Leo OTT version different from Theatre - Mammootty replaces Kamal Haasan

 

Mahesh Narayanan who was to direct a film with Kamal Haasan has now cast Mammootty instead. Kamal opted out but might do a cameo. The film is produced by Fahad Faasil and he along with Kunchacko Boban also play pivotal roles. Mahesh notable films Take off, C U soon, Malayankunju have been critically well received . Mahesh was editor the Mammooty film Abrahaminte Santhathikal. Shooting will begin Feburary 2024.

Lokesh has revealed that Leo’s OTT version will have 18 – 20 minutes extra scenes. In the climax Leo reveals the truth to Antony Das. He hinted that the flash back portion might not be in OTT as he said it was to please the fans. He said like Dilli aim was to save his daughter and Vikram was to have a drug free world, Parthipan aim is to make the world believe that Leo is dead. Nov 10 is said to be the streaming date and with these changes even those who have seen Leo in theatres will watch on OTT. In Kerala, the film has touched Rs 50 crores and in Canada , it is top most grossing Tamil film.

Lokesh revealed that Leo subject was to be done by another Star but it got dropped. He then moved to Kaithi and during Master, he got close to Vijay and that led to Leo, He then made few  changes and added more details to court room scenes. He said that he brought in twin sister as twin brothers was already not a new idea. He wanted somebody to dance and act in sister role and felt Madonna was apt. Lokesh is taking a break from social media as he is busy with pre production work of Rajinikanth film.

Meanwhile a circular has gone to Makkal Iyakkam that those coming with entry pass for Leo success meet should also carry Aadhar card to enter. Entry will be permitted from 4 PM on November 1 at Nehru stadium.

Dulquer - Trisha in KH 234 - Update on Big B - Rajini roles

 

We are told that it is Trisha and not Nayanthara who will acting in Kamal – Mani film. Yet another info we get is that Dulquer Salmaan  and Jeyam Ravi is in the cast Ranjith Ambady is handling hair and makeup, Ekha Lakhani and Amita Ram are costume designer. Amrita is designer of Kamal’s Khadi wear. Sound design by Anand Kishnamoorthi and Arpan Gaglani is VFX supervisor. Gopi Prasanna is publicity designer.

Om November 3^rd Lyca will release an intro video of Kamal – Shankar Indian 2.

News from Ajerbaijan location of Ajith film is that the actor has asked producers to keep a medical team ready at the location and conduct tests of the crew. Art Director of the flm died on the way to airport.

An update on Thalaivar 170 is that Amitabh plays a senior cop who is overlooking Rajinikanth who is also a cop.

 

Defending the criticism about the flashback scenes in Leo, Lokesh said that they were false and confirming this cameraman Manoj said that Lokesh said that one need show a few minutes as a stranger ( Mansoor) talks about it. Fans are asking why Lokesh wasted time and money and many feel that as the flashback did not click, Lokesh is wriggling out of it.

Tirupur Subramanian hit back at Leo Producer saying that Master released during Covid with 50% occupancy was stated as Rs 25 cr collection in Tamil Nadu, This was possible by theatre owners by selling tickets at Rs 350 as Lalit wanted a bigger share . He pointed out no film with 50% occupancy can collect this much amount if tickets were sold at Government rates. This has exposed the nexus between theatre owners and producer who cheat Government of tax.

Alphonse Puthren who gave the iconic Premam has announced that he was quitting films after being diagnosed with Autism disorder, He said that he does not want to be a liability but all the same do short films videos or something for OTT.

Lokesh- Rajini film on IMAX camera - Leo success meet - Nelson next with Nayanthara - Yugendran - Vinusha out of BB 7

 

Rajinikanth Thalaivar 171 directed by Lokesh will be shot in IMAX camera, revealed cinematographer Manoj Parmahamsa. He said at present there is no lab in India that process IMAX. He said that it was Vijay while shooting for Leo had told him to take up Rajini film as he felt it would be bigger than Leo. Manoj said that Rajini film script was written before Mananagarm. The film has lot of VFX work. Work will start as soon as Rajini completes T J Gananvel film.

