Nagarjuna in Ajith's 'Magantha’

Nagarjuna is signing films left and right in Telugu and as well as in Tamil. Nagarjuna acted in straight Tamil film , Rakshakan, a decade ago. Now the handsome 50-year-old actor is doing two Tamil films back to back. First he will be seen in Payanam, produced by Prakash Raj (Telugu version is titled as Gaganam). And then he will be doing a pivotal role in Tamil superstar Ajith’s 50th film to be directed by Venkat Prabhu of Saroja fame. Nagarjuna who is fond of Ajith said immediately yes to this guest role.

Mangatha - The Game Begins | Ajithkumar's 50th film Mangatha preview and pooja

Ajithkumar’s 50th film Mangatha to be directed by Venkat Prabhu commenced on 2nd August with a somber pooja at A V M Rajeswari studios, Chennai. Coincidentally, Ajith entered filmdom on August 2nd eighteen years ago. This golden jubilee film of Ajith is being produced by Dhayanidhi Azhagiri for Cloud Nine films.

While talking about Mangatha, director Venkat Prabhu says, “I am glad to start Mangatha on this auspicious day wherein Ajith began his filmi journey 18 years back. We are shooting the trailer of the film which will be screened in theatres soon.” He went on to add that Mangatha will be a 2011 summer bonanza.

The heroine of the film is yet to be finalized. Telugu star Nagarjuna is playing an important role in Mangatha and along with Premji Amaran, there would be a newcomer by name Mahath. Major part of the film is slated to be canned in exotic overseas locales.

The event saw a dapper Ajith in a grey shirt flashing his trademark smile. The puja was attended by Vivek Rathnavel of Cloud Nine films, Gangai Amaran, S P B Charan, producer Siva, A V M Kumaran and A V M Saravanan along with the technical team of the film.

‘Mangaatha’ For Piggyback Ride With ‘Naan Mahan Alla’

Ajith Kumar’s 50th film ‘Mangaatha – Ulle Veliye’ took off this morning with a photo-shoot session in a studio near AVM. The entire technical crew of this film – Venkat Prabhu, Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematographer Sakthi Saravanan was present. Ajith Kumar was present in a sleek black silky shirt.The costume used during photo shoot itself was revealing that Ajith Kumar wouldn’t be spotted in clichéd costumes of blazers, which are considered as timeworn factors.Producer Dayanidhi Azhagiri of Cloud Nine Productions  has decided to screen first look teasers of ‘Mangaatha’ during the intermission of ‘Naan Mahan Alla’. Since, both the films are produced by the same banner; the producers have decided to create sensation with such factors.Recently, Vijay’s ‘Velayudham’ had a teaser like photo shoot before the launch itself and has been telecasted in kalagnar TV. Before years, Vikram’s ‘Kanthaswamy’ had the teasers shot exotically and raised everyone’s expectations.