Coolie v/s War 2 in USA / Rashmika to Play Bad Girl in Allu Arjun - Atlee A6

  The USA market has become a crucial battleground for both “Coolie” and “War 2,” which are set to release on August 14, 2025, with premiere shows scheduled a day earlier across North America.With two major star-studded films clashing, the premiere show revenues are expected to take a hit, as both films largely target the same core audience base.

Rajinikanth is known as the undisputed king of openings, with his films traditionally performing exceptionally well in premiere shows. On the other hand, NTR’s last outing “Devara” grossed an impressive $2.7 million from its premieres in the U.S. With Hrithik Roshan also leading “War 2,” expectations are high that this film could surpass Devara’s premiere numbers. However, the strong competition from “Coolie” might dampen those prospects.

Yash Raj Films (YRF), the production house behind War 2, has secured deals for IMAX screens, which could boost revenues—provided the turnout is strong.

Hrithik Roshan and NTR’s War 2 is all set to shatter all Bollywood records at the box office. Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan stands as the biggest opener for Bollywood with a 130 Cr gross on day 1.

War 2 is estimated to take 175 Cr+ to start at the global box office. No Bollywood film has collected 100 Cr net on day 1, but this spy action drama War 2 is expected to achieve this because, from the Hindi and Telugu markets in India alone, it can take 100 Cr+ opening.

The team plans grand promotions and will start them soon. The Ayan Mukerjee directorial is likely to take the buzz to the next level with the promotions.

Shoubin shakes a leg with Pooja Hegde in Monica for Coolie.War 2 is estimated to take 175 Cr+ to start at the global box office. No Bollywood film has collected 100 Cr net on day 1, but this spy action drama War 2 is expected to achieve this because, from the Hindi and Telugu markets in India alone, it can take 100 Cr+ opening.

The team plans grand promotions and will start them soon. The Ayan Mukerjee directorial is likely to take the buzz to the next level with the promotions.

Rashmika Mandanna has been cast to play the negative lead of A6. Reliable sources confirmed the development to Bollywood Hungama saying, "Rashmika had the choice to play the negative lead in either A6 or another big Pan India film. After hearing both the roles, the actress had to make a tough call but she decided to come on board Atlee's next, as the character allowed her the chance to explore the uncharted territories."

Rashmika has already done her look test for A6 and is looking to start shooting for it from the month of October. "Rashmika has paid a visit to LA with director Atlee and Allu Arjun. She was bowled over by the pre-viz for her character and is super excited to work with one of the biggest directors of modern era - Atlee. The antagonist turn for Rashmika in an Allu Arjun film is also a departure from their last two collaboration on Pushpa franchise."

We hear that Rashmika will have fierce face-off sequences with all the members of the star-cast ranging from Allu Arjun to Deepika Padukone, Mrunal Thakur and Janhvi Kapoor. The film is presently on floors and will hit the big screen in 2027. It's the biggest film of Indian Cinema, with multiple international artists working on to create the 'Avatar' of India.

Nagarjuna in Ayothi remake / Know abour Lal's L365 Director / Bad Girls get U/A

 Nagarjuna's 100th film will be a remake of the Tamil emotional drama Ayothi, which featured Sasikumar and Preethi Asrani in the lead roles. The film which was set against religion and politics, went on to win critical acclaim at the box office, winning praise for portraying the story based on human emotions. News is that Nagarjuna was reportedly moved by the film’s story and is keen on bringing it to the Telugu audience. It is said that the discussions are currently underway with the original producers, Trident Arts, for the remake rights. An official announcement is awaited shortly.

As per reports, Nagarjuna's 100th film will be directed by Ra Karthik of Nitham Oru Vaanam fame. The film is likely to be an engaging drama, which will see Nagarjuna in a raw avatar with an emotionally strong story. This will be Nagarjuna's second collaboration this year with a Tamil film maker, right after Lokesh Kanagaraj who has directed Coolie.

The film credited L Ramakrishnan as writer but aanother writer Madhvaraj claimed that he had written the same story in his website after reading about the real life incident. Director arrived at a compromise by incorporating Madhavaraj name in the OTT version streaming on Zee5.

Two films Bad Girls and Manushi coming from Vetrimaaran Productions were denied censor certificate and no reasons or rather cuts were asked to be done, Finally Bad Girls got a U/A certificate and is releasing on September 5. High Court asked Censors to spell out the cuts and not just say it cannot be released in public and finally the cuts list was given, Touted to be a coming of age film, Bad Girl revolves around a girl as she goes through the setbacks of school-going teenager, whose choices are limited by the those around her.

