Thalaivar 170 on Koodankulam protest - Mammooty in Jeyam Ravi film

Rana Daggubatti of Bahubaali and Dushara Vijayan have joined Thalaivar 170 is latest buzz. Already Faahad fasil and Manju Warrier are in the cast. Gananavel the director has planned the shooting in Chennai from September 19th for ten days. According to sources, the subject is on the shooting incident in Tuticorin and the Kudankulam protest by fishermen in Kanyakumari. A few scenes will be shot in Kanyakumari and moved to Thiruvanthapuram .

Mammootty is tipped to play the antagonist in Thani Oruvan 2 starring Jeyam Ravi and directed by his brother Mohan Raja. The first part had Aravind Swamy play the baddie. Mammootty was to play Vinayakan role in Jailer but Rajinikanth had reservations about getting into fight scenes with Mammootty and told the actor about it. In fact Mammootty had agreed only because of Rajinikanth asking him.

VSP in Jason Vijay film - News Channel for Vijay- AK washing hands after handshake - PVR weekday pass

A new squabble on X is Did Ajith was his hands with Dettol after shaking hands with fans and that too in front of them ? AK fans say that personal hygiene is a must and has set an example of it. Another view is that doing in front of fans is degrading them. AK fans say that the bottle is Paper Boat mixed fruit juice which has similar colored bottle. Few days back a photo of Ajith cycling with kids in village road went viral.

Thalapathy Vijay is said to have met a senior journalist who was behind setting up two major news channels. This was a prelimnary talk to have channel to put across his and his Makkal Iyakkam views. Apart from this he has told his Iyyakam leaders who met him at his farm house that once he enters politics then it would goodbye to films. At present he has signed a film with Venkat Prabhu and Leo is readying for release.

Director S A Chandrasekhar revealed in an interview that his grandson said that his debut film will have Vijay Sethupathi. The conversation went like this . SAC to Jasan Vijay: Go ahead and do a film with the Superstar (Thalapathi Vijay) who is at home and as trend is that the film will run. Jasan Vijay reply. No grandpa , I want to do my first film with Vijay Sethupathi. SAC lauds his grandson and he is my blood, he wants to start with Vijay Sethupathi and prove himself before directing his father. It like how I did. SAC first breakthrough was Sattam oru Irrutu arai with Vijaykanth who was an upcoming actor. Aditi Shankar , daughter of Director Shankar , shares brothe – sister bonding with Jason was the first to tweet So So Proud of you Thambi under the hashtag JAIJAISANJAY

PVR Inox has introduced a pass by which you pay Rs 600 and can see one movie per day at any show for one month. The catch is that this can used from Monday to Thursday only. This will be a boon for small films. Recently a journalist tweeted that he paid Rs 820 for 55 gms popcorn and 600 ML Pepsi at Noida’s PVR and said that for this amount one can one year OTT subscription.

Vijay son turns director sparks nepotism row and Samantha ex hubby Chay irked by Khushi romance scenes

As soon as Thalapathy Vijay son Jason turning Director was announced by Lyca Productions, two types of views are trending on internet. One suggest that Jasan will be directing Ajith or Vijay Sethupathi . Reason for this that Lyca announcement on X tagged Ajith’s PRO and manager Suresh Chandra and his PR company. Second reason is that Jason in his Instagram posts said that apart from his father, his favourite was Ajith and VSP and called Ajith a man with gethu ( guts). On the flip side there is a war going between Ajith fans and Thalapathy fans. Ajith fans say that Jason turned director just because he is Vijay’s son and say that this is nepotism at the best and one should work hard for it, They point out that Vijay’s son Jason acted in Vettaikaran and daughter Divya Saasha in Theri and cousin Vikranth onwards to friends Sanjeev and Srinath , he has given them chance and in contrast Ajith has not done any such thing. They point out that talent should be the criteria and also that he has not worked with any film director except studying a film making course in London and doing a short film. They point that Dhruv the son Vikram and Ameen son of A R Rahman as case of nepotism. Incidentally these Star kids are friend who go out together. Vijay fans say that their hero’s charity work including giving college fees to thousands which Ajith has not done. In turn Ajith ditched actress Heera and spoiled her career alleges a Vijay fan. AK fans point that many top directors started their career with their idol films and cite A R Murugadoss as an example.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) got an order from Delhi Court asking Sun Pictures the producer of Jailer to remove a scene were a goonda is seen wearing RCB jersey and gets murdered by Rajinikanth. The court asked the producers to remove the scene from the film and not have it on any medium of transmission. Court acceptted the charge of copyright violation September 1 is the deadline to remove the scene. CSK fans and Rajini Lyca started their Tamil filmdom journey with Vijay’s Kaathi. Another war on x is between Vijay fans and Rajinikanth fans and CSK fans and RCB fans. Delhi court citing copyright violation asked Jailer producer Sn Pictures to remove the scenes where a gonda wearing Royal Challengers Bangalore jersey is beaten and murdered by Rajini. Rajini fans say that it is a work of Vijay fans and say one can find many in public wearing jersey of their favourite IPL team. CSK fans say that since RCB could win the trophy, they took revenge on Rajinikanth and Sun Pictures who own Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL team. In an earlier court case in Madras High Court challenging the U/A certificate for Jailer the scene that was ordered to be removed was cited as an example of excessive violence and the character is shown as making sexist remark on a woman

Naga Chaitanya who went to see the preview of Boys Hostel got upset after seeing the trailor of Khushi in which his ex wife Samantha is the heroine. The love scenes between Vijay Devarakonda made him upset and he left the theatre. Meanwhile Khushi advance bookings have not started yet and release date is September 1.

