Engeyum Eppodhum director signs Vikram Prabhu

The filmmaker had earlier won incredible laurels for his spellbinding maiden debut Engeyum Eppodhum. Soon after the film’s success, the director was constantly receiving more offers from the big banners, but remained choosy.

It was later mentioned that director Saravanan will sign Arya for his next untitled film. The latest buzz on air is that Saravanan has zeroed down on Sivaji Ganeshan’s Kumki, who is now making his onscreen debut in Prabhu Solomon’s Kumki.

According to the sources, much alike his previous movie, Saravanan’s upcoming film will also be an exceptional project. The film is expected to go on floors by end of October and the complete details about cast and crew will be finalized shortly.

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Vishwaroopam on September 14?

While Kamal Haasan’s fans are curiously awaiting the release of his upcoming film ‘Vishwaroopam’, the actor is remaining closemouthed on revealing the exact date. However, an inside report says that Kamal Haasan is planning to release the film on September 14.

Earlier plans were to release the film for Ramzan, but were postponed due to unknown reasons. The film is scheduled for simultaneous release in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.

Already the trailers have earned incredulous response among the masses, especially with Padmashree fans.

The film is produced by Kamal Haasan in collaboration with PVP Cinemas. Debutant Pooja Kumar and Andrea Jeremiah are starring opposite Kamal in female lead characters. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy have composed songs for the film and Sanu Varghese has handled cinematography.

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Thuppaki is an action entertainer – A.R. Murugadoss

The film is close on the heels of completion and the post production works are on complete swing. The makers are planning to release the film on the festive occasion of Diwali while the audio launch is scheduled for somewhere in mid-of-September.

Shedding lights on the film, A.R. Murugadoss says, "Don’t perceive this film to be a hard action drama. It has lots of commercial elements and the romantic scenes between Vijay and Kajal Agarwal will be one of the greatest highlights in the film. The comedy sequences by Sathyan will be an additional attraction."Recently, a romantic song featuring Vijay and Kajal Agarwal was shot in foreign location.

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Vaalu to compete with Maattrraan and Thuppaki

It looks like Young Superstar Silambarasan will have a box office clash with big stars Vijay and Suriya. It seems that producer SS Chakravarthy of Nic Arts is planning to release Simbhu’s ‘Vaalu’ on festive occasion of Diwali, which makes it a competition to Vijay’s ‘Thuppaki’ and Suriya starrer ‘Maattrraan’.

The film is reported to be a fun-filled romantic entertainer with more space for humour. Of course, with Santhanam and VTV Ganesh coming together on the screens, there aren’t going to be dearth of humour elements.

Hansika Motwani, who plays a gangster in Simbhu’s ‘Vettai Mannan’ shares the screen space with him in this film as well. Jai is playing a cameo role in this film and it’s worth mentioning that he is performing an important character in ‘Vettai Mannan’ as well.

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Ram Charan, Amala..La La La..!

There is a stiff competition among Kajal Agarwal and Amala Paul as far as Telugu film industry is concerned. Nayak is a film which has Ram Charan in the lead role. This film is being directed by the ace director V V Vinayak.

Kajal Agarwal and Amala Paul are the two heroines of this film. Thaman is composing music for this film. The song Subaleka from the Chiranjeevi starrer Kondaveeti Donga is being remixed for this film. It has been planned to shoot the song sequence in the beautiful scenic places in Iceland.

Since Kajal Agarwal is busy acting in various films, she was not in a position to allot the dates which was requested. Hence it has been decided to shoot this song sequence which will have Amala Paul. Amala Paul is leaving today to Iceland to participate in the shooting. It is understood that she will be rocking in glamour in this song sequence.

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Malaikottai combo again

There were news that Vishal and Boopathy Pandian will be joining hands once again after Malaikottai. Then there was news that this project was dropped due to difference of opinion between the two.

