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Amala Paul walks out from Dhanush’s next

Dhanush’s project after VIP 2, has been facing one issue after another. First, Vijay Sethupathi walked out of the project because of date issues. Though Dhanush and Vetrimaaran had made an official announcement regarding the delay in the film, Sethupathi walked out when the dates he had given for the project were not used.

Now, Amala Paul has apparently left the movie. Amala will be seen alongside Dhanush in VIP 2, but the Vada Chennai team seems to have finalised Aishwarya Rajesh for the role. Amala has also cited date issues as the reason for leaving the project. This hardly comes as a surprise as the project has faced many hiccups in terms of shooting and finalizing schedules.

The film, which is a trilogy, is a gangster drama. It has been produced by Lyca Productions, in associated with Dhanush’s Wunderbar Studios and Vetrimaaran’s Grass Root Film Company. Other actors who will be seen in pivotal roles are Samuthrakani and Andrea Jeremiah. The music will be composed by Santhosh Narayanan.

Dhanush, whose directorial debut Pa. Paandi hit the big screens recently has been receiving raving reviews from audience and the fraternity. The actor-director is on cloud nine and is looking forward to the release of VIP 2, which also stars actor Kajol in a pivotal role.

Young hero introduces a new strategy for a good cause

Office-bearers of Producers’ Council take charge, plan to hold concert and award function to raise money.

During the media interaction actor and producer Vishal said, “We want to work as a united body to enable producers to make films without any hurdles and take the Tamil industry forward by leaps and bounds.”

Vishal further added, “To help the farmers from Tamil Nadu who have been affected, the council has decided that one rupee from every ticket for a Tamil movie sold on one day in the State will go towards creating a fund for them. We will zero in on the date soon”.

The council had decided that members over the age of 60 will be entitled to a pension of Rs. 12,500. Stating that they were working towards raising funds for the council, Vishal said that they would be organizing Isaivom , a concert to honour music maestro Ilaiyaraaja, this year.

Raashi Khaana replaces debut actress in Nithiin’s next

Sometime back, there were reports that happening beauty Mehreen Pirzada is in talks to play the female lead in Nithiin’s next film which will be produced by Nithiin’s father in collaboration with Pawan Kalyan and Trivikram Srinivas. Sources say that Mehreen was initially approached and she almost signed the project, but she was dropped as things didn’t work out.

According to the latest update, Rashi Khanna has been roped in to play Nithiin’s romantic interest in the film. The makers have met Rashi a few days back and she sounded optimistic after narration and promised to adjust her packed schedule. Now, she has officially signed the dotted line and allotted dates for the film. Krishna Chaitanya will direct the film.

Rashi Khanna is on a rebound with a bunch of crazy projects in her kitty. She is playing the leading lady in NTR’s Jai Lava Kusa, Gopichand’s Oxygen and Ravi Teja’s Touch Chesi Chudu.

Superstar’s SPYder may arrive lately?

Mahesh Babu’s forthcoming spy thriller Spyder was supposed to wrap up the shooting formalities by the end of this month. But according to the latest update from the production house, the shooting might extend till the last week of May. This has given raise numerous rumours in the last couple of days.

It has been widely speculated that Murugadoss is planning two climax episodes for the film. Also, rumours are rife that some scenes are being reshoot as the team is not happy with them. However, close sources to the team are denying both these reports. The reason for the delay is said to be because the film is shot as a bilingual and Murugadoss is taking utmost care while shooting each scene in Telugu and Tamil.

It remains to be seen if the film arrives in theatres on June 23rd as announced by its makers previously or will it be pushed ahead. Rakul Preet Singh is the heroine and SJ Suryah is playing the antagonist in the film.