Mahesh Babu's The Businessman audio launched in style

It was a rare event, where an audio in three languages were released. The Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam versions of the music of Mahesh Babu and Puri Jagganath's much-talked The Businessman was released on Thursday (December 22) evening with much fanfare at Shilpa Kala Vedika, Hyderabad.

While veteran actor Krishna and his wife Vijaya Nirmala launched the Tamil version, Malayalam version was unveiled by Dr D Ramanaidu and director Srinu Vytla released the Telugu version of The Businessman. Tollywood bigwigs like SS Rajamouli, Achi Reddy, DVV Daniah, actresses Kajal Aggarwal, Charmi, Namrata Shirodkar, Nisha Agarwal, Mumaith Khan, music director S Thaman, Suresh Reddy, Nassar, Ramesh Pushpala, Bhaskar Batla and others were present.Actor Krisha and father of Mahesh Babu said that his son's earlier movie Pokkiri directed by Puri Jagannath broke all the records of the Telugu film industry in 2006. His recent movie Dookudu created a new history at the Box Office and he hopes that the forthcoming movie The Businessman will also do the same and rake in 150 crores in three languages.

Maverick filmmaker SS Rajamouli praised Puri Jagannath's ability to finish a film in a quick succession. The director said that his wife always asks him to take a cue from the Bujjigadu director on shooting a film in a rapid speed.

Mahesh Babu started off by thanking his Dookudu team for coming to the function. And said that his forthcoming movie The Businessman has some wonderful dialogues written by Puri Jagannath. The Dookudu star thanked the filmmaker, who claimed that one-liners appears on its own when he thinks about Mahesh, for having confidence in him and complimenting the actor.

The Businessman starring Mahesh Babu, Kajal Aggarwal and Prakash Raj will hit the screens on January 11, 2012.

Vijay's father backs out from producing Tupaki?

Vijay's Father SA Chandrasekhar, who was supposed to produce the forthcoming Tamil movie to be directed by AR Murugadoss, has backed out of producing the film. Now, it looks like Kalaipuli S Dhanu has come forward to take up the mega-budget project.

Sources say that just when people thought that Vijay and AR Murugadoss' forthcoming movie, which is reportedly titled Tupaki, is gearing up for the launch, there emerged a surprising news of change hands. It is said that the filmmaker demanded Rs. 12 crore as a remuneration to helm the project and he refused to cut down his salary.

SA Chandrasekhar was not ready to pay the hefty amount to AR Murugadoss and decided to opt out of Tupaki. This is when, Kalaipuli S Dhanu came into the picture. It may be recalled that the producer had signed Vijay for the film to be directed by Seeman but unfortunately, the proposed project did not take off.

Thupaki starring Vijay and Kajal Aggarwal will be launched at the Thiruchendur Murugan temple, one of the six abodes of Lord Muruga.