Katrina Kaif - Not in Ajit Film?

Salman's Girl Firend, Katrina Kaif is not coming to Kollywood in the near future. Earlier it was reported that she is going to be Ajit’s heroine in Raju Sundaram new film for Ayngaran International. The buzz is that on second thoughts, Katrina has decided to stay put in Bollywood, which is far more lucrative and career wise a better choice as far as she is concerned.

Ajit and Raju Sundaram are in a big fix, as they were depending on Katrina joining them in the first week of March for the talkie portion of the film. Now they will have to start another heroine hunt in a hurry, as the project is already delayed.

Arya - Nila in Love???

Arya and Nila were not acted as pair in any movies. But, In Tamil film industry rumor is that love sparks between them were sparked in International Tamil Film Awards Singapore function. Both are dating and both cell phones are engaged continuously. On Valentine day (Feb 14), actress Nila went toTheni, to be with her lover Arya who was shooting there for Njaan Kadavul. The young couple who are in love are planning to get married by the end of the year. Now, Nila is not signing any new films even after her last super hit release Maruthamalai.

Earlier Arya was in rumor with his earlier heroines Pooja and Padmapriya and Nila was in news with her director SJ surya.

Paruthiveeran - A Rare Feet

The 58th Berlin International Film Festival has started on Feb 7 and will go up to Feb 17. Paruthiveeran directed by Ameer is being screened at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival popularly known as Berlinale. The Berlinale is a festival of encounters and discussions. With more than 200,000 tickets sold, the Berlinale is not only a film industry meeting it also enjoys by far the largest audience of any film festival in the world. Last week Shah Rukh Khan was at Berlin with his Om Shanti Om and was mobbed by fans as he was given the red carpet reception at the festival. Only three shows of his OSO was held, but it was sold out in seven minutes! Ever since German TV started showing Bollywood films SRK has become huge and very popular among the Germans who simply love his movies. one of the highlights was Paruthiveeran was not a last minute entry; it was confirmed as early as September last year for the festival.

Who is Vishal's Love interest?

Vishal who made a statement to a tamil weekly magazine that he is in love with a top actress. The media jumped the gun and said it was Priyamani, who had done Malakottai with him. Priyamani who is rumoured to be in love with a young Telugu actor denied that she is Vishal’s love! Once her denial was flashed by the evening papers, the media then shifted its stance and said it was Nayanthara, who was Vishal’s 'mysterious obsession'.

Nayanthara: Vishal has all the right and freedom to say whatever he wants to. Please note that he has not mentioned my name, it could be any other actresses? Why me? But the media has made its own inferences and dragged my name into it. Let me make it clear that Vishal is a good co-star and we share a great rapport on sets.

His statement may be for publicity, who knows?

One Minute Review - Indiralogathil Na Azhagappan

It is really a shocking and boring experience to every fan of Vadivelu who loves the actor for his non-stop comedy. After watched the film it seems like every one laugh on us! The much publicized and expected film is not only fails to make me laugh, and also becomes a big test for my patience for nearly 3 long hours.

The main problem with this film is that it hardly raises any laugh and the script is so weak. Sadly we have no words of praise for Vadivel who can't rise above the flawed script. He hams it up, is loud and overacts at times. For the first time Vadivel fails to recreate the mass even in a single scene. On the whole, the amateurish, inconvincible and dry narration of the story makes me to feel the hell in the earth.

Verdict : Big Disappointment and Bore, Ayyo Thanga Mudiyala.

Meena in Kuselan

Finally Meena who did the Malayalam original has been signed up for Kuselan to play Pasupathi’s wife. Simran was the first choice. The character of Sreenivasan was built around Meena’s sympathies and her desire that he meets his old friend now a superstar played by Mammootty and tells him about their difficulties.

Now in the Tamil version if Meena has a similar dialogues it will work big time with the audiences because with Rajinikanth she has worked in films like Veera,Yajaman,Muthu.

Kunal commits suicide!!

Kunal who made his debut in Tamil with Kathir directed Kathalar Dhinam (1999), committed suicide at his flat in Mumbai. He was said to be depressed during the last few months. He will be remembered for the A.R Rahman music of his debut film Kathalar Dhinam. Who can forget the haunting Rojaa, Rojaa… and the melodious Daandiya Aatumadam… picturised on Kunal and the strikingly beautiful Sonali Bendre.

