Rajini to start Coolie as Vettaiyan is incomplete

Though Lokesh and Rajini confirmed that their film was very well on the way, our trackers tell us that 20 days of shooting days featuring Rajinikanth for Vettaaiyan is pending. So will Rajini start work on Lokesh film Coolie before completing Vettaiyan ?. The film is slotted for October and pitted against Suriya’s Kanguva. Now the delay is with Director T J Gananvel says trackers. Most of the scenes that need to shoot are either an improvement to already shot or an extension. This is in the name of perfection and Thalaivar had in no less words said that the perfection can be achieved but not disrupting his commitments. Now Gananvel has to fix a schedule that will be the final and after that Rajinikanth will just not be available. Yet another story that is circulated is that Lyca does not have the money and is waiting for Indian 2 proceeds and is funding Ajith film as like Rajinikanth, AK has said that if Vidayamyurchi is not completed within a set date, it will hang in midair as he will go off full steam for Adhik film. Now our trackers say that from Azerbhaijan the locale has shifted to South America for Vidamuyurchi. So was Coolie First Look test post a gimmick to cover up Vettaiyan mess ? Will Vettaiyan be in cold storage till Coolie is completed ? Looks like Rajini will start shoot for Coolie and like Ajith come back when Lyca and Gananvel are ready. It was with amusement that I read or saw Kamal Haasan talk about him and Rajini joining hands now and that too without looking at money or status. It was the same Kamal who in an interview to me for Screen said that he told Rajini who was then an anti-hero and a villain to not accept any films that came as a combo package. Kamal argument was that he was already an established hero and Rajini more of a baddie and an upcoming hero. If Rajini played the same character with Kamal as he did in Ninathalaya inikum, he would always be a second fiddle and never grow solo. This happened at the sets of K Balchander who was mentor and Godfather to both. So in one way KB cannot cash in on the combo in future and that Kamal paved the way for it. The real reason was that if Kamal and Rajini came as a combo, the pay packet of both would not grow beyond a point. There was a limit to the box office sales that a film can do. Based on this only can a hero or heroes salary be fixed. Secondly, Kamal had expanded his market beyond Tamil Nadu and that got him extra income.

Trisha's love song on Vijay's B'Day decoded

Trisha love song along with a selfie in the lift to congratulate Thalapathy Vijay on his 50 th Birthday has gone viral. As a result, we are asked to simplify the lyrics of the song sung by Billie Eilish's 'Birds of a Feather' . Now Thalapathy fans want to know the depth of the love song from Anni. Now we told them that Birds of a Feather means persons who share same interests. Billie wants this friend to stick together. In the first verse she wants to be with the person till her death In the second verse, she says that her bring in love brings tears to her eyes. Now comes the MATTER - Billie later begs her lover not to end things singing: But you're so full of shit, uh . Tell me it's a bit, oh / Say you don't see it, your mind's polluted / Say you wanna quit, don't be stupid. So Is Vijay moving away from Trisha ? So was this a plea to her lover to stay with her ? The singer says - And I don't know what I'm cryin' for / I don't think I could love you more / It might not be long, but baby, I / I'll love you 'til the day that I die / 'Til the day that I die. However I find the lines in X more of a story devolping in the background. Read it The calm to a storm,The storm to a calm! To many more milestones ahead

Ajith- Thalaivar move to overshadow Thalapathy ? Kalki battleines of Big- B Prabhas- Kamal explained

Did Ajith and Rajinikanth spoil Thalapathy’s social media trip on his B’Day ? . Well we feel that it was not intentional but fans might not see a conspiracy. We are talking about the AK aka Ajith photos at car racing pit in Dubai. He was enroute to Azerbaijan. He also bumped into Vijay Yesudas at the airport. Now these pictures created a storm on the net yesterday and pushed Thalapathy 50 th B’ Day to background. Yet another person to scorch the net is our Thalaivar’s PRO Riaz. While congratulating Lokesh, he put a hashtag #Jailor2. That was enough to fans to go wild. It was not that the GOAT poster or the song sung by Vijay with AI created voice of Late Bhavatharani was not tearing the social media. While greeting poured in from many political- film celebs , we noticed a few notable absentees. Maybe they wished Thalapathy on phone.

