Staying on ‘top slot’ for more than a decade is not an easy task for any actress. But with her sheer talent and good looks, the South diva Trisha has achieved this distinction.

With the final nominees for the prestigious South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA) being announced recently, there’s a lot of buzz and countdown has already started in tinsel town.

It is celebration time for the hot and happening South Indian movie stars. At a time when the South Indian film industry is celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema, here comes yet another honour for the talented bunch of southern films.

Sonam Kapoor is finally making her foray into K’Town with the dubbed version of her Hindi flick, Raanjhanaa, which, in turn, marks the debut of Dhanush in B’town. The Tamil version is called Ambikapathy. It is produced by Eros International and directed by Anand L. Rai, with dialogues by John Mahendran.

The trailer of Dhanush’s debut Bollywood film, Raanjhanaa which has rocking musical score by A.R.Rahman was released online recently and is going viral with one million views in less than 48 hours.

Here is good news for Rajinikanth’s innumerable fans. Finally, Kochadaiyaan, Soundarya Ashwin’s maiden directorial venture, will hit screens. The countdown has already begun.

Recently, Tollywood hottie Rana Daggupati who made his debut in B’town with Dum Maro Dum, took to task National Award winner Chiyaan Vikram for his remarks about him in his interview to a national daily. Rana ranted on twitter and attacked Vikram and in no uncertain terms implied, ‘mind your own business’.

Priya Mani is excited about doing an item number with Shah Rukh Khan in Chennai Express. Director Rohit Shetty approached the National award winner who has said in interviews that she had no qualms about being part of item songs if they were offers from big banner productions and had heroes that commanded mass fan appeal.

Choreographer-actor-director Prabhu Deva, who shifted bag and baggage to Bollywood after he struck gold directing Hindi movies, is back to doing what he does best.

While the biggies of the Tamil film industry are keeping a stoic silence on the Vishwaroopam issue, Superstar Rajinikanth has come to the fore in support of close friend Kamal Haasan, vouching for his good intentions in the whole imbroglio. “Kamal Haasan is my great friend and we’ve been sharing a good rapport for over four decades.