SK fans behind attack on KPY Film ? / Ajith Producer on buying tickets to boost Figures

 

KPY Bala TV personality debut film Gandhi Kannadi is facing attack from some quarters. Posters have been pulled down. Some actors in Bala film has been attacked, Bala team has not mentioned about the source from where attack comes but it is obvious that it could be SK fans as his film Madharaasi released on same day. Though many say the film is heart touching many have found fault with narration.

 Audience rated KPY film 4.9 oout of 5. Read ; 

Best film Gandhi Kannadi is one of the best films I have watched. The story carries a strong message and beautifully reflects values of truth, simplicity, and humanity. The performances are powerful, and the direction makes the film engaging from beginning to end. It is not just entertainment but also an inspiration that leaves a lasting impact on the audience.”

From starting to ending, the movie is Full power packed and amazing. The story driven very well and cinematography made fabulous. Hero of the film , nope the great hero of the film brother bala's acting drive the movie wonderful,to be more energetic and the soul of the movie and the others actors nailed it to the core. Hearty Congratulations to the team 🎉👏 and fullest of hearty thanks to the entire team . All the very best to all and special all the best to your beloved brother bala not only the brother, the Hero

Boney Kapoor who recently produced three films with Ajith Kumar confesses about the practice of Producers buying tickets to boost box office to foll the OTT platforms to pocket more money, Read on He began by saying, “This is my opinion and I may be wrong. But I feel that OTT is responsible. Satellite is responsible. In today’s times, the contracts related to the sale of OTT and satellite rights are linked to the box office figures. As per the contracts, if a film crosses the Rs. 100 crore mark, the platforms would give an additional Rs. 5 crores to the makers. If the film goes past Rs. 120 crores, Rs. 5 crores more would be given.” Boney continued, “By the time the OTT platforms realize, picture lag ke hit ho chuki hai books mein! Moreover, there are not many distributors. The studios themselves release the film. The important thing to consider is that the kharcha spent on buying tickets will go under ‘promotional activity’! So, it will be taken as an expense.”

Boney Kapoor feels that this practice will be short-lived, “Sooner or later, everybody will get smart. The producers are (indulging in this practice), as their contracts are valid which were signed long back. Ab woh phasenge jinki nayi filmein banegi; in the sense that reality will strike.”

The most expensive remake rights were of a film that I have not made so far, Comali (2019). I paid Rs. 3.5 crores for its rights. Abhi tak bani nahin hai woh picture. I have now given the rights to Luv Ranjan. He has the Hindi rights while I have the all-India rights, that is, the rights to remake in all languages.” Said Boney. He said that he would come back to Tamil and make two films. “Initially, her 4-5 Hindi films were dubbed. She felt her performance was compromised. So, she learned Hindi. She would have a Hindi teacher in the dubbing studio. That’s how she started dubbing on her own. For Mom (2017), she dubbed for the Tamil and Telugu version. For the Malayalam version, there was a dubbing artist. Yet, she sat with her to see that the dubbing was in sync with the performance. Very few artists have such dedication.” Revealed Boney about Sredevi.

Is Naveen Polishetty in Mani Ratnam Film ? Stalin to OK Kamal ET tax cut ? / Boney back with Marathi remake

Mani Ratnam next film with newcomers will feature Naveen Polishetty from Tollywood is what Telugu film sites are reporting. Naveen has given three hits in a row and his Jathi Ratnalu after OTT steaming got him wide reach outside the State. He speaks fluent Tamil and had attended an EVAM workshop in Chennai. His films are Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya, Jathi Ratnalu, and Miss Shetty Mr. Polishetty. His next film, Anaganaga Oka Raju’s glimpse, was recently released, and Meenakshi Chaudhary is playing the lead actress. The buzz is that the film will be a Sankranthi 2026 release. Ulaga Nayagan Kamal Haasan attended the FICCI event in Chennai was elected Chairman . About Thug Life he revealed forthcoming film Thug Life will be released on June 5, 2025. When asked if his character Rangaraya Sakthivel Nayakar in Thug is good or terrible, Kamal Haasan replied, “You won’t find the answer in Thug Life either…”. “He is both good and evil!” This suggests a multifaceted part, similar to many of his previous iconic performances. Kamal Haasan said the storytelling, features multiple characters, each on their own strength are strong enough to be play the lead in their own film. He mentioned that some characters will have interactions that even Trisha Krishnan’s character is not part of it and showcasing the depth of the screenplay. Producer- Actor- Minister Udhaymidhi who heard Kamal put forth a case for State Government to reduce tax on admission tickets said that his government would consider it seriously. Same Day, Udhaynidhi restored 90 acres of land that was given to film trade bodies to build houses but failed to do with the time period given and had to forego it.