Till Kalki is released, our trackers will not rest. They have come with new info. Prabhas is a bounty hunter on trail of Deepika Padukone who is expecting a baby. Amitabh who is Ashwathama believes that the baby is a gift of God and his avatar. Kamal is Yaskin who is a sage like man who is God to his followers and live in the city Complex. Huamans suffer in the city of Kasi that lies beneath Complex. Kamal in a trance meditation says about humans – No matter how many generations they live or given so many opportunities, they can never change. Battle lines are drawn between Ashwathama – Bhairava and his master Thanos. Bhairva is technologically advanced and his mission is to stop Sumathi ( Deepika) from giving birth to avatar of God and Ashwathama ( Amitabh) is given a chance to free from the curse of Lord Krishna for having killed the child in the womb of Uttara using the Brahmastra in the Mahabharatha war. He has to stop Bhairava. What happens towards the climax is that Bhairava turns into a human that now sides with Ashwanthama. This leads to Thanos entering directly into the fray. So will God be a mere spectator ? . No he too enters to take on Thanos and his Complex city build like an inverted pyramid. This epic clash between Bhairava – Thanos moves to second part. Our trackers say that Producer Aswini Dutt who produced Sita Ramam has brought in Dulquer and Mirunal into the film and believe it or not , they are parents of Prabhas. In the trailor there is a pregnant Malavika Nair and the question is who is she ?. Similarly our trackers tell us to not go overboard on praising Nag Ashwin. They say that we should see the segment Pitha Kathalu that was part of an anthology XLife that was streamed on NetFlix. This was a sci-fi film with great VFX and visuals but the storytelling failed. Sruthi Haasan and Sanjith Hegde acted in this film. Has Santosh Narayanan music failed ?.

Why SUN gave up GOAT to Zee ? Kavin B'Day and Keerthy's Samantha avatar

Our Mumbai guys tell us that Keerthy Suresh’s Hindi debut film Baby John will release on August 2md. For Bollywood, this is a Varun Dhawan film and remake of Tamil film Theri with Thalapathy Vijay in the lead. Producer is Jawan fame Atlee. Now for us down South ,the film is a must watch as Keerthy plays Samanatha’s role in the Hindi. We are told that Keerthy has gone the Samanatha way and we have to wait to know what it means.

Kavin of Dada and Star fame is celeberating his birthday today along with Vijay. Except for posters on X, there is no fan messages. Anyway guys note this Kavin age is 3# and was born in June 22 1990. After Star, he has vecome a safe Star and there is Vetri Maran production and a film Bloody Beggars with choreographer Sridhar as director and Anirudh music.

To us it was a bit of shocker that GOAT was bought by Zee for satellite release in all languages. We were aware that Sun TV had paid a advance to AGS for the TV rights. How did it land up in Zee camp ?. Our trackers tell us that two reasons played out in Sun giving up the TV telecast rights. Primarily the amount quoted by Zee was Rs 75 crores. AGS wanted Rs 90-100 crores. Sun was not willing to go more than Rs 60 crores. Secondly, DMK First family had felt that if Sun bought the rights, it would not look good. Detractors would say that the DMK is making money out of Vijay and that they have a secret pact Sooner or later, Vijay’s TVK and DMK will have to cross swords and the Sun TV deal could be an propaganda weapon for Opposition. The new poster of old and new Vijay and a song released on occasion of Thalapathy Vijay B’Day has excited the fans. Seeman of NTK has praised Vijay skyhigh. In light of the Kallakuruchi liquor deaths, all birthday celebrations have been put on hold. Thupaaki re- release on Day one has collected Rs 32 lakhs and Pokkiri has netted Rs 28 lakhs.

Pranav no entry to Dad's shooting spot- Mamta slams Manju Warrier -Vijay Sethupathi - Regina update

A tall lanky lad with beard and a hat lands up at a studio and tells the security at gate that he wants to meet his father who is working in the film. They tell him that after an intruder created trouble, only pass holders are allowed and told him to wait till packup. The lad had by then disposed off the UBER cab. He decided to wait. Security man saw one of the script writers Upasana at the parking lot and asked him to look up the lad. The lad was none other than Pranav son of Lal and the set was that of Barroz which is Lal’s directorial debut film. Humility is in the genes.

