Kamal shoots for Kalki - Lokesh film Fight Club confirmed - Rain affects Harish- Nayanthara films

 

Kamal Haasan started shooting for Kalki 2898 AD from Wednesday at Hyderabad. The film directed by Nag Ashwin and produced by Aswini Dutt is the first dystopian scifi drama in which Kamal plays the baddie. The film with Prabhas is in two parts and we learn that Kamal has few scenes in first part and more in second part.

We had reported in the morning that Lokesh maiden production title will be Fight Club and in the evening it was confirmed. See link ; https://southfilmy.blogspot.com/2023/11/vetrimaaran-backs-ameer-fight-club-is.html. Now the details.

Filmmaker-actor Vijay Kumar plays the titular character in the film ‘Fight Club’, which has got its first look unveiled now. Produced by Aditya of Reel Good Films, the film is being presented by filmmaker Lokesh Kanagaraj who recently announced his ‘G Squad’ production venture.

Filmmaker Abbas A. Rahmath has written and directed this film, which features Vijay Kumar in the lead role. Actress Monisha Mohan Menon plays the female lead character in this movie, which has an ensemble star cast including Karthikeyan Santhanam, Shankar Das, Avinash Raghudevan, Saravanavel, and many others performing pivotal characters.


Leon Britto is handling cinematography for this film, which features the musical score by Govind Vasantha of ’96’ movie fame. Sasi has written the story for this film, which has Kripakaran P as the editor. Ezhumalai Adikesavan is overseeing the art department. Vicky and Amrin Abubakker are choreographing action sequences. Vijay Kumar is the creative producer for this film, which has screenplay written by director Abbas A Rahmath.


While the shooting is already wrapped up and the post production work is briskly nearing completion, the film’s first look, featuring Vijay Kumar in a new avatar has captured the interests of fans and spectators vividly.
 
Furthermore, filmmaker Lokesh Kanagaraj, who has launched his ambitious production house ‘G Squad’, presenting this project has increased expectations on this film.

Two Tamii films Harish Kalyan’s Parking and Nayanthara’s Annapporni ( her 75^th film) are to be badly affected by the upcoming cyclone and heavy rains. Already today, Chennai – Coimbatore and Chengalpet , three major box office grossing centres are already indunated and orange alert issued. Situation is expected to be worse as cyclone is set to cross the coast. After the media shows, Parking has got positive reviews. If the weekend gets washed away in rains, it is hard to recover from Monday. It has to be seen whether the film releases will be postponed. Parking has already released USA theatre list. Yet another casualty is Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal.

Vetrimaaran backs Ameer - Fight Club is Lokesh first production title

 Director Vetrimaaran through his company Grass Root Film Company made it clear on their X Page that Ameer is very much part of his Vaadivasal project. Karthi whose 25^th film was Japan invited all directors who worked with him for a function. Ameer who launched him was not invited. According to producer Ganavel Raja who produced debut film Paruthivaaran , Ameer filed cases against Karthi’s father Sivakumar and Karthi brother Suriya over a financial issue. Vetrimaaran tweet signals that he is backing Ameer and inside sources say that Suriya haf said that he has no objection to Ameer p acting in the film. Film is produced by Kalaipuli Thanu. The tweet says -Director #VetriMaaran met Director #Ameer to discuss his role in #Vaadivaasal. The prominence of his role in the script has increased

during the writing process and is tailor made for Director #Ameer. He is irreplaceable as an actor in the film.

Meanwhile Gananavel has issued a statement saying that if his interviews had hurt Ameer then he was apoligizing and it was only a knee jerk reaction to what Ameer said.

 

Director Sasikumar has said that in the garb of an apology, Raja cannot push the allegations made by Ameer as false and asked Raja to clear this aspect

Lokesh Kanagaraj first production title is Fight Club said a source. The film title announcement comes today evening November 29^th. Director is Vijay Kumar. Lokesh announcing his banner made it clear that he was going to do so with only  good friends. Vijay Kumar is famous for his film Uriyadi , a political thriller released in 2016 . Produced by Vijay Kumar himself and playing the lead, it got critical acclaim, he got a chance from Suriya 2D entertainment It was sequel. to Uriyadi  and it came three years later in 2019. After that he wrote dialogue for Suriya - Sudha film Soorarai Pottru, He acted in two films lead for Reel Good Films. Now for Lokesh, he acts and directs. Fight Club which is an emotional thriller.

