'Nanban' Shooting In The Place Of ‘Endhiran’

It looks like director Shankar will complete ‘Nanban’ within short span of time, say before Jan-Feb 2012. The crew has already completed working on couple of schedules that was shot across Ooty, Dehradun and Andaman.

Before couple of days, the crew returned from Ooty after shooting few portions and are now back in Chennai. Shankar has planned a week schedule at the indoors of Studios. It was the same place where the huge sets were erected for ‘Enthiran’.

Soon after completing few portions in Chennai, Shankar is planning for some songs to be shot in Spain and other parts of the globe.

NANBAN-RELEASE DATE

It is known that this comedy entertainer is made with a whopping budget of Rs 60 crore. This is going to be a mega budget film in Kollywood, off course its director Shankar’s film. All most all his films are made with a whopping budget and the film too showcases the grandeur and elegance. 

Currently the film is shooting at Coimbatore and the lead casts Vijay, Jeeva, Ileana are taking part in this schedule. Nanban music carries a special song which includes the lyrics of 16 languages and director Shankar has shot this song in exotic places around the world.

Nanban is a laugh-riot and speaks about the most important aspect of human pursuits: self-actualization.

Nanban is produced by Raju Easwaran and T. Muthuraj under the banner of Gemini Film Circuit.

Nanban is tentatively slated for its release on 26 October 2011.

NANBAN TEAM IN COIMBATORE

Whatever director Shankar does creates a buzz all over the industry and among movie buffs. Of course, the director-cum-producer has directed around ten films so far in his eighteen years career as a director and each film from ‘Gentleman’ to ‘Enthiran’ has been a blockbuster breaking all records. 
 
His forthcoming venture ‘Nanban’ is the official remake of Bollywood blockbuster, ‘3 Idiots.’ But what not many know is that, ‘Nanban’ is the first remake directorial venture of the ace director, Shankar. 
 
The Kollywood grapevine is abuzz that the team flew down to Coimbatore yesterday where some of the key scenes in the film will be shot.

Soon after returning from Swiss, Jiiva flew down to Coimbatore to participate in the Nanban shooting. Director Shankar and team are stationed in Coimbatore where some very important scenes are being canned.
Jiiva, who was busy wrapping up Vandhan Vendran, has joined the Nanban unit and will complete his portions.

 
Whereas actress Ileana tweeted that she is back to work at the shooting sets of ‘Nanban’ in Coimbatore and its burning hot in there! 
 
We’ll get back to you shortly with latest tidbits about ‘Nanban’ @ vjrasiganexpress.blogspot.com/

NANBAN CLIMAX???

One of the highpoints of '3 Idiots' is a romantic encounter between Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor in the climax, during which they would exchange a passionate kiss. Now that the film is being remade in Tamil, there is a question about retaining the scene.

"It is a long liplock scene which was well received by the audience. But it may not be retained in the Tamil version. Even if it is there, it would be shot in a way that you miss it if you blink," sources close to the unit say.

'3 Idiots' is being Tamilised by Shankar as 'Nanban', with Vijay, Srikanth and Jeeva playing the lead roles. Ileana is the heroine, while Sathyaraj plays her father. Music is scored by Harris Jayaraj.

"Nanban is getting shape fast. Shankar has made some slight changes to the script to make it appeal to the Tamil audience. There may even be a fight sequence to satisfy Vijay fans. But we are not sure about it," sources say further.

Maniratnam signs up Vijay for a commercial film

Ilayathalapathy Vijay is celebrating his 37th  birthday on 22nd June. He was planning to release his upcoming film ‘Velayudham’ to coincide with his birthday as it would be a ‘perfect’ way of celebration of his birthday by his fans. It now appears that his plan has run into some hiccups and ‘Velayudham’ might not be releasing on the D-Day.

Sources close to Vijay say that as he is simultaneously shooting for Shankar’s ‘Nanban’ too, Vijay’s call-sheet dates reportedly clashed and as a result, a song sequence and a major stunt sequence for ‘Velayudham’ remain to be canned. This and the post-production work as well as the audio launch might push the film to be released either by June-end or early July, it is learnt.