The other day when Vijay Sethupathi celebrated the victory of Maharajah , he was emotional. It was after a long time that a film as hero was a hit. He recalled the recent days when he was dubbed as a flop actor and that too after riding the success wave as Makkal Selvam. In his talk he said that one day, he found that an actor he admires was staying in the same hotel. He went and got the autograph and today it is framed and kept in his office. The actor is Mohanlal. Sethupathi added that he liked Mammootty in Nanpakal nerathu mayakkam. A similar frank talk by Mamata Mohandas is creating waves. Mamatha is part of Maharajah . She recalled that an actress who was doing a film that was her comeback , had wanted Mamata to do a pivotal role. She agreed. When Mamata film needed this actress for a guest role, the actress declined. She said that by using PR agencies, some actress put the title Lady Superstar before the name. She said that she ignored such people. If you are wondering who ? It is Manju Warrier who acted in Udaharanam Sujatha and Mamta acted in it. Parvathy Thiruvothu too had slammed actress or actors using Superstar tag. Parvathy was asked why she was having only few films , she said that even if she has no films, she will run a day care and earn her living. Actual reason is that Parvathy is busy scripting a film with Mammootty and Prithviraj in lead.

Latest South Director to join Bollywood is Telugu Director Gopichand Malineni. Today, The pooja with Sunny Deol as hero started in Hyderabad and to top it our own Regina Cassandra is part of the cast. Heroine is Saiyam Kher of Ghoomer fame. Yet another South talent is S Thaman the music composer who is part of this film now called SDGM. Gopichand directed Don Seenu followed by Bodyguard, Balupu, Pandaga Chesko, Winner and Krack. After Gadar 2, Sunny is doing a Rajkumar Santoshi film. We had told you about the Atlee- Salman film produced by Sun Pictures. Read ; https://southfilmy.blogspot.com/2024/06/thalapathy-69-doubt-sun-atlee-salman.html

My Guru KB Sir was an ordainry man like Kalki Director - Kamal at Mumbai event

Our Kamal Haasan trackers in Mumbai reports that a query from Rana to Ulaganayakan at Kalki 2898 AD event and the answer had the entire audience up in adulation. The pre- release event in Mumbai was at first planned for June 10th and it was postponed as soon as news of Ramoji Film City Ramoji’s death came in. In fact, this event is the first film event in Mumbai for Prabhas. The question from Rana Daggibatti was to Kamal – Sir, Nagi ( director Nag Ashwin) does not look like a film Director. In fact , he looks like a kid who lost his way in Shambala and wandered into Hyderabad. What was your reaction on hearing the subject ? ( Shambala is one of the cities that figure in Kalki and subject is a mix of sci-fi and mythology ). Kamal answer: “ I am used to working with people who look ordinary and do extraordinary things. My Guru KB saar looks like a government official. In fact, if he enters any house, you will think he is an Income Tax official come to raid . That is how he looked. I have seen what is capable of. I think Ek Duuje Ke liye was his 60 or 70th film.” He elaborated – “ I don’t underestimate ordinary looking guys as they have a depth to them and it comes out as you talk to them. I had an opportunity to talk to him ( Nag) and he is a man of few words. The subtle way he puts across the idea and that extends to movies gets translated into great movies. When you know how to present an idea does it make it a great movie. When great ideas are not presented well , it becomes an ordinary movie. Like Amitji said = What have you been drinking? , That is how great ideas are born. Nag knows how to present an idea. Ordinary men will doubt it and start respecting it, “ Amitabh Bachchan recalled his first encounter with Nag and the script of Kalki 2898 AD. Initially sceptical, he thought, “What the hell has he been drinking?” But the experience turned out to be amazing, added Big B . Kamal Haasan praised the director for making Kalki 2898 AD and expressed his desire to play a negative character onscreen in future also. According to him, “Bad men get to do all the good things in films” . The big question is when will Kalki have the pre- release event of the Telugu version ? Reason being that the Producer Aswini Dutt is a avid supporter of AP CM Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan. Will it be in Vijaywada ?. Producer C Aswani Dutt presented the first ticket of Kalki 2898 AD to Amitabh Bachchan. Big B, in turn, handed it over to Kamal Haasan as a sign of respect. The event concluded with a keepsake photo .

