KAMAL'S "VISWAROOPAM" WILL BE MADE IN HINDI VERSION TOO

By, Aishwarya Thyagarajan

 Kamal Haasan's much awaited thriller Viswaroopam, directed and co-produced by the actor, will be showcased at the 13th Videocon IIFA Weekend in Singapore.

Viswaroopam, a bi-lingual in both Hindi and Tamil, is one of Kamal's biggest projects till date. 

The Hindi version, titled Viswaroop will be unveiled on June 8 at the Raffles City Convention Centre, giving the media key glimpses from the film.  

The film features Kamal Haasan in the lead along with Rahul Bose, Andrea Jeremiah, Pooja Kumar, Jaideep Ahlawat, Samrat Chakrabarti, Zarina Wahab and a special appearance by Oscar nominee Shekhar Kapur. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy have composed the film's musical score and noted lyricist Javed Akhtar has penned the lyrics. 

"IIFA is one of the biggest events for the Indian Film Industry. This year is particularly special for my film and me," said Kamal. "It is a great opportunity to present my film on such a large and international scale. I look forward to unveiling the first look of Vishwaroop and I am hopeful that it will be well received." Kamal's fans said that It gonna be a big blockbuster movie.

ACTOR DILIP PASSED AWAY

By, Aishwarya Thyagarajan

Dilip, actor of Kannada and Tamil films died in Mysore on 25th May 2012 account of Kidney failure. He has acted in more than 70 Tamil films and 15 Kannada films. He was 56 years and left behind wife Hema and two children. He moved to from Kannada to Tamil films after Kokila Mohan went and was a close aide of Tamil super star Rajanikanth. He acted in Director Visu's film ''Samsaaram Adhu Minsaram'' and he acted with actor kamal in ''Varumaiyin niram Sivappu'', with actor Mohan in ''Kilinjalgal''.

Actor Dilip for self made mistakes in life investing on factory and losing heavily could not come up financially. He lived in Sharadha Nagara in MIG house in Mysore. He died in Vikram Hospital in Mysore.

Dilip was recognized for films of director cum producer Dwarakish Shruthi, Indina Ramayana, Thavarina Tottilu and others. He came to Mysore in 2004 from Chennai. At one time he was having offers in excess. But the self imposed issues troubled him.

He started a factory and lost heavily from it. Then started a film and during that time he developed health problem of BP and Sugar. After Dilip going to Tamil films actors from Kannada Murali, Prakash Rai and Arjun Sarja came to Tamil.

AGNI NATCHATHIRAM TO BE REMAKED

By, Aishwarya Thyagarajan

 Mani Ratnam's one of the blockbuster movie 'Agni Natchathiram' will be remade in Tamil and Telugu by producer T Ramesh.

T. Ramesh said that "Agni Natchathiram" is a classic movie and the director thoroughly thrilled to remake it as a bilingual in Tamil - Telugu. He talked with the big stars of Tamil and Telugu film industries for this remake and he assures that it will be a big project with a big star from both the industries in the lead

T Ramesh is the producer of Vishal - Trisha starrer 'Samar'. An announcement listing the cast and crew of the film is expected from him shortly. Buzz is that a couple of supporting actors from the original might be retained in the remake as well.

The film is about two half brothers, played by Prabhu and Karthik in the original. It was dubbed in Telugu back then and was also remade in Hindi. It will be interesting to watch who will be cast as the brothers in the remake.