Kunal a north Indian has done about a dozen films in Tamil as a young hero, but none of his films were hits. The titles were Varsham Ellam Vasantham, Paesadha Kannum Paesumae (Coincidence is that the heroine of this film Monal had also committed suicide), Unnarchigal and his last release Nanbanin Kathali.

The US Presidential Elections - Procedure

Step I: Primaries and Caucuses

There are many people who would like to become President. Each of these people have their own ideas about how our government should work. Some of these people can belong to the same political party. That's where primaries and caucuses come in.In these elections, party members get to vote for the candidate that will represent their party in the upcoming general election.

Step 2: National Conventions

At the end of the primaries and caucuses, each party holds a national convention to finalize the selection of one Presidential nominee. During this time, each Presidential candidate chooses a running-mate (or Vice-Presidential candidate).

Step 3: The General (or Popular) Election

Now that each party is represented by one candidate, the general election process begins. Candidates campaign throughout the country in an attempt to win the support of voters. Finally in November, the people vote for one candidate.When a person casts a vote in the general election, they are not voting directly for an individual Presidential candidate. Instead, voters in each state actually cast their vote for a group of people, known as electors. These electors are part of the Electoral College and are supposed to vote for their state for their preferred candidate.

Step 4: The Electoral College

In the Electoral College system, each state gets a certain number of electors, based on each state.

US Election - Latest Scores

Election Result:

Hillary Wins: California, Arizona, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee

Obama Wins: Georgia, Missouri, Alabama, Alaska, llinois, Delaware, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Connecticut, Minnesota, North Dakota and Kansas.

For Hillary, California and New York are Big win.
For Obama, Georgia is a Big Win.

Lead in:
Hillary: New Mexico (42%)

Superstar Rajinikanth - Biography

Chennai based ophthalmologist Dr.Gayathri Shrikanth has written a biography of Superstar Rajinikanth titled "Rajini Pera Kettale" in Tamil and an English translation "The name is Rajinikant". The book will be officially launched on 1st March 2008 at Chennai. Bollywood Superstar Amitabh Bachan, Swami Dayananda Saraswathy and Tamil film personalities are participating in this event. The book has a foreword written by the chief minister of Tamilnadu , 'Kalaignar' M.Karunanidhi and another by Kamal Haasan. It will be an event to remember when Rajini, Big-B and Kamal will come together for the launch of Dr. Gayathri Shrikanth's book.

Shah Rukh and Aditya Chorpa

Aditya Chopra, who is set to wear the director's cap again after a hiatus of eight years for his third film Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, is looking for a new face to cast opposite Shah Rukh Khan.The hunt for a new girl is on for the film, to be produced by Yash Chopra and written by Aditya.

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi will go on the floors in May and is scheduled to hit the screens by the year-end. Aditya gave one of the most successful love stories to Bollywood in his directorial debut Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. This Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol starrer continues its record breaking run in its 13th year at Mumabi's Maratha Mandir.

However his Mohabbatein (2003) turned turtle at the box office. After that, Aditya took a break from direction to set up and develop India's first studio model making Yash Raj Films a name to reckon with.

In the years that followed, YRF, under the keen eyes of Aditya, produced such blockbusters as Dhoom, Dhoom 2, Hum Tum, Bunty Aur Babli, Salaam Namaste, Fanaa and Chak! De India.While Aditya was the creative producer in all these films, he wrote the script for father Yash Chopra's 2004 directorial venture Veer-Zaara as well as the stories of other films. Hopefully, he will recreate the magic of his first film with Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.

Kuselan, title to change??

The title Kuselan might undergo a change. The writer-actor Sreenivasan, who wrote the Malayalam original, is skeptical about the present title. According to mythology, Kuselan was Krishna's childhood friend who approaches his rich pal during trying times. But the main character in the original does not so the same. So he feels that the title might not be very apt. Nothing has been confirmed about this.

Feb,2008 - Tamil Movie Releases

February has the highest number of releases due. 2008 Feb has only 29 days, but has five
Fridays.