Mrunal Thakur after Sita Ramam has not had any major release in the Telugu filmdom. Now she has Nani’s Hi Naana and Vijay Devarakonda film Family Man. The box office success of these films is crucial for Mrunal to stay in Tollywood.

Latest news on Leo is that there will be a success meet on November 1 and Makal Iyakkam members will take part in it. Vijay and Leo team will b attending it. Venue and other details are not known. The event will take place before the OTT release. Lokesh had said that as the audio launch was cancelled, Vijay wanted an opportunity to talk to fans.

Producer Lalit Kumar said that Tirupur Subramanian was hurling false accusations as he did not get the Coimbatore area distribution and he said the same terms of profit sharing was done for Varisu in major areas excluding C centers. Lokesh at the Japan audio launch said that after Rajini film, he will direct Kaithi 2 and after that a film on Suriya Rolex character. “ Dilli will be back soon” he said at the event and made Karthi fans happy.

Lyca is in talks with Nelson to do a sequel of Kolamavu Kokila. The film is centered around Kokila played by Nayanthara.  It was remade in Hindi with Jhanvi Kapoor and is being streamed on OTT. Nelson after Jailer blockbuster might do this film as his Dhanush film to be produced by Raj Kamal is getting delayed. Dhanush next is with Sekar Kammula and this a Telugu- Hindi bilingual.

Singer Yugendran and Vinusha Devi are likely to be evicted from Bigg Boss Tamil 7 is the news coming from the production team. Yugendran was to be eliminated in the first week but he got saved and last week it was Vinusha but it was Vijay Varma instead. For first time there is 5 wild card entries.

Leo producer is Vijay benami - Nayanthara film title dispute - Kamal - Mani pooja video out

Is there a political hand behind the negativity revolving around Leo’s box office report claimed by producer ?. Leading theatre owners Tirupur Subramanain and Trichy Sridhar  have questioned the box office figures and has alleged that the overseas box office collection figures are inflated and the producer has made proxy bookings in Tamil Nadu and abroad to show that the film is a record breaker. He further alleged that Lalit Kumar is a benami of Vijay and only when Income Tax raids and collects the records , real figures will come out. So with two months to go for 2024, Leo along with Jailer figure in the top 5 grossers of 2023. SRK Jawan and Pathaan and Sunny’s Gadar 2 are the other three.

Claim by makers that Leo collected Rs 461 crore in 7 days and so it is the first Tamil film to do so has been disputed as a tweet from Lyca in 2018 claiming to have collected Rs 500 crore in one week for Rajinikanth 2.0 has surfaced.

A video of the launch of KH234 that mrks the coming together of the Nayagan team was out on YouTube. The film is produced by Raj Kamal and Madras Talkies. Scenes Kamal arriving for the launch and the technical crew of Ravi K Chandran, Stunt masters Anvarivu, production designer Sharmistha Roy along with producers Mahendran, Siv Ananth and A R Rahman at the venue was shown. Editing is by Sreekar Prasad. Udhaynidhi Stalin Red Giant presents the film. The video is titled Begin the Begin. Nayanthara is tipped to be the leading lady.

Nayanthara film Annapoorni ; Goddess of Food has run into trouble as another film AnnaPoorni has got the title registered with Film Chamber. AnnaPoorni is about two female characters Anna and Poorni played by Lijimol and Losliya and directed by Joshua. Joshua says that they got the NOC from another producer and got it duly registered. Movie was shot from April this year and in June, producer of Nayanthara film reached to Joshua and asked for the title but he refused as it was linked to film characters. Nayanthara film producers have registered with Film Council. Both the bodies are housed in the same building.

 

Rajini silence on Leo - Sangeeth Sivan and Malavika Mohanan in news

Latest on Leo is that Rajinikanth has not spoken a word about the film. Considering that his next film is directed by Lokesh and that he had seen the film, the silence is baffling. Usually, he comes out in the open about any film he likes. Even after seeing Beast, he did not say anything and in this case too Nelson was to direct his next with him.

