It's known that Nazriya is all set to step into the shoes of Nithya Menen in the Tamil remake ofUstad Hotel, titled Thalapakatti. However, director Sathyashiva tells us that he had a lot of convincing to do before she agreed to be part of the film.
The film, which has Vikram Prabhu playing the lead, along with Rajkiran, will go on floors from March 31 in Kozhikode. "While the original was set in the backdrop of a Muslim family, only Rajkiran will play a Muslim character in this one. We will start shooting in Kozhikode and Kochi first, and continue filming in Puducherry and Madurai, among other places. Charlie, Thambi Ramiah and Soori are also part of the cast," he says.
Southern filmmaker P. Vasu, known for films such as "Chandramukhi" and "Chinna Thambi", says that he has finalised Aishwarya Rai for his upcoming untitled multilingual, which will feature the former beauty queen as a Kalari fighter.
Aishwarya will be seen in a never seen before powerful role. She will essay a Kalari fighter in the film and for the same she will undergo special stunt training. Vasu, who has been scripting the film for over two years, says it will be high on visual effects.
The film, to be shot simultaneously in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi, will be produced by K. Ramesh of Global One Studios.Two top heroes are being considered for the male lead. The names will be announced soon.Aishwarya was, however, yet to confirm her participation in the Vasu venture.
Vasu, who will also be soon directing the Kannada remake of recent Malayalam blockbuster Drishyam. Meanwhile, Aishwarya, who has starred in southern films such as "Jeans" "Enthiran" and "Raavan", is reportedly also being considered for filmmaker Mani Ratnam's next project.
Cinematographer-turned-director Ravi K Chandran and his crew are just back in the city after completing a spectacular shoot in Morocco with Jiiva and Thulasi for Yaan. We hear that Jiiva stepped forward to work as an associate director during this schedule when the director needed an extra hand for the shoot.
They had taken only limited people on board for this schedule. So, Jiiva stepped in and worked as an associate director during the shoot. He assisted us in tasks like coordinating actors, explaining dialogues to the co-artists, following location changes and much more."
The director reveals that Jiiva, too, had a leg injury, but managed to shoot lengthy action sequences for the film.
that Jiiva stepped forward to work as an associate director during this schedule when the director needed an extra hand for the shoot.
They had taken only limited people on board for this schedule. So, Jiiva stepped in and worked as an associate director during the shoot. He assisted us in tasks like coordinating actors, explaining dialogues to the co-artists, following location changes and much more."
The director reveals that Jiiva, too, had a leg injury, but managed to shoot lengthy action sequences for the film.
For more updates -
Like Our Facebook Page
www.facebook.com/TamilSuperHits
For more full length tamil movies
http://youtube.com/tamilmovies
Watch Exclusive Tamil Comedy Videos
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0D7D96AC36B5C1EC&feature=view_all
To Watch More Full Length Tamil Movies
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD39793C5CF533F86&feature=view_all