Feb 1- Asokha, Indiralokathil Na Azhagappan, Thangam
Feb 8- Sadhu Mirandal, Thoondil
Feb 14 (Valentine Day weekend)- Anjathey, Thotta Silanerangalil, Bomalattam, Vaitheeswaran
Feb 22- Vellithira, Yaradi Nee Mogini
Feb 29- Arai En 305

Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo!!

Technology giant Microsoft Corp said Friday that it had offered to acquire Internet media company Yahoo Inc for $44.6 billion in cash and stock. Microsoft said it had offered to buy Yahoo for $31 per share, which it said represented a 62 per cent premium above the company's closing stock price on Nasdaq Thursday.

"We have great respect for Yahoo, and together we can offer an increasingly exciting set of solutions for consumers, publishers and advertisers while becoming better positioned to compete in the online services market," Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said in a statement.
Yahoo was not immediately available for comment.

Microsoft said it had identified four areas that would generate at least $1 billion in annual synergies for the combined entity. Yahoo shares rose 56 per cent to $29.95 in premarket trading Friday following the announcement. US stock index futures also jumped after the news was released.

AUS - Resounding victory!

Australia will be mighty happy on having settled old scores with India and doing so in great style as well. They have thumped India by a margin of 9 wickets. Their bowlers did a very good job early on but the Indians have themselves to blame for what happened. Their batsmen never tried to get used to the conditions and started going bang bang straightaway. India lost wickets consistently and no one other than Pathan managed to reach double figures. Not much can be said about the Indian bowling because 74 was never a score that could have been defended against a team like Australia. Gilchrist chipped in with 25 in his last T20I innings and skipper Clarke ensured that he saw his side home comfortably. The focus now shifts to Brisbane where these two teams meet again but in the longer format of 50 overs.

Silver Jubilee for Chak De India

Chak De India went into its 25th week on Friday in Mumbai. The collections in its 24th week were decent at Dreamland cinema on matinee show. The film is showing steady collections on the matinee show for the last four weeks. It was produced by Aditya Chopra, presented by Yash Chopra and directed by Shimit Amin. The film starred Shahrukh Khan, Shilpa Shukla, Sagrika Ghatge, Chitrashi Rawat and Tanya Abrol amongst others. Music was by Salim Sulaiman and was written by Jaideep Sahni.

Jab We Met Celebrates 100 Days

Jab We Met will be celebrating 100 days across India tomorrow(2-Feb-2008). The film emerged the surprise super hit of 2007. It is also the only film apart from Chak De India in 2007 that managed to reach 100 days in four circuits (Welcome and Taare Zameen Par may follow). The film is celebrating 100 days in Mumbai, Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Hyderabad and Bangalore.

Dhanush & Shriya

Dhanush and Shriya the hot pair of Thiruvilayadal Aarambam is coming together again. Dhanush, director Vetrimaran, cameraman Vel Raj, music director G.V.Prakash Kumar, editor V.T.Vijayan and stunt master Rambo Rajkumar are coming together (Polladhavan Team) in this action based thriller.

Director wanted to give the title Sevvel for the film but Hari had already registered the title for his new film with Bharath. Now Vetri is on the look out for a new and apt title for the film, and chances are there that it may be an old Rajnikanth title. The film will be produced by Kathiresan and the shooting will start in the first week of April in Chennai. Shriya is all thrilled to be cast opposite Dhanush with whom she had her first big hit in Tamil Thiruvilayadal Aarambam. She hopes to complete her Kanthasamy schedule in Feb and March and then join the Dhanush film. The cast will also have the Polladhavan villains Kishore and Daniel Balaji (This time not as bad guys!)

Meanwhile, Dhanush has kept the remake of Telugu super hit ‘Arya’ to be produced by Gemini Lab in the backburner as the director or heroine has not been fixed.

Will Jodha recreate the Same magic again?

This February, the Dhoom: 2 couple will appear on screen in a different avatar. This time as the greatest Mughal emperor and his Hindu wife in Ashutosh Gowarikar's epic Jodhaa Akbar.
Ash and Hrithik look stunning in the trailers, A R Rahman's music is wonderful, the battle scenes are supposed to be one of the authentic in the history of Hindi cinema, so Gowarikar, the man who made Lagaan and Swades, may have a winner when the film releases next fortnight, on February 15. Let us all wait for the first week Box office report.