Oviya back in Bigg Boss - Vijay to play villain - September to see biggies

Oviya who was formerly a contestant in Bigg Boss Tamil season 1 revealed that Star Vijay had invited her to take part in the upcoming season, after seeing promo, Oviya said that she could not figure out the twin house concept and wondered the two houses are in same place or in different cities. She said that all those who took part in fist season were those did not know the game and had no strategy but later those who came with okan and she said that those plans will not work out as everything is for real. She said she is doing a web series in which she is playing a RJ. In the frank talk she said being an actress was not a dream but a job that gives money. She said that talks with the channel was on and nothing was finalized.

AGS Productions Archana, Director Venkat Prabhu and co producer Jagadeesh are in California ‘s Institute of Creative Technologies which comes under the University of South California. They are using the 3D face scanning technology to fix the father look of Vijay in his next film. The film is a face off between father and son and Vijay plays dual role. After Atlee’s Bigil, Vijay is donning a dual role and one of the characters is an antagonist says reports. Meanwhile UK distributor is starting advance bookings for Leo from September 7th and thereby becomes first Indian film to start booking six weeks ahead f release.

September is going to be big bonanza for movie goers. On September 1 t , Khushi with Vijay Devarakonda and Samantha is releasing along with Santhanam’s Kick , Thankar Bachchan Karumehankal and Yogi Babu’s Luckyman. On 7th coms SRK Jawan with a bunch of Tamil stars in it. Anusha Shetty’s Mr Shetty and Mrs Polishetty also releases On 15th being Vinayaka Chathuruthi week comes Vishal S J Suryah Mark Antony along with Kangana Ranaut- Raghava Lawrence Chandramukhi 2 . On September 28 comes Pan Indian Prabhas film Salaar directed by Prasanth Neel with Sruthi Haasan and Prithviraj. Likely that Jeyam Ravi- Nayanthara film Iraivan directed by Ahmed might relea

Vijay promo trip to Kochi for Leo - Mohanlal new look - Ex PM Deva Gowda grandson in films

The makers of the much-awaited film, Vrushabha treated fans and moviegoers with the announcement that the first schedule has been wrapped up. On this joyous occasion, the makers also unveiled the first look of Mohanlal from the Pan-India high-octane father-son drama. As expected, netizens couldn’t calm and his look became a talking point. Mohanlal is seen in a royal dress in the first look. With the sword in his hand and intensity in his eyes, his no-nonsense and regal avatar grabbed the eyeballs of fans, the media and the industry. The social media accounts of Mohanlal are full of appreciative comments. It won’t be wrong to say that the buzz for the film has gone many notches higher after Mohanlal’s first look was unveiled. Vrushabha stars Mohanlal, Roshan Meka, Shanaya Kapoor, Zahrah S Khan in the lead along with Srikanth Meka and Ragini Dwivedi. Touted to be one of the biggest films of 2024, Vrushabha is presented by Connekkt Media and Balaji Telefilms in association with AVS Studios. The film is directed by Nanda Kishore and produced by Vishal Gurnani (AVS Studios), Juhi Parekh Mehta, Abhishek Vyas, and Shyam Sunder (First Step Movies), Ektaa R Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor (Balaji Telefilms), along with Varun Mathur and Saurabh Mishra (Connekkt Media). The film is being shot simultaneously in Telugu & Malayalam and it will release in Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Tamil.

Former PM Deve Gowda grandson and son of EX Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy , Nikhil Ramaswamy is to act in a film directed by Lakshman . This film marks the entry of Lyca Productions in the Kannada film market, A launch was held yesterday and Producer Subaskaran said that he waited for three years to get Nikhil to come board. Nikhil said that he taking a sabbatical from politics. Lakshman had directed Tamil films and his hit film was Romeo Juliet. Yukti Thareja who has acted in Telugu films is the leading lady.

Gokulam Gopalan seeing the huge box office collections of Jailer in Kerala has bought the Tamil film Leo for a record price. The film went for a high price as the hero of the film who is Thalapathy Vijay has agreed to come to Kochi for a promotional function. This would be the first time he is going to another State to promote his film. Vijay fan following is huge in Kerala and second base after his home town. Rajinikanth Jailer is still holding out despite new Onam releases by Dulquer king of Kotha and Nivin Pauly Ramachandra Boss. In Chennai Rohini theatre it has crossed 1 lakh footfalls. Sun Pictures put the gross at Rs 525 crores and makes it second to PS 1.

Leo climax details - Bigg Boss update -Kangana - Vikranth -Rukshar - Unni Mukundan in news

Bigg Boss Tamil forthcoming show will have two houses instead of one. The promo featuring Kamal Haasan shows him standing middle of an ocean and a ship deck to signify that he is between two shores. Concept is that one house will very opulent and other will be just a normal one with no luxury items in it. The contestants will be divided and elimination from one house will lead them to other house and if eliminated from there , it would be an exit. Another interesting news is that film journalist Payilvan Ranganathan who is known to reveal the unknown personal details of film celebrities is tipped to enter Bigg Boss and serial actress Rithivika who made a name for herself in reality show Cook with Comali and Bhagyalakshmi serial and Robo Shankar daughter Indraja are to join the season starting on October 8th. Latest promo showing Kamal in a dual role further establishes that there will be two houses in Bigg Boss.

Puratchi Thalaivi AMMA J Jayalalithaa biopic Thalaivi not getting any national award has disappointed many of her admirers and also fans of Kangana who played the title role. In general, there s discontent that many Tamil films like Jai Bhim should have got wards. Kangana in all humility wrote “ Congratulations to all the winners of #nationalawards2023. It’s such an art carnival that brings all the artists across the country together…. It’s truly magical to know and to get introduced to so much important work that’s happening across all languages…” “All of you who are disappointed that my film ‘Thalaivii’ didn’t win any… please know I am eternally grateful for whatever Krishna gives and doesn’t give me. All of you who truly love and appreciate me must also appreciate my perspective… Art is subjective, and I genuinely believe that the jury gave their best…. I wish everyone the best. Hare Krishna.” Nani who congratulated RRR team and Allu Arjun expressd his disappointment in Jai Bhim not wining an award. Unni Mukundan who acted and produced Meipadiyaan that got a national award in his post spoke about how he took a risk to make a film that is dear to his heart and for that he pledged his land and house and his confidence in the content.

