Actor Suriya has said that when it comes to films his first priority will be Tamil films. Already there is a buzz in Kollywood that Suriya is looking for greener pastures and that’s exactly the reason why he’s moving to Hindi films. When questioned by anytime Chennai Suriya said that, Raktha Charithra with Ram Gopal Varma happened all of sudden. When Ramu Sir offered me the film I just liked the script and said yes to him. And moreover just because I am doing a Hindi film it does not mean that hereafter I will be acting in Hindi films only, no.

My career is firmly rooted in Tamil films. If at all there is an impressive project there which I think will help my market grow, I might do it. Otherwise, my roots are in Chennai and my foothold is in Tamil,” he clarifies.

M. Stephen.

Reporter.

Anytime chennai news team.

US Studio giant Disney plans to capture the South, one of the "largest movie markets" and will begin with the yet-untitled film in Telugu. The film which will also be dubbed into Tamil, would be its first locally-developed studio project aimed specifically at southern audiences, Disney said in a press statement. Shruti Haasan Kamal Hassan's daughter who made her Bollywood debut with 'Luck' will be paired opposite Southern heartthrob Siddharth, who is also well known to Hindi audiences thanks to the super hit film 'Rang De Basanti'. The film will be directed by National Award winning writer-director Prakash Rao Kovelamudi and produced by K. Raghavendra Rao. The production on the film commenced in November 2009 and it is scheduled to release in January 2011.

Disney first started operations in India in 2004, as Hollywood began looking to emerging markets such as India, China and Russia to boost growth. It has also secured a foothold in India's expanding cable and satellite television market through its children's outlets like the Disney Channel and Hungama TV. In 2008, Disney released "Roadside Romeo", its first, full-length animation feature using local animators and stars from India's Hindi-language film industry Bollywood.

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Anytime chennai news team.

Rising son of Kollywood, Udhayanidhi.

He is following in his father’s M K Stalin Dy CM of TN footsteps and looks like he is going to make waves like him of course not in politics but in films. Rising son Udhayanidhi has become a hot shot producer after producing few films.

He is producing Kamal Hassan’s film Yaavarum Kelir and the buzz is that Udhayanidhi Stalin will be acting in it, but when anytimechennai spoke to the young producer he denied that he is not playing any part other than producing the film.

The film is shaping up well and Udhayanidhi’s desire to act has taken a backseat at least for now. In a recent press interaction, he revealed that he is only producing this mammoth venture and not acting in it.

Meanwhile a few cast members are finalized apart from Kamal - i.e, Madhavan and Trisha - others are also being added to the growing list. Udhayanidhi said that Yaavarum Kelir is not the name of the film as speculated by the media. Udhayanidhi has roped in Devi Sri Prasad to score music for his film.

Already Udhayanidhi is showing signs that he is the rising son of Kollywood.  

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Anytime chennai news team.

This can’t get bigger than this. Paruthiveeran Priya Mani is who has acted in Mani Rathnam’s Raavan  will now act in Ram Gopal Verma’s upcoming trilingual Rakta Charitra, in which she will star alongside actor Suriya, who is makes his B’wood debut with this film.

The film, which is based on the life of slain political leader Paritala Ravi, has Vivek Oberoi, Shatrughan Sinha, Radhika Apte, Ashish Vidyarthi, Zarina Wahab and Raj Babbar in the lead. The movie is based on   a real life incident and with RGV being a perfectionist was researching for the film for the past two years.

With two big films in her pocket and two of India’s biggest directors Priya Mani will keep everyone’s eyebrow raised.

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Anytime chennai news team.