At this juncture, both of them are joining hands for a film. Vishal is currently acting in a film titled M G R (Madha Gaja Raja) directed by Sundar C. After completing M G R, Vishal has been signed for the lead role in a film to be directed by Boopathy Pandian.

Boopathy Pandian was directing a Telugu film which had Gopi Chand and Nayanthara in the lead roles. He quit this film due to some reasons. Soon after quitting this film, he has met Vishal and spoke to him. At that time, he narrated the one line story of his film. Vishal who was highly impressed asked Boopathy to narrate the entire story. After listening to the entire story, Vishal was very much interested and allocated the required dates for this film. Michael Rayappan who produced Nadodigal is producing this film. The shooting of this film will commence on 1st November. Talks are being held with a leading actress to pair with Vishal. It has been decided to shoot this film in Tirunelveli, Karaikudi and Trichy.

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I am the main person.....She is only secondary

Vettai Mannan is a film which has Simbhu in the lead role. Hansika and Deeksha Seth are the two heroines of this film but the interviews they had given has now become a great head ache. Deeksha Seth while speaking in an interview has mentioned, "Hansika is donning the role of a gangster. I am donning the role of Simbhu’s lover. You decide who the heroine is."

Hansika while speaking in an interview said, " I am the heroine of Vettai Mannan. The story will journey on my character. Deeksha Seth merely dons the role of Simbhu’s lover. She will simply go and come now and then."

Simbhu is currently acting in Poda Podi and Vaalu. Only after completing these films, he will concentrate on Vettai Mannan. The interviews given by the two heroines have raised the eyebrows of many. Kollywood circle says, "It is alright if there is competition in acting, we don’t understand why there is competition in the interviews also."

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I am not acting! : Udhayanidhi Stalin

The hottest rumour is that the yester year super hit film Aan Paavam is being remade and Udhayanidhi Stalin is the hero of this film. There was news that Santhanam will be donning the role which Pandian donned and Udhayanidhi Stalin will don the role which Pandiarajan donned.

To know the fact, we enquired about this. The information we got was that Udhayanidhi Stalin has not acquired the remake rights and only his friend has acquired the remake rights.

His friend has asked, " It would be better if you act in the remake of Aan Paavam." Udhayanidhi Stalin also saw this film. After seeing the film, he was not interested to don the lead role. So it is confirmed now that Udhayanidhi Stalin is not acting in the remake of Aan Paavam. Apart from this Udhayanidhi Stalin is going to produce a film which is to be directed by Sundar C. He has mentioned that he will don the lead role only if it suits him otherwise he will simply produce it.

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Ajith is really a honourable person

Ajith has acted with actress Sridevi in few scenes in the film titled English Vinglish. Scenes pertaining to Ajith were shot in the studios in Mumbai. Though Ajith had acted only for few days, the entire crew of English Vinglish is praising him.

The reason for this is that Ajith has not received any remuneration for this. Apart from this Ajith has spent his own money for flight and hotel.

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Sony acquires the audio rights of Rajni starrer Kochadaiyaan

Sony Music Entertainment has acquired the rights of the Kochadaiyaan which has super star Rajnikanth in the lead role. This film is being directed by his daughter Soundarya. Deepika Padukone, Shobana, Rukmani, Vijayakumar and Jackie Shroff have shared the screen with Rajni in this film.
This film which is being produced in 3D format has the music of A R Rahman. This film is being dubbed in Telugu with the title Vikrama Simha. Moreover this film is being dubbed in Hindi, Malayalam and Japanese and English languages.
It has been planned to release this film on 12th December which happens to be the birthday of Rajnikanth. At this juncture, Sony has acquired the rights of Kochadaiyaan. Ashok Parwani Associate Director - Marketing at Sony Music Entertainment while speaking said," "We are tremendously thrilled to be related with one of the biggest projects that not only appeals to the audiences in the south but to fans all over the world. With such an inconceivable star cast and India’s best music director, the movie positions itself to be a wholesome entertainer. This is a very special project for us and we will intertwine in ground-breaking marketing elements into the campaign to connect with the youth and the fans at large."

