Guna caves and Rajiv murder- Rajini in Hindi film - Kamal inCoimbatore

Manjumel Boys the Malayalam film has excited the Kollywood biggies after the release. Right from Udhaynidhi Stalin onwards, everybody is raving about it. The disclosure that the Guna caves was recreated in a set in Perumbavoor as the authorities have banned any activity in the area, was another suprise. The real hero of the true incident was awarded the national award for bravery. Having said this, yours truly had a few thoughts to share about covering the shooting of the song Anbodu Kanmani in these cave for Guna. We the press team of five people were taken to the hill where the cave was located.From the top you can see a cave lit up and on the wall a torch of flame set up. Inside we could see Kamal – Roshinni and cameraman Venu. The lines would play out of the speaker and song motions would start. Only way to go in and out was a man made steps on side and a thick rope that was dangling from the top outlet. Quickest way was to latch on to rope and slide down or climb the rope to get out. Kamal asked DNS his Manager and Producer of the film to ask me and my colleague Vallabhan to not take a risk and venture inside. Others were hauled down and up by the rope handled by hefty men ho were Kodaikanal natives. During lunch break, Kamal said that e would send a car for me to reach his hotel for an interview scheduled for next morning. We were back in our cottages and spend our time in roaming the hill resort. By dusk, we started our session and went on to past midnight. As I was sitting in the balcony outside, I saw Sakthi, son of DNS running towards our cottage. He was shouting that Bad has happened. My first thought was that Kamal had slipped from the rope and got injured. Sakthi broke the news – Rajiv Gandhi was killed. Kamal got a call from Chennai. We were shocked and also scared. We had seen the aftermath of MGR death. Sakthi did a wise thing. He gathered as much vegetables, rice and dal in the night itself. The canteen in the cottage had dried up. We saw an elderly couple crying as they heard that their hotel back home was burnt by a mob. We stayed in Kamal’s room to watch the TV. Sarika was sobbing . We saw Cho who was driving his car. He stopped and asked us to come to his house. All roads from Kodai to downtown was cut with huge trees put across. After we got news that the first train from Madurai was moving out to Chennai, we got into a van with sticker Press on it. On the way we could see wailing women on the roads. Madurai was literally burning. Next day we reached Chennai by noon. Each time I saw Guna, this incident came across my mind. It was once again refreshed while seeing Manjummel Boys. Incidentally Guna and Rajini’s Thalapathy were released on same date – November 5 1991.

After Bulaandi in 2000 , Rajinikanth is to act in a Bollywood Production. Sajid Nadiadwala made this announcement of him producing a film with Thalaivar. This news has electrified the Superstar fans. From what we hear, this is a straight Hindi film and not a Tamil film passed off as a Pan Indian one. Rajinikanth who has a battery of South Producers lined up had wanted to do a Hindi film that was produced by a Bollywood Producer. He wanted this to be marketed as a Hindi film and not have it dubbed or some portions reshot. R Balki is the name that we hear as Director. Also we hear that Big B and Akshay Kumar are likely to be co- star in this film. The reason for Rajini to take up Hindi films is that he wants to do roles where he is not the Thalaivar or in other words do films that are not Superstar material. As of now he has a sequel to Jailor committed apart from the film Vattaiyan that is under filming. Next in line is that Kamal Haasan is moving to Serbia to shoot for Mani Ratnam film Thug Life and that Jeyam Ravi is playing an extended cameo. Kamal will be in Serbia for ten days and come back to once gain plunge into seat sharing talks with DMK A political birdie tells that DMK denied Communist parties the Coimbatore seat as Kamal wanted it for himself to avenge his defeat at hands of BJP in Assembly polls. As CPM is asking for a third seat as it’s right, talks are stalled .

Imternational Honour for Sivan - Mohanlal - Priyan Boxing fight subject next ?

It has been quite some time that Malayalam Cinema has made a mark on the International Cinema. Now the upcoming Cannes Festival in May will see our own cinematographer Santosh Sivan being bestowed with the Pierre Angénieux Tribute. It was startd in 2013 by the festival organisers as honour dedicated to recognising outstanding cinematographers. Sivan joins the ranks of legendary film personalities such as Philippe Rousselot, Vilmos Zsigmond, Roger Deakins, and others who have received this esteemed award in the past. The first Indian cinematographer to get this honour at a ceremony on May 24rd. Sivan will before the event take a Master Class for cinematographers of youmger generstion, Barrozz directed by Mohanlal m his directorial debut, has cinematography by Sivan, He is currently directing the films 'Kaliyugam' in Malayalam and Moha in English. He is also cinematographer for Sunny Deol’s Lahore 47. The film is produced by Aamir Khan and directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. Sivan son of noted photographer turned director Sivan , hails from Thiruvanthapuram. His major film outside of Kerala filmdom was Mani Rathnam’s Thalapathy and Roja. The ffirst mainstream film in Hindi for Sivan was Gardish directed by Priyadarshan and starring Jackie Shroff. He had cranked the camera for Rajkumar Santoshi in 1995 for the debut film of Bobby Deol and Twinkle Khanna titled Barsaat. Talking about Santosh, takes me to Priyadarshan. Priyan is under rough weather as it has been quite some time that he delivered a hit On one side we hear that Priyan and Akshay Kumar are coming together, They had given a couple of hits together and had not worked for over a decade. On the other side we hear that Priyan and Mohanlal are coming again for a film based on boxing sport. After Valiban flop, many say that Lal should not do any film with a sport background. Valiban was about Indian wrestling. Some say that the combo will rock. Priyan who is considered good at comedies was frank enough to say that it is era of actors and directorpf hit film Premalu. Lets hope that Lal- Priyan come bvk. From what we hear is that Premalu is rock steady at BO and Mamootty’s Brahmayugam slipped after Manjummel Boys got released. Trade now say that this film will touch Rs 100 cr.by weekend.

