Copy Cat Jeethu's NERU caught

Neru starring Mohanlal and doing well in theatres is nothing but a little bit of tinkering of the 1995 movie ` Sketch 2 Hands That See’ is the charge. As with his earlier films starting from Drishyam onwards has been adapting the movies to suit the local audience and bring in elements that are of his own. This makes you puzzled as can it be called a plagiarism or just inspiration. In Neru there is partner to Jeethu and this lady a lawyer by profession is credited with writing the screenplay with him. Coming back to Sketch ,the story is about a blind girl who gets raped. All that the cop has is a sketch of the rapist and that too drawn from what little the blind girl’s touches that she had from the rapist during the act. Cut to Neru – Blind girl is raped in her house and as a sculptor she through what she felt by moving her hands over the rapist is made into a bust. Scene moves to court. The defense lawyer Mohanlal arguments and his difficulty to get the blind girl testimony and bust based observations by the court are similar to Sketch. After this Jeethu brings scenes where the rapist alibi is proved false and the girl’s father being looked as a possible rapist of his own daughter and this is not in Sketch. In Sketch, the rapist is a serial rapist and he leaves no evidence as he beheads the victim. But in case of blind girl, he does not kill her as she cannot testify against him. In Neru, the rapist has a track record of doing a similar crime and getting away as he managed to get evidence to prove that he was not at spot of crime. All this can be given a benefit of doubt or say a clever rewrite of a good plot but the scene where after the favourable verdict , the rape victim runs her fingers over the lawyer’s facial features and comes up with a sketch is ditto in Neru. Jeethu could not resist the temptation to not include this emotion charged scene in his film. Similarity between Jeethu films to Hollywood or other language films has been evident from the days when he made My Boss whose plot is The Proposal and to give due credit he added his own humour scenes .Drishyam plot is Suspect x and Jeethu turns the hero into a cinephile ( in original he was a Maths genius)with strong family bonds and introduces a character of Kalabhavan Shajon . Brillance of Jeethu is in 12th Man which is Perfect Strangers plot or rather the idea. Perfect Strangers is no murder mystery but he turns 12th Man into one. Is it not Brillant ? Leo the biggest blockbuster of Kollywood has a line – Tribute to the History of Violence. Will Jeethu at least give due credit in upcoming Ram ? If there is a plagiarism checker for movies, Jeethu will escape and even from the tools that detect AI content. Critic Bharadwaj Rangam rightly called Neru a writer’s movie/ To improvise on a borrowed plot does need lot of writing skill to shake off the similarity to original.

Why Kamal played baddie in Kalki - Malavika in Prabhas film - Nadigar Sangham building to be Vijayakanth Hall

Amitabh will play mentor and Kamal Haasan will be the villain to Prabhas character in Kalki revealed Nag Ashwin. The trailer of Kalki will be hit the public in 93 days from yesterday and that means April first week. After Salaar going neck to neck with Dunki in North and breaking North America collections, Prabhas has become hot property. With two Pan Indian actors, the film Kalki is most expected. Nag says that Prabhas plays a person who has to save the planet in 2998 AD and Deepika is his partner. Why did Kamal who plays a Mass hero accept the negative role ?. Nag says that it was nothing but the love for cinema that made Kamal accept it. Yet another revelation is that Disha Patani the glam Diva whose bikini photos have got 60 million followers in Instagram is playing a plain Telugu girl in Kalki. So is Deepika providing the oomph but no says Nag. She too is plain Jane. Nag said that making a film with VFX was a challenge for any Indian film.

Usually Stars after hitting big time do not have time for Directors who are flops and even if they have big story ideas. Prabhas has given dates to Director Maruthi and it has been a secret as People Media the producers have ben told to keep it under wraps . Prabhas has now agreed to make it public and producers tweeted People Media Factory proudly unveils the Dinosaur transformed into an absolute DARLING. First Look and Title will be unveiled on Pongal,”. From what we known this is Malavika Mohanan’s Telugu film and has Niddhi Aggarwal and Ridhhi Kumar for company.

There is move from various quarters to name the Nadigar Sangham building after Vijayakanth. It was wrongly reported that Nadigar Association is going to be named after the actor. As per the registration norms, the organisation affiliated to apex body South Film Chamber and Film Federation cannot be renamed. A move was made when Tamil Film Producers Council wanted such a move. Right from FEFSI to Nadigar Sangham remained the same. Tamil Directors floated a separate outfit. Vijayakanth through star nites cleared Rs 4.5 crores debt mainly incurred during the tenure of Radha Ravi as President. He also left a surplus of Rs 1 crore in the account before stepping down to take to politics full time. The move to give the land of the association to Sathyam Cinemas to build a multiplex and also a hall and other amenities was shot down by Vishal and group.

Was it Rajini fan who hurled slipper at Vijay - Why Ajith stayed away from Captain funeral ?

Was Thalapathy Vijay hit by a slipper thrown at him at Vijaykanth’s funeral ? Are the videos fake ? Earlier video showed Vijay going back from Vijayakanth’s party office and entering the car. It showed him distraught but there is no slipper flying at him. A Second video shows the same man who is said to have hurled the shoe at Vijay but he is not showing holding any shoe but another shot shows a shoe hitting the car window. Is it a doctored video ?. Ajith fans have deplored this attack. Ajith spoke to Premalatha from Dubai. Vidayamuyurchi unit has come back to Chennai as Ajith is moving for a Bike race. Many actors shooting abroad posted videos expressing condolences. In 2015, Vijayakanth as Nadigar Sangham President conducted a Star Nite in Malaysia to clear dents of the Actors body. Right from Rajini to Kamal attended but not Ajith. Senior actor and director S.Ve. Shekar who had resigned from his trustee post in Nadigar Sangam revealed the reason behind why Ajith politely turned down the request of Nadigar Sangam members when they asked him to attend Natchathira Vizha. “Ajith told Nadigar Sangam executive members that ten leading actors in the industry can afford to contribute money for the construction of the proposed building. He further added that there is no necessity for conducting a star night show and collecting money from Tamil people in Malaysia, as whatever we have earned in our respective career was given by them”, revealed S.Ve. Shekar. A felicitation function held by Kollywood Fratenity For Karunanidhi being CM saw Ajith say that no one should be compelled to attend such functions and that too on stage. The compulsion was from Vijayakanth. Those in the know say that the shoe or slipper that was hurled at Vijay was not by Ajith or Captain fans but by Thalaivar fan. As news was flashed that Rajinikanth was rushing back to Chennai, Thalaivar fans were camping at DMDK office to catch a glimpse of their idol. As there is a war between Thalaivar fans and Thalapathy fans over who is Superstar , Thalaivar fan is said to have hurled the object. Rajinikanth who flew down from Kanyakumari recalled that when he was admitted to hospital in an unconscious state at Ramachandra, Rajini’s father did not know how to handle the fans and media that thronged the hospital and that time Vijayakanth walked in and he went out and spoke to media and fans and everything was in control. Rajini recalls that Vijayakanth told his wife ,” Give me a room near the ICS and I will keep watch on this crow”. A teary Rajini said that he and his family will always remain indebted to Vijayakanth. A similar situation came up in Malaysia Star Nite for Nadigar Sangham. Rajini last to come out from hotel was surrounded by fans and bouncers could not do anything. Vijayakanth came and just waved a towel and silenced everybody by just waving it. He took Rajini back to Inda. Rajini was the only celebrity who was allowed by Captain's family to see him after the organ transpant operation.

