Bigg Boss 3 Malayalam escapes curbs - South TV producers have enough footage to tide over Covid 19 lockdown

Chennai, May2, 3021: As  film- TV  shooting grind to a halt,  producers in South languages are not worried as they have enough footage to last till June end. The only ones hit are the reality shows of Kannada -Malayalam channels since  Karnataka and Kerala has banned shoots. Bigg Boss 3 Malayalam shot in Chennai is nearing finish and  likely to escape any restrictions, since the State Govt is not likely to ban indoor shoots, said a source.

The new elected TN ministry is expected to not enforce total lockdown in film - TV industry. Shoots within studios and shooting houses with SOP and no restriction on post production work is expected to be in force. Shooting in public places will be banned.

In Tamil, the TV channels taking lessons from past, had put in place a system of having not less than 20 episodes bank. As major Tamil film actors had decided to not take part in shooting especially as the figures are rising in Chennai, post production studios are busy.

Rajinikanth Annaatthe shoot in Ramoji Film City at Hyderabad is nearing close with Nayanthara joining the crew. As many Tollywood actors tested positive and shootings been cancelled, the shooting of Annaatthe going on has puzzled many.

OTT platforms are flooded with film producers offering their films. See related post ; https://southfilmy.blogspot.com/2021/05/now-bigg-boss-tamil-contestants-back-to.html

Bigg Boss 3 Malayalam contestant Dimpal's father body cremation in Delhi to wait for space

 

Chennai, April 29 :  Bigg Boss 3 Malayalam contestant Dimpal Bhal's father's cremation is facing delay as there is scarcity of space in crematoriums, said a source in New Delhi. Asianet channel which is part of Star - Disney network is using all channels to get a speedy nod.  

Dimpal's father Satyavir Singh Bhal, a native of Meerut , is resident of Delhi. He was undergoing treatment for respiratory and cardiac problems. On April 27 , he took ill and died on the way to the hospital. His body was tested for covid 19 and was found negative.

Sathyavir Singh Bhal lives in New Delhi with his youngest daughter Nayan and his wife Mini along with her daughter Simple and Dimpal lives in Kattappana ( Kerala). The news of Dimple Bhal's father death was at first confirmed by Lakshmi Jayan, ex contestant and one of the first to get eliminated from the show. Later Bhanu, recently eliminated from the show and one who developed close bond with Dimpal in Bigg Boss House confirmed it. Later Simple took to Instagram Live to break the news. Sources said that Dimpal left Chennai Airport yesterday and reached Delhi. Her mother and sister Simple too reached from Kochi. 

Like in Bigg Boss 4 Tamil, a contestant's father passes away in Bigg Boss 3 Malayalam reality show telecast on Asianet. Those who watched Bigg Boss  4 (Tamil) recalled the exit of Anitha Sampath, a TV news presenter from the show on hearing about her father's death. Both the contestants were in the last four weeks of the contest and strong contenders to the title.

Dimpal had in the yesterday episode told the BB camera that she was happy to complete the task as it required a lot of running. As a cervical cancer survivor, Dimpal is not to undertake any task that puts a strain on her cervical region. She said that she had told her father once about her desire to run in the track field and her father said in Hindi - Sapna dekhthe  raho uske liye koi izzazath nahi chaiye ( Keep dreaming, for that you do not need any permission).

As the reality show reached the last 30 days of the 100 days, a contestant openly voiced the opinion of many other contestants who think that Dimple is using the cancer survivor card to get audience sympathy. It led to severe backlash from various NGO's and fans of Dimpal. Host - actor Mohanlal pulled up the contestant, who offered to quit the show and publicly apologised for his utterance.

In today's episode, one of the contestant Manikuttan, a close pal of Dimpal makes his re-entry . He abruptly left the show and left Dimpal in tears. His entry would no doubt cheer her but to only plunge her in grief later in the day.