Rana and Andrea in STR film

Vetri Maaran's next film will have STR in the lead and is generating considerable excitement in industry circles. The film may be called Vada Chennai. Rana Daggubati, the Telugu sensation who recently made waves in Bollywood with Dum Maaro Dum is making his first foray into Tamil cinema with this film. Word is he has a meaty role in this film.

Andrea has also been roped in for an important part in this film. Vetri Maaran is unwilling to reveal too many details about this film as he is still hunting for a heroine and other cast members. Once these details are finalized there will be an official announcement. The film is going to roll in February, 2012.

Osthi gets a clean U

Osthi has been certified with a U, said Jithan Ramesh who plays one of the important roles in the film. The film stars Silambarasan in the lead with Richa Gangopadhyay as his arm candy. Santhanam is the lead comedian with Sonu Sood, Nasser, Revathi, Saranya Mohan and others in the star cast.

Thaman has scored the music for this film and has given a couple of chartbusters including Kalasala and Osthi Mammae.

Osthi is slated to be released on December 2^nd. Get ready to catch Silambarasan on the big screen.

Osthe on December 8

Young Superstar Silambarasan has been desperately looking out for the release of his next movie ‘Osthe’.

Trade reports are that the producers have ended talks with distributors and exhibitors about the release. It looks like the film will hit screens on December 8. However when approached the closer sources, they revealed that talks are still going on and some patch up works are pending.

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STR impresses Mallika

Mallika Sherawat after her sizzling appearances for the Maiya Maiya number in Guru and Kamal Haasan's Dasavatharam will be seen in her second item number in Tamil with Kalasala for the film, Osthe. The sexy actress has been blown away by STR's amazing dance moves. She praised him to the sky and said that she has never before worked with anyone who can manage to do even the most intricate steps with so much style.

STR has found himself a new fan as Mallika has said that she will be watching all his old movies especially his hit dance routines as he is such a livewire performer. The Kalasala track is already a big hit and the fans are dying to watch it when Osthe is released this month.

STR's surprise move at midnight

Venkat Prabhu thanked his family, friends, and fans for the wishes on his birthday. He had no wish to celebrate as his aunt, Mrs Jeeva Ilaiyaraja passed away recently but his loved ones still made the day special.

The ace director thanked STR specially because he was responsible for rounding up their gang and surprising him at the stroke of midnight. Venkat Prabhu also thanked Ajith and Vijay for calling him and wishing him on his birthday.

Karthika wants STR

Karthika's very first film in Tamil, Ko was a smash hit but much to the disappointment of her new fans she has not been seen on the big screen since then. Word was that she is doing a Telugu film called Dammu with Jr. NTR and Trisha. But now she has confirmed that she will be seen in a Tamil film soon.

Radha's daughter will be seen in Bharathiraja's next film and she said that the official announcement will be out soon. Tamil cinema fans will remember that it was Bharathiraja who introduced Radha. When quizzed about whether she was doing Vetri Maaran's film with STR she said that the reports were false but she does want to do a film with STR soon.

I am happy with Osthi: STR

Simbhu is hapy with Osthi, a remake of Hindi hit Dabanng. Says the actor on choosing to do a remake, ' this does not mean there is a lack of new ideas. Good cinema should reach a wider audience. Dabanng was a blockbuster and it is a good movie, there's no harm in sharing the same story with a different section of the audience'. Heaping laurels on his director Dharani, he adds, 'he got the best out of everyone in the cast and crew. I thoroughly enjoyed all my 87-days of shooting for the movie in Mysore.' STR adds that it was music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja who urged him to work with Thaman for Osthi. 'The songs are huge hit now. The credit should go to Thaman. He has given nice tunes'. Richa Gangopahyay and Sonu Sood form part of the cast. Gopinath has cranked the camera.