Forthcoming Tamil Films

October 2008 - New Films Preview

Rajnikanth .............has become deeply indulged into the shooting for Shankar's magnum opus, ENDHIRAN, opposite Aishwarya rai in which he portrays two roles. The actor is unlikely to start films, especially when more dubbing work is required for his animated SULTAN with Vijayalakshmi.

Kamal Haasan...............is also busy with the pre production for his directorial venture MARMAYOGI in which he has Asin, Trisha, Shriya, Shobana and Hema Malini for company, as well as Telugu star Venkatesh in an equally important role. The film, set to release in 2010, will probably act as a money earner for his magnum opus MARUDHANAYAGAM, which he begun in 1997. Furthermore also in the pipeline is another film with Asin and Japanese martial arts star, Tadanobu Asano in 19 STEPS produced by Bharath Bala.

Ajith Kumar ..................after the mixed reviews of Aegan, Ajith comes together with Gautham Menon for his next SURA directed by Gautham Menon for his 49th venture, starring opposite Bollywood sensation Sameera Reddy. His 50th film is rumoured to be with Venkat Prabhu but KS Ravikumar and Dharani are also in the frame for the duty. He might opt to to Madhesh's THALAIVAN, a script offered to him last month, which he confirmed to be considering.

Vijay...........................his VILLU with Prabhu Deva is set to release in early 2009, which he appears with Nayantara. The only other confirmed film he has is Babu Sivan's VETTAIKARAN, in which he will appear opposite either Nayan again, Asin or Ileana D'Cruz. Erstwhile, his 50th film is set to be under the banner of his father and directed by most likely a new face. A film with Perarasu is also in the pipeline for the Ilayathalapathy.

Vikram ....................... Susi Ganesan's venture with Shriya and Vikram, KANTHASWAMY is set for release later this year, where he plays a do-gooder. Mani Ratnam's next ASOKAVANAM sees Vikram portray the lead role opposite Aishwarya Rai, whilst the film's Hindi version RAVAN, features him as the baddie. After completing Mani's projects, he will move on to do RAJA VESHAM with Boopathy Pandian, and then PARAMAKUDI with Perarasu.

Surya...................the much-hyped Gautham Menon film, VAARANAM AAYIRAM with Divya Spandana, Sameera Reddy and Simran is due for release next month for Children's day. Following this he will complete AVM's K. V. Anand directed AYAN with Tamanna, which will release early next year. Hari's SINGAM with Ileana D'Cruz will complete its shoot for a Diwlai 2009 release. Also, Myshkin's MUGAMMOODI featuring Surya as a superhero will release in early 2010. Following the shoots of these films, Surya will work with A. R. Murugadoss and then with Gandhi Krishna for a restart to his old uncompleted film, ENGINEER. Every wants a piece of Surya....

Madhavan ........................... Following the commercial failures of Evano Oruvan and Vaazhthukkal, Maddy has moved on to Bollywood finally, to portray second roles. His tamil ventures for release include Selva's GURU EN AALU with Mamta Mohandas, Abbas and Vivek. Then comes the horror flick YAVARUM NALAM with Bollywood Babe Neetu Chandra due for release next year, whilst his NAAN AVAL ADHU, another horror flick with Sadha and Shamita Shetty is stuck. Another film with Ayngarn International with Priyamani is in the offering as is ARUGIL by Pratap Pothan and a possible restart for the ex-Shruti Haasan starrer ENDRENDRUM PUNNAGAI with Nishikanth Kamath. His Hindi films include, a Shah Rukh-Kajol starrer, MY NAME IS KHAN; a Aamir Khan-Kareena Kapoor starrer THREE IDIOTS, a Rituporno Ghosh film, SUNGLASS and an Amitabh Bachchan starrer TEEN PATTI as well as roles in SIKANDER and HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Vishal ........................... Vishal has started work on Ayyapan's commercial film THORANAI before attempting direction or a dual role, his pairing in the film is the Shriya Saran. His film after that with Prithvi is with Kangana Ranaut, who last appeared in Dhaam Dhoom.

Bharath ............................Bharath, after the respose of Seval, is now finishing off his long-pending commercial film, KILLADI, with Nila before moving on to ARUMUGAM with Priyamani. Following this is THIRUTHANI with Perarasu as well as Kannan's remake of Jab We Met, titles suggesting that the film will be called PAYANANGAL MUDIVATHILLAI opposite Tamanna Bhatia.

Jayam Ravi......................Ravi will appear opposite five new faces in Jananathan's military-style PERAANMAI before moving onto his first village role with Ameer's KANNABIRAN.

Arya........................................his Bala film, NAAN KADAVUL, with Pooja, will release early next year as will Vishnuvardhan's SARVAM featuring Trisha. Another film with Pooja, XEROX, by Igor will start in February as will RD Rajesekhar's film starring him with two prominent heroines - probably Trisha and Nayantara.

Jeeva...............................has THENNAVATTU with Poonam Bajwa followed by SIVA MANSULA SAKTHI with new girl, Anuya. PAGALAVAN with Seeman is also in the cards, as is DROGI in which he co-stars with Srikanth opposite Poorna and Divya Spandana. Furthermore, his KUDUMI under his father's production is also ready to start.

Karthi.................................the long-awaited Selvaraghavan film, AAYIRATHIL ORUVAN with Andrea and Reema Sen will only release next year despite the film being into post-production. He is currently starring opposite Nayantara in Linguswamy's untitled film as well as in NEEYUM NAANUM by Suraj with Anushka Shetty.