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The latest on Diwali (October 26) is that it will be a straight head on clash between Vijay and Suriya at the Tamil box-office worldwide.

Yes, Vijay’s Velayutham will release along with Suriya’s 7aum Arivu on October 26, making it an interesting Diwali fight.

A leading distributor confirmed: “ On Sunday (Oct 9) Velayutham ads with theatre listing announcing it as a Diwali release will be published in newspapers. Already 7aum Arivu ads have appeared announcing it as a Diwali release with complete theatre listing.”

The other two films scheduled for Diwali- Dhanush’s Selvaraghavan directed Mayakkam Enna and STR’s Dharani directed Osthi have informed the trade that they are postponing their release to November.

Meanwhile to make it a triangular fight, Shah Rukh Khan’s RA.One is releasing for Diwali in Hindi and Tamil. The highlight of the film will be a one-minute cameo appearance of superstar Rajinikanth in the film.

SRK himself is flying down to Chennai on Monday (Oct 10) for the audio launch of the Tamil version.

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Velayudham in 1200+ screens-Ayangaran Intnl

Velayudham in 1200+ screens-Ayangaran Intnl

Velayudham produced by Aascar films and directed by Jayam Raja has Vijay, Genelia and Hansika in the lead roles. The music of this film is by vijay Antony. This film is joining the diwali race along with other releases. Vijay's film would always have a mega opening and this film is also growing big with Ayngaran films acquiring the overseas rights and all set for a magnanimous release.

This film would be screened with nothing less than 1200 prints all over the globe.

So please watch this space for futher updates on this mega movie. The trailer of this film was released recently and the expectations have sky rocketed from then on. Ayngaran and vijay will always rock.

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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.

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Vijay to shoot in Srinagar

Ilayathalapathy Vijay will shake his legs in the backdrop of picturesque locales of Srinagar for 'Velayudham', as the only one song which is left to be shot will be canned in the capital city of Jammu and Kashmir.

Select members of the cast and crew of 'Velayudham' will leave for Srinagar on September 17 to shoot the number 'Molachu moonu ilai vidala...' Listen here They will be back within a week, sources in the know tell us.

What is more interesting about this particular song is that it would have both the heroines of the film - Genelia D'Souza and Hansika Motwani - sharing screen space with Vijay. It will be choreographed by a popular dance master.

Meanwhile, director 'Jayam' Raja is upbeat about the movie's prospects in the box-office. "Velayudham will be tailor-made for the fans of Vijay. How an ordinary man becomes a super hero is the one-line that can best describe the story," he says.

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Vijay shoots with Angela Johnson

Sify.com had first broken the story that Angela Johnson, the Kingfisher Calendar girl is Vijay’s heroine in his new film to be directed by AR Murgadoss.

Last week, cameraman Sathosh Sivan did a hush-hush photo shoot at a Chennai studio with Angela and Vijay.

The results of the photo shoot are said to be amazing. Angela looks very glamorous and is said to be photogenic and Murugadoss, it seems is extremely happy with the outcome.

However, Murgadoss is trying his best to keep Angela under the wraps.

This untitled film is produced by Vijay’s dad SAC in association with producer Aascar Ravichandran and is expected to kick start by the end of the September.

Murgadoss will be working with Vijay for the first time in this action packed adventure film.

The untitled film will be shot by ace cinematographer Santosh Sivan.

The music director is yet to be firmed up, though there are rumours that Harris Jayaraj may do the film.

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VELAYUTHAM- ‘GENELIA AND HANSIKA WERE INSECURE’

It is not often that you come across a director who openly talks about his heroines. But that is what director M Raja, who is busy with Velayudham, starring Vijay, Hansika and Genelia, did recently. With two top heroines in the film, the director was quizzed, at a press meet, if there were any catfights o...n the sets and he diplomatically said that there was healthy competition between the two actresses on the sets. “They were insecure but they didn’t show it outside. But, I could feel that sense of insecurity,” he said before adding, “However, both the actresses didn’t create any problems on account of this during filming.” Hansika plays a village belle in the film while Genelia plays a journalist. Now, what is interesting is that the Velayudham unit will be leaving for Srinagar on September 17 to shoot a song (Molachu Moonu Ela Vidala…) which will feature both the heroines! We wonder if the director will have a tough time!

Source : TIMES OF INDIA

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Get Set for Nanban logo

Anything that happens with director Shankar's ventures make headlines instantly and his latest offing 'Nanban' with the top young heroes of the Tamil film industry is no exception. The latest news flowing out of the 'Nanban' camp is that Shankar has come out with a creative icon for his 'Nanban.'

This symbol will be more or less like a logo for the film reveal sources close to the unit and they are also confident that it will be a hit with the movie goers. The symbol will be the three lead characters back-to-back with Vijay in the centre, and Jiiva and Srikanth on his either sides. The picture shows the stars adorning a crown and decked in jewellery all inclusive of the 'kundalas' (ear rings), necklaces and vanky (for their biceps)!

And for that modern appeal the lead men are clad in T-shirts!

Sources close to the 'Nanban' team revealed that Shankar was looking for a right image or an icon similar to that of Bollywood's '3 Idiots' which had the lead stars sitting in specially customized chairs. The image as well as the chairs became a huge fad after the posters were out.

Shankar might have wanted a similar USP for his 'Nanban' and that's when the idea to come out with a Tamil version of his 'Nanban' icon might have struck him!

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