Jhanvi Kapoor opens up and Natural Star Nani film teaser

Janhvi Kapoor opens up about her south debut,says, "I am coming closer to my roots!" Janhvi Kapoor, is one of the few actresses in the Film Fraternity who needs no introduction! Her stellar performances always leaves the audiences in awe of wanting to see her more and more on the silver screen. Ahead of the biggest year for her, where she is going to have 3 massive releases, and has announced a new Dharma movie just yesterday - Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari, Janhvi Kapoor is all set to captivate the audiences in the coming years! She is truly the star to watch out for in this year. In a recent interview, while talking to Janhvi Kapoor about her upcoming south debut, Devara, she said that she feels very happy that she is a part of this film because through this film she is only getting closer to her roots and learning Telugu. As earlier mentioned by the diva, her mother, legendary actress Sridevi started her south debut with Jr NTR's grandfather - N.T Rama Rao. Life comes a full circle as Janhvi is also all set to be her mother's true successor. With her debut in the south, Devara she is following Sridevi's footsteps by also debuting with JR NTR! With a line up as exciting as hers, and massive releases like Mr and Mrs Maahi, Devara, Ulajh, apart from which she also has Sunny Sankskari ki Tulsi Kumari.

Witness His Fiery Show, Teaser Of Natural Star Nani, Vivek Athreya, DVV Entertainment Pan India Film Surya’s Saturday Unleashed, Theatrical Release On August 29th The Pan India Film Surya’s Saturday marks the second collaboration of Natural Star Nani and Talented Director Vivek Athreya. While Nani appeared in a soft role in Ante Sundaraniki, he is going to astonish in a never-before action-packed character in this unique adrenaline-filled adventure. DVV Danayya and Kalyan Dasari of DVV Entertainment are bankrolling the project on a large canvas with a high budget. Extending birthday wishes to Nani, the makers came up with a teaser. The teaser opens with SJ Suryah’s voiceover who designates the unique nature of Nani whose character name is Surya. Like every other human being, the protagonist also gets angry, but he doesn’t show it every day. What’s so unique about him is he writes down all the incidents on paper and starts hunting those who bothered him on Saturdays. The glimpse ends with SJ Suryah who played a cop wishing Nani on his birthday. From the beginning, Vivek Athreya has been showing his distinctiveness by making films with first-of-its-kind concepts. And, he is making a pakka commercial entertainer for the first time. The way he presented Nani’s character and the way he cut the teaser is impressive. Nani’s character design is very fresh. He sported a rugged, yet stylish look. His screen presence is terrific, though he has no dialogue in the teaser. The mass destructive energy of Nani makes everyone go gaga over it. The way he smokes the cigarette brings dynamism to the character. The scene where he rides the rikshaw with Ajay Ghosh sitting in the back seat is admirable. The action blocks are sharply cut. The frames captured by Murali G are top-notch, while Jakes Bejoy enhanced the visuals with his terrific score. The song Samavardhi in the background gives elevation to Nani’s character. The production values of DVV Entertainments are high. On the whole, we get to witness a fiery show of Nani through the teaser which makes a lasting impression. Priyanka Arul Mohan is the leading lady. Karthika Srinivas is the editor of this Pan India film that will be released in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi languages on August 29, 2024. Cast: Nani, Priyanka Arul Mohan, SJ Suryah Technical Crew: Writer and Director: Vivek Athreya Producers: DVV Danayya, Kalyan Dasari Banner: DVV Entertainments Music: Jakes Bejoy DOP: Murali G Editor: Karthika Srinivas Fights: Ram-Lakshman PRO: Yuvraaj Marketing: Walls And Trends https://youtu.be/jS0_9pfvixo?si=ScyDLRH-neo3cRRb

