New Looks

Simbhu's movies have so far been targeted towards the B and C center audiences - the so-called mass rather than class audience. But his next film Poda-Podi, inspite of the name, is supposed to be a film with urban sensibilities that focuses on a young married couple's life. Simbhu's look here in the film's promo poster seems to reflect that tone with the spiked hair and the trendy dress. Gotta wait to see how well the role sits on him.

PS: His heroine in the film is supposed to be Varalakshmi, Sarathkumar's daughter. But I can't really tell if that's her.



'Jayam' Ravi has so far been comfortable playing lover boy and has found good success with boy-next-door type roles, the last such success being Santosh Subramaniam. He tried out playing an action hero in Dhaam Dhoom and looks like its success has given him confidence that he can carry it off successfully. He's going a step further and trying out the tough-guy look in Peraanmai, an action film where he's supposed to be playing a forest officer. He seems like an unlikely candidate for the action hero slot but you never know...



Jai has so far played down-to-earth, realistic roles in both Chennai 600028 and Subramanyapuram. Looks like he's getting the chance to play dress-up as a regular Tamil cinema hero in his next film Vaamanan. Replacing the beard with a stubble and trading in the 80s dresses for some designer clothing, he looks all set. We can only hope we haven't lost one more young hero to commercialism.