Going by the latest reports from Chennai filmnagar, star director Mani Ratnam has suffered a heart attack and he was immediately rushed to a private hospital in the city. The reports revealed that Mani Ratnam’s health condition is currently stable and there is nothing to worry further.

Soon after the news broke out, there is a lot of confusion over the director’s health but he is said to be doing fine now. This is not the first time that Mani Ratnam suffered a heart attack. Earlier, while working for the film Yuva in 2004, he suffered a heart attack one. Later, during the shoot of Kadali also, he suffered a stroke.

The director is currently working on an exciting project titled Ponniyan Selvan. More details on his health will be updated soon.

Going by the latest buzz in the filmnagar, we have come to know that Anushka Shetty is going to be seen in an upcoming prestigious project. As per the buzz, she is in consideration to play one of the lead roles in Mani Ratnam’s dream project Ponniyan Selvan. The director is busy with the pre-production activities and also started the process of finalizing the cast.

Karthi, Jayam Ravi, Keerthy Suresh, Vikram, Mohan Babu, Amitabh Bachan, Aishwarya Rai and others are already a part of the project. The buzz is that Satyaraj will also be playing a key role in the movie.

Mani Ratnam wanted more actors for this project. Aish is said to be seen in the negative role Nandini. Nayanathara is in talks for a key role but she got busy with other projects and Mani Ratnam wants Anushka Shetty in the place of Nayanathara. After Bhagmathie, Anushka signed Silence and is busy with the project.

The discussions have started already and she might give her final nod very soon.

We are already aware that legendary director Mani Ratnam is making epic novel Ponniyun Selvan as a feature film for his next project. He is roping in huge stars from all over the country to play key characters in this period drama. He himself is producing the flick under his banner Madras Talkies.

Already, Mani roped in stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Karthi, Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Mohan Babu, Keerthy Suresh and Trisha for the film. Now, apparently, Mani has signed up another popular actor Satya Raj has joined the project. Satya Raj is popularly known for his portrayal of Kattappa in the film Baahubali.

As he became a pan-Indian actor with Baahubali, the inclusion of Satya Raj will be a huge addon for Ponniyun Selvan. Mani is planning to take this film on floors by the end of this year. AR Rahman is composing the music for this movie.

Maverick director Mani Ratnam’s long-lasting dream is to make a film based on his favorite novel Ponniyum Selvan. This period drama is hugely popular among Tamil folks and Mani was trying to make it a feature film but couldn’t as it needs a massive cast and a lot of dates.

But, it seems that he has now decided to make the film at any cost. Already he made talks with actors Vijay, Vikram, Jayam Ravi and Simbu for the film and apparently, everyone agreed to do it. Once their dates get arranged, Mani will take the film on to the floors. Meanwhile, we hear that prominent actor Mohan Babu will essay a key role in it.

Mohan Babu is known for showing his impeccable acting skills in the period and mythological dramas. Thus, Mani has roped him in for the film. Apparently, this will be a full-length character and has major screen time. Even Mohan Babu agreed to do the film and will join the sets as soon as the movie gets launched.

Natural Star Nani was the first choice for Mani Ratnam when he wants to choose a hero from the current generation. Mani Ratnam has apparently got connected to him so well that he offered OK Bangaram to the actor but he has to refuse it. Out of his love and respect for the director, Nani obliged the request to give his voice for Dulquer Salmaan in the movie.

Later, Mani Ratnam approached Nani for the second time during the shoot of Nawab for playing one of the roles in the movie. Nani had to decline the request politely yet again citing the prior commitments.

Nani always wanted to work in Mani Ratnam’s direction and it is not happening at all. Now, the star director approached Nani for his next film as well and Nani is going to turn down the offer yet again as he has no dates available to allocate for Mani’s project.

Tamil hero Arun Vijay is currently very much busy shooting for his next films. The actor has been to Dubai and everyone is in an opinion that he has been to the shoot of Saaho. But in fact, the actor has been to the shoot of Nawab which is directed by Mani Ratnam.

