Rakul Preet Indian 2 cameo - Anirudh - SRK again- Jeethu- Fahadh - Lal- Shobana - Suriya- Pooja Hegde team up

Kamal Haasan trackers inform us that Rakul Preet Singh plays an IPS officer in Indian 2 and that her role comes into play in second half. That does not mean that she is just another cameo but something important like that of Alia Bhatt in RRR. The other day Kamal was Chief Guest at an event to mark 100th anniversary of D Ramanujam, Known as DR , the man who headed the State Exhibitors Associations for decades along with Chithamani Murugesan of Distributors Association were one time the undisputed trade leaders. Most striking factor was Kalaipuli Thanu was the event organizer and he was seen welcoming Kamal at the event. So What ? After Aalvaandhan , Producer Thanu and Kamal parted ways. It was a welcome scene to see both on same platform. The function was organized by Exhibitors Association represented by Paneerselvam of which Thanu is a member and also owns a multiplex. I as Screen weekly ‘s Special correspondent in Chennai had to keep a regular line to DR as he was not only the general secretary for a record 20 times of South Film Chamber of Commerce and so many times in film trade unions apex body FFI. At that time, Screen was the only trade weekly that was a common link to all film trade bodies across the country. He piloted an amendment to Copyright Act to curb video piracy. Later on he was struck with Parkinsons and still was at the helm. I live a few streets from Late DR home and I think of the days when plush latest cars of film producers lined in the street as the owners were inside grappling with release issues.

Will Anirudh do the mistake that A R Rahman did at the peak of his career ?. The news that Anirudh is on board for KING starring Shah Rukh Khan directed by Sujoy Gosh. It marks SRK daughter Suhana Khan debut. ARR at peak of his career with Tamil films shifted to Bollywood as bucks were big. Even his regular Directors and Producers in Kollywood were given a raw deal. After the Oscar, the Madras Mozart offers from Bollywood dried up. By that time, Anirush- D Imman- Haris Jayraj – G V Prakash had become Tamil music lovers favourites. It is with great difficulty that ARR picked up his Kollywood libks and got back with big banners. However, Anirudh is far ahead in terms of popularity charts and renumeration. If Anirudh balances work between Bollywood and Tamil- Telugu industries, he will not face plight of ARR who put the blame on the caucus that control Bollywood.

Yesterday we told about Ram film directed by Jeethu getting ready after the problems with producers solved, today we have a news – E4 is bankrolling a film with Jeethu and Fahadh Faasil. Fahadh already has signed a action film with S J Suryah as co- actor for a Vipin Das film. Meanwhile we learn that Shobana is pairing with Mohanlal after 15 years in Tharun Moorthy Directorial, The hit pair was last seen in Jackie Alias Sagar. Shobana is said to be in Rajini- Lokesh film. Now Director- actor Lal Jose posted a photo with Lokesh Kanagaraj. Is he acting in Rajinikanth’s Coolie ?. Yet another report is that Pooja Hegde is coming back to Tamil with Suriya – Karthik Subburaj film.