Vijay’s long-standing dream of working with directors like Shankar and Maniratnam is finally coming true. Though Vijay’s much-publicised project ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ with Maniratnam has been called off due to financial and other constraints, it now turns out that the ace director’s next film is most likely to feature Vijay in the lead role.

Mani is said to have sounded whether Vijay was willing to take on an ‘action role’ on the same call-sheet dates that he had given for ‘Ponniyin Selvan’. Vijay immediately nodded in agreement and the film has now been planned to be made with a budget of Rs.25 crores.

An official announcement in this regard might be made on the eve of his birthday next month, it is further reported. Stay tuned with us for further updates.

No Clashes Between Velayudham and Mankatha

While Vijay’s ‘Velayudham’ is reported of being scheduled for theatrical release on June 22 for the occasion of his birthday, it was a buzz on airs that Ajith Kumar’s ‘Mankatha’ will hit screens for the same Friday as producers were planning to get it released by third week of June. But now there is an official confirmation that the ‘Mankatha’ will hit screens only by second week of July.

The audio launch of both the films is also scheduled for release with a same interval of 1-2 weeks.

VELAYUDHAM FINAL SCHEDULE IN CHENNAI

Vijay’s Velayudham, the most awaited film of the year is going to complete the shoot by the end of May.

The latest update regarding Velayudham is that, the shooting had started in Chennai and this is the final schedule of the film. It is also known that the shooting would continue at Chennai locales for the next 20 days of time, later which the team will start the post production works of the film. Vijay is essaying the role of a milkman while Hansika and Genelia will star as his love interests in the film. There is going to be a lot of sister sentiment and Saranya Mohan who played Vijay’s sister in the film had greater scope for performance.

The audio is going to be out in stores on May 23, 2011. Though many confess that Velayudham is the remake of Telugu hit film Azad but director Jayam claims that it’s not a remake, but his own story.

MOST EXPECTED VIJAY-AMEER COMBO'S KANNABIRAN TO BEGIN SOON

Director Ameer is known for his mass movies. He had earlier done mass commercial entertainers with top heroes like Suriya, Karthi, and Jeeva and is currently working on ‘Aadhi Bhagavan’ with Jayam Ravi. We had earlier told you that Jayam Ravi is sporting a rough look in this movie, completely in contrast with his lover boy appearance in ‘Engeyum Kadhal.’


Now the buzz is that, the director has started working on his next project. This new project is tentatively titled ‘Kannabiran,’ with 'Ilayathalapathi' Vijay playing the protagonist. It is also said that this would be another mass entertainer of Ameer’s.


Both Ameer and Vijay are best at their commercial entertainers and the coming together of two such stars only raises more expectations! 


We’ll get back to you shortly, with more updates on ‘Kannabiran’on this site

Velayutham Will Prove Vijay As "Commercial King"-Aascar Ravichandran

VIJAY-COMMERCIAL KING

In This Movie Vijay Will Prove His Different type Of Acting and He Will Be "Commercial King" That you never Seen.


There is a Running race Sequence in the Movie , in that Scene Vijay Will Run Extremely well and he Impressed the Whole Team.


 Yes, in his forthcoming film Velayudham with director Jayam Raja, Vijay plays a milkman, à la Rajini’s character in his superhit Annamalai. But of course, the similarities start and end there. Sources close to the film’s unit say that Vijay plays a simple man who believes in the basic human virtues. How the situation forces him to take on the evils forms the rest of the story. 

    A source says, “Raja believes in shooting his films realistically. There is a marriage sequence in the film and to make things look real, he asked the art directors to decorate an entire village near Pollachi by erecting pandals and shamiyanas. The effort cost him around one crore rupees. He even built a well in the village for one of the scenes and gifted it to the villagers.” 

    Narrating another interesting incident that occurred while filming, the source adds, “For a scene, Vijay and Saranya Mohan, who plays his sister in the film, had to see Paasa Malar in the local theatre. Even Raja was so engrossed in the film that he forgot to say ‘cut’ after the scene.”

Velayudham audio sets a new record

Velayutham’s audio has been sold for an astounding sum to Sony Music. 

The music house major is known for lapping up the audio rights of several big banner films and Velayutham has just joined this long list. Produced by Aascar Ravichandran, Velayutham stars Vijay in the lead.