Kamal haasan puts off Production plans - Prabhu daughter to marry Director Adhik - Pooja Gandhi marriage 2'morrow

 

Rajkamal Films of Kamal Haasan has decided to put all production ventures in the pending list as it faces a problem with an OTT platform over funding. The said platform is under a takeover bid by another OTT platform and hencee any new projects would be approved only that. Before shooting, RKFI gets into an agreement with the OTT platform and the schedules of cash transaction’s. The amount for OTT rights is paid to RKFI in instaments while shooting and the rest comes from the production company. In view of this H Vinoth film with Kamal and STR film with Periyasamy and Vignesh with Pradeep Ranganathan is kept pending. Sivakarthiyean film under shooting has been told to cut down costs as budget has been trimmed. In view of this there is a possibility that Thug Life with Mani Rathinam might start soon.

Veteran Actor Prabhu’s Daughter Aishwarya is all set to marry Director Adhik Ravichandran of Mark Antony fame. Adhik is all set to direct Ajith in the actors next. Aishwarya married her aunt’s son Kunal and moved to USA and later she announced a bakery and that she is selling cakes baked by her. Later she came back after Kunal and she had difference of opinion. She was staying with Prabhu and somewhere along the line, she and Adhik met and fell in love. Now it seems that o December 17, she and Adhik will be married.

The impending marriage of Pooja Gandhi on November 28^th  has created quite a buzz in Karnataka, notably due to her stature as a highly sought-after actress in Kannada cinema. In Tamil she was last seen in Thalai Ezhuthu with Richard Raj in 2009. Her debut Tamil was Kokki with Karan and then P Vasu launched his son Skathi in Thottal Poo Malarum and Pooja was one of the heroines. Later she acted in Sarath Kumar in Vaitheswarran and Arjun’s Tiruvanamalaai, In Malayalam she acted in Maad Dad. All her outings in non Kannada language industries were flops.Pooja Gandhi's fiancé Vijay is a Bengaluru-based logistics firm owner and native of Karnataka. The couple, said to have been in love for quite a few years, is soon to begin their marital journey. Pooja Gandhi's transformation from a Punjabi-origin actress to someone deeply immersed in Kannada culture, mastering the language and now marrying a Kannadiga, has earned immense pride and admiration from the people of Karnataka. Born into a Punjabi family in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, Pooja Gandhi spent her early years in Delhi. Her introduction to the Kannada film industry began with "Mungaru Male," where she established her foothold and later found success. Pooja Gandhi has also ventured into Bengali, Tamil and Malayalam cinema.The impending marriage of Pooja Gandhi has created quite a buzz in Karnataka, notably due to her stature as a highly sought-after actress in Kannada cinema.

Thalapathy son fumbling with Tamil script - Pak actress in Lalettan film- Kathal gets national accolades

 

  Sanjay Jason, son of Thalapathy Vijay, is taking the help of a Tamil writer to translate the script of his upcoming film as he has written in English. He never studied Tamil. This is the story doing the rounds  and many are asking how Vijay who swears about his Tamil lineage never bothered to make his son learn Tamil. Some say that Jason has a working knowledge but not sufficient to write a screenplay. But why bother ? Lyca boss surely knows to read English and Jason from what we hear is not looking for actors who ask for bounded scripts.

Empuran 2 directed by Prithviraj with Mohanlal in the lead has got Mahira Khan the Pakistani actress who acted in SRK film Raaees. T all began in September  2003, Mahira put out a video saying she is highly influenced by Malayalam films and it was Anupama Chopra who introduced her to this language. She specifically mentioned Mohanlal and Prithviraj and the film Jana Gana Mana. After that Prithviraj and Mahira met. Now Mahira is on board. In the video she speaks about the lighting etc of Malayalam films.