Kamal Haasan at Kalki Mumbai event ; Shobana look revealed

The Mumbai event of Kalki 2898 AD to take place today evening saw Kamal Haasan arrive by a private jey at the private airport of Mumbai and he was spotted boardinga Benz. Earlier in the day, Prabhas had arrived. Meanwhile Kalki makers reveald for te first time the look of Shobana in the film. There was speculation that Shobana along wit Mirnal Thakur were part of Kalki but today it has been confirmed. Sharing the picture, they wrote, "Her ancestors waited too, .. Amitabh , Deepika and Disha Patani are in the cast. Kalki got U/A with 176 minutes run time.

Pa Ranjith - Rajinikanth Kaala in 25 iconic films list by British Film Institute

A honour for Kollywood and Indian cinema. Sight and Sound Magazine in the Summer Special has listed 25 films of the 21st century and only one Indian film is featured is a Tamil film -Kaala starring Rajinikanth and directed by Pa Ranjith. The magazine run by British Film Institute and the website is considered a rare honour for a filmmaker. Josh Olson screenplay writer of all time iconic film History of Violence tweeted - If I'm insufferable for the next day or so, blame @SightSoundmag One movie from each year of the 21st century, and they go with this baby. A truly incredible honor. I'm so proud of the way the movie's stood the test of time.

How they arrived at the 25 films of the century – From our vantage point in 2024, we sit one quarter of the way through the 21st century. To acknowledge this milestone, we have enlisted the help of 25 of our finest critics, asking each to nominate a film that is significant within our cinematic era – the kind of film that could be put into a time capsule for the cinephiles of the 22nd century and beyond to marvel at, a movie that is both representative of and a high watermark of the years 2000 to 2024. Listed in chronological order, these 25 entries – one from each year – form a fascinating snapshot of our times. With no aspirations to comprehensiveness, this is a subjective, esoteric, perhaps even provocative, collection of films. From the UK to Brazil to China to Lesotho, from independent breakthroughs to Hollywood hits to the utterly uncategorisable, our cover feature celebrates the films of the century so far. Covering the Cannes Fest, an interview with Payal Kapadia Grand Prix winner is published. BFI buys Payal Kapadia film for UK and Ireland theatrical. The BFI announcement - BFI Distribution is excited to announce the acquisition, from sales agent Luxbox, of the beautiful Indian film All We Imagine as Light, directed by Payal Kapadia, for UK and Ireland theatrical release. The film has received huge critical acclaim after its screening in Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival and won the festival’s Grand Prix. With a cast and crew that is 99% Indian, and featuring Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam and Hridhu Haroon in the lead roles, All We Imagine As Light is the first Indian film to be selected in Official Competition at Cannes in three decades. Director Payal Kapadia also makes history as the first female Indian filmmaker ever to have a film in this prestigious section of the festival.

Thalapathy 69 a doubt - Sun- Atlee- Salman Khan tieup

Thalapathy Vijay political Manager Bussy Anand has hinted that Vijay 69 might not happen immediately as there are many issues regarding the political party Thamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam( TVK ) remains to be done. The TVK has been registered and now an election symbol and a flag has be adopted by the party and presented before the Election Commission. He said that the film GOAT still has some portions that needs to be shot. The idea is that GOAT be the last film of Vijay before taking full time politics, he hinted. Our trackers say that the real reason is that the subject is matter of confusion. One view is that the last film V69 should be a political one and should introduce the TVK flag and symbol. EC has to decide on symbol choice. Biz wise, a political film can face political hurdles in many forms and also the film need not be subjected to a criticism before the TVK faces polls. If Vijay keeps another 6 months for film shooting , party work would get slowed. In this view, party heads want Vijay to go full steam on TVK. Ww will have to wait for last word by Thalapathy.