We have already reported that Mani Ratnam’s next film is having its shoot in Abu Dhabi. Mani Ratnam is directing a multistarrer this time with Simbhu, Aravind Swamy, Vijay Sethupathi, Arun Vijay, Aditi Rao Hydari, Jyothika and others in the lead roles.

The makers recently completed the Chennai schedule. When Arun Vijay revealed that he is going to Dubai, a lot of fans asked him if it is for Sahoo.

Arun Vijay has given clarity to his fans that he is participating in Nawab shoot which is his final schedule and with which he will be finishing his part for the movie.

On the other side, Arun Vijay’s Kutram 23 is releasing in Telugu with the title ‘Crime 23’.

Sensational and top director Mani Ratnam is currently busy with the shooting of his new film with multiple heroes. The film is titled as Chekka Chivantha Vaanam. The film is going to be released in Telugu as well.

The interesting update on the film is that the makers are going to leave for Abu Dhabi to shoot the next schedule of the movie. Aravind Swamy, Vijay Sethupathi, Arun Vijay, Fahad Fazil and others are playing the lead roles in the film. AR Rahman is the music director and Santosh Sivan is cranking the camera for the film. The makers recently wrapped up an interesting schedule in Sri Lanka. The complete details about the project will be out soon.

Talented director Mani Ratnam’s upcoming yet to be titled multi-starrer project is slated to go on the floors from March. It has already been confirmed that Fahadh Faasil, Simbu, Vijay Sethupathi, Aishwarya Rajesh and Aditi Rao Hydari are part of the cast.

According to latest reports, Fahadh has opted out of the project due to the delay in its commencement. Apparently, Fahadh’s dates with another project seem to clash with Mani Ratnam’s project, forcing him to exit. Neither the makers nor Fahadh have reacted to the rumors which have been doing the rounds over the last couple of days.

While A.R Rahman has been confirmed to compose music, Santosh Sivan will crank the camera in his sixth collaboration with Ratnam.

To be bankrolled by Madras Talkies, the film is expected to start rolling from February last week or March. There are rumours that the film also stars senior actors Prakash Raj and Jayasudha, who have collaborated on several occasions.

Mani Ratnam is undoubtedly a master craftsman and a fine storyteller. To be a part of his films is an honor for actors and film technicians alike. Right from Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Madhavan to Arvind Swami and Gautham Karthik, Mani offered a launch pad to all these popular stars, and many more.

However, as per latest reports, Tollywood’s latest sensation, Vijay Devarakonda, has apparently refused a Mani Ratnam project. According to the source, Vijay was offered a prominent role in a multi-starrer along with Vijay Sethupathi, STR, Fahadh Faasil, Arvind Swami and Jyothika. After watching Vijay’s stellar performance in Arjun Reddy, Mani felt that he could portray the character Mani had in mind.

But the Pelli Choopulu star has allegedly refused to be a part of the project, stating that he wasn’t convinced about either the role or the remuneration. He felt that wouldn’t get enough screen time in Mani’s movie.

Natural Star Nani has been going great guns in his career. The latest update is that Nani will feature in Mani Ratnam’s next film which will start rolling during the end of this year.

After the debacle of Cheliya, Mani Ratnam has not announced his next project. Though there are talks that he would direct Ram Charan, sources revealed that the project is not happening anytime soon.

Mani Ratnam is said to have wrapped up the script work recently, and he is busy finalizing the cast, crew. An official announcement about the complete cast, crew are expected to be out soon.

The star actress of Tamil Jyothika has quit films and leading a happy life with her husband superstar Suriya. After all these years, she is again busy with a couple of flicks in her hand.

Ongoing reports suggest that she has signed two flicks in Tamil to start her second innings in an acting career with a blast. Already her first flick post her marriage Magalir Mattum has completed and got ready for release. In the promotional event of this flick, actress Jyothika revealed that she is going to act in Mani Ratnam’s direction for her next. When asked about details of this flick, she preferred to be tightly lipped about this project.

