Vijay to join Mani Ratnam for Ponniyin Selvan !!

The saying ‘tough times don’t last for ever’ seems to come true as regards Ilaya Thalapathy Vijay’s profession. After facing many hiccoughs and speed bumps in his career in the recent times, Vijay is all set to raise like a phoenix with impressive projects in his kitty. If sources in the industry are to be believed, Vijay will be doing the role of Vandhiya Thevan in the historical project Ponniyin Selvan immortalized by Kalki Krishnamurthy to be directed by director Mani Ratnam. More details on the rest of the cast is awaited.
Beside this, Vijay will also be donning the role of Aamir Khan in Nanban, the Tamil remake of Three Idiots being directed by Shankar. Not only this, Vijay will soon be wrapping up Jeyam Raja’s Velayudham where he will be seen romancing Genelia and Hansika. This line up of exciting projects certainly reiterates that Vijay’s career is going great guns and here is wishing him all the best!

Vijay is the first Tamilian!

Vijay has achieved a rare distinction of being the first Tamilian to be selected for the Asianet Awards. Every year, Malayalam actors, actresses and technicians are honored with the Asianet Awards and this year, for the first time, Tamil star Vijay has been selected for this honor. He will be receiving the award under the Best Tamil Actor category at a function that is to be held on January 9^th, 2011 in Kochi.

Mammootty will be felicitated with the Superstar award while Mohanlal will receive the Goldenstar award in this function. Nayanthara has been selected as the best actress for her role in Bodyguard.

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