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After later this year, Shahrukh Khan will start working on his next movie, . It will be made by Maneesh Sharma. The leading lady is yet to be confirmed, but insiders claim that Sharma and producer Aditya Chopra have settled on Vaani Kapoor, who starred in Sajid Khan is adding the final touches to his crazy comedy , which features Saif Ali Khan, Ram Kapoor and Ritesh Deshmukh. The hit filmmaker has confirmed that he will soon start working on the next instalment of the movies, which will introduce a fresh cast comprising Akshay Kumar and Abhishek Bachchan. be jointly backed by AR Murugadhaa­s and Fox Star Pictures. If accepted, Milton already has it in mind that Samantha Ruth Prabhu will play the female lead. Prabhu is currently in two big-budget films — Milton’s and Surya’s Following the Ajith Kumar-Prabhu movie, Milton’s next film has already raised eyebrows: he will direct a movie that will feature T Rajender in the lead role. Rajender, who directed many films in the ’80s and ’90s, has a vastly different style to Milton and it will be interestin­g to see how these two will work together. Rajender’s son, Silambaras­an, has been in the news a lot recently. Last week, two Tamil Nadu magazines said Simbu was renouncing love to pursue a spiritual path. These reports had no factual basis but were based on the fact that Rajender had promised to make a public announceme­nt about Simbu’s marriage date immediatel­y after the marriage of Simbu’s sister, Ilakkiya. A full two months have passed and there has been no word on his marriage. With the number of failed relationsh­ips Simbu has endured in the recent past, it is not surprising that some journalist­s had started to make their own prediction­s. Rajinikant­h made his long-awaited debut on Twitter when he launched his account on Monday last week. It attracted 100 000 followers within three hours, even though the debut had no prior announceme­nt — a record for any Indian. AR Rahman’s third Hollywood film — Disney’s

which was released in India this weekend, features a mix of songs in English, Tamil and Hindi. The album, which has seven songs, was released on the same day as the film. —

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CASTING: Samantha Ruth Prabhu is up for a part in Vijay Milton’s next project
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QUEEN FOR A KING: Vaani Kapoor is expected to take the female lead in ‘Fan’
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