Bramayugam is Kerala's Kantara as trends nationally

From what we hear from trade circles in Kerala ands Tamil Nadu, Mammootty Brahmayugam is all probability going to be what Kantara was for Kannada filmdom and Rishab Shetty. This will be the first Rs 100 crore film for Mammootty says a trade analyst. This outlook is not based on the first four day collections within Kerala but the trends that are showing in other regional language industries and the audience. Even though the producers had planned to dub the film in Tamil and Telugu and also Hindi and have a release in all languages. The film was touted to be a costly venture and that too in a B&W format. After Valiban hit dirt, the makers cut the hype and talk veered around the costumes of Mammootty being only four dhotis. The posters too did not help either. It was Mammoootty at his worst looking. A week before releases a low budget Premalu and in no time is turning out to be a blockbuster The situation was such that if Brahmayugam failed to average at box office, theatres would increase Premalu shows. With Premalu breathing down the neck and a cynical crowd waiting to see if Brahmayugam was another Valiban, the rest as they say is history. The other day we had reported how the film was doing in Tamil Nadu in first four days. So was the case in Hyderabad. Now Sithara Entertainments has picked the film for two Telugu speaking States. From what we hear is that the film’s Hindi opening is on the cards. We were not able to ascertain whether the OTT deal was clinched before theatre release. As Nanpakal of Mammootty got quite a good response on OTT, in all probability the deal would have closed before release. Sashikanth had in the past made his money through out of the box subject films and made on a limited budget. So far Irudhi Suttru could be termed a money spinner for the banner, Sashikant with Brahmayugam would get into Rs 100 crore club. The word-of-mouth publicity and media reviews are positive, it is only matter of time before the film becomes another iconic film.

Master exact copy of Malayalam Mudra - Boney confirms Suriya film - Shankar daughter marries Papa's AD

Today there is lot of film mews that is linked between Kerala and Tamil Nadu film industries. Biggest news is that Brahmayugam starring Mammootty and shot in B&W that was released last Friday has collected Rs 15 crores in three days. For one the film is produced by Shashikanth of YNot Studios who produced any Tamil films including Tamil Padam. He is currently directing a film on Test cricket with Nayanthara. Yet another link is that the film on Sunday alone from Tamil Nadu grossed Rs 26 lakhs and from 38 screens. From Thursday till Sunday, the film took Rs 73 lakhs from Tamil Nadu. It seems that Mamootty film took three days to get the life time collection of Mohanlal’s Valibban. Now the fight between Lal’s Valiban and Brahmayugam has moved to OTT. Valiban is coming on Friday on OTT and Lal fans say that it will break the digital world figures. Asianet will have a World Priemiere.

Now Akshay on X has compiled scenes and plot of Malayalam film Mudra and Vijay Master to show that literally it was a scene by scene copy by Lokesh of the 1989 Mammooty film Mudra. Story was by Lohitadas. Speaking about Vijay, one news is cinematographer Manikantan’s daughter Abyukta is acting in GOAT. Manikantan has worked for Shankar ( Anniyan), Mani Ratnam ( Raavanan) and Priyadarshan ( Billu Barber). Artist V Jeevananathan is eldest brother of Manikantan. As we are on Shankar, the news that the Director’s daughter who divorced her cricketeer huby is tying the knot with one of Papa’s assistants. Many are lauding it as the greatness of the Director in allowing this union to take place !!!. The AD Tharun Karthik is a singer- music Director and a Editor, we are told.

Boney Kapoor has confirmed that his daughter Jhanvi will be part of Ram Charan forthcoming film with Buchi Babu. She is already part of Jr NTR Devara. He also added that Jhanvi will do a Tamil film with Suriya.

AI voice and Deepfake of SPB goes to court - Trivikram joins Thalapathy waiting list

Legendary singer SPB’s son SPB Charan has on behalf of his Late father and other singers decided to move the Court to get justice from makers of the film Keeda Cola directed by Tharun Baskar. The makers admitted that they used Artificial Intelligence and deepfake technology to bring the Late SPN alive on screen through Keeda Cola. SPB Charan found this was appalling as no permission from him or family was taken and if allowed a free run, many singers mere existence would be in trouble. In mid-January he send a legal notice but so far nobody has bothered to reply. As Charan does not want to get into a media slanging match, he informed - “We abstain from any devious methods to handle this matter and have nil desire to precipitate this issue through media trial and solely propose to take this issue up legally. My father's voice is not only his asset but also has a tremendous recall value, which is the reason, I believe, why the movie-makers wanted to use it – even if artificially recreated. Aside from this, we would like to register that we have huge respect and love for all our legendary singers, musicians and composers, both present and past, and we stand in solidarity in protecting the community from such unauthorized misuse/abuse of their late lamented skills.”

It looks like the coveted job of director of Thalapathy Vijay’s last film before taking to politics full time is now gone to Trivikram. Trivikram’s latest release is Guntur Kaaram with Mahesh Babu. Whether the film is a hit or average, has been a bone of contention. Now it seems that the producers DVV who are paying Vijay a three fold of his price has wanted a director who can deliver a hit in Telugu and Tamil and make it a film with winning chances. Mahesh Babu and Vijay are friends and they had a talk. The outcome is that Trivikram has been the choice. Trivikram watchers say that his films are very much rooted in Telugu backdrop and heavily dialogue oriented. Due to this his films remade in other languages are flops. Blockbuster hit 'Nuvvu Naaku Nachavu' remade in Tamil was a big flop. Incidentally it had Vijay in the lead Trivikram story based film remade in Tamil with Vijay was Youth and Vaseegara and both were flops. Prasanth remade Trivikram film and so also STR , Both were flops. Some of Trivikram films remade in Hindi were flops.

