'Surya s/o Krishna' logo out

Starring 'Gajini' fame Surya in a dual role, Sameera Reddy & Ramya as heroines, 'Gharshana' fame Gautham Vasudev Menon is directing the movie 'Surya S/o Krishna'. Ascar RaviChandran is producing the film 'Surya S/o Krishna' in Telugu and Vaaranam Aayiram in Tamil on Aaskar Films banner. Shobha Rani and Ramana are presenting the Telugu version on SVR Media banner. The title logo of the film is released on 6th October at the Film Chamber Office, Hyderabad.

The title logo 'Surya S/o Krishnan' is released jointly by Dr D Ramanaidu and D Sureshbabu.

Speaking on this occasion Dr D Ramanaidu said, “I have watched 'Ghajini', Surya performed very well in his role. His father Sivakumar has earlier acted in some films made on our banner. The director of this film Gautham Menon did 'Gharshana' with my son Venkatesh which was very new in the technical aspects.”

He added that the industry has very few lady producers, and wished that the film should become a popular hit attaining recognition for the producers.

Producer Shobha Rani said, “The Tamil version of this film is made on the prestigious Aascar Films banner. Actor Surya has arduously worked with a lot of care for his role. He has dedicated himself to the extent of skipping meals for about six months to appear like a 17 year old boy. The Telugu version of 'Dasavatharam' was distributed by us, and we are hopeful that this film will also bring us success. The audio of the Tamil version has been released recently. We have planned to release the audio of the Telugu make on the 10th of October at IMAX theatre.”

Ramana and B Srinivas were also present on this occasion.

Surya returns with a dual role

Surya who impressed in Ghajini, returns to enthrall Telugu viewers with a bilingual film Surya s/o Krishnan.


"He plays both father and son," informs producer Sobha Rani, who claims that the talented actor shed kilos to fit into the younger role. Director Gautam Menon will be helming this action-based love story.

Aptly, she had father-son Rama naidu and Suresh Babu as guests for the media briefing. Bigwig Rama Naidu after watching Ghajini, informed veteran actor Sivakumar that his son Surya is more talented.

Pretty actresses Sameera Reddy and Ramya play the female lead in this production of Aaskar Films whose recent hit was Dasavatharam. Can the actor-director surpass their previous hit Khaka Khaka, remains to be seen.

Suriya & Jyotika Marriage

Assistant director? who, me?

If you thought that you would soon see Simran’s name in the list of assistant directors for Mani Ratnam’s forthcoming flick, you are wrong.
Simran

Despite numerous reports and buzz in the industry, the actress denies all rumours that she will be the ace director’s assistant.

“Mani Ratnam gave a face to Kollywood and I would love to assist him in direction,” says the Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi actress, “But my schedules are so haywire these days that I certainly will have no time in the near future for any such plans.” She suspects an inside hand in the spreading of such rumours which she describes as baseless.

But does she have a clue who it might be? “I did call Mani sir a month ago but that was just a courtesy call and there’s nothing more to it,” she says. The actress has finished work on Vaaranam Aayiram, Sevval and is working on Ayntham Padai and TN 07 AL 4777 besides her television serial. She is all praise for the legendary director with whom she has worked in Kannathil Muthamittal. Some of the things that she has learnt from the director are the way he narrates a scene and the discipline he brings into filmmaking. “He is like a principal; working with him is like entering a film school,” she states.

Is filmmaking on her mind in the distant future at least? “It’s on my mind every day these days,” she says, “I write a lot of stuff. However, I need to get more polished before I take the final plunge.”

Meanwhile, quiz her about things on the work front and she immediately smiles. Her role in Vaaranam Aayiram will soon be seen on screen, something that she eagerly awaits. “The storyline was superb and I immediately knew that my character had immense scope,” she adds. According to her, the Mundinam Parthene which has been featured on her will go on to become the most memorable song of the year. The 60s feel has been stunningly brought out in the visuals of this song, if the buzz around is to be believed.

Suriya promotes Derby

There was not a single person left out to be amazed by the guy’s dedication. Attaining the washboard abs followed by loosing a couple of kilos to show off as a teenager is not an easy task but it was for the star of ‘Varanam Aayiram’ Suriya.

The actor displayed his efficiency and awed the spectators even before the movie came out. Directed by Gautam Vasudev Menon, the movie chronicles the life of a man from his early teens to his late seventies for which the above said feat was done by Surya.

Varanam Aayiram’s audio was launched recently composed by Harris Jeyaraj and evoked rave reviews from the masses. It has been planned to launch the movie this Diwali which will be a perfect present for the occasion.

Recently, the star Suriya along with his director Gautam Menon was spotted in the newly opened outlets of Derby. The brand has opened showrooms in Adyar, Kilpakkam and Old Mahabalipuram road for which the duo were present to felicitate the event.

Surya in double roles as Father and Son

While the world awaits the release of Vaaranam Aayiram with bated breath, its makers have decided to dub the film in Telugu. Vaaranam Aayiram, starring Surya, of Ghajini fame with a galaxy of heroines (Simran, Sameera Reddy, Divya Spandana and Trisha), is directed by Gautham Menon and produced by Aascar Ravichandran under his ubiquitous Aascar Films.

In Telugu, this 2-year long project will be titled as Surya s/o Krishnan. Though rumoured to be Gautham Menon"s life story, the makers have said that this is a work of pure fiction. Gautham Menon, who directed Kaaka Kaaka, which was dubbed in Telugu as Gharshana, is expected to give another winner. Surya has a dream role where he plays both father and son. One part of the movie is Kirshnan"s (the father) flashback and how he meets his wife, Malini (Simran). The other part of course, follows Surya junior"s life as he meets the women in his life and learns some love lessons.
Composed by Harris Jayaraj, the Telugu audio will be released on Vijaydasmi eve by SVR Media in a glittering ceremony and all the Telugu film industry royalty have been invited to this much vaunted event. The Tamil audio released last month has already been declared a hit and is a mix of genres from classical to modern compositions.

'Varanam Aayiram' Movie Launch

Director Gowtham's Varanam Aayiram, to be directed by Gowtham on the first-copy basis for Oscar Ravichandran, went to floors at Dublin dance floor, at a posh hotel in Chennai.

The crew came together to shake their legs at Dublin on Friday night. On opting for a launch at a disco floor, the director,says, 'We are excited about the film and we know it is going to be a lot of hardwork. So we thought we would let ourselves loose on the dance floor first. It was a sort of unwind before the gruelling work'. Among those who took part in the inauguration included Dhanush and his wife Aishwarya, actors Vijay, Jeeva, Jeevan, Sarath Kumar and actress Asin. Actor Suriya welcomed the gathering. On the occasion, the trailer of Gowtham's Pachaikili Muthusaram was screened.