Robot is official now..

The producers of Robot Ayngaran International, and Eros Multimedia have come out with a joint statement-

Ayngaran International and Eros Multimedia are happy to announce that Super Star Rajnikanth and Showman of Indian Cinema Shankar along with the Mozart of Music A. R. Rahman are coming together once again after the success of Sivaji in our new film titled Robot. It will be a grand and entertaining film ever made in Indian cinema and will be produced in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and other languages. It will be a high-tech film with state of art technology. Director Shankar is at the moment finalizing all the other technicians for the film which will be announced shortly.

Eros International is an established global player in the fast-growing Indian media and entertainment arena and produces and commissions films like studios and distributes and exploits films across formats globally via cinemas, home entertainment, television formats and new media. It has built a successful business model around the release of 30 new films every year and has film library containing more than 1,300 titles, making it one of the largest content owners in the business.

Eros has the film distribution rights for the best Indian films like "Devdas", "Om Shanti Om", "Munna bhai MBBS", "Partner" and many others. Global Distribution, Motion Pictures, Music, Home Entertainment, e-Television, New Media and Animation are the main Strategic Business Units of Eros. Currently almost 70 films are being produced and co-produced in Hindi with leading artists such as Shahrukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan.

Ayngaran has been the pioneers in Tamil Film Distribution in theatrical and home video formats in the International Market. The History of Ayngaran business dates back to 1987 when it had the vision to acquire the International Rights across formats of many Tamil films that became blockbusters.

The Ayngaran library has over 1500 films including Blockbuster films like "Shivaji", "Padayappa", "Chandramukhi", "Mudhalvan", "Indian", "Jeans", "Boys", "Pokkiri", "Gilly", "Sivakasi", "Kadalukku Mariyadhai", "Alaipayuthey", "Kandukondain Kandukondain", "Kannathil Muthamittal" and "Billa 2007" amongst others.

K. Karunamoorthy, Chairman, Ayngaran International.
Kishore Lulla, Chairman, Eros Multimedia.

Balakrishna's Okka Mogadu audio released

The audio of Balakrishna starrer Okka Mogadu was released on December 21. The audio is being marketed through Supreme Audio. Dasari Narayana Rao unveiled the audio cassettes and CDs and handed over the first copy to K Raghavendra Rao.

Speaking on the occasion Balakrishna said that he was playing two roles in the film. The second role is a big suspense and should be watched on the screen. Simran who acted with Balakrishna in many films is once again the heroine.

Mani Sarma"s music is another highlight. The film has a total of seven songs and Chandra Bose has penned them. B Gopal, Rajamouli, Ravi Kumar Choudhary, Anushka, Ramyakrishna, Charmy and others took part in the function.

Original Billa watches modern Billa..

Super Star Rajinikanth, the hero of original Billa watched his role enacted by Ajith in the new version of Billa at Four Frames preview theatre in Chennai on Thursday evening. He had returned from Bangalore on Wednesday. The first thing he asked his friends on landing was "How is Billa going on in Tamil Nadu?"

He informed Ajith about his availability in the City. Ajith and Shalini arranged the show and accompanied him throughout the screening along with director Vishnuvarthan and producer Aanada L.Suresh. Later he enjoyed Vishnu that he enjoyed the film and it looks slick and racy.

After the screening the superstar complimented Ajith and wished him. "The modern Billa is well made and I'm enjoying the film truly!" It may be recalled that Rajini is the person who suggested Ajith to remake Billa to stabilize the market. Rajani also gave his valuable inputs to Ajith and the crew right from the films launch to release.

Mallika Sherawat entering politics in film..

Bollywood bombshell Mallika Sherawat is always associated to glamorous role where she uses the slightest of opportunities to show her skin. However the actress is all set to enter politics! Well not in the true sense but she will be starring in a political satire. The film will be directed by Kundan Shah who has in the past made movies like Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro which in a comical manner talked about the corruption in Indian business political system.

The title of the film has not been finalised yet but it is being called Masquerade. The story revolves around the lead character played by Mallika who makes a long journey from being a prostitute to being the chief minister of the state. Mallika is very excited about the role as she will be able to answer all her critics who think she can only sell sex. The other cast of the movie has not been finalised yet. The shooting will start early next year and it is expected to hit the screen in the later part of the year.

Vellithirai - A stage encroached by liars!!

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Prakash Raj has made the audio launch of his film Vellithirai with a difference like his films. The entrance of Taj Ballroom, the star hotel was looking like an old touring talkie, which was found in 50's and 60's, in rural Tamil Nadu with posters from the films of legendary MGR and Sivaji.

