Gautham Menon who has finished up the work on ‘Varanam Aayiram’  started the shooting of his latest movie Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikalam.

Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikalam stars Trisha Krishnan and four male debutants in the lead roles. The film’s score and soundtrack will be composed by A. R. Rahman with lyrics by renowned poet, Thamarai.

The photo shoot of this film took place at Tidel Park, in late 2007 with Trisha Krishnan and four debutant male lead actors. The film is said to be a musical entertainer and the story is set against the IT background.

Manoj Paramahamsa a new cinematographer has been introduced.

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Indian actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai was the epitome of grace and epicentre of attraction at the Cannes International Film Festival .

Aishwarya attended the 61st Cannes Film Festival as international brand ambassador for L’Oreal Paris, the French cosmetic company — the official make-up sponsor for the festival for the past 11 years.

Aishwarya Rai, Rachida Brakni and Eva Longoria walked the red carpet at the opening ceremony of the 61st Cannes Film Festival, Wednesday, May 14, as international brand ambassadors for L’Oreal Paris.

This is not the first time that Aishwarya is setting Cannes on fire. When Sanjay Leela Bansali’s Devdas was screened at Cannes in 2002, Aishwarya Rai and Shah Rukh Khan had accompanied him.

Agaram Foundation, an NGO formed by Actor Surya is to promote the role of education in the society. Every child aspires to be a hero, and the road to success is through a school; To create awareness on school dropouts, Agaram created a short film called Herovaa Zerovaa .

Director Priya.V (Kandanal Muthal, Kannanmoochi Yaenada ) has done the short film Herovaa Zerovaa starring Ilayathalapathy Vijay, Surya, Madhavan and Jyothika.

Herovaa Zerovaa photos

Directed by: Gautham Menon
Produced by: Gautham Menon, Oscar Ravichandran
Written by: Gautham Menon
Starring : Surya Sivakumar, Sameera Reddy, Divya Spandana, Daniel Balaji, Simran Bagga

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Bangalore Model Anushka Sharma will be the Shah Rukh Khan’s new heroine in Aditya Chopra ’s next directorial venture, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (RNBDJ).