TEAM 'VELAYUDHAM'S FINAL SHOOT

The shooting for Jayam Raja's superhero subject 'Velayudham,' which sees Ilayathalapathy in the protagonist's role had wrapped up shoot a few days back with the post production work going on in full swing. Now recently the core team of 'Velayudham' met in Puducherry according to sources.

The reason for the meet was to record a stunt scene involving Vijay and the baddie. While the shoot for the team was over earlier, the director seems to have felt the need for a retake to retouch some of the stunt scenes, and hence the shooting. The shoot took place as a one-day schedule and was wrapped up towards sun down the same day.

With 'Velauyudham' being confirmed as a Diwali release and with the music by Vijay Anthony becoming a huge success, the fans of Ilayathalapathy are more eager than ever to see their matinee idol act, romance, dance and fight baddies on the big screen. 'Velauyudham' will be Vijay's first attempt at approaching a superhero subject.

Vijay in and as 'Velayudham' will be sharing screen space with Hansika Motwani and Genelia, who will play his heroines, and Saranya Mohan will be his sister in the film. We will get back with more interesting updates as the clock keeps ticking towards the release date!

SAMEERA OPPOSITE VIJAY?

Gautham Vasudev Menon, even as busy filming his first trilingual venture 'Neethane En Ponvasantham', seems to have zeroed in on the heroine for 'Yohan Adhyayam Ondru', his maiden film with Vijay.

If sources are to be believed, Gautham's 'favourite actress' Sameera Reddy would share the screen space with the Ilayathalapathy in this big-budget venture, which is set to hit the floors by early 2012.

"But an announcement is kept under wraps since Gautham wants to complete Neethane En Ponvasantham, before shifting focus to Yohan Adhyayam Ondru. Vijay too is happy to have Sameera on board," sources say.

Sameera was the leading lady of two of Gautham's earlier movies- 'Varanam Aayiram' and 'Nadunisi Naaygal'. In an interview earlier, the actress mentioned that she would act in a film without even listening to the script, if it is directed by Gautham.

VIJAY THE BRAND AMBASSADOR OF TATA DOCOMO

We bring you another exclusive update about Vijay now. Ilayathalapathy Vijay has endorsed himself for famous brands like Cocacola, JoyAlukas and few more in the list. Another feather under this list would be Tata Docomo. Tata Docomo has endorsed Vijay to feature in a ad shoot over by yesterday. Vijay would be first time coming up for an Ad with Tata Docomo who had already created big waves with their innovative promotions all over. The ad will expect on diwali doble to trat to us

Keep watching the space for more updates.

VISHAL WANTS TO DIRECT ILAYADHALAPATHI DR.VIJAY

It is quite surprising to know that Vishal is nursing a desire to direct a film. The star has said that he has a story ready and may join the director’s bandwagon if Vijay gives him the go ahead. According to Vishal the story that he has in mind would be very apt for Vijay and all depends on his acceptance and availability.

Vishal says that several actors, choreographers, cinematographers and even stuntmen have turned into successful directors and he would soon don the director’s robes as well. Do we foresee a film starring Vijay and directed by Vishal? It’s sure going to be very interesting to see two stars – one being directed by another!

VIJAY'S NEXT COMMERICAL

No we are not referring to commercial cinema in here, but television commercials. Being the face of a national telecom company is one offer actors grab without much hesitation and is a privilege available to select top-notch actors only. Joining this bandwagon of brand ambassadors for a telecom service will be Ilayathalapathy Vijay.

Kollywood grapevine is abuzz that Vijay has been approached by a leading telecom brand of the country who have offered him a whooping 5 crore for being their brand's face. The actor has reportedly given his nod for this as well!

It is quite known that Vijay is choosy about the commercials he chooses to be a part of and has only appeared in a leading soft drink advertisement and a jewellery ad predominantly. But the telecom brand and the offer seem to have appealed to the actor who has reportedly given his nod.

It maybe mentioned that Madhavan was seen in Airtel commercials in the past, while Karthi endorses Airtel in south India.

An official announcement on this front will be made soon!

IT'S ILAYADHALAPATHI DR.VIJAY VS SURYA VS DHANUSH VS SIMBU!

As September is coming to an end, expectations are raving high among movie buffs on the four films that are touted to see a Diwali release.
 