Vijayakanth cremation in Party office - Rajinikanth rushes back

Captain’ Vijayakanth is Tamil Nadu’s First VIP victim of COVID 19. According to his party DMDK press release that the party President- Founder tested positive on December 27th and was put on ventilator since he was suffering from respiratory problems including pneumonia. He breathed his last today morning at MIOT Hospital. Rajinikanth who is in Thoothukudi on Wednesday had shifted to Nagercoil for Vettaiyan shoot. He has decided to leave for Chennai today to be at the funeral of Vijayakanth that will take place tomorrow at DMDK office in Koyambedu.( near Central Bus Stand) Vijayakanth wife Premalatha who is general secretary of DMDK had asked the CM office if her husband could be given a public place where he could be cremated. In other words, she was asking for a Government land which could be the cremation ground and later a memorial maintained by State. However, State Government had declined this and offered Rajaji Hall to keep Vijayakanth body for public view. This Hall was where MGR, Karunanidhi last remains were kept for public viewing and later buried in Marina Beach. Marina Beach has Anna, MGR and Karunanidhi Memorials. State Government has announced a full State honours. When DMK sought Marina Beach to be resting place for Karunanidhi, then CM EPS objected and offered instead land in Gandhi Mandapam near Raj Bhavan. Here were the memorials for Ex TN CM’s C Rajaji and K Kamaraj was built. Apart from this AIADMK Government pointed out that there was already five PIL’s filed by DMK leaders against constructing a Jayalalitha Memorial in Marina. The five PIL’s were withdrawn and High Court directed State Government to allot space in Marina for Karunanidhi. Vijayakanth was Opposition Leader and is now not an MLA too. Premalatha has decided to cremate her hubby in the compound of the party office. Stalin turned up to pay his last respects. DMDK had not aligned with DMK but did so with AIADMK and that alliance gave Vijayakanth the Opposition Leader post and pushed Stalin to back benches with Jayalalithaa as CM. As Vijayakanth started taking his Opposition role seriously, AMMA had no place for him. From then onwards, DMDK never tasted success and aligned with a BJP alliance and also with Left Parties, MDMK, VCK and even with SDPI and AMMK and MIM. Most of the parties believed that aligning with DMDK would give it the winning edge. With alliance deal with DMK- Congress falling through and having burnt the bridges with AIADMK, DMDK suffered as Vijayakanth underwent an organ transplant and since then he was a showpiece that his wife and brother – in – law showed often to party workers to show all is well. A week back, a similar drama was staged with a physically weak Vijayakanth on stage and his wife Premalatha getting elevated to General Secretary. His two sons have not been able to step into Dad’s shoes. Saddest part is that the actor’s association Nadigar Sangham which was neck deep in debts and facing a bank auction was revived under Vijayakanth’s Presidentship ,is caught in internal politics and not in a position to offer a space to keep the body of the actor in it’s premises for a public viewing.

Rahman double standards - Latha Rajinikanth court woes - Bigg Boss Poornima debut film

Poornima Ravi of Bigg Boss 7 Tamil who is still inside the House will have her first Tamil film as heroine released in Aha OTT. First look was released and film directed by M S Raaja is titled Sevappi. Poornima acted in a few short films and music video and in two feature films in supporting roles. She also acted in Annapoorani starring Nayanthara. Her fans have send congratulatory messages. One of the producers is given as Director Rajeshwar K. Is it the Rajeswar of Seevalaperpandi – Kovilpati Veeralakshmi fame ?

Ayalaan will be a Bahubaali of Tamil cinema said it’s producer KJR and Sivakarthikeyan it seems did not take any money as he wanted the film to be released and so KJR was able to clear his dues with financiers. A major reason is that Sivakarthikeyan , one time protégé of Dhanush and now his arch foe, did not want his film to withdraw from Pongal race as it would look like that he was afraid of Captain Miller of Dhanush beating him at box office. After KJR said Ayalaanwas Bahubaali of Tamil cinema, A R Rahman said Ayalaan was ET of Indian cinema. However some spoil sports asked why this double standards by Chennai Mozart as he sidelined Vairamuthu after being named by Chinmayi in a MeToo post and scoring for Sivakarthikeyan film when the actor was named by fellow composer D Imman of the actor having an extra martial affair with latter’s wife.

Latha Rajinikanth held a media meet as she saw leading channels in Tamil report that she sneaked into court in Bangalore and took bail for a forgery case. This case was another remains of a dispute between Kocahadiyaan Producer Media One Global and AD bureau that loaned Rs 10 crores. Latha stoog surety for Rs 10 crores and after several years of litigation, money has been paid but still there remains a dispute. Now the case that she appeared was a letter that she gave to Karnataka Court saying that one Press Club was behind all vicious news about her and the case and got a gag order from the Court. Later it was proved that no such organization existed. AD Bureau filed a case of forgery and cheating. Though Latha has been let off the surety case, this case is still open and Supreme Court has asked trial court in Bangalore to go ahead with this forgery case. As she wanted a discharge from this, the court said that she was facing a no bailable offense and so at first she has to get a bail and then fight the case and seek discharge. Latha says that she got forensic report to prove it was not she who signed the circular of the fake organization. She says that the idea is embarrass her and take some money for dropping charges gainst her. She says that she backed her daughter Soundarya’s dream and claimed that the film still holds a World ecord in Animation history. If her hubby felt that there was truth in the charges, he would have paid up.

Will Rajinikanth and Nirmala Sitharaman meet in Thoothukudi ? More spict buts inside

Spicy news from Kollywood today- Two videos are doing rounds on internet. One is of Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at Thoothukudi Collector office to inspect the damage of floods and other is Rajinikanth welcomed at Thoothukudi airport by fans as he has come for shooting of Vettaiyan. Now going by past precedent, Rajini called on Kangana Ranaut at her shooting spot and has been on a spree to meet big and low BJP leaders and so will Rajini and Nirmala Amma meet ? Incidentally it is Kanimozhi constituency and Nirmala had a heated argument in Parliament and that too in chaste Tamil. Some say that Modiji has asked Nirmala to look for a seat in Tamil Nadu for Lok Sabha polls. Is there a possibility of Nirmalaji and Rajinikanth going together to visit flood affected areas ? Another video is of Vishal walking the streets of Ney York with an arm around her and suddenly notices that he is being photographed and he pulls up his coat collar and covers his face. Is it a part of film promotion or a walk on X Mas with his GF ?

