Jayam Ravi has made a mark for himself in action and romantic roles but Bhooloham is an out and out action spectacle, inspired the life of Asian boxer Madhan.

The movie, which is being directed by Kalyanakrishnan, is now slated for release on July 18. The audio of the movie was released a few months back though it didn’t cause much of a ripple in the Kollywod music scene.

Srikanth Deva is the man who scored the tunes for this one, and this is his second time working in a Jayam Ravi movie, the first one also being a martial arts movie of sorts – M Kumaran s/o Mahalakshmi. Interestingly, that was Asin’s debut in Tamil.

Talking about heroines, Bhooloham had a rough stretch in that area.

The team first approached Amala Paul for the role but when she declined they moved on to Nayantara. It was only upon her not being able to find the days in her schedule that the movie makers settled on Trisha Krishnan.

Trisha plays the lead female character named Gowri Sindhu. Bhoologham, by the way, is the last name of Ravi’s character – Vivek.

Ravi did go that extra mile to play the boxer, by undergoing special training in the sport under the watchful eye of professional athlete Prasad.

Apart from this, to add that zing to the flick’s action content, Kalyanakrishnan managed to rope in Nathan Jones, the Australian actor and former wrestler/strongman to do a fight scene.

Nathan is internationally remembered for his small scene in Troy, but more notably to you martial arts aficionados out there – he played a fighter in the Jet Li flick Fearless and the Tony Jaa film Tom Yung Goong.

Now, the giant of a man is making his entry in Kollywood!

The rest of the cast includes Prakashraj, Narayan, Ponvannan and Shanmugarajan. The movie is being produced by Aascar Films.

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That’s right, Jam Ravi is all set to star with another hero, and it will be in his upcoming flick Thani Oruvan, in which he stars opposite Nayantara!

The movie is reported to be a romantic – action thriller, in other words a pop corn munching entertainer, and it’s director M Raja who also just happens to be his brother, has designed the story in such a way that there is scope for another hero in there as well.

According to sources, Raja is currently in talks with his close friends in the industry – Jiiva and Arya – and quite possibly one of them may end up playing the role in question.

Nayantara is playing an aspiring police officer in the flick, and she will no doubt play the romantic interest of the hero. But here’s where it gets confusing – Ganesh Venkataraman, who is also playing a pivotal role in the film, says Ravi, Nayan and he are close ‘friends’ in the movie.

Apparently, the theme of friendship will be an important one in this story.

Raja’s previous films have mostly been remakes but this one which he scripted himself is an original story and a real experimental one according to him.
“I put my heart and soul in to penning it.” He adds.

The film is being produced by AGS Entertainment and the locations of filming have been very diverse so far.

Shooting, which began in December 2013, has already covered locations like Chennai, Bangalore, Dehradun, Rishikesh and Hyderabad among others. The next schedule is all set to begin in Mussorie.

From the sounds of it, the ‘cop’ angle is a central one with many locations being sites of police training facilities.

Anyways, as always, we wait for this one to hit the big screens too so that we may pass our verdict – fingers crossed..

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Nayanthara is definitely riding high this year. After the massive successes of her films Arambam and Raja Rani in Tamil, Nayan has upped the scale to go on signing big tickets. While she is currently busy wrapping up Sekhar Kammula‘s Anamika and Gautham Menon‘s project with STR Simbhu, Nayan has also joined the sets of Pandiraj film and lately, a new project starring Jayam Ravi.

After bagging National Award for the film Sri Rama Rajyam in Telugu, Nayan silenced her critics by proving that she was more than just an eye candy glam doll material. This year has seen her soaring high with her talent, performing really well in the films. This shift will now put her on the number one slot in Kollywood. Anamika will show us further more of her prospects in Telugu.

This apart, the talks are also on for her to accept an untitled project with B Gopal starring Gopichand.