The flick Magalir Mattum will be released this month in Tamil she will be seen as a director who makes documentaries on burning issues in the society. Her character has huge scope for performance, say the makers.

Mani Ratnam’s son, Nandan, has been robbed at Belunno, in Venice, when he was on his way to reach Venice airport.

Suhasini Mani Ratnam shared this news on Twitter and requested immediate help from the netizens, and the people living in Venice. She tweeted, “sos anyone near venice airport ? can u help our son who was robbed in Belunno .he needs to reach airport pls help. anyone near venice st mark square police station Pls pls help”.

However, in a few minutes of time, Suhasini once again clarified that his son is doing fine and the needed help has been done. “Help is on the way for our son. So those from Twitter who offered help. Thank you. He’s fine now”, she tweeted.

The amazing combination of mega power star Ram Charan and the creative director Mani Ratnam is making the movie lovers go gaga. However, the movie is not going to materialize for some unknown reasons.

This movie was earlier planned as Cherry’s next after Dhruva but finally, the project got postponed due to a clash of dates between hero and the maker. Later, the duo has been interacted many times to discuss the script. Even though Charan liked the script, he is not daring to give his final nod looking at the flop show of Mani’s recent release Cheliya. On the other hand, the theme line is not impressing the Mega camp, so they say many changes to Mani Ratnam. Watching all this, some hardcore followers of Film Industry say that this project will not happen.

As of now, Mani is looking forward to making a movie in Bollywood starring the angel Aishwarya Rai and Charan is busy with the ongoing shoot of Rangasthalam-1985.

For all the hardcore fans of legendary director Mani Ratnam fans out there, there is an exciting news for us which makes your day.

Other than the speculated flick with Charan, Mani Ratnam is thinking to make another flick in the genre of a love drama. For this flick, he is looking forward to casting his favorite actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as the lead actress. However, an official confirmation is awaited from the Mani Ratnam. When Aish got enquired about the same, she preferred to keep quiet on this flick. She revealed that she took a long break of 5 months from her movies to take rest with her family. But she revealed that she has heard 2 scripts which are almost confirmed by her.

Currently, she revealed that she is taking care of her mother and living along with her daughter. She is yet to start a movie with her husband Abhishek in Hindi.

Mega Power Star Ram Charan is currently very much busy with the shooting of his next film in the direction of Sukumar. The yet to be titled film is very much interesting in its own way. Meanwhile, during the release time of Cheliya, there was a rumour that Ram Charan would team up with legendary filmmaker Mani Ratnam for a racy action entertainer. As ‘Cheliya’ turned out to be a debacle in all languages where it was released, Ram Charan and Mani’s combo film was heard to have gone shelves is the present talk in the film industry.

Going by the buzz from the sources close to the actor, we have come to know that the rumored project is very much on and the director recently met the Mega Power Star and narrated the script. The film’s title has been confirmed as ‘Yodha.’ More details on the project will be out soon.

The crazy combination of legendary director Mani Ratnam and Mega Power Star Ram Charan is suffering many obstacles. Let us see the status of this flick.

When Ram Charan Tej is doing the characters of mass commercial entertainers, it is the director Mani Ratnam who advised Charan to experiment with some different films. Following his rule, Cherry did an outstanding attempt like Dhruva and got much-needed acclaim. Later there speculated a project between these two for Charan’s next after his current one with Sukumar but the latest information says that this project is on hold. As Cherry constantly asking Mani to change some parts of the subject, Mani sir decided to make a film with the star couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai once again. So if everything goes according to the plan, we can expect a movie in Mani-Cherry’s combination.

As of now, Charan is busy working for his village drama under director Sukumar. This movie is progressing slowly as the fans are interrupting the shoot proceedings to see Ram Charan