiran director is all set to start his work for Therdhal, with Vikram in the lead. Apart from Samantha, the film might also have another heroine, probably from Bollywood.

Aascar Ravichandran will produce the film; PC Sriram will crank the camera and AR Rahman will compose the music.

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Ar Rahman In Universal Studios - Ar Rahman - Kadal - Kochadaiyaan - Universal Studios - Monkeys Of Bollywood - Tamil Movie News - Behindwoods.com

AR Rahman is spending his vacation with his family in Los Angeles. The music director who presently has Kachadaiyaan and Kadal in his pockets has taken break and decided to spend some quality time with his children.

In the meantime he is also doing some work for the Hollywood film Monkeys of Bollywood, which he signed recently. He even took his children to Universal Studios for a tour. There he is said to have clustered by his international fans, who wanted to take photographs with him.

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Rajini's Daughter Takes A Break From Kochadaiyaan - Soundarya Ashwin - Rajini - Tamil Movie News - Behindwoods.com

Soundarya Ashwin, who is directing the hugely awaited Kochadaiyaan with dad, Rajinikanth has been very busy. Punishing schedules have been completed in London, Kerala and Hong Kong and Soundarya is exhausted. She has taken off to Kodaikanal for a break with her husband and in-laws.

It is a much needed holiday for Soundarya. She said she wants to relax in the hill station with her family and play a few rounds of golf to recharge her batteries. And then it will be back to the grind and Kochadaiyaan.

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Rajinikanth in Vikrama Simha

Superstar Rajinikanth starrer Kochadaiyaan is moving with a brisk pace. The film’s crew was awestruck with the way Rajinikanth wrapped up his part in four days. Now, the news is that the film will be dubbed in Telugu as Vikrama Simha.

The film’s director Soundarya R Ashwin is looking to release the magnum opus in September. The film is also expected to be released in Japanese, as there is a huge fan following in Japan for the Superstar. 

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Madonna Wants To Work With Ar Rahman - Madonna - Ar Rahman - Tamil Movie News - Behindwoods.com

Everybody wants to work with the evergreen Madonna but Madonna herself is dying to work with AR Rahman, the Academy award winning music director! Madonna said that she is keen to work with ARR at the earliest. She said, "i would like to work with him when the opportunity comes and things work out."

AR Rahman was touched as she also said many complimentary things about him. He said that he will be glad to work with her anytime and thanked her for the nice things she had said about his body of work. 

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Rajini returns after Hong Kong shoot

"Rajini worked tirelessly for four days in Hong Kong and completed his portions, following which he is back to Chennai. The remaining members of the team will return soon," say sources.

It is said Rajini took a Cathay Pacific flight to reach Chennai. "On seeing Rajini at the airport, passengers and their loved ones rushed towards him for autographs and to pose for photographs. But they were prevented by security personnel," sources say.

Rajini's younger daughter Soundarya R Ashwin's 'Kochadaiyaan' has Deepika Padukone as the female lead. Sarath Kumar, Jackie Shroff, Nasser, Aadhi, Shobana, and Rukmini also play lead roles. Music is composed by A R Rahman.

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Rajinikanth's Kochadaiyaan audio release announced!

Rajnikanth is a name that is popular across the country, and is synonymous with style. A Rajni movie is like god's own gift to his millions of fans. Rajni's next movie is Kochadaiyaan, which is making maximum use of the Performance Capture Technology, is expected to bring out our Superstar in a new avatar. The shooting for this movie, which created quite a lot of buzz, right from its muhurat, is going on at quite a rapid pace, with a huge star cast!

The latest buzz surrounding Kochadaiyaan is that its makers have decided to release the audio, soon!Kochadaiyaan, directed by Soundarya R. Ashwin, and with music by Oscar winner A.R. Rahman, is being simultaneously made in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, English and Japanese. The audio is expected to hit the stands, in June!

Gear up folks! Its Superstar time!

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Kochadaiyaan audio in June

Next leg of Superstar Rajinikanth's movie Kochadaiyaan will be shot in Hong Kong. Rajini will participate in the shoots that are likely to be held in one of the renowned studios in Hong Kong. Earlier, director Soundarya Rajinikanth visited Hong Kong hunting for locations.

With this the production of Kochadaiyaan goes into full swing. Touted to be released in September, Kochadaiyaan's music release will be sometime in the month of June according to insiders.

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Shankar wants Rajini

Kalpathi S Aghoram has reportedly paid Shankar a dizzying amount to do a film for his AGS Entertainment banner. Shankar is readying the script and the hunt is on to finalize a top hero.

Word is that Shankar as well as the producers are keen to have Rajini in the main role. It remains to be seen whether Rajini will sign on the dotted line however as he is thinking of doing Rana next.


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Rajinikanth Leaves For Kochadaiyaan Shooting - Rajinkanth - Soundarya Ashwin - Tamil Movie News - Behindwoods.com

Rajinikanth left for Hong Kong early  this morning from Bangalore. Soundarya Ashwin, the director of the film was there earlier in March to study all she could about Motion Capture Technology which is to be employed for Kochadaiyaan. Hence the team will be heading there for the next leg of the shoot. 

A major portion of the film has already been completed in London and Kerala. The team is excited about the way the film has shaped up so far and are eager to shoot the rest of it.


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Shankar And Vikram To Face 'election'? - Shankar - Vikram - Therdhal - Tamil Movie News - Behindwoods.com

Post the success of Nanban, director Shankar is busy with his new film. Writers SuBa are penning the screenplay and dialogues. It is heard that the film has been titled Therdhal, meaning election, and Vikram will play the protagonist. There is also a buzz that cinematographer PC Sriram will join Shankar in this venture.  

Going by the name, will the film have political overtones like Mudalvan? Will have to wait and see…


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Kochadaiyaan to be revealed

Kochadaiyaan is one of the most anticipated movies of the year. The film’s two schedules in London and Trivandrum has been successfully completed and the postproduction is in full swing. The buzz is that the teaser of the film is going to be released very soon.
Superstar Rajinikanth and Deepika Padukone shot for a dance number recently in which they both performed bharathanatyam, boasts the team. The film is scheduled to hit the screens only in September but the team is already done with most of the shooting parts. Looks like director Soundarya R Ashwin knows her job pretty well.


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Rajinikanth is age conscious?

Rajnikanth, whom his fans believe can do the impossible, doesn’t want to do what is really possible by even an amateur in the industry- to romance a girl. Just imagine who wouldn’t want to romance a beauty like Deepika Padukone. Starting from the smallest star to the most powerful star would queue up to romance her, but not the Superstar.

If reports are to be believed, Rajinikanth had made a request to his daughter Soundarya, to keep the number of romance sequences to the minimum. It seems that he feels bad to romance a girl half of his age. The incident is said to have happened when Saroj Khan, the film’s choreographer had composed a dance sequence that involved moves very rich in romance.  

Initially, when he was planning to do Rana, he had objected to bring in Sonakshi Sinha as the film’s heroine as he felt it wouldn’t be nice to romance the daughter of his very good friend Shatrughan Sinha.


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AR Rahman honored in the USA!

AR Rahman continues to soar and has been given yet another honor recognizing his musical genius. Miami University presented him with an honorary doctorate for his towering achievements. Rahman accepted the doctorate and made a touching acceptance speech.

The music director said he could not believe that he received personal invites from the President of the United States and his wife inviting him to their country as well as the White House. He thanked the University for recognizing his efforts and also talked about his mother, father, Mani Ratnam, and his Sufi teachers who were all responsible for the things he had done with his life. Hearty congratulations to AR Rahman.

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