96 gets warm welcome by Lovers - Menon Joshua Ready

96 Film storms Valentine Days box office and King of Romance Gautham Menon announces that Joshua is ready for release and will come before Dhruv Natchithram. 96 re- released years later has on Day 3 is running full in 100 screens. This is a history of sorts as such movies do well on the intended day and here on Valentine Day being Feb 14th. The magic of Sethupathi and Trisha with Govind music is still fresh with lovers and that too after 6 years is amazing. Sethupathi had another surprise when a Telugu film Adikesava that he acted with Tej hit double digit TRP when released on Sar Maa. Gautham Menon said that efore Dhruv Natchaithram, his film Joshua will come and fans of the King of Romance are double happy. In Kerala, the rom com Premalu despite a massive opening by Brahmayugam of Mammootty has not seen any drop in collection. It only shows that Romance rules and evergreen. We had reported that Sivakarthikeyan and ARM film shooting got started but what we did not tell you was that for the first shot, an outdoor unit from nearby State was used and Outdoor unit hands Union has send a letter to FEFSI about an earlier ban on other region outdoor van being used inside Tamil Nadu.

S S Rajamouli gets Vinod as cameraman - Jiva Rips off Yatra Producer- Malayalam BB on March 10th

S S Rajamouli film with Mahesh Babu is most anticipated film as it is the next after RRR. Sources had said that the film maker was looking to change his technical crew and now the latest we hear is that cinematographer P S Vinod has replace Senthil Kumar who worked for Rajamouli films. One reason is that Senthil Kumar is turning Director and cannot lock himself with a project. Another reason is that Guntur Kaaram work had impressed Mouli. Vinod a regular of Trivikram had fights at sets of GK and walked off. He came later. He is comfortable for Mahesh Babu. Since Mahesh and Rajamouli are coming together, Guntur Kaaram OTT viewership doubled and especially in the Hindi language version. The actor has now generated buzz in Northern belt. Vinod was cinematographer of Vikram Vedha in Tamil and Hindi. DOP PS Vinod Telugu filmography. Raktha Charitra Panjaa Manam Soggade Chinni Nayana Oopiri Dhruva.

Malayalam Bigg Boss will start on March 10th as per a Chennai source. On March 3rd, 25 contestants will arrive in Chennai. Mohanalal will shoot the intro episode of the show on March 9. Mohanlal took part in the pooja of Sivakarthikeyan film directed by ARM. The pooja video will be released on February 17th being SK Birthday.

Soon after Rajinikanth’s extended cameo in Lal Salaam going to the box office bin, Mammmootty cameo in Yatra 2 in Telugu has joined this bin with the film registering a Rs 40 crores loss. Now we know that Rajinikanth pocketed a sizable fee, it seems that Mammooty took Rs 5 crore and as he was part of Yatra first part. And so it was quite justified. But the biggest rip off was by Actor Jiva, Jiva who does not have a market in Tamil or Telugu got Rs 8 crores to play AP CM Jagan in the film. Reason that he was paid this money was that many Telugu heroes – big and small did not want to have anything to do with a political film. Jiva made it look like as if he was putting his filmy career at risk by aligning with a film that is pro Jagan. For that he got the money. Trade says that Jiva has not even crossed Rs 5 Lakhs in the past five years. Yatra 2 cost Rs 50 crores and Rs 25 crores went towards actors- director- technician. In contrast Yatra about YSR with Mammmootty in the lead was a hit “Rajadhani Files,” RGV’s “Vyooham,” and Nara Rohit’s “Pratinidhi 2.” are the political films in Telugu that are coming .

Four Houses for Bigg Boss Malayalam - Rajini joins Mohanlal in Disaster Club

W ith three days of Lal Salaam collections, the film is now said to be the film that has been the highest opening for Vishnu Vishal and Vikranth. For Rajinikanth who has one hour screen time ?. Opening day in TamilNadu was Rs 3. 25 crores. Now one report says in three days it collected Rs 22 crores worldwide and another puts it at Rs 10 crores. After the film release, Rajini fans say that their hero has shed the Sangh parivar tag by playing a secular Moideen Bhai in the film. Box office figures show that there is no takers for secular Bhai. What could be the reason for LYCA to fund this film ?. Rajini knows that by mouthing secular dialogues, his tag cannot be dropped. If he had talked about majority communalism, it coukd have made a difference. Aishwarya once again shows that right from her first film 3, she has not learnt anything about film making. According to her, her budget was Rs 7 crores. After Papa joined the film, Subashkaran Uncle of Lyca told her to shoot with Rs 35 crores. For Rs 50 crore Malakottai Valiban, got a Rs 12 crore weekend with Lal in full length role and compared to THalaivar in GUEST role with one hour of two hour thirty minutes collecting Rs 12 crore is a better show than Valiban. Her reading of why 3 failed was that the huge response to Kolaveri Di song gave the audience a different expectation of the film and instead they got a serious film. So it is Dhanush voice and Anirudh music the culprit. How come re- release the film is doing well ? Public forgotten the song and so they liked the subject !!! Why did Kuwait ban the film Lal Salaam ? One reason is that Bhai asks just coz you say Namaaz five times .... Those who say that Sivaji Ganesan is the best when it comes to crying on screen, watch Rajini in Lal Salaam.

