Sameera becomes Gautham's assistant

Guess who is assisting Gautham Vasudev Menon on the sets of 'Neethane En Ponvasantham', the director's fist trilingual. It's Sameera Reddy, the heroine of his earlier two ventures - 'Vaaranam Aayiram' and 'Nadunisi Naaygal'.

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Vithagan audio launched

The audio launch of Manicam Narayanan's Seventh Channel Productions' Vithagan was a star studded affair at the Satyam cinemas on Sunday morning.

The whose who of Kollywood were present which included biggies Harris Jayaraj, who came, despite returning home in the wee hours the previous night, after a spectacular live performance at Mayajaal.
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Vijay to romance Sameera for Yohan : Adhyayam Ondru?

Gautham Menon though being busy shooting for his forthcoming trilingual Neethane En Ponvasantham, seems have roped in heroine for his next project with Vijay tilted Yohan Adhyayam Ondru.

According to the sources it is revealed that Gautham has roped in his favourite actress Sameera Reddy as female lead opposite Ilayathalapathy Vijay in this big-budget venture.  But Gautham want to keep it under wraps as he first wanted to complete his on going trilingual project before focusing on Yohan Adhyayam Ondru. It s also revealed that the actor is happy to share the screen space with Sameera.

This will be Sameera's third project with Gautham Menon as her earlier films were Varanam Aayiram and Nadunissi Naaygal. Yohan: Adhyayam Ondru will move on floors during summer of 2012, and will probably release for Pongal 2013.

The technical cast would be AR Rahman for music, Manoj Paramahamsa for cinematographer, Rajeevan for art direction and Antony for editing.

Gautham's production house Photon Kathaas will be producing Yohan: Adhyayam Ondru.

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Ram walked out of Gautham Menon’s movie

 

Gautham Vasudev Menon’s romantic entertainer Neethane En Ponvasantham (NEP) which is simultaneously made in three languages has hit the rock.

It is well known that the film is being made with Jeeva in Tamil, Ram in Telugu and Aditya Roy Kapoor in Hindi. Now we hear that the hero of Telugu version Ram has walked of the film leaving Gautham stranded. Sources revealed that Ram has a problem in waiting for his shot until Jeeva and Aditya complete their shot before his chance comes. Gautham has decided to shoot the film as per the order of seniority of the actor or his star ratings.

This process of waiting has irked Ram after shooting for ten days for the film and finally opted out of this romantic entertainer as doesn’t want to waste his time.

The next big thing for Gautham is to replace Ram by another charming actor and lets us wait and see on who will be the lucky star to join Gautham’s camp.

Meanwhile, the shoot of the film might be put on hold as he is filming for all the three languages simultaneously.

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Gautham Menon makes Neethaane En Ponvasantham in 3 languages

Gautham Menon, who simultaneously made Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa in Tamil and Telugu (Ye Maaya Chesave), is making his next movie Neethaane En Ponvasantham, in three languages. The director, who had told before that the movie was a bilingual, has decided to make it in Hindi as well.

The filmmaker, who signed Jeeva and Ram for Tamil and Telugu versions of the same movie, has roped in Aditya Roy Kapur to play the lead role in Hindi version. Gautham Menon has retained Samantha to play the female lead role in all three versions.

The shooting of the all three versions was started last week. Jeeva, Ram, Aditya Roy Kapur and Samantha are taking part in the first phase. The multilingual is being shot simultaneously without any issue, says a source.

Neethaane En Ponvasantham is a romantic film, where Jeeva plays the role of an engineering student and Samantha as a gal, who is pursuing a career in psychology.

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Vijay’s Yohan: Adhyayam Ondru goes international

 

Vijay’s Yohan: Adhyayam Ondru has turned out to be one of the most talked projects in Kollywood. Ever since the ads were published in the newspaper there is lot of buzz around the film and Ilayathalapathy fans are eager to know about the details of the film.

The first look posters revealed some tidbits of the film and the role Vijay is essaying. Yohan: Adhyayam Ondru is a slick action packed entertainer and by seeing the tagline we can expect that the film shoot might take place in New York. But latest sources reveal that the film will be canned in all corners of the globe. It is known that Vijay’s character needs to fly to different parts of the world and hence Gautham Menon decided to shoot the film in locations selected by the team across the world.

Yohan: Adhyayam Ondru will move on floors during summer of 2012, and will probably release for Pongal 2013.

Gautham Menon has not announced the cast and crew of the film but it is expected that his regular crew like AR Rahman for music, Manoj Paramahamsa for cinematographer, Rajeevan for art direction and Antony for editing.

Gautham’s production house Photon Kathaas will be producing Yohan: Adhyayam Ondru.

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Vijay asked for script change in Yohan :Adhyayam Ondru

 

Gautham Menon wanted to bring sweeping changes to the small screen with some action serial to be directed by him. He also wanted to bring A.R Rahman to the Television. After some considerations on the budget, A.R Rahman finally gave his nod.

A few days later, Gautham Menon announced and advertised his Yohan: Adhyayam Ondru with Vijay. The film was advertised like a man hunting criminals and villains in various parts of the world. It is believed that Gautham Menon narrated the serial script to him as Yohan.

Though Vijay agreed, he found that out so soon. He immediately asked Gautham Menon to make a few changes in the script, since it looked like a Vijayakanth type of film. Vijay added that he could act in a romantic film like VTV but would not be willing to act in a Vijayakanth type of film.

Gautham Menon has quickly gone back to bringing changes in the script. Sources say that Vijay was notified of the film’s resemblance with Largo Winch which is also why he asked for changes in the script.

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Amy Jackson to pair Vijay for Yohan - Adhyayam Ondru [Video]

Vijay has been signed for a film to be directed Gowtham Menon. There is news that Amy Jackson who had paired with Arya in Madrasapattinam will pair with Vijay.

After Velayudham and Nanban, Vijay will be acting in the film to be directed by Gowtham Menon. They have titled this film as Yohan- Adhyayam Ondru.

The shooting of this film will commence in 2012. A R Rahman will be composing the music. There were lots of speculations that who might pair with Vijay in this film.
Now the production team has fixed Amy Jackson. Amy Jackson is currently acting in the Hindi remake of Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya. It seems after completion of this film, Gowtham Menon will commence the shooting of Vijay’s film.

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Story of Vijay's Yohan: Adhyayam Ondru

 

Ever since the news about Vijay-Gautham Menon film is out there is lot of excitement and eagerness among his fans to know about the details of the film.

Here comes an exciting speculation about the story of Yohan: Adhyayam Ondru. The story deals on how a normal person from down south of Tamilnadu becomes a powerful don in New York. Meanwhile some rumours reveal that Vijay is expected to play the role of an undercover agent. The promo posters of the film revealed Vijay in a new avatar at the background of skyscrapers of New York which clearly indicates that the film is an action-oriented flick.

Vijay is tightlipped and is not willing to reveal anything pertaining to the film. Yohan: Adhyayam Ondru will move on floors during summer of 2012, and will probably release for Pongal 2013.

Gautham Menon has not announced the cast and crew of the film but it is expected that his regular crew like AR Rahman for music, Manoj Paramahamsa for cinematographer, Rajeevan for art direction, Antony for editing and others will be assigned their respective duties.

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