Ajith back to acting?

Here we come with a scoop which could make Ajith fans jump with joy. If sources are to be believed, the actor has temporarily quit the car races in which he was busy for the past couple of months.

“Ajith will soon start his 50th film which will be directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. He has decided to give a break to races thanks to some personal and professional reasons,” circles close to the actor say.

The actor, who is also an avid racer, was busy with the Formula 2 races for the past few months and made some remarkable achievements on the racing track.

With a personal best lap timing of 1:44.007, Ajith Kumar completed the race in the first round of FIA Formula 2 Championship at Silverstone, UK. Ajith, who started at position 22 and finished the race at 18, said at that time, "The agenda was to hang in there, get the race feel of the car and complete the race. I have achieved this in my very first F2 race." Source:Indiaglitz

Aamir skips 'Raavan' premiere for mother

This could have been the Clash of the Titans with the presence of supposed rivals Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan at the London premiere of Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai starrer 'Raavan' Wednesday, if the latter had not missed the event for his mother.

While Shah Rukh got an invitation both from Abhishek and his megastar father Amitabh, Aamir was invited by the Big B himself.

'Amitji invited me for the premiere of 'Raavan' in London when I was there. But I had to come here for my mother's birthday on June 13 and go to Pune to be with her. However, I wish the movie gets success and all my best wishes to Abhishek and Aishwarya,' said Aamir.

A bilingual, 'Raavan' is releasing Friday worldwide. Source:Yahoo

'Raavan' releasing in more than 2,200 screens worldwide

The much-awaited Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai starrer 'Raavan' will hit over 2,200 screens worldwide Friday, says its distributor.

Co-produced by Madras Talkies and Reliance BIG Pictures, who are also distributing the movie, it is releasing simultaneously in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

The Hindi version, which is titled 'Raavan' and also stars Govinda, Nikhil Dwivedi and Tamil superstar Vikram, will release on 1,250 screens in India and in 325 screens overseas in over 35 countries including US, Canada, Britain, UAE, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, France, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

The Tamil version is titled 'Raavanan' and it will release in 225 screens in India, including in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka apart from Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Pune and Baroda with English subtitles.

In the overseas market, the Tamil version will release on 150 screens in countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, the US, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

The dubbed Telugu version is named 'Villian' and it will hit 215 screens in Andhra Pradesh and 25 screens in the US, Australia and New Zealand. Source:Yahoo

Amitabhji in Rajini's Endhiran!

Amitabh Bachchan has be roped in by ace movie maker Shankar for his magnum opus Endhiran. Solitary of the costliest movies to be completed in the fatherland by means of a big budget of more than Rs 125 crore, the picture features top stars Rajinikanth as well as Big B's bahu Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the lead.

At the same time as Rajini plays a twin role of a robot as well as a scientist, Ash comes as a undergraduate. The movie is an accomplishment adventure movie interlaced with romance as well as is produced by Sun Pictures.

In recent times, the Pa star was in Chennai as well as visited the Sun Studios on ECR Road somewhere a good number of the scenes are being can for Endhiran with expressly erected sets by Sabu Cyril. Reliable foundation confirms that Amitabh motivation attribute in an moving cameo -a friend of scientist Rajini, the scenes for which were explosion here.

Vasanthabalan looking for fresh faces!

Director Vasanthabalan, fresh from the success of Angadi Theru, is planning his next film. He has roped in Adhi and Pasupathy to play the male leads in the film, which is set in a village back-drop. We also hear that this is an action film.

Vasanthabalan is doing the groundwork and is simultaneously scouting for a newbie heroine. Sources say that the director is keen on casting a dark complexioned lady to pair up with Adhi, as it is one of the major requirements for the role that he has in mind.

Shakira to sing a item No. in Bollywood

Latin American sensation Shakira's turn to rock in a Bollywood song. She will sing for a film featuring entrepreneur Sachin Joshi, the key sponsor of Kolkata Knight Riders Indian Premier League team.

To be composed by Salim Sulaiman, the number, a frenzied dance track to be filmed on South African model Candice Boucher, will be recorded in the next couple of months. "It will be a very sensuous cabaret kind of song," said Salim.

Shakira is no stranger to India. In 2007, she performed live in Mumbai and other cities and has repeatedly expressed a desire to be part of the Bollywood film industry.

"Sachin Joshi, who's helming and starring in the project, is in touch with Shakira and she has agreed to sing for Salim-Sulaiman," a source said.

"The lyrics would be in English, but with a smattering of easy Hindi. It won't be a duet like the song Kylie Minogue sang on Tony D'Souza's 'Blue'. It'd be a Shakira solo dhamaka." Source:economictimes

Manoj Bajpai as Coal Mafia Don in Kashyap’s “Gangs of Wassipur”.

Manoj Bajpai is all set to don the garb of a bad guy for Anurag Kashyap’s “Gangs of Wassipur”. The actor says he has verbally agreed to play a coal mafia gangster, but has yet to sign on the dotted line.

“The story, of course, has a gang involved in it. It’s not like ‘Satya’ because there that was Mumbai mafia. This will show the coal mafia of Dhanbad (Jharkhand),” Manoj told IANS. “I haven’t signed the film, but I have verbally agreed to do it.”

Manoj is still remembered for playing gangster Bhiku Matre in Ramgopal Varma’s underworld drama “Satya” (1998) - the film was a huge success at the box office.

Though he hasn’t signed the contract, Manoj has already started making preparation to tone down his body for his role in “Gangs of Wassipur”. “I have to lose three kgs in one-and-a-half month for the film. I have to look lean,” he said.

Right now he is basking in the success of his recent release “Raajneeti” where he played an aggressive politician Virendra Pratap Singh, which was modelled on Duryodhan of Mahabharata. Source:filminews

Saranya Mohan to stare with Vijay

Saranya Mohan is going to play Ilayathalapathy Vijay’s sister in his new Jayam Raja directed Velayudham.This Malayalee girl rocked as heroine in Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, and became popular all over Tamil Nadu by doing a jewellery ad with Prabhu playing her father.

Now playing Vijay’s sister will give her a new reach. The underlining sentiments in Velayudham is Thangachi Paasam (sister sentiments), an ingredient which has worked big time for Vijay in Tirupachi.

In the Perarasu film another Malayalee girl Malika played Vijay’s sister, and got a lot of recognition.

Meanwhile the buzz is that in Velayudham, which has Genelia and Hansika as two heroines, the pivot around which the film revolves will be Saranya Mohan’s sister role. Recently along with the two leading ladies, Saranya took part in the photo-shoot. Source:Sify

Won't bare for every movie: Taylor Lautner

Having showed his impressive six-pack for the hit Twilight series, Hollywood actor Taylor Lautner has said, he will only peel off again only if the role requires it.

"Originally I was supposed to take off my shirt in the movie. The script said we were walking into school and (my character) Willy takes off his shirt. I said, 'No. He's going to take off his shirt in the middle of school? No, no, no'," contactmusic.com quoted the actor as saying, for his another movie Valentine's Day.

"The reason I took off my shirt for New Moon (sequel to Twilight) is because it is written in the book that way. And there is a reason behind it," he added. Source;Sify