On box office front after  6 days, the film on 7 day collected Rs 10 crore taking Tamil net to Rs 214 crore . The Hindi version is doing much better than Tiger Shroff Ganapath and Yariyaan 2 ( remake of Bangalore Days ). Theatre owners did not make an money from Leo as Producer- Distributor took away 80 % from first 6 days collection. Tripur Subramanian head of multiplex theatres said that considering overheads like power and other charges , owners have suffered a loss. As there was no other film, theatres agreed for 80 %. Usually it 65% for first week and 60 % for second week. The film will be out on Netflix and date is November 21.

Sangeeth Sivan is back in Bollywood with Golmaal actors Shreyas Talpade and Tushaar Kapoor for a horror film. Produced by Jayesh Patel, the film is set in the 70’s where there was no mobiles and social media. Shooting is on in Faridabad.

Malavika Mohanan, is playing the lead role in the movie 'Thangalan' directed by Ranjith along with Vikram. Malavika Mohanan became popular with Tamil fans through the movie 'Petta'. Following this, he acted in the films 'Master' and 'Maaran' and created a fan base for himself. Apart from acting in films, she has also been entertaining her millions of followers on social media pages by posting exclusive photos.

Kamal Haasan - Nayanthara - Aravind Swamy- Kangana- Mohanlal in news

Kangana Ranaut and Mohanlal will feature in the six part web series One Nation which is about the heroes of RSS. Next year RSS completes 100 years. It is directed by Vivek Angnihotri along with five national award-winning directors. From the South, Priyadarshan is one them. Poster of the series was released.

Nayanthara 75th film has been titled Annapoorni l Goddess of Food. It has Jai, Sathyaraj, K S Ravikumar, Kingsley among others and directd by Nileesh Krishna. The film is a family entertainer and after Raja Rani, Jai and Nayans are coming together. Trident Arts - NAAD Studios and Zee are the producers. Sathyan Sooryan is handling cinematography, Music by Thaman, film began shooting in Chennai in March and has also shot in Trichy. A glimpse video was released. On Vijayadasmi day, Nayanthara launched Femi 9 brand of cosmetic made in association with social worker Dr. Gomathi

Kamal Haasan is said to be unhappy with Raju Perisamy for extending the 60 day Kashmir schedule of Sivakarthkeyan fil. Another 30 days is needed. Kamal is the producer. The plan to start H Vinoth film on Kamals birthday has been dropped as the film pre production is not over. First some action scenes ned to shot abroad and Kamal has been taking some training for this scenes. Kashmir Tourism Board pays 60 % of the shooting cost.

Aravind Swamy is to direct a film with Faahad Faasil as hero . He has narrated the subject and is waiting for the dates. He had directed an episode in the anthology produced by Mani Ratnam

FakeLeoscam trends - PS Mithran to direct Chiranjeevi

Chiranjeevi is to act in a film directed by P S Mithran whose previous film Sardar with Karthi is a big hit. Karthi recently announced that there will be a seqel of Sardar. Chiranjeevi next film is with Vasishta of Bimbisara fame. Mithran had pitched a story to Ram Charan but now it seems that it is being tweaked for Chiru. Story discussions are on in Chennai. After realising that young directors are behind the success of Rajinikanth ( Nelson’s Jailer), Lokesh ‘s Vikram for Kamal Haasan, Chiru has dropped the idea of remakes as Bhola Shankar failed badly. UV creations who makers of Chiru latest film put out a poster on Ayudha pooja.