Suriya on Kathal The Core -When Beautiful minds come together we get movies like #Kaathalthecore What a progressive film hats off to this beautiful team! @Mammootty sir for the love for good cinema and inspiration @Jeobabymusic even the silent shots spoke volumes, the writers @adarshsukumara1 @PaulsonSkaria for showing us this world! And my Omana @Jyotika for winning all hearts showing what love can be!!! Superlative ❤️
@mammoottykampany

The film’s multi layered dealing of homosexuality and acting of Jyotika who matches Mammooty scene by scene has stunned the audience. The praise for an actor like Mammootty to take up such a subject and release it in theatres was a bold step. In the theatres in Kerala was running Kannur Squad an action film of Mammootty and is now streaming on OTT. Opening day the film collected Rs 1 crore. Though intended for OTT only, now it will recover the cost from theatres alone. Critics all over India have lauded Director Jeo of the Great Indian Kitchen fame. Similarly Samantha after watching the film wrote that she is unable to come out of the film.

Ameer v/s Gananavel Raja over Paruthiveeran production issues got more interesting. M Sasikumar actor – producer has said that he loaned  the money to Ameer to get the film completed but the he was not paid back and Gananavel released it without settling his money. Ameer claimed that Gananvel Raja left the project halfway through and Ameer had to raise funds to complete it and at release time, Gananvel turned up and took over the release and left Ameer high and dry. Raja has been saying that Sudha Kongara did not like Ameer Raam but Sudha posted a tweet saying that her actors in Irudhi Suthru were told to watch Paruthiveeran to study about acting. Suriya and Karthi have not reacted but Karthi at thee Japan function said that Suriya dipped into his savings to release Ameer. Ameer was not invited to Karthi 25 function despite the director film was the actor’s launch pad.

Breaking News _ Vanitha Vijayakumar attacked by Bigg Boss contestant fan

 

In a first for Bigg Boss reality show, a contestant’s mother was attacked by a fan of evicted contestant. The incident happened yesterday night when Vanitha Vijayakumar mother of contestant Jovika was attacked by a stranger in the night and outside her sistr’s house. Vanitha herself was a contestant in Bigg Boss Tamil. Now after every day episode, Vanitha reviews the day’s proceedings for a You Tube Channel. The attacker while attacking her mentioned about giving a red card to Pradeep Antony who was evicted. Most of the women complained that they felt unsafe with Pradeep in the house and Jovika was one of them. On the other hand many felt that the women ganged up and framed him. Vanitha in her review is said to have supported the eviction in her review. Vanitha has not lodged a complaint as she feels nothing will come out of it. Yesterday Bravo was evicted and outside he said that though he was asking to go out of the House, the eviction was done to save Poornima who got least votes   she posted a scarred face and said Bravely posting my attack . #BiggBoss7Tamil is just a game show on tv . I don’t deserve to go thru this

 

Eeramana Rojave 2 heroine debuts - Jude next on M V Kairali - Leo OTT disappoints

 

Jude Athany Joseph whose 1981 film recaptured the Kerala floods and caught imagination of the movie viewers is now embarking on a project that deals with the mysterious disappearance      of ship M V Kairali on July 1979.

Jude reacreated the flood hit village by leasing out five acres of land and using it to enclose and fill it with gallons of water to recreate the floods. Similarly the ship that set sail with cargo from Goa to Russia after three days went missing. The entire crew went missing and not even the wreckage has been found. Theories say that it was hijacked and that it had a faulty radar while another theory that the ship was over loaded and capsized or tore into two due to heavy winds. There is also a mystery why Indian Navy started search only on July 16^th when it was known that the ship was missing from July3rd.

According to information, Karthi 27 with director Prem Kumar will see the debut of Swathi Konde who is main lead of Star Vijay serial Eeramana Rojave 2. She has acted in Kannada films.

Leo OTT version has disappointed fans as he said that the flashback scenes were not true and the OTT version will reveal the truth. Apart from this he said that extended version with uncut scenes will feature but nothing of that sort happened. It seems NetFlix was not ready to add any uncensored scenes and invite Union Ministry wrath.

When Gautham Vasudev Menon tweeted at 3 AM about another roadblock to Dhruv Natchachithram, many wondered what. Earlier in the day All in one Pictures moved the court saying that it needed back the Rs 2.40 crores that it advanced for a STR film by Menon. Menon asked time till Wednesday to pay it back. Soon after this STR himself has demanded remaining payment for VTK which Menon did on first copy for Vels. Menon’s Rs 22 crores is invested in this film. Money from Digital rights has not come so far says sources. Even if the film comes out, Menon will not get anything and apart from this he has to find  money to do the third film for Vels as he had already taken Rs 75 crores for a three film deal.

