Sargunam’s next Kovaththai Konjugiraen will commence very soon. Vikram is to play the lead role in this film and the story discussion will happen during the end of February. Vikram will take part in this story discussion.

Bharathiraja’s assistant Mangal will be directing his first feature film. The newbie director has titled the film as Kaatu Malli. Myna fame Viddharth plays the lead role in this film. The director is on the lookout for three suitable leading ladies and will finalize on some new faces, it is said.The shooting of Kaatu Malli will go on floors on February 24th, say sources.

Vijay’s Velayutham has marched towards its 100th day successfully. The film was released on 26 October 2011 and had one of the grandest openings ever for Vijay. The film was directed by Jayam Raja and had Genelia and Hansika playing the female leads.

Jayam Ravi has confirmed that he will soon star in a film to be directed by Samuthirakani. The actor said that he is busy wrapping by Aadhi Bhagwan directed by Ameer and will move on the Boologam next. After this project is completed, Jayam Ravi will hop on to the sets of the film that Samuthirakani is to wield the megaphone for. Vasan Ventures Productions will be producing this film, he added.

Selvaraghavan has gone hunting for some great locations for his upcoming film Irandam Ulagam. The director and his team will be flying down to some foreign locations to pick out the best spots. According to Geetanjali Selvaraghavan, the team will be camping abroad for about a month or so.

Gautham Menon is planning the release of Ek Deewana Tha on February 17th. It is a remake of the smash hit Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaya which had Silambarasan and Trisha as the lead pair. The songs scored by AR Rahman were chartbusters and the Oscar winner has repeated the same magic in the Hindi version as well.

Aravind Swamy, who ruled the hearts of young girls during the early 1990s, is back in the limelight. And the credits go to Mani Ratnam, who launched his acting career with 'Thalapathi' and utilized his talent in 'Roja', 'Bombay' and 'Alaipayuthey'."Aravind Swamy will be seen playing a very crucial role in Mani's next film, which is set in the backdrop of the lives of fishermen in Rameswaram. Both are happy about working together after a long time," say sources.

One of the much talked about pairs of Bollywood, Genelia D' Souza and Riteish Deshmukh, had their 'Sangeet' ceremony at a five star hotel in Mumbai on Tuesday night. The couple will enter wedlock on Friday (3 February).

He might have taken a seven year break from Tamil cinema and might have made a comeback with a not-so-great script (Nootrenbadhu) but Siddharth sure has a huge fan following, especially among girls, in Tamil Nadu.

The audio release function of Telugu film 'Rushi' was held recently in Prasads' IMAX at Hyderabad. It was made memorable by Kamal Haasan's reminiscence of his association with legendary LV Prasad. It dates back to many decades. In his brief but compelling speech, the actor said that he had expected the banner to cast him as hero in the film that they are making after a span of 30 years.