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Cast - Trisha, Satish, Veera, Karthik, Shaam, Naethra (Thoovanam fame), Nikita Director - Gautham Vasudev Menon Producer - Escape Artists Motion Pictures [P.Madan, J.Ganesh] Cinematographer - Manoj Paramahamsa Editor - Antony Art Director - Rajeevan Choreographer - Ahmed Khan Lyrics - Thamarai - The film is said to be a musical entertainer and the story is set against the IT background. - "Being part of a film that will have A.R.Rahman as the music director is something to be proud of". - Trisha [NowRunning] CURRENT STATUS - Shooting in progress in various parts of Chennai. Release expected by late 2008. 3) Sultan - The Warrior http://www.sultanthefilm.com Director - Soundarya Rajinikanth Producer - Adlabs, Soundarya Rajinikanth [Ocher Films] - Animation film based on Superstar Rajinikanth. - Title song has been sung by S.P.Balasubramanium. - Adlabs, in association with Chennai-based Ocher Studios, is experimenting in its own way by trying to cash in on the hysteria surrounding the Tamil super-star Rajnikanth. "We've used the motion- capture technology to portray Rajnikanth's persona in our forthcoming film Sultan the warrior," says Sidhartha Jain, Head of Animation, Adlabs. The film will be directed by his daughter Soundarya and will release by early 2009. Industry sources say that the movie will have a budget of around Rs 40- 50 crore. - Soundarya Rajinikanth talks about the film and music - "It is indeed a big film. It is the first in many ways. It's the first time a live action actor is getting animated in a full length feature film. It's the first animation feature for A R Rahman. We are targeting on reaching 90% realism with the 3D characters and the look and feel of the film. In terms of cost, I would say the budget of the film is close to that of a big budget live action flick. I will be using few star voices for the characters in the movie apart from my father who is lending his voice for his part. The film has four full length songs which will be choreographed by prominent choreographers, typical Indian style. We are having an English title track which will feature a main stream English music star. It is a mythological fictitious flick. It is not a story already told nor is it an excerpt from an epic. It's my father's story. We are planning 12-14 mainstream world languages, including English. It is an hour and 30 mins film, which I'm working very hard on completing on a record time of less than 2 years! Animation features take close to 4 -5 years production time for completion." - Latest reports say that Soundarya is planning to include Rajinikanth in live action, and extending the duration of the film to two and a half hours. Telugu actress Ileana will be reportedly acting with the Superstar in the live sequences. 4) Marmayogi Cast - Kamal Haasan, Kajol, Shreya, Hema Malini Director - Kamal Haasan Producer - Adlabs/Big Films, Kamal Haasan [Rajkamal Films International], Pyramid Saimira Story, Screenplay - Kamal Haasan - Kamal Hassan has started pre-production work on his new film Marmayogi, which he is directing and producing, on first copy basis for the corporate Reliance Adlabs. Kamal's Marmayogi, is said to be a historical adventure romantic film with an 'A' list of actors. He has already contacted Bollywood actress Kajol, to play the heroine in this film, which will have music by A.R.Rahman. The others including technicians are being worked out. [Sify] - "It's too early to divulge more details except for describing it as a '7th century periodic epic' in a nutshell. The big-budget entertainer will be a feast for all sections of the audience. It will go on floors from August 2008." - Kamal Haasan [TOI] CURRENT STATUS - Movie launch to be held in August 2008 at Grand Hotel, Mumbai. Shooting to start in Hyderabad in Aug. 5) Mani Ratnam's next Cast - Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Prithviraj Director - Mani Ratnam Producer - Mani Ratnam (Madras Talkies) Cinematography - P.C.Sreeram - This will be Hindi-Tamil bilingual, which will have Abhishek Bachchan starring opposite Aishwarya in the Hindi version. Malayalam star Prithviraj is reportedly playing the negative character in both versions. - Hindustan Times reported that this movie is a modern day interpretation of Ramayan - Vikram and Aishwarya as Ram and Sita, and Prithviraj in a modern-day avatar of Hanuman. CURRENT STATUS - Shooting starts from Sep 2008. More details awaited. Madras Talkies is supposed to be in the final lap of negotiating a whopping Rs 120 crore deal with the Anil Ambani run Reliance Entertainment Big Picture, for all negative rights for three languages - Hindi, Tamil, Telugu. Industry pundits say that if the deal takes place, it will be the biggest for a south Indian film producer and director. 6) Robot Cast - Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Chakravarthy Director - Shankar Producer - Kishore Lulla [Eros Multimedia], Karunamoorthy [Ayngaran International] Screenplay - Shankar, Sujatha, Balakumaran Cinematography - Rathnavel Art Direction - Sabu Cyril Shankar's regular screenplay writer Sujatha has written this script, as one of his short stories titled En Iniya Iyandhira, is the inspiration for Robot. [Sujatha passed away in Feb 2008] The story is reportedly based on a sci-fi film called THX 1138, which was written and directed by George Lucas in 1971. THX 1138 is set in a futuristic scenario where robots suppress the human race and control their emotions. THX 1138 is the name of a factory worker who falls in love with his roommate and breaks the law. He gets jailed, but when he discovers that his roommate is pregnant with his child, they escape and fight back the robots. The script also had references to George Orwell's literary classic 1984. - Robot is also speculated to be one of the costliest films to be made in Indian cinema. The film will also boast of never-seen-before special effects in Indian Cinema. - Telugu star JD Chakravarthy [Satya fame] is reportedly playing the negative character in this film. CURRENT STATUS- Shooting starts from last week of Aug 2008, with a song which will be shot at various locations across the globe. More details awaited. 7) Maanavar Dinam Cast - Bharath, Nasser, S.P.Balasubramanium Director - Kathir Producer - Sahara One Motion Pictures Script - Kathir - Maanavar Dhinam (Student's Day) will be directed by Kathir whose association with ARR had resulted in huge musical hits in the past, like Kadhal Desam, Kadhalar Dhinam etc. CURRENT STATUS - Shooting slated to start soon. More details awaite