The visuals from the teaser stirred a debate because the protagonist is reportedly from a Brahmin home, and the character’s identity is portrayed in an 'unacceptable' way.

The film's technical aspects are led by women. It has cinematography by Preetha Jayaraman, Jagadeesh Ravi and Prince Anderson, and editing by Radha Sridhar. The music score is composed by Amit Trivedi, enhancing the film’s thematic depth.

Bad Girl is also set for screenings at several international festivals, such as Karawan Fest in Italy and New Horizons International Film Festival in Poland.

The cast features Anjali Sivaraman, Shanthi Priya, Hridhu Haroon, TeeJay Arunasalam, Sashank Bommireddipalli, and Saranya Ravichandran. Their performances have been a key aspect of the film’s success on the festival circuit.

All about Mohanlal L365 Director Background

Know about Austin Dan Thomas Debut Director of L365 . He played Rajesh one of the three friend of hero Tovino in Thallumala. He was associtate to Mithun Manuel Thomas ( Anjaam Pathira), Vineeth Kumar (Dear Friend) He acted in Vijay Superum Pournamiyum, starring Asif Ali and Aishwarya Lakshmi, He was Aishwarya’s ex BF in the film. “ “With immense joy, I announce my next film. Directed by Austin Dan Thomas, Written by Retheesh Ravi, And produced by Ashiq Usman under the banner of Ashiq Usman Productions. Grateful to be part of this exciting new chapter," Mohanlal penned the caption. It a cop comedy film and not an investigative thriller. It is said that some time back Austin was to do the same story with Jaysurya and launch announced, Jaysurya got involved with the fantasy film Kadamatha Kathanar and backed out. The new screenplay is written by Ratheesh Ravi.

 

Asianet Vairamuthu Googly at Chinmayi / Mamitha Baiju Opposite Dhanush

 Chinmayi Sripada first ever appearance on a Malayalam Musical reality show went on well . As usual her popular hits that she sang went down well with the audience, Asianet Promos that showed the singer mention about her fight with Vairamuthu camee at fag end of the two day episode and it was without taking any names, She thanked Jerala girls for supporting her in her objection to giving the ONV award to Vairamuthu, One could see tears in her eyes as the commentator traced her journey back from the ban and then her rendition of the song at the audio launch of Thug Life. The Tamil version was sung by Dhee and she was not available, Chinmayi stepped in. Chinmayi had rendered the Telugu and Hindi version for the film, Two sinhers rendered the Tamil and Telugu versions simaltenously in the show.

However Asianet sneaked in a Vairamuthu googly. It was the song from Kandukondain Kandukondain which featured Ajith and Tabu. The narrator went to trace the background of the song and how it came in to making and along with the song clips on screen came photos of Rahman in conversation with Vairamuthu, The lyrics was by Vairamuthu. When it came to give her comment after the song was sung by contestant, she pointed out the flaws in singing. The contestant took liberties to make it more romantic than needed. This brings back an incident ; Read on :

In 2018, Chinmayi Sripada had accused Vairamuthu of sexual harassment. From then onwards she had been targeting Vairamuthu through her Twitter X account. On July 8 2025, The Hindu Tamil wrote a piece praising Vairamuthu on his birthday and the post on X tagged her. She wrote - If Tamizh society wants to celebrate him, please do so by all means. That is on you. Your exhibition of your bro-code,  birds of a feather  flocking together  . neednt be on my roof  Keep it within your precincts . where you all well and truly belong.  DONT TAG ME. MAKES SENSE?!”  she added - “I have been dreading opening my timeline today . It is the birthday of the molester I outed.  The Hindu Tamizh had a huge article .. praising him to the skies.  And I get tagged in Birthday Wishes to my molester. This is a sick society and sick people.”  .

Read more at:

https://www.latestly.com/entertainment/south/singer-chinmayi-sripada-miffed-after-a-leading-daily-tags-her-on-a-story-related-to-lyricist-vairamuthus-birthday-1886335.html

read https://dhakshinscreen.blogspot.com/2025/07/chinmayis-open-talk-in-asianet-thug.html

final news is that not Pooja Hegde, but Mamitha Baiju, will act with Dhanush in this period drama. Director Vignesh Raja is making the next film of the Raayan actor, which is a period film. The film’s Pooja ceremony is slated for this week. GV Prakash Kumar will compose the film’s music.

Produced by Vels Film International, the film’s shoot is planned to wrap up by this year itself, and the team eyes an early 2026 release.

