Shankar’s Nanban for Deepavali?

Shankar's Nanban shooting in Endhiran land!

Shankar's much awaited multistarrer Nanban (remake of Aamir Khan's Bollywood blockbuster 3 Idiots) will reportedly grace theatres this Deepavali.

The film is making brisk progress and the producers have confirmed that it will be a Deepavali 2011 release.

In the film, Vijay will appear as the unorthodox genius Rancchod Das, which was played by Aamir Khan. Jiva and Srikanth will appear as the naïve Farhan Qureshi and Raju Rastogi, which were played by Madhavan and Sharman Joshi respectively. S.J. Suryah will play the role of Chatur (Omi Vaidya). Ileana D'Cruz will appear in the role played by Kareena Kapoor and Sathyaraj will appear as the insensitive professor Virus, played by Boman Irani.

It’s almost confirmed. And only an official announcement has to be made. That ‘Nanban’, the Vijay-Srikanth-Jeeva starrer directed by Shankar, will see the light of the day on the day of lights- Deepavali.

A Tamil remake of Hindi blockbuster ‘Three Idiots’, ‘Nanban’ is busy taking shape in Coimbatore, Ooty, Andaman and Amsterdam. “Most parts of the shoot are over and Shankar will commence post-production soon,” say sources.

It is to be noted here that Shankar would take enough time for post-production since the director would never be ready for any compromise on the end product. “Since this is his first remake, he is putting extra efforts.”

With Ileana playing the role played by Kareena Kapoor in the Hindi original, Sathyaraj is doing the character of a college principal, who is the heroine’s father. Anuya has an important role, that of Ileana’s elder sister.

Shankar’s upcoming ‘Nanban’ needs no introduction among you movie-buffs. The movie is being shot at a full spree, and we had earlier told you that the team flew down to Coimbatore to shoot a few important scenes.

The below image taken at the sets of ‘Nanban’ confirm the earlier suggestions on who plays what role in ‘Nanban.’

Ilaya Thalapathi Vijay doubtlessly, dons the role of the protagonist, earlier played by Aamir Khan as Rancho or Phunsukh Wangdoo. This role is that of a casual college student, who is brainy yet has a cool approach towards life, adding a spark and happiness in the lives of all those around.

What’s interesting is that, we can see in this picture, Jeeva full of finger rings, of course, he plays the role played by Sharman Joshi as Raju Rastogi. One who hails from a poor family and is burdened with the duties of his family’s livelihood, sister’s wedding and is scared to death, does a million poojas, thus, explaining the rings (pleasing the Lords).

Srikanth plays the role earlier played by Madhavan, that of Farhan, one of those young people pushed into engineering for the heck of it, whereas his passion truly lies elsewhere.

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Nanban special: The list of cast and crew

The exclusive list of cast and crew in Nanban (3 idiots remake).

Nanban (3 idiots remake) has created enough buzz in Kollywood even before commencing. But things are put on right track now and Nanban kicked off with the shoot in Ooty. Now the eagerness among the fans and audience is who is playing the respective roles played the by the lead stars in Hindi. Check the list of cast and crew

Here is the exclusive list of cast and crew

Movie Name: Nanban

Vijay- Aamir Khan

Ileana- Kareena Kapoor

Jeeva- Sharman Joshi

Srikanth- Madhavan

Sathya Raj- Boman Irani

Sathyam- Omi Vaidya

S.J Surya- Javed Jaffrey

Anuya- Mona Singh

Director: S.Shankar

Music: Harris Jayaraj

Story: Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani

Cinematography: Manoj Paramahamsa

Editing: Anthony Gonsalves

Studio: Gemini Film Circuit

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NANBAN (3 Idiots) Exclusive

Shankar's Nanban News Today:

The Tamil remake of 3 idiots by Director Shankar has finally got its title and is called Nanban.

Putting all assumptions, premonitions and the ifs and buts over the Tamil remake of '3 Idiots' the producers of the film Gemini Film Circuit has released a statement confirming their mega venture is titled 'Nanban', it will be directed by Shankar and star Vijay, Jeeva and Srikanth in Aamir Khan, Madhavan and Sharman Joshi roles respectively.


The jumbo endeavor will have popular Tollywood heroine Ileana playing Kareena Kappor in Tamil. Other pivotal roles are played by Sathyaraj and Sathyan. Director SJ Suryah, Actress Anuya and Ajay Rathinam will make special appearances.

Scenes involving Jeeva, Srikanth, Sathyaraj, Sathyan and SJ Suryah are being shot in Ooty for the next ten days. Ilaya Thalapathi Vijay will join the team from February 25 for his portions.

Other important credits in the technical side are: Cinematography by Manoj Paramahamsa, Music by Harris Jayaraj, Lyrics by Na Muthukumar, Art by Muthuraj, Editing by Anthony, Dialogues by Shankar and Madan Karky.

Gemini Film Circuit is an acclaimed production house with blockbusters like Kamal Haasan's 'Vasoolraja MBBS' and Dhanush's 'Kutty' in its kitty. It also successfully distributed Rajinikanth's 'Endhiran' in Tamil Nadu, North India and Overseas and also Kamal Haasan's 'Manmadhan Ambu' in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Overseas.

So get ready to welcome the '3 Idiots'… sorry… 3 FRIENDS.

The credit list includes Manoj Paramahamsa cinematography), Harris Jeyaraj (music), Muthuraj (art), Anthony (editing), Na Muthukumar (lyrics), Shankar and Madan Korgy dialogues), Vimalji (production designer), Raju Eashwaran (executive producer), Gemini Film Circuit (producers) and screenplay, direction (Shankar).

Cast: Vijay, Jeeva, Srikanth, Ileana D'Cruz, Sathyaraj, Omi Vaidya
Directer: S. Shankar
Music: Harris Jayaraj
Cinematography: Manoj Paramahamsa
Editing: Anthony Gonsalves
Screenplay: S. Shankar, Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani
Story: Chetan Bhagat
Studio: Gemini Film Circuit

3 idiots in Tamil is finally named Nanban.

Nanban stars Vijay, Jeeva and Srikanth in the lead roles, played by Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi and Madhavan in the original 3 idiots. Kedi actress Illeana, will reprise Kareena Kapoor's role and will romance Vijay in the movie for the first time.

Sathyaraj and Sathyan too play pivotal roles. It is likely that Sathyaraj will take up Boman Irani's role as the strict and nerd professor and Sathyan will do Omi Vaidiya's role as Chatur a.k.a Silencer.

Director SJ Surya will also be part of the film Nanban. Earlier it was reported that he will play Omi Vaidiya's role, but now its is clear that he would be donning the role of Javed Jeffry, who is actually Aamir Khan according to the movie.

Actress Anuya and Ajay Rathinam are also to make a special appearance. Anuya is likely to play Ileana's elder sister (played by Mona Singh in original).

Sources close to the film's unit say that scenes involving Jeeva, Srikanth, Sathyaraj, Sathyan and S J Suryah are being shot in Ooty now. Vijay's portions are to be shot from February 25, when he joins the team.

While the camera will be handled by Manoj Paramahamsa, the music is taken care by Harris Jayaraj. Watch this space for more details.

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3 Idiots Tamil Remake: Nanban

Vijay Back in 3 Idiots tamil remake: Nanban

The rumours about 3 Idiots remake lead actor has finally come to an end, as the Gemini Film Circuit has announced that Vijay will play the lead role in Shankar directorial film.

The makers have also made it official that the title is Nanban.

The makers of the film have made it clear that Vijay has been roped in and he will play the role, which was played by Aamir Khan in the original. They also cleared that they have finalized the movie title as Nanban after considering Moovar and 3 Rascals.


The news comes as a surprise to many as the actor walked out in December 2010 citing date issues. To its trouble, Mahesh Babu, who gave his consent to act in Telugu version, also pulled out in the last minute due to unknown reasons. Later, it was revealed that the movie bosses are in the process to fill the lead slot with Surya, as he has the appeal in both Tamil and Telugu industries.

Sources say that Surya’s demands and remuneration made the makers to drop him. Hence, they approached Ilayathalapathy Vijay again. The latter, who has postponed his political plans after the success of Kaavalan, gave nod after a lengthy discussion with the director, claims a source.

Now, sources close to production house say that Vijay will join the team by this month end. However, Shankar has started the shooting from yesterday. Actress Illeana D’Cruz, Jeeva, Srikanth and Sathyaraj have joined him for the first schedule.

S J Suryah and Sathyaraj joins in ‘Nanban’, the Tamil version of ‘3 Idiots’

Director Shankar has pulled off a major coup of sorts for his upcoming Tamil remake of the Hindi superhit 3 idiots.

TOI understands that the latest development is that he's gotten director-turned-actor S J Suryah to do the important role of Chatur Ramalingam or 'Silencer', done by Omi Vaidya in the original. Earlier, at the time of the film's casting, it was said that Omi Vaidya would reprise his role in the remake but due to continuous changes in dates, he could not do it. In fact, grapevine has it that he's likely to do the role made memorable by Ganesh in Gautham Menon's Hindi remake of VTV.

As per sources in the 3 idiots camp, it was Vijay who recommended S J Suryah's name for the vital role in the film. CT understands that Vijay, who plays Aamir Khan's role in the remake, has a lot of comic confrontation scenes with S J Suryah. The actor, who is apparently shooting for the film in Ooty with Jiiva and Srikanth, could not be reached for comment.

Ten years ago, S J Suryah made his acting debut doing a small role in Vijay's Kushi which he directed. He then went on to make the controversial New with Simran that was a huge hit and the acting bug caught up with him. His films as hero bombed even as his films as director did well. However, his last release as director — Pawan Kalyan's big-budget action-packed Telugu flick Puli (2010) — that was slotted to be remade in Tamil was a colossal flop.

Though Vijay was the original choice to play the lead role in the film, he backed off citing 'date problems'. Director Shankar then approached actor Suriya, who demanded his salary plus the Telugu dubbing rights. As that was not financially viable, the 3 idiots team went back to Vijay who, post the success of Kaavalan, has realised the need to rework his image.

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Vijay pulls out of 3 Idiots Tamil Remake.

The latest update about the Tamil remake of 3 Idiots is that actor Vijay who was supposed to play Aamir Khan’s role has pulled out of the project.

It was recently said that Vijay, Srikanth and Jeeva will play the key roles played by Aamir, Sharman Joshi and Madhavan. Now it is rumored that Vijay felt his dates for the blockbuster remake will clash with that of the already committed Velayudham. Its director Shankar who will be worried about the next casting. Keep watching as we’ll keep you posted on the latest news.