Our Atlee trackers say that Sun Pictures film in Bollywood is with Salman Khan and directed by Atlee. One major reason was that the first choice was Allu Arjun and he wanted the payment that was double his Telugu film rate. Now Salman has quoted a reasonable amount and that his investment in the production. In short, Khan is co- producer and Atlee who is already producing a Hindi film might join as partner. In short, Sun Pictures risk is shared three way and so why wait for Allu Arjun ?, Trackers say that Pushpa 2 biz is amazing and right now Salman is on a low. But Sun feels that Atlee can do wonders to Salman. Pushpa 2 is likely to take on Game Changer on Christmas – New Year is what we hear. For Eid 2025, Khan’s Sikandar directed by A R Murugadoss will release with Rashmika and Kareena as heroines and has three villains.

Anirudh is Sample Star ; Read about clever mix of software samples

Anirudh is known as Sample star by certain section of music lovers and foremost among them is pkkeys_official on Instagram. The latest from the Music Police as they are known is that Sample Star has used various samplings that he sourced from the Nexus software. Nexus sequence irukum varai, sample star in payanam thodarum 🙏🤣. Anirudh legally buys software rights of such software that is available for a perod of one month. He uses them liberally. This is legally permissible and does not reflect upon the composer’s creative ability. Case in point is the Calendar Song in Indian 2. Anirudh fans have found that the prelude is that from Nexus sample. pkkeys_official Nexus sequence irukum varai, sample star in payanam thodarum In defense , fans post Post See new posts Conversation Anirudh Fans Club @RockstarAniFC Calendar song’s interlude portion has been changed now! Interludes might change,but the magic of Rockstar @anirudhofficial is constant Here are the both old and new versions of the interlude portions… #Indian2 https://x.com/i/status/1800926972861911173

Kalki 2989 AD a copy says South Korean Film Director

South Korean artist Sung Choi, known for his work with Marvel Studios, Disney, Warner Bros, and Netflix Animation, has accused the makers of Kalki 2898 AD of plagiarizing his artwork. Sung took to social media to voice his frustration, sharing a screenshot from the film’s opening scene alongside his original piece, which was created a decade ago. "Unauthorized use of the artwork is a bad practice. This makes me question doing art in this lawless environment. @Kalki2898AD @VyjayanthiFilms #kalki2898ad," he wrote, tagging the film’s social media handles. From the unofficial replies, the efforts seem to be putting the blame on VFX team and absolve Director Nag from any plagarism. UK market is showing solid respose in terms of advance booking.

Mohanlal- Ajay Devgn- Venkatesh shoot in one locale = BB Malayalam in deep trouble

Now we hear that Drishyam 3 is based on a story idea from the Hindi makers and Jeethu Joseph and his directorial team is working on it. Now the catch is that Mohanlal – Venkatesh- Ajay Devgan will shoot in same locales for the Malayalam – Telugu- Hindi versions. Yet another good news is that RAM directed by Jeethu with Lal- Trisha is now finally gearing up for a release. It is an Indian James Bond and has two parts.

Bigg Boss Season 6 Malayalam in next three days will announce the winner. Apart from this, one of the contestant Cibin has managed to get his complaint registered against the reality show producers for keeping him in unlawful custody, denying him basic fundamental rights to communicate, subjecting him to some prescribed drugs used to treat psychotic patients. He has audio clips of him being threatened by the producers. The show is held at EVP Film city and comes under Nazarapeth Police Station. His complaint was taken up only after it was directed by DGP Tamil Nadu. From what Cibin said on YouTube, Bigg Boss looks like a place where the contestant once inside has to obey the show director or else get drugged and face a game loaded against him/ her. Cibin says that he refused to pay 50 % of the weekly wages and from that day, he was a victim. The whole episode of happenings inside look like Bigg Boss is a house of extortions and play mind games to even make their enemies turn lunatic. Cibin says a contestant who slit his wrist in a suicide attempt had filed a case against the TV channel and it is gathering dust. This incident took place in Tamil Boss. Read : https://southfilmy.blogspot.com/2024/06/indian-2-hindi-function-in-delhi-lal.html. We had reported that Mohanlal might withdraw as host from Bigg Boss next season,.