A source told Bollywood Hungama, “Boney Kapoor was quite blown by Baipan Bhari Deva. He began the process of getting the rights to the film in 2024. The same year, he managed to acquire the rights. He now has the rights to remake the film in Tamil Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada languages.” The source further said, “He paid a whopping Rs. 2 crores for the remake rights as he is aware of the potential of Baipan Bhari Deva’s story.” Another source told us, “Boney ji will soon lock the directors for the South versions and also cast appropriate faces. He’s confident that the female actors from the four industries would be too excited to be a part of such a film, where all the females have author-backed roles.” Directed by Kedar Shinde and backed by Jio Studios in association with Emveebee Media, Baipan Bhari Deva features Rohini Hattangadi, Deepa Parab, Vandana Gupte, Suchitra Bandekar, Shilpa Navalkar and Sukanya Kulkarni. It tells the story of six estranged sisters who are forced to come together for the ‘Managala Gaur’ competition. It collected a huge Rs. 76.05 crores in cinemas

Truth about Sridevi death and being pregnant before marriage revealed by Boney

For the first time hubby Boney Kapoor opens up about wife Sridevi death that took place in a hotel room in Dubai. He said that Sridevi was very figure conscious out her figure and would be a diet and fasting for days together. Due to this she would have low blood pressure and faint. It was one such instance that she fainted in the hotel bathroom tub as she suffered a heart attack. Boney said that Indian media speculated about the reason for death and Dubai Police questioned him for two days and he took lie detector tests and came out clean. She was found drowned in the bathtub and so the report was accidental death. The question raised then was how could 54 year Sridevi looking so healthy and with no history of heart attack die due to cardiac attack ? . Only Khushi was with her and Boney in Dubai as Jhanvi was busy shooting in Mumbai. Elaborating further, he said that her crash diets to reduce weight was done against her personal Doctor advice as she wanted to look chiseled in front of the camera. . For English Vinglish she dropped her weight to 46 kgs. Her idea was to age gracefully and her daughters were her stress busters. Boney did not open up as he had told everything to Dubai Police. Despite low BP, Sridevi was on a no salt diet, he said. After death, Nagarjuna told Boney that in his film shoot schedule, Sridevi had a blackout in the bathroom and broke her teeth. Media speculated that it was suicide and some attributed it murder for gain by Boney. Boney recently produced three films in Tamil with Ajith as hero. He set the record right on the report that his daughter Jhanvi was born before he and Sridevi got married. He said that both of them got married in a private ceremony in June 2 1996 at Shirdi Temple and in January 1997, pregnancy signs became visible and so they had do a public marriage ceremony. He said that Sridevi was very religious and on her birthday she would walk barefoot to Tirumala temple and when he facing work issues, she walked barefoot from Juhu house to SiddhiVinayak temple. He said that the Chenni house brings back memories of her. The house was recently given a facelift as dampness has crept in and walls were wet.

Thunivu: One hell of a guts to direct this !!!

 Director; H Vinoth

Cast; Ajith Kumar, Manju Warrier, Samudrakanni, John Kokken, G M Sundar, Bhagwati Perumal

Music; Ghibran

Camera : Nirav Shah

Producers; Zee Studios and Boney Kapoor.

When Manju tweeted no Guts no glory , she meant it for the director for putting his name to a film that beats all illogical films that have come so far in Kollywood. 

Story; A bank located in Mount Rod Chennai has a team of robbers break in. they find that already a guy with same motive is inside and he is AK.Now this AK guy is a bank robber because he wants siphon all the money that the bank milked from the unsuspecting customers. Will he successfully complete his mission is the film all about.