Comscore the International movie ranking agency reported that on October 22, Leo Bloody Sweet stood third. First was Killers of the Flower Moon and second was Taylor Swift. It put the weekend earnings of Leo at Rs 400 crore. This was picked up by Vijay fans and Tamil film industry trackers. At the same time, Rajini fans show Book My show ticket sale details of Jailer first weekend to prove that Jailer sold more than Leo. Also, the hashtag FakeLeo scam is trending. Comscore posted inflated figures and actual collection is Rs 355 cr is one version. A video shows empty seats while online bookings show almost full and it says proxy bookings are made to create an impression that seats are fast filling up. Sacnik put the total collection of 5 days at Rs 365 cr. Rs 176 cr was from Tamil alone and overseas at Rs 150 crores. In Kerala the distributor Gokulam Gopalan held a success meet where Lokesh Kanagaraj attended. It is the first time that a Vijay film touched Rs 30 crores in Kerala, It was bought for Rs 16 crores. It is the first time that Comscore reported about a Tamil film box office point out Vijay fans. Telugu 5 day collection was Rs 28 crore and Kannada it was Rs 1.55 cr.

Kamal Haasan, Mani Ratnam, Rajinikanth, Amitabh, Ajith, Gautami in news

Latest news on Mani and Kamal project is that Nayanthara is being considered for the film. We heard that Trisha is also being considered. The film pre production work started like the first look was shot and it will be released on Kamal’s birthday. Full fledged work will start from December. A report says that Nayanthara who is part of Mannagakatti directed by YouTuber Vikki has said that she cannot come to Kodaikanal for the shoot and so producer is creating a cardamom plantation set in Chennai to replicate the Kodai location.

Lokesh confirmed that he will be doing a film with Prabhas and next year April mid he will start work on Rajini film. He said that he had not read the reviews and would taken all suggestions and incorporate it in his next film. Rajini will start shoot of T170 in Mumbai on October 25th and Big B starts shoot from today. Both the actors will shoot till October 28th in Mumbai.

Morning in Injanbakkam there was a flutter as officials were seeing demolishing the compound wall of actor Ajith. It was later explained that it was for road widening and constructing rain water drainage. All houses in that row are facing this move. The actor is abroad shooting.

Efforts are on make Gautami withdraw her resignation from BJP. She posted her resignation letter and stated that the party is backing the man wo cheated her of her money and land. She also mentioned about the party who send her to Rajapalayam to contest was old that it was given to another alliance partner. Kushboo who is also in BJP said that it was very painful to hear about the resignation and said that Gautami was a very hard party worker. Vanathi Srinivasan MLA who defeated Kamal in the polls said that she had kept in touch with Gautami quite often shared the same sentiments that Kushboo made. She said that if any details of the police case were given, she could have done her best.

Leo slows down and will not cross Jailer - Rashmika in Girlfriend - S J Suryah in Nani film

Leo box office collections will not surpass Jailer in two Telugu States and Karnataka. First day it grossed Rs 15 cr and second day it fell to Rs 5 crore in two Telegu States. In Karnataka, it opened to Rs 13 crore and second day it is Rs 4 crore. In Kerala, number of shows has been reduced and Mammooty’s Kannur sqad that released one month back has increased the shows. Producer Lalit Kumar said that the weak business in North India due to multiplexes not screening them. Kumar said that after they sold the OTT rights the North Indian multiplexes decided that a 8 week window from release date and OTT streaming was needed for a film. In Tamil Nadu, collections are dropping. From Rs 27 crores it dropped to Rs 15 cr and third day it was Rs 13 cr. It just surpassed Rs 50 cr and in contrast Jailer in three days touched Rs 76 cr. The person most affected by Leo was Shiva Rajkumar. His film Ghost did not get enough theatres in Central Bangalore due to Leo and two Telugu films. Word of mouth is good and now shows have increased and moving to a hit status.

DVV Creations announced that S J Suryah has come on board for their film with Nani. Natural Star Nani and Talented Director Vivek Athreya who delivered a cult entertainer like Ante Sundaraniki are coming together once again for #Nani31. The movie will be produced by DVV Danayya and Kalyan Dasari of DVV Entertainments who delivered an Oscar movie RRR with their last film. This time they are going to explore a difficult genre and it is evident from the announcement video that dropped in today.

