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Actor Dhanush is currently working on a remake of the Telugu-hit Arya, and is paired with Shreya in the movie.

The film is directed by Mithran Jawahar, who had earlier directed the 2008 hit Yaaradi Nee Mohini.

The buzz is that the movie, which is being shot in Visakapatnam, has been titled as Kadhir. Shreya, who was originally approached for the movie, had not allotted dates for it, but later joined the unit.

It seems that the actress who is going through a lean patch in Bollywood and Hollywood, readily gave out dates for the movie. The movie has music by Devi Sri Prasad.

Shoot for the Vikram-starrer Kathasamy is almost complete. The film directed by Susi Ganesan, is said to have a lot of post production work, which is going on simultaneously.

The film produced by Kalaipuli Dhanu has lot of special emphasis on computer graphics. It is now said that the movie will have solid post production work that will go on till March.

This high budget movie, shot extensively in Mexico, is said to have many Mexican women to dance to Devi Sri Prasad’s Mexican beats, and the costumes alone of those women are said to have cost over Rs 1 crore.

Meanwhile the audio is likely to get released early in January.

Susi Ganesan is directing ‘Kanthasamy’ produced by Kalaipuli S Thanu. Vikram has given extra call sheet for this film and that speaks for its quality. Vikram comes in different appearances, especially the female role in which it is difficult to even recognize him.

One expected it to be released for Deepavali, then for Pongal. Why this delay, we asked Susi Ganesan.

“There is no hurry to do the shooting or a hurry to release it post haste. The film should be of good quality. That’s reason for the delay. Only the producer, Vikram and I know the reason for the delay in release. Vikram has worked very hard for this film. When I see some frames, even I am stunned.

Vikram’s earlier film went for Kerala rights of 15 crores, whereas ‘Kanthasamy’ has gone for 3 crores. The channel rights for Vikram’s earlier film was a record for 3 crores, but this film has gone for 4 crores. This proof of how well the film is shaping up. I will be the Number One director of 2009. This may sound arrogant, but I’ve full confidence in the film.”

Whether to believe Susi Ganesan or not, we will know when the film gets released. The earlier film of Vikram’s that he refers to is ‘Anniyan.’

Sivaji was the movie that moved Shreya to new levels. Since then she has been scaling one peak after another. The year 2008 has so far been a tremendous one for the actress for she has seen her career take an upward swing.

Shreya has completed shooting for ‘Kanthasamy’ opposite Vikram. It is a magnum opus directed by Susi Ganesan. She is almost wounding up the shoot for Sarath Kumar starrer ‘Jaggubai’ and Deepa Mehta’s film ‘Who’s Cooking, Stella?’ What more, she has been signed up for Deepa Mehta’s next film too, titled ‘Komagata Maru’.

She has also been roped in to act in a movie with Dhanush later next year. Besides, She’s also in ‘Thoranai’ with Vishal.

She is pinning lots of hopes on Kanthasamy. She says, ‘ I have given my cent percent dedication for the movie. The whole unit has worked hard. Especially, I was impressed with Vikram’s dedication to excel in his role and it was cool working with him’.

Actor Vishal was very upset when his eagerly awaited movie Satyam went down at the box office but finely he has come out to speak about his next movie.

His next project is Thoranai and he said it will be filmed bilingually.  In Telugu the movie will be titled Pista.  Actress Shreya will be paired up with him to give the sizzle.

This is going to be a family venture for Vishal because Iyappan is directing the movie, who is Vishal’s brother.  His other brother Vikram Krishna is producing it.     So how is the movie going to be like?  It will be an action thriller of course with romance and comedy.

Vikram’s super hero film Kanthasamy, produced by Kalaipuli S Thanu and directed by Susi Ganesan will now release only in the summer of 2009 (April to June).

Remember that the film was launched with a lot of fanfare including a trailer more than a year back? At that time they said the film will release on April 14, 2008, then it became Diwali, still no sign of the film.

In an interview, Susi Ganesan has said: “Kanthasamy is a superman like story with a logical twist. Fantasy and realism are mixed in the story to make it a commercial entertainer.”