It is almost confirmed that Atlee next is with Allu Arjun . read; https://southfilmy.blogspot.com/2023/09/atlee-allu-arjun-meet-in-mumbai-kamal.html on September 23rd. Reasons for this combo is that Atlee has enough time to work on his subject as Pushpa 2 is still in the making. Secondly Arjun and Trivikram film which is a home production of the actor will take more time as this is a biggest visual spectacle that Indian cinema has seen. Thirdly, business wise, the Atlee- Allu Arjun combo means big success in South as well as North. Due to Atlee’s popularity of giving a hatrick with Vijay, SRK’s Jawan opened big in South and especially Tamil Nadu. The coming together of Pushpa Star and Jawan director is bound to get an opening in North too. NTR Jr after RR was hoping that War 2 in Hindi by YRF would work but after Tiger 3 flop, YRF has lost interest. His film with Prasanth Neel is too under a cloud after Salaar. The first look of this project was then said to be like KGF and now the comment is that the NTR Jr film too is like Salaar and why this film did not click was that it was a replica of KGF. In Karnataka, Salaar was a washout as it was a replica of his Neel’s Ugramm. Neel has to come with new ideas to break free from KGF hangover or NTR would be in trouble.

Captain Miller has been censored and makers are ready to release on Pongal. From what we hear, Lal Salaam and Ayalaan will come for January 26th and have a release in Tamil Nadu and both Telugu States and that time Captain Miller too release. So Telangana and Andhra will see Ex Pa in Law- ex wife v/s Dhanush fight and sadly not in home turf. After Dhanush announced his third directorial, there is a story going around that this film was initially to be directed by Aisharya.s sister Soundarya and Dhanush had written the story and screenplay. At that time Aishwarya- Dhanush boat was rocking and it was shelved.

Lal Salaam moves out- Kerala heroes Lal- Prithviraj- Sanju Samson back in 2023

As Lyca announced that Arun Vijay starrer Mission directed by A L Vijay is coming for Pongal, it is to be inferred that the prodtion house is deffering the release of Lal Salaam directed by Aishwarya Rajinikanth. The other films in fray are Dhanush Captain Miller and Sivakarthikeyan’s Ayalaan. Ayalaan producer is facing court cases regarding financial issues and if a legal respite does not come through, Dhanush and Captain Miller will have a free run. This will help Producer of Captain Miller to offset the losses that he would incur in Andhra and TS as there are 5 Telugu films fighting for theatres. Sources say that a last minute patch work involving Rajinikanth and Vikrant was shot and this has to be edited yet. After seeing the film, makers wanted Rajinikanth and Vikrant who plays son to have more footage. On the other side Vishnu Vishal role has been trimmed. Lyca wants a live audio launch of Lal Salaam with A R Rahman performing. Though Kanyakumari and Tirunelveli are limping back to normal, Thoothukudi is still flooded. This has kept many films from cashing in on the school- college holidays for Xmas and New Year in Kollywood. Dunki and Salaar are only films along with Ashok Selvan’s Sabha nayakan in theatres. In Kerala, Lal- Jeethu combo Neru is doing bumper business and reports say that Venkatesh who did Drishyam in Telugu has he has asked for remake rights.

As far as Kerala’s Entertainment industry and sports lovers, 2023 will be remembered for Mohanlal’s comeback with Neru and Prithviraj’s Salaar role in a Pan Indian film and Sanju Samson century knock of 108 against South Africa on December 21. The common thread is that these three celebs were seen by Keralites as missing out of opportunities to prove themselves. Staring from films like Aaraatu, Alone, Monster had got critics and public to think that the vintage Mohanlal who is a an actor who has no parallels has lost his magic It was evident that Lal was not getting the roles that could show his talent and at the same time, Mammooty was picking the right projects. Facing the brutal brunt of criticism and a impatient fan base on other side. Neru showed that Lal MAGIC is still intact. As Priyadrashan said one cannot put down a GENIUS. Similarly Sanju Samsung who played for Rajasthan RR and traded it for national team was labelled as a batsman who got many opportunities to prove himself but missed it al. On the contrary , many feel that in Test cricketbhe did not get much opportunity as in ODI. Eight years after his debut in Test Cricket, he scored a 109 that dfeated South Africa. Prithviraj wo has proved himself as an actor- Director had acted in non Malayalam films including Hindi. He met with little acceptability. Now Salaar has taken him to Pan Indian level and especially to the North Indian audience. Salaar is doing exceedingly well in North Indian areas except Mumbai.

Why VJ Archana is Big Boss Tamil winner ? Prabhas Salaar third film to open big in North

There is a theory floating around about who is to be title winner of Bigg Boss 7 Tamil. It seems Saravanan Vikram will exit this weekend with Rs 15 lakhs for 84 days of existence in the show. We have heard about numerology but this wordlogy. This how it goes – First Season winner was Arav and name starts with A , second was Rithika and alphabet is R, third season is Mugen and alphabet is M, fourth season was Aaari Arjunan and alphabet is A, fifth season winner was Raju and alphabet is R, sixth season was Azeem and word is A and as per this the seventh season winner is Archana as it is turn of A word starting to win the title.

As 2023 draws to an end, we at southfilmy.blogspot.com is proud to say that Prabhas and Salaar has made it to the top 10 South films that had the biggest opening. Prabhas has this feat twice before Salaar and those films were Adipurush and Sahoo. Sadly for Kollywood, we have to still keep beating our chest with Rajinikanth 2.0 that was released on November 29 , 2018. All other films from South that had great openings in North India re from Tollywood. Though Shankar as Director and Rajinikanth as hero with 2.0 were the first South Indian film to have biggest opening in North India, Kollywood has not been able to do it again. 25 years later the list shows that S S Rajamouli as director mananged to give two films- Bahubaali 2 and RRR that had huge opening in North and Prasanth Neel with KGF 2 and now Salaar. We can look forward to Shankar repeating his record opening with Kamal’s Indian 2 and Ram Charan’s Game Changer. Dil Raju has said that September 24 2024 is date for Game Changer release. List of Top 10 openings KGF2 – 53.95 Cr nett Baahubali2 – 41 Cr nett Adipurush – 36 Cr nett Saaho – 24.4 Cr nett 2Point0 – 20.25 Cr nett RRR – 20.07 Cr nett Salaar – 15.7 Cr nett It is now clear that Dunki of SRK and Prabhas Salaar are no match for Atlee directed Jawan in terms of box office. So Jawan with our own Lady Superstar Nayanthara and music by Anirudh is biggest 2023 grosser in Indian cinema history and biggest hit in SRK career. So we at southfilmy can proudly say that it was Chennai lad Atlee and Anirudh with Kollywood Lady Superstar were part of Indian BO history.

