‘Jakkubai,’ ‘Godfather’ leave KS in the lurch – 01/07/2005
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Catch a peacock, break its leg and then ask it to dance. K S Ravikumar is in a position, quite something like that.
A person who usually reaps the fruits of his efforts in 3 months, has been cornered into inactivity because of the stars of 2 of his films - superstar’s ‘Jakkubai’ and ultimate star’s ‘Godfather.’
As far as ‘Jakkubai’ is concerned, it was a one line story by Rajini. But the screenplay somehow evolved with shades of ‘Basha’ in it.
Not satisfied, superstar discarded the project and hopped on to the ‘Chandramukhi’ bandwagon. K S lost more than 15 months, in coming up with 9 screenplays for the one line by Rajini.
Ajith gave his full call sheet for ‘Godfather.’ The K S unit spread the word around that ‘Godfather’ would be a worthy rival to ‘Chandramukhi.’ Unfortunately, financial troubles paid put to that and as shooting for ‘Godfather’ came to a standstill, Ajith joined the line of stars hopping into another film project. For ‘Naan Kadavul,’ Ajith has actually grown his hair long. The only person left in the lurch is Ravikumar.
After the release of ‘Anniyan,’ Oscar Films plans to make a film with Kamal in the lead and KS has already started work for them on this project.
Hopefully at least this will see light of day.
 

Ajith appearing different in Bala’s next - 04/07/2005
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Bala is all set to go with his new film. He has proved his potential with two films `Kaadhal Kondein' and `Pithamagan'. The strength of the films were the characterization of the protagonist. The story budded out of the character and there was otherwise no plot in it. He has excelled the art of characterization and has earned accolades from the likes of Mani Ratnam.
Bala is on a consecutive success spree. He is now ready for his 4th venture. Likewise, the film also revolves around the central character and has been titled `Naan Kadavul'. Ajith will play the lead and to suit the characterization he is going for a makeover. Ajith is growing his hair long for the film. The shooting for the film will take place in Kasi and Madurai.
Ajith is playing an aggressive role in the film. With his talent and versatility he'll surely do justice to the role. He is pinning lots of hope on the film, which can save his drowning career. Ajith's another film is `Godfather' which has been shelved for sometime.
 

`Godfather'- Alive and kicking! – 10/07/2005
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Finally Ajit's bad days seems to be coming to an end. His Godfather has once again started rolling in Hyderabad from last Friday. Says director K.S.Ravikumar: "Everything has been sorted out amicably between the crew and the producer. I hope to complete the film in 50 to 55 days including the songs in two schedules".
The man who has been responsible for the breakthrough is L.Suresh of Ananda Pictures a leading Chennai based distributor who is also the president of distributors association. As per the deal worked out between the actor and Nic Arts Chakravarthy, the producer of Godfather is that Ajit himself will pay Rs 2 Crore to him!
This will be paid to the producer at the time of the final settlement, a day before the release. The amount of Rs 2 Crore will be given as an interest free loan by L.Suresh to Ajit who will later do a film for him in return.
Meanwhile Ajit has shaved his beard but kept the long hair which he was growing to get the "look of the character" that he is playing in Bala's Njan Kadavul Than. The Godfather settlement comes as a big relief for the actor who has been going through a horrendous phase
in his career.
Now things are bound to improve for Ajit as a leading Chennai based astrologer has predicted that "2006 will be Ajit's year in Kollywood". Three cheers to Thalai!