Its all rumors about Rana

No other actors other than Rajinikanth and Deepika Padukone have been confirmed for Ranaa, says KS Ravi Kumar. The media has been reporting frantically that Asin, Rekha, Madhuri Dixit, Vidya Balan etc., are playing important roles in the film and later that these actresses have pulled out of the film for various reasons. Declining all this as mere rumors, KS Ravi Kumar has said that the media should only rely on official confirmation and not write news based on their own assumptions.

He added that he has not discussed the script with anyone till now and the star cast will be finalized very soon.

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STR’s associate in trouble

Muppozhudum Un Karpanaigal’s director Ganesh is in deep trouble following reports that the producer of this flick is considering to replace him. As per sources, the entire unit of MUK is unhappy over the way Ganesh is handling the film. To add to their woes is the director’s attitude problem. Incidentally, Ganesh happens to be a close associate of Silambarasan and bagged the offer to direct MUK when he happened to meet its producer during the making of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya.

MUK stars Atharva and Amala Paul as the lead pair and Vivek plays the comedian. The music for this film has been scored by GV Prakash Kumar.

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IT Department summons Anushka, Nagarjuna

The Income Tax Department, which raided the residences and offices of Anushka, Nagarjuna, Ravi Teja, and producer Shiv Prasad, has summoned them to explain how they acquired 40-crore worth property.

The raids took place after the IT Department came to know about huge property acquisitions by these stars in Vishakapatnam. Further, the IT sleuths have also found some incriminating property documents and have summoned the actors to explain the source of income for acquiring the property, which is said to be worth about 40-crores.

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Chiru’s son-in-law absconding

Chiranjeevi’s son-in-law Sirish Bharadwaj has gone absconding after the Sessions Court in Hyderabad dismissed his anticipatory bail plea. Sirish and his parents filed for anticipatory bail following the dowry harassment complaint filed by Chiranjeevi’s daughter Srija. While his parents have been given the anticipatory bail, Srish’s petition has been rejected.

Following this, Sirish has left Hyderabad apprehending arrest, sources from Hyderabad say. With this latest development, Sirish-Srija’s domestic problems have entered into a new phase.

Sirish and Srija married according to the Arya Samaj customs in 2007 against the wishes of the latter’s family and have a 2-year-old daughter.

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Rahman’s authorized biography!

AR Rahman’s first authorized conversational biography will be released on April 6th, 2011 by Om Books International. Titled AR Rahman: The Spirit of Music, the book will contain some of the interesting events that happened in the musician’s life.

Ace film director Mani Ratnam, who introduced AR Rahman as music director in Kollywood with Roja, and several other celebrities, will attend the book launch function.

The biography has been penned by Nasreen Munni Kabir, who has about 80 documentaries to her credit. Apart from interesting incidents that happened in Rahman’s life, the book will also some rare photographs and a music CD.

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Why Kushboo wanted to go home?

Kushboo is deeply involved in politics after joining the DMK last year. Despite not being offered a ticket to contest the polls this time, the actress is busy campaigning for the DMK-Congress alliance candidates. Kushboo, however, has made it clear that she needs to be home on a particular day and will not campaign on that day at any cost.

According to sources close to Kushboo, she needs to be home to teach Hindi to both her daughters in order to help them face exams. The actress will tour the state to promote the candidates of her party and is considered to be one of its star campaigners.

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Ash snubbed

Hollywood and Australian star Hugh Jackman snubbed Aishwarya Rai at the final day of FICCI Frames 2011 by saying that when he was told that he will be meeting the most beautiful woman on earth he thought it was going to be his wife Deborra-Lee Furness. The X-Men star added that Ash is not the most beautiful actress as stated by many; nevertheless she is a very beautiful actress.

The Hollywood hunk, who was rated as the Most Sexiest Man on Alive in 2008, enthralled the audience by dancing to a Bollywood number after being persuaded to do so by Shah Rukh Khan.

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