Thalapathy films make 44% of 2023 Tamil Box Office earnings

Thalapathy Vijay two films ( leo- Varisu) released in 2023 contributed to 44 % of the year box office top 5 films. The top 5 grossed more than Rs 100 crores plus, the rest of the five barely touched Rs 50 crore mark. Though the year was a Thalapathy- Thalaivar and Thala dominated year, the legendary Mani Rathinam held out in figured in top 5 with PS 2 clocking Rs 140 cr and fourth slot. Though the film had Vikram – Trisha- Karthi- Jeyam Ravi in the cast, PS 2 got the numbers on the strength of Mani’s name and the audience appreciation of his craft. Last year too he maintained his box office hold with PS 1. The year 2003 saw Vishal who was badly mauled year after year bounce back and that too with a bang. Mark Antony made on a budget of Rs 28 crores went on to collect a gross of Rs 100 crore and surprisingly it was directed by Adhik who is no great shaker at the box office. Similarly was the case of Por Thozhil a crime investigation thriller with Ashok Selvan and Sarath Kumar which made on a budget of Rs 8 crores that collected Rs 28 crores. Ajith’s Thunivu ( Rs 118 crore). Rajinikanth Jailor ( Rs 196 crore) are two other films that figured in top 5. Jailor was crucial for Rajinikanth as it had been quite some time that he delivered a blockbuster and to top it was directed by Nelson who got badly panned by critics for his outing with Vijay in Beast (2022). The film collected on Vijay’s stardom but it was a risk for Rajini as he was not keeping his form. Things turned in his favour and it brought him back. In the Rs 50 crore film slot and the last 5 of the 10, was another surprise. It was Vadivelu and Udhaynidhi Stalin film Mammannan . Vadivelu in a serious role and a not so commercial film by Mari Selvaraj, the film made at Rs 25 crores had collected Rs 71 crores. Two films Maaveeran of Sivakarthikeyan and Director Karthik Subburaj- Lawrence film Jigarthanda XX are put in top 10 list by some trade portals. Maaveeran budget was Rs 85 crore and it collected Rs 81 crore. Similarly Jigarthanda budget was Rs 65 crore and it collected only Rs 45 crore. Going by this yardstick, LGM starring Harish Kalyan made at Rs 8 crore collected Rs 9 crore and should be a hit. Harish had a winner in Parking but rains played spoil sport and ruined the run. Lady Superstar Nayanthara film Annapoorani too suffered the same fate but the film content was bad. Two biggest flops of 2023 were much hyped Chandramukhi 2 with Lawrence and Kangana Ranaut that cost Lyca the tidy amount of Rs 65 crores could come up with Rs 51 crore. The biggest flop was Japan starring Karthi. Its budget was Rs 80 crore and got back Rs 28 crores. Santhanam who started well with DD Returns bit dust with 80’s Buildup. Simbhu- Dhanush- Suriya had no releases and so also last year’s blockbuster film Vikram’s hero Kamal Haasan. 2024 will see all the Kollywood top draws at the box office is the point that excite Tamil movie buffs. To add more fizz, we will see Shankar too with Indian 2 to give Mani’s Thug Life a fight.

Suriya - Sudha film story line - Lal Salaam - Ayalaan deserts Pongal

The revelation of Suriya 43 title by 2D Entertainments and Meenakshi Cinemas to mark the coming together of Sudha Kongara and Suriya and music director G V Prakash’s 100th film has confirmed that the film is about the anti Hindi riots that rocked Madurai in particular during the 1965 January 25th when students and Congress workers clashed and sparked of a State wide agitation. Present Tamil Nadu CM Stalin and DMK Youth wing were in the forefront and it also included actor Vijaykant who was then a student. What we get to see is a partially masked title – Purananooru and it is said that the masked words are 1965. Purananooru is an anthology of poems about the rulers of Sangam ages. The most popular of them is Yaadum Oore Yaavarum Kelir. Tamil poem from Purnanooru, Undaal Amma Ivvulagam, written by he ancient king of the Sangam era, Kadalul Maaindha Ilamperuvazhudhi. The poem உண்டால் அம்ம, இவ்வுலகம் – இந்திரர்; Translated in English : There are people … Who don’t partake anything alone – even Ambrosia from the Gods, Who feel neither feel anger nor resentment Who fear evils that the other men fear but never mull over them or sleep over them Who embrace martyrdom for honour Who do not accept the choicest gifts of the world- if tarnished Who are tireless in working for the welfare of others without a care for personal glory And – it is because of people like this that this world lives and flourishes. The fall out of the riots and agitation was that Kamaraj who is even considered as a model CM lost the 1967 polls to a revolutionary student leader Seenivasan. Seenivasan defeated Kamaraj in his home town Virudhunagar and was three times MLA and also Deputy Speaker. If Sudha’s film is about this leader, then there is interesting aspect. Seenivasan defeated Ayyappan the Congress candidate and known to us as screen Diva Sridevi’s father. Seenivasan ended up from DMK to Congress and when he died , he was AIADMK man. According to historians, the constituency had Kamaraj caste members Nadars and equal number of Naidus. Nadras were divided lot with Daily Dhinathanthi supporting DMK. We will have to wait to hear from Sudha on this. Source of translation : https://myanasworth.wordpress.com/tag/purananooru-english-translation/

More films seem to be deserting Pongal 2024 as far as Kollywood is concerned. Latest we hear is that Lal Salaam with Rajinikanth in a cameo is shifting to January 26th and Sivakarthikeyan’s Ayalaan is moving to March. Ayalaan producer is facing a court case over financial dues and Lal Salaam is moving as they cannot find any decent number of screens in two Telugu speaking States. Captain Miller too is likely to bow out for same reason. In all probability, Sundar C Aramananai sequel might come on Pongal if the biggies drop out. March will see Thangalaan too as they too are feeling the AP/ TS theatre crunch.

Is Mohanlal a Sangh Parivar guy ? Salaar to pull out of PVR cinemas

Will Mohanlal attend the consecration ceremony of Ram Lalla on January 24 in Ayodhya ?. This is the most raging topic after media reported that the actor and Mata Amritanandamayi were invitees to the Ram temple innaguration. Rajinikanth, Dhanush and Chiranjeevi names figure from the South film celebs on invitee list. In none of these States there is no resistance to these actors attending the event. But in Kerala, this is a big topic. Those in the view that Lal should not attend points out that he is a Star with a fan following that has people from all religions and if he attends it, it would alienate minorities and also show that he is a Sanghi ( pet name for RSS worker). Others say that as an individual, he can attend any function and by just attending this function does not make him a Sangh Parivar member. Even if he declines due to personal reasons, it cannot be seen as disapproval of Sangh Parivar is another point. Rajinikanth post Jailer went on a spiritual journey across North India including UP. Here he touched the feet of CM Yogi Adithynath and got photographed with a BJP MLA with a criminal background. Though there were criticisms, nothing much happened. The surprise package is that Dhanush has found a place in the invitee list. Mohanla Neru released today and facing Dunki and Salaar for eyeballs is now overshadowed by Ram Janamabhoomi controversy.

Salaar Hindi version has got less screens than Dunki in North India and especially in PVR Chains of theatres. This is seen as method to boost Dunki and pull down Salaar in North. In retaliation, Salaar makers have threatened to not screen in any PVT theatres in South. Yet there is another reason and that is PVR CEO has sung a song in Dunki and so the favoritism. Now PVR has agreed to renegotiate screens as it realizes that Salaar advance bookings are record breakers in the South. Ironically, Tollywood is quiet as it feels that Salaar frequent cancellation of release dates affected business of many medium films.