Kalki 2898 AD trailor gets less views on YouTube and X slams content

Kalki 2898 AD trailor response has the makers worried and also elated. First reason is that in 24 hrs after release, it has not become the number one in views as far as a Telugu film is considered. The figure is at 14 million views and that is less than Mahesh Babu Guntur Kaaram and Prabhas Salaar. In fact, if views taken across all languages, Salaar holds the record with 112.3 million. In fact, the second trailor of Salaar was 72 million. Both figured in the top 10 most viewed trailors on YouTube. In top 10 is Prabhas Radhe Shyam with 57 million views. After 24 hours, the Kalki language wise breakup is Tamil: 2.3 million views – Kannada: 949K views – Telugu: 14 million views – Hindi: 16 million views – Malayalam: 1 million views. As it shows that the viewership is only one fourth of the earlier films of Prabhas. Now yet another factor that brings cheer is that Hindi viewer response is the most positive. Going by response, the VFX and Prabhas and Disha looks have come under fire by Hindi reviewers, largely it has got positive response. One reason is that the Director Nag Ashwin is not a name that audience expect much and also Amitabh and Kamal looks have been talk of the town in North India. This in terms of advance booking has resulted in massive jump for Hindi version in North America. The Mahabharat tale if told without any complexties would click and VFX , fun elements and technical gloss as well comic interludes will not click. Lord Krishna, Arjuna, Ashwathatma and other characters that public identifies with epic war has to well depicted. Kartikeya 2 and Kantara clicked in North as the religious content struck a chord. Kamal look is a blessing for the makers as it drove viewership but it has only 10 minutes screen space might be disappointment to viewers. It could rebound. Though Hindi YouTubers have by large given a positive response, on X the response has been mixed and more negative. From trade point, AAA has bought North India for Rs 100 crores, a record for any film with South hero. An opening of Rs 20-25 crores in North is what trade expects.

Inflated Box office of Manjumel Boys ? Kamal hero- Deepika trolled post Kalki trailor

Only filmdom welcomes a new Chief Minister for a price rise. In Andhra, any CM that agrees to give the power to exhibitors to fix admission rates for viewers is seen as Industry friendly. So what about the viewers who have to shell 100 times more money to see a film in first week ?. Who cares ?. Aswini Dutt Producer of Kalki 2898 AD met his pal Chandrababu Naidu the new AP CM and now we hear that Kalki will collect in two weeks what RRR did in a lifetime run. Tickets are priced like mad. Fan shows which sell tickets at crazy prices and screen them at unearthly hours are back , it seems. Now why should Telangana CM be anti-Industry and pro viewer ?. In short, you can expect Kalki to topple all collection records of any earlier Telugu films. Our Stalin Ayya is not willing to go the Naidu way and still maintains a grip on ticket prices. Coing to Kalki, Kalki trailor is for Kamal fans a trailor for Indian 2 and the caliber of Ulaganayakan. One cannot stop raving about the look of Kamal. Kamal Haasan appears at the end of the trailer with a get-up that reminds you of Gollum from “Lord of the Rings”. This is the first similarity that one comes across.. Kamal Haasan tells us of a “new world will arrive soon,” The casualty is Deepika Padukone. She is said to have dubbed in Telugu for the film and now this has backfired and is subject of trolls. Could be that her character speaks an accented Telugu ? She was paid Rs 20 crores for this film . The Kerala connect to Kalki is that Dulquer’s Wayfarer Films is distributing the film in Kerala. Dulquer Salmaan had acted in Sita Ramam produced by Kalki producer and now he is distributing it. The fact that Kamal who plays baddie and has only ten minures screen space in Kalki First part is talk of town after trailor release, the film’s box office in Tamil Nadu and Kerala has doubled.

One of the biggest hits this year in Kerala is Manjumel Boys and now this film will be also a matter for Enforcement Directorate ED to probe whether there was money laundering involved. The actual financier had lodged a complaint that he paid Rs 7 crores and was to get 40 percent of the returns but so far he got nothing. When the bank accounts were probed, there was only Rs 40 lakhs. The film gross was Rs 251 crores officially. So was the entire project a money laundering scheme to make black money into white through inflated box office records ? Is the gross figures that film producers put out the real collections and most suspicious is the ones that is attributed to overseas collections ?