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Anirudh is frustrated because someone has stolen the Andrea kissing photo from his mobile

Recently stills featuring actress Andrea kissing music composer Anirudh was released. Andrea had mentioned that this photo was taken some 18 months back and she had intimate relationship with him at that point of time. She added that she is not in good terms with him now.

Anirudh while speaking about these pictures said, "The photo in which I was kissing Andrea was on my mobile phone. Someone without my knowledge has downloaded it and has posted in the websites. I have my own personal life.

I am upset about people commenting about it. That is an old photo which has come out now. I am not a person who kisses all the girls I see. I will not commit the mistakes which I had committed earlier. At this critical situation my family members are of a great support to me."

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Prabhu Deva decides to unite with his wife

Prabhu Deva divorced his wife Ramlath last July. He gave compensation to his wife and children by the way of movable and immovable assets. Later on he decided to marry Nayanthara. He also made arrangements for their marriage in Mumbai.

Nayanthara also quit acting and embraced Hinduism in order to marry Prabhu Deva but all of a sudden their marriage did not take placed.

Both of them parted ways. The reason for this is still unknown. There was also news that Nayanthara prevented Prabhu Deva from seeing his first wife and children and because of this there were clash between the two and that was the reason for their separation.After parting ways with Nayanthara, Prabhu Deva settled in Mumbai and was directing Hindi films.

Now at this juncture, it is understood that Prabhu Deva had come to Chennai and met his first wife Ramlath. He has taken her to Mumbai along with his children. They have stayed with him for few days and have returned back to Chennai. It seems that they have decided to reunite once again forgetting the past bitterness.

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Shriya says that she chose glamour to sustain herself in cinema

Actress Shriya has now turned towards glamour. She created a great sensation by posing very sexily for the cover page of an English Magazine Maxim which is being published from Mumbai.

When asked her about this, she said, "Now there is a stiff competition in cine field. In order to sustain myself in this field, I felt that there is nothing wrong in posing like that. Hence I participated in the photo shoot because I have a sexy physique. This is not new to me. This is the second time.

When I posed for the first time, I got lots of offers in Hindi. Now after posing for the second time, I am confident that I will be getting many more offers. Many are asking me that when I am going to get married. I am only aged 30 years. I don’t think that I am very old. Go and see in Hollywood, the actresses come to act only at the age of 30 years. In Hindi film industry, there are lots of heroines who have crossed 30 years. I am very younger to them. I will not rush to get married."

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Lakshmi Rai is furious because of the rumours about her

There are lots of rumours about Lakshmi Rai these days. There was a rumour linking her with a cricketer. It is understood that she came on a chartered flight to witness the IPL match which was held in Chennai.

Lakshmi Rai while speaking about the rumours said, "Wrong rumours are being spread about me. When I forayed into the film industry I was not bothered. I avoided giving explanation but now it is not like that. I am giving explanation as and when a rumour erupts. I don’t have any mentor in film industry.

I came to act without any background. Initially I had acted in wrong films. I learnt a lot of lessons from it. Now I feel that I should act in good films only. I am not rushing to act in many films. I also don’t want to become a number one heroine. Once you get the number one status it is very difficult to retain it.

Once there is downslide in your career, you should be ready to go home. So I am keeping my steps very carefully. There is no truth in the news that I had come in a chartered flight to watch the IPL match. I am getting good offers in Malayalam but in Tamil and Telugu people expect only glamour from me."

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Raana...Me..? : Trisha

The latest chat in the net is that Trisha is going to marry Telugu actor next year. Raana is the grandson of the popular film producer T Rama Naidu.

Raana is acting in Telugu and Hindi films. He is foraying into the Tamil film industry by sharing the screen with Ajith and Arya in the film being directed by Vishnuvardhan.

When Trisha paired with Raana in a Telugu film, both of them became very close friends. Now there is news that their friendship has now blossomed into romance.

