There were reports earlier that Karishma Kapoor will be starring in the movie as the female lead opposite Abhishek Bachchan in the film "Mumbai se Aaaya Mera Dost". But the recent news is that Lara Dutta will be actually starring in this movie which will be directed by Apoorva Lakhiya.-Planetbollywood.com

The Star comedian Sunil has given a slip to Teja recently. Sunil did not attend the shooting for 3 days and so he is replaced by another artist in Dasarath's film. -Idlebrain.com

'Yaatrakaarude Shraddhaykku' is Galaxy Films' new film starring Jayaram and Soundarya. Sathyan Andhikaat is going to direct the film. -Sifymovies.com

Rajakumaran is directing a new film "Kaadhaludan" for his  wife Devyani. Murali ,Abbas ,Ramesh Kanna and over 100 junior artists are in the film .The shooting for this film is going on in full speed in Gopichettypalayam -Vikatan.com

Vignesh and Ranjit to act in V.C.Guganathan's 250th film "Ethir Vaasal". The music is by Chandrabose .-Webulagam.com

Debutant Ashok and Priyanka Trivedi team together in 'Ice', the maiden production venture of Sherif Ahmed for his Joy  Entertainment. The film is directed by R. Raghuraj. 'Ice' is the remake of the director's own successful film in Telugu - 'Kalasu Kovalani' - which ran for 144 days at 33 centres in Andhra. Music is by Devi Prasad the popular music director of Telugu films -Chennaionline.com

Bharathiraja's son Manoj and Nandhitha are to play the lead roles in Bharathiraja's next film "Eera Nilam". The story line revolves around a family of a mother and her three sons. Two sons are killed in the Kargil war and the third son volunteers to take his brothers' place to complete the unfinished business -Dinakaran.com

Celeb family this week:

Lyricist Palani Bharathi with wife Kalaivani and kid: