Shriya Saran, one of the most beautiful actresses in Kollywood

Shriya Saran, one of the most beautiful actresses in Kollywood, is busy shooting for her first Hollywood film, titled The Other End of the Line. Her Tamil-Telugu super hit Sivaji opposite Superstar Rajinikanth bagged her this coveted role.

Shriya's debut

A trained Kathak dancer, Shriya stepped into acting without much effort. A music video in which her dance was featured caught the attention of the Telugu movie Ishtam's producer. Hence Shriya got a role in the film. Though Ishtam did not soar at the box-office, it fetched her a role opposite Nagarjuna in Santhosham; Santhosham topped the blockbuster-list, her rise in Tollywood began, and the rest is history. She has worked with top heroes like Chiranjeevi, Venkatesh and Mahesh Babu in her 22 Telugu films.

No stereotypes

During the initial phase of her career, Shriya focused on achieving star-status by declining films that limited her role to just a few scenes and songs. But now, after becoming an established star, she is happy to appear in glamorous songs (item numbers) in films.

Even while she was the toast of Tollywood with a long list of hits to her credit, she switched industries and did Mazhai in Tamil. Popular gossip and industry predictions forecast a resultant sharp decline in her career. But through her beauty and talent, Shriya silenced the cynics and disproved the gloomy predictions. Not only did she become a dream girl, she rose to become the Superstar's pair in Sivaji. The film brought out the best in her and raised her position in the industry.

In the meantime, she also featured in Mahesh Bhatt's Hindi film, Awarapan. Among the Kollywood Diwali releases, she is the heroine of Azhagiya Tamil Magan with Ilayathalapathy Vijay. Shooting for Kanthaswamy with Chiyaan Vikram is progressing. After the Hollywood film, Shriya will be seen in Apurva Lakhia's Mission Istanbul

Shriya's USP is her slim, perfect figure (even her female co-stars envy her slender waistline!), her glowing looks and of course a touch of class

The Hollywood project

Along with Shriya, the cast of The Other End of the Line includes Jesse Metcalfe, Sara Foster and Anupam Kher. The movie, a joint venture of Adlabs and MGM is co-produced by Ashok Amritraj, is directed by James Dodson. The story of The Other End of the Line deals with an Indian call-center employee who falls in love with a guy in San Francisco through her telephone conversations with him. She then travels to the country to meet him. Shriya says she just loved the storyline and her role. "It is a great project. All my co-stars are very encouraging and supportive. I work in a different system with all things planned," says Shriya

But how did Shriya get this role? Long ago, Shriya and Ashok Amritraj met by chance at an airport, but after that, neither of them kept in touch. When Amritraj decided to make this film, it was Shriya who came to his mind as the apt heroine.

sooting began in October 2007 and has completed schedules in Singapore, Delhi and Mumbai. Next, the crew proceeds to the next destination, New York. The movie will release in 2008.

"So far, the film has come out very well. I enjoy every moment being part of the great project," says a jubilant Shriya

Nitin a new 'Hero'

Nitin is now getting ready to act in hi new film. His latest film Victory turned out to be just an average film. Nitin pairs up with Bhavna in Hero. Manyam Ramesh is producing the film on the Manyam Entertainments banner. The Malayalam beauty Bhavana, who mad her debut in Telugu with Gopichand in Ontari is the heroine. It is said that Nitin and Bhavana are moving around closely.
The two are spending a lot of time in each others company. But Bhavana denies that there is anything going on between them. Bhavana ruled out having anyone connected with the film industry.

Rajini beats SRK in box office race

Shah Rukh Khan, it seems, has finally been beaten. And it's southern superstar Rajnikanth who has managed to the unthinkable. Rajini and Shah Rukh have been working on Kuselan and Billo Barber respectively. Both these films are adaptations of a Malayalam film, Katha Parayumpol starring Mammootty. And Shah Rukh wanted to release his film before Rajini. In fact, he was so keen that he even cancelled his annual family vacation and straightaway started shooting Billo Barber. But Rajini's film is ready and all set to release on August 15 while Shah Rukh's film will hit the screens only during Diwali.P Vasu has directed Kuselan while Priyadarshan has directed Billo Barber.

The Malayalam original tells the story of a friendship between a superstar, who goes to a village for a shoot and a local barber. While Rajinikanth and Shah Rukh Khan play the stars, Pasupathy and Irrfan Khan play the barbers.Adding to Shah Rukh Khan's woes is Akshay Kumar whose film Chandni Chowk to China (Warner Bros' first Hindi film) also releases around the same time

Tabu is now getting ready to act in a bold new film.

Tabu is known to take on bold projects and come out with flying colours. After acting in such offbeat roles in films like Cheeni Kum, Namesake and Chandini Bar, Tabu is now getting ready to act in a bold new film. The film is based on a real life incident. Tabu plays the role of a poor village girl who is married to a rich NRI boy. She goes to the US with band. Her husband neglects her and enter into an illicit affair with another woman. Around this time, a cousin of her husband rapes her. How Tabu, who is a poor illiterate girl, takes revenge on the assault on her body and mind forms the basis for the rest of the story. Tabu is being paid a fabulous sum for her role in the film. Incidentally, the role was first offered to Ramyakrishna. But she refused to do the role and it has now been lapped up by Tabu

Rambha soon settle down as a housewife

The sexy Rambha may soon quit films and settle down as a housewife. Rambha is well known for her hot and sexy performance in films. She has also been fondly nicknamed as ‘Thunder thighs’ by her fans.
Rambha has had several comebacks in Telugu but her latest has turned out to be a disaster. She even did some hot item songs but even they did not do anything to revive her career. Rambha’s family members are now keen to get her married. They are in search of a suitable groom for the 30 ear old Rambha. Many eligible bachelors have shown an interest in marrying her and if everything goes to plan, she may get married by the end of this year.

Malavika files case against Anjaneyulu

Actress Malavika is now acting in the film Samrajyam. Malavika has alleged that she could not perform some dance steps as she was pregnant. The producer of the film Anajaneyulu then entered her caravan and asked her to show whether she was really pregnant. Malavika says that Anjaneyulu has misbehaved with her

The producer denies this and he said that it was Malavika who was harassing him. She had not been reporting for shooting for some time and this had resulted in the film getting delayed. The two are now sticking to their respective stand and are ready to fight it out in court.

Anjaneyulu says that he will file a defamation case against her in court and seek 75 lakhs as compensation. Malavika had alleged sometime back that actor Rajendra Prasad had kissed her on the lips during the shooting of a film

Audio track list of Superstar's Kuselan

First time in media, Oneindia.in proudly presents the exclusive, complete audio track list of Superstar's Kuselan. Directed by P Vasu, the quickie has already created lot of expectations among the Rajini fans community. Especially, some of the publicity stills which carried Rajini's slim and stylish looks in Kuselan really rock the tinsel town for the past couple of weeks.

The Tamil and Telugu audio of Kuselan will hit the stalls officially on 1, but the launch function is being held on a day before at Hotel Le Royal Meridian. Here is the complete list of Kuselan's impressive tracks composed by GV Prakash Kumar.