While Ayngaran International, a leading market player has announced in its official website that Ilayathalapathy Vijay's 'Velayudham' will see a worldwide release on October 25, Suriya's '7aum Arivu' has been sold for a whooping price in Kerala!

Dhanush's 'Mayakkam Enna' with brother Selvaraghavan is much looked forward to by the young especially since their earlier offerings have been blockbuster hits. The songs with colloquial lyrics are ruling the roost. Simbu's 'Osthi' that has him alongside Richa is the remake of Bollywood super hit 'Dabangg'. The film is expected to be a laugh riot apart from being an action-packed entertainer as the comedy is being handled by VTV Ganesh and Santhanam!
 
So which hero are you movie buffs eagerly looking forward to watch on big screen? Is it Vijay's superhero avatar in 'Velayudham' or Suriya's multiple makeovers in '7aum Arivu'? Or emotional drama from brothers Dhanush - Selva through 'Mayakkam Enna' or Simbu's commercial mass masala film 'Osthi'?

'VELAYUDHAM' NEW TRAILER AND SONG VIDEO ON OCT 1st WEEK!

Theatres across Tamil Nadu are being flooded with films that are vying with each other for getting released during the Pooja holidays weekend including 'Vedi,' 'Muran' and 'Vaagai Sooda Vaa' that are set to hit theatres on September 30.

Some film traffic getting cleared up by the end of September as well as by the first week of October, will pave way for biggies like Vijay's Velayudham and Suriya's '7aum Arivu' which will play in theatres for Deepavali.

Aascar films, who are the producers of 'Velayudham' are planning to flag off their promotional campaign from the first week of October, reveal sources close to the production house. The audio album of this film has turned out to be a major hit and created a new record for being sold out on the very first day. Thanks to Vijay Antony who knows the pulse of Vijay fans and he pleases them every time with his tunes.

Vijay fans will be pleased to hear that the producers of 'Velayudham' are also planning to release a single video song as well as a new trailer of 'Velayudham' during the first week of October!

'Velayudham' sees Ilayathalapathy in a never seen before superhero's avatar. The film sees Genelia and Hansika Motwani as Vijay's heroines and Saranya Mohan will be playing sister to the hero.

VIJAY'S AVATAR IN VELAYUDHAM

Ilayadhalapathi Dr.Vijay’s 52nd film Velayudham directed by Raja is releasing on this deepavali october 26.The audio was released on last month and audio turns to box office.Sources say, that the actor also has another avatar in the film, which will be that of a vigilante..Director Raja says the story of his film begins in a village and will move to a city and will narrate how an ordinary milkman becomes a messiah for the society by turning a vigilante,” Hansika Motwani and Genelia are the two leading ladies in the film, while Saranya Mohan, Santhanam, MS Bhaskar are among the others who are doing prominent roles in the film..Vijay Antony has composed the music, while camera is handled by Priyan..

WHY AYNGARAN CHOOSES "VIJAY'S VELAYUDHAM" WHY NOT 7AM ARIVU?

1. Ayngaran Know Vijay is Mass Opener So They Can Get The Movie Budget In 1st Week
... 2. And Vijay Movies If Fails Too They Got Actual Profit of The Film
3. Vijay has Worldwide Fans Support After Rajini
4. Vijay is The Man Who Getting Mass In Worldwide FDFS Day
5. Velayutham Team Is Confidence With The Movie Because They Worked Very Hard

6. and One Of The Important Point Is No Big Director like Shankar, Ar Murugadoss, Manirathinam... No Big Music Director like Yuvan, Harris, Ar rahman
All dis fantastic release was just possible by one man entertainment troupe called vijay!!

But Surya "7am Arivu" ?
Nothing Is There Only 2
1. A.r Murugadoss
2. harris Jayaraj (Music Not Hit )

AYNGARAN BIGGEST RELEASE - VELAYUDHAM

Ayngaran International has planned to release the film in 350 to 400 prints making it the biggest release in the overseas markets, next to Shankar's 'Endhiran'.

Tamilnadu : nearly 600 screens

Kerala : nearly 120+ theaters
Karnataka : 70 theaters
Mumbai : 40 screens
Pune : 30 screens

HANSIKA VS GENELIA BATTLE OVER A SONG OF VELAYUDHAM

The Kollywood grapevine has it that Hansika and Genelia are daggers drawn, and were “not on the best of terms “ during the shoot of M Raja directed Vijay mass entertainer Velayutham.

