Bharathiraja in Mohanlal film - Suchithra off social media - Rajinikanth - Prabhas at Kanguva audio

 

Tamil iconic Director Bharathiraja for the first time is to act in a Malayalam film and that with Mohanlal as the hero. The film directed by Tharun Moorthy will have a Chennai schedule in which both the legends will come together.  Incidentally after 15 years, Shobana and Mohanlal are coming together. Sometime back, Bharathiraja had idea to cast Mohanlal in role of MGR for a biopic on Late Jayalalithaa. Rare photo taken from X account of Actor Kayal Devaraj. Shows Prem Nazir- Bharatiraja, Lal, Ambika and Radha.

Suhasini has scotched reports that her hubby Mani Ratnam and Rajinikanth are coming together. She said that her hubby nor Rajini was aware of any such move. Suhasini web series Jai Mahendra in Sony Liv has got mixed reviews. The series is a Malayalam one and many wondered why she was wasted in a meaningless role.

Singer Suchithra of Suchi Leaks has given good news to her detractors - She is going to be off social media and reason is that the singer has joined a  Mumbai based Children's Publication that has been in publication for 86 years. She posted on Instagram that she will be hereafter spending more time with children She said that there will be no You Tube videos and asked those who sought her interviews to look for another lunatic. As she is no more a public figure, she is keeping off the social media and added that her 1500 songs will stand the test of time and that all her videos on net were true and will remain as it is. She is moving to Mumbai and in her characteristic manner said that she is turning off comments for her last post as many will want to know the name of the company , salary etc and size of her bathroom and ask her to post videos from that place.

Suchitra accused Kenishaa of practicing Ayahuasca, a plant-based psychedelic, without proper licensing. In a now-deleted video, Suchitra called Kenishaa an "unlicensed practitioner" and referred to her as an "underworld singer." These allegations stirred the rumor mill, further linking Kenishaa to the ongoing divorce saga between Jayam Ravi and Aarti.
n a post on Instagram, Suchitra publicly expressed her appreciation for Kenishaa's willingness to talk and clear the air. “@kenishaafrancis – If you weren’t such an open person to talk to, those terrible rumors wouldn’t have been dispelled. Cheers to accessibility and straight talk!”

Kanguva Producer Gnanavel has dropped a bombshell saying that Bahaubali 3 will happen. We learn that he has plans to invite Rajinikanth and Prabhas for the audio launch in Chennai. The film is releasing on November 14th. In Tollywood, Varun Tej Matka is the opposition.

Rocky Tamil film review: Dry gangster movie -excels technically

Rocky had a more than average opening as it was a Nayanthara production and she herself came in a promo for the film. Thinking of this promo, I feel that only if debut director Arun had put Nayans instead of Vasant Ravi, things could have been better. and and taken the film to a wider audience. Anyway now let's talk of what we get to see.

A guy out of jail after 17 years asks about his sister's whereabouts and starts to walk and walk for  quite long. If you are film fest buff you will realize that the guy has travelled far from the guy who he asked the address and that was the idea behind this walk. Now this slow pace starts happening throughout the first half and sort takes away the horrific effect of gore and blood splashed on the walls. Now there is this gangster who operates out of a coastal area. He is Manimaran , a native Mr Cool who has  for company a lean guy who does not bat an eyelid when slitting throats. A over enthusiastic son and  Rocky who is star of the gang operation clash and latter bumps the former. Obviously Rocky is framed and packed off to jail and his mother killed and sister is missing.

Mani Maran now lays out a web to get Rocky and have him witness the death of his neice as his son was killed in front of him. The chase begins with Mani Maran's people after Rocky on the run with his niece. Surprise end is that like Sylvester of Rocky , our desi Rocky takes out a machine gun and starts pumping bullets into Mani Maran's men . Mani Maran does not run and so he escaped being riddled with bullets but then he is a man of honour- he slits his own throat.

The non linear narrative  is great way to tell a template gangster revenge film to keep it novel. But putting the past in B&W , makes you feel that you are seeing a B&W film with colour frames in between. Cinematography is just brilliant. Music is yet another treat and sound designing is superb. Art direction department use of locales is just excellent. A fine combination of technical teams is evident. Actors who have big and small roles do their part well. The takeaway from this film is Vasanth Ravi ( Rocky) and Bharathiraja ( Manimaran). I liked the guy who played Dhanraj the lean Mr Ruthless and the little kid who played niece.

If it was meant for a theater audience, one needs a more commercial touches. As an alternative, it could have trimmed the running time by 30 minutes. For an OTT audience, this film will just go down well.