Thalapathy Vijay Leo climax will see Vijay- Sanjay Dutt and Arjun in a single frame revealed stint master Thavasi and he further added that from the hero intro to interval block and climax, the events are moving at a super fast and that it be one of a theatre experience that will be as good as Vikram. In another update Aparna Das who acted with Vijay in Beast is once gain to act with him in the film directed by Venkat Prabhu. Buzz is that Priyanka Mohan might be playing the female lead. In a video that has taken internet by storm is that of JD Guhan , who was the inspiration for the director to create the reel life character JD played by Vijay in Master. The highlight of the video is when Guhan asks Vijay about his youthfulness and with a smilr he replies that there are no secrets and like everybody he too is ageing.

Big budgeted prestigious film 'Spark L.I.F.E' introducing young hero Vikranth to the Telugu film industry. Mehreen Pirzada and Rukshar Dhillon are the female leads. It is special that Vikranth wrote the story and screenplay while acting as the hero for this film that has been directed by Deaf Frog Productions. Hesham Abdul Wahab of 'Hridayam' and Kushi fame is scoring the music for this movie which is being made under the banner of Deaf Frog Productions. Veteran actor Guru Somasundaram playing the villain. The film recently completed entire shoot and the makers are busy with post production activities. If we look at the recently released teaser, it seems that the movie is made with elements like emotions and love along with huge action scenes. Also, the grand visuals provided by cinematographer AR Ashok Kumar and Hesham Abdul Wahab's background score will be the highlight of the film. Today makers announced that the film will be releasing worldwide on November 17th. The expectations are high on this action thriller and makers leaving no stone unturned, in giving the best experience for the audience.

Rajinikanth meeting with Don Raja Bhaiya goes viral

Rajinikanth not only touched the feet of CM Yogi but also bowed down to Underworld Don and Mulayam Singh Yadav aide and MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh aka Raju Bhai , Raja Bhai presented Ganga water and posted on Twitter in Hindi- Translated in English it says “Rajnikanth is the biggest superhero in the country, but not only in the film world, he is also in an advanced state in the field of spirituality and devotion. Baba Vishwanath’s Vibhuti, Dinkar ji’s Rashmirathi and Gomukh’s Gangajal were presented to him with respect, ” Raja Bhaiyar said. Raja Bhaiya was jailed under POTA case by Mayawati Ministry and after Mulayam Singh ministry was sworn in the POTA law itself was repealed but court refused to release him. Later he came out and the police officer who raided his house was found dead. CBI is investigating the case. He then became Minister and got Z category security. After that he shifted sides and voted for BJP in Rajya Sabha polls. Subsequently he formed his own party and contested two seats. There is another case filed by CBI for instigating a mob attack in his constituency again an IPS officer and murdering him. Two years later CBI closed he case as there was no evidence. Netizens say that Raja Bhaiya is more deadly than the Jailer film villain. In another related happening , Supreme Court has paved way to reopen the old case of Latha Rajinikanth having to pay Rs 6 crores that she took for film production company that produced the film Kochaadiyan directed by her daughter Soundarya. She stood as guarantor to MediaOne company that produced the film. Ad Bureau claimed that they were promised the distribution but was given to some else and so claimed Rs 14 crores and was given so far Rs 8 crores. Latha counsel claimed that his client had not taken the money for herself and was used by the producer and so was not liable to refund any money. EXIM bank has initiated similar proceedings against her for Rs 22 crores as she was a guarantor but the producer Murali Manohar agreed to pay it. Now the Supreme Court in yesterday order gave permission to Ad Bureau to proceed against the gurantor as the producer has been sentenced to six months jail by Chennai Trial court for a cheque bounce case.

Brand Rajinikanth gets sullied - Dhruv Vikram heroine hitched

Brand Rajinikanth has taken a beating after the video clip of him falling at the feet of CM Yogi Adithyanand went viral First reaction was the weekend box office where collections dropped heavily and that too with no major release. Fans are divided over the move as one said that Yogi was given respect as he is head of Peetam ( monastery). Rajinikanth has this habit of touching the feet of people who wear the mala and the attire when they observe the 40 day ritual for going on a Sabarimala pilgrimage. I have witnessed this at various sets and even if they are lightmen , they get this respect from the Superstar. The saffron robe could have triggered a response from the actor. Popular interpretation is that Ra Rajinikanth is flaunting his pro BJP stnce which was cloaked under the `spiritual politics’. On brink of launching a party he said that he would lead a spiritual politics. Though Rajinikanth has fallen at the feet of Karunanidhi, it was taken as an act of seeking blessing from an elderly man and for his fans his jibes at Jayalalitha is appreciated. After her death he regretted being a critic of her and said India has lost a brave daughter. Though many say that meeting Yogi had no political significance as he met Alkhilesh too. Many see this is a balancing act. Yogi instead of coming for the Hindi Jailor show send his Deputy Cm instead and the Deputy too left in the interval. It was embarrassing for Sun Pictures the producer of Jailer as Rajinikanth arranged a show for Yogi as the company belongs to the first family of DMK. In UAE region , jailer has broken the box office record set by Paathan for the highest collection movie so far. Jailer has beaten not only the highest collectd movie from India but also the Hollywood films including Barbie.