Ajith back in Chennai - Trisha in Balayya film - Vijay Sethupati son debuts -

 

As Mansoor apologized to Trisha in public, comes a news from Tollywood that Trisha is playing a lead role in Balakrishna film directed by Bobby. Vichitra inside the Bigg Boss Tamil alleged that Balakrishna asked her to come to his room and she did not go and so the stunt men of the film kept banging at her door all night. Apart from this a stunt man touched her inappropriately. She complained to Stunt Union and got slapped for it and Actors body Vijaykant asked to go to the police instead. Her husband had corroborated this in an interview. Manisha Chauduary is other heroine in Balayya film.

Latest news that Ajith and crew of Vidamuyurchi has returned from Azerbaijan to Chennai after finishing the schedule. They were supposed to move to Middle East but has now come to Chennai. The next schedule is in January. This gives hope that Ajith will be attending MK 100 on December 24^th.

Meanwhile Mythiri Movie makers the Tollywood production is to produce the next film of Ajith with Mark Antony Director Ravi Chandran. Vadivaasal 2 producers backed out of this project and Mythiti has stepped in. They earlier produced Vijay’s Varisu.

Vijay Sethupathi, launched his son Surya Sethupathi as a hero. Surya’s maiden film in a lead role, Phoenix, has been launched this morning with a formal puja ceremony at the iconic AVM Studios in Chennai.

Phoenix will be directed by senior stunt choreographer Anl Arasu, the man behind Kamal Haasan’s Indian 2, Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan, Salman Khan’s Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan, and Vijay’s Bigil to name a few. Phoenix marks Anl Arasu’s directorial debut, will have Khaidi composer Sam CS’ music, while Rajalakshmi Arashakumar is bankrolling the project on Brave Man Pictures banner.

Surya Sethupathi had played small cameos as a child actor in popular Vijay Sethupathi movies such as Naanum Rowdy Thaan, Sindhubaah and the upcoming action drama, Viduthalai 2. 

 

Ajith and Vignesh project on - Karunanidhi 100 pressure on Producers - Will NCW move against Balayaa- Vijaykanth ?

 

From what we hear, Ajith and Vignesh Shivan project is not dropped and could be the actor’s next after Vidamuyurchi.  The director has developed a plot that is centered around organic farming and how the trend is fast catching on with stores that sell only organic farm products. This has became a headache to those who sell fertilizers and those companies that make their own products using fertilizers and sell them through their own retail outlets. Ajith plays an organic farmer and how he tackles the resistance. We hear that Trisha will once again team up with Ajith in this film.

Trisha announced that the web series Brinda shot in Telugu by director Surya Vangala has been wrapped up. She plays a cop. It will stream on Sony Liv.

Talking about Ajith and Vijay, the film trade bodies are tensed as they were given the task to bring these actors for Kalaingar 100. Vijay in his list of leaders whom younger generation has many from Periyar to Kamaraj but no Karunanidhi. So coming on a Karunanidhi function that is organized by Tamil film trade bodies is in effect a proxy show of DMK. Ajith when Karunanidhi was attending such a show to felicitate him for being CM , took the mike and said that actors should be left to their choice as to whether they should attend such a show. Rajinikanth stood up and gave him a standing ovation. In this circumstances will Ajith take a break from Ajerbhaijan shoot and come ?. Now Murali Ramasamy of Council and R K Selvamani of FEFSI are putting pressure on AGS Archana Kalpathi and Tamilkumaran of Lyca to bring Vijay and Ajith or face issues in future. We will have to see what happens as these production companies are dependent on these actors and not the other is thrown  way. After a long time the Chepauk Stadium is thrown open to a cultural event.

