“Rajini will remain my best friend forever”: Kamal

Rajinikanth and Kamal Hassan, the true icons of South Indian cinema
, once again proved their bosom friendship on stage. It is none other than Vijay TV's well arranged Kamal 50, a show organized to honour legendary Kamal Hassan on the eve of the completion of his 50th year in the industry.

In fact, the kind of bond and friendship between Kamal and superstar Rajinikanth, is a lesson for today's young actors, who are unnecessarily engaging in verbal fight in empty air. At Vijay TV’s Kamal 50 event, they showed the world that they are not only best of friends but also sincere to each other whenever and wherever it is... Usually Rajinikanth likes to skip film functions and is very choosy even if he attends. He came to Kamal 50 event on time and spent throughout i.e more than 5 hours on the stage with his friend Kamal Hassan.

In his inspirational and sensational speech, Rajini referred to Kamal as 'The Lovely son of Kalaithai (the mother of arts)'. He said that he has enough material to speak on Kamal’s achievements for two days, and in 1975 when he joined movies, Kamal was already a very big star and could have easily overshadowed him in the 10 odd films they did together.

"He never interfered with my character or tried to cut me down in any of the films we did together. Please note as a star he was much bigger than me and any director would have gladly chopped my role or refused to cast me, if Kamal had asked them. But after Ninaithale Inikkum, he called me and told me that it is better for my growth as a hero if we do not work together, and I gained by it," was Rajinikanth’s open statement on Kamal.

He remembered the time when KB chided him for going out to have a smoke, at a time when Kamal was doing an important solo scene. KB in fact told him that by just observing Kamal, he could learn what acting is all about. Rajinikanth also said that the path they took in cinema was two different routes, so they never clashed.

Said Rajinikanth: "I will not go his route, as I know that I’m incapable of doing what he does. In fact as everybody knows Shankar had written the original script of Robot for Kamal. Years later when the role was offered to me, I told him that it has to be re-written to suit my capabilities. Shankar replied, do you think that I’m a fool to make you do a role that was meant for Kamal?"

Touched by Rajinikanth’s sensational and open minded speech, Kamal Hassan replied emotionally: "Which actor in the world will be so honest and straight forward in his talk like my true friend Superstar Rajinikanth? There were stars before us but they were never as friendly as we are, I'm telling this as a challenge, and we have proved that two top actors can be healthy rivals. Rajinikanth will always remain my best friend forever and he is the one and only superstar in the industry!”

The crowd gave a thunderous applaud after the speech and Kamal bowed his head for their love and affection. Malayalam stars Mammootty, Mohanlal, Telugu actors Chiranjeevi, Venkatesh and leading personalities of Tamil film industry graced the occasion.

Endhiran to be delayed due to Animatronics

For sure, Shankar’s Endhiran is worthy to be tagged as ‘ever longest project
in the history of Kollywood’. The film started rolling, say, before 15 months and still the filming schedules haven’t been completed.

Earlier, during the occasion of Eeram audio launch Rajnikanth had stated that his Endhiran would hit the screens somewhere in December. But closer sources have now brought out the fact saying, “Although shooting would be wrapped-up within next month, it will take 4-5 months to complete the post production works.”

The sources further added that since director Shankar has used the latest techniques in computer graphics like ‘Animatronics’, it would take a long time to windup. ‘Animatronics’ is the most commonly used technique in Hollywood films where gigantic figures as Dinosaurs, King Kong and Anaconda were presented with realistic appeal. This is the first time that such a technique is being utilized in the history of Indian cinema.

Despites getting dashed down with their hopes, ardent followers of Rajnikanth have said, “Though it takes a very long time, it’s worth waiting for as our ‘Thalaivar’ offers something extraordinary in his each film.”

Rajini is an amazing man: Aishwarya Rai

Just back from Peru after shooting for 'Endhiran' with Rajini, Aishwarya Rai participated in the premiere of husband Abhishek Bachchan's film 'Drona.'

Everyone is eager to know about Aish's experiences of acting with Rajini. Talking to a private TV channel, the former world beauty was all praises for Rajini.

"Rajini is a family friend. We all have a great deal of respect for him. His simplicity when shooting for 'Endhiran' has me in awe. It is difficult to find a modest person like Rajini in this ostentatious film world. He does not put on the airs of a super star and moves freely with everyone. He seems an amazing man to me.

Only the first schedule shooting of 'Endhiran' has been completed. As shooting progresses, I'm sure to learn more about him," gushed Aishwarya Rai.

She also said that she accepted to act in the film because she liked the story.

 
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Kalabhavan Mani in 'Endhiran'

The second schedule of 'Endhiran' shooting is taking place at Goa.

Despite shooting at Peru amidst tight security, photos made their way into the media following which Shankar fired 3 assistants. Goa is within India and how Shankar is going to prevent stills from leaking out to the press is a big question.

Security has been tightened as well as measures taken to see that cell phone pics are not taken. VMC Hanifa and Kalabhavan Mani will also shoot with Rajini. It's said Rajini and Aishwarya Rai scenes are also to be shot here.

A separate security force is being arranged to control fan crowds.

Music is by A R Rehman and cinematography by Rathnavelu. He wields the camera for the first time for a Shankar film.

 
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Will Rajinikanth enter politics?

After painting Coimbatore red with wall-posters heralding the entry of actor Rajinikanth into politics, his fans in Kovai on Monday launched a political party in an attempt 'to put pressure' on the 'Superstar' to take the political plunge.

Announcing the party's name as Desiya Dravidar Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (DDMMK), they also released the party flag in red, white and black - featuring Rajini's face inside a shining star.

About the new outfit and flag, Rajni Babu, who is a councillor in Madukkarai says that the party had been launched only to impose pressure on their hero to foray politics. We have made this flag and outfit to represent ourselves in the world of politics and wish our leader to make his announcement soon.

Sources close to the actor said, "Rajini was scheduled to discuss the issue of entering politics and starting a party with his fans from 12th to 18th October."

The meeting will take place amid expectations by his fans that he will follow the footsteps of Chiranjeevi, says one of his close friends. 
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Aishwarya rai admires Rajini

Aishwarya Rai, who is working with Rajinikanth for 'Endhiran' can't stop gushing about the actor.

'It was great working with Rajinikanth, who is a brilliant actor. The only tough thing about the movie was studying Tamil again in order to pronounce the words properly,' she said.

'Robot' directed by Shankar brings together Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai for the first time. A couple of song sequences were shot recently in Peru.

Says Aishwarya," Shankar had approached me previously to work with him, but could not be materialized. Finally, everything landed in place and here we are together after ten years." 

Other than this, the actress will soon start acting for Mani Ratnam's 'Ravana' with her husband Abhishek Bachchan.

"I don't want to reveal much about it but in another 10 days, we will start shooting for the movie. I am looking forward to working again with Mani," she added in an interview to a news agency. 
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'Endhiran' goes to Goa

Close on the heels of completing a song sequence in Peru and USA, the 'Endhiran' crew including Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Rai and director Shankar would go to Goa in the first week of October to shoot for a song and some important stunt sequences.

'Endhiran', a sci-fi film, produced by Ayngaran Internationals and directed by Shankar, started filming last month abroad. The crew returned back last week. Meanwhile, the latest buzz doing rounds is that they would start shooting scenes in Goa.

It may be recalled that Rajinikanth was supposed to meet the office-bearers of his welfare association on 3 October to chalk out his future strategy following a dip in his popularity as predicted by a survey report. It is now being reported that this meet has been postponed to the second week of October once the crew returns from Goa.

 
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