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 After much speculation by the media, it has been officially announced that Meena, Tamil cinema’s top actress of the 90s, will be the heroine of Kuselan, the forthcoming Rajinikanth film. For starters, Kuselan, a remake of the recently-released Malayalam blockbuster Katha Parayumbol, is about the close friendship between a superstar and a poor barber. In Katha Parayumbol, Malayalam superstar Mammootty played the superstar, noted Malayalam scriptwriter-actor Sreenivasan played the barber and Meena played the role of the barber’s wife. Meena, who began her career as a child artiste in a Rajinikanth movie, will be reprising the role she played in the Malayalam original. The Tamil version will see Rajinikanth as the superstar; Pasupathy plays the barber. The film, directed by P. Vasu, is produced by Rajini’s mentor K. Balachander. The up-and-coming G.V. Prakash Kumar is the film’s composer. It was earlier speculated that Simran would be playing the role of the barber’s wife. Later, Bollywood actress Tabu’s name was doing the rounds. While Simran accepts that she was approached, it has now been confirmed that the Kuselan team has finally roped in Meena. Will this mark Meena’s re-entry into Kollywood? Only time can tell.
Related StoriesThe-missing-scenes-of-Kuselan!  Post Kuselan release, Vadivelu and Meena seem to share the same line of thoughts. While Meena, in a recent interview, said that a few scenes in which she performed very well and was applauded on the sets did not make it to the final version, Vadivelu has now claimed that many of his scenes have also been chopped. Though both the actors rued that the scenes could have placed them in a better position, they took it on their stride considering the length of the movie. Meena said that a scene in which she emoted ve more Meena-makes-a-grand-comeback-with-Kuselan--  We've all heard of evergreen heroes in Indian Cinema, and of heroines ending up as mothers of stars they once romanced around trees! But the story of actor Meena takes the cake. 24 years ago, she played a child star alongside Rajinikanth. A decade later, she co-starred with Rajini in three movies! Today, Meena is back in a role with the superstar in the soon to be released movie Kuselan. Rajinikanth is undoubtedly the star attraction in Kuselan. Despite his extended cameo role, he eclipses the hero Pasupat more Pasupathi-married-Actress-Meena  For Rajini starrer Kuselan, the pair for Pasupathi was undecided and finally the team found Meena to be the suitable pair. The agreement has been signed and Meena is to star as wife of Pasupathi, whose character will have a say in the movie. Initially it was Simran who was approched, but she felt bad to pair with Pasupathi and wanted to be the pair of Rajini. As per the story Rajini will not have a pair. more Kuselan-–-flash-update!  Kuselan – Superstar Rajinikanth’s next venture – is up and running and shoots are on in the Ramoji Rao film city in Hyderabad. Scenes involving Nayanthara, Sneha, and Rajini were shot today. Rajini plays himself for this Tamil version of the Malayalam hit Katha Parayumbol that also has Pasupathy and Meena in vital roles. Besides, scenes of Livingston and Santhana Bharathi who play the smalltime local goons wanting to be photographed with Rajinikanth were also canned in today’s shoots. Prabhu and Manobala played t more Meena-walks-up-the-seven-hills-  Actress Meena walked up the sacred seven hills to pray to the lord for a happy married life. Meena is getting married to Vidyasagar from Bangalore on July 12. Meena took her wedding invitation and placed it at the feet of Lord Venkateswara Sway in Tirumala and offered special prayers. Meena’s new film ‘Vengamaba’ is now getting ready for release. Meena does not intend to quit films after marriage and will continue to do meaningful roles. more Kuselan:-the-absentees-clear-the-air  Much was said and written about the absence of stars like Pasupathy, Nayantara, and Meena in the function of Kusela audio launch held in Chennai on June 30. All the stars have come forward to clear the air explaining how they were unavoidably busy. Pasupathy, who plays a major role – even bigger than that of Superstar Rajinikanth – was annoyed with the Kuselan team for not projecting him properly in the advertisements. His absence was seen as a boycott. He has now clarified that he was in Moonar for the shooting more Kuselan-audio-set-for-June-30  Good news for Rajini fans. Kuselan audios will hit the stacks on June 30. At a press conference held on Wednesday, P.Vasu, the director of the movie, hinted that the film will be released in the last week of July and the exact date will be announced on June 30, the day of audio release. The highlight of the movie will be the Cinema Cinema song penned by lyricist Vaali and sung by Shankar Mahadevan. The songs are composed by G.V Prakash Kumar. Director Vasu said that he was always particular about having a song ab more Meena-is-having-a-gala-time-in-Mollywood  The doe-eyed Tamil beauty Meena is going from strength to strength, ironically, away from home. In a second coming of sorts, Meena is having a gala time in Mollywood, according to the buzz. The latest film that featured Meena was ‘Karutha Pakshikal’ in which megastar Mammootty was her hero. The film has won critical acclaim apart from a few awards. And needless to say, Meena has benefited from the success it has enjoyed. The grapevine has it that Meena will play a double role in a fo more -Meena’s-bridegroom-from-Malaysia  Doe eyed beauty Meena is soon to tie the knot. Having made her debut in ‘En Raasaavin Manasile,’ Meena has acted with all top actors like Rajini, Kamal, Ajith, Karthik and was the dream girl for quite a few years. Once acting offers got rare, she switched to television serials and started acting in ‘Lakshmi.’ Meena is the only child for her parents. Once she got to marriageable age, her parents started looking out for her, but nothing clicked. Meena has built a palatial house in Saidapet and her paren more Daler-Mehndi-croons-for-Rajini  The most expensive and high-profile song in Rajini- starrer `Kuselan’ was recorded a couple of days ago in New Delhi. The most sought after Hindi rap singer Daler Mehndi sung the song for the most sought after hero Rajinikanth. Composed by G.V. Prakash Kumar, the song was recorded at a hi-tech recording theatre in New Delhi. The Rajini-starrer ‘Kuselan’ (in Tamil) and ‘Kuseyladu’ (in Telugu) have been progressing at a brisk pace under the direction of P. Vasu of ‘Chandramukhi’ fame. 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