Now the duo has shot a song together for the film in picturesque Kashmir! The song “Mulachu Mooni Ilai..” has Vijay dancing with his two heroines Hansika and Genelia in the cool climes of Pahalgam in Srinagar.

Both Hansika and Genelia are pinning a lot of hope on the film and the buzz is that Hansika has a better role with lot of scope for comedy, romance and a bit of action.

Genelia plays a mature role of a journalist who helps the hero accomplish his goal and slowly develops a soft corner for him.

According to sources close to the unit Hansika who plays the love interest shot for two days and Genelia for a day.

Choreographer Shobi Master has picturised this soft romantic number on the lead actors similar to Yash Chopra films with Hansika in plain chiffon saris.

However, the two actresses who are competing with each other over who gets more screen space had just two shots together as Ilayathalapathy shot separately with them!

'VELAYUDHAM' RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED! - OCT 25!

Ayngaran, international market leader for Tamil films has announced the release date of 'Velayudham' in its official website! This Ilayathalapathy starrer will see release just one day prior to Diwali, on October 25!

Trade sources are speculating that 'Velayudham' will be one of the biggest releases on the international front after the Rajinikanth - Shankar venture, 'Endhiran', as it is said that Ayngaran will be releasing 'Velayudham' in over 350 theatres in the international market!

'Velayudham' stars Ilayathalapathy Vijay, Hansika Motwani and Genelia D' Souza in the lead roles with music by Vijay Antony. The film portrays how a commoner from a village who comes to Chennai, goes on to become a superhero to teach a lesson to the baddies in the city.

The film is much-expected by Vijay fans all over and boasts off a big budget and will portray Vijay in a never-seen-before avatar.

VELAYUDHAM BIGGEST OPENING EVER

Velayudham to create record with 6 days bumper opening. Yes, Velayudham will release one day before Diwali(Oct 25th). This is a great move by Aascar Ravichandran because, on Oct 25th, all the screens which are blocked for other Diwali releases will also screen Velayudham. It should be noted that in the last few years no movie has got 6 days opening.

Velayudham shoot has been wrapped up successfully on wednesday. Now, the post production works are going on rapid pace & the team is planning for loads of promotional activities to make sure Velayudham opens bigger than ever.

NANBAN AND A.R.MURUGADOSS PROJECT

Here comes exclusive about Nanban & ARM project. Nanban will releasing on Pongal 2012.We know each & everyone of you are keen to know the name of Vijay's name in Nanban. In nanban Vijay has 2 names - "Panchavan Parivendan" & " Kosaki Pasapugazh".

Crew of Vijay - ARM combo. Music by Harris Jayaraj, Camera by Santhosh Shivan & Jayamohan is the dialogue writer. Jayamohan was the dialogue writer for Naan Kadavul & Angadi Theru.

Check this space for more info on Velayudham , Nanban & other projects of Ilayathalapathy Vijay.

VIJAY RATED NO.2 IN SALARY

This Ilayathalapathi had been the sure winner in the race for many years. But as ill luck would have it he had to face the debacle with few films two years ago. This changed the trend in the industry and he had to resort to offensive strategies to overcome the flaw. What makes Vijay differ from other two top contenders, Ajith & Surya, is the penetration among all ages of audience. His simple rendering of action in his movies win him laurels and his sense of humor bring the women audience to the fore. For nearly 80% of his films, he has settled the score by brining fortunes for the producers and the distributors. This is why the distributors had once paid full amount as advance even on the day of pooja for the new film. Now his salary structure stands at Rs 15 crore and since he has a good cinema family background with his father being director, Vijay has the practice of receiving the rights for North Arcot, South Arcot and Chennai (which is usually referred as NSC areas).

Current Salary: 15 crores + NSC Rights

DIRECTOR M.RAJA EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW ON KUMUDHAM

1) Vijay fans are waiting eagerly for Velayutham. Many of them have ordered fire crackers and waiting eagerly to do the first day milk pooja for Vijay. What can you say for them?

Ilayathalapathy Vijay has did an action rampage festival in Velayutham. It's worth a wait.

2) What is your opinion about making a film with Vijay?

