Puri Jagannath-Mahesh Babu's next is 'Dhamki'

Puri Jagannath, who is enjoying the success of his recent release 'Temper' will direct Mahesh Babu for the third time after Pokiri and Businessman. The movie is likely to go on floors in April. Latest update is that Puri Jagannath and his creative team is considering the title Dhamki for this racy entertainer. Earlier there were rumors that 'Rogue' is the title in consideration so we have to wait for some more time to get an official announcement.

Mahesh Babu is currently busy with Koratala Siva's upcoming movie titled 'Srimanthudu'. Shruti Haasan is playing female lead opposite Mahesh for the first time in this commercial entertainer. Jagapathi Babu, Rajendra Prasad, Brahmanandam are playing pivotal roles. Devi Sri Prasad takes care of the music, while Mythri Movies is producing the project.

Mani Ratnam's 'OK Kanmani' now titled 'Oh Kadhal Kanmani'

The title of director Mani Ratnam's next featuring Dulquar Salman and Nithya Menon in the lead roles is now officially titled "Oh Kadhal Kanmani". The film initially titled OK Kanmani is now being changed to Oh Kadhal Kanmani.  Apparently, the change in the title could be on cards for the tax sops, state sources.

Produced by Ratnam's home studio Madras Talkies, 'Oh Kadhal Kanmani' has Prakash Raj, Leela Samson and Kanika in prominent roles. Oh Kadhal Kanmani will be simultaneously released in Tamil and Malayalam and will also be dubbed in Telugu as Okay Bangaram.

The shoot of the movie is complete and it is currently in post production stage.  The movie is scheduled for release on April 10th this year and the audio of the movie will be launched by the end of this month.  AR Rahman is scoring music and Vairamuthu has penned the lyrics for the tracks.

Nagarjuna-Karthi's multi-starrer launched formally

Akkineni Nagarjuna and Karthi's much anticipated bi-lingual multistarrer was formally launched today at Annapurna Studios. Nagarjuna, Karthi, Akhil, Naga Chaitanya,PVP, Vamsi Paidipally, Amala etc attended the formal pooja ceremony. Vamsi Paidipally is weilding megaphone for this movie. The regular shooting of the film starts on March 16th and will be completed by the end of June. In Tamil, Studio Green will be jointly producing the film with PVP cinemas. The film will be shot in Hyderabad, Chennai and foreign locations.

Shruti Haasan has been roped into play female lead in this film and Jayasudha will play a key role. 'Malli Malli Idhi Rani Roju' fame Gopi Sundar will compose the music for this film and P.S.Vinod of Manam movie fame is to handle the camera. Story is written by Vamsi paidipalli,Hari,Solman. Dialogues are written by Abburi Ravi. Srikar Prasad is the editor.

Kamal Haasan to star in 'PK' south remake

The latest 'hot talk' doing rounds in Kollywood is that Ulaganayagan Kamal Haasan is all set to star in remake of Aamir Khan's recent blockbuster PK directed by RajKumar Hirani. According to sources, Gemini Productions have bagged the remake rights of this film for a fancy price and planning to recreate it in Tamil and Telugu. Kamal Hassan was signed on dotted lines to play Aamir Khan's role from the original, while the rest of the cast will be finalised soon.

"Gemini Film Circuit has acquired the film's remake rights and Kamal Haasan is expected to play the lead. Gemini had already remade two of Hirani's films and they were really impressed with 'PK' too," a source close to the production house told.

Reports are also suggesting that a top director would wield the megaphone for the movie. Shooting is expected to get a kickstart by the end of May.