In the recent film functions, Trisha is seen together with Raana. Raana’s sister engagement function took place recently.

Only Raana’s family members were present in this function but the only actor who was present was Trisha. There was sensational news saying, "Both of them are deeply in love. Raana’s sister marriage is to take place during the month of December. After this Raana- Trisha’s marriage will be taking place next year."

Trisha while mentioning about this said, " I also have read this news. Don’t believe what you hear or read. Wait until the concerned people speak."

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Ajith and his fight

Though Ajith starrer Billa 2 did not do well at the box office, the climax helicopter fighting sequences featuring Ajith was very much revered by the audience.

Ajith very much liked the hard work of the stunt choreographer Stephen Richter who structured the helicopter stunts in Billa 2 and because of this he has given opportunity for him to work in the film which he has donned the lead role.

This film is being directed by Vishnuvardhan. Lots of efforts are being taken to have exemplary fighting sequences in this film. Nayanthara, Arya, Tapsee and Raana are sharing the screen with Ajith. Yuvan Shankar Raja is composing music for this film.

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Gowtham Menon speaks about Ilayaraja

There are lots of expectations for the songs of the film Nee Thane En Pon Vasantham among the musicians.

For the first time Gowtham Menon is joining hands with music composer Ilayaraja in the film Nee Thane En Pon Vasantham.

Two song teasers are already available in various websites. Normally Gowtham Menon’s films will have the music of Harris Jayaraj and A R Rahman.

There were various kinds of news on the rounds because Gowtham has joined hands with Ilayaraja. There were news that Gowtham has parted ways with Harris and A R Rahman is not composing music for Gowtham because he is busy with other films.

Gowtham Menon while speaking about this said, "I was penning the story for Nee Thane En Pon Vasantham.

At one point the hero Varun who goes to sing a song on the stage meets his school mate Nithya. Both of them have separated after a quarrel. For the past three years they don’t speak to each other.

The hero Varun is a singer. He comes to the stage but instead of singing the song which he had planned sings another song which begins with the lines Ninaivellam Nithya.

In the film Ninaivellam Nithya there is also another song Nee Thane Pon Vasantham. So I considered that this title would be suitable for my story.

Whenever I begin a film I will think of approaching Ilayaraja but later on I will not go to him. I wanted Ilayaraja to know about my work first.

When I penned the story for this film I decided that Ilayaraja only should compose music for this film. I approached him and he also agreed."

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Sneha and Prasanna completes their honeymoon in New Zealand

Sneha and Prasanna had come back from New Zealand after completing their honeymoon trip. When asked Prasanna about this he said, "Our marriage took place on 11th May. After this, there was shooting for Sneha. She was busily acting in the film titled Haridass.

When she got a break in between, we went to New Zealand for our honeymoon. We stayed there for two weeks. Now we have returned to Chennai. I will be acting in a film directed by Rajan Madhav who had earlier directed Muran.

Before this I will be acting in the Tamil remake of the Malayalam film Traffic. Sarath Kumar and Prakash Raj are starring in this film. My role in this film has significance. Sneha after completing Haridass wants to become a total house wife hence she is not accepting any new films."

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Vaalu to wrap up faster

Young Superstar Silambarasan is not leaving any stone unturned with his upcoming film ‘Vaalu’. The film is produced by SS Chakravarthy of Nic Arts and is directed by Vijay Chander.

Hansika Motwani stars opposite Simbhu in female lead role with Santhanam and VTV Ganesh ready to tickle your funny bones with their humour quotients. The shooting commenced before couple of months and the young superstar is taking scrutinizing efforts over completing the project as soon as possible as he is planning to release it for Diwali.

Recently, the second schedule was completed and Simbhu has flown down to Mumbai for shooting the climax song for his other film ‘Poda Podi’ that has Varalakshmi Sarathkumar romancing him.

The actor was earlier shooting for ‘Vettai Mannan’, which is temporarily shelved and will resume once STR is done with these projects.

