Malayalam actor Jayaram signs Vijay’s Thupaki

 

Malayalam actor Jayaram, who had done a cameo in Ponner Shankar, is all set to make his comeback to Tamil films. Well, he has been signed to play an important role in Vijay's upcoming Tamil movie Thupaki.

Speaking to a leading daily, Jayaram has confirmed that he has been rope in to to act in Thupaki. He claims that director AR Murugadoss' script, which has scope for his character too, impressed him a lot. The actor is gearing up to start the shooting, which has been delayed due to the ongoing strike in the Kollywood.

However, AR Murgadoss directorial Thupaki also features Kajal Aggarwal. The movie is produced by S Thanu and distributed by Gemini Film Circuit. It has Harris Jayaraj's music and Santhosh Sivan's cinematography.

Vijay Won best Actor award

 

Actor Vijay has been adjudged the best for his performance in Velayudham at the 5th Edition of the Edison awards in Chennai recently.

Richa Gangopadhyaya won the female artiste award for best debut for her performance in Mayakkam Enna.
Among the other awards were Premgi Amaren for his comic role in Mankatha, Raghava Lawrence was given his best in Kanchana.

Saravanan won an award for best debut director for his film Engeyum Eppothum and Shanthakumar won the best screenplay award for Mounaguru.

It seems such awards will give fillip to the industry men who are in the midst of a strike like situation after the wage row between FEFSI and Producers Council has halted all shootings.

‘Thupaki’ to re-start from Feb 20

 

The shooting of Vijay's next 'Thupaki', which came to a halt following a war of words between the Tamil Film Producers Council (TFPC) and Film Employees Federation of South India (FEFSI), is set to get a re-start.

"Shootings of many films, including Thupaki, faced a hurdle due to the tussle. Now that the issue is expected to be settled thanks to the intervention of government, work on movies would commence soon. It has been planned to re-start Thupaki on February 20," sources say.

Produced by Kalaipuli S Thanu, 'Thupaki' is being directed by AR Murugadoss. Some important portions of the movie were being shot in Mumbai, when the wage row between the producers and workers hit a new low and the shooting was disrupted.

Kajal Aggarwal is playing Vijay's love interest in this action-adventure. "From February 20, the shooting will commence again in Mumbai. After the schedule, the cast and crew will leave for foreign locations," add sources.