Vijay ready for another cameo in Bollywood

Ilayathalapathy Vijay, who did a guest appearance in Prabhu Deva's directorial Bollywood film Rowdy Rathore starring Akshay Kumar, is game for another cameo. The interesting part of the story is that he will be doing the same for an Akki film again.

The buzz is that Ilayathalapathy Vijay will be doing the guest appearance for the Hindi version of his upcoming movie Thuppakki. It is said that AR Murugadoss will be kick-starting the Bollywood version featuring Akshay Kumar once he completes the Tamil version.

Reports say that AR Murugadoss requested the actor to do the guest appearance considering the good response from the Tamil audience for his cameo in Rowdy Rathore.

Meanwhile, the hearing of Vijay's Thuppakki title issue, scheduled in a Chennai civil court on July 16 has been postponed. Now, the hearing will take place on July 19.

Thuppakki also features Kajal Aggarwal, Vidyut Jamwal, Akshara Gowda, Gautham Kurup and others in the cast. It is produced by Kalaipuli S Dhanu and it will hit the screens in November 2012.

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Vijay to romance an international face in Yohan

Actor Vijay, who is busy filming his upcoming movie Thuppakki directed by AR Murugadoss, will have an international co-star in Gautham Menon's Yohan Adhyayam Ondru. Well, the actor will be reportedly pairing up with a Hollywood actress for which the hunt is on.

Recently, there were reports that Shruti Hassan would be romancing Vijay in Yohan. However, clearing the rumours, Gautham Menon has said that he is not hunting a local talent at all and he wants to rope in an international face.

It may be recalled that Gautham Menon had earlier said Yohan Adhyayam Ondru would be made in the Hollywood standards. He claimed, "Yohan will be made like an international film while still retaining all the elements, especially music, that makes Indian cinema work." The latest development make us believe that the director is doing his best to make Yohan in global standards.

Yohan is the first of its kind (in South India) action thriller centering around a character that will be featured in a series of films (prequels and sequels). The film will be shot in international locations, predominantly in the United Kingdom with the active support of UK government.

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Jaya TV eyeing Vijay's Thuppakki

Jaya TV seems to be on a roll. After bagging the satellite rights of Rajinikanth's magnum opus Kochadaiyaan, now, it is eyeing Vijay's forthcoming movie Thuppakki directed by AR Murugadoss.

Grapevine has it that Jaya TV is trying hard to strike the deal and is in talks with the makers of Thuppakki. Though nothing has been finalised, the channel has almost negotiated the price and the deal is likely to happen in the coming days.

It may be recalled that Jaya TV had acquired the TV rights of Vijay's earlier film Velayudham for reportedly Rs. 4 crore. The channel had also competed for the rights of Shankar directorial Nanban, which fell into the laps of Vijay TV.

Thuppakki a spy-thriller set in the backdrop of Mumbai and centred around the life in the streets of the commercial capital. The film produced by Kalaipuli S Dhanu also features Kajal Aggarwal, Vidyut Jamal, Akshara Gowda and others in the cast. Meanwhile, the film has landed in a controversy over the title issue.

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Vijay's connection with Mani Ratnam's Uyire

Years after SRK and Malaika Arora made dancing on a train fashionable in Mani Ratnam’s Uyire (Dil Se in Hindi), Vijay seems to be aiming at bringing back the trend in Thupakki. The AR Murgadoss directed Thupakki will have a number in which Vijay will dance atop a train constructed by art director Sunil Babu.

The song was shot in the Mumbai - Pune Highway recently and was choreographed by Shobi and canned by Santosh Sivan. What with the shooting soon to be over, Thupakki is expected to be released mid-August.

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Thuppakki teaser launch plan goes for a toss?

While Ajith Kumar's Billa 2 trailer launch function has been cancelled for some reasons, the teaser and poster launch event of Vijay's Thuppakki too seems to be delayed following an injunction order from the court, which has directed the makers of the film not to use the 'Thuppakki' title in any form.

Originally, Thuppakki trailer launch was supposed to held on the occasion of Vijay's birthday i.e., June 22, but the plans were changed by director AR Murugadoss, who felt that the event might go unnoticed due to Saguni release. However, he had promised to deliver the trailer in the first week of July.

Now, the court has granted the interim injunction till July 17 for the makers of the film from using the title Thuppakki and its logo after Ravi Devan, a former associate of Kamal Hassan, filed the case. In his complaint, he claimed that the title of Vijay's film sounds similar to his movie Kalla Thuppakki and the logo too has some resemblance.

Without any other option, the movie bosses of Thuppakki are forced to delay the trailer launch event, says the buzz. The function is likely to happen by the end of this month. However, the film directed by AR Murugadoss stars Vijay, Kajal Aggarwal and Akshara Gowda in the leads. The movie will hit the screens for Independence Day.

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