Performance : AJITH KUMAR all the way and director H Vinoth has realized that a screen presence of AK is most important to smokescreen the lows in storytelling and over look the illogical super human actions of the hero and Manju Warrier. So add the AK do a moonwalk to give fans a kick and looks like it worked as this is trending soon after the 1 AM show.

From Vaali to Mankantha  AK excels in a role with shades of grey and Thunivu just gives him more space to do it. As far as Manju Warrier is concerned, I think she has got footage in a Star film and that too in a role that she has not done before is one big bonus for her and for viewers she is no disappointment. Most of the others have their roles well defined and give their best.

Technical aspects of the film are just about average. Art Director has created sets that can be blatantly  recognized as one. Nirav cinematography is one big plus and when it comes to music ,Ghibran does deliver his best but what happens is that the placement is at the wrong time. Here again how do you differentiate from gunshots- bomb explosion and BGM ?

Narration : From what you get to see in Thunivu trailor, the film gives an expectation and to a great extent it does deliver the heist factor. After all the fireworks – shoot outs and bombs exploding in the first part, you are taken in the second half to a portion where H Vinoth wants his film to be known as not just a heist film but also an expose on how private corporate banks make their balance sheets profitable by manipulating the public who do not read the small print in the forms that they sign.

This self-indulgence by the director affects the film pace and he did this in his previous film with AK and had to later cut it out. After the slow pace, the film takes it own time to shift to fast gear and this is one hell of a problem for a film backed by an electrifying AK screen presence. White  suit- white hair – mesmerizing smile and a machine gun in his lap, it is AK all the way.

Verdict : A one time watch for  those who are lovers of superhero genre films apart from  AK fans

Ajith AK 61 is Vallamai' (Power) and Khiladi is copy of Sathuranga vettai 2 ?

 

Ajith Kumar's next after Valimai is titled Vallamai' according a talk in the industry. The film will go on the

floor next week after a office pooja in coming week. Now known as AK 61, the film cast- crew and title will be revealed at the launch. Every Ajith film launch is a closed door affair and done without any fan fare. First look of Ajith sporting a white beard has been released and buzz is that the actor will be playing a dual role or  character . Actor Kavin who is known for Bigg Boss Tamil is in the castalong with Yogi Babu ( his portions were edited out in Valimai) is another news. It is not known whether music will be by Ghibran or Yuvan. Valimai carried Yuvan's name but Ghibran is said to have done the BGM.

Meanwhile the producer of Tamil film Sathuranga Vettai 2 whose story has been written by Valimai's director H Vinoth has moved the court saying that Telugu film Khiladi starring Ravi Teja has lifted many scenes from his film and that the OTT release should be stopped. Satthuranga Vettai 2 has been in the cans due to financial issues and finally is getting ready for a release. It has Aravind Swamy and Trisha in the lead.

Zee News Tamil quotes Amma aide as Ajith denies political entry

 

 Zee New Tamil tweet that Sanakaralingam ,  personal aide of Late CM J Jayalalithaa telling the new channel that the actor was getting ready for a political entry had sparked the actor into denying the news, said a source. The aide claimed that Ajith was getting adequately armed for political battle and said that the film releasing on AMMA birthday was apt as the title signified AMMA. This created a ripple as Zee Studios is co- producer of Valimai and the next project with same combo.

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"Mr Ajith kumar has got no intentions of venturing into politics and hence humbly requests the respected members of the media to refrain from encouraging such misleading information's".

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This is in response to speculations regarding AK's entry into politics after the Valimai release. On Feb 6 , we reported that AIADMK cadres are using Valimai as a campaign material for the local poll bodies. We had given pictorial evidence. The story circulated was that Ajith had chosen the date as it was B'Day of AMMA. Her attending the wedding was also put up as banners. ( https://southfilmy.blogspot.com/2022/02/ajiths-valimai-release-date-on-amma.html)

After seeing Valimai , many stories appeared that the dialogue which says No point in saying system is not right. We must change first " was a direct hit on Rajinikanth who said that he was entering politics as `system was wrong'. This was taken as a forerunner to AK entering politics. At the time when Jayalalithaa was in hospital, a story doing the rounds was that AMMA had wanted Ajith to run for CM post and go in for a people mandate after dissolving the Government.

