With Vijay's 'Velayudham' becoming a Diwali release, it is confirmed that the Ilayathalapathy's next venture, the Shankar-directed 'Nanban', will hit the screens for Pongal. 'Nanban', a remake of Bollywood blockbuster 'Three Idiots', stars Vijay, Srikanth, Jiiva, Ileana D' Cruz, Sathyaraj in lead roles with Anuya Bhagawath and S J Suryah playing pivotal ones. Harris Jayaraj has scored music. The shooting for the movie is complete and post production works have...
11:34 AM, May 25, 2012
New Delhi: Looks like filmmaker Shankar has begun work for his next flick, after Nanban. While it was said that Vikram had been chosen to play the lead for the yet-to-be-titled movie, there were reports that Suriya was also being approached by the filmmaker. This film is no multi-starrer like Shankar's previous flick Nanban, and Suriya could be replacing Vikram in the movie, say sources. Actor Vikram's camp, however, is...
02:52 PM, Apr 14, 2012
New Delhi: South Indian film industry and Bollywood are very different from each other in terms of everything, from the actor's mannerism to their niche audience base but certain actors represent the same set of skills despite being in separate industries. Srikanth and Riteish Deshmukh also have a lot in common. Srikanth debuted in 'Roja Kootam' which won him several commercial and critical acclaims along with the ITFA Best New...
05:28 PM, Jan 23, 2012
New Delhi: Actor Vijay, who is slowly coming to terms with the magnitude of the success of 'Nanban', had a valid reason for coming late to the press conference called recently to announce the film's success. The star was caught in a traffic jam! Talking more about the film and the feedback he had received from his fans, Vijay said, "'Nanban' was director Shankar's film and not my film. I...
04:23 PM, Jan 23, 2012
Chennai: 'Nanban' (Tamil) Director: Shankar Cast: Vijay, Ileana, Jiiva, Shrikant It was a film that was critically acclaimed and commercially successful in its Hindi version. A tale of three friends, about the bonding and friendship, and of following ones dreams. And now 3 Idiots has been remade in Tamil as 'Nanban'. Remaking a successful film in another language is a challenging task for any director. But credit goes to Shankar...
06:54 PM, Jan 15, 2012
Salem, Tamil Nadu: Shows of the latest Vijay-starrer 'Nanban', a remake of Bollywood blockbuster '3 idiots', at a multiplex here have been cancelled after suspected activists of a Tamil outfit broke glass panes of the complex and burnt posters of the movie. Cut-outs of the film's director Shankar were also burnt last night after activists, belonging to Indian Jananayaga Katchi, protested against "objectionable dialogue" in the movie denigrating the outfit's...
01:20 PM, Jan 14, 2012
This Pongal, there are two big releases to look forward to. There is Nanban, a remake of Bollywood superhit 3 Idiots and Vettai, an action thriller starring Madhavan and Arya. ...
09:27 AM, Jan 13, 2012
New Delhi: The Tamil remake of the 2009 Bollywood blockbuster '3 Idiots', 'Nanban' has hit theatre screens on Thursday, January 12. The big Pongal release has been directed by S. Shankar and stars Vijay, Jeeva and Srikanth in pivotal roles. The interaction between the Hindi film industry and the Southern film industry has increased in last some years. 'Nanban', the official remake of Rajkumar Hirani's '3 Idiots' is the latest...
03:34 PM, Jan 11, 2012
New Delhi: If media reports are to be believed then the release date of Shankar's 'Nanban' is pre-poned to January 12, 2012. Earlier, the film was scheduled to be released on the eve of Pongal. Directed by Shankar, 'Nanban' is the Tamil remake of '3 Idiots'. The original film had Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi and R Madhavan in the lead roles while Omi Vaidya had played the famous role of...
02:54 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Vijay says 'follow your dream'. The idiot factor: It was the last scene of the movie when it gets too emotional, and I was supposed to be happy for my friends. Jeeva said something so funny that I really couldn't control my laughter for almost 20 minutes. The entire crew was waiting for me to finish. Working with Shankar: I wanted to work with him for a very long time....
03:13 PM, Dec 21, 2011
New Delhi: Vijay says 'follow your dream' The idiot factor: It was the last scene of the movie when it gets too emotional, and I was supposed to be happy for my friends. Jeeva said something so funny that I really couldn't control my laughter for almost 20 minutes. The entire crew was waiting for me to finish. Working with Shankar: I wanted to work with him for a very...
12:00 PM, Dec 18, 2011
New Delhi: Bollywood and the South Indian film industry are different from each other but there are actors in both the industries who have similar mannerism and niche audience base. Imran Khan of the Hindi film industry and Jeeva of Tamil films make one such pair with more than one feature in common. Both come from proper film families. Jeeva's father R B Coudhury is a film producer while Imran's...
06:44 PM, Dec 09, 2011
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