Geetha Arts, Mass Movie Makers and Dheeraj Mogilineni Entertainment next prestigious project with National Crush Rashmika Mandanna and director Rahul Ravindran announced. talented filmmaker Rahul Ravindran helming the project. The title of the film is The Girlfriend, and the dialogues are about the perfect love he expects from his girlfriend while Rashmika is seen breathless in the water. Glimpse is both beautiful and meaningful. The film's principal photography will commence soon. Krishnan Vasant weilds the camera while musical sensation Hesham Abdul Wahab will score the music, both of which will surely be among the movie's highlights. Ace producer Allu Aravind presenting the film while Vidya Koppineedi and Dheeraj Mogilineni are producing the film.

Prithviraj in Rajinikanth film - Priyan - Akshay combo back - Vinusha exit BB Tamil 7

Prithviraj is in talks to play the baddie in Lokesh directed Rajinikanth film says a report. Lokesh has wanted the actor to play Rolex character in Vikram. The film will start next summer. Prithviraj plays a baddie in Prabhas Salaar and is also directing Mohanlal in Empuran sequel.

The combo of Akshay Kumar and Priyadarshan that gave many comedy hits was spotted in Hyderabad. Priyan was riding pillion with Akshay driving the scooter. Akshay was in the city to do a cameo in Singham Returns. Is this the coming back of the hit combo ? Last they worked in 2009 film Dana Dan. Priyan who headed the 2017 National awards awarded Akshay the best actor award for Rustom.

The contestant that will be eliminated this week from Bigg Boss Tamil 7 is Vinusha Devi says netizens. She got popular for her playing the title role in Bharathi Kanamma serial on Vijay TV. The sequel to it was a failure.

Mammootty's Kannur Squad beats Vijay's Leo in Kerala - Kabali USA record unbeaten

Two news in Kollywood is that Tamil films that are dubbed in Hindi can be censored in Chennai and need not be done in Mumbai. Producers are thanking Vishal for this . He raised the issue of his film Mark Antony ‘s producer paying bribes to get the film certified by Mumbai censors. Second news is that Dhoni Entertainment has not paid the full wages for those who worked inn their Tamil LGM. A photo of Amitabh with Dhoni has gone viral. They met for an advertisement shoot. For the first time Big B is working in a Tamil film and that is Thalaivar 170 with Rajinikanth. Rajini and Amitabh were given golden pass by BCCI recently. Rajini wished the team of Ganapath starring Tiger Shroff and Amitabh. Leo has not beaten the record set by Rajinikanth film Kabali in USA premiere. It is a seven year old record. Similarly after first day of Leo in Kerala, many exhibitors have allotted more screens to Kannur Squad of Mammootty. So far it was in 130 screens and from today it is will be in thirt more screens. The film was released on September 28th and has grossed Rs 80 crores in Kerala and will touch Rs100 crores.

Leo beats Jawan in advance booking - D Imman ex wife clears Sivakarthikeyan name

Ex wife of music composer D Imman has come out with a clarification that she and actor Sivakathikeyan had no affair as many in social media are speculating after her ex hubby said in an interview of betrayal by the actor . After Imman divorced his wife Monica after a 13 years marriage and two kids, a YouTube channel had reported that things were not normal with the music composer and Actor Sivakarthikeyan but did not say the reason. Now Imman who married a second time confirmed his break up with Sivakarthikeyan and said that he cannot forget the treachery that the actor had done to him and said that he confronted him and what reply he got cannot be revealed as it would hurt the future of his children. This led to comments that a extra martial affair between the actor and composer’s wife was the reason for divorce. Monica set the record right by saying that Sivakarthikeyan was against Imman divorcing her and tried to mediate between them. Imman was angry with the actor for this and not that they were in a relationship. She said that after the mediation talks failed and the divorce, she had not spoken to the actor. She pointed out that Imman went in for a divorce after readying a new wife and left her and two kids with nothing . She said that Imman saying about the actor would create damage to his family as he was married and has two kids. She said that she was not affected and was running a successful company. She asked why her ex hubby who left her and two kids should talk about them now.