Dhanush Captain Miller most affected in Pongal release

Three Tamil films releasing for Pongal 2024 will hardly get ant theatres in two Telugu speaking States as five Telugu films starting with Mahesh Babu to Ravi Teja are releasing for sure. Out of the three Tamil films, the biggest loser will be Captain Miller of Dhanush, if it does not get a proper release in neighboring States. Dhanush Tamil – Telugu film Vaathi/ Sir released in both States did extremely well in Ap/ TS and first week grossed Rs 67 crore and in fact it was in second week that Tamil version broke even. Seeing this Shekar Kamula has booked him for a bilingual. Captain Miller loaded with action would be perfect film for AP/ Ts audience. By releasing for Pongal, it could get submerged in the big Telugu Star films. Ayalaan of Sivakarthikeyan too has some audience in AP/ TS. Though his bilingual with Jathi Ratanalu director Anudeep was a dud in Both languages, Siva dubbed for Telugu version titled Prince. He is ken to expand his market. The third Lal Salaam has Rajini in a cameo and after Jailor being the biggest box office hit of 2023 for a non Telugu hero in Tollywood, if released alone, it could have a decent opening. Vishnu Vishal one of the leads too has a ok draw in AP/ TS. Mahesh Babu’s Guntur Kaaram, Venkatesh’s Saindhav, and Teja Sajja’s Hanuman are the prominent films in the race, while Raviteja’s Eagle ‌ and Nagarjuna’s Naa Saami Ranga are also likely to join the race.

are also likely to join the race. TThiraipaadam . This movie is directed by Ramprabha. Produced by PB Velmurugan on behalf of Stonex. is a story about gangsters. A fraudster extorts people's money through chain marketing called multi-level marketing. This gang of gangsters grabs the money from that gang. In this way the money is going to people alternately. In the end, the journey takes place in such a way that it is impossible to say where it will go. Jeeva, Prajin and Vijay Vishwa are three protagonists in the film.Who is good when watching the story and scenes of the film? Who is the bad guy?

Dunki is full of violence like Animal - British Censors - Superstardom a waste - Parvathy Thiruvothu

Dunki of SRK- Hirani combo is not a soft romantic film sprinkled with comedy and that feel so good moment. According to British Film Censor Certification Board the certificate says – it has solid violence, sexual threats (women abusing scenes), horror, suicide, adult comedy, and drugs. This is a shocker to all of us who saw the promotional content. The Indian censor has granted it U/A certificate and the Dunki makers were happy as Salaar releasing on same day got A certificate. Few days back British Censor gave Salaar A certificate and the reasons given were almost similar to What Animal got the adult certificate. Now that Dunki is nothing short of Salaar in terms of bloodshed and violence towards woman, the question is how will the family audiences react to Dunki after being brainwashed through promo songs and teaser that projected it as family entertainer ?. Salaar is first film in career of Prabhas that got an adult certificate. Salaar team is not worried as Animal got a thumping box office success. Dunki is released in Tamil Nadu by Gokulam Movies and distributed by Sakthi Vel of Sakthi Works Speaking about Censors, the CEO of Indian censor Board has been sacked. Man behind it is Vishal who complained of paying bribe to get a censor certificate for the Hindi version of Mark Antony.

Parvathy Thiruvothu whose Thangalaan starring Vikram is readying for release has kicked up a controversy. In an interview to a Malayalam FM channel, when asked about Superstardom , she said that she does not understand what it means. “ is it the influence or is it something that a fan gone mad on hero worship has given ?. Superstardom does not give anything. Who has benefited from it ? It is a sheer waste of time ,” . She was asked to name whom she felt was Super actors and she named Fahad Fazil- Rima Kalingal as super actors. In Malayalam, Mohanlal and Manju Warrier are called Superstars and in Tamil it is Rajinikanth and Nayanthara. Rajinikanth had given a veiled definition of Superstardom in reply to Thalapathy fans saying their idol was Superstar. In fact, Mohanlal is also known as Complete Actor.

Mad craze for Salaar and Prithviraj in Kerala - Karthik to direct Vijay- Thangalaan postponed

In another latest buzz that is trending in Kollywood is that Karthik Subburaj and Thalapathy Vijay are joing hands for a film produced by Sun Pictures. Karthik has narrated a storyline for Vijay and it has got a nod. In all probability, it will be Vijay’s next outing after Venkat Prabhu film. Karthik outing with Vijay will be the third with a Superstar. He directed Rajinikanth in Petta and Vikram in Maahan. Recently the sequel to Jigarthada had an above average run.

Thangalaan starring Vikram and directed by Pa Ranjith is skipping the January 26th date and the reason is not because the CG work is not perfect or monetary reasons. Studio Green Gananavel and Pa Ranjith who is co- producer through his Neelam Productions have decided that the film has the potential to score big at major Internatinal film festivals. Many International festivals will accept entries if the film has been released in theatres. Idea is that after winning awards at Film festivals, the film will get a Pan Indian audience and then release. Chiyaan Vikram in the lead role along with Malavika Mohanan, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Pasupathy, Daniel Caltagirone, and others who play prominent characters in the movie have given their best performances and strained hard enough. Makers feel that the film deserves to be seen on an International platforms.

Kerala Box Office is witnessing a Royal clash of Titans on December 21. Mohanlal – Director Jeethu Joseph combo that gave Drishyam and the sequel are coming with Neru. Lal and Joseph have appeared in all leading TV channels and YouTube channels to promote the film. On the other side, Salaar is working big in advance bookings in Kerala. It has collected Rs 1 crore in advance bookings and it is highest for a non Malayalam film and that too with a Malayalam Superstar film as competition. Brand Prithviraj is working big in Kerala as he plays the antagonist in Salaar and the hero Prabhaas comes n close to interval. This film will propel Prithviraj big in other languages and mainly in Tollywood. RRR opened in Kerala with Rs 4 crore and Salaar with Rs 1 crore itself on advance booking opening itself will exceed RRR opening in Kerala. Prithviraj did his first Telugu film Police Police and it was ten years back. Prithviraj revealed that his directorial film Empuran the sequel to Lucifer with Mohanlal would wrap up by June next year. He said that after his accident in June this year, Doctors told him to take a whole year rest and then only do action scenes. Speaking about injuries, Prabhas who recently underwent a knee surgery in Spain has been told by Doctors to not travel for some time. Due to this he is giving interviews in Hyderabad and all Pan Indian promotions are put off. Prabhas had suffered knee injuries years back but it was now that he went in for surgery.