Banita Sandhu the Welsh girl who acted in Dhruv Vikram debut film Aditya Varma has confirmed her relationship with Global known Indian pop singer A P Dhillon. Rumours were on about the couple after a music video featuring them was out. Now Banita released a few intimate photos them on her Insta account/ A docuseries A P Dhillon First of the Kind is streaming on Prime Video.

Jailer OTT Release date - Dulquer joins Prabhas - Kamal

According to information Jailer is releasing on September 6 / 7th on Sun Next. Udhaynidhi Stalin himself a producer in an interview said that he watched YouTuber Blue Sattai Maran film reviews as they were brutally honest. Maran thanked Stalin for this remark. Another Producer Dhananjayan too supported Maran for slamming biz trackers for putting out inflated collection numbers. Producer Syn Pictures have told theatres that they will have only 28 days to screen Jailer. Hindi version is releasing on NetFLix. According to reports Rajini 170 directed by Gnananvel will start shooting on September 15 . Apart from Amitabh,Manju Warrier and Fahad Faasil, Telugu actor Sharwanand is likely joing the team. This is a Lyca Production and their another production with Ajith and Magizh Thirumeni is also starting around the same time and first schedule is at Ramoji Film City.

Keeping in trend with other language actors in Telugu, Prabhas Kalki had already added Kamal Haasan and now Dulquer Salmaan is joining the cast.

Jailer US collections inflated ? - Prasanna in Hindi Bigg Boss

As Jailer is said to have touched Rs 500 crores in 7 days worldwide according to media reports, a war of words is going in social media over the box office figures and the negative reviews as well as logic mistakes on the film. Mostly those who feel that Kamal’s Vikram is a better film dispute the Jailer figures and feel it is inflated beyond logic. Sacnik the reliable trade website puts the world-wide collection at Rs 420 crores and India net figure at Rs 225 crores and rest from overseas, Logic mistakes are that the character Jailer is said to be an honest cop who is retired and when he goes on a hunt of the criminals, he takes help from Dons . After taking help from these Dons, then why should he feel angry to know that his son is a corrupt cop and kill him ? Jailer shown supplying cigarettes to a jailed Don who makes explosives and just because he does not take money, he is honest. Another question is that Jailer’s wife is surprised to see the tough side of her husband and that too after retirement. When the whole world calls him Tiger during his service days, his wife has not known about it ? . One netizen said that probably the wife was married to him after he retired . Reviewer Blue Sattai Maran who ridiculed Rajinikanth for looking old has been slammed by YouTubers. Maran pulled a fast one on his critics by saying that a senior journalist invited him to attend a meeting with Rajinikanth to smoke the peace pipe and that box office trackers and other critics too are coming to a five star hotel and it will be on the eve of the day that Rajinikanth is leaving for Himalayas. Maran said that he put a condition that he would film the meeting in his mobile, He then tweeted that as some untoward incident happened he would release the video. Maran put out a memei vdeo of a film clip and had the last laugh. Maran also put a interview of Trichy Theatre owner Sridhar who says that the report that US collection are breaking records do not seem true as his relatives say that the first day show was full and tickets sold for $20 and third day the theatre had empty seats and was selling at $12. He said in Tamil Nadu the film crossed Rs 100 crores and actual figures will be known on August 21.

South Viewers of Hindi Bigg Boss hosted by Salman Khan were in for a surprise when Prasanna was seen in the show along with Jimmy Shergill and Elanna. The event was the teaser release of web series “Ranneeti: Balakot & Beyond, a new series inspired by true events . Directed by Santosh Singh, the series boasts of an immensely talented ensemble cast that includes industry stalwarts such as Jimmy Shergill, Lara Dutta, Ashutosh Rana, Ashish Vidyarthi, The airstrike in Balakot a town in Pakistan by Indian Airforce is mired in controversy as western media showed photos to prove that the air strike caused no harm to anybody and to add insult, one of Indian pilot was captured by the Pakistan army and later handed back to India. On the Indian side due to an error a helicopter was shot down killing five of Indian army men. The web series is about the planning that went into the air strike, Prasanna who has acted in all South language films has the multilingual film King Of Kotha starring Dulquer Salmaan coming this month end. In the Hindi debut, Prasanna plays a cop and also has dubbed the Hindi dialogues.

Vijay Leo audio in trouble - Rajini to make suprise announcement and Rahman on Chennai home

There is buzz that a surprise awaits Thalaivar fans as soon he arrives from his Badrinath trip. Is he going to revive the political plan ? or is he to announce his next film after Gananvel film ? If so then is he again opting for a Thalapathy film director and that could be Lokesh ? . This could be happening as Vijay Sethupathi has asked Lokesh to somehow create a role for him in Rajini film as he acted with Kamal in Vikram, his next aim is with Superstar. Is daughter Aishwarya getting hitched again ?. Questions are many. Meanwhile Kamal saw Jailer in US and phone buddy Rajini and applauded him. Rajini will be back only be after the special screening of Jailer Hindi version to his friends that include his co- stars Big and Shatrugun Sinha.

Vijay’s Leo has benefited largely from Jailer’s US success as it has become the most anticipated film. Now the news is that Leo’s audio launch was planned for September 23 at a biggest stadium in Malaysia. Now that venue is booked for a Government function. Now the option is change the date or come back to Chennai.