Despite the delay due to distributors and theatre owners dispute, Leo's Tamil version is leading its advance bookings numbers with around 13.75 lakh tickets sold. The film's Telugu and Hindi versions sold around 2.10 lakh and 20,000 tickets respectively. Jawan, on the other hand, sold around 15.75 lakh tickets in its advance bookings for the opening day. With this, Leo has logged the highest ticket sales in its advance bookings in 2023 so far, according to trade portal Sacnilk. Advance booking for Leo could not be given in many theatres as distributors wanted a higher share than usual for the first week. Usual rates are 65% for first week and 60 % for second week, but distributors wanted ten percent more for first week. PVR chain and AGS among many stood firm but as many standalone theatres gave in, these chain too agreed with five percent increase than usual. Archana Kalpathy of AGS cinemas confirmed that all ahs been cleared and bookings are open. Yesterday the Leo makers after losing a court case to get early morning shows on first day had gone to Secretariat to get at least a 7 AM show but the move failed. Meanwhile Udhaynidhi Stalin who saw Leo at a special show tweeted his wishes to Leo team.

Sona directs a biopic on herself - Malavika Nair as politician --Vijaya Murali New President of Cine PRO union

Sona made her debut as an actress in Tamil with Ajith starrer Poovellam Un Vasam. In the last 20 years, Sona continues her journey not only as an attractive actress in all South Indian languages, but also as a talent when given good roles. Sona, who turned producer ten years ago with the film 'Kanimozhi', is now wearing the director's hat by directing the web series Smoke. Sona, who is producing this web series as a producer through her Uniq Production in association with Shortflix, has written the story herself. At the launch event for this web series, Sona opened up and shared about her journey in the film world so far, the ups and downs she has faced and how the story for this web series came about. Mukesh Khanna is playing the lead role in this web series. Kapil Roy as cinematographer and Bala as art director. I am going to introduce a new person as a music composer.This story will be an emotional journey. Many people are asking if it can be made into a movie. It's a good story but some people don't like it because it's raw. But in OTT there is an opportunity to create it independently. If I were to certify my film myself, this series would be to the extent of giving a U/A certificate.ls of other actors and technicians will be announced later,” said Sona.

Nandamuri Kalyanram is known for his knack in selecting unique scripts right from the beginning of his career is bringing another interesting film. The film titled stirringly as Devil which denotes the ferocity of the protagonist. And it comes with the tagline- The British Secret Agent. The film is directed by Abhishek Nama. The film's teaser was released recently and it made us all to anticipate more from the film. The film will be released in theaters on November 24, 2023. On Sunday, the makers released the look poster of heroine Malvika Nair, who is playing the role of a powerful politician in this movie. Malavika Nair will be seen in the role of Manimekala. If you look at the poster of her look, she is seen in a different hair style. She is giving a political speech and the Pigeons which e.brace peace have seen the poster.

(Cinema PRO Union) Election of South Indian Film Press Relations Union for the year 2023 - 2025 was held at Prasad Lab Theatre, Saligramam, Chennai. In this N. Vijaya Murali has been elected as the President and A. John as the Secretary.Govindaraj, VK Sundar and K. Selvakumar and Venkat as joint secretaries have won P. Yuvaraj as treasurer. Arumugam, Balan, Glamor Sathya, V. B. Mani, Madurai R. Selvam, Muthuramalingam, Saravanan, Selvaraku and Sureshkumar have been selected.