Before 2 years, I met Vijay. He just asked me openly that, "You are always making films with your own brother and giving super hits. Won't you do a film with me?". I was so delighted to hear those words from his mouth and I narrated the story of Velayutham, in which the way i wanted to see Vijay in the silver screen as. At that time there was no political buzz surrounded Vijay.

3) Is there any dialouges in Velayutham to show Vijay as a politician?

In talking about Vijay movies, his fans always go to the theater to see their star's face in the silver screen only. If Vijay is with 500 fans in a spot, He will always pay attention to his fans and love to take photographs with all of them patiently. In Velayutham there is a dialogue, where Vijay says 'En Rasigargalukku onnu na naan aayutham ah maariduven".

4) Who is more responsible for a film's failure? Is it the story of the film or the hero?

The story is the first reason. Then comes the producer of the film. In my opinion, a brave director means, a person who fixes the hero in mind, for whom he is writing the script and makes a perfect story that suits him.

5) Did Velayutham gave the confidence that, it will break all the expectations while producing itself?

There are producers like Aascar Ravichandran, who won't even think about backing off or be scared to invest money to produce a big sum film like Velayutham for a mass hero like Vijay, who has a huge fan base.

POLITICS AND VELAYUDHAM

Even as political clouds surrounding Vijay, expectations are huge on 'Velayudham', his first release after a new government assumed charge in Tamil Nadu. It is expected by his fans and critics that the film would convey a political message.

However, clearing the air, director 'Jayam' M Raja says, "There is no place for politics in Velayudham. When we conceived the project two years back, Vijay was only an actor. Only then he gained political significance."

"Even after he had to take a stand in the recently concluded Assembly elections, we stood firm our position that the movie should not have any political tone. It will be a complete commercial entertainer," the director adds.

At the same time, he also says that 'Velayudham' would take Vijay's image to the next level. "The story would boost him as destroyer of evil and protector of good things. The film would be a delight for Ilaya Thalapathi's fans," says the director.

VELAYUDHAM ON TOP

The audio of Velayudham is making a brisk sales. Vijay Anthony's songs have started to top the charts and has won acclaims. 

After Vettaikaran, Vijay Anthony joins hands with Vijay again for Velayudham. The movie is directed by Jayam Raja and produced by Aascar Ravichandran.

A commercial entertainer should have a racy music and Vijay Anthony has worked hard to give some catchy tunes that would make the audience shake their legs. He shares a good rapport with Vijay and it is evident in the music album, he adds.

VIJAY'S VILLAINS FROM THE NORTH

'Velayudham' is going to be special for Vijay and his fans for more than one reason. The costliest ever Vijay-starrer, the film directed by 'Jayam' M Raja has 15 villains to cross swords with the Ilayathalapathy. And three of them are from Bollywood.

"The three north Indian actors who would play baddies in Velayudham are Sayaji Shinde, Vineet Kumar and Abhimanyu Singh.Though there are 15 villains, every one of them will have their own space," say sources in the know.

Select members of the cast and crew of 'Velayudham', including Vijay and heroines Genelia D'Souza and Hansika Motwani, are currently camping in Srinagar to shoot a song ('Molachu moonu ilai...').

Produced by Aascar V Ravichandran and music composed by Vijay Antony, 'Velayudham' is about a youngster from a village who comes to the city and cleans the corrupt political system.

NANBAN RELEASE DATE

Vijay’s much expected movie Nanban is all set to be released for 2012 Pongal. Nanban starring Vijay, Jiiva, Ileana, Srikanth, Sathyaraj is being directed by Shankar and it is one of the most expected movie in Kollywood.

Nanban is remake of the Aamir Khan’s Blockbuster Box office Hit 3 Idiots. Nanban movie shooting is almost completed expected a song and some patchwork scenes.

The producers of the movie Gemini Film Circuit has decided to Release Nanban simultaneously both in Tamil and Telugu. Nanban will be dubbed in to Telugu and will be released in a big way.

TRAILER LAUNCH SOON!!!