A R Rahman says that his search for a home away from Chennai ended as he found no country suitable. Elsborating on his search, he said that a Bollywood Producer asked him to make Mumbai his base and to learn Hindi. He did not learn Hindi and did not make Mumbai his home as he was told about the Mafia links with filmdom. A Telugu film Producer offered him a house in Banjara Hills of Hyderabad but he found that the situation in Tollywood was not so good, He stayed in London for several years and there too he felt not at home and his wife moved back after three months. He said that he bought a house in USA and he never made it his house, He confirms that Chennai will be home always. Talking about Kamal Haasan, e said the actor should produce a Hollywood film and felt that he should done it 20 years back. Probably he was referring to Marudhanayagam. Though Kamal Haasan is in USA and Shankar is busy with Ram Charan Game Changer , Shankar’s one time assistant Chimbu Devan is shooting with Siddharth and Samudrakanni. Arivuazhagan and Vasanthabalan had worked for Indian 2.

Is Blast Mohan a dig at a top hero ? Suriya confirms film with Lokesh - Sarathkumar back as cop

Did Nelson troll a popular Telugu actor in Jailer ? Ajit fans sat that Chiranjeevi could not match their hero’s acting talent and that is why Bhola Shankar , the Vedhalam remake flopped. The character Blast Mohan played by Sunil is of an actor wearing a wig and totally ignorant is a troll done of Chiranjeevi or Balakrishna is the speculation among Telugu film goers. Nelson said that he had asked Balakrishna to act in Jailer but he had no dates and now one section says that Nelson took revenge by creating Blast Mohan . Another section says that since Nelson was keen to work with Balayya, he would not troll him. Many feel that it is a mix of both as both these heroes make it a point to act with teen girls. Anirudh Aluma Doluma song and Ajith dance was Vedalam being a hit and Bhola Shankar lacked this fizz says AK fans AK fans are angry as Director Meher Ramesh termed Vedalam as a cringe film. Meanwhile AK posted photos of him riding a bike in Norway and as per social media, Vijay and Trisha are holidaying in Oslo ( Capital of Norway). Though Vijay is happy that Nelson redeemed his name with Jailer after giving a film Beast, Thalapathy fans are angry that he gave a hit film to Rajinikanth and proved that he is still the Superstar. Rajinikanth at the audio launch spoke about Superstardom and as in many words said that he was not willing to give it up Jailer is fast moving to beat all box office records set by Tamil films so far. Five days collection worldwide is Rs 302 crores and India net is Rs 150 crores.

Suriya in an interaction with fans revealed that Lokesh had narrated a script that has Rolex the character that made a cameo appearance towards the climax of the film Vikram, as the main protoganist. In Vikram, Kamal is after Rolex the mastermind behind the gang led by Vijay Sethupathi. He manages to wipe out Sethupathi but Rolex lives on and as per Lokesh cinematic universe, these characters appear in his underproduction film Leo starring Vijay and Trisha. Suriya said that thr film featuring him as Rolex is a standalone film and not part of the universe. Already Lokesh and Suriya were to work on Irumbu Kai Mayavi, a super hero subject. The super hero loses his fingers and he has a metal claw fitted and with this he fights the evil forces. Suriya accompanied by his 2D EO Rajashekar flew to Kochi and met Late Sidique family. Siddique had directed Suriya in Friends. Swargachitra Appachan remade this Malayalam film with the same title in Tamil and it was the debut film of Siddique. Appachan in an interview said that he went to Suriya’s father Shivakumar with the offer to cast him but he was bluntly told that Suriya was not going to act in any films and was taking up another profession. As Appachan was going out, Suriya;s mother came from behind and told him to give the address and would send her son. Next day Suriya turned up at the Chennai flat. Appachan said that Shivakumar had reacted like that after nasty remark on Suriya’s acting was made in a popular Tamil magazine. Film released in 2001 with Vijay as co- star was a blockbuster hit. For first day, there was no crowds but word of mouth publicity and a novel concept of placing the film advt in front page of a popular Tamil daily worked.. Ramesh Kanna who acted in Friends revealed that Sidiqque was in the process to make a sequel of Friends in Tamil.

After the blockbuster hit Por Thozhil, now streaming on OTT, Sarathkumar next release is Paramporul. In this film too he plays a cop and Amitash plays the antique idol smuggler, Directed by Aravind Raj, the film has music by Yuvan who made his debut 25 years back with Sarath;s Aravindan. Amitash who played the antongist in Dhanush film Velaiillai Pattdhari also has sung a song. Kashmira Pardeshi last seen in Vasantha Mullai opposite Bobby Simha is the heroine .Film is releasing on September 1.

Is Vijay with Trisha in Oslo ? Jailer sequel and Ram Charan in 7 looks

Is Thalapathy Vijay in Oslo with Trisha ?. Trisha posted a photo of her holidaying n Oslo Norway and soon after a photo appeared on Twitter of Vijay and Trisha in a snow capped location and it was shot by a security guard. This has set off speculation that Thalpathy is with Trisha in Oslo on a holiday. This pictures could also be from the Kashmir schedule of Lokesh directed Leo Bloody sweet. Now another post from Trisha shows that she is with her friends. Leo shoot is wrapped up and post production is on but there are reports that after seeing Jailer, Lokesh is going to reshoot some portions in Kashmir.

Ashok Selvan who acted in blockbuster Por Thozil is to mary co- actor Keerthi Pandian in September at a function in Tirunelveli. Both of them are acting in Pa Ranjith film Blue Star which also has Shanthanu Bhagyaraj and Prithvi Pandiarajan in the cast. Keerthi is daughter of noted actor- producer Arun Pandian. Keerthi’s cousin is Ramya Pandian of Bigg Boss fame.

