Simbu all set to direct "Kettavan"

He's finished working with director Gautham Menon and the duo delivered a superhit in VTV. Currently, Simbu is working with commercial director Dharani on Osthi, the Tamil remake of Dabangg.

And the latest news is that the actor will turn director next year, perhaps in a bid to ensure that his dream project, Kettavan, shapes up the way he wants it to.

Confirming the news, the actor says, "I'm starting it next year, for sure. The cast and crew are yet to be finalized but just that I want to kickstart the film."

Many in the industry say that Kettavan is Simbu's dream project. Is that true? "Well, you could say that," he says, "It's been on my mind for quite a while now and I'm happy that I'm starting it now. It is not Manmadhan 2, but it will fall under that style of filmmaking and will be made in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi."

The actor feels that this would come across as a different film for audiences among the current crop of films that he has. "Everybody keeps asking me about Kettavan, even though they liked VTV and are eager to know about my current projects," he says, "I couldn't do it in the last few months as I was busy with my other projects but now, I'll seriously start work on it." Yuvan Shankar Raja will score music for the film.

"The Ennada Nadakuthu... number that we composed for this film sometime ago was leaked on the Internet and is already a hit," gushes Simbu. While Vosthi is likely to hit screens during Deepavali, Simbu's other projects - Podaa Podi and Vettai Mannan - will follow after which he'll start work on his dream project.

Mankatha's official website launched

Mankatha, or shall we say, director Venkat Prabhu's game, has seen an official website launch. This film marks thala Ajith's 50th innings in the Tamil film industry and has Trisha Krishnan play his lady love. This multi-starrer that also features Arjun, Andrea, Premgi, Anjali, Mahat and many others has music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja.



IndiaGlitz has designed the official website for this Ajith starrer. Log on to the website and check out interesting pictures from the film or you can also download exclusive wallpapers! Not just that, the website has an interesting offering - The Mankatha Game. You can play 'Mankatha', literally, in here, where you can choose a player and an opponent and have the stars compete against one another in the game.



'Mankatha' has five strangers plan a heist, Ajith, a cop, gets a whiff of their plans and then the 'Mankatha', that is to say, the chase begins. This racy thriller has many interesting twists and who wins the game in this heist, forms the story of 'Mankatha'.



Don't forget to post in your feedback about the website, the game and your expectations on the film for we'll make sure that the cast and crew get a glimpse of your feedback!

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Bharath upset with STR about Vaanam

Bharath is one of the talented actors in Kollywood who started his career with the sensational film Boys more than eight years ago.

Although he was well received with Boys smashing several records, Bharath established himself as an actor with another film Kadhal that later on was declared to be a big hit.

In his recentl film Vaanam, Bharath had an important role to play and the actor has now made shocking revelations during the making of this film.

A source close to Bharath said that the actor felt that he was sidelined in the promotions of ‘Vaanam‘, and all the attention was given to Simbhu that had upset and angered Bharath.

Bharath himself said that, “Before accepting the offer, I was told that the cast of Vaanam has Simbhu, Anushka, Prakashraj and Sonia Agarwal alongside with equal importance given to everybody in the cast.

But to my shock, I realized that I was fooled only during the release of the film,” said the actor.

Bharath is however very confident that all his future films like Yuvan Yuvathi, Thiruthani and 555 will be good films and he would not have bitter experience again.

The source revealed that Bharath has been working very hard for the success of these films and to establish himself as a big star.

Mankatha's Audio Launch

Finally, the D-Day has been announced!

Yes, Mankatha’s audio will hit the stands on August 10th, confirms a source.

Earlier, director Venkat Prabhu had said that the audio will be released during the second week of August as there were a lot of technicalities involved.

Now all technicalities have been taken care of and Sony Music, the company that procured the music rights of Mankatha, has announced the audio release date.

It’s time for all the fans of Ajith to celebrate, as their long wait is finally going to come to an end.

Yuvan's Bonanzas

Yuvan Shankar Raja’s outstanding background score in Aaranya Kaandam and Avan Ivan have won him incredible reviews. But some of his fans were disappointed as they couldn’t enjoy his songs in these movies. Say for instance, Aaranya Kaandam didn’t have any songs though the makers had planned for a signature song. Avan Ivan missed out the best tracks ‘Avanapathi’ and ‘Our Malai Oram’ that were considered as the cherry picks of this album. However, a couple of new tracks that were seen in the film had engrossed the audiences.

Yuvan Shankar Raja confirmed saying that soon the additional tracks of Avan Ivan and Aaranya Kaandam will be released in stores.

Apart from these albums, the music director is going through the mastering of Mankatha songs that will be released by the first week of July.

Dhanush and G V Prakash Again ..

The Tamil film industry thrives on winning combinations. Silambarasan-Yuvan, Gautham Vasudev Menon-Harris Jayaraj and the like. Lately the hottest combo seems to be Dhanush and GV Prakash as the duo's Aadukalam and Polladhavan resulted in some great music which became quite the rage among Tamil audiences.

They are all set to recreate the magic for Selvaraghavan's Irandam Ulagam. GV Praksh has worked with Selva in Aayirathil Oruvan and the music was a hit. So it is expected that the trio's chemistry will work once again in Irandam Ulagam too. Let's wait and hear!

Mankatha Fever ..

Ajith Kumar's fans have been curious a lot these days awaiting the release of their icon's 50th film 'Mankatha' with its recently released one minute teaser of the song 'Aadi Paaru Mankatha' becoming a festival like scenario for the fans.

The film produced by Dayanidhi Alagiri and directed by Venkat Prabhu is a multi-starrer featuring Action king Arjun, Trisha, Lakshmi Rai, Premji, Vaibhav and others in the lead roles.

The producers are planning to release a single-track album of Mankatha by next week. The same song that appeared in the teaser would be released as Sony BMG has acquired the rights of the audio for a whooping amount.

The music was supposed to be launched on the occassion of Ajith Kumar's birth day, but was delayed due to the delayed work of Yuvan Shankar Raja who has been busy involved in the re-recording of Avan Ivan.

Watch the teaser here . .

Embarrased ?

It has been over a fortnight since the music of 'Jolly Boy' was released, but the one person who's been conspicuously missing is composer Yuvan Shankar Raja. Arguably the hottest property in Chennai now, Yuvan has the busiest of schedules. But, it is surprising that he's not said a word, nor is willing to respond to queries about his participation in 'Jolly Boy'.

A source says, "The soundtrack remains similar to 'Pathinaaru', the film that 'Jolly Boy' is based on. The Tamil original, although tanked at the box office, was hailed for its music, which Yuvan had composed for free, back then. He's just recreated the same music with different singers for the Kannada version."

When After Hrs contacted Yuvan, he didn't bother reverting about the music or the film. And the producer of 'Jolly Boy', K Manju, also maintains, "Yuvan is very busy, which is why he hasn't been part of the promotional activities of the film so far."

D Sabapathy, the director of 'Pathinaaru', has directed this film as well, which has Diganth and Rekha in the lead. While this remains puzzling. Does Sandalwood really embarrass Kollywood composers?

Now, this ain't anything new. Few years ago, Sajni - a film starring Dhyaan and Sharmila Mandre made news for its music resembling that of A R Rahman's Jodi ( which itself reused some songs of his earlier album Doli Saja Ke Rakhna ) and neither he acknowledged of his Sandalwood stint. Albeit he'd just recreated tunes from his hit Tamil film 'Jodi', he didn't really speak much about the film.

Again, Does Sandalwood embarrass Kollywood composers, we wonder!