Hidden cameras in Mohanal film sets confirm Radhika- Suriya reason for MASS flop- 7 AM GOAT show

Radhika Sarathkumar has told Kerala Police SIT team that the issue of hidden cameras kept in Caravan was at the Ittymani Made in China location. The film has Mohanlal and Honey Rose in the lead and is produced by Lal’s man Friday Aashirvad Cinemas. She said that Mohanlal phone her to confirm whether it happened in Ittymani locale. She told him that neither he nor anybody known was at the location when she caught the hidden cameras in the caravan. She made a noise and had the contents deleted. Sidiqque, KPAC Lalitha, Salim Kumar , Aju Varghese and Dharmajan are other known actors in the film directed by Jibi Joju. Shooting locales were Ernakulam and Alapuzha apart from studios in China. In the earlier disclosure, she said that the contents got from the hidden cameras were kept in separate folders and viewed by men in the location. She said that after this incident, she used only the hotel room to change her costumes. As the Hema committee report was out, she was only recalled her past experience working in a Malayalam film and was not a publicity gimmick.

Director Venkat Prabhu in his promotion of GOAT has blamed the hero of MASS and Agent for the film’s failures. He blamed Suriya for MASS failure saying that scenes had to be changed as the hero was not keen on working in night shifts. Suriya fans are enraged with this observation.

G O A T first show in Tamil Nadu is at 7 AM and that too in Broadway Cinemas located in Coimbatore. A feat that 1100 screens in Tamil Nadu has not been able to do. Theatre which has the license to screen with recliner seats, a first, is named GOLD and another is IMAX screen and third one being EPIQ screens which uses special projection of Qube. As per Tamil Nadu Government rules only screens that have special facilities that regular screens do not have can screen films more than the permitted four shows a day. Broadway has regular screens too. Similarly ticket rates to these premium screens has a cap up to Rs 500 per seat while regular screens can charge only Rs 170 plus GST. On the pricing front, State Distributor says that fan clubs are buying advance tickets at Rs 2000 a piece and that he has informed the local authorities. However, trade says that the State Distributor is a DMK man and it is happening with his party support. Without national chains PVR and INOX , GOAT is being released in 500 theatres and 1000 screens by Zee Studio. In Tamil Nadu, advance booking for opening day has touched Rs 6 crore and Rs 3 crore in two Telugu States and Kerala each. Kochi and Chennai Metro trains have been for the first time opened up to branding and GOAT posters have lined up inside the trains and on platforms in these two cities. Director Venkat Prabhu in his promotion of GOAT has blamed the hero of MASS and Agent for the film’s failures. He blamed Suriya for MASS failure saying that scenes had to be changed as the hero was not keen on working in night shifts. Suriya fans are enraged with this observation.