The Big Buzz announced in Kollywood Film Industry is VELAYUTHAM starring Ilayathalapathy Dr.Vijay,Genelia,Hanshika and co., The Film was Directed by M.RAJA who made several Hits with his Brother Ravi.The film was Produced by the Biggest Publicity maker Aascar V.Ravichandran.He also produced Kamal's DASAVATHARAM.He called Jackie Chan,Amitab bachan,Mohan Lal,Vijay and many Famous Men.Now,he thought of calling Arnold for his Velayutham Audio Launch.But,Vijay turned up and said I am not interested of calling big persons to my audio launch.Call my dear Fans to Audio Launch.Now the Latest Buzz is The Trailer of Velayutham is going to Release in Chennai with thousands of his Fans in Nehru Stadium.Aacar.V.Ravichandran Invited Hrithik Roshan and Aamir Khan for this Big Show.He said We are planning to release 3 "30 secs trailer" and 1 "180 secs trailer".

FOR THE RECORD!!!

Within minutes of reaching the market, the audio of Velayudham recorded an unprecedented sell-out. More than a lakh CDs on the first day of release is an incredible figure, and naturally I'm curious about the reaction of the man behind the music — Vijay Antony. Particularly because Antony is one music director who doesn't mince words when he says he's had no formal training in the art. “I don't know how I do it,” is all he has to say when queried about his creative skill!

Success is on a fast track for this composer-lyricist-singer-turning-actor. After a spate of hits, the response to his songs for Velayudham has touched a new high! He laughs, “I work for every film with the same amount of diligence. But here it is also the draw of the hero that's working magic for my music.”

At the launch of the album in Madurai, Vijay, the leading man of Velayudham , proved for the nth time that he's a veritable crowd-puller. And when he announced that each Vijay Antony number should be a rollicking hit, the audience cheered in assent. Vijay then went on to sing a couple of lines of ‘Sonna Puriyaadhu' from the new album, and the people went delirious with joy. “Vijay loved the songs. The 20-minute teaser we had circulated on the net also helped,” says Antony.

Director Raja, Vijay and Vijay Antony as a team, is new. “I can't thank Raja enough. I just gave him one tune for each lyric. He liked them all,” smiles Antony. Generally, directors listen to several options before they zero in on one. “As a composer, I only give directors tunes I'm happy with. I was thrilled to see our tastes converge at the same point.” But among the songs, the melody of ‘Mulachu Moonu' is the most mesmerising. Viveka's verses for the number are equally splendid.

Antony has this practice of plumping for new voices and lyricists. All aspiring singers have to do is mail their voices to v ijayantonymusic@gmail.com “I get back to them if I find the timbre impressive. I don't accept CDs. The ‘Mulachu Moonu' you tell me about has been sung by Supriya Joshi from Mumbai. She sent a demo by mail and I asked her to come down for the recording,” he says.

This composer is himself a singer, and invariably the songs turn out to be chartbusters. The most recent is ‘Oh my Angel,' a favourite on FM. Now, two of Velayudham 's songs are in Antony's voice. “It isn't planned. Once a composition is complete I sing the track and send it to the director. He sometimes suggests I record them in my voice, and I go ahead.”

Composing a tune, giving it to the lyricist and getting the words for it, is the norm. Very rarely it works the other way too, with the words coming first, and the composer lending a tune to them. Vijay Antony always prefers the latter. “I interact a lot with the lyric writer. His diligence and the concept are primary. Then the rest fall in place,” he reasons. Probably it is this rapport that has made Annamalai, the wordsmith of Antony hits such as ‘En Uchi Mandaiyila' and ‘Benares Pattu Katti,' pen a couple of songs for Velayudham . “He's talented and we vibe well,” says Antony.

Mention Vijay Antony and the strange words in his refrains are bound to come to mind — ‘Naaku Mooka,' ‘Aathi Choodi' … You now hear it in the Velayudham piece — ‘Chillax' (!) begins the number. Is it a cultivated Vijay Antony stamp? Antony disagrees. “I intend relegating such rigmarole to the background for a while because my melodies get buried in the bargain. All the same, on the very day of the audio release everyone in the crowd screamed ‘Chillax.' So the draw of such usages is obvious,” he grins.

He must be tracking his listeners' choices to know their pulse so well. “Of course, social networking is essential. The feedback helps me grow. And it's a real stress buster. When I knew that without my knowledge responses were being circulated on websites in my name, I decided to plunge into it myself. Now www.facebook.com/vijayantonyinfo is my fan page. My updates are lapped up in a jiffy and I'm thrilled. I'm active on Twitter too. So in no time I could gauge that Velayudham music had caught on!”

