Rajinikanths next Rana kick-starts

It's time for 'start...camera...action' as the shooting for the much-hyped film 'Rana', starring Tamil Superstar Rajnikanth in three roles, commenced in the city today.

''I am thrilled to be part of Rana but I am tensed to do a period film,'' 60-year-old Rajnikanth said as he emerged out of the AVM studios where the shooting commenced.

Rana is a film that has a portion set in the 17th century

Aadhav Kannadasan in Ponmaalai Pozhudhu

Many of us know that Aadhav Kannadasan, who is making his debut as an actor in ‘Ponmaalai Pozhudhu’, is the grandson of great poet Kannadasan, who is fondly called as ‘Kaviarasar’.

But it is a little known fact that Aadhav actually wanted to become a director and fate had other plans. “I was working as an assistant to GNR Kumaravelan, who directed Ninaithale Inikkum,” he says.

‘Ponmaalai