Malayalam Bigg Boss Season 6 will have four bedrooms instead of one Last Tamil had two bedrooms and now four. Tamil had Bigg Boss and Small Boss. Small boss bedrooms were in dormitory style and sparsely furnished. Those in Small house did the cooking and washing and not those in Big Boss. Mohanlal announced. Beena Antony is tipped to go to BB Malayalam.

Rajini's Pro Muslim Lal Salaam gets North release - Will it break Sanghi image ?

At the time of writing, we hear that Lal Salaam of Rajinikanth will get released in North India. The buzz was that the film was heavily pro Muslim in content and so the Hindi print is not to come in North India where after Ayodhya there is a Ram wave. The film is not the RSS cup of tea. Friends who are abroad and got to see say that with Lal Salaam ,Rajinikanth wipes out his pro Hinduvata tag given to him by his detractors. In Lal Salaam Rajin’s; s role is of a 100% secular Muslim and with a runtime of 60 minutes. The role sort of exposes the Right-wing elements who spark communal flame and the minority community being the target. This screen image will convey the message that Rajinikanth as a person cannot be put in a straitjacket of a Hinduvata. His going to Ayodhya to the pranamam at feet of Yogi will in all likely hood the Sanghi brand be wiped out.name. On watching the film, my friends say that at no point it shows Muslims as communalists. Cinematographer Vishnu who has taken the subject from a real-life incident in his hometown when a Hindu Temple chariot was burned in a clash is said to have done a good job. The rawness of lyricist Mashooka Rahman in the song Jallalali is excellent. A R Rahman score has before the release did not create any buzz but the song rendered by Deva and released yesterday has done wonders in terms of views. We are told that Vishnu Vishal and Vikranth who are real life cricketeers has done an excellent job. Theatre list in overseas is excellent says trade. What the overseas friends fear is that out of 2 hours 31 minutes, Rajini comes 90 minutes in second half only. Will this be a damper for Rajini fans in India ? Lyca has not sold it like a Rajini film and so there is no reason for trade to worry. How well will the Moideen Bhai preaching communal harmony get accepted by an audience that by and large sees him as a pro Modi man ? It can also be taken as Actor Rajini as Moideen in Lal Salaam and mothing more and if the communal harmony scenes are preachy or filmy, it could be a good subject for memes and trolls. Lets wait.

Vetrimaaran - Vijay film on Shoes of the Dead book - Mammooty Black and White film cuts hype

Many think that Maalaikottai Valiban overhype went against, Mammootty's Bramayugam Producers are playing downn costs.After the failure of Maalaikottai Valiban of Mohanlal, the next film of Mammootty and highly expected is Bramayugam , a Black and White film. The producers YNOT Shasikanth of Tamil Padam fame and Chakravarthy has so far said that being a B&W film is not a cheap affair, but costs close to Rs 36 crores in production. Publicity costs etc will take it to Rs 50 crores. So, in short, a B& W film that costs as much as a grand scale Malaikottai Valivaban. Now Valiban that costs Rs 50 crores after 11 days has collected Rs 11 crores. Bramayugam Producers have now changed the cost factor. They say that only 11 white dhotis were the cost of Mammootty costumes. Now the total cost is Rs 25 crores, they say. Lal fans say that scaling down of cost is to escape from flop as this experimental film looks very unappealing. To avoid another flop in Mollywood, all big and small films released on February 15th have been postponed giving Bramayugam a clear run. Meanwhile Mohanlal after Valiban flop is taking time to relax in Mexico with Producer Vijayakumar and Asianet Madhavan. Right from Joshi to Vineeth Srinivasan, there are 15 projects lined up for Mohanlal. After Valiban writer said that he is working on a sequel, Lal fans asked whether it has the actor’s nod. For your info, Lal put out a photo of him posing near a Mummy (Egyptian grave/ tomb). Symbolic !!!.

