'Sujatha' R
angarajan, a magnificent writer in the Tamil language showed his fascination for modernity with many of his works. he element of human life that is changing ever so rapidly thanks to technological advancements has been a subject of intense fascination for him. The late writer had written a script with the core of having an antagonist in the form of a Robot. He had even thought of having Kamal Haasan play the role. But then the script has been lying around for a long time with no takers as the film would involve a whopping amount if it has to see the light of day with the right effect. Along came a film director Shankar who had always made it a point to insist on Sujatha's talent in his films. After the huge success of 'Sivaji', Shankar was looked upon as a man who could churn out lavish films nationally. Sujatha Rangarajan's 'Robot' became a viable option when Sharukh Khan made public his desire to work with Shankar. The name 'Robot' was copyrighted by Shahrukh's production house Red Chilles. But then things fell apart as Shahrukh was not convinced totally with the project. Rajinikanth-Shankar combo had worded wonders at the box office and people were thirsting to see the two come together for another project and so the superstar was roped in for 'Robot'. Then came Aishwarya Rai into the picture. Shooting has begun for this film that went through a name change to 'Endhiran'.The ‘supposed’ story of ‘Endhiran’ has already surfaced and the following is probably what the film is all about.The film is about a scientist, played by Rajini who lives about 200 years in the future. He is passionate about making robots that have the ability to rationalize things. Designed to help humanity the robots are themselves like humans with many emotions. One such robot (played by Rajini again) is tampered upon by people of evil intent. And so this robot lives a life of its own putting humanity at risk.To boot to the mayhem this robot even falls in love with the scientist's girlfriend (played by Aishwarya Rai).The film is expected to be released in the summer of 2010. The story does sound interesting, but then we'll have to wait and see if the balance between modernity and traditional human emotions exists.Technical details are being worked out right now. Since the story was written by Sujatha a long time ago, the filmmakers have decided to add in the necessary updates. A team of about 250 people have been assigned the responsibility of researching these updates.'We just would have needed one person in Sujatha to work on these updates. Since he is no more, we need 250 people to fill in for him', rues director Shankar.
AVM Production seems to be floating with high success as they are roping in the best personalities for their films. Followed by the grand success of Sivaji, AVM is busy now producing Surya's Ayan and soon after completing this film, they would start their next venture with the combo of Ajith-SP Jananathan. AVM Productions and Ajith Kumar had earlier joined hands for the film 'Thirupathi' and it was a successful film. SP Jananathan known for blending offbeat themes with commercial elements will direct this film. At present, Ajith is busy shooting for Aegan and his next project is with Sivaji Production to be directed by Gowtham Menon. Meanwhile, SP Jananathan is soon on the heels of completing his present film 'Peranmai' featuring Jeyam Ravi in lead role.
Genelia, who is currently making waves in Bollywood, Kollywood and Tollywood is a much sought - after heroine, especially with her films becoming major blockbusters at the box office. She has risen to absolute stardom with the films 'Ready' (Telugu), 'Bommarilu' (Telugu) which was remade in Tamil as 'Santosh Subramaniam'. The same film is now being remade in Hindi as 'Life Partner' and Genelia is expected to don the cute girl role for the third time. Be it the Telugu 'Bommarilu' or the Tamil 'Santosh Subrmaniam', Genelia was the screen-stealer, enticing everyone with her charming looks and suave performance. She is now expected to render the same and win accolades among Hindi audiences as well with 'Life Partner', for which 60% of the shoot is over. She is simultaneously busy with a Telugu flick being directed by Krishna Vamsi. There were rumors doing the rounds in the industry that Genelia had started demanding exorbitant salary to act in movies. But the talented actress denies these allegations, saying that she has totally devoted her time only for two films and that her hectic schedules did not allow her to be part of the other commitments."Not the matter of pay, but it is the matter of time" says the sizzling actress.
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