SRK opts out of Rajinikanth film - Indian 2 - Ganguva postponed

Thalaivar 171 directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj is facing a major hitch as a particular role that is very vital but not a full length one needs some with a Stardom. Initially Mammooty was the choice but now it turns out that the Mega Star did not figure in the list. Lokesh is looking for a Star who has not paired with Rajinikanth so far . Mammooty said that maybe Lokesh might be toying with the idea to cast him but so far no one has approached him. He added that if there is a suitable role then he would accept. The recent buzz is that Lokesh called on SRK. Since SRK has done cameos before, he should be interested. SRK said no for two reasons. One was that he had decided not to do cameos. Secondly he said that there is a possibility of him starring with Thalapathy Vijay in an Atlee film and so did not want to do a cameo in a straight Tamil film. Who next ? The next choice is Salman Khan but Rajini has suggested Akshay Kumar with whom he worked in 2.0, a all time trend setter and highest box office grosser. As 2023 comes to an end Rajinikanth stands as the only non Telugu hero to make bo office register huge collections with Jailer figures. The Telugu version alone collected Rs 100 crores gross world wide and within two Telugu speaking States it collected Rs 85 crores. Dil Raju and Asian Studios bought it for Rs 13 crores. Even Vijay’s Leo was able to get this figures.

Latest buzz in Kollywood is that Indian 2 and Ganguva that were to come in January 2024 has shifted to August – September. Reason being that CG works are not going to be ready by then and some that has been done has gone back for correction. These film aimed for Pongal and Republic Day holidays. Now they are looking towards Independence Day and Ganesh festival. Ganguva is Suriya’s first attempt at a Pan Indian release and Gananvel Raja of Studio Green with Andhra based UV Creations are the producers. From Bollywoos there is Disha Patani and Bobby Deol.

Update on ARS Studio BAN - Krithi In Vignesh Shivan film

As a follow up our story yesterday see link ; https://southfilmy.blogspot.com/2023/12/ambika-radha-studio-banned-by-film.html , after talking to Producer Kattraggada Prasad who has filed a complaint with FEFSI union and Tamil Film Producers Council, we learn that the whole issue is about Rs 6 lakhs that Arjun Nair, brother of Ambika and Radha had taken ten years ago. The loan was not as advance to buy ARS but as what is called hand loan. We learn that Ambika had inutroduced Arjun to Prasad. Prasad said that he has confidence that FEFSI and Tamil Film Producers Council will do the needful and get justice for him.Now when the re-payment issue came up, Ambika has reportedly said that she has nothing to do with the finances of her brother. It is ironical that Radha who spent Rs 6 crore for her daughter wedding in Thiruvanthapuram and as per media reports gave 500 Kg gold and Rolls Royce to bridegroom, has not bothered to clear the debt of a measly Rs 6 lakh of her brother. Talking to FEFSI office bearers, they say that Prasad has always settled disputes of Tamil film industry in their favour during his tenure as South India Film Chamber President and secretary. Due to this, the union has asked all members to not report for any shootings in ARS studio. It has come into effect for past one month. Mohan Natarajan who signed Illena and gave Rs 40 lakhs as advance had moved the Chamber as she was not honoring her dates. Prasad issued an ultimatum that no South Producer should sign till Illena returns the money. She lost atleast two Tamil films and a Telugu film. Prasad in the Chamber seat had made it a practice to settle any dispute within 30 days. Arjun Nair is said to be in Thiruvanthapuram. related link : https://southfilmy.blogspot.com/2023/12/ambika-radha-studio-banned-by-film.html

Krithi Shetty has signed a biggie opposite Pradeep Ranganathan as hero and Vignesh Shivan as Director. The film is bankrolled by Seven Screen Studio of Leo fame. Though her Telugu film Uppena was a hit, later films bombed. Now Kollywood is giving her big offers. Earlier she signed a film with Jeyam Ravi and it is a Pan Indian film. She has Karthi film Vaa Vathiyare. Tovino Thomas Malayalam Pan Indian film is also in her kitty. It is titled Ajayante Randam Moshanam.

Ambika - Radha Studio banned by Film bodies ; Details Inside

Ambika – Radha – Sarasamma (ARS) Garden , the studio complex in Chennai is facing an unwritten ban put out by Film trade body FEFSI and Producers Council. The studio owned by the two actress is located in Valsaravakkam, a suburb in Chennai. The reason for the ban is that Arjun, brother of the two actress had taken money from top Producer Kattragadda Prasad by giving the studio as surety. Prasad is not just a Producer but also former South India Film Chamber President and a big force in film trade circles. Now reports say that Arjun has started playing truant by not returning the money nor handing over the land. Small budget films and TV serials use this studio for readymade houses, police stations, court etc. It is not known if Chinna Thirai Union is part of ban but FEFSI has said that till Prasad gets his money back, no member should work in ARS Garden location. Recently Radha conducted her daughter Karttttttta’s wedding in Trivandrum and gave 500 kgs of gold and a Rolls Royce to the bridegroom. Suresh another brother of the actress duo had worked with Ambika in her directorial debut.’

A veteran film journalist on condition of anonymity said that Emeritus Professor Tetsuo Kanno , leading neuro surgeon from Tokyo was flow down from Singapore to Chennai to treat MGR who fell unconscious. At that time there was no direct flight to Tokyo. One has to go to Singapore from Tokyo to catch a flight to Chennai. However the hitch was that the flight from Singapore to Chennai departed before Tokyo flight arrived.

RM Veerappan them Minister in MGR Cabinet asked then PM Indira Gandhi to delay the Air India flight from Singapore to enable Emeritus Professor Tetsuo Kanno to come to Chennai. This was done and Dr Kanno got ready to go back after surgery. The question was that who would be nurse to MGR ?. Ambika and Radha was deployed by their mother Sarasamma to do the job. Sarasamma was a Congress leader in Kerala and promoted by K Karunakaran known as Leader in political circles. She migrated to Chennai after Ambika got Tamil film offers. Soon after Radha followed. The journalist claims that MGR gave 40 acres of Government property to Sarasamma and that is today/s ARS Garden. A part of it is a hotel. Many blockbuster movies including the famous Amman song in Karhattakkarn were shot here. (source; Cinema Murasam You Tube channel)

Veerappan a fan of Rajinikanth was tricked - Salaar is like Animal v/s Romantic Dunki

Speaking about the series Koose Munisamy Veerappan streamed on Zee5 OTT, Editor of Nakheeran, who conducted the interview with the bandit said that Rajinikanth was not aware of what Veerappan had said about him in 1996. Veerappan said that Rajini is like MGR who knows about the problems of common man and is a God fearing man. He said that Rajini should go it alone and not join anyone as he will be ambushed. Gopal said that knowing Veerappan was a film crazy man and fan of Rajinikanth, he had to negotiate a deal with Veerappan and for that he asked Karunanidhi DMK Chief to ask Rajini to call him. Gopal told him that he wanted to tell Veerappan that Rajini wanted to make a film with him and please Veerappan. Rajini gave the go ahead and Gopal went ahead with this trump card. This was in 1997 and after that Gopal has not spoken to Rajinikanth.