Hate towards Vijay Sethupathi’s son, Surya, and his latest movie?/ Indian 3 in limbo

 

Kollywood delivers a box office shocker. One of the saleable STAR son launch is termed the worst opening in history of the Tamil ffilmdom. Read koimoi ; Soorya Vijay Sethupathi‘s film registered one of the lowest openings for the Tamil box office in 2025. Even in the tier-1 and tier-2 films, it is the lowest opening of the year, not surpassing a single film on the opening day! Phoenix VS Paranthu Po Budget

The musical comedy is supposedly mounted on a budget of 3 – 4 crore. Meanwhile the sports action drama starring Vijay Sethupathi‘s son is said to be carrying a budget of 6 – 8 crore. Helmed by Anal Arasu, the film stars Surya Vijay Sethupathi, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Devadarshini & J Vignesh. The sports action drama has earned only 9 lakh at the box office on its opening day! amil box office on July 4, witnessed a triple clash between Paranthu Po, Phoenix and 3BHK. While Siddharth’s 3BHK roared highest with 1 crore collection on the opening day, the other two films had an intense fight, with one of them emerging victorious!

What’s with the hate towards Vijay Sethupathi’s son, Surya, and his latest movie?

 REDDIT Question and answers

I think it's primarily due to the way he speaks and presents himself in public events.

At this point, the general perception is that, he's a product of nepotism. Rather than acting all defensive and speaking unnecessarily, he needs to present himself better.

There's a meme in Kolamaavu Kokila where the boy in the grocery shop will say, "Look at that girl. Ayyoo Paa. Also, look at you. Ayyooo Paaah"

The same applies to Vijay Sethupathi and his son in the same order.

Next one

People find his attitude annoying. But he is just a confident individual who is not media trained. People who worked with him say hes a literal kolanthai and is a pleasure to be with. The guy is just really young so he will find his footing in years to come.

One on gum chewing

We would think that people grow up , but they are just boomers with some understanding about technology. If people get angry seeing a guy chewing gum then its literally uncle and grandfather behavior. They just hate on him becaus eit the cool thing to do and just herd mentality

No wonder many stars act all humble in front of the camera and I dont blame them even 1%

 

The failure of Thug Life has hit the chances of Indian 4 getting released in the near future as per trade sources. For one the OTT platforms would not touch it without seeing the box office results and without any offers, Lyca would not invest to complete the film. The film hero Kaamal’s second disaster and poor showing in South except Tamil Nadu and awashout in Hindi belt makes Indian 3 abd ivestment. Shankat after Game Changer, his second washout has not embarked on anything. Till Kamal- Shankar get back, Indian 3 will remain in the cold labs.

Dragon Pradeep DUDE OTT SHOCKER / TOURIST FAMILY DIRECTOR TURNS HERO / Triple Pongal Clash

 Budget of Dude is 25–30 cr, and recently the OTT Rights of the film have been bought by Netflix (Third film bought from Pradeep) for 25 Crores.

This is a higher OTT deal than Sivakarthikeyan’s Madharasi OTT deal with Netflix. Pradeep appears to be in terrific form in the market.

This is the case because combining Theatrical, Satellite, Audio, and Dubbing rights- the film has already entered the profit zone for Mythiri, which is a record achievement for an actor’s fourth film. Pradeep Ranganathan, who is aiming for his 100 cr hat trick with LIK in September, and then another one with Dude in October.

After the sensational success of Tourist Family, its director who also played a small role in the film is making his debut as a lead hero in his upcoming project. The film is inspired off of the youthfulness of Manmadhan, and the title of the film is a famous tag from it- it’s either Flames or Corrected Machi. It’s directed by his AD, and Anaswara Rajan is in final talks to be playing the female lead.

Abishan is apperantly a co-writer of the film and his inputs are included.

Either Sean Roldan or Sai Abhyankar will get roped in, in the following weeks.

Following this film, Abhishan will be doing his second directorial with Dhanush- next year.

PONGAL 2026 - BIGGER THAN EVER??

Karuppu VS Jananayagan VS Parasakthi

Suriya VS Vijay VS SK

All the three of them have different goals.

Vijay is retiring so he wants his film to be a grand farewell for him.

SK’s 25th film is Parasakthi and all his rival actors Dhanush, Suriya and Simbu has delivered a blockbuster in their 25th film (VIP, Singam, Vinnaithandi Varuvaya)

Suriya’s long awaited comeback. Karuppu being a commercial entertainer from Suriya after a lot of preachy films.

Who will achieve their goal.

The theatre preferences are Jana Nayagan > Parasakthi > Karuppu. Will Karuppu beat these favourites ?