Lokesh clears rumours about Rajinikanth film and Release date of Mohanlal Vrushabha

Lokesh Kanagaraj said that ut was he who approached Rajinikanth with the story and got the approval and not the other way round as reported on social media. The talk is that Rajini was not sure about Jailer’s box office and so he approached Lokesh and told him to do a film for him and that is how Thalaivar 171 came about. There is a talk that after Lokesh film, Rajini might quit films. Lokesh denied this too. He also revealed that Vijay had heard the story that he had prepared for Rajini. Nelson who narrated a story to Vijay was asked by the latter to go and tell it to Rajini and that is how Jailer came through. Yet another talk is that Rajini is upset that State Government allotted extra show for five days on Leo makers request as it would beat Jailer’s weekend collection record. Another crazy rumor is that Rajini fans in USA are buying Balakrishna film tickets instead of Leo and keep Jailer record intact. Similarly in Kerala, Vijay fans in Kerala have come out in large numbers to buy tickets in advance bookings to make Leo the highest opener for a non-Malayalam film category. KGF 2 holds the record. As per trade Leo total earnings from theatrical – overseas and non theatrical rights stands at Rs 454 crore and highest in Vijay’s career. The only film to do business in Kollywood before release was Rajinikanth- Shankar combo 2.0. Details are as follows : Tamil Nadu – 100 Cr Andhra Pradesh – 14Cr Telangana- 7 Cr Karnataka- 13 Cr Kerala – 16 Cr ROI – 8 Cr Overseas – 60 Cr Total Worldwide Theatrical Business – 218 Cr Music – 16Cr Satellite – 80 Cr Digital – 140 Cr Total Non-Theatrical Business: 236 Cr Total Business : 454 Cr

The release date of Vrushabha the Pan Indian film will be announced on Dussera day. The film is the second time that Mohanlal and action choreographer Peter Hin are coming together. Their combo in all time Malayalam hit Pulimurugan was the first time they got together. Vrushabha' an action entertainer, a high-octane father-son drama, centered around the conflict between two extreme ends of emotions Love vs Revenge, has captured the imagination of cinema lovers worldwide, and this second schedule promises to be yet another milestone in its making. Mohanal & Roshann Meka, Shanaya Kapoor and Zahrah S Khan in the lead along with Srikanth Meka, Ragini Dwivedi and Neha Saxena. The film is a high-octane father-son drama transcending generations and is big on action, emotions and VFX. It’s 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 is produced by (for Connekkt Media) Varun Mathur and Saurabh Mishra, produced by (for Balaji Telefilms) Ektaa R Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor and (for AVS) Vishal Gurnani, Juhi Parekh Mehta, and Abhishek Vyas. The film is being shot simultaneously in Telugu & Malayalam and will release in Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Tamil.

Mammootty - Prabhas- Vijay- Chiyaan Vikram in news

Reports say that Mammooty’s Kannur Squad collected Rs 70 crores in Kerala and it has beaten Jawan collections in UAE, UK and Netherland. The report says that totaling overseas collections, the film will touch Rs 700 crores. The film had opened to mixed reviews.

Prabhas has taken only Rs 15 crores as fees for Salaar and for rest of the money will come from Digital rights. By market estimate, he will get Rs 50-60 crores. SRK for Paathan opted for share in collections and ended up with Rs 210 crores. In Tamil, no actors report for work without getting 50% of the amount that he demands.

Dubbing Union has asked Leo makers about Chinmayi dubbing for Trisha as she is not a member. There is a running feud between her and the union. As Imax prints will not be ready USA premieres have been cancelled and money refunded. North Chennai fans have decided that no cutouts or milk abhishekam will not be done as Vijay was not for it. Last Makkal Iyakkam meeting and for the audio launch that got cancelled, Vijay had told fans to avoid cutouts on roads as it could fall on people and injure them. Naa Ready song poster has been altered and now Vijay has no cigarette and only a gun in his hand.

Gautam Menon has disclosed that Dhruv Natchathiram will have an open end and leave room for a sequel and it could a part of Dhruv Natchathiram universe. The film is releasing on November 24 and has Chiyaan Vikram in the lead. Music by Hariss Jayraj is a big hit. Menon revealed that Vinayakan who played the baddie in Jailor has a powerful role in the film. Menon said that all the renumeration he got as an actor was put into finishing the film which was started five years ago. Red Giant Movies has acquired the distribution rights of Aishwarya Rajinikanth directed film Lal Salaam and Karthi Subburaj directed film Jigarthanda 2. Lal Salaam has Vishn Vishal and Vikranth while Jigarthanda has Raghava Lawrence and S J Surya.