Will there be a sequel to Jailer ?. There is some leads that says that Nelson has left some ends open for a sequel to come. Muthuvel Pandian is known as Tiger for his tough Jailer job stint in Tihar Jail. In the climax, Tiger confronts Verma ( Vinakyakan) and kills him in the same way as the latter did his enimies and before that Veram awarns Pandian that by killing him nothing would end as there is a big International gang behind him and they would come after him to seek revenge. Even when Pandian is in search of Verama, a mysterious caller calls him and speaks in Hindi and tells him to back off. The sequel would likely start with the reaction of Ramya Krishnan mother of Arjun the corrupt cop of Jailer who pulls a gun on his father to be shot by the snipers of Shivaraj Kumar. What would be her reaction if she knew about her son’s death ? What would be the reaction of Arjun’s wife and son ?. Would Pandian not reveal about the death of his son and maintain that the son is missing and untraceable ? Those who saw Jailer feel that Rajini- Shivaraj Kumar and Mohanlal should come in one frame and Jackie Shroff and Tammannah deserve a bigger role and this could be in a sequel. Les wait and hope for the best.

Director Shankar has shown Ram Charan in 7 get ups is the latest buzz coming from sets of Game Changer. It was earlier reported that Ram Charan olays an IAS officer and a politician and now the actor is to be seen in seven looks. It is said that the seven looks also includes a middle aged look. It could be a part of a song also. In Indian too, Kamal is sporting the younger version of old Senapathy. Climax was shot recently and post production is on. Kiara Advani is the leading lady.

All about Rajinikanth Jailer box office and frenzy

Jailer starring Rajinikanth has not beaten opening day collection record in Tamil Nadu but tops Worldwide collections is what one could gather from the box office figures put out by reliable trade analysts and trade sites. Yet another surprise is that on Friday, the second day there was a marginal fall in home State. As from Saturday to Monday are holidays, the film is expected soar as media and social media have largely liked the film. After two days the film has 75 crores collection worldwide. First day in Tamil Nadu was Rs 29 crores and second day Rs 20 crores. Ironically Beast directed by Nelson (who is also director of Jailer )with Vijay opened to Rs 38 crores and Ajith’s Thunivu collected Rs 2 crores less. Yet another surprise is Rajini’s previous film Annatthe opened to Rs 34 crores . Biggest collection outside of home State was from Kerala where the Mohanlal factpr worked to the advantage. In Kerala on day one it collected Rs 6 crores. Many have lauded Malayalam actor Vinayakan who played the baddie. As per reports USA reported a massive number and is said to have set a record for a Tamil film opening. Vijay Varisu life time collection US marker was $1,141,590 while Jailer opening day alone is $1,158,000. Sri Lanka reported Rs 2 crores opening. In two Telugu States , Jailer saw no drop on second day and posted a Rs 9.5 crore distributor share in two days and will break even by Saturday as it needs to collect Rs 12 crore. This feat is remarkable as on second day Chiranjeevi’s Bhola Shankar released. In Kerala there is a was between Lal And Mammootty fans as the former group claims massive opening in Kerala and highest for a Tamil film was because of the cameo of their idol and Mammootty fans say that if their hero had accepted the offer to play villain, things would have been even bigger. Away from all the sensation and frenzy, Rajinikanth is with the swamis of Saraswathi Dayanand Ashram in Dehradun. Though Mohanlal is familiar to Tamil and Telugu film audience, Kannada Superstar Shivarajkumar who played a cameo is not. Seeing that Shivanna cameo is a hit with these two language’s audience of Jailer, film maker Srinivas gor ShivarajKumar to dub in Tamil and Telugu the Big Daddy teaser from upcoming film Bhost and has put it out in these Sates theatres where Jailer is screene

Thalapathy fans slam Jailer on social media - Remembering Sidiqque

Jailer reviews on the net and in social media has sparked a war between Thalapathy Vijay and Thalaivar fans. Negative reviews are termed by Rajini fans as one put out by Vijay fans and some reposted these negative reviews and circling the DP showing Vijay photos to establish that it is Vijay fans taking it out for Rajini speech at audio release. Reviewers had a tough time as Tamil Nadu theatres were allowed to show Jailer from 9 AM only and in neighbouring States the shows were from 6 AM. Many Youtubers went to Bangalore to catch the early show and posted it from there. Similarly twitter reviews came before the core Tamil fans could see. From 9 AM onwards , many celebs posted on twitter that they were in theatre waiting to see Jailer, Most popular post was by Rohini Theatre in Chennai Koyambedu which posted picture of Dhanush going inside to see the film Vetri Theatre saw Director Nelson, Ramyakrishnan and Anirudh . Majority of online reviews have given it a okay one time watch and says that it is not a disappointment In Keralam Mohanlal cameo has thrilled the audience and his fans. Similarly the Karnataka viewers too are excited about Shivaanna. Popular YouTuber Blue Sattai Maran says that he could not understand a word of the film and says that it a film directed by intellectual and made for them and not for common man.. Media reports said that Rajinikanth has left Chennai to go on a Himalaya pilgrimage that he had not done for two years due to his bad health. Going by what appeared on social media , the response is positive and upbeat compared to last two films and also a relief for Nelson who thrashed for his Viajy film Beast.

Director Sidiqque was all ready to do a sequel to the Tamil film Friends starring Vijay – Suriya and also had a script for Ajith said Ramesh Kanna who worked in the director Tamil outings. Film Historian Santhivila Dinesh in his YouTube channel recalled an incident told to him by Producer Ousephachan. Siddique who remade his Malayalam film Bodyguard in Tamil as Kaavalan with Vijay and Asin made it in Hindi with Salman Khan – Kareena Kapoor . Sidiqque asked Ousephachan to come to Mumbai for the preview show for Salman. Ousepachan was partner of Siddique’s first film Ramoji Rao Speaking and collaborated in many films later. Salman who came to the theatre asked who is the man standing next to him and the director replied that this is the man who produced my first film. Ousephachan said instead that instead of just saying film producer , he showed that he did not forget the past. A few years back Siddique’s regular art director Suchitra Mani had asked me whether I could arrange an story narration with Kamal Haasan for Siddique as the producer was a Mumbai based company and looking for a pan Indian Star. Kamal was then shooting for Vikram. Siddique had a narration session with Kamal and the actor okayed it. However Kamal had by then decided not to work in outside banner and do it in his own banner. Siddique opted to drop off as he wanted to be with the producer from Mumbai. Even before the Bodyguard film was released , Salman recommended Siddique to producers Bajaj Brothers who signed him.