Vellithirai, the remake of Mohan Lal starred Malayalam classic super hit Udayananu Tharam has been produced by Prakash Raj's home production house along with giant entertainment companies like Moser Baer and Times Group. Prakash Raj and Prithviraj play the lead role and Gopika is the heroine of the film. Directed by Viji, the script writer of Mozhi, the film has the music of GV Prakash.

The way Prakash Raj released the audio made the function noteworthy. The heroes of this function were MS Viswanathan and TK Ramamoorthy, the legendary musical duo popularly known as Viswanathan Ramamoorthy. Prakash Raj used his own stage to glorify the legends ruled the world of film music for nearly 30 years with outstanding hits and completed an amazing 1700 films to their credit!

Everything in the audio launch went in a right track till SP Balasubramanyam, the legendary singer who was introduced by MSV in early seventies, went on the stage. In the name of glorifying MSV, the singer has deliberately insulted other talented musician Illayaraaja, the universal musical genius of our time.

SPB says, "No other musician has survived in this film world without using MSV's tunes directly or indirectly. The main source of tunes and music for all the musicians in our days is what MSV and Ramamoorthy spitted earlier…" But everyone could know that this singer become popular just because of Illayaraaja, who is giving him chances for the past 32 years!

Another person who made the stage for draining his personal angry over Illayaraaja was Vairamuthu, the person who got a life only because of Illayaraaja. Generally poets known for their sweet lies which are never hurt others. But Vairamuthu's hateful speech forced most of the crowd to walkout from the Hall. In his speech, Vairamuthu said that he never heard any other musician's songs except Viswanathan – Ramamoorthy in his life!

"From my childhood days to till date, MSV's music only traveling with me. I never accept anyone of the present musicians as musical genius, except MSV. Today's music is nothing but the pichai offered by MSV and Ramamoorthy!"

Interestingly no one has made a single word on the film Vellithirai and its music. MSV in his speech said that it was fans and admirers that made his music popular and everlasting. MSV says, "I want only people's recognition that is the real award. If Good meter, matter and melody are there in a song, every generation will relish it. Good music is ageless. I never get jealous on Illayaraaja when he becomes my successor and even goes beyond that level. In fact I feel proud of him…"

Mohan Lal, the Malayalam superstar is the only person who delivered his speech perfectly and sensibly without any prejudice. He had cancelled his shootings just only to attend this function. The actor said, "It is a great honour to be present at a function to honour the great maestros. I consider it is an auspicious moment and an amazing evening."

Mallika Sherawat gets hot with Nana Patekar

Mallika Sherawat has been known for known for wooing many in the industry and the latest on her list has been none other than Nana Patekar. Both of them are shooting for the upcoming movie Welcome and are getting too cozy with each other. The movie which also stars Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Anil Kapoor and Paresh Rawal.

Nana and Mallika are doing a dance floor number 'Kiya Kiya' which is currently on air where she flirts around with Nana and Anil Kapoor. The couple has aroused the curiosity of many as there is very little in common between the two. For now it seems to be a Welcome sequence for both the stars.

Salman splitting with katrina kaif?

Bollywood troubled actor Salman Khan seems to be heading for another breakup. In fact, he was at an all time low after his breakup with Aishwarya Rai ( now, Aishwarya Bachchan) until he found Katrina Kaif. They have been going steady for some years now, but the story seems to have changed of late. The grapevine is abuzz with the news that they have split.

Sources revealed that Salman had a tiff with Katrina after she signed a few films without his consent. It was rumoured that Salman was not happy with Katrina for signing a film with Shahid Kapoor. It is also said that she abruptly hung up on him when she failed to convince him on the matter.

Katrina is currently busy shooting for Singh is King in Australia while Salman is shooting for Boney Kapoor"s Wanted – Dead and Alive in Mumbai. However, Salman seems to have cancelled the shooting of the film after the tiff with his girlfriend.

Well, it looks like this is the beginning of another great split!

Deepika patches up with ex boyfriend

Deepika Padukone is the news maker in the tinsel town these days. The Bollywood actress who gave a solid performance in Om Shanti Om is reportedly back with her ex flame Nihar Pandya. The actress is being spotted too often with Nihar in social events and private parties. Deepika however maintains she is still single.

The actress had parted ways with Nihar a few months back and had a short cameo with Ranbir Kapoor. In the recent past she has shown too much of interest in the Indian cricketers M S Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh. She had even gone on a late night drive with Yuvraj after a match. She however has never given any hint as to whom she really likes. For now Deepika seems to be enjoying the company of all these man