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.