Will National Commission for Woman move Suo moto  against FEFSI Vijayan and Vijayakanth along with Balakrishna after Vichitra’s open talk at Bigg Boss 7 Tamil ?.  They did in Mansoor Ali Khan case.Though Vichithra did not name Balakrishna , it is obvious that she says a Telugu film and after that she quit films. She did only two films in Telugu and one was with Venkatesh in 1995 titled Pokkiri Raja. After that in 2001 she acted with Balayya in Bhalevadi Basu and the heroines were Anjala Zhaveri and Shilpa Shetty. It was the last Telugu and in one year she left the scene.

She says that when she went to the Stunt Union to complain about the bad behavior of the stunt man and she was slapped. At that time it was FEFSI Vijayan. She went Nadigar Sangham and she was told to go to cops. She did and nothing happened. So it is on air, will NCW like in Trisha v/s Mansor move against the people and ask cops to revive Vichithra petition ?, Incidentally in Telegu TV reality shows the fight is between Nagarjuna hosted Bigg Boss on Star Maa and Balakrishna’s Unstoppable in Aha. Chiru backed Trisha and her fans loved his support and now will he also back Vichitra ? Wait and see. NCW will have to question Prakash Raj who played baddie and the two heroines.

 

Lal Salaam audio date locked - Dhruv Natchathiram review - Yogi Babu a winner

 

Lal Salaam directed by Aishwarya Rajinikanth will have an audio launch at Chennai on December 20^th. Music is by A R Rahman. Rajini plays a cameo as Moideen Bhai. From the trailer we father that Vishnu Vishal plays Thrubavakaru , a cricketeer and Captain of a team and opposite side Captain is Vikrant who is a Muslim. The clash between them is used by communal forces to create enimity and riots between two communities. Rajini as Moiden Bhai is seen trying to broker peace and physically stop mobsters. The audio was first planned as Rajini Birthday special for fans on December 12^th. Rajini was not for it as he wanted to as usual go away from Chennai. He felt that the focus on him would make the film as a Rajini film and disappoint fans when it is released as he has worked only ten days in it. A similar cameo in Kuselan was hyped up and the film bombed.

 Director Lingusamy who saw Dhruva Natchithram  final cut in Mumbai put out the first review on X. A poster with USA theatres and show times was released. Advance bookings show that Rs 10 lakh worth was done.

On November 24 comes a Yogi Babu film Kuiko that is taking on Dhruv Natachathiram and Santhanam 80 Buildup . The fact that Red Giant is backing it has given a buzz that this film could be the dark horse that would win. From the trailor it looks that Yogi Babu who left home for Saudi Arabia after he was insulted by his fiancée parents has now come back with money to seek revenge. Vikrant plays a major role.

 

Mammootty says reviews don't affect films - Mansoor talks about Trisha drunken dance

 

Mansoor Ali Khan took the fight over his comments about Trisha a one step forward. Withot taking names, he said that an actress was dancing on the beach in a drunken state after shedding her clothes and got arrested by the police. It was rumored that Trisha was arrested by cops on ECR as she was dancing on the road in an inebriated state. There has been no official confirmation on this but this rumour still is doing the rounds. This rumour took shape years back. Further he said that media had put his photo along with Trisha as if it was a wedding invitation. He said that his rape talk was about filmy rape.

The press conference was to call for a caste census and based on that the jobs could be filled. He said many unemployed persons started YouTube channels as they were no jobs for them. After the census, they too will get jobs he added. He said Payilvan Ranganathan took to YouTube to talk about bedroom secrets because no body called him for acting or for press meet.

Nadigar Sangam has to withdraw the press release condemning him as they had not asked his side of the story> He threatened severe action on sangam. He said that Kalaiganar 100 would see girls dancing on stage. He said that he was pitted against 450 media persons. As press started bombarding him, he stood  and started singing Jana Gana Mana.

At a time when Producers Association is clamoring for a gag in film reviews, Mammooty said that let reviewers review films and let the film take it’s own course. He said that people make their own decision about films and are not influenced by reviews. This is very different from those who are crying for the blood of reviewers who they are feel are  deliberately criticize  films to get views in YouTube. Mammootty added that banning reviews will not save the Industry.

On the work front,Mammootty – Jyotika film Kathal has been banned in Kuwait- Oman as there is a portion that deals with homosexuality . It is against the principles of Islam. Film directed by Joe Baby of The Great Indian Kitchen is helming the film and produced by Mammootty Kampany. It was for a straight OTT release but now it is coming to theatres on November 23 and in IFFI Goa.