Katrina in Ajit Film

Ajit and his director Raju Sundaram has managed to convince Katrina Kaif to do their Ayngaran produced tamil film. The film was to be originally done by Shriya, but after she did the cameo dance number with Vadivel in INA, a furious Ajit refused to do the film with her. Later there was a desperate attempt for patch up and it looked like Shriya would make a comeback into the project, as the talkie portion was to start in the first week of February in Ooty.

But Raju Sundaram and Ajit were still talking to Katrina who came down to Chennai last week to meet her boy friend Salman Khan who was shooting for the Hindi version of Pokkiri at Binny Mills. This time they were able to convince Katrina who is one of the hottest heroines in Bollywood especially after her Welcome turned out to be 2007’s biggest hit. She is said to be “lucky” and now paired with the hottest hero in Kollywood, the project has suddenly become big. The market buzz is that Katrina is being paid a bomb, rumored to be 1 Crore to do this Ajit film.

Nayanthara’s hat-trick!

Nayanthara is almost confirmed to play Rajnikanth’s pair in P.Vasu directed Kuselan! Kuselan is going to be a hat-trick for Nayanthara who has been the superstar’s heroine in Chandramukhi and did a special song with him in Sivaji. The pair is very popular with the masses, as they have terrific on- screen chemistry.

Indiralokathil Na Azhagappan Releasing Big

Vadivel and his Indiralokathil Na Azhagappan(INA) which has got a clean 'U' certificate is going to have a big release all over Tamilnadu with nearly 200 prints. There is a craze among distributors to screen the film, especially in NSC, Salem, TK and Madurai areas where the comedy king is huge. Meanwhile literally Sadhu Mirandal! It was supposed to release on Feb 1 with INA, but has now decided not to clash with the biggie and postponed its release to next Friday. As it is only two small movies are due to clash with INA , Asokha and Thangam. In Chennai city the fortress of superstars, Vadivel is releasing big in seven screens including the prestigious Sathyam and Inox! INA will also replace many of the Pongal duds across screens in Tamilnadu.

Meera Jasmine's Love

Meera Jasmine has confessed to a leading Malayalam newspaper about her "deep love and feelings" for Mandolin U.Rajesh, brother of Mandolin U.Srinivasan. Later at a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram she was all praise for Rajesh and said-"I' am enjoying total peace with myself and I 'm grateful to God for that.” Meera for a change looked extremely happy and contended and did not blame the media for a change. Now the big question that the media in Kerala is asking - "When will the wedding bells chime for Meera and Rajesh?"

Aishwarya in Robot

Aishwarya Rai has been confirmed to play Rajinikanth's heroine in Shankar directed Robot! The actress herself confirmed this to the Hindi news channel "Aaj Tak" and its sister channel in English "Headlines Today" that she is going to do Robot. But official press release is yet to be done.

IPL and Star Power

The IPL Council, headed by BCCI Vice President Lalit Modi, met in Mumbai before the names of the successful bidders were announced to the media. Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Private Limited bagged the Kolkata team in the IPL, Vijay Mallya won the Bangalore team and Mukesh Ambani got the Mumbai team for BCCI's Twenty20 tournament.

The following are the winners :

1. Bangalore Team ---- Vijay Mallya --- $112 million
2. Mumbai Team ----- Mukesh Ambani ---- $112 million
3. kolkata Team ---- Shah Rukh Khan --- $76 million
4. Delhi Team ------- GMR -----$ 84 million
5. Chennai Team ----- India Cement ---- $91 million
6. Mohali Team ----- Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia -- $76 million
7. Jaipur team ---- Emerging Media --- $67 million
8. Hyderabad team --- Deccan Chron ---- $107 millionn

FYI: IPL - Indian Premier League , A Twenty20 tournament from BCCI.