Is Pawan Kalyan coming for Thalapathy B'Day ? Indian 2 more of Sidhharth less Kamal

Is Pawan Kalyan – Seeman – Thol Thirumavalan the special guests at the birthday function of Thalapathy Vijay ? On June 22nd there is massive function arranged to celebrate the event and Madurai is likely to be the venue. It will be the official launch of TVK in presence of fans. Vijay had made a point to praise NTK of Seeman and VCK for getting the Regional party status from Election Commission in his congratulatory message. The future course of TVK is on the lines of these State parties, says a source. Idea is to build a common platform among these parties for certain issues that affect the State. On these lines, TVK is hoping to get on board Pawan Kalyan whose Jana Ssena was instrumental in TDP win. Kerala fans are said to be trying to get Suresh Gopi for Madurai bash. Though Gopi won on a BJP ticket, the popular belief is that the actor was able to cut across political barriers and win in Thrissur. Similarly, Thol Thirumavalan is in alliance with DMK but TVK feels that the leader has a vision of his own and is not just a lackey of DMK. Pawan Kalyan is currently a part of BJP coalition. Like TVK, Pawan floated his party Jana Sena just before the 2014 State polls. Though he got a 5 % vote share, he lost from both seats. Things have changed and today he is the man behind the success of TDP. Alliance with Jana sena and in future his role in shaping Andhra Politics will be crucial. Though unconfirmed, there is a talk that Vijaykanth’s wife Premalatha might be on the guest list. Though backed by AIADMK, Captain political party DMDK in future could be a political ally for TVK. The slender margin that Vijaykanth son lost in Virudhunagar shows that the party still has a reach.

Our Indian 2 trackers say that the sequel is more dominated by Siddharth and other actors. Kamal actually comes towards end of second part. The move is seen as very risky but then Vikram too had Fahadh and Vijay Sethupathi in more in the first half argues some but is Siddharth on same caliber as Fahadh and Sethupaty ?. Let us wait.

Four South filmy poll encounters raise friendship - family ties

Four filmy encounters in Lok Sabha polls down South and the lessons that we share. First Producer Aswini Dutt had challenged that Kalki 2898 would be released after Andhra Polls and that at that time the State CM would be Chandrababu Naidu . For a producer who has invested Rs 500 crores, this was a big risk. As AP CM Jagan can hold back increase in ticket rates for first week and not allow any fan shows and thereby the film would suffer losses. Even poll predictions had given YSR Jagan the upper hand. Now Kalki 2898 AD biz is crossing RRR business and the trailor release on June 10 is a moment of triumph for a Producer who put his crores at risk for his belief in his friend – Chandrababu Naidu. Incidentally, the function will see Big B of Modi camp and Kamal Haasan of INDIA Bloc on stage. Lets move to Kerala – Suresh Gopi is first BJP MP to win through ballot box in Kerala. His daughter marriage saw Modi and Kerala actors Mammootty and Lal in attendance. Now after poll result, comes the news that Mammooty Kompany has signed Gopi. Directed by Mahesh Narayanan it has Faahadh Faasil and Kunchacko Boban in it. Now lets look at the producer’s background – Mammooty is the Chairman of CPM’s Kairali !!! The third is in Tamil Nadu Virudhunagar. We the old timers are witness to the days and nights that Vijayakanth and Sarathkumar spend to rebuild Nadigar Sangam and their friendship. Apart from this Sarath’s wife Radhika and Vijayakanth were co- stars and had a very good vibes. Time passed by and Vijayakanth quit Nadigar Sangham politics to take to politics. He floated DMDK and became an MLA and Opposition Party leader and quite recently passed away. Sarathkumar had floated his own party and aligned with Dravidian parties for polls and became MLA and MP. Now he merged his party with BJP and fielded his wife Radhika against AIADMK – DMDK candidate Prabhakaran. Now Prabhakaran is son of Late Vijayakanth. At that time many felt that Radhika could have avoided this poll against the son of an actor – friend. After the result figures it looks even more bitter. The winner from INC beat Vijayakanth son by a mere 4000 votes and the best part is that Prabhakaran is contesting for first time and his victory was most crucial for future survival of the party his father founded. Radhika came third with 166271 and one feels that if it was not for Radhika – Sarathkumar Star Power , VijayaPrabhakaran could have easily garnered more votes. Ideally, the star couple should have campaigned for VijayaPrabhakaran , going by the past days . The poll helped us give a picture of the financial status of Star Couple and saw videos of hubby doing shayanapradiskhnam (rolling on temple ground) for wife’s victory. Very heartwarming !!! In a fourth instance of family and friendship soaring above politics was Allu Arjun visiting friend who is YSRCP candidate and not making a similar gesture to his Uncle – Actor Pawan Kalyan who is opposing YSRCP in the poll. After the Uncle’s victory, nephew send a congratulatory message and got badly trolled. Question raised was is friendship more important than family by Pawan fans ?.

