Nayanthara is out of Lingusamy’s Paiyya produced by his brother Bose under their home banner Thirupathi Pictures and directed by him in which Karthi was supposed to be her co-star.

Remember that Lingusamy had signed Nayanthara for a whopping salary of more of than Rs1 Crore for this project. Everybody was shocked by the figure, as no female lead has ever been paid so much in Kollywood. No other star in Tamil has commanded and got such price which clearly indicated that she adds value and opening to a film.

Said a peeved Nayanthara: “I have a valid contract with the producer on my salary and now with no substantial reason, he wants me to bring it down. Why should I? I had given dates for this film from September and for the last three months he was unable to start the shoot due to various reasons. I understood his situation and waited patiently without signing any new film. In the meantime, I came to know that Lingusamy was contacting other actresses and spreading false rumours about me which I ignored, giving him due respect as a film maker.”http://sify.com/movies/fullstory.php?id=14812052

This morning (December 2), several stars and actors from the Nadigar Sangam met to offer condolences and prayers to those affected by the Mumbai tragedy. Present were Dhanush, Karthi, Bharath, Sathyaraj, Sibiraj, Radha Ravi, Sandhya, Keerthi chawla and many from the industry. On a large table strewn with rose flowers, the actors planted candles to
Nadigar Sangam
commemorate each life that was lost. They observed silence for a while and then began to deliberate on what had happened and how they could be involved in the future to offer support to victims. The resolution passed and the oaths taken were clear: the Nadigar Sangam will come out strongly against any terrorist activity.

At Sathyam, Chennai, the audio release of Pattalam took place today. There are many things different about this movie, and even the audio release was one of a kind. First the film: it features 7 new, young heroes and one new heroine – a total of 8 new faces in Tami cinema in just one movie! Nadiya plays a school teacher who mentors them. What was
Pattalam
different about this audio release is that each new hero was introduced by 7 young Tamil heroes – Bharath, Jayam Ravi, Prasanna, Srikanth, Jai and Shakthi. The heroine of the film was introduced by Vijaylakshmi.

Venkat Prabhu introduced the director, while Nadia released the audio. The audio was released by all the young heroes. Linguswamy, the producer of Pattalam, said that these young new heroes will do as well as the heroes of Boys. Bharath said that Rajini had introduced them in Boys, and he was proud to introduce these new heroes today. Prasanna said that when Five Star was released, Mani Ratnam introduced him and the new cast. One of the songs in the film has been written by Nellai Bharathi, a writer with the magazine Vanathirai. Apparently this is a song that Nadiya loves, and even took the trouble of learning the lyrics and what it meant. Even Vairamuthu has praised the lyrics of the song as rare in Tamil films. It is Linguswamy, who had worked previously in a magazine, who gave Nellai a chance.