The music scored by Vijay Anthony seems to have impressed Sony Music officials so much so that they decided to pay a record price for its audio rights. 


Velayutham is directed by Jayam Raja and has Genelia and Hansika Motwani playing the female leads. 


This film is a remake of the Telugu film Azad which had Nagarjuna playing the lead.

'Nanban' Team to Fly Abroad(Andaman and Spain)

Unlike his previous films, director Shankar is quite faster with his upcoming film ‘Nanban’. Although the film is a remake, Shankar has completely changed the script and is adding more grandiloquence. The first schedule was completed in Ooty followed by major portions shot in Dehradun.

The closer sources have revealed that the entire crew will be flying down to Andaman. Soon after this schedule, Shankar has planned of shooting some songs in the exotic locales of Spain that will have Vijay and Ileana.

The production unit has made it clear that the film will be produced at a whooping amount. 

VIJAY IS MY DREAM HERO-JAYAM RAJA

“I always wanted to do a film with Vijay. My longtime wish has come true with ‘Velayudham’, which is about a commonman’s vision to set thing rights in the society,” says ‘Jayam’ Raja.


The director, who is known for delivering hits non-stop, is excited and thrilled about working with the Ilaya Thalapathi. “Only Vijay could do justice for the role he is playing in Velayudham,” he says.


“The challenge in front of me is to justify the mass image of Vijay, without any compromise in the logic. I am sure that ‘Velayudham’ will be a real treat to his fans,” Raja says with all hope.


Produced by Aascar Ravichandran, most part of ‘Velayudham’ is complete. “Vijay Antony has come out with stunning songs. We are planning to release the film soon,” concludes the director.

Nanban 3rd schedule from today

A day ago we have got the first look glance of Shankar’s Nanban and now it is known that the 3 schedule is going to star from today. The first look impressed all the fans and also received great response all over web.

Director Shankar has already wrapped up 2 schedules until now. The first schedule took place in Ooty and while the second schedule was wrapped at Dehradun. Vijay, Jeeva and Srikanth are taking part in the 3rd schedule and mostly Shankar will be filming few important scenes and two songs in London and Buckingham. Generally, Shankar takes a long time to finish a project but coming to Nanban he is completing it so fastly and this seems like he might give the film to audience most likely by Diwali.

Harris Jayraj is working round the clock for the music and he has already given 3 songs to Shankar and Vijay Prakash has rendered his voice for one song. In all probabilities the music will hit stores by September claim the K-Town buffs.

Jayam raja's Interview @ Kumudham

Tom Delmar all praises for Ilaya Thalapathy Vijay

Tom Delmar of ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Braveheart’ fame shares with IndiaGlitz insights about his experience working with Ilaya Thalapathi Vijay, on Vijay’s upcoming flick ‘Velayudham’.


“I was given a call by Ram and Oscar films, asking whether I can work with Vijay for a very complex piece of action in this film. It’s a scene on a moving train with highly dangerous acts. Vijay was fantastic and he’s a great star who is very active, physically. I demanded a great deal of him on that train and he delivered 100%. The audience can definitely look forward to seeing the film,” says an excited Tom.


He also adds that the team trained Vijay to do the most dynamic physical action on top of the train. “I’ve got to complement him again and again for he was absolutely wonderful to work with. He never complained, working under the blazing sun all day long and he just delivered, and delivered,” he adds.


A source close to the ‘Velayudham’ teams says that there are helicopter thrashes, train explosions and a lot more action-packed stunts in the movie. Looks like there’s definitely a treat for Ilaya Thalapathi’s fans on his birthday, for that’s when this movie is scheduled for release. Stay updated with IndiaGlitz for an exclusive interview with Ram Ramachandran and Tom Delmar, who spill the beans on Hollywood – Bollywood integrations…

Santhanam continues his steal on velayudham too

Only recently he played a thief called Kaatupoochi in ‘Siruthai’, in the company of Karthi Sivakumar.

Now Santhanam is playing a similar role in ‘Velayudham’, which has Vijay as protagonist.

“But this one is totally different to the one I did in Siruthai. Because I want to provide variety entertainment to the audience and carefully avoid doing same kind of characters,” the comedian says.

