Final Take

Taking a cue from the political alliances, Tamil cinema’s two top stars, Rajnikantand Kamalahaasan, have decided to do a film together after a gap ofnearly two decades. "We are looking for an appropriate story," said thestars...It’s also the time for an understudy to come into his own. A.R.Rahman’s assistant, Haris Jayaraj, is the new prince ofmelodies in Tamil films. With record-breaking sales of the cassette for his debut film Minnale,Jayaraj is attracting producers who had earlier queued up outside Rahman’s house...Bollywood nightingale Lata Mangeshkar will soon sing in a Kannada movie, Parva,directed by offbeat filmmaker Sunil Kumar Desai...Sivamani, is making amovie based on the Tehelka tapes. Law and Order would be made in Kannada andTelugu and then dubbed in Tamil...Producer Mani Ratnam seems to be inform rather than the director Mani Ratnam, as his latest production Dhum Dhum Dhum,starring Madhavan and Jothika, has turned out to be arunaway success...But like any other success story, this one also had an unintended fallout—on the cola war. With Pepsi using Madhavan and Dhum Dhum Dhum as itsmascot, Coke has decided to back another young hero Vijay.