Speaking about the series Koose Munisamy Veerappan streamed on Zee5 OTT, Editor of Nakheeran, who conducted the interview with the bandit said that Rajinikanth was not aware of what Veerappan had said about him in 1996. Veerappan said that Rajini is like MGR who knows about the problems of common man and is a God fearing man. He said that Rajini should go it alone and not join anyone as he will be ambushed. Gopal said that knowing Veerappan was a film crazy man and fan of Rajinikanth, he had to negotiate a deal with Veerappan and for that he asked Karunanidhi DMK Chief to ask Rajini to call him. Gopal told him that he wanted to tell Veerappan that Rajini wanted to make a film with him and please Veerappan. Rajini gave the go ahead and Gopal went ahead with this trump card. This was in 1997 and after that Gopal has not spoken to Rajinikanth.

Vettaiyan title look review - Narain- Lokesh to say about LCU - Nirav Shah out of Ajith film

Rajinikanth 170 has been titled Vettaiyan and teaser was released yesterday by Lyca. The teaser according to many is a collage of Rajini’s previous film Jailer is one comment. Many felt it was unseen scenes from Jailer. Many said that the film teaser does not have any grandeur. Some mischievously asked whether Rajini was. playing a blind man as he was wearing sunglasses. Rajini fans said that Rajini punch dialogue that if one focus on a target then it has to fall was indirectly aimed at Vijay’s Leo dialogue writer Rathna Kumar who kicked started the controversy on Rajini’s Superstardom. They said that Anirudh BGM at that scene of an Eagle scream was very apt as Rajini said that an Eagle never bothers about crows as he flies sky high. It was an ominous sound for Rathna Kumar. Some pointed out that Veetaiyan character in Chandramukhi was played by Lawrence in the sequel and made a mess of it.

Latest on Vidamuyarchi the Ajith film is that cameraman Nirav Shah who did the first schedule has now been replace by Om Prakash. Nirav has worked in four of Ajith films and also a sort of Ajith life chronicler as he accompanies the actor on his global Biking tour and video graph them. Sources say that there is no dispute among them.

At a press conference for the upcoming Malayalam film ‘Queen Elizabeth,’ Actor Narain revealed some exciting news about a 10-minute short film that he co-created with director Lokesh Kanagaraj. The short film is the basis for the highly acclaimed LCU (Lokesh Cinematic Universe) and is set to be released before the sequel of ‘Kaithi.’ Narain’s revelation has excited Lokesh fans and audiences eagerly awaiting the expansion of this cinematic universe. Lokesh Kanagaraj and Narain’s upcoming short film will delve into the origins and foundation of LCU, and involve e fans in a dialogue about its narrative possibilities. The next LCU instalment to be released is called ‘Kaithi 2,’ which will expand on the intriguing storyline introduced in the first ‘Kaithi’ movie. The 10 minute film will answer all fans queries. During Leo and now Thalaivar 171, questions about LCU are raised. Lokesh had made it clear that neither Leo nor Rajini or even the Prabhas film will be part of LCU.

Rajini missed Drishyam role - Kamal to opt out of BB7 Tamil ?

Mohanlal and Jeethu Joseph combo that gave Drishyam is readying its next release Neru, an investigative thriller. Jethu says that in first thirty minutes itself the suspense is over and what follows is what lead to it. This means the screenplay is such that it does not give any clue as to how this took place and unfolds inside the Court. In an interview, Jeethu said that Drishyam Tamil was first planned with Rajinikanth. Rajinikanth declined it and after a friend told him that the subject had a box office potential, he called back . By this time, Kamal Haasan had signed the project. It was Pappanasam with Gauthami in Tamil. The film is releasing on December 21. Reports indicate that Neru is bought by Disney Hotstar. Jeethu – Mohanlal combo film Ram with Trisha has completed the first part and is to complete the second part and release in 2024. This third release for Mohanal after Camo in Jailer and Alone. Lal has acted with Priyamani in Grandmaster released in 2012 and is coming back after a big gap.

Tamil TV buzz is that Kamal Haasan will not host the coming episodes of Bigg Boss 7 as he is all set to embark on his mission to contest the MP seat in the coming polls. It is not clear whether he will not host remaining five weekends of the current season or it applies to the next season. Kalki 2028 which was come for next year has postponed as the sequel portions with Kamal who plays Kali and Big B who plays Ashwatama have not shot anything. As soon as the film gets ready for release, makers realized that there is no content with these two actors for use in promotional puropose. Kamal will finish his portions for Kalki and move towards his political career as by March he has to hit the road. H Vinoth project is postponed and only Sivakarthikeyan and Pradep Ranganathan film will move forward. Thug Life of Mani will be post Lok Sabha polls. Kamal in last weekend agreed that BB had no entertainment content as most of the time, two groups sat in different corners and discussed ways to out beat rival groups. They came together for tasks and went their ways. For those watching HotStar live, it was a big bore and night capusule on Vijay was even more boring. BB Telugu finale is on December 17th. For the first time 6 contestants enter finale week instead of five and mid week in Wednesday, one will be eliminated. Nagarjuna is the host

Parvathy as Superwoman in Dulquer film - Samantha turns producer

Samantha announced her production banner Tralala Moving Pictures, born out of the creative fusion her and Mandoa Media Works, envisions itself as a platform that goes beyond conventional storytelling. Samantha expressed her vision for Tralala, stating, "Our aim is to provide a platform for filmmakers to tell stories that are meaningful, authentic, and universal." "Tralala's main focus is to produce content representative of new age, expression, and thought. It's a nurturing space that invites and encourages stories reflecting the strength and complexity of our social fabric," she added. er partner and founder of Mandoa Media Works, Himank Duvurru, added, "We are stoked to have partnered with someone with such immense experience in the world of entertainment and showbiz. We will be looking at content around film, web & TV, and various formats, both fiction and non fiction. What's really getting us excited about this new beginning is to be able to bring forth concepts that are new, unique, thought provoking and entertaining This partnership strives to bring an inclusive and efficient approach to filmmaking..

Like Samantha, Parvathy Thiruvothu is an actress who has created a name for hrself as an actress who shines in offbeat roles. We hear that Dulquer Salmaan and Zee Studios has been in talks with a project that features Parvathy in a superwoman avatar. Minnal Murali of Tovino release straight on OTT was a big hit. Last time Dulquar and Zee5 collaborated was King of Kotha. It got panned by critics but is said to be an okay project as far as returns were concerned. Arvathy’s webseries Dhootha and Kadak Singh are now streaming on OTT. Ullozhukku a film with Urvasi and Arjun Ramachandran as co-stars and directed by newcomes Christo. The film expectations are high after the film script was given first place by a jury that included Aamir Khaan and rajkumar Hirani of PK fame. Her is another film in which she is starring with Urvasi and has Aishwarya Rajesh, Remya Nambeesan and Lijimol Jose. It is directed by Friday fame Lijin Jose. In Tamil, she is awaiting the release of Thangalan with Chiyaan Vikram and directed by Pa Ranjith.