Vedhalam remake Bhola Shankar is not a cringe film like Tamil - Chiru Director

Meher Ramesh justifying the cringe scenes featuring Chiranjeevi in Bhola Shankar trailer said that the original Tamil Vedhalam has ten time more cringe scenes and he had not much of them as had modified the screenplay and included more action as the Tamil film was centered around brother and sister relationship. This comment has angered Ajith fans who took to Twitter and slammed Ramesh. Chiranjevi too was upset with Ramesh comment. Public reactions to the trailor was mostly negative as many felt that Chiranjeevi at age of 68 is seen chasing a teen girl and acting like a college boy. The advance booking low in both Andhra States and in USA. Ramesh said that as Vedhalam is not on any OTT, it is fresh contett for Telugu audience. Producer Sunkara has been hauled to court by distributor of his earlier film Agent starring Akhil and Mammootty. Distributor claimed that Sunkara owes him Rs 30 crores as per an agreement over compensation for Agent loss. Bhola Shankar distribution was given to another distributor. Pre release biz of BS is Rs 90 crores. Ramesh to cool down Ajith fans said write in Twitter - I loved Veda lam when watched in 2015 and admired how the original story by @directorsiva sir showed strong bonding of a brother&sister, a sentiment that reflects with millions of people and wanted to show it our telugu audience. In 2009, I remade Ajith sir’s Billa with Darling Prabhas and now again I’m grateful for the opportunity to do Ajith Sir’s Action entertainer “Vedalam” as Megastar #BholaaShankar worldwide release in 2 days #BholaaShankarOnAug11

Dhanush - Kamal fans join Rajini in anti Thalapathy poster war

As Jailer nears releasing date, Thalapathy Vijay fans have started to slam Rajinikanth for his speech at the audio launch. Posters appeared in Madurai asking what is your problem if I am at the top . As soon as the posters went viral , Rajini fans posted pix of the torn posters. Adding to the Rajini fans enthusiasm is a tweet from Dhanush saying that It is Jailer week. In another development, Kamal To add fans have joined Rajini fans. To add to the mess, Supreme Star Sarath Kumar fans say that their hero’s blockbuster Por Thozhil is coming on same on OTT when Superstar film is coming on Theatres. Sarathkumar at the audio launch of Vijay’s Varisu said that Thalapathy was the next Superstar. It all started with Rajini at the Jailer audio launch where he said like an eagle who flies much above the crow who keeps cawing , he is always on the top. Rajini more or less expected this reaction as he added that this could be interested in many ways and no one can stop anyone from doing so. It has been a long time that Tamil filmdom witnessed fan wars. AK aks Ajith and Thalapathy Vijay fans are at war on social media but not on the streets. MGR and Sivaji fans were at each other throats as both of their idols films released on same day. It was Kamal and Rajini and that too got abated after these two actors films had differed release. Later on trade reasons , Star films rarely clashed and fan wars went on to different level. With multiplexes, both Stars film ran on different screens. Interpretation of speech and interviews are a common phenomenon. In an interview given to me by Kamal and published in Screen, the actor asked about the difference between him and rajini, Kamal said that he made films that last a lifetime and it was like a cobbler who made shoes that lasted for limited time and the one who made it last for a longer period. Rajini fans then slammed Kamal for saying Rajini was called a cobbler !!! Nelson the director of Jailer had said that it was Vijay who pushed him to go and narrate the subject to Rajini. Art Director Kiran who worked in Jailer said that Vijay called him on first day of Jailer shoot and asked him to see that Nelson reports on time for first day shoot and that the next time he met Vijay in Hyderabad , first thing Thalpathy asked was How is

Oscar director cheated tribal couple -

The Elephant Whisperers' Bomman and Bellie the tribal couple who looked after the elephant ahs told a You Tube channel that the director not only did not pay them any money but also took money for shooting . The money has not been returned. Director Kartki did not respond. Tribal Couple said that the money was paid from their granddaughter account, Sikhya Enterainment claimed that they had paid back the money. Reason for tribal couple to react was that the director in an interview said that the couple were prsented with a car and land. President of India made a visit to Madumalai to see the couple. Kartiki Gonsalves, the filmmaker who made the amusing and affectionate documentaryThe Elephant Whisperers, made history as her film was the first Indian title to win the Academy Award at the 95h ceremony on March 12. The lady Bellie was given a job in the forest department by the TN CM Stalin. On Saturday the poduction house and director claimed that as per agreement they had paid the couple. Earlier the couple had stated as they were serving forest department they cannot recieve any money. Now it comes out that the director who shot the documentary with her own money had taken a loan from the couple for shooting expenses.After meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, The Elephant Whisperers team of Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga met President Droupadu Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The official Twitter page of the President shared the pictures of the meeting.Later the tribal couple met President at Rashrapati Bhavan and were guests at the Rebulic Day function.