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Clash with director: Dhanush walks out of the shooting spot

Dhanush walked out of the shooting spot because the director did not call him. Dhanush is acting in a film titled Mariyaan which is being directed by Bharath Bala.

This film is being produced in Tamil, Hindi and English languages. The shooting of this film has taken place in Africa. Dhanush came up with his make up to participate in the shooting to the shooting spot.

He called the assistant of the director and told him to inform about his arrival. The director who was busy shooting other actors did not bother about Dhanush. Dhanush got aggravated about this. Initially the director had planned to shoot the sequences pertaining to Dhanush but later on decided to shoot the sequences pertaining to other actors.

Since Dhanush did not know about these changes, he got tensed. He had to wait for a long time. He called the assistant and told him," Kindly let me know whether there are any changes in the shooting. Ask the director himself to speak to me and tell when my portions will be shot." Saying this, he left the spot angrily. The director who was startled immediately contacted Dhanush. Dhanush while speaking to the director angrily said, "I am also a big actor in Tamil Nadu."Tension prevailed at the shooting spot because of this.

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All is well with Samantha

Actress Samantha had to take a small break from projects due to skin problems. It is worth mentioning that the actress had missed the big projects like Shankar’s ‘I’ and Manirathnam’s ‘Kadal’. However, the actress has recovered and is back to the form.

She has already resumed shooting for her Telugu film directed by Nandini Reddy starring Siddarth in lead role. She will soon kick-start her Telugu projects with leading actors. Although she has missed the big tickets in Tamil film industry, the actress keeps her fingers crossed as her ‘Naan Ee’ is making huge waves in box office even after completing 50 days.

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Nagarjuna says that he is lucky enough to don the role of Shirdi Sai Baba

A Telugu film based on the life of Shirdi Sai Baba has been produced. Nagarjuna has donned the role of Shirdi Sai Baba.

The shooting of this film has been completed and is ready for release. There are lots of devotees for Shirdi Sai Baba in Tamil Nadu also.

Hence this film is being dubbed in Tamil also. Nagarjuna who has donned the role of Shirdi Sai Baba said, " I have already acted in devotional films.

In the film Annamayya I donned the role of a devotee of Lord Venkateswara. In Sri Ramadoss, I donned the role of the devotee of Lord Rama. Both these films were great hits.

Now I have donned the role of Shirdi Sai Baba in the film Shirdi Sai. People will also support this film very much.

If you listen to the song Amara Rama from Shirdi Baba when you wake up in the morning, you can be cheerful throughout the day. After acting in this film I have learnt lot of Shirdi Baba’s life."

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3D Trailer of Shivaji is to be released on Monday

Super star Rajnikanth super hit film Shivaji is now being released in 3D format.

This film Shivaji which was released five years ago was directed by Shankar. This film is to be released in 3D format soon.

The trailer of this film in 3D format is being released now. This has been announced by AVM Productions.

The trailer of this film is being released on Monday at 6 pm at Prasad Labs preview theatre. The film which was titled Sivaji-The Boss is now titled Shivaji 3D. This film gets the credit because this happens to be the first Rajni film in 3D Format. AVM Productions have mentioned that Rajni’s stunning style will definitely attract the audience. Shivaji 3D is to hit the screens during the month of September.

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Prithviraj to direct a film

Malayalam actor Prithviraj has acted in many Tamil films including Mozhi, Satham Podathey and Ninaithale Inikkum. He became a producer and produced a film titled Urumi which was directed by ace cinematographer Santosh Sivan.

This film was released in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu languages. He is once again producing a Malayalam film. He has also planned to direct this film. Prithviraj is currently acting in a Hindi film directed by Anurag Kashyap. It was also mentioned that he will be directing a Hindi film but Prithviraj has denied this news.

He said," When I became a producer, I started producing Malayalam films. The first film that I will be directing will also be a Malayalam film. I am doing lots of research to select a good story but I will not direct a film immediately. I will direct after completing the films that I am currently acting. I have also an idea of directing a Hindi film. This will happen in future."