This writer was witness to a function where Ajith on stage in presence of then CM Karunanidhi said that forcing people to attend such felicitation functions should stop.. Rajinikanth in front row got up and clapped.

Valimai director says youths missed the point

 

Valimai the Ajith Kumar film director H Vinoth has said that the  film's message of peer pressure on youths by parents - relatives  and challenges from the society has not struck a chord with youth for whom it was intended.  For the first time he was speaking about the film post Valimai release . In an exclusive to DT Next, H Vinoth talks about what went wrong with the film narrative.  Vinoth is right on track as the deleted scene in which villain Kartikeya talks about Satan and God and justifies that one going to any extent of even killing parents to satisfy one's needs , has 1.6 million views and is the WhatsApp Status video and ringtone. Yet another scene in which Ajith says to hell with criticism and to build a empire using the stones hurled on them has 1 million views. An anti- establishment view that went well down with the youth

Going by Vinoth's observation, the mother sentiment through which the peer pressure was to be conveyed worked in reverse as the promos put out had only action scenes and as cop v/s biker gang conflict. Vinoth failed to put this message in a big way in the first half and instead went full throttle on Ajith's action scenes and conflict. As the film's core audience - youth were full charged with action and expecting more, Vinoth comes in with a message. The core audience walked out cheated.

Yet another point that Vinoth puts across is "  When you watch Valimai without any external influences and pressures of catching up on an early show taking away mob mentality from your mind, I'm sure even the youngsters would understand the several layers that have been woven in the storyline,". As anybody knows, a STAR film always gets a opening that Vinoth mentions and that was the case with Viswasam too. Women and family come in after the first three days of fan frenzy and that if the word of mouth talk says it  is okay for them to see. This happens if a film is released on a non festival day. The reason why a STAR film is released on festival days is that family audience come to   theaters in first crucial three days and in turn the talk generates more crowds on working days.

As further postponement of film was not possible , Valimai had to skip a festival release. It can also be credited to producer Boney Kapoor's achievement that he released a film on non festival day and had a collection as big as a festival day. On Monday the Tamil Nadu  collection was Rs 4.80 cr and on Tuesday it reported a fall of Rs 1 crore.

Valimai scrapes through : Warning bell for AK- Vinoth- Boney

Valimai 's Monday collection figures in Tamil Nadu and weekend has come as relief to theater and distributors. Like a thriller, Box office fluctuated drastically after a bumper opening. Second day ( Friday) saw a drastic 64 % drop when Boney Kapoor was talking about biggest opening on a non holiday . Shell shocked theater owners hit by the drop and all round negative reviews for the film on social media had the makers rush to makers. 14 minutes were trimmed. From Saturday, figures steadily climbed by 15% and by Sunday, it touched back full form. The Tamil Nadu gross stood on Day 4 at Rs 82 crores. The film was sold for Rs 70 crores. It meant that nett collections ( after tax ) would be at Rs 55 crores and not recover the investment. On Monday, the film recorded a Rs 4.80 crore collection and this came as a big relief. It meant that patronage for the film had not stopped totally and there was all chance to recover the investment.

Fourth Day figures were around Rs 19 crores and fifth day the figure was below 50% of the previous day. Lasting out till Friday with 18% occupancy as on Day 5 will make it a no loss position. Till March 10, there is no major Tamil film. Suriya's Etharkkum Thunindhavan, will release. On March 4th, Dulquar Salman's Hey Sinamika and Batman are releasing.

Except Karnataka, other two South States the film fell drastically after a bumper opening. From Monday, these states have negligible collection. North India figures are in the region of Rs 2.70 crores. On Sunday, few theaters in Mumbai reported near full shows.

As the film was given on an MG basis, the risk taken by Boney and Gopuram films ( distributor) was high. As same team starts shoot, Valimai has sounded the alarm bells that banking on Star power alone will not hold good. For Ajith it is more important as Valimai had a situation that was tailor made for a success streak. No release in three years and a hence an audience waiting to see him, 900 theaters in Tamil Nadu with unlimited shows and despite this, the box office figures should scare him. 