Tendulkar on High

Indian superstar Sachin Tendulkar posted a fairytale century to lift his side towards a challenging total on the first day of the fourth and final Test against Australia here Thursday.In what seems certain to be his last Test on Australian soil, Tendulkar shook off a personal hoodoo at Adelaide Oval to score his 39th Test hundred and keep alive his side's hopes of squaring the series.After captain Anil Kumble won the toss and elected to bat, the tourists were 309 for five at stumps, with Tendulkar undefeated on 124 and Mahendra Singh Dhoni on six.Several of his team-mates squandered promising starts, but Tendulkar was rarely troubled by the Australian bowlers.The 34-year-old went into the match with just 122 runs at 20.33 in his three previous visits to the ground, but it was clear he was on a mission from the time he strode to the crease to replace Rahul Dravid (18).

Return of the Veteran - FAZIL

Fazil, one of the noted director who gave hit films in Tamil like En Bommukutti Ammavukku and Kaadhalukku Mariyaadhai, is back to the industry. An intimate storyteller, Fazil's style is unique.
The director returns with a movie produced by his popular asst. dir. Priyadarshan in collaboration with Reliance Entertainment. With Prithviraj and Mamta in the lead roles, the movie will be a love story with a thrilling twist to it.

Jeevan`s Thotta

The audio of Jeevan’s Thotta had a soft launch. The music for Thotta is by Srikanth Deva and the buzz is that the songs are melodious, something that we cannot identify with the music director. The film directed by Selva is slated for release by second week of February and has Priya Mani is the female lead.

Saif and Kareena tattoo!

What a lethal combination it is. A hot star strumming his guitar live on stage with a cool rock band, and showing off the tattoo on his left arm – screaming out the name of his lady love. Well, by now the whole nation has seen Saif Ali Khan's 'Kareena' tattoo in Hindi. The more you see it, the more you wanna see it!

Hindi Films Box office Report

Hindi Films Box office Report:

Rank Film Box Office Verdict
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1 Halla Bol Flop
2 Taare Zameen Par Super Hit
3 Welcome Blockbuster
4 My Name Is AG Disaster
5 Om Shanti Om Blockbuster

Bombay to Bangkok opened to a very poor response of 10%. Halla Bol has floped at the box office. My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves is a box office disaster. Taare Zameen Par is rock steady and collections from big cities are mind boggling in fourth week. Overall SUPERHIT. Welcome has managed to notch up around 4 crore nett business in its fourth week. Overall BLOCKBUSTER.

Maddy's Next

Madhavan’s new film Yaavarum Nalam is complete. It is a bilingual being made in Tamil and Hindi, directed by Vikram.K.Kumar, who has done Ishtam in Telugu and Alai with Simbu in Tamil. Yaavarum Nalam (All is well) in Tamil and in Hindi Sab Khayriyat (working title), will have Maddy and heroine Neetu Chandra (Traffic Signal & Garam Masala fame) as common factor. The ‘A’ list of technicians are working for Yaavarum Nalam- Music by Shankar Ehsaan Loy, editor Sreekar Prasad, art director Samir Chanda and cinematography by the master cameraman P.C Sreeram.

Kushelan News

Cast and Crew of Kushelan:

Lead Actor (Superstar role in which mamooty did in original) : Superstar Rajinikanth
Supporting actor(Barbar Role) : Pasupathy
Music Director: G.V. Prakash
Director: P.Vasu
Producers: Kavithalaya and Seven Arts
Remake of : Katha Parayumbol

This film will be released both in Tamil and Telugu.

K.Bhagyaraj Daughter - Attempted Suicide

Saranya (23), Daughter of noted actor and director K.Bhagyaraj and Poornima was admitted to Malar hospital in Adyar, Chennai after she attempted suicide, on Tuesday morning. The buzz is that she had cut her left wrist and the reason is attributed to love failure. Her friends say that she was having a mental depression for the last few months during which she attempted suicide three times.

Robot - Title change

Director Shankar's dream project Robot, starring Superstar Rajini, is likely to undergo a title change to follow the title norms of tamilnadu govt. in order to get the tax exemption. Director and his team is on the verge of selecting a new title for his magnum opus 'Robot'.

(If you have any tamil equivalent title you can contact the director!!)

Tamil Flims - Pongal Box Office

The following report has been generated based on the Box office success of the films:

1. Bheema - Numero Uno choice for Pongal - (But the film carries mixed report with the audiences)

2. Kaalai - (Reports are not encouraging)

3. Billa - The film is still rock steady - 'Super Hit'

4. Pazhani

Pongal movies' performance at the box office need to be observed in order to provide the Final Box office Verdict.

