Actor hurt while shooting

Noted Tollywood actor J D Chakravarthy met with a mishap while shooting for the Tamil film 'Sarvam'. The actor, who is playing a negative role in the film directed by Vishnuvardhan, was hit on his chest while filming a sequence a couple of days ago. He was rushed to a hospital and was advised rest. Shooting was called off and the crew packed their bags that day. 'Sarvam' features Arya and Trisha in lead roles. Following the success of 'Billa' starring Ajith, Vishnuvardhan is directing this flick which is being produced by Ayngaran Internationals. Buzz is that Chakravarthy has been approached to do the role of villain in Rajinikanth's 'Endhiran'. However official confirmation is awaited.

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Chakravarthy out of hibernation

J D Chakravarthy, Ram Gopal Varma's Sathya hero is on a roll in Kollywood.
Coming out of hibernation, JD, as he is better known, has signed on the dotted line to do Vishnuvardhan's Sarwam as the villain. Shankar saw JD's rushes in the film and immediately signed him up to do Robot, again as the villain opposite Rajinikanth.

JD is thrilled to play villain in the film, because he will be getting international exposure simply by sharing screen space with the superstar.


It's also a well known fact that the villains in Rajinikanth's films always get decent footage, so that the superstar is able to triumph in the end and establish his "heroism".

Both Sarvam and Robot are being produced by Ayagaran films. Sources say that Rajini liked JD's earlier work and Shankar was also happy to get bulk dates from the villain!
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The cinematographer for 'Robot'

Director Shankar’s 'Robot', starring superstar Rajinikanth, will have a new cinematographer. Shankar has to look beyond his trusted ally K.V. Anand due to some unavoidable reasons.

The ace cinematographer, who has been an integral part of Shankar’s films right from 'Mudhalvan', has now committed for AVM’s new film starring Suriya and Tamanna. Shankar feels that it won’t be nice to call him at this juncture.


Then the leading director, who was impressed by Nirav Shaw’s work in 'Billa', has approached the cinematographer for 'Robot'. Unfortunately Shaw could not oblige, as he is already committed to ‘Sarvam’, directed by Vishnuvardhan.

Left with very little choice, Shankar has now opted for Thiru, who impressed everyone with his fine work in Ajith – Trisha starrer ‘Kireedom’.

Keep watching IndiaGlitz for the latest on 'Robot'.
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Choose: Robot or Sarvam?

The cinematography for Billa by Nirav Shah so impressed Rajini that he wanted him to photograph Robot. Once again, Rajini was unerringly right: Nirav, who had virtually reinvented the way Tamil cinema could look in Billa, was the obvious choice. Nirav, of course, must have been thrilled and flattered. But there was a catch: he had already signed up to shoot Vishuvardhan’s next, Sarvam, starring Arya and Trisha.

The call sheets for Robot and Sarvam had coincided. Shah could have turned down Sarvam for Robot, of course, but he said he would not. Even though Robot is an epic project, involving none other than the Superstar, Shankar and A.R. Rahman, he would stay loyal to Vishnu. He and Vishnu go a long way back, he explained. They had been college friends, plus it was also Vishnu’s cinematic vision for Billa that had made their successful collaboration so talked about.


Robot’s new cinematographer is now ace cameraman Thiru. He once assisted P.C. Sriram, and now shoots for Hindi and Malayalam films. His previous work includes Hey Ram, Aalavandhan and Bhool Bhulaiyaa. His experience and expertise will surely make Robot special.

Courtesy: Behindwoods.com