VELAYUDHAM CREW TO SRINAGAR

Velayudham crew has reached Srinagar,Kashmir today. They have started shooting for "Molachu Moonu" song & by wednesday the shoot will be completed. With this Velayudham shooting will be 100% completed & promotions are planned in full swing. A grand trailer launch will happen in chennai on 1st week of October.

With films like Jayam, Santhosh Subramaniam and Something Something, Jayam Raja proved that he has an eye for good, clean entertainers with plenty of masala thrown into the mix.Vijay's Velayudham is much anticipated movie now.

 

VIJAY & A.R.MURUGADOSS FIND BOLLYWOOD'S BEAUTY

Bollywood hotties have been the destination for our filmmakers and heroes as well. Either you’ll have them arriving from God’s own country or the Maxim City of Arabian sea belt. Vijay’s heroine for Murugadoss’ film is gonna be from the latter one and it’s none other than Sonam Kapoor.

The actress with her slim and beautiful looks always suits perfect in homely and glamorous appeal as well. Indeed, she has been the one that Kollywood heroes were desperately looking for. Finally it’s Vijay finding her as A R Murugadoss ‘The Ghajini Man of Bollywood’ bringing her into K-town now.

OCTOBER THE MONTH OF VIJAY FANS

Ilayathalapathy fans are fresh from the celebrations of record breaking Velayudhams audio release,and now lets gear up for the upcoming Thalapathy carnival, October 11.
Presenting you, the three major events which is going to make Vijay fans happier this october.

Ilayathalapathy Vijay’s 52nd Movie Velayudham will hit the silver screen in october. Official confirmations were already out that our... movie is all set for a Grand DIWALI release.

Ilayathalapathy Vijay and Director Shankar combo Nanban , a movie which is much expected worldwide, is planning for its audio launch this October 11.Director Shankar will shoot a song in chennai from Monday with which movie is 100% complete.(More than 50 foreign dancers will dance with Vijay).Post production is already going in rapid pace. . Nanban audio's expectation is skyhigh as for the first time, Ilayathalapathy is going to shake his legs for the tunes of Music director Harris Jeyaraj .

Recently AR Murugadoss met vijay & got green signal after the narration of the developed script & screenplay. Now the director is busy in roping the cast & crew. The pooja of Ilayathalapathy Vijay’s 54th film with A.R.Murugadoss will also happen in october month. This project will be a Diwali 2012 release.

Just chillax now with Velayudham songs. From October 1st we will be busy in continuous celebrations.

VIJAY - ILEANA IS NEVER - SEEN - BEFORE COSTUMES

Costumes in Shankar's films have always impressed the audience. Be it the old man getup of Kamal Hassan in Indian or Rajinikanth's superhero look in Endhiran, the filmmaker has been taking an extra care towards his actors attires and make-ups. Now, the director is doing the same for his forthcoming film Nanban.

According to reports, Shankar is leaving no stone unturned to show his lead actors in colourful way on silver screen. The director has chosen special attires and costumes for Vijay and Ileana D'Cruz for a song, which is currently being filmed in Chennai. The actors will be seen in never-seen before getups and different make-ups, add reports.

Vijay is said to be having four special getups and Ileana has some different looks in the song. The actors are spending close to two hours each to get their make-up done and remove it for the song, which is being choreographed by Farah Khan.

Meanwhile, sources have said the rumours on Ileana's ankle injury are false. The actress is fine and actively working on the song. Nanban, which is a remake of Bollywood movie 3 idiots, will hit the screens in December.