VIJAY'S SURPRISING FACTOR ON NANBAN SHOOTING SPOT

Ilayathapathy Vijay is known to be a calm composed person. His on screen persona may be beaming high in spirits with a lot of witty remarks and enjoyable talking, but personally he is sober.

Many people from the industry who have seen him work and who has worked closely with the actor has always mentioned how quite he is on the sets while shooting and changes only in front of the camera as he is supposed to speak on mentioning 'action'. Many of his female co stars has also remarked the fact that he is a very quite person.

But to every one's surprise Vijay is quite the opposite on the sets of Nanban says sources. The unit members of the film were quite surprised and even shocked to see Vijay making merry!

The perky attitude of Vijay has come as a surprise as he is enjoying his shooting and is seen having a gala time with his co stars Jeeva and Srikanth under the director of Shankar.

Is this Shankar's magic or the spirit of Vijay is actually coming to full on action wonders the Nanban team!

ஐரோப்பாவில்-விஜய் ஜெனிலியா ரொமான்ஸ்

வேலாயுதம் படத்தில் விஜய் ஜெனிலியா நடித்து வருகின்றனர் இறுதிக்கட்டப்ப்டப்பிடிப்பு சென்னையில் நடைபெற்று வருகிறது.
இப்படப்பிடிப்பு முடிந்தவுடன் விஜய் ஜெனிலியா ஜோடி சேரும் பாடல் காட்சி ஒன்று படமாக உள்ளது.ஏனைய பாடல் காட்சிகள் படமாக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.
இந்த ஒரு பாடல் காட்சி மட்டும் படமாக்கினால் பாடல் காட்சிகளும் முடிந்து விடும்.அருமையான மெலடி பாடலுக்குரிய இசையை போட்டுக்கொடுத்துள்ளார் விஜய் அன்டனி.
பாடல் காட்சியில் விஜயும் ஜெனிலியாவும் விரைவில் ரொமான்ஸ் பண்ண உள்ளனர்.இப்பாடல் காட்சிக்குரிய லொகேஸன் ஐரோப்பிய நாடுகளில் பார்க்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.குளிரான ஐரோப்பாவில் சூடு கிளப்ப போகப்போகிறது வேலாயுதம் ரீம்.
விஜயும் ஜெனிலியாவும் ஏற்கனவே சச்சினில் ரொமான்ஸ் பண்ணியது அனைவருக்கும் நினைவிருக்கும்.இப்படம் இவர்களின் கூட்டணியில் இரண்டாவது படமாகும்.
வேலாயுதம் படம் பற்றி ஜெனிலியா கூறியதாவது "வித்தியாசமான் காரெக்டரில் நான் நடித்து வருகிறேன் உறுமியை தொடர்ந்து வேலாயுதத்திலும் வித்தியாசமான கரெக்டரில் நடித்துள்ளார் "எனக்கூறியுள்ளார்.

நண்பன்-சங்கரின் ஸ்பெஷல் பேட்டி

‘3 இடியட்ஸ்’ ரீமேக்கான ‘நண்பனி’ன் முதல் இரண்டு செட்யூலை முடித்துவிட்டார் இயக்குனர் ஷங்கர். அடுத்த செட்யூலுக்கான பரபரப்பில் இருந்தவரிடம் பேசினோம்.

ரீமேக் படம் பண்ணக்கூடாதுன்னு நினைச்சுட்டிருந்தவன் நான். ஆனா,’3 இடியட்ஸ்’ என்னோட அந்த கட்டுப்பாடை உடைச்ச படம். ‘எந்திரன்’ ஷூட்டிங்கிற்காக பூனே பக்கம் இருக்கிற லோனாவாலா போயிருந்தோம். ஹைவேஸ்ல ஷூட் பண்ண பர்மிஷன் கிடைக்கலை. ரொம்ப நேரம் காத்திருந்து எல்லாரும் டென்ஷன் ஆயிட்டோம். கொஞ்சம் ரிலாக்ஸ் ஆகலாமேன்னு ‘3 இடியட்ஸ்’ படத்துக்குப் போனோம். போனாலும் மனசு முழுவதும் ஷூட்டிங்லயும் பர்மிஷன் கிடைச்சுருமான்னும் நினைச்சுட்டே இருந்தது. அப்புறம்தான், படம் ஆரம்பிச்சதும் அது கொஞ்சம் கொஞ்சமா என்னை உள்ள இழுத்ததை உணர்ந்தேன். கதை, காமெடி, காட்சிகள்னு அந்த ஃபீல் பச்சக்குன்னு ஒட்டிக்கிச்சு. அப்பவே எஸ் பிக்சர்ஸ்ல பண்றதுக்கு ரைட்ஸ் வாங்கிடலாமான்னு யோசிச்சேன். ‘எந்திரன்’ல பிசியாயிட்டதால மறந்துட்டேன். இப்ப நானே அதை இயக்குறது ஆச்சர்யமாகத்தான் இருக்கு.

