Director Hari is back after the stupendous success of Vel to team up once again with Surya for a new movie titled Singam. The film is produced by Gjanavel of Studio Green who has made Jillunnu Oru kadhal and Paruthiveeran earlier.

Says Hari: `I think the title Singam is catchy. We plan to start the film after Surya completes Aadhavan`. It will be an action packed Cop movie with the right mix of sentiments and comedy like all Hari films. Anushka is the heroine and the cast also has Prakash Raj and Vivek.

It will be Surya`s second cop role after Kaakha Kaakha and for Hari too it will be his second police story after that blockbuster Saamy.

Devi Sri Prasad the happening music director has been signed up for the film. VT Vijayan is the editor and Priyan is the cameraman. The first schedule will be completed in Tirunelveli, Ambasamudram, Kutralam, Karaikudi and Thuthukudi while the second schedule will be in Chennai, Hyderabad and Vizag.

Not many in Bollywood town are aware that actress Namrata Shirodkar has been married to Telugu film industry superstar Mahesh Babu. There were recently reports about her marriage going through troubled times and was on the verge of break up. But sources close to the couple have revealed there is nothing like that now.

There was buzz that Namrata had for last few months flown back to her Mumbai home from Hyderabad with their son. Mahesh Babu was therefore making frequent trips between Mumbai-Hyderabad so that he could get as much time he could to spend with his son. Rumours were strong that Namrata had left for Mumbai because there were problems in their marriage. But it seems all well now and he has succeeded in placating her.

Namrata is actress Shilpa Shirodkar’s sister and is an ex-Miss India. She acted in films like Pukar and Pran Jaaye Par Shaan Na Jaaye but somehow despite being extremely pretty and a decent actress success always eluded her. When she went down South to do a film opposite Mahesh Babu, they both fell in love and it resulted in marriage. Mahesh Babu’s super hit film Pokkiri is being remade in Hindi as Wanted and it stars Salman Khan playing the role made famous by Mahesh Babu who is also fondly called as Prince.

The animated version of Karan Johar’s Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, titled Kootchie Kootchie Hota Hai, being directed by Dostana director Tarun Mansukhani, is nearing completion.

However, the animated version will have voiceovers which have been rendered by Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukherjee, Uday Chopra, Ritesh Deshmukh, Simi Garewal and Sajid Khan, among others. The film will be released later this year. The film is being co-produced by Prana Studio of Los Angeles and Mumbai’s 3D Animation Studios and will be made with the latest innovations in graphics.