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Actor Vijay, the ‘Raja of Remake’ signed up with Gemini Film Circuit (GFC) to do the Tamil remake of Aamir Khan’s Raju Hirani directed blockbuster 3 Idiots?

The Kollywood grapevine is abuzz that Vijay has agreed to do the film and is on the look out for a director to take over the project. Cameraman Ratnavelu has been signed up for the porject.

GFC had earlier remade Munnabhai MBBS into Tamil as Vasool Raja and recently Telugu hit Arya as Kutty in Tamil. GFC has the remake rights of 3 Idiots in all south Indian languages.

The names making the round to direct the film include Vishnuvardhan, Dharani etc. Vijay has not cleared the director as he wants somebody who will modify the original and make it suitable for the mass audiences. In the remake Vijay will play Rancho, the character made memorable by Aamir, while Prakash Raj is likely to do Bomman Irani’s role as Virus!

Madhavan who rocked in the original has made it clear that he will not be part of the Tamil version as he had already “given my heart and soul to the character I played in the Hindi version and it will be boring to do the same character again in the Tamil remake.”

Udayanidhi Stalin has been approached by the film’s producers to do this role. Sharman Joshy’s role will be done by an upcoming star.

Who will do Kareena Kapoor’s role? The name making the rounds is the usual suspect’s Sruthi Hassan and Asin. The other big question that remained unanswered is when will Vijay start work on 3 Idiots remake? What about his commitment to do Bodyguard remake with director Siddique and when will he start director Jayam Raja’s film for Oscar Ravichandran?

Paiyya, starring Karthi and Tamanna, not grace theatres as scheduled (19 Feb). Instead, director Lingusamy has decided to postpone the release to coincide with the summer holidays. Sources close to adds that the decision reached due to the annual reviews and parties IPL round the corner.

Paiyya is an urban history representing some developments of interesting events in the life of a pair of lovers. The film was shot in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Mumbai.The music for this song of Karthi-Tamanna, released in early November, is already a success out of control.Director Lingusamy has ensured that Karthi appears in an apparently look.Director before never that Lingusamy also planned remake of the Hindi and Telugu film after the release of Tamil.

Rajinikanth superstar today met the Minister Chief of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi in his residence and expressed appreciation for its presence in his daughter commitment ceremony yesterday. Soundarya superstar daughter became engaged to Ashwin Ramkumar city businessman in a simple ceremony yesterday in a hotel in the city. The Prime Minister was present with his family to bless the future married couple.

While told him out of the residence of the Rajinikanth, actors CM attend functions only laminar voluntarily and not nadie.El ‘Endhiran’ compulsions superstar said that the film would be ready for launch in July likely.