Jackie Shroff roped in for CV Kumar's Maayavan Bollywood star Jackie Shroff has been roped in for CV Kumar's directorial debut Maayavan. The actor who will be playing an important role in the film, has recently joined the sets of Maayvan. The film stars Sundeep Kishan and Lavanya in the lead roles. Ghibran has been roped in to score the music. Nalan Kumarasamy of Soodhu Kavvum fame is penning the screenplay and dialogues for the film. The movie is jointly produced by CV Kumar's Thirukumaran Entertainment and Studio Green.
Pa.Ranjith will direct two films for the Studio Green banner after the release of 'Kabali' with Superstar Rajinikanth. One film will have Suriya in the lead role and the other the director will team up for the second time with his 'Madras' hero Karthi. As we all know Karthi is presently busy with 'Kaashmora' and he is expected to start shooting for the Mani Ratnam film from June. Then he will have to start working on the film directed by H.Vinoth of 'Sathuranga Vettai' fame. On the other hand Suriya is presently working on 'S3' directed by Hari and the versatile star's proposed bilingual project with director Thrivikram is yet to be officially firmed up. Hence we learn from reliable sources that Ranjith will direct Suriya in his next after the release of 'Kabali'. This film will be produced by K.E.Gnanavel Raja of Studio Green.
The busiest hero in Kollywood today, Vijay Sethupathi seems to possess an uncanny knack of finishing one project after another in record time. Currently he has ‘Iraivi’ releasing in a couple of weeks while ‘Dharma Durai’, ‘Aandavan Kattalai’ and ‘Rekka’ are in various stages of production. We hear from reliable sources that Vijay Sethupathi will soon start shooting ‘Idharku Thaaney Aasaipattaai Balakumara 2’ to be directed by Gokul who is currently helming the Karthi-Nayanthara starrer ‘Kashmora’. Additional information is that most of the original cast and crew are likely to be retained in the sequel too.
Sivaji Ganesan’s Shanthi theater in Mount Road has been a landmark structure for more than half a century and old timers fondly remember the innumerous Nadigar Thilagam films that had blockbuster runs there. We had reported a few months back that the thespian’s family have decided to convert the theater into a shopping mall with a multiplex. Yesterday was the last day Shanthi theater functioned and it has been officially closed from today for remodeling. There are murmurs of dissent from many a Sivaji fan that the structure should remain a symbol of the golden age of the legend but Prabhu has assured that the new multiplex that will come up there will still be known as Shanthi and all the old memorabilia including rare photographs of Sivaji with dignitaries all round the globe will remain there.
