Simran, the popular Tamil actress, has admitted that she is in love with choreographer Raju Sundaram (brother of Prabhu Deva) and that she would be marrying him soon. Her parents, who had earlier objected to this affair, seem to have given up and the marriage will take place as soon as her current acting assignments are over.
Simran had first met her lover boy at the sets of her first film "Tere Mere Sapne" and love blossomed after her entry into Tamil films. Raju's family had no objection to the girl but Simran's parents had not accepted the idea of marrying a choreographer and that too a "madrasi". Simran earned the wrath of her parents when she smooched her lover in front of her mother at a party hosted by a Mumbai mag in Chennai. After this Raju and Simran, tried to maintain a low profile and decided not work together but her heart was with her lover. She took up fasting during the Durga Pooja festival to invoke the goddess's blessings and make her parents relent which seems to have worked. Simran has now left for the shooting of a Telugu film in Canada and would grace the stage in London with Sarath Kumar and others for the show directed by her lover boy. The wedding is slated to take place at the end of this year.

Ramya pays for her man-eating ways
Ramya Krishna, we hear, was all set to play the lead in Super Good Films' Anandam  starring Mammootty and Murali but was surprisingly dropped from the project. The Malayalam superstar, it appears, is very put off by her man-eating techniques, which she tried on him on the sets of Dubai . He had then politely ticked her off and had her replaced by Anjala Zhaveri for the film and now has Soundarya acting with him in Anandam . Well, one can't really blame the producer. If he has to chose between her and Mammootty, obviously she would be shown the door. Time she learnt that there are still heroes who want to keep their hands off heroines!

Yours lovingly, Ajith
Ajith seems to have taken a leaf out of the life of emperor Shahjahan, who built the edifice of love, Tajmahal to proclaim his love for his wife. The Tamil heartthrob, who recently wed actress Shalini, is reportedly planning a beautiful estate on the outskirts of Chennai. The estate, which looks like a complete township, is obviously named after his wife and will be called Shalu Estate. Ajith's father is reportedly busy supervising the work on the estate that will turn out to be a major tourist attraction to those visiting Chennai but the final shape of the estate will be as per Shalini's ideas. The newly weds surely know how to mix love and business.

Simran-Jothika duel heats up
Remuneration demanded by film stars, like inflation, goes up and never comes down unless of course there are ulterior motives. Simran is a point in case. Apparently, the actress was booked as a heroine for the Tamil film Star but the filmmaker for some reason had second thoughts and instead settled for the current rage Jothika. Not one to take it lying down, Simran reportedly instructed her manager to make the rounds of all the producers' offices who have launched films with Jothika and ensure that she be replaced. And for this, she's willing to act for any remuneration. Let's see if slashing her price will help her get even with Jothika but then one can't really blame her. Many other senior heroines too are feeling threatened by Jothika.

Fair sex being unfair to producers?
Every now and then one hears of heroines, especially debutants, complaining about producers being a pain but things seem to be turning the other way round now. Divyasri and Sneha are but two of the breed of actresses who can dishonour their contracts without any compunction when a better offer comes along.
Divyasri, much to the despair of her discoverer Srinath, Penghal's  producer, has gone ahead and signed a Murali film and this despite an exclusivity contract that she signed with him for Penghal . The fate of Virumbikarean's producer Francis is even worse. He and director Susi Ganesan settled on Sneha after spending thousands on heroine-scouting. But now Sneha has signed a yet-untitled film opposite Madhvan, to be directed by Suresh, leaving the producer fuming. Not surprising as Francis is already into financial problems with his former boss K T Kunjumon directing all his debtors to Francis, who was the executive producer of Kunjumon Films.
Sympathies apart, maybe the producers are getting a taste of their own bitter pill!

Ravali's revelation
Ravali, who has been trying to get her career in Tamil films on track with films like Unnay Kan Theduthey,  learnt to her dismay that Tamil producers don't always pay up. Apparently, she was not paid for Nagalingam,  directed and produced by Ganesh Bob (real name Babu), even after the film's release. Bob assured her that the film would be a sensational hit what with his plans to release scented smoke through machines in theatres to create an appropriate affect and a gullible Ravali fell for it. But Bob's plan backfired when the crowd in theatres turned irate due to the smoke irritating their eyes. The actress was then left with no option but to approach Vijaykanth of the artistes association. Ganesh has now agreed to pay her in installments but dare she trust Bob again?