AO is a super hit in Telugu

Selvaraghavan's magnum opus Aayirathil Oruvan featuring Karthi- Reemma- Andrea-Parthipan was dubbed into Telugu and released as Yuganiki Okkadu last Friday (Feb 5).

The film has taken a fantastic opening and has been declared a super hit by the Telugu trade.

Yuganiki Okkadu released in 93 screens across Andhra and has grossed an amazing Rs 1.78 crore in its opening weekend (Feb 5 to 7), which is super for a dubbed film.

The film took such an opening due to its director Selvaraghavan who is a major brand in Andhra after his 7G-Brindavan Colony and straight Telugu film in 2007 Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule were super hits.

The audiences in Telugu are appreciating Karthi and Reemma the most in the film along with GV Prakash's peppy music.

The film is being distributed in Andhra by Gjnavel Raja, Karthi's Cousin who has chopped the original Tamil AO film from 3 hours 3 minutes to 2 hours 21 minutes in Telugu! This has helped the film as all offending scenes in the second half of AO has been removed and it has become a racy entertainer.

RAJINI MEETS FORMER Chief Minister

With daughter Soundarya's wedding around the corner, arrangements are being carried out in full swing by the Superstar family. As a precursor to the impending wedding celebrations, Soundarya's engagement is scheduled to be held soon.

In this regard, Rajini has formally begun inviting guests for the event. He visited former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, who is the family's neighbor and a Poes Garden resident, personally to invite her for the wedding engagement. He is also set to extend personal invitation to other close friends and relatives of the family soon.

JAYAM RAJA – VIJAY FILM TO BE POSTPONED

With Vijay shifting his focus on the remake of Bodyguard (likely to be his 51st film), his project with Jayam Raja, might be put on cold storage for the time being. Yes, Vijay, in all probability could move on to the Bodyguard remake. And this film will be directed by Siddique, who has wielded the megaphone for the original version. Guess who will be producing the remake? It is Geetha Chitra International’s Sivaraju Venkatraju, the producer of Priyamanavale, sources say.

Vijay is currently working on this 50th film Sura and will move on to this film as soon as he is done with Sura. The Jayam Raja project will probably go on floors only after that.

BALA and JANA CHANGING TRENDS

Although he started out with a love story (Iyarkai), Jananathan branched out into more serious social issues in movies namely Ee and Peraanmai. Looks like Jana is tempted to trace his roots once again with a yet to be titled romantic film, starring all newcomers. The project is in its initial stages of evolution and more details are expected to be out soon.

Incidentally, Jana's contemporary Bala, whose earlier credits include the intense Sethu, Nandha and Naan Kadavul is also turning into a light rom-com with Avan Ivan starring Arya and Vishal. Love is in the air, we guess.