Shankaracharya gets Rajini to reveal Vettaiyan- Coolie update

Yes, it took a Sankaracaharya in Mount Kailash near Himalaya to get Thalaivar to reveal the release date of Vettaiyan and shooting start of Coolie. A bhakat who was present at the meet with Godman put out a video and Sankaracharya casually asks what is info on his films. Rajini tells my next is releasing on October 10 and my new picture will start on June10th. Now the most important point that I noticed – Sankaracaharya asks Vettaiyan ? Yes. So who says our Sages are immune to Rajini magic. Now lets get back from Himalayas to our own Meeran Sahib street in Chennai. Temperature is boiling inside and outside. Heated debate is that will Devara starring NTR Jr affect Vettaiyan in Tamil Nadu ? .Lyca Producer of Vettaiyan has inked a deal with Red Giant to distribute the film and so the availability of theatres are not a worry so far. However, Devara coming on same day is a problem as in earlier case of films like KGF 2 Tamil dubbed beating Thalapathy Beast in Tamil Nadu. Studio Green is likely to distribute Devara. In Telugu States, Devara has all buyers and theatres waiting for the film and now Vettaiyan likely to picked by Dil Raju , the game gets a change. Rajini film Jailor Telugu became the highest box office collection film beating Chiranjeevi straight film. However in North India, Devara is distributed by Karan Johar and AA films and NTR Jr is a more popular name in Hindi land after RRR. It also Jahanvi and Saif in the cast. Devara budget is Rs 300 crores. Most of it is in VFX. Now there is a talk that Devara might shift to September 27 as Dulquer Salman Lucky Bhaskar is the only film on that Date in Telugu States. It will avoid a clash with Vettaiyan in all States. In Hindi too there is no opposition from any biggie. Akshay film Khel Khel Mein is coming n September 6. Meanwhile Kamal Haasan is to attend the trailor launch of Kalki 2898 in Mumbai with Amitabh, Deepika Padukone and Disha Patani. Function on June 7th.

Indian 2 Hindi function in Delhi = Lal- Kamal to exit BB

Two shockers – Kamal Haasan – Mohanlal to not figure in Bigg Boss next season and Indian 2 Hindi will have a launch in New Delhi on first week of July. Lets start with first shocker or is it a relief to many ? Bigg Boss Hindi officially announced that next season host is Anil Kapoor and not Salman Khan the current host. The Season 6 of Malayalam has brought heavy brickbats for the company Banijay- Channel Asianet and host Mohanlal. The biggest casualty is Lal as many feel that he should have asserted more and taken public opinion in guiding the show instead of hiding behind a clause that says that he is is bound to recite only what Bigg Boss producers want. Apart from this Asinet big honcho is accussed of soliciting female contestants and according to a contestant Sibin who was forced to quit , there was an attempt to drug him and and make him play according to their wishes. He has threatened to expose the official if the guy is not sacked. As far as Tamil is concerned , Kamal Haasan is all set to be an Rajya Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu in 2025 and will field candidates in 2026 State polls as he is in alliance with DMK. It is said that Raj Kamal has a stake in Bannijay – Endemol that holds the BB rights and so it will have a say in choosing next host. In all probability, STR who came as replacement in an earlier season will be the first choice. STR is part of Thug Life and also signed a film for Rajkamal. Our guys at Indian 2 audio launch in Chennai said that Shankar revealed that Kajol Aggarwal does not figure in Part 2 and comes on Part 3. So the song Paara in female voice is for whom ? So is Part 2 full of young Kamal ?. Mow the Hindi Indian 2 will have a function in New Delhi on July1st. The function will be more of the INDIA Block leaders on stage. A national trailor of Kamal’s entry to Delhi politics.