தமிழுக்காக மாற்றம் பண்ணியிருக்கீங்களா?

சின்ன சின்ன விஷயங்களை, இப்படி பண்ணினா இன்னும் நல்லாயிருக்கும்னு நினைச்சதை மாற்றியிருக்கோம். மொத்தமா மாத்தினா, கதை மாறிரும். ஒரு பாடலை எக்ஸ்ட்ராவா சேர்த்திருக்கோம். அதுமட்டுமில்லாம ரிலீசுக்குப் பிறகு இந்தியையும் தமிழையும் ஒப்பிட்டு வேற பார்ப்பாங்க. அதுல இப்படி இருந்தது, இதுல இப்படி இருந்ததுன்னு சொல்வாங்க. அதனால அதிக மாற்றம் பண்ணலை. இந்தி சாயல் இல்லாத படமா பண்ணியிருக்கோம்.

படத்துல ஏகப்பட்ட கேரக்டர்கள் இருக்குதே?

ஆமா. அதுக்கு ‘3 இடியட்ஸ்’ டைரக்டர் ராஜ்குமார் ஹிரானிக்குதான் நன்றி சொல்லணும். நிறைய கேரக்டர்கள் இருந்தாலும் எல்லாத்துக்கும் ஒரு முழுமையை கொடுத்திருந்தார் அவர். அதைதான் நானும் ஃபாலோ பண்றேன். ஒவ்வொரு கேரக்டரும் சுவாரஸ்யமா இருக்கும்.

வழக்கமா டெக்னாலஜிக்கு முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுப்பீங்க. இதுல?

இது பிரண்ட்ஷிப் பற்றிய எமோஷனல் கதை. இதுக்கு அதிகமா டெக்னாலஜி தேவைப்படலை. இருந்தாலும் சின்ன சின்னதா பயன்படுத்தியிருக்கோம். ‘எந்திரன்’ல ஸ்பெஷல் எபெக்ட் பண்ணின பிராங்கி சங்க் இதுக்கும் பண்றார். பாடல் காட்சிகள்ல சி.ஜி பயன்படுத்தறோம்.

Hanshika's peppy number with vijay in Velayudham

Hansika Motwani, who was in the news for quite a while despite not having had a single release in Tamil, is currently thrilled about opening her K’Town innings with Maapillai, which hit cinemas recently.

“I hope people like me in this film, I am keeping my fingers crossed,” said the gorgeous Hansika, who was recently in town for her upcoming flick Velayudham’s shooting with Vijay.

The Tollywood star seems to enjoy every moment that she’s shooting with Vijay. She said Velayudham was the first film in which she played a village belle, a role totally different from her prior performances. “I play a naïve and bubbly girl from a village. It’s an out-and-out mass masala commercial movie.”

She heaped praise on her costar. “Vijay is a sweet person and a wonderful costar. He is very helpful and we share a great chemistry on screen. His energy levels, especially in songs, are amazing!”

We told her we had heard that she’d done a steamy romantic number with Vijay. She shrugged. “It is part and parcel of cinema. There is a cute sizzling number, but it is not as hot as the rumours make it out to be,” she clarified.

Hansika said that Aascar Productions were treating her like a princess and with so much of positive vibes around she was able to perform better. Didn’t she feel threatened by the presence of another Bollywood heroine Genelia in Velayudham? She shook her head emphatically.

“Oh, no. I have a lot of faith in the script narrated by my director Raja. Moreover, I am playing the love interest of Vijay in Velayudham,” she announced with a triumphant glint in her eyes. The message was clear!