Kamal goes soft on DMK post floods - Vijay Fans v/s Pollution control over flood relief

Soon after Ajith fans claimed that their idol arranged boats for NDRF to rescue Aamir Khan and Vishnu Vishal, Vijay Makkal Iyakkam claim that they waded through oil slick in Ernavoor to rescue a mother and three year old baby, has according to TNPCB ( pollution Board) exists only a trace and that too not in the area mentioned. According to a video put out by a Vijay Makkal Iyakkam membera lady called him from Ernavoor asking for help to rescue her pregnant sister in law and her three month baby. As there was no NDRF teams around, she called VMI member. The VMI team found that it was not just stagnant water but a thick oil spill was evident but they went in saved the sick lady and her daughter, The Chennai Petroleum a Central PSU operates it and so Central Govt was at dock. State Pollution Board who took samples say that there is no oil spill in the refinery. Only the stagnant water in storm water going to Canal had traces. Also they mentioned that the storm water drain from Factory to the Eranavoor had no oil traces.Now VMI are call Board team as covering up the lapses in the Refinery.

Kamal Haasan is yet another Kollywood celeb to get caught in a an attack from a section of social media. While his Makkal Needhi Maiyam has been in the forefront distributing relief materials to flood affected residents in Chennai, his statement that said it is not the time for blame game and saying that for any Government body to reach 1 crore people at the same time is impossible and so all must join in. This many see as Kamal playing up to DMK the party with which he is likely to align. He saying that 2015 floods saw 24 cm but now it is 54 cm is defending DMK. He said that only if people stopped buying wetlands and converting them to dry lands and constructing buildings, flooding will stop. From earlier track record, even in 2015 floods, Kamal said that pray to the rivers and rain as if they are your deities and by that way these rivers will be protected . Coming from an atheist, Kamal showed his need to protect environment and if religion could do so, he did not mind it. The controversial Pathala Pathala song in Vikram too has a few lines on conversion of marshlands into plots to construct buildings.

Talking about Kamal, we are told that his RKFI that is producing STR 48 has zeroed in on April 2024 as commencing date for shoot. STR is in London and he is not exactly holidaying but going through certain makeup techniques with experts . Desingh the director has two different looks for STR in this period film. STR will return to Chennai in February. STr was also in Thailand to undergo training in martial arts and in London, he is also taking training in sword fight known as fencing. It is costliest budget film in STR career.

BiggBoss 7 Tamil has no eviction this week - Did Ajith arrange boat for NDRF to save Aamir Khan ? - Aalvandhan jinked ?

 

This Friday looks like the nineties when Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth clashed on the same day for box office honors. Today Rajinikanth’s Muthu and Kamal’s Aalvandhaan are re-releasing and Kamal’s film which was a dud when released has been edited by Producer Thanu and made to suit the today’s generation. Thanu had always felt that the film was not bad but ahead of the times and that Kamal used him to try out his experiments. Muthu on the other hand was a blockbuster . With all songs a hit, Vasu took Priyadarshan’s Thenmavin Kombathu and gave it a Tamil touch. What we need to know is that whether Aalvandhaan releasing today with entire suburbs of Chennai under water and weather man saying more rain in a few more districts can beat the odds and at least give Thanu the poster costs ? Or will it remain the jinked film ?

Thanu might give it to OTT and get his money and profit too but  Satish – Regina horror comedy Conjuring Kannappan is releasing despite bad weather forecast across the State Is releasing.. Thee Ivan has yesteryear hero Karthik along with Sukunya and young pair is Aishwarya Lakshmi with John Vijay. A brother- sister tale takes the risk to beat floods Two more horror films and Naadu that delves with medical education are also hitting screen this week.

The most surprising fact was that Zee5 postponed the release web series Veerappan the unseen tapes from this week to December 14. The treason being that Chennai being the major subscriber base in Tamil Nadu and many parts of the city still not getting proper power supply, it would be a waste to release now. As the web series will be on the OTT platform and with rains, it could be diversion for those who want stay indoors this weekend and see Veerappan. Another announcement that has got mixed reactions is that BiggBoss 7 Tamil will have no eviction this weekend as voters across the State could not vote due to poor mobile connections due to rain. Mobile connections were briefly down in Chennai and restored quickly. So is this reality show voter base only in Chennai ? Others say that voters and voting be damned as BiggBoss content directors decide who to be kicked out and cite instances where obnoxious contestants are kept back as they give content.

On the sidelines of rescue teams of Vijay coming out with how they risked their lives to save stranded people in Ennore where toxic oil was mixed with stagnant water and that kept away rescue teams from helping them, a photo shows Vijay fans with Vijay photo standing next to an old lady having her meal. Many have scoffed at the report that Ajith arranged for a boat for NDRF to rescue Aamir Khan and Vishnu Vishal. Actor Bose Venkat asked why this attention to Aamir Khan when the actor has not done anything for his fans stranded in the flood waters

Nayanthara flood relief or Brand promo ? Look at Kollywood and Chennai floods

 

Nayanthara's flood relief to Chennai residents has got her negative publicity as the video of her fan club doing this work in Suburban Velacheri looked like a promotional aid for her brand Femi9 that manufactures sanitary napkins and sells the, The van with  both sides painted with Nayanthara and her Femi9 distributed food packets and drinking water. All this was done with the Femi9 advt in the background. After that a group of ladies posed with Femi9 sanitary napkins for the video that was loaded on X. Her fans went delirious and praised Lady Superstar for being so kind and generous. It was seen as a yet another reason for her being worthy of Lady Superstar title. Probably the fact that Tamil cinema Only Superstar or his fans have yet to respond to the flood crisis. This time however many felt that the video lacked a jingle to complete the advt film of the actress brand.

Thalapathy Vijay after a three day slumber woke up and asked his fans to rush aid to flood victims. It was left to likes of Vishal and company to wade through muddy waters. Most viewership was for a video that showed sex bomb Namitha rescued from her Thoraipakkam house by NDRF. Next was Ajith calling on stranded Aamir and Vishnu Vishal. Last time in 2015, AIADMK workers intercepted lorries coming from other States with relief materials and pasted AMMA stickers on the goods.  Using Central Govt funds, AMMA distributed Rs 5000 to each ration card holder in Chennai, irrespective of the damage suffered. Tamil Nadu CM says that such a rain never poured in past 44 years and compared to 2015, the fatalities are less. Though the main parts of Chennai city has limped back to normalcy, the suburban areas where there is no sewage system or any sort of town planning and included as part of Greater Chennai to boost real estate promoters is caught in a situation that there is no way to dry out the stagnant water.

Most of the film crowd ae in this place as the prices are low and get swanky apartments at a throwaway price and so are the rents. The middle class who took to the lucrative offers from promoters are realizing that interior of the house is not enough but civic facilities too count. It is now time for Kollywood to meet CM and donate and show their solidarity with `mass'. In fact it was TV actors like KPY Bala who distributed Rs 1000 to each house he visited 200 homes while Darshan with his friends were on the spot giving out relief goods. Suriya, Karthi and Harish Kalyan have announced their donations to flood relief.