Cameraman Venu and Joju George in a brawl - Mansoor Ali Khan decoded

 

Mansoor Ali Khan who is facing flak for his remarks on Trisha had actually said a similar thing at Leo success meet. Only difference was that he did not elaborate what he intended to with Trisha on the sets. He merely said that he was happy that Trisha was in the film but he did not get see her and again when Madonna arrived he got happy but she was playing her sister. What he elaborated in the press meet was that as a baddie he would get do a rape scene. At the function both the ladies laughed it off whil Vijay and others did not seem amused. Mansoor says it was a joke that misfired. It could be true as he knows that the rape scenes that he is talking about had long back done away with. There was a time when audience waited for a rape scene.

Mansoor started his career as a group dancer and was a regular in Silk Smitha’s item songs. In fact he was her protector on sets. Later on I have seen him advising heroines coming from Mumbai. They all considered him as a brother. Not knowing about advancement media or about laws regarding speech about woman in Public, Mansoor is in a hot spot Nadigar Sangham asked him to apologize and instead he pens a not on his pro woman moves and adds that he has t a daughter who is a Trisha fan.

When we were travelling with a candidate also from film industry, we saw a van with Vijayakanth poster and Manssor holding the mike. His appeal went like this – If yoy vote for me, I will be your house dog and if don’t then go and vote for any dog.

Hottest news doing the round in Mollywood is that National award winning Director Venu had an altercation with actor Joju George at sets of Pani and it came to physical blows. Following this Venu walked out and filed a police complaint with Trichur Police that some goons have threatened him. Pani is George’s first directorial and is also a co-producer. The reason for the fight according to reports was that Venu misbehaved with crew members George claims that Venu left on his own will and the rest is imagination. Venu has not responded. For Tamil audience Joju is known for Jagme Thanthiram with Dhanush and released on Netflix. The film Pani is about two underworld heads in Thirussur.

Rajinikanth grandson escapes stiff penalties - Karthik slams Nimisha body shaming - Karthi in Khakee 2

 Why this concession to Rajinikanth grandson ? Dhanush son Yathra was fined for riding a superbike in the streets next to his and his grandpa – Mother house in Poes Garden. A TV crew passing by shot this learning lessons given by a bouncer sitting on the pillion. As it went on air, the cops rushed to Aishwarya and asked her to identify as Yathra was wearing a mask and video had no number plates shown. Mom confirmed and cops served a challan of Rs 1000. Yathra is only 17.

As per rules riding a vehicle without license, fine is Rs 5000 and a juvenile doing it is Rs 25000- and three-years jail. Police are kind hearted to Yathra but the bouncer riding pillion was not wearing helmet and should have been fined for Rs 2000 and if he has a license , then it will be suspended for three months Nothing of that sort happened. A big loss to State exchequer. There was a suggestion that parents who allow their bikes to b used by underage children should face the heat.

 If Mansoor Ali Khan got slammed for talking about Trisha by the actress and Leo Director Lokesh, the thanksgiving meet of Jigarthanada xx saw a similar incident. A journalist asked why Nimisha Sajayan who acted opposite Larwence was cast as she was not beautiful and added all the same she has given a great performance. Karthik Subburaj replied “ How can you say some is not beautiful ? It is in your mind. You cannot simply say some is not beautiful. It amounts to physical judgment” Claps could be heard. He said that seeing The Great Indian Kitchen, he knew she would deliver and without an audition, he cast her. Many have come out in praise of Karthik and slammed the reporter.

Karthi has added another sequel to the list . Is Khakee sequel. Already he has Kaithi 2 and Sardar 2. Un bothered about reports that Jigarthanda XX is flop, makers have hosted a success meet. Lawrence promised to give his dates to the producers. Maybe that too was a Jiagarathanda xxx. SR Prabhu who produced Japan has yet to announce his film’s success meet. Probably Karthi felt it would be embarrassing lie through his teeth. Prabh held a post release meet for Irugupotru.

