R Kannan directed Santhanam starrer Biskoth , Mahesh Babu- Kajal- Vijayshanthi Sarileru Neekevvaru duubed Tamil version will release on Deepavali in Tamil Nadu theaters. Distributors RockFort Entertainment Muruganandan has confirmed that sequel to Irutu Araiyil Murattu Kuthu titled Irandam Kuthu will hit on Diwali. In English it means second poke will be releasing on November 14 as first film post Lockdown in theaters. . Meanwhile Producers lobby led by Bharathiraaja has stuck to the demand that VPF be abolished to which Qube has agreed for a nil fee tiil December end. Producers are planning to release the biggies in mid January for Pongal. Before that they wanted the issue settled. Even the groups contesting the recognised Tamil Film Producers Council elections are canvassing on the poll plank that VPF will be abolished, if elected.
First part of the adult sex comedy- horror movie ,made at a shoestring and shooting combined with another film in Thailand, was a bumper hit. Theaters were mighty pleased. The hero Gautham Karthik, son of veteran actor Karthik, received flak. The producer who belongs to Suriya camp too faced brickbats. The two heroines- Yashika Aanand continued with her skin show mostly on Instagram as there was a lockdown and Vaibhav Sandilya has not been heard after this hit.
Now the director Santosh
decided that it does not matter who plays the lead. He took up the job of playing the lead. He got
two Mumbai girls -Karishma and Akiriti and headed for Philippines. The first
part title translated in English means `Wild ( or rough) poke in a dark room’.
Now it is `Second poke ( also jab)’. The poster tells it all. It is an adult
sex comedy loaded with double meaning dialogues and a voyeuristic camera stuff
and in the first part a horror angle too was thrown in. Now that those from Class
X onwards have been given permission to visit campus to clear doubts, most of
them will be seen in the theaters. Yet another plus for Chennai theaters is
that the Marina beach has been locked out and now theaters will be the haven
for young lovers.
Kerala exhibitors want
ET waived along with fixed current charges and building taxes. Producers want
actors to cut salaries by at least 25%. A few small budget films that did not
match the OTT criteria are waiting to release. The magnum opus Marakkar of
Mohanlal will take a shot at box office by Christmas.
In Andhra, the scenario
is no different and they have no new Telugu films of any big name and hope that
the Hindi - English films will keep them going till normalcy comes about. In
Karnataka, the situation is better as some Kannada films that were released
just before lockdown had a good response and it will be re-released. Here again
it is the Hindi- English films that keep the theaters in Karnataka going.
According to Mumbai
sources, there is `Sooryavanshi’ of Akshay Kumar- Devgn which is a cop
story series from Rohit Shetty. Other is the film on India winning the Cricket
World Cup titled `83 ‘with Ranveer Shorey. as the lead. Akshay's OTT film `Lakshmi
Bomb’ releases on November 9th. It means that Sooryavanshi will get only two
weeks run and with only 50% occupancy. As IPL is on should 83, a Cricket
sports film get released and will it get audience is yet another worry.
The first Hollywood film
ready to release is Tenet. This according to trade will be a dud in theaters
that are not multiplexes and will score big on IMAX screens. The story line is
confusing and only point that it will keep audience glued is the visuals and
technical wizardry. Next in line is Death of Nile due on October 23. It is a second in Branagh’s Hercule Poirot series, preceded by Murder on the
Orient Express. But in November ,Daniel Craig’s final outing as James Bond
in No Time to Die is coming.
It looks like that the
theaters reopening has only opened a new set of issues.
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