Shankar’s ‘Boys’ to get dubbed in Hindi

Director Shankar, who has been churning-out incisive socio-commercial flicks; hop-skipped for a different attempt on “Boys’. The film won appreciations, but also generated controversies about double entendres and few “Bold’ themes. A.R. Rahman’s musical score being a sensational mania resulted in record-breaking sales of audio despites piracy. The audio success fetched more crowds for the film.

Now with A.R. Rahman ruling Bollywood with continuous success, producers have planned to dub “Boys’ in Hindi. Abbas Tyrewala who shot to fame with his directorial “Jaane Ya Tu Jaane Na’ will be penning dialogues for the Hindi version.

The film has Siddarth of Rang De Basanthi fame, Bharath, Nakul, Genelia D’Souza of Jaane Ya Tu Jaane Na in lead role with Vivek enacting a prominent role.

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The Hindi Boys and Rahman!

Banking on the success of Rahman’s Oscars and Genilia’s newfound stardom in Bollywood, the Shankar directed Boys is being dubbed in Hindi. Producer A M Ratnam, however, believes that Boys will create a ripple in Hindi too and that the chartbuster music will ensure the movie’s success.

Genilia’s success with Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Naa has also served as a drive for Boys dubbing, in which she played the college-going Harini and was wooed by Munna, played by Siddharth.

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Santhanam bags comedian role in 'Endhiran'

It's not Vadivelu nor Vivek. Santhanam has been given the prestigious opportunity to enact the comedian's role in superstar Rajinikanth's 'Endhiran'.

This appointment comes as a big boost to the young Santhanam who is already making waves with his comic way of acting. Director Shankar hitherto used the services of Vadivelu in 'Kadhalan' and 'Mudhalvan' whereas Vivek was the comedian in the films 'Boys', Anniyan' and 'Sivaji'.

The opportunity of acting with Rajinikanth in 'Endhiran' might just propel the talented Santhanan to absolute stardom.

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A R Rahman Get 10 cr For Endhiran!

Music maestro A R Rahman, now busy composing tunes for Shankar’s `Robot’, has charged the producer of the film a fee of Rs 10 Crore!

`Robot’, with Rajnikanth and Aishwarya Rai in the lead, is all set to hit the floors soon. Currently, Shankar is on a global location hunt, while Rajni is getting ready for Shankar’s “most ambitious project till date”.

Teaming up with the best has always been the Shankar norm. Who else but Rahman, who has revolutionised Indian film music industry, would fit the bill?

Rahman is learnt to be straining his every nerve to ensure that the music would be something to remember and cherish.

Shankar had set India to the foot-tapping numbers of Rahman, with ‘Gentleman’ (1992). Who can forget the impact that “chik puk chik puk raile” and “Ottakathe kettikko” had on the Indian music lover? The stunner-of-a-music-score had instantly raised Rahman to iconic status. In no time, the humble wizard from Chennai became the toast of the Indian music world.

All the films, which Shankar later directed, except for ‘Annyan’, had Rahman’s lilting numbers as their hallmark.
‘Kathalan’, ‘Jeans’, ‘Muthalvan’, ‘Nayak’ (Hindi), ‘Boys’- all these Shankar-ARR albums went on to become chartbusters.

It was rumoured that after ‘Boys’ the duo fell out on some “silly misunderstanding”.

Anyway, bereft of each other’s company, each of them went about their jobs and reaped success.

They joined hands once again with the superhit ‘Sivaji- The Boss’, and all the five numbers became chartbusters. The first edition of ‘Sivaji’ was sold out in three days after the audio release in South India.

Now, it is time for another superhit from the infallible duo.

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Aish speaks on ‘Robot’ & Rajini

Aishwarya Rai, who keeps details about her film close to her heart, has opened out on her Tamil venture ‘Robot’ opposite Rajinikanth.

When asked about ‘Robot’, Aishwarya said, 'I want to work with Rajinikanth. He is phenomenal. Everyone speaks of this experience. I'll actually go through the experience. It's very important for me to come away with something from my films since I give so much.'

The film is directed by Shankar, who gave Aishwarya her first break in ‘Jeans’.

'It's a total Rajini-Shankar styled entertainer. There's no logic as to why I agreed to do it beyond the urge to work with Rajinikanth. Shankar and Rajini have approached me for so many films, it's embarrassing.'

'Ever since we did ‘Jeans’ together Shankar has approached me for all his films except ‘Boys’.

'Rajinikanth, being the senior that he is, has shown no egoistic traits in approaching me for his last four-five films. And my refusal to do his films was never misconstrued by him. I admire him for that. It speaks volumes for his seniority and his caliber as a human being to never take offence to my no', she said.

Aishwarya Rai said, 'technically the movie it will take cinema to another level. I can only say I'll come away enriched.'

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