Vetrimaaran has given the book Shoes of the Dead written by Kota Neelima to Thalapathy Vijay to read. As per GoodReads, the book is like this. Crushed by successive crop failures and the burden of debt, Sudhakar Bhadra kills himself. The powerful district committee of Mityala routinely dismisses the suicide and refuses compensation to his widow. Gangiri, his brother, makes it his life’s mission to bring justice to the dead by influencing the committee to validate similar farmer suicides. Keyur Kashinath of the Democratic Party - first-time member of Parliament from Mityala, and son of Vaishnav Kashinath, the party’s general secretary - is the heir to his father’s power in Delhi politics. He faces his first crisis every suicide in his constituency certified by the committee as debt-related is a blot on the party’s image, and his competence. The brilliant farmer battles his inheritance of despair, the arrogant politician fights for the power he has received as legacy. Their two worlds collide in a conflict that pushes both to the limits of morality from where there is no turning back. At stake is the truth about ‘inherited’ democratic power. And at the end, there can only be one winner. Passionate and startlingly insightful, Shoes of the Dead is a chilling parable of modern-day India. A book that will make you stroll through India’s corridors of power and politics with a perfect portrayal of how its consequences creep into the lives of the farmers forcing them to commit suicide. About Author : Kota Neelima is a political author and has been a journalist for over 22 years. She holds a Master’s degree in international relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, and was Senior Research Fellow, South Asia Studies at The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, USA. She is a former political editor for The Sunday Guardian and writes on farmer suicides, rural women, and electoral reforms in India. Her bestselling books include Shoes of the Dead, Death of a Moneylender, and The Honest Season. Neelima lives in New Delhi. As we are conveying this news that Director Vetrimaaran and Thalapathy Vijay have been in talks over the next film of the latter, we heard that the director has also met DVV the maker of RRR too. DVV is bank rolling the film that will be the last of Vijay after he takes to full time politics. On the sidelines, we hear that a top hero who has been making noises about the Union ministry policies and went quiet after he got what he wanted from Modi sarkar is likely to take the plunge into politics. He has a network ready and a string of social activists' groups too. The actor shares a personal relationship with Vijay and whether this would take him to the new party is not clear. Vishal is another Kollywood actor that will pledge his backing to Vijay.

Apollo Hospital story in Amar Chitra Katha - Trisha and Chiru back - Karthi Rs 1 crore for needy students

Dr. Pratap C., who revolutionized the Indian medical field and won prestigious awards like Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan for his services to the medical field, established branches all over the world and provided uninterrupted medical care to millions of people. Reddy's 91st birthday was celebrated today. Upasana Kamineni Konidela, his granddaughter and wife of 'Global Star' Ramcharan, was present during his birthday bash held at Apollo Hospital Complex, Greams Road, Chennai. On this occasion, a comic book 'Story of Apollo' written by writer Nimmi Shacko and published by Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd was released in Tamil and English. Pratap C., the founder of the hospital, has written this book about the history of Apollo Hospitals since its inception and its tremendous growth. Reddy published. Speaking on the occasion Mrs. Upasana Kamineni Konidela said, “Today is our grandfather's birthday... a very emotional day for us. Today's young entrepreneurs and young women who dream of becoming entrepreneurs in the future join us in celebrating her birthday. A man's epic journey is written in the book 'Apollo's Story' which is published today. This book is an expression of a father's faith in his daughters. This book is excellent because it contains how he managed his professional life and personal life and achieved success. We, her female heirs.. are working hard to further expand the empire she created in the field of medicine, and to make her dream come true by effectively managing her personal and professional life along the path shown by her. Every child should read this book. This is the story of India. Every daughter should read this. Every father should read this. This book is an expression of the father's love for each daughter.” said. Dr. Pratap C. Reddy said, “Today is an important day in my life. Not only as a doctor.. Apollo has become the best symbol of Indian healthcare. The contribution of Indian health sector in providing medical services in the world has increased. Recently, while speaking in this regard, the Prime Minister of India said, 'India is a country that provides the best medical services in the world'. I am proud to be an Indian for this. Forty.. forty-five years ago when this hospital was built, we did not think that we would provide services abroad. Currently we are providing medical services all over the world. For now I am happy. It got support from people, doctors, medical staff... It continues to be available. I am thankful for this at this moment. Currently, India is leading the world in providing medical services. So in the future there will be a separate identity for Indian doctors, Indian nurses and Indian hospitals.” said.