Why Coolie Poster used IMAX Logo ? BENZ Laleetan Conforms BIGGBOSS Malayalam 7

 

Coolie makers have got nod to screen the non IMAX version in IMAX screen   in Chennai -two screens offered in Phoenix and Nexus Malls IMAX in chennai are digital IMAX not true IMAX. Coimbatore IMAX too is on the list. Apart from this Coolie will not screen in any IMAX screens across India and that includes Prasad Multiplexes IMAX. As Coolie is not Filmed for IMAX’ it cannot advertise so and only say watch it in IMAX. In contrast WAR 2 releasing along with Coolie is filmed in IMAX amd will carry on posters Experience in IMAX.

This explanation comes after a section of media went to town about Coolie makers having violated IMAX conditions and putting in on the poster featuring Aamir the lone watch it on IMAX and along with it other formats D-Box and 4DX that will screened. WAR2 IMAX only posters will feature that the film has been shot it is shot in IMAX.

Aa per reports in Bollywood Hungama, “It is common knowledge that War 2 and Coolie are releasing on the same day, August 14, and the former has inked an exclusive deal with IMAX. As per this deal, no other Indian film will be played in the IMAX version in India and key properties across the world during that period. Hence, the IMAX mention is shocking because Coolie’s IMAX release hasn’t been approved by the IMAX Corporation. And yet, they have gone ahead and prominently displayed the IMAX logo on the posters.”

Colie was at first to be shot in IMAX and read our story quting the cameraman. https://southfilmy.blogspot.com/2023/10/lokesh-rajini-film-on-imax-camera-leo.html

After much anticipation, the makers of television's much-loved reality TV show Bigg Boss 7 have finally announced the return of Malayalam superstar Mohanlal as host. The makers have just dropped a power-packed teaser and confirmed that the Thudarum star will be returning to the show as host for BB 7. Interestingly, Bigg Boss 7's casting is officially underway.

The short teaser opens with Mohanlal riding a bike into a rugged garage setting — a combination that has fans cheering already. The bike's number plate boldly reads BB 7, with his wristwatch also displaying the same. Dressed in his signature black shirt and mundu, Mohanlal channels pure charisma and intensity. Mohanlal, donning his signature swag and dressed to kill in a standout ‘benz’ costume

Shobana as Mother of Ravana played by Yash / All about Ranbir - Sai Ramayana INTRO

Shobana has joned the Ramayana cast and plays Kaikasi, the mother of Ravana. Yash plays Ravana.
ON instagram ; Honoured to be part of a story that has shaped generations. Welcome to the world of Namit Malhotra’s Ramayana, the immortal story of Rama vs Ravana.

Grateful to walk this path, and to share it with all of you. Let’s celebrate this moment and together, step into the @worldoframayana.

Our Truth. Our History.

• Role in the Ramayana:

  Kaikasi is depicted as a woman of intelligence and kindness. She is shown supporting her daughter-in-law Mandodari in her protests against Ravana's actions. In some versions, she even urges Vibhishana to seek refuge with Rama after he is banished by Ravana. 
• Feminist Perspective:

  Some interpretations of the Ramayana, particularly those from a feminist perspective, focus on Kaikasi's role and agency, exploring her motivations and actions within the patriarchal framework of the epic. 
• Different names:

  Kaikasi is also known as Nikasha or Malini in some texts. 
• Her father's influence:

  Sumali, her father, wanted her to marry Vishrava to gain powerful grandsons who could help him reclaim Lanka. 
• She married sage Vishrava:

  According to the Sundara Kanda of the Krittibasi Ramayana, Kaikasi approached Vishrava at the behest of her father and married him. 
• Her son Ravana:

  According to some accounts, Kaikasi supported her son Ravana in his actions, but also advised him to return Sita to Rama. 
• Her death:

  It is believed that Kaikasi died in Lanka, and Ravana was heartbroken by her death. 
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Yash has been roped in to play the role of Ravana. Lara Dutta will be seen asKaikeyi and Sunny Deol as Lord Hanuman. Ramayana stars Ranbir and Sai Pallavi in the lead roles of Ram and Sita

 The epic will unfold in two parts—Part 1 is scheduled for release on Diwali 2026, followed by Part 2 on Diwali 2027. Supporting this powerful cast is an extraordinary crew, marking a first-time collaboration of legends. Oscar-winning composers Hans Zimmer and A.R. Rahman join forces to craft a new cinematic symphony. Hollywood’s top stunt directors— Terry Notary (Avengers, Planet of the Apes) and Guy Norris (Mad Max: Fury Road, Furiosa) — are choreographing the epic battles between gods and demons. The visual grandeur of ancient India is being reimagined by renowned production designers Ravi Bansal (Dune 2, Aladdin) and Ramsey Avery (Captain America, Tomorrowland), promising an immersi