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I will exist even if there is no cinema! : Ajith

The whole industry was shaken seeing the Billa 2’s stupendous opening. That is the magic of Ajith. He without bothering about all these things started making corrections in Vishnuvardhan script for his next film and started concentrating in the film.

He has also started reducing his weight for his role. As per the advice of Sunil, a gym master from Bangalore, Ajith has changed his food habits and started exercising heavily. He has bid adieu to rice. Now his diet consists of boiled vegetables for breakfast, Raagi food for lunch and fruits for dinner.

In a week’s time Ajith has reduced his weight by 10 kilos. He had asked Vishnuvardhan who had come to see him to click a photo of him in his mobile phone and saw his fitness. Vishnuvardhan has uploaded this photo in his Twitter. Thala fans are very cheerful seeing this. Ajith after completing this film will be acting in a village based film and will be donning a cameo role in Sridevi’s film. In a small chat with him:

Don’t you feel that you should have taken extra efforts in Billa 2?

As far as I am concerned I have given my best. My hard work and sincerity is true. I am not worried about what others say. My growth will always with me. It is enough if my fans give me recognition.

There was difference of opinion between A M Rathinam and you. Now you are acting in a film that is directed by him?

It is true. We can say that time have changed the difference of opinions. He will take care of me as if I am his brother. Whenever my film is released, he will speak to me with greater concern. I felt that I should join hands with him in the present situation. So when he approached me I agreed.

Why are you always lonely?

The friends who left me during my hard times did not return. Enough sir. In this world there no need to help one another. It is enough if they allow us to live peacefully. Even if this cinema is not there, I can survive. I can somehow manage. I only created this loneliness’ for me. I have also friends now but they are truthful to me.

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Kochadaiyaan cannot be pirated

Kochadaiyaan is a film which has Rajnikanth and Deepika Padukone in the lead roles. This animation film is being released during the month of December. The post production works of this film is going on in top gear.

There is a fear that someone can download this film from any website and release it in form of DVD and because of this tight security arrangements are being made for this film.

Producer Murali Manohar while speaking about this said, "Pirated VCDs are posing a great threat to film industry. Soundarya is in charge of the security of Kochadaiyaan. All the work connected with this film is going on under her supervision. The film is totally under control. She knows that who is going or coming out of the studio. All such details are recorded in a server. People not connected with this film cannot enter the studios. Special identity cards have been issued to the people working for the film Kochadaiyaan. You can get the details from the computer regarding this film but nothing can be downloaded. If at all something has to be downloaded, Soundarya has to give a password. Similarly these cannot be copied in CDs and pen drives. Many have approached us to bring Kochadaiyaan in a comic book format."

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Simbhu surprise to Dhanush

Simbhu and Dhanush who were at logger heads became very friendly at the SIIMMA Awards functions which were held in Dubai recently. Everyone is surprised seeing both of them partying together.

The whole Tamil industry was stunned seeing the birthday bash of Dhanush. The reason for this is that Simbhu has only hosted this party.Simbhu had invited Dhanush’s close friends, family friends, actors and actresses who have acted with Dhanush for this party without the knowledge of Dhanush. The whole place was decorated in a grandeur manner.

When Dhanush entered the party hall was speechless seeing his close friends there.Since Aadukalam fetched many awards for Dhanush, Simbhu had designed the birthday cake in the shape of a cock. Dhanush was so astounded because he never expected that Simbhu would such a lovely party. Dhanush’s wife Aishwarya, Sarathkumar, Radhika Sarathkumar, Santhanam, Thamanna, Vetrimaaran, Jai, Anirudh, Vijay Yesudas, Premgi, Amala Paul, Narain and Parvathy Omanakuttan had participated in this party.

Dhanush while speaking about this party said, " I am thankful to all the people who have wished me on my birthday. I am more thankful to my friend Simbhu who gave me a surprise party."

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