Rajinikant next on Kanyakumari fishermen - shoot in Trivandrum and new launches

Thalaivar 170 is centered around the life of fishermen in Kanyakumari. Celeberated hair stylist Hakim is working on this film with Rajinikanth. Manju Warrier after working with Ajith in Thunivu is once agin to appear in Tamil in T170 and Fahadh Faazil who got praise allround for Maamannan is teaming up with Rajinikanth in Gananvel film. Shooting of the film will be around Kanyakumari and Thruvanthapuram sea shores. Amitabh after 26 years is joing with Rajini in upcoming project. Both last acted in Hum. Telugu actor Nani has been signed as Vikram opted out since he felt that he did not have much of a role. The synopsis given to online booking site is that Jailer is about an Madia syndicate planning a jailbreak to get the arrested Don out and Jailer with help of other criminals out foxes them. Malik who was to distribute Jailer in Malaysia has not picked up the film as he facing curbs in banking after his arrest and release by Malaysian police. Instead Lotus Cinemas the biggest theatre chain in that country has bought Jailer rights. In another related news, Rajinikanth who saw the Lal Salaam portions shot by his daughter Aishwarya has told her to go in for reshoot. In USA Jailer advance booking has crossed $400K and Bhola Shankar of Chiranjeevi releasing on same day is only $100K says trade reports. Bhola songs are not catchy as Jailer and as it is remake, there is no suspense for viewers.

ilm Good Night producers Million Dollar Studios and MRP Entertainment have started rolling their second venture. Prabhuram Vyas who made the sensation web-series LIVIN is stepping his way for his debut feature film here. Manikandan plays the male lead again for the production house. Lalagunda Bommaigal from Modern Love Chennai fame Sri Gouri Priya. Promising actor Kanna Ravi plays an important role. The film carries a strong technical crew. The music is scored by Sean Roldan, Shreyas Krishna will be behind the lens, Barath Vikraman will handle the edit, Rajkamal will head the art department and the lyrics are penned by Mohanrajan. Nazerath Pasilian, Magesh Raj Pasilian and Yuvaraj Ganesan are bankrolling the project. The director promises that it will be a trendy romantic story which will speak values, he adds that the screenplay will be interesting and is bound to bring discussions about modern day love. The shooting has been planned in Chennai and Gokarna which is near Goa. The filming is happening now at a brisk pace in Chennai. It was none other than Makkal Selvan Vijay Sethupathi who hit the clap board for the first shot on the very first day of shooting for the movie.

Nanban Group honoured Cheran and P C sreeram at the Nanban awards and Nadigar Sangham President Nassar launched their Entertainment division. Big Boss winner Aari Arjuna is brand Amabasador. A dance performance by Tammannaah was the highlight. GK founder of the Group and Nanda co founder spoke. Drums genius Sivamani, Veena Rajesh Vaidya and Piano Lidian Nathaswaram gave a concert together. Following this, stage comedians Bala-Qureshi joined the stage and enthralled the audience with their action-packed parodies.

S.K.M. Cinemas, the newly launched production house arrives with the motto of encouraging fresh and young filmmakers, by introducing them in the Tamil film industry. Actor and producer Akil has decided to line up more projects with debut filmmakers now. The production house’s maiden project is directed by debutant Vijay Anandhan, who took part in the ‘Nalaya Iyakkunar’ reality show, and got recognised for his slew of short films based on different genres. With the deepest and insatiable passion for cinema, he self-learnt the art of cinema without assisting any filmmakers. He is now embarking on a journey as filmmaker in Tamil film industry through this project. The yet-to-be-titled film is a gangster crime drama set against the backdrops of North Chennai. Thenma, who earned wonderful recognition for his unparalleled works is ‘Irandam Ulaga Porin Kadaisi Gundu’ and ‘Pothanur Thabal Nilayam’, and ‘Natchathiram Nagargiradhu’ is composing music. Aari is handling cinematography and Ram (B.Lenin sir Assistant) is taking care of editing works. Dharma and Suresh Sugu are overseeing the PR works for this film. Five budding actors, who have an impeccable acting skill are playing the lead roles in this movie, and a familiar actress is performing the female lead character. The special occasion, marking the launch of ’S.K.M. Cinemas’ and its maiden project tentatively titled “Production No.1” happened with the presence of eminent personalities from the film industry today (August 4, 2023), who conveyed their wishes to the production house and film crew.

Tamannah role cut in Jailer - Game Changer to release before Indian 2

The Jailor railor has no Tammanah and now the speculation is that her role has been cut and Nelson who directs the film says that Mohanlal, Sivarajkumar and others look and character is kept a surprise, Jackie Shroff dialogue that says you have him as only the father of a police officer, I have seen his other side reveals the plot. Many feel that shots in trailor resemble Beat, Badsha and Vikram films.

According to sources close to Telugu producer Dil Raju , Ram Charan film Game Changer directed by Shankar will come out before Indian 2 starring Kamal Haasan. Both films are directed by Shankar. Raju has said that Game Changer has no great VFX and so as soon as last leg of shooting is wrapped up , it can be readied for release. Indian 2 has lot of VFX and other technology to be used and for this Shankar himself posted a tweet that he is working in a Los Angles studio and he is said to be working on getting the remaining footage to make a third part. Raju says that already the film has gone overbudget and to keep Game Changer waiting for Indian 2 is not fair. It is up to Shankar to decide. Shankar posted a picture of him with directors Mani Ratnam, Lokesh, Vetri Maaran, Karthik Subburaj, A R Murugadoss, Sasi , GVM and Lingusamy who got together for a discussion. Singer Karthik provided the entertainment by singing Raaja and ARR songs. Meanwhile the Tamil film Vaaranam Aayiram starring Surya and directed by Gautham Menon has tr-released in both Telugu States as Surya s/o of Krishnan. Trade circles are puzzled that the opening figures at theatres in both Telugu states is so high. After previous Surya films not doing well in Andhra States, it was felt that Suriya has lost the Tollywood market. This film collection show that given a good film, Suriya’s fans will back it up. In another development, SureshBabu and Narang owned Asian Multiplex has bought the Andhra and Hyderabad rights of Rajinikanth Jailer . Nag Chaitanya released the theatrical trailor. Of Telugu version.