ONE LAKH JUNIOR ARTIST TAKE PART IN VELAYUDHAM SHOOT

One of the highlights of the upcoming film ‘Velayudham’ starring Vijay, Hansika and Genelia is a sequence involving over one lakh persons which was shot in a grand manner by ‘Jayam’ Raja. The film is awaited with great interest by Vijay’s fans who are hoping their star would repeat the success of his latest film ‘Kavalan’ which released early this year.
This is also the first time Raja is directing a film outside his home production and a hero other than his younger brother ‘Jayam’ Ravi. The film has music by Vijay Antony and is produced by Ravichandran’s Ascar Films. Raja assures that the film has been made keeping in view Vijay’s trusted audience (women and children). The film is hitting the screens on Deepavali eve next month.
Talking about the making of the film, Raja said “I have made optimum use of Vijay’s image and the heroism that he so casually exudes on screen. Likewise, both Genelia and Hansika have been given equal footage; I should also admit that both have rendered their utmost cooperation. Vijay Antony has worked hard to better his tunes which were appreciated in Vettaikkaran, his last film with Vijay. I’m told that the sale of the audio CDs and cassettes of the film has been doing fine.
“Ravichandran is a director’s dream producer and does whatever is asked from him. For a sequence in the film, I needed around one lakh junior artistes. Without bothering to ask me in detail as to why I needed so many people, he simply arranged for the same that too in Kerala and not in Tamil Nadu. The film has been widely shot in various parts of the country with just a song sequence remaining to be canned in the scenic locales of the Kashmir Valley,” he concluded.

VELAYUDHAM TRAILER LAUNCH

Aascar Ravichandran is very famous for promotions & publicity. For Velayudham "Aascar Films" is planning a step ahead. Earlier the movie was inaugurated in Madras Centenary Auditorium among thousands of fans & Audio launch happened in Madurai in front of 1,20,000 fans.

Following this a grand event is planned in chennai to release the trailer of VELAYUDHAM. Four 30 secs trailers and a 180 secs trailer will be released during this event.This trailer launch event will happen either on sep last week or Oct 1st week.

Apart from this, the producer is also planning for various promotional activities to ensure the biggest ever opening for Velayudham. Keep checking this space for more info on Velayudham Trailer Launch.

VIJAY - SUSEENTHIRAN COMBO

Director Suseenthiran reveals that, he was preparing a class script for Ilayathalapathy Vijay. Recently actor Vikram met Suseenthiran and said that, he liked his 'Nan Mahaan Alla' movie very much and wanted to do a film with him. After hearing his words, Suseenthiran went on directing 'Rajapaatai' for Vikram, which is almost completed now. Circles close to Suseenthiran reveal that, Vijay-Suseenthiran combo will commence very soon after Rajapaatai...

JEEVA ABOUT NANBAN AND VIJAY

How has Nanban shaped up?

Nanban has shaped up well. It has more grandeur, better quality. And, as it is Shankar sir’s film, it has his touch all over. We did not want to spoil the essence of the Hindi original. We have filmed in such a way that people who have seen the Hindi original will not say it’s not as good as the Hindi. Comedy has worked much better in Tamil and emotions have been conveyed beautifully. I can confidently say that if this film has been taken by anyone other than Shankar, it would not have come out this well. I can say this as someone who has seen the finished rough version.

Is there an influence of Sharman Joshi in your character portrayal in Nanban?

Our aim was not to disturb the original character even in the minutest way. But I feel the Tamil version will be more entertaining. That’s what I felt when I saw the film as an audience. And the finer emotions involving friendship are well brought out. I am very positive about Nanban. I cannot say there is an influence (of Sharman Joshi). I have portrayed the role in my individual style.

Nanban unit

It’s a great unit with Vijay sir, Sathyaraj sir, Srikanth, Ileana and Anuya, You would get the feel of having eaten a full course meal when you see Nanban. I am the youngest in the unit and Vijay sir is senior to me in age and in experience. It was a lively unit and we all had fun playing pranks on each other. We have all becomes good friends and I know Vijay from my childhood days when he has acted in some of our production ventures when I used to call him Anna. With this film, the bonding between me and Vijay has strengthened. And Srikanth and I have been friends for a long time. In this film, our travel has been more together and as there is no jodi for me and Srikanth, it was boring and since there was no other go, me and Srikanth have become the jodi of Nanban. It was good fun and also we had lots of travel in Nanban. We went to Andamans, Ooty, Coimbatore and Dehradun for the shoot.

VELAYUDHAM LATEST NEWS

The marriage scene in Velayutham was canned under a whopping expenditure of more than 1.5 crore. Each songs are made under a cost of, more than 2 crores and it will be a eyecatching visual treat for the audience, says the technical team of Velayutham. They have spent more than 6 crore alone for a particular CG work in a song, adds the team.The film will be releasing on the occasion of Deepavali october 26th.

Kerala's top distribution company Thameens and MN cinemas will be releasing Velayudham to nearly 120 theatres on october 26th.In kollam the velayudham film will releasing on top theatres of kollam Aradhana and Grand.