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

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

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

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