Kamal Haasan croons a song in 'Avam'

Ulaganayagan Kamal Haasan, who is currently busy shooting for Tamil thriller "Papanasam", has crooned a song for the upcoming movie, "Avam". The track – Kaarirulae - composed by KS Sundaramurthy, is a soulful rock number with lyrics by Madhan Karky. The song will appear during a pivotal scene in the film, and director Vilvakrish declared that Kamal’s haunting vocals combined with the rock elements of the track would make for a ‘brilliant sound experience’.

"Had a super recording session with Kamal sir. A song for #Avam directed by Vijaykumar & music by Sundaramurthy. An unforgettable experience to watch and hear Kamal sir breathe life into my lyrics (sic)," Madhan tweeted Saturday.

"Kamal sir's voice for #Kaarirulae, a song on a guilt feeling, will be the highlight of #Avam (sic)," he said.

Shahrukh rugged avatar for 'Happy New Year'

Here is the latest poster of Shahrukh Khan's much awaited "Happy New Year".   Featured in Hindi version and Hindi fonts, the new poster also has an impressive tagline that reads as ‘Kismat badi kutti cheeze hai, kabhi bhi palat sakti hai’. “Happy New Year’ has an ensemble cast includingDeepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani, Sonu Sood and Vivaan Shah. Interestingly, Jackie Shroff will essay a negative character in the film.  The film is produced by Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt Ltd and distributed by Yash Raj Films worldwide. The movie is all set to release worldwide this Diwali. 

Ileana ready to tie the knot

If you are a fan of actress Ileana D'Cruz, then definitely this news will be a bad news for you. As per the grapevine in the Industry, Ileana is all set to tie the knot very soon with her boyfriend Andrew Keenbone.  The rumours also say that she will quit films after the marriage. She reportedly rejected some films in Bollywood and not signed any projects for next year. Ileana and Australian Photographer Andrew are often spotted together in public places in Mumbai and recently they entered the Filmfare nominations party holding hands . On the work front, she's currently busy shooting for Hindi film "Happy Ending" opposite Saif Ali Khan.

Samantha slams plastic surgery rumors

Samantha is fighting back after claims that she had plastic surgery on her nose. There’s a strong buzz in K-Town these days that Samantha had been to London a few weeks back to go under the knife to ‘correct’ her nose and that she is again scheduled to visit the same hospital for a second and ‘final’ course of surgery.  Clearing the air Samantha tweeted ‘Me, nose job! Stop it please, surgery is required for those who feels there is necessity to correct their nose, I have got one beautiful one, so, whats the need for me to go under the knife?’.

Currently, the actress is busy shooting the climax of her Tamil film '10 Enradhukulla' in Chennai.  Samantha will soon join the cast and crew of Trivikram Srinivas's untitled film. This is the second time that the actress will be working with Trivikram Srinivas after Atharintiki Daredi. Allu Arjun is playing lead role in this movie. Her last Telugu film was Rabhasa, which released on August 29.

Hema Malini begins shooting for Shimla Mirchi

Actress-politician Hema Malini recently started shooting for Ramesh Sippy's forthcoming project "Shimla Mirchi".

"The first day of shooting for Shimla Mirchi- with my Director Ramesh Sippy who is also doing a cameo in the movie (sic)," she tweeted Sunday.

The duo together gave hits like "Andaz", "Seeta Aur Geeta" and "Sholay".

"Shimla Mirchi" also stars Rajkummar Rao, who called it an "unusual film". He even expressed his excitement to romance Hema Malini on the big screen.

"Shimla Mirchi" is a romantic comedy, and if reports are to be believed, its story is about how a single mother (Hema Malini) and her daughter (Rakul Preet Singh) fall in love with the same man, essayed by Rajkummar.

Anup Rubens to score tunes for NTR's "Neno Rakam"

NTR is currently busy shooting for Puri Jagannath’s upcoming flick which is tentatively titled as "Neno Rakam".  Kajal Agarwal is playing female lead opposite NTR for the third time in this cop drama. The shooting is gearing in fast pace and the latest news is that Anup Rubens has been roped to scored music for this movie.  Earlier it is reported that Devi Sri Prasad is composing music for this film but close sources revealed that, Anoop Rubens has replaced Devi. The actual reasons for replacement are yet to be known. Earlier, Anup Rubens teamed up with Puri Jagannath for 'Heart Attack' which has got couple of chartbuster songs.  'Neno Rakam' will be produced by Bellamkonda Suresh under his home banner Sri Sai Ganesh Productions.