Endhiran - The Robot kick starts !

The shooting of Shankar’s Endhiran (Robot), which is being billed as Kollywood’s most historic venture, has begin on September 8.
Industry sources said director Shankar, superstar Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai Bacchan left for the US on Friday along with a 40-member crew to film two songs for the film.The movie, which has generated a lot of interest, boasts of a fabulous creative team including director Shankar, music director A R Rahman and ace cameraman Rathnavelu.
While Mary E Vogt, the well known designer who has worked in Hollywood movies like Men in Black, Batman Returns and Inspector Gadget will be designing the scientific outfits for the sci-fi movie, the animatronics of the film will be handled by the Stan Winston Studio (USA), which was responsible for the impressive animation sequences in movies such as Predator, Jurassic Park, Pearl Harbor, Iron man and the Terminator. The visual effects and animatronics co-ordination will be done by Indian Artiste.
Stunt director Yuen Woo Ping, who made audiences gasp with his stunts in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Matrix and Kill Bill, has been put in charge of the action sequences of the movie.Hollywood companies like ILM, Tippet, Café EFX; and Hong Kong companies like Centro and Menfond have been roped in to work on VFX. The movie is being produced by Ayngaran International Films Pvt Ltd., and Eros International.

Marmayogi to be filmed with expensive technology

With Dasavatharam getting over amongst the masses throughout the entire world, Kamal Haasan is there gearing up with his next magnum opus titled `Marmayogi`. Shooting for the film is soon to hit the floors across the exotic locations of Sweden and Desert regions of Rajasthan and we have something special about this movie. With Pyramid Saimira shelling out a big budget of Rs.100Crores from its pockets, Kamal Haasan has decided to use High Definition Digital `Red` Camera that has 4K High Resolution. It`s quite shooting up our adrenaline, when we get to hear that rental charges of this camera are Rs. 30,000 per day.
Buzzes are now that actress Trisha is expected to be roped in for playing a prominent role. However, things aren`t confirmed till the date and sooner will be done…

Kamal Haasan in Hollywood film now

Leave out Dasavatharam and Marmayogi, Kamal Haasan is soon to act in a Hollywood film. The film titled `Marmayogi` is produced and directed by Bharath Bala who earlier produced some of the best A.R. Rahman`s musical albums `Vande Mataram` and `Jana Gana Mana`. Sources close to the unit have revealed that Japanese Superstar Thadanobhu Asaano plays other lead role. M.T. Vasudevan, one of the famous Malayalam writers has penned story for the film with A.R.Rahman scoring music. Asin is expected to play the female lead role of a queen. The film is set at the backdrops of 9th Century in Kerala with a warrior (Kamal Haasan) training his protégé (Thadanobhu Asaano) the ethics and techniques of martial arts and waging wars. Kamal Haasan who is busy now shooting for Marmayogi seems to take up this film only after the completion.