The shoot of the film has been going on for a year. Susi Ganesan says the delay was due to the time taken for the shoot of the film and now its post production work as a lot of special effects are involved.

Added Susi Ganesan: ” It is definitely going to be 2009’s biggest movie. The post production work is going on in full swing. All that remains is a flashback scene and a song that will be shot in Italy.”

The audio of the film which has music by Devi Sri Prasad, is being launched in January. Kanthasamy is sure going to be Kollywood’s next big thing.

Shreya never ceases to surprise you at regular intervals. What if her film with Kollywood stars like Ajith and Dhanush did not happen? Well she has signed up to play Bollywood Box-Office baron Akshay Kumar’s heroine in Deepa Mehta directed  Komagata Maru

Speaking to media from Malaysia, where she is shooting for Sarathkumar’s K.S Ravikumar directed Jaggubai, an excited Shreya said: “I’m on top of the world, as I ‘m doing Deepa Mehta’s epic Komagata Maru. Deepaji is my favourite director and it is a great honour to do a film with her.” Remember Shreya had done Deepa Mehta’s last film What’s Cooking.

Komagata Maru is an epic film based on a true story surrounding the voyage of a Japanese ship by the name ‘Komagata Maru’ hired by people from Punjab led by Gurdit Singh from Hong Kong to Vancouver in 1914 with 376 passengers on board seeking a new life in the promised land.

It is a journey of one man’s courage that challenged the largest empire in the world. It bears open the heroism of Gurdit Singh, who dares to have an impossible dream- a life of freedom, equality, and dignity. The film also depicts the martyrdom of Mewa Singh.

Akshay Kumar has confirmed that he will be playing the lead Gurdit Singh, in this collaboration with Deepa Mehta. Talks are going on with various other actors including Hollywood top stars making this truly an international project on a budget of $35 to 40 million being produced by Hamilton-Mehta Production Inc. in association with Akshay Kumar’s home production, Hari Om Entertainment.

The shooting of the film Jaggubhai is to take place in Australia. The crew numbering 40 members including Sarath Kumar and Shreya left for Australia. Radhika is producing this film under the banner Radan Media. The shooting of this film will take place for 25 days in Melbourne city in Australia. Sarath, Shreya, Srisha, director K S Ravikumar and R D Rajashekar and other crew members left for Australia three days before.

Two songs featuring Sarath, Shreya and Srisha will be shot there. Helicopter action scene and some other important scenes will be shot there. After this the crew will leave for Malaysia. The shooting will take place for 20 days there. The film was also shot in Bangkok earlier.

The Other End Of the Line was the film which Shreya was depending a lot, her debut film in Hollywood. The film produced by Ashok Amritraj which released in US last Friday has bombed miserably at the box-office and the reviews too has been scathing.

The film made on a shoe-string budget of $ 2.5 million (Rs 12.5 crore), could gross only $ 57, 000 (approximately Rs 28 lakhs) from 91 screens in its opening weekend.

A leading US distributor of Tamil films says: “Shreya’s Rajnikanth film Sivaji collected almost four times this amount in its opening weekend from lesser number of screens!” The failure of the film has Shreya now looking more eagerly at Kollywood.

She has more or less taken a decision to stick to Tamil cinema and compete with arch rival Nayantara! A few days back she has signed Vishal’s Thoranam, to be directed by debutant Ayappan. She will be shooting for the film by the end of the month.

Followed by terrific flop of Satyam, Vishal seems to have changed his plans of picking up projects. Earlier, prior to release of the film, he had idea about joining hands with Director Prithvi. The film was supposed to feature him in dual roles whereas it has been shelved for a while. At the moment, he has roped in Director Boopathy Pandian’s assistant Ayappan for the film titled ‘Thoranam’. Actress Shreya who has been drenched in despaired situations has been roped in for playing female lead. It is notable that earlier she was offered to perform lead in Satyam and due to call sheet problems; she wasn’t able to pick it up.

Meanwhile, Shreya is eagerly waiting for the release of couple of her biggies: Kandasamy and Hollywood film ‘The Other End of Line’. She is the only actress who is so sad since none of her films are clicking at box office in Bollywood, Tollywood or Kollywood.