After Rajini, it is Vijay: Shankar

The audio launch of Nanban took off at around 5 pm at the Hindustan College Grounds in Coimbatore yesterday. Vijay’s dad and director SA Chandrasekar released the audio which was received by Prabhu.

Vijay entertained the audiences by singing the Yedho Unnale song from the film. During this speech, he thanked director Shankar for giving him the opportunity to star in Nanban. Vijay added that he made several true friends during the making of Nanban and attributed this to the film’s title. The star was indicating that Jiiva, Srikanth, and others are his good friends and is happy to be associated with them. He was then honored with an enormous garland and a crown.

Shankar had an interesting episode to narrate about how he came to direct a remake. When Shankar was busy with Endhiran, the shooting was delayed one fine day. This earned him an opportunity to see 3 Idiots. As soon as he saw the film, Shankar said that he decided to go for a remake. That is how Nanban was born!

Praising Vijay, Shankar said that he is one actor after Rajinikanth to be present on the sets punctually. Shankar revealed that SJ Suryah lapped up the role in Nanban, something which he did not do even for Endhiran. That is how meaty his role is in Nanban, added Shankar.

Jiiva, Sathyaraj, Srikanth, SJ Suryah and others had good words to share about their co-stars.

AR Rahman wants Dam 999 to get Oscar

Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman is excited that controversial film 'Dam 999' is in the eligibility list of Academy Awards and three songs from the film are competing with 36 others for a nomination in the Best Song category. The Sohan Roy-directed film, with music by Ousephachan, has been banned in Tamil Nadu over allegations that it is based on the Mullaperiyar dam issue. The film is one among 265 movies that are eligible for Best Picture Oscar at the 2011 Academy Awards. "I was very excited to hear about Dam 999. Hariharan (singer) texted me about it. I know Ousephachan, we have worked together. I pray at least one of the songs wins an Oscar because the film's music is brilliant," Rahman told PTI. The 45-year-old music maestro himself has two Oscars in his kitty for Best Original Music Score and Best Original Song at the 81st Academy Awards for 'Slumdog Millionaire'. Rahman was in Agra to launch the music of his upcoming film 'Ek Deewana Tha', starring Prateik and Amy Jackson and directed by Gautham Menon

Dhanush dines with Ratan Tata

Dhanush is going places, literally! We all know that the Kolaveri song has become a phenomenon across the globe. And now the actor recently met business tycoon Ratan Tatan for dinner! And after the dinner Ratan Tata tweeted, " Had a wonderful and refreshing meeting with Dhanush. He has unleashed the power of communicating unconventionally with the masses."

Looks like the Kolaveri song is taking Dhanush to new heights!

Billa 2 in Red Epic camera

For the first time in India, cinematographer Rajasekhar has shot the much awaited Billa 2 with a Red Epic camera. The film has completed it's entire shooting and now the post production works are on. Ajith's much awaited Billa 2, directed by Chakri Toleti, is likely to hit screens on April 14, 2012, Tamil New Year day. Brazilian-Arab model Bruna Abdullah is one of the leading ladies in the film. Vidyut Jamwal, who made his debut in John Abraham's Force, is the villain.

This prequel is produced under the banner of Wide Angle Creations (led by George Pious and Suresh Balaje, son of producer-actor K. Balaje, who produced the original Billa with Rajinikanth in 1980) and presented by Mumbai based Sunir Kheterpal, CEO of IN Entertainment (India) Limited, part of the Hinduja Group.

Bollywood star Sudhanshu Pandey, Sri Charan and Malayalam actor Manoj K. Jayan will play prominent roles in this film.

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