Sandhya - A Popular Choice

Sandya has become the popular choice of many directors now a days. After a variety of roles in films like Koodal Nagar, Dishyum and Kannaamoochi Enadaa, she is said to be very selective. Her films to be released include Thoondil with Shaam and Manjal Veyyil with Prasanna and Anbu. Now, She has also signed a film, with a catchy title 'Mahesh, Sandhya, Mattum Palar….' with Shakthi, son of P.Vasu.

2008 - Awaited Tamil Movies

The following are the most eagerly awaited tamil films of 2008:

1. Dasavatharam
2. Kanthaswamy
3. Kuruvi
4. Vaaranam Aayiram
5. Naan Kadavul
6. Yaaradi Nee Mohini
7. Sathyam
8. Saroja
9. Aayirathil Oruvan
10. Arai En-305-il kadavul

2008 - Awaited Hindi movies

The following are the most eagerly awaited films of 2008:

1.Tashan
2.Jodha Akbar
3.Made in China
4. Untitled Aamir Khan starrer (Tamil Ghajini Remake )
5. Singh Is King

Hopefully the five big films of 2008 will give good boxoffice results

Hindi Ghajini - Starts Rolling

Finest actor / director / producer Aamir Khan has moved on to his next film, Ghajini, after the huge success of his directorial debut Taare Zameen Par. The film is directed by AR Murugadoss who directed the original, stars Tamil actress Asin and Jiah Khan of Nishabd fame. Aamir had taken a break from the Gajini shooting to complete his directorial venture, Taare Zameen Par.

Dancing Gold - Chellam

Vellithirai's Hot topic: The 'Chellam' actor / producer has changed his lady love to 'Dancing Gold' actress from his wedded wife who happen to be the daughter of the former stunt hero. He is now planning to give a royal ditch to his wife and stopped exchanging 'Mozhi'.

Entertainer of the year - Rajini The Boss

Rajini is NDTV's “Entertainer of the year”! It is a big media honour to outstanding Indians- 'NDTV Indian of the Year award' is a salute to people who have helped build Brand India while excelling in their field of expertise.

On 'January 17' Rajinikanth took the afternoon flight along with his wife Latha to New Delhi to receive the award from Dr Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India at a glittering ceremony at Taj Palace, where top government officials, political leaders and celebrities from various walks of life were present.

The award in the Cinema category went to Rajinikanth, while Shah Rukh Khan won a special award. And both the actors were seen to be complimenting each other generously at the function. Rajinikanth, a man who refuses to accept any kind of awards or be present at private award ceremonies for the first time in his life, willingly accepted the award.

Will he or won't he? To a query whether he would join politics, the superstar replied that the possibility of his donning the politician's role existed. Said Rajinikanth: "I believe in destiny... I believe in God and whatever God wants me to do, I will do."

Rahman - Always Big

Indian Music maestro A.R. Rahman is on a roll. Eariler he has signed shankar's prestigious project, the Rajnikanth starrer Robot. Now its another big fish in his net. The Isai Puyal has now bagged Kamal Hassan starrer big budget 'Marmayogi' as well.

AVM with Vijay

Ilaya Thalapathy has agreed to do a film under AVM banner and is being produced by A.V.M. Balasubramanian and B. Gurunath Meiyappan.

AVM Productions, which is celebrating its 60th year has confirmed the news through a press release. The cast and crew of the film are yet to be decided. Details of the cast and crew will be announced later, the press reelase informs.

Salman in Chennai

Salman Khan is in the city shooting (@Binny Mills) for the Hindi version of Pokkiri, directed by Prabu deva. Says Salman:" He enjoys the quiet life of Chennai as compared to the superfast life in Mumbai".

Dasavatharam - Release Date announced

Dasavatharam is getting ready for a worldwide solo release on April 10, Thursday. 'Oscar' Films Ravichandran, Kollywood's leading producer and distributor has confirmed the release date of his magnum opus Kamal Hassan's Dasavatharam. It will release big in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi simultaneously.