Sivaji shooting is moving at a reasonable pace and reports are that the movie is 80% complete and only some talky portion has to be shot, two song sequences too remain to be shot. How many days will be needed to complete this is not clear. This seems to be subject to Rajini’s availability. The talky portion may be shot at some studio in the city or the unit might move to an engineering college in Rajamundhry belonging to Rajini ’s close friend Mohan Babu. Shankar plan to shoot the song sequences abroad. But Rajini does not want to leave the city these days. He wants to be there when his first grandchild arrives.

So he has requested Shankar to keep the shooting in Chennai for the next few weeks and Shankar has obliged and put off all outstation shoots. Meanwhile, reports are that veteran actress Revathi will be seen in Sivaji. It is not clear as to what part she will be playing, but it is being rumoured that she will be playing the pair of Rajini senior. The unit hands are not very forthcoming with the information, so speculation remains.

Shooting will resume at full steam when Rajini announces his full availability. Then it just seems to be a matter of time before the shooting is wrapped up. Rough calculations suggest a December finish.

This would mean that Shankar had Rajini ’s call sheets for over a year, something that has happened just once before, for Thalapathy. Then it will be a long wait for all fans till April 14th, the scheduled date for the release.

Dhanush, all set to become father for the first time too has cancelled all his outdoor shoots and wants to be close to Aishwarya all the time. We wish the family all the best.