Kollywood: Rajinikanth's 'Kochadaiiyaan' Confirmed for 23 May; Kamal Haasan to Attend Cannes Film Festival

"Kochadaiiyaan" Releaase

Here is some exciting news for superstar Rajinikanth fans!

There will be no more delays in "Kochadaiiyaan" ("Vikramasimha" in Telugu) release and the film is confirmed to hit the screens on 23 May.

The Rajinikanth starrer was slated to hit theatres on 9 May, but the film's makers Eros International announced the delay in release just two days prior to its actual release date. The makers revealed that the film's release was pushed due to some technical snags.

However, there were speculations that the delay was as a result of a court order. There were reports alleging that a private bank had moved the court against the film seeking repayment of a loan amount obtained by the film's makers.

But, in a press release, Eros had dismissed the reports and maintained that the film's release was delayed due to an increase in demand for more number of screens. The production house stated that there was a sudden demand for additional 2,000 screens worldwide just two days prior to "Kochadaiiyaan" owing to fantastic response for the advance bookings (125,000 tickets were sold out in under two hours in Chennai alone).

"To avoid any last-minute delay on the screening material reaching theatres world-over, the decision was taken to reschedule the film to 23rd May 2014," they said in the statement.

The makers also said that the film's post production work is completed and it has been censored in all six Indian languages including Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, and Bhojpuri. The Rajinikanth starrer will be hitting screens in both 2D and 3D versions worldwide on 23 May.

Kamal Haasan at Cannes Film Festival

Kamal Haasan will be at the Cannes Film Festival, France, this year. The actor, who is the chairman of the FICCI Media and Entertainment Committee – South, will lead the official Indian delegation to Cannes and will inaugurate the Indian Pavilion section in this year's film festival, which kicks off on 14 May.

"The India Pavilion will be showcasing Indian cinema across linguistic, cultural and regional diversity, with the aim of forging an increasing number of international partnerships in the realms of distribution, production, filming in India, script development and technology, and promoting film sales and syndication. In particular, the area of focus at this year's Cannes Film Festival is establishing India as a global film shooting destination and highlighting initiatives such as Single Window Clearance and co-production agreements with various countries that will enable this," according to a press statement from FICCI.

Simbu-Selvarghavan Film Postponed?

It is well-known that Simbu and Selvaraghavan are set to team up for a new project. The film, deemed as an action thriller, will have Trisha as the female lead and will be produced by Varun Manian of Radiance Media.

Looks like there will be a delay in commencing the project as director Selvaraghavan has to sort out issues with PVP Cinemas, the makers of "Irandam Ulagam." The producers suffered a loss of ₹30 crore as the Arya-Anushka starrer failed to perform well at the box office, reported Cinemalead.

Varun Manian has reportedly put the Simbu-Selva project on hold until the issues are sorted out.

Threat Calls to Harris Jayaraj

Music composer Harris Jayaraj's wife Suma received threat call from an unidentified person, who demanded her to pay a sum of ₹20 lakh. The caller threatened to kidnap the composer and his children if she failed to pay the amount.

Suma alerted the Chennai city police, who tracked the call to a location in Thirusulam. A special team sent to the area nabbed three persons, including Jayaraj's driver Thirumalai and his two aides. Another person, who is suspected to be an accomplice of the group, managed to escape, reported the Hindu.

Anirudh-Dhanush to Work on New Music Video

Young music composer and Dhanush achieved national fame with the success of "Why This Kolaveri" song from "3."

The duo is all set to work together for another music video on the "Velai Illa Pattathari" title song. The song, composed and sung by Anirudh, has turned out to be a bit hit among the audience.

Dhanush has already shot for the song which appears in the film. Now, the makers are planning for a separate music video on the song which will be similar to "Chennai city Gangsta." Both Anirudh and Dhanush will be part of the song, which is expected to be released before the film's release, reported the Times of India.