Ajith, the workaholic

Ajith is a thorough professional.
And these days, with him being very reticent, his work seems even more pronounced.
Ajith, it maybe recalled, had to be rushed to the hospital during the shoot of Kireedom. He has a history of bad back and apparently that flamed up again.
But after the mandatory checks and resting for a few days, Ajith didn’t want to prolong his rest.
Despite some strong advice to take it easy for some more time, Ajith is back again shooting for Kireedom.
Ajith, who just recently drove to Vizag in a car just because he couldn’t get a flight ticket and did not want the film crew to suffer because of his absence, wants to finish Kireedom early and take up Billa under Vishnuvardhan soon.
Now, that clearly shows what a thorough professional Ajith is.
Kireedom stars Ajith, Trisha, Saranya and Rajkiran. The story is about a strong and philosophical relationship between a man and his son.

Kireedom Stills

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The Heroine of Billa

After bouts of several guesses, it is now said that Nayantara will be the heroine of Billa, the remake. Billa, which stars Ajith in an all-new feel, is to be directed by Vishnuvardhan.
The film, which has kindled the anticipation of the industry, was in the news and speculations were high about who will play the heroine in it. Many names were bandied about and Vishnu was caught in a dilemma. But finally the mantle has fallen on the dashing Nayantara.
This is Nayantara’s big comeback (of sorts) after being away from Tamil since her three releases for Deepavali. She is currently busy in Telugu. The main movie she is now working in Telugu is Thulasi with Venkatesh. This is the first time that Nayantara will be acting with Ajith.
She has earlier worked with the likes of Rajini, VXXXX (albeit for a song), Suriya, Jeeva, Sarath and Simbu.

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Billa 2007

Billa - Location hunting

Vishnuvardhan and producer Ananda Suresh are in Kuala Lumpur and other parts of Malaysia location hunting for their forthcoming Billa.
Billa is a remake of the 1980 Rajnikanth film by the same name and has our handsome hero Ajith in the lead. Vishnu is making an updated stylish version of the film and the pooja is likely to be held on April 14 in Chennai.
There are two heroines in the film and the buzz is that Bollywood actress Isha Sherwani has been contacted by Vishnu. Isha, daughter of the famous fusion dancer Daksha Sheth and is trained in gymnastics, Kalaripayattu, Yoga and Kathak. She was launched by Subhash Ghai through Kisna and is now looking southwards.
Vishnu has switched off his mobile and was not reachable for his comments.

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Aalwar - 25th day

Ajit’s backpain resurfaces

All hell has broken lose in Kollywood after a Tamil
daily reported today (Feb 6) that Ajit has been
hospitalized due to a severe backpain that may have
affected his spine!
According to the report Ajit was in Visakhapatanam
shooting for an action scene for Suresh Balaji’s
Kireedom when he collapsed due to severe backpain. The
actor had to be rushed to the Vizag airport in an
ambulance, flown to Chennai and immediately admitted
to Apollo hospital.
But sources close to Ajit spoke to Sify.com from Vizag
and clarified: "They are making mountains out of
molehills. It is true that he had a backpain while we
were shooting for the climax scenes. It is nothing
serious as made out to be and he was never rushed to
Chennai as the report says. He is actually flying to
Chennai today (Feb 6) and taking rest for a few days
and shooting will start as soon as possible in
Chennai."
Ajit had this recurring back pain since his racing
days and it resurfaces periodically. He has already
had nine operations on his back and the actor himself
said sometime back – "Probably, I will have to live
with it for the rest of my life"!

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Will Kireedom crown Ajith

Undeterred by the mixed response for his Aalwar, Ajith is busy shooting Going Fast for Kireedom. Keen to ensure that the movie clicks at the box office to help him sustain his top spot in the industry, the actor has been evincing keen interest in every department of the film.

Kireedom is produced by veteran actor-producer Balaji and is directed by a debutant V Anand.
Ajith is currently shooting at Vishakapattinam&Chennai Binni mills for the movie. A major portion of the movie involving Ajith, Trisha and Santhanam were shot. Vivek plays the other comedian. Music is scored by Veyyil fame G V Prakash.

Plans are on to release the movie on 1 May (Ajit's birthday).

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