It has become official now!!! Yes, the producer of Vijay 61, N.Ramasamy of Sri Thenandal Films has announced exciting details about this huge project. This yet to be titled film turns out to be the hundredth venture for this prestigious banner.

As reported by us earlier, Jyothika, Samantha and Kajal Aggarwal have been roped in to play the female leads. Apart from this, Vadivelu, S.J.Suryah, Sathyaraj and Sathyan are also part of this star cast. After many speculations, it has now become official that the Mozart of Madras A.R.Rahman will compose the songs and background score for this film.

Debutant G.K.Vishnu, Ruben, Anl Arasu, and Muthuraj will take care of the cinematography, editing, stunt and art direction departments respectively. Legendary writer K.Vijayendra Prasad has written the screenplay for the film, which has the story, dialogues, and direction by Atlee.

The film will go on floors from tomorrow (February 1) in Chennai, after which the team has planned to shoot in places like Punjab, the United States, and Europe.
 

Time for Vijay fans to celebrate the start of this mega budget venture!

The long wait is over and after so much of speculations, the official word has come regarding the first look of AK57, directed by Siva.

Siva confirmed the release date of  the first look poster by tweeting, "With the blessings of Sai,love of Thala fans &cinema lovers first look of #thala 57 Thursday Feb 2 12 01am..Sai Sai".

Ajith's spokesperson and the film's PRO Suresh Chandra tweeted, "@SathyaJyothi_ proud 2 announce the 1st look and title of #Ak 57 at 12 01 a.m ...@directorsiva @DoneChannel1".

As reported by us earlier, the film has been titled as Vivegam.

Kollywood's one of the top most heroines, Samantha got engaged to Naga Chaitanya in a private ceremony yesterday (29th January), which was attended by close family and friends of Samantha and Chaitanya.

Naga Chaitanya's father, Nagarjuna Akkineni, came up with the official announcement of this last night through Twitter with pictures of the engagement event. He tweeted, "#Chaisam It's official now. My mother is my daughter now. Couldn't be happier!! #Chaisam...can't express my happiness in words!!." Nagarjuna's tweet apparently implying Samantha's characterization in the film Manam, where she played his mom.

We at Behindwoods send our best wishes to this lovely couple.

Ajith’s AK57 movie directed by Siruthai Siva had rumours doing the rounds that it had 2 successive films on the same line and that the sequels Ak58 and AK59 would also be directed by Siruthai Siva. There were a lot of memes that were created regarding this news and people still have a confusion about the course of this project.

We at Behindwoods asked our close sources about this. It has been clarified that these are supposed to be baseless rumours and the idea of a sequel is false news. AK57 is just one film and has Ajith playing an Interpol agent who battles terrorism across the world.

Also, apart from worldwide terrorism theme, the film is apparently supposed to have a subplot that deals with how Ajith tries to save his kidnapped wife played by Kajal Agarwal. This huge project has music composed by Anirudh who also scored for the previous collaboration of Siruthai Siva and Ajith (Vedhalam). It is touted to be on the lines of a stylish Hollywood style movie shot abroad.

Actor Raghava Lawrence who played a significant role in the Jallikattu protest that took place at Marina beach recently. We had recently informed you that the ‘Kanchana’ actor had met the Chief Minister recently and put forth three demands to him.

Yesterday, during a press meet Raghava Lawrence had said, “I will enter politics if needed.” Lawrence, as we know is known for his social works and enjoys a good fan base for his services. A statement as such will please his fans. He also said that a celebration function would soon be held for the success of Jallikattu protest.

Ajith’s sudden physical makeover for Vivegam has been the hot trending topic of Kollywood for the past two days. How did he arrive at a six-pack despite his previous medical condition is the question that resonates in everyone’s mind.

Apparently, after many physical drills, yoga and meditation, Ajith was able to pull off this macho look. We are told that he used to train for 5 hours a day and then shoot for the film, phew!!!

A little birdie close to the star’s camp had revealed an interesting story regarding Ajith’s physical transformation. Allegedly Ajith had met our late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa once during the release of Vedalam, when Jayalalithaa had enquired Ajith about why he had gained so much of weight. That question supposedly triggered Ajith to lose weight. It looks like Thala took it as a challenge and reduced his weight.

Though that incident triggered him to lose weight, the script of Vivegam is the main reason for him to arrive at a six-pack, adds our source.

Ajith’s 57th film got titled as Vivegam and the first look of the same with a chiseled torso of Ajith has sent his fans into a tizzy. The film directed by Siva is said to showcase the Vaali actor as an Interpol agent who will reportedly be on a mission to weed out bad elements.

Reliable sources reveal that the teaser of the film will be out on May 1st, on Ajith’s birthday and that audio launch may happen either by the end of May or in the 1st week of June. The unit is also said to be planning for the release of the film on the 22nd of June. Stay tuned and we will come up with exciting updates.

K.E Gnanavel Raja who graced the event of Vijay Antony’s Yaman audio launch had congratulated him for his growth as an actor and also wished him luck for Yaman. He then got furious as he started talking about piracy and Tamil Rockers, the main reason for online streaming of latest movies. Here is what he had to say:

“Suriya’s Si 3 is releasing on February 9th. This guy called Tamil Rockers is announcing that he will live stream it by 11 o clock. Apart from clearing the finance, we have to deal with this piracy issue also. Today I announce this to Tamil Rockers, you live stream my movie and it is everyone’s hardwork for the past 2 years. But within the next 6 months I will catch you and put you in jail and this event will be live streamed.

Elections are coming and we know exactly what to do. People must also be against this piracy and stop streaming our products. Audience enjoyment is our priority and that is what we are working for. Please watch films only in theatres.

I assure to catch you Tamil Rockers and put you behind the bars. Take this as an open challenge Tamil Rockers! Cinema industry has a lot of loopholes and this has to be looked into. Behind every movie, there is extreme hardwork to give happiness to the watchers. All departments work day and night, so please do watch it only in theatres.”

American President Donald trump’s announcement on the immigration ban of seven Muslim-majority countries to enter into the USA for the next 90 days had received widespread flak from all over. Looks like it will have a far-reaching effect.

As regards our Tamil film industry, there are a few films which had planned their shooting schedule in the USA. One was Vijay 61 and we had reported that the unit has changed its plans to shoot in America and instead will be proceeding to the UK.

On the other hand, director Karthik Subbaraj’s film with Dhanush was also planned to be shot in America. We are not sure, whether there would be a change in this, after Trump’s announcement. There is a general belief that if there are Muslims in the unit, it may be difficult to get a visa to America now.

There is also Kamal Haasan’s Sabash Naidu which had completed a schedule in the USA. We don’t know if they have some more portions to be shot in there. With Trump’s tough immigration policies, we need to see how things pan out especially for the film industry that had planned to shoot in the Land of Opportunities!

Ever since we had reported that Thala 57’s first look will be releasing very soon, the buzz for the film has gone to the rooftop. Fans have started to create their own title for the film. Likewise, there are few verses that are being circulated in social forums claiming them to be the intro song lyrics of Thala 57.

“Salt & Peperu "Aadra"
Load Aana Bullettu "Podra"
Anal Parakum Vegam "Veri Da"
Andhar MassThaan Ivan Dhegam "Vaa Da".

The lyrics look good but our sources close to the AK57 team have clarified that these verses will not feature in Thala 57 intro song.

Meanwhile, the shooting of the film is taking place in the outskirts of Chennai. Baddie of AK 57, Vivek Oberoi had shared a photo from the sets today with a heading “Sleepy morning on the sets! #Thala57 #sleepy”. After all, it is essential to take adequate rest from tireless work.

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