Tabu to turn producer?

After the success of Pandurangadu, in which Tabu played a villainous, immoral woman, she has decided to produce a film very soon. She has decided to concentrate on her native Hyderabad and produce Telugu films in collaboration with UTV Motion Pictures.

Tabu has had a great run in Bollywood, but decided to move base to Hyderabad and has done quite a number of movies in Telugu, like Idi Sangati. In spite of being from the senior ‘crop’ of heroines, she has plenty of oomph to beat younger actresses hands down.

Her maiden movie, now in the pre-production discussion stage, will mostly be a small budget or ‘multiplex’ movie.

Vijay in a movie titled 'MGR'

Actor Vijay is playing the lead role in a movie titled 'MGR', directed by Perarasu. Hold your horses and don't jump to conclusions. This is a film within a film.

Vijay's dad S. A. Chandrasekhar is directing a film called 'Pandhayam' with Nithin Sathya donning the lead role. Vijay will be playing himself in the film as a guest performer. Since he plays himself, he will be depicted as though he is shooting for a film under the direction of Perarasu. And that film's title is 'MGR'.

The scene was shot in Chennai recently. Nithin Sathya, the hero of 'Pandhayam' plays a die-hard Vijay fan in the film and so goes to see Vijay shooting for a movie. Prakash Raj and Sindhu Thulani also are in the cast. Vijay Anthony has scored the music.

It may be recalled that Vijay had earlier acted in a guest role in S A Chandrasekhar's 'Sukkran'.

Vijay is meanwhile busy with 'Villu', directed by Prabhudeva and the shooting for the film, produced by Ayngaran Internationals is on at a rapid pace.

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Cheran Lashes Priyamani

Director-turned-actor Cheran is currently working on his forthcoming project Pokkisham. This is a sequel to his mega hit film Autograph. Speaking about Padma Priya's selection, Cheran said that he found her to be the only actress who was bold enough to sign a film that gives importance to the female lead. The actor rued that most heroines lament

that women are not given importance in films but when actually offered meaty roles on a platter they refuse it for obvious reasons. Lashing out at the National Award winner Priya Mani, Cheran said that he had offered the role in Pokkisham to her initially, but the actress evaded giving him a reply. He also added that the actress refused to accept his calls. On a final note, Cheran said that Priya Mani, rather than relying on her capabilities is banking on her pride.

“Mistakes in Dasavatharam will not be repeated in Marmayogi”

Kamal Haasan’s Dasavatharam has created waves in the tinsel town with the film proving to be a hit among the masses, cutting across all barriers. It is even more surprising that Dasavatharam is still a hot favorite among the critics though Kamal has moved on to his next project Marmayogi.Speaking about Marmayogi, Kamal had said that it would also be made in such a way that people from all walks of life would find it easy to understand. He also acknowledged that there were some mistakes in Dasavatharam, but it would not be repeated in Marmayogi. Tipped to be a period film, Marmayogi’s shooting will commence from August onwards in various locations around the world. According to the sources close Kamal Haasan, the actor is working hard to attract a large audience for Marmayogi. He also has plans to make the storyline as simple as possible.

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