South Queen Trisha Krishnan Joins The Shoot Of Megastar Chiranjeevi, Vassishta, UV Creations Majestic Vishwambhara Megastar Chiranjeevi joined the shoot of his magnum opus Vishwambhara a few days ago in a massive set in Hyderabad. The team erected a total of 13 huge sets in Hyderabad for this epic film. Meanwhile, the makers zeroed in on South Queen Trisha Krishnan to play the lead actress opposite Megastar Chiranjeevi in the movie. The starlet joined the shoot today and she got a grand welcome from Chiranjeevi, director Vassishta, and producers. She is all set to add her charm and grace to the Mega Mass Beyond Universe. Trisha previously worked with Chiranjeevi in Stalin and we can expect magical chemistry in this combination. The mega fantasy adventure is produced by the leading production house UV Creations. Vikram, Vamsi, and Pramod are producing the movie on a high budget which is going to be the costliest film for Chiranjeevi to date. MM Keeravani scores the music, while Chota K Naidu is the cinematographer. AS Prakash is the production designer, while Sushmita Konidela is the costume designer. Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao and Santhosh Kamireddy are the editors for the film. Sri Siva Shakthi Datta and Chandrabose are the lyric writers, while Srinivas Gavireddy, Ganta Sridhar, Nimmagadda Srikanth, and Mayukh Adithya are the script associates. The makers also announced the release of the movie for Sankranthi in 2025 on January 10th. Cast: Megastar Chiranjeevi, Trisha Krishnan Technical Crew: Writer & Director: Vassishta Producers: Vikram, Vamsi, Pramod Banner: UV Creations Music: MM Keeravani DOP: Chota K Naidu Production Designer: AS Prakash Costume Designer: Sushmita Konidela Editor: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao, Santhosh Kamireddy Lyrics: Sri Siva Shakthi Datta and Chandrabose Script Associates: Srinivas Gavireddy, Ganta Sridhar, Nimmagadda Srikanth, and Mayukh Adithya Ex-Producer: Karthik Sabareesh Line Producer: Ramireddy Sridhar Reddy PRO: Yuvraaj Marketing: First Show

South Queen Trisha Krishnan Joins The Shoot Of Megastar Chiranjeevi, Vassishta, UV Creations Majestic Vishwambhara Megastar Chiranjeevi joined the shoot of his magnum opus Vishwambhara a few days ago in a massive set in Hyderabad. The team erected a total of 13 huge sets in Hyderabad for this epic film. Meanwhile, the makers zeroed in on South Queen Trisha Krishnan to play the lead actress opposite Megastar Chiranjeevi in the movie. The starlet joined the shoot today and she got a grand welcome from Chiranjeevi, director Vassishta, and producers. She is all set to add her charm and grace to the Mega Mass Beyond Universe. Trisha previously worked with Chiranjeevi in Stalin and we can expect magical chemistry in this combination. The mega fantasy adventure is produced by the leading production house UV Creations. Vikram, Vamsi, and Pramod are producing the movie on a high budget which is going to be the costliest film for Chiranjeevi to date. MM Keeravani scores the music, while Chota K Naidu is the cinematographer. AS Prakash is the production designer, while Sushmita Konidela is the costume designer. Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao and Santhosh Kamireddy are the editors for the film. Sri Siva Shakthi Datta and Chandrabose are the lyric writers, while Srinivas Gavireddy, Ganta Sridhar, Nimmagadda Srikanth, and Mayukh Adithya are the script associates. The makers also announced the release of the movie for Sankranthi in 2025 on January 10th. Cast: Megastar Chiranjeevi, Trisha Krishnan Technical Crew: Writer & Director: Vassishta Producers: Vikram, Vamsi, Pramod Banner: UV Creations Music: MM Keeravani DOP: Chota K Naidu Production Designer: AS Prakash Costume Designer: Sushmita Konidela Editor: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao, Santhosh Kamireddy Lyrics: Sri Siva Shakthi Datta and Chandrabose Script Associates: Srinivas Gavireddy, Ganta Sridhar, Nimmagadda Srikanth, and Mayukh Adithya Ex-Producer: Karthik Sabareesh Line Producer: Ramireddy Sridhar Reddy PRO: Yuvraaj Marketing: First Show

Political subject for Kamal goes to Vijay- Lal Salaam trailor a Rajini punch ?

he race for the next film of Thalapathy Vijay has begun. His last film entry into politics will be directed by Kartik Subburaj or H Vinoth. The producer is D V V Dannanya who produced the blockbuster RRR. According to sources, H Vinoth subject was a political one that was written with Kamal Haasan as politician in mind. The subject was one that starts with farmers' agitation in Delhi and then traces back to the history of exploitation over in name of agricultural loans, water sharing and the procurement price The solution was modern day farming techniques where the water usage is minimal and less usage of fertilizers and cooperatives. An NGO that works in this region of Delta area was roped in for inputs by Vinodh and Kamal. After Mani – Kamal Thug Life cropped up, Kamal postponed Vinoth film and handed over the Vignesh Sivan film to another producer. His banner is producing the Sivakarthikeyan and STR film. If Vinoth film comes through, it will have the Delta region politics on boil. Considered a ADMK belt was in last poll swept by DMK as the former was allied with BJP. Union projects like hydrocarbon exploration to petroleum- gas mining and the recent notification of three coal blocks auction in Cauvery Delta belt has made BJP the bad guy. Now ADMK who has quit BJP alliance says that DMK MPs in Parliament are shadowboxing over Delta region issues with Central Ministry. The scenes of half-naked farmers agitation in Delhi and eating fried rats are still vivid. Thalapathy will find this the ideal subject to sow his political seeds.

With just three days for Lal Salaam release, trailor has not been put out. The film is getting censored today and trailor will come out tomorrow. The inside talk is that the trailor holds a key element that will be a big Suprise to Thalaivar fans. Is there any politically loaded dialogues? Is that why daughter Aishwarya who directs the film has gone on record that she does not like her father being called a sanghi ?

