Gouthami, who makes a comeback in Papanasam alongside Kamal Haasan, revealed that she resumed work on her daughter Subbulakshmi’s suggestion. In an interview to The Hindu, Gouthami declared that she is impressed by the young filmmakers in the industry, and aspires to do more films.
Kamal Haasan’s next film, Uttama Villain is likely to release on the actor’s birthday, November 7. Directed by Ramesh Aravind, Uttama Villain is a period film. Actresses Andrea and Pooja Kumar team up with Kamal Haasan again after Vishwaroopam. Parvathy of Maryan fame plays a key role. Ghibran composes music. When contacted, the makers, Thirrupathi Brothers were not available for comment.
Papanasam, the Tamil remake of Drishyam, is now being filmed at Thodupuzha, Kerala, the location where the original Malayalam film was shot. The shoot is progressing rapidly and the team will move on to Kuttralam next. The film features Kamal Haasan, Gouthami in lead roles, while Asha Sharath, Nivedha Thomas and Kalabhavan Mani form the supporting cast. Director Jeethu Joseph, who made the original, is directing the Tamil remake as well.
Trouble is brewing for Kamal Haasan on the sets of Drishyam remake. The actor has been filming some scenes in the Nanguneri Mutt late last month, and already, things have gone a little awry for him.Kamal Haasan and Gouthami Tadimella star in this as yet-untitled remake of the hit Malayalam movie. Directed by Jeethu Joseph, who conceived the original, the film began shoot only recently.
But my parents thought I was a Yesudas in the making and signed me up for Carnatic music lessons. ” Two years later though, when he watched Yanni playing a piano in front of the Taj Mahal, the 10-year-old Ghibran was hooked.He also loves listening to and arranging instrumental music, and his albums always carry karaoke tracks of his songs. “Someone texted me the other day saying their favourite track is the karaoke of Deva Devadhai from Amara Kaaviyam. I like it too.
Kamal Haasan will play Suyambulingam in Papanasam. A scene was shot recently in the Nanguneri mutt featuring the actor, and some pictures have even found their way online.But the Nanguneri mutt officials gave us permission to shoot some scenes outside the temple and as a mark of respect, Kamal Haasan met the priest.
Silverscreen Special of the Day: An exclusive interview with Anirudh. Where we found out that he was basically a shy type potential IIT boy who went on to become the dreamboat of young girls of the Tamil persuasion.After Lingaa, Kaththi, and Anjaan, it is now Karthi’s turn to do dual roles for his upcoming film; Dhanush will go mute for his role in Shamitabh; The Purampokku team launched their first look teaser and told nobody about it.
The Jigarthanda issue finally came to an end this week with the Nadigar Sangam president Sarath Kumar stepping in to voice his support; and actor Siddharth was very appreciative of this gesture and took to his Twitter account (which started it all) to thank the actor for ‘setting the record straight’.
The Producer’s council issued a stern warning to Siddharth and asked him not to interfere in the Jigarthanda release date issue; STR deniedbeing a part of Ajith 55 but took the time to assure his fans that he is still on good terms with Ajith; Ilaiyaraaja signed up for his 1001th movie while Kamal Haasan consented to be the chief guest for the Sigaram Thodu audio launch.
STR gave up his title, AR Rahman received yet another doctorate – this time from the Berklee School of Music and two big movies released on the same day – Velaiyilla Pattathari starring Dhanush and Amala Paul and Sathuranga Vettai.Balaji Saktivel joked that the film was not just a showcase film, but a suitcase film, and director Lingusamy joined in the fun by telling us that Thirrupathy Brothers’ N Subhash Chandra Bose has a good ‘nose’ for scripts.
Director Mithran Jawahar is likely to remake the Malayalam movie Thattathin Marayathu. Jawahar debuted with Yaaradi Nee Mohini, itself a remake of the Telugu film Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule. He followed this with successive reboots of telugu movies Arya, Ready and Swami Ra Ra Ra (Saamiyattam in Tamil).
Actor Kamal Haasan will be speaking the Nellai dialect of Tamil in the upcoming Drishyam remake. Also starring actress Gouthami, the movie is set against the backdrop of Thirunelveli and will have the lead pair playing a middle class Hindu couple, in direct contrast to the Malayalam original. Composer Ghibran has reportedly been approached to score for this movie. Drishyam’s director Jeethu Joseph will be helming the Tamil re-make as well, and the team is currently on the lookout for a perfect title for the film.