Tamil cinema scouting for a child artist

Chennai, May 1 (IANS) Malayalam director Lohitha Das is looking for a child actor for his next film, which he says will be about "how today's children are brought up" and "the consequences of the upbringing".

"Tamil cinema has no child star now. The film will create one," said Das.

He had earlier directed the critically acclaimed Tamil film "Kasthuriman".

In the past, several child stars like Kutti Pdmini have lit up the Tamil screen. Kamal Haasan, Sridevi and Shalini too started their careers as child artistes and grew up to become big stars.

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Abbas hurt while shooting fight sequence

Actor Abbas recently injured his left hand while filming a fight sequence in Hyderabad for Telugu film "Rudramani". He was rushed to hospital with a profusely bleeding hand.

Originally, the scene in which Abbas had to fight with villain Sathyaprakash, was to be shot with a dummy. But the actor volunteered to do it himself. While attempting a dive Abbas had a nasty fall and injured his left hand badly.

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Vishal's three role models

Young actor Vishal says that Tamil superstar Rajnikanth, Chiranjeevi and Prakash Raj are his "role models". He named the three in a recent chat with the media.

Vishal has risen to stardom rapidly with Tamil films "Chellame", "Sandakkozhi", "Thimiru" and "Thamiraparani" and the Telugu remakes of all these four films have proved hits as well.

He may now act in a direct Telugu film, as yet untitled, to be produced by his elder brother Vikram Krishna.