After the death of Jayalalithaa, it was expected that Modi- Amit combo will woo Rajinikanth for an alliance. Disappointing the media, Amit Shah on his visit to Chennai, did not visit Poes Garden. Instead the TN CM and deputy called on Shah at his room in Hotel Leela. This signals that BJP no more thinks that Rajini is bankable. Theanandal films Murali won the Tamil Film Producers Council by a handsome majority. It signaled that the filmdom was banking on DMK to come to power as the winner is a DMK hardcore follower as well as patronized by Sun TV. His proximity to Actor Vijay and with big production houses is known.
When Jayalalitha was alive, Modi on his Chennai visit made it a point to visit her. It was a brother- sister meeting. Now after her death, it was expected that Rajinikanth’s house in the neighbourhood would be a must visit for any top brass of saffron party. Modi had called on the actor during the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. As Rajini was dilly dallying over his political entry and his seemingly pro BJP utterances, Amit Shah was expected to call on him. This visit could have kept Rajininism alive as majority believe that he will be a no show . However, Shah kept off and disappointed followers of Rajinism.. Now with this no show of Shah , the message has come out that Rajini’s political party will be not a player in the State polls coming in May. So it means that the Superstar is going to take rest. He has already told Sun TV, producer of Annathe, that he will complete the film only after the vaccine is given to entire crew and he too had the dosage.
The box office results of Tamil films released after lifting restrictions show Irandam Kutthu , an adult comedy film badly butchered by censors, gave the producer- actor- director Jayakumar, a modest Rs 3cr profit even before release. The exhibitors seemed to have not recovered the advance to distributor. The producer who announced a sequel might compensate the loss.
Comedian Santhanam’s Biskoth was a loss to the producer- distributor. Marijuana, a third film to release went up in smoke on day one. With no crowds, a cyclone warning, theaters downed shutters from Monday. Mookuthi Amman has made the OTT platform happy as it garnered good views. A few non Star films are waiting to come on Friday. Theaters advertised of 50% discounts for eatables from the stalls as an incentive.
On the shooting front, Ajith’s Valimai is progressing. Vijay Sethupathi- Shruti Haasan film Laabam completed the shoot. Only TV serial shoots are going on . Some films that aim for OTT release are in post production stage. Meanwhile vernacular dailies have jacked up the rates for cinema advts .
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