Flop of Mohanlal film is a State Disaster - Why ?

A Mohanlal film flopping at Kerala box office is State wide disaster on lines of 2018 floods. No Film industry of any language in India goes through such pangs. The recent flopping of Maalaikottai Valiban is the reason that prompted the need to analyse the phenomena. If you open YouTube or browse through FB- X and that it was not a bad film. Firstly, Mohanlal who is Lalettan in other words a Big Brother to Keralites has dpne an extraordainry job as Valiban but it was the Sangh Parivar that let loose a hate campaign against the film. Why ?. He was invited to Ayodhya temple function but he did not go. Turning down an invitation given only to him is unjustiable for Sangh Parivar got angry. So all the first day crowd as per official estimates accounted to close Rs 6 crores revenue through ticket sales were sanghis in Lalettan fans garb. They came out and let loose a volley of abuses after FDFS. It had a cascalading wffect. Film bombed. So Sangh Parivar has hijacked the fan clubs. Now that this theory was floated, comes another. An AD of Director Lijo said that the intro scene of Lal was so huge that he would not be able to see inside a movie hall as it would reveraberate. The scene was a tame one and so viewers felt cheated. This comment set the mood for viewers to think that all that was coming was hot air. AD name is Tommu Pappachan and he has gone missing. Another man who deliberately created overhype for Valiban is Actor Prithviraj. He creates hype for other films but underplays his pwn film. The videp of him saying that he was in knowledge of Valiban story and it was a film that was something out of this World. He is directing Lal in sequel to a film that has Lal in the lead. Now this hype created an overexpectation and so it bombed. Another reason is a reviewer Aswant KoK. He came dressed as Valiban and in a YT review made fun of the film. From the reaction of pro Valiban group, if any film is torn by KoK, majority (or is it total ? ) boycott the film. Now Producer Shibhu John has a new theory. When Lijo directed Mammootty in offbeat film , it clicked and why ?. Lalettan fans do not like their hero in experiemental roles. Mammootty fans encourage their hero. so it is fans who are culprits ? Lijo shoots the film and after release, he does not talk about it. Now a policy change. He os all over the place talking about Valiban to those critics who think that Keralites are idiots who cannot see a genius in their midst. Some channels on YT say that the film is collecting big money after 10 days as movie goers have realised that they were hoodwinked. Producer has asked writer to work on Part 2. So in short, many external factors destroyed a film of Kerala's Big Brother. How can Lalettan film go wrong ? No- Never. Such sabotages create disasters. A Disaster Response Team should be formed by Kerala Film Chamber.

Indian 2 Kamal, Lal Salaam Rajini, Cooku with Comali , Nagesh grandson, Sivakarthikeyan, Vishnu Vijay updates

Rajinikanth’s cameo in Lal Salaam has been underplayed as the makers feel that the film which is basically about religion mixed with cricket being the theme and revolving around Vishnu Vishal and Vidharth should not be marketed as Thalaivar film. Secondly Blue Star produced by Pa Ranjith and involving politics of caste in sports which released last week is doing well. However what works is that all Telugu films except for Ravi Teja’s Eagle have skipped the next week release date and it leaves only Lal Salaam in the fray and back home in Tamil Nadu there is no big names coming either. The makers have got a fair level playing ground and now it is up to the public.

Will Kamal Haasan Indian 2 take on Pushpa 2 on August 15th ? Pushpa makers released a poster saying 200 days for countdown and indirectly putting to rest the speculation that it was not coming on August 15th. Though Lyca has not confuimed Indian 2 date, trade says that Lyca has more or less made up their mind to on August 15th. Dil Raju has announced that Pan Indian film Devara of NTR Jr will not release on April 5th and instead it will be Vijay Devarakonda’s Family Star. Kalki with Prabhas and Kamal is coming on May 9th.

Sivakarthikeyan Ayyalaan which was to release in two Andhra States last week will not do so. Reason being that the makers have not settled the charges for VFX works undertaken by Red Chilies of Shah Rukh Khan. The makers gave the overseas rights of Tamil to get the Tamil release clearance from Red Chillies but coming to AP/TS, they have to release money to SRK to release. Captain Miller of Dhanush that released in Telugu States has got poor numbers at the box office.

ed Interesting film subject that is soon to go on floors is that it is about actors who eke their living doing animal characters for street s shows and stage . It includes Hanuman onwards to many Ramayana actors. These actors face is never seen by audience but only the voice and physical structure is known and just with this these actors are popular in their circuit. Bujesh Nagesh son veteran Anand Babu , son of Late Nagesh acts in this film. Bijesh is also a popular author.+++

Bigg Boss Tamil 7 contestant Vishnu Vijay, dubbing artist Deepa Venkat, Thambi Ramaiah's daughter Umapthi Ramaiah, Malvika Menon, Pandyan Stores actress Hema, Choreographer Sridhar's daughter Akshata are to take part in Cooku with Cmali upcoming season.