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Director Shaji Kailas has renamed his upcoming movie from Drona to Drona 2010. This is because two films, Hindi and Telugu with the name Drona, have both flopped. He definitely doesn't want the same fate for his film. The film stars Mammootty in the lead. His role is that of a 'sanyasi' with mystical powers. The movie will release around February next year.

That, Malayalam film, Passenger is going to get a Tamil remake, is old news. The Tamil version has already started shooting. Directed by Selva and produced by K Balachander's Kavithalaya, the film stars Ganesh Venkatraman and Sathyaraj in the roles played by Dileep and Sreenivasan in the Malayalam version respectively. The Tamil version, however, will have more songs than the Malayalam version did as it is being made to suit Tamil audiences.

The entire electorate in India will be issued the Electronic Photo Identity Card (EPIC) within the next two years, Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla said Friday.

The central government has committed Rs.332.92 crore in various health measures to check the spread of Influenza A (H1N1), more commonly known as swine flu, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Friday.

Nayantara celebrated her birthday on November 18 in Hyderabad with a few close friends. The actress was in Hyderabad to shoot for some portions of Adurs, a Telugu film she is doing, directed by V. V. Vinayak. She stated that her friends came down from Bangalore and Chennai to be with her and arranged a party at a common friend's house. She was touched by their kindness. Meanwhile, she has two films, a Malayalam film with director Shyamaprasad and one Tamil film opposite Arya, to shoot for and Adurs, which will be releasing on December 18. Read Complete Story »

Director VK Prakash's Gulumal -The Escape is set for a December 4th release. The movie promises to be a comedy entertainer starring Jayasurya and Kunchacko Boban. The story of the film is about two men who survive on their silly tricks. The film carries a lot of expectations, as the director is a national award winner. The film had its music launch recently.

Top Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy, who was arrested in New Delhi two months ago, was Friday brought to a court in Karimnagar town of Andhra Pradesh in the case of the murder of former Assembly Speaker D. Sripada Rao.

The central government has formally notified the third phase of the Technopark IT campus here and that at Kollam as special economic zones (SEZ), according to the Kerala government.

It's final. Actress Navya Nair will be marrying Santosh Menon, a Mumbai-based marketing professional, in January. The wedding will be held in Muthukulam, Navya's hometown in Alappuzha district. Navya recently met Santosh in Kerala. Meanwhile, Navya is working on director Shaji Kailas' film, Drona opposite Mammootty.

Director duo Pramod-Pappan's film, Black Stallion, is going to be dubbed in Tamil and Telugu. Starring popular actress Namitha, Kalabhavan Mani and Bala, the film will be titled Nil Gavani Ennai Kadhali in Tamil and Ithoru Managaalu in Telugu. The dubbed versions of the film will release soon.