Dhanush back with six packs!

The fans were in for a surprise when actor Dhanush released the first look poster of his 25th flick, 'Velai Illa Pattathari' at the stroke of 12 on earlier today, for Christmas. The young talented National Award winning actor is back with six packs in the film which has Amala Paul paiting with him for the first time.


 Dhanush had earlier seen with a six packs in Vetrimaran's action film 'Polladhavan', which turned out to be a hit. 'Velai Illa Pattadhaari' is directed by Cinematographer Velraj and produced by Dhanush under his banner Wunderbar Films. Wishing the fans on Christmas, Dhanush tweeted "Why wait till 12,here you go guys. #vip #D25 first look poster .. Merry Christmas."

 Velraj who was the DOP of Dhanush's Polladhavan, Aadukalam and 3 turns into director for this film and Anirudh will be scoring the music. The actor further added that "Since we are adding 2 more songs the audio will release in feb 14. Teaser on January 1 st."

Second marriage on cards for Hrithik?

We bumped into the irrepressible Bejan Daruwala the other evening, and since it's that time of the year, we couldn't help but ask him to do a bit of time travel and tell us what the future holds for some of those who routinely grace these pages.

 Daruwala, a big believer in the powers of Ganesha, sees a possible second marriage for Hrithik in 2015 and some personal turbulence for the feisty PeeCee though the Chopra girl's career, he says, is right on track. And speaking of careers, he made a special mention of three stars who will rock 2014: Ranbir Kapoor ("in fact the next five years belong to him"), RK's former girlfriend Deepika Padukone ("Dum hai") and the "ageless wonder" Salman Khan. Hmm...

Ants Stay Clean by Squirting Antimicrobials from Their Butts!

Ants may not seem particularly germaphobic, since they live in bacteria-rich dirt and often eat decaying plants and animals. But some ants have evolved to be quite fastidious sanitizers, regularly bathing themselves in antimicrobial secretions emitted from glands in their rear ends.

Now, research from scientists based at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom suggests some ants also take it upon themselves to sanitize young, vulnerable members of their colonies by scrubbing their broods and nesting materials with their cleaning fluids.

"We knew that [the secretions] help adults, and we knew that the brood survives and isn't constantly being affected by fungi," study co-author Christopher Tranter told LiveScience. "So we predicted that these secretions would help in keeping the brood healthy as well, and it was nice to find strong evidence showing that."