'Delhi Belly' rolls as 'Settai'

The shooting for the Tamil remake of 'Delhi Belly', starring Arya and Santhanam in lead roles, got a kick start in Chennai on Monday (May 7). At present, the working title is 'Settai' and a final decision on the title will be taken soon.

Two sets, one resembling a five star hotel and another as a bachelor room, have been erected at Binny Mills at Meenambakkam, where the shooting is taking place at present. The schedule is expected to go on for a couple of weeks.

Being produced by UTV Motion Pictures, 'Settai' is helmed by Kannan of 'Jayamkondan' and 'Kanden Kadhalai' fame. Hansika Motwani and Anjali are playing the heroines, while veteran Nasser is doing a role with negative shades. This film also stars Premgi Amaren in a pivotal role.

According to sources, Arya, who had earlier worked with UTV for 'Vettai', took personal interest to remake 'Delhi Belly' in Tamil. His chemistry with Santhanam, which follows the comedy caper 'Boss Engira Baskaran', is expected to work wonders in this new project too.

Santhanam to join hands with Rajesh once again

The first film in which Santhanam and director Rajesh joined hands was Siva Manasula Sakthi. The comedy of this film was much spoken about. Apart from this film turned out to be super hit. Rajesh started giving offers to Santhanam in his next films. 

Santhanam had acted in the films Boss Engira Baskaran and Oru Kal Oru Kannadi directed by Rajesh. Santhanam had also earned good name by acting in these films. 

Now for the fourth time, both are joining hands once again in a film titled Azhagu Raja which has Karthi in the lead role. Santhanam had earlier rocked in comedy with Karthi in the film titled Siruthai. We can be confident that there will be rib tickling comedy if these three join hands. It is understood that the shooting of Azhagu Raja will not commence immediately and it will take some time.

Venkat Prabhu to rope in Vijay

Looks like Venkat Prabhu's project with Suriya might not take off now as the star has agreed to star in Singam 2 to be directed by Hari. Suriya's brother Karthi is also very busy with his film commitments. 

Following this, there is a buzz that Venkat Prabhu may rope in Vijay for his next. The director has a script ready but is waiting for the stars to allot their call sheet. We will know more details about his next project in a few days time.

Surya & Vijay Clash again with Maatraan & Thuppakki

Surya 's "MATRAAN" & Vijay's "THUPPAKKI" are officially announced to release worldwide on Independence day,August 15th. 

Maatraan is touted to become Suriya's biggest release till date, which is action thriller film directed and co-written by KV Anand and scripted by Subha. It stars Suriya who would portray two different roles along with Kajal Aggarwal. Harris Jayaraj has composed the tunes and the tracks in the music album.

The Telugu distribution rights were sold to Bellamkonda Suresh's Multi Dimensional Films for a record price. Distribution rights of tamil version has been bagged by Eros International. Eros International Media Ltd (Eros International), a global company in the Indian film entertainment industry, has acquired the Tamil theatrical rights of Surya starrer Maatran, produced by AGS.Two days ago Eros officially announced to release onAugust 15.

Thuppaki satellite rights was bagged by Sun TV for for a record price of 13.75 crores. Thuppaki features Vijay and Kajal Agarwal in lead roles while Jayaram and Sathyan plays supporting roles.

Known for his racy action-packed ventures, Thuppaki too has a similar theme. The movie speaks about a cop who weeds out criminals from the society. Impressed with the story line, Vijay had given bulk dates for the film. He hit the gym hard and reduced his weight to play a tough cop.

The distribution rights were bought by Gemini Film Circuit which produced and distributed Nanban. A dubbed same-titled Telugu version of the film is also expected to release simultaneously. During the making, sources reported that Murugadoss may remake the film in Hindi with Akshay Kumar. AR Murgadoss has approached a leading Mumbai based trailer specialist for the first official teaser promo for "Thuppakki".

Another Hell Of A Ride Clashes With Surya And Vijay Fans For Sure!

Mahesh Babu shooting for Jos Alukkas ad

Super Star Mahesh Babu, who has wrapped up the first schedule shooting of his forthcoming film in the direction of Sukumar has now joined the ad shoot being directed by Trivikram Srinivas.

It is known that Mahesh signed up the deal of Jos Alukkas Jewellery and now he is participating in the ad shoot in Hyderabad teaming with writer turned director Trivikram Srinivas, who has already shot ads earlier with Jr.NTR for Navratna oil. The shoot will take place for a couple of days.

Next to this ad, Mahesh Babu will immediately join the sets of Dil Raju's production venture and a multistarrer movie Seethamma Vakita Sirimalle Chettu also featuring Venkatesh as the other lead and Samantha and Anjali as heroines. On the other hand, Trivikram will wrap up his undershoot film Julaayi with Allu Arjun in the lead.

Pawan Kalyan’s Gabbar Singh creates new records

Power Star Pawan Kalyan's Gabbar Singh is released worldwide on a grand scale on 11^th of the month and movie garnered stunning reviews from critics. The theaters are overcrowded and Pawan Kalyan's fans have been in celebrations, thanking the director Harish Shankar, who is also the biggest fan of Power Star.

Gabbar Singh is set to create new records with the Day1 collections. Smashing the previous records, Pawan Kalyan has set a new record with Gabbar Singh with a stunning figure of more than 8.2 crores share for AP alone as per the early estimates.

Trade analysts are also expecting that Gabbar Singh might also set more records in coming days as the moviegoers are going crazy for bagging tickets and this is seen in overseas as well.

Shruti Haasan played the leading lady in this Parameswara Arts production venture produced by Ganesh Babu. Way2movies will update you with detailed first day collections of Gabbar Singh areawise shortly.

Actress Sneha marries Prasanna in Tamilian style

Sneha, the smiling beauty has entered the wedlock yesterday [May, 11] with her love Prasanna. The event grabbed the gracious presence of biggies in the Kollywood along with their close friends and relatives.

Prasanna has tied the knot to Sneha in the typical Tamil Brahmin style, while the couple dressed traditionally with 'pattu veshti-pattu pudavai'. Their marriage took place at Sri Varu Venkatachalapathy Palace at Vanagaram, on Thursday night, early hours of Friday.

The couple had Sangeeth, followed by engagement and reception before marriage that was attended by friends, colleagues and well-wishers of Sneha and Prasanna in the film industry. The popular stars have sold the telecasting rights of their marriage to Vijay TV and the video will be aired on 20th of May.

Way2movies wishes the star couple Sneha and Prasanna, a Very Happy Married life and all the success through their career front……