Government order mentions Thalapathy Vijay - Game Changer 2 - Chiranjeevi takes dig at Rajini

Latest news coming from Shankar camp is that Ram Charan’s Game Changer will release in two parts. Reason being that that film has exceeded the budget and if the film releases in one part the producers Dil Raju and Sirish will be left with nothing as the amount got from OTT – digital rights and theatrical business has been spend on shooting so far and still Shankar has not told about when the film will be wrapped up. The producers feel that if the first part does well, then the second part will give them good profits, there are reports that Shankar has enough footage of Indian 2 and so an Indian 3 can be expected.

In a recent interview Chiranjeevi said that he does not depend on BGM to elevate his performance and excite the audience. Many feel that this was a dig at Rajinikanth as at the success meet of Jailer he said that when saw the film without BGM it was just an okay film but after Anirudh’s BGM, it became extraordinary. Jailer’s Telugu version did more business than Chiranjeevi’s Bhola Shankar

With one week to go , Leo advance booking in UK has crossed the record set by Paathan. Leo has grossed £ 320.6 k while Pathaan had € 319 K. This is also first Tamil film to get such an advance booking in UK as so far only Hindi films and that too SRK starrer got such numbers. In USA , premiere show booking it at 4 slot as the firsr spot is Kabali, second is Ponniyin Selvan 1 and third is Jailer. Meanwhile many have questioned the Government order issued to grant extra show to Leo for first five days. The order mentions the actor as Thalapathy Vijay and many have asked since when did GO started using titles given by fans. Theatres have decided to have FDFS from 9 AM on Oct 19. Last show is at 1.30 PM. Runtime is 2 hours 44 minutes and 22 second. Makers announced that the film is coming on IMAX screens.

Vijay character similar to Ghilli - Ajith - Adhik team up - Sam removes Chay tattoo

Tamil Nadu State Government has allowed theatres screening Leo to have five shows a day from October 19 to October 24 . The producers Lalit Kumar along with Film Producers Council had asked for 6 shows and that was shows at 4 AM and 7 AM on Oct 19 and five shows from 20 -24 as they are festival holidays. The press release has given permission for five shows but has not mentioned the first show timing. Theatres would not like to give a gap if the first show is at 4 AM as the next show can be only at 9 AM and if they decide to run five shows from 4 AM, then late night show which is the biggest collection would be winded up before 9 PM, Theatre owners would have to take a call on this as police protection for 4 AM show is unlikely. This five show regulation is only for Leo first five days and not a regular measure as demanded by Producers Council. Leo scriptwriter Ratnakumar in an interview said Director Lokesh had witten the story and script a year ago. After Trisha came on board, then changes had to b made as the coming together of this pair would remind one of Ghilli and so in Kashmir portions, Vijay’s character is an extension of Ghilli character. He said many action scenes were created on the spot and not as written in the script. ee related post :https://southfilmy.blogspot.com/2023/10/tamananaah-says-south-films-crossing.html

Tollywood was taken aback when Ahishek Agarwal who is producer of Kashmir Files and Vaccine war was raided by IT, A known BJP supporter and money bank of the party being raided came as a surprise. His film Tiger Nageswara Rao is releasing soon and promotions are on. Some say that Abhishek was raided as his family members are involved in chit fund business. To put an end to speculation that Samantha and Naga Chaitanya are coming back, the former posted a photo of her in which the midriff is seen and the tattoo of Chay written on it has been removed.

Ajith next AK 63 is likely to be produced by RS Infotainment of Eldred Kumar and director is Mark Antony fame Adhik Ravichandran. Eldred is said to have offered Rs175 cr to Ajith. Eldred produced Vetrimaaran’s Viduthalai and its sequel. Adhik said that he had narrated the Mark Antony subject to Ajith but he had no dates , but he encouraged him to go ahead and do it with some other hero. Reports say that Ajith plays a dual role and so Regina has been added along with Trisha for Vidamuyurchi.