Jigarthanda Double x a flop - Kamal poll plan- Dulquer with Balayya - Anpama joins Jeyam Ravi

 

According to trade circles, Jigarthanda Double x is a flop and will not recover the cost from India collections. The overseas distributor Ahimsa had made a profit. After Diwali , the film saw 57 % drop and after 7 days the collection was Rs 30 crores. One reason is that rains lashed major centers in Tamil Nadu. The word of mouth publicity was exactly opposite of the media that praised the film.  Even Rajinikanth public praise has not helped. The budget of the film at Rs 100 cr was unrealistic and with Lawrence and S J Suryah in the lead it was a big gamble. Karthik Subburaj as director was missing from theatres and his two films Jagame Thanthiram and Maahan released on OTT were disasters. The second week has World Cup semi and Finals. Five Star Kathiresan and Ivenio Origin a Dubai based company had funded Karthik’s Stone Bench films. Red Giant were the distributors. Ajith's Viswasam and Dhanusg 3 has been re-released as the Diwali films have crashed.

Kamal Haasan will join Thug Life only after The May 2024 Lok Sabha elections according to sources close to the production House Madrs Talkies. In coming four months, he will complete H Vinoth film and release before the official Election Commission announcement. As he is going contest in alliance with DMK, any film featuring him cannot be released after poll date is made by EC. Unconfirmed reports say that the film deals with exploitation of farmers.

Two Malayali heroines Keerthy Suresh and Anupama Parameswaran playing leading ladies in Jeyam Ravi’s Siren directed by Antony Bhagyaraj. He co-wrote Rajini’s Annatthe, Ajith’s Viswasam and Sivakarthikeyan Hero. Keerthy plays a cop and Anupama who came on board plays what ?. Anupama is a established heroine in Tollywood.

Dulquer is soon to join Balakrishna for the Bobby directorial. The Kerala Superstar is currently working in a Telugu film Lucky Bhaskar. Dulquer is not doing a cameo but a full-fledged role, Balayya with three blockbuster hits in a row is the box office favourite. Dulquer is part of Kamal – Mani film. Due to his other languages commitments, Salmaan had to drop out of Tinu Pappachan film. Now Nivin Pauly is brought in.

Khushi Kapoor opposite Atharva - Karthi next - Thyagaraja Bhaghavathar biopic - 0hruva Natchitram story

 

Khushi Kapoor is making her debut in Tamil opposite Athrava says a report. The film directed by Akash , associate of Vignesh Shivan. The film start shoot soon. Khushi is second daughter of Sridevi- Boney and is awaiting of her Hindi film The Archies directed by Zoya. It is scheduled to stream on Netflix.

Karthi is said to have started work in a film directed by Prem Kumar of 96 fame. The film also has Aravind Swamy on board. It is being shot in Thanjavur and produced by Suriya’s 2D Entertainment

Gautham Vasudev Menon and Chiyaan Vikram Dhruva Natchithiram Chapter 1 Yuddha Kandam is all set to sign a deal wit Netflix and Kalaignar TV. In all probality it will be picked up by Red Giant. The story is about a mystery man who gets agitated that Indian commandos arrived hours after the terrorists took sige of Taj Hotel. He sets up a private force that will fight terrorist. Vikram is one of them but to public , he is a Tamil teacher. The team is called The Basement. To keep the team financially afloat they take missions to destroy terrorist groups abroad.

 

Nataraj Subramaniam is to play the iconic Late Thyagaraja Bhagavathar in a web series for Sony Liv. It is directed by A L Vijay who directed the film Thalaivi based on Late Jayalalitha with Kangana playing the title role.

Natraj known a Nutty has worked as cinematographer in Hindi films with Anurah Kashyap and in Dhanush film Ranjhaana. In Tamil he worked in Vijay film Thupakki and Puli. As an actor, he has worked in several films including hit film Karnan with Dhanush.Bhagavathar was acclaimed for his powerful, melodious voice and the ease with which he could sing high-pitch notes. Critics and film historians acknowledge Bhagavathar as the First Superstar of Tamil cinema ( 1937 -1944). His film Haridas ran for three Diwalis continently at Broadway Theatre in Chennai and that record has not been broken. Implicated in murder of a journalist, he was sent to jail for three years and later released after he was found not guilty. After that he had lost his market and wealth. Recently his grandson approached CM Stalin for financial help. He was allotted a Housing Board Flat and given Rs 5 Lakhs.