Next Kamal Hassan ?

Kamal Haasan’s daughter Shruthi Haasan didn’t have a great time neither with Bollywood nor with Tollywood as her films so far has bombed terribly at the box office.

The actress is now making her Tamil debut with A.R. Murugadoss’s ‘7Aum Arivu’ opposite Suriya in the lead role. Pairing with Suriya has made Shruthi Haasan much more famous than the brand of being a legend's daughter.

The actress reveals that she plays the role of a scientist and cannot unravel anything more than this as the project by itself is a suspense thriller and there won't be any fun without the X factor.

Singing praises of A.R. Murugadoss, Shruthi says, “I believe Murugadoss is the backbone of the film. He never gets off from the concept.”

When asked how does she feel about Suriya being considered as ‘The Next Kamal Haasan’? She says, “Tomorrow, someone might be called as Next Suriya. That’s film industry!”

Maatraan in Pakistan ..

Suriya starrer Maatraan is ready to kick start and the unit is all set to shoot a schedule near Pakistan border. Director K V Anand is all geared up for this project and the expectations are high as the duo is paring up after the blockbuster Ayan.

After shortlisting from a long list of actresses, K V Anand has finally zeroed in on Kajal Agarwal as the female lead for Maatraan.

S.Soundar Rajan who has wielded the camera for movies like Ananthapurathu Veedu, Aadi and Billa in Telugu has been roped in for the project. Editing is by Antony and Art direction is by Rajeevan.

Hollywood Style ..

KV Anand is a perfectionist and when it comes to his script he leaves no stone unturned to ensure that it is an absolute winner. The director is currently hard at work on the nitty gritty of the script of Matraan which will have Suriya in the lead. He is going about it with clinical precision and has set up a storyboard in true Hollywood style to better capture his vision!

He is on the hunt for good artistes who will be able to assist in bringing his story to life. There can be little doubt that this brainchild of his is going to shape up into something good.

Bollywood Offers

Priyamani says that she is still trying to get good offers from Bollywood and while speaking about this, she said,” I am currently acting in Telugu and Kannada films. I will also be acting in two more Telugu films and talks are going on with regard to this."

The films 'Vishnuvardhana' and 'Lakshmi' in Kannada that has Priyamani as the female lead role are getting delayed. She stated that the films are not delayed because of her and The shooting of these films will commence soon.

She mentioned of her acting skills that were noticed by an audience worldwide in Maniratnam's Raavan despite of the film's fate at the box office and mentioned that the Hindi audience enjoyed her acting.

Having said that she also mentioned about her role opposite Suriya in Ram Gopal Varma’s Raktha Charithra II that did not reach the audience as expected.

"Many are asking me about not continuing to act in more Hindi films. Though I am acting in South Indian languages, I am making efforts to get offers in Hindi. I am just waiting for good roles.” she added.

Bollywood KICK

Though Shamshuddin Ibrahim AKA Shaam made his film debut through the Tamil film 12B, he shot to limelight after starring in the Telugu blockbuster titled Kick. Shaam had played an important role in this film and had earned name and fame enough to essay the same role in all of its remakes.

Kick was remade in Tamil under the title Thillalangadi and in Kannada it was named Kick. With both the remakes having done good business in Tamil and Kannada as well, it is now gearing up to go to Bollywood.

Recently, Salman Khan had met Shaam and assured him of the same role in its Bollywood remake and Shaam is happy over this development as it would be mark his debut in Bollywood. Sources in the Bollywood say that this remake would carry the title of the Original Kick and we just try and avoid saying, Not Again !

This remake is rumored to be directed by A R Murgadoss of Ghajini fame once he wraps up his '7am Arivu' with Suriya & Shruti Hassan in the lead. If sources are to be believed Deepika Padukone would be cast opposite Salman for the 1st time in a role preceeded by Ileana, Tamannah and Praneetha.

K V Anand's Next ..

K V Anand's Ko starring Jiiva, Ajmal and Karthika in lead roles has hit the screens today with a massive response. KO , an intense political-drama is promising to be much bigger hit than Anand's previous outing with Surya.

With K V Anand having completed Ko and Suriya wrapping up the shooting of 7Am Arivu, both are getting ready to start Mattran. Expectations are high as Suriya and Anand come together again after Ayan, which went onto become a blockbuster.

Anand says, ' expectations would be really high. We have delivered a hit before. Audience would expect a lot from us. I hope with writers Subha and Suriya in my side, I can easily pull it off'. The latest buzz doing round in Kollywood is that Kajal Agarwal might play the female lead opposite Suriya in Mattran and is all set to go to floors very soon.