Ajith shoot in Mount Road Chennai from March 9th - Arjun Kapoor in Comali remake

 

Ajith's next shoot will begin on March  9th in Mount Road Chennai set erected in Ramoji Rao film city Hyderabad. Valimai Hindi ( same name) will have 1000 screens in North India, biggest for a Ajith Kumar film. Producer is not bothered about how the distributor is going to get screens but  Valimai will release on scheduled date Feb 25 even if Gangubhai of Alia Bhatt is coming on the same date as Boney Kapoor says both are different genres.  Arjun Kapoor is going to act in  Jeyam Ravi's Tamil film `Comali' remake and F2 (  Varun Tej's Telugu). R J Balaji's Veetiliya Visheshangal ( remake of Badhai Ho ) and Udhyanidhi Stalin Nenjuku Neethi  (Article 15) will release in first half of summer.

A confident Boney in an interview said that with little promotion, he is sure  that he will do good biz with Valimai. He says that he is not expecting Rs 100 cr biz in North but only a decent output. Even before Pushpa, Boney sold Hindi theatrical rights. His daughter Jhanvi's next release is Mili , remake of Malayalam film Helen..

His son Arjun Kapoor will reprise Jeyam Ravi's role in Comali remake and Varun Tej's  F2 in Hindi. Anees Bazme will be directing F2 remake and there is talk that Bazmee will being doing No Entry sequel with Salman Khan. Boney said he is keeping his fingers crossed. Luv Ranjan will direct Comali remake.

Boney's upcoming Maaidan with Ajay Devgn will clash with Prithviraj in June. Maaidan is coming on June 3 and following week is Prithviraj ( AkshayKumar). Here too he rules out any change  in  dates.  Valimai OTT release dates yet to be set says Boney. Zee5 is the OTT rights holder. PEN who is distributor of Valimai was also for Ravi Teja's Khiladi Hindi. On first day, there wasno  morning shows and till date there is no box office figures.

Helen Director Mathukutty Xavier reveals his next

 Helen , the Malyalam film that won the national award for best debut film maker is currently directing the Hindi remake with Janhvi Kapoor playing Anna Ben's role. It was remade in Tamil as Anbirkiniyal i with Keerthi Pandian essaying the central role and Gokul directing it while the Hindi remake is directed by Mathykutty who directed the original . The Hindi film is titled `Milli" ( remember Jaya Bahaduri / Bachchan) and shooting has been wrapped up.  Mathukutty said that his next will be a film produced by him and Helen script writer Alfred Kurian Joseph will be directing it. Kadaisi Biryani fame cameraman Nishanth will be cranking the camera.

He said that the offer to remake Helen first came from Arun Pandian who wanted to make some changes to the script. Xavier was not willing to allow it. At that time Lizzy Priyadarshan and Vineeth Srinivasan spoke to him and said that Boney Kapoor wanted to remake it as it was in Hindi. He agreed and  Ritesh Shah ( Pink - Airlift) wrote the screenplay.  

Mathukutty asked Janhvi to not take Anna Ben performance as a reference and emote the way she would.  Manoj Pahwa who seen in comic roles will play Lal's role in Hindi and it is a serious character..

Boney Kapoor legal victory ends Shankar - Ranveer 's Anniyan Hindi remake bid ?

 

Boney Kapoor getting a court order  that it is the producer who has the copyright over the film content and not the director ,will probably end the legal fight by  Producer Ravichandran that his film `Anniyan' cannot be remade by Shankar in Hindi without his permission. Shankar was to remake the Hindi version with  Ranveer - Kiara Advani in lead and Gada of PEN to produce it.

S J Suryah directed film Vaalee which had Ajith in dual roles was a runaway hit. It took Ajith to stardom and Suryah got a name as director. The film was released in 1999. Ajit got the best actor award from Cinema Express and Filmfare , NIC Arts Chakravarthy the producer had inked a deal with Boney Kapoor and sold the remake rights of all languages ( except Kannada)/  In Kannada it was remade with Sudeep and Sadhu Kokila . Director S J Suryah had sent a notice to Producer and Boney Kapoor that it cannot be remade without his concurrence. The matter went to court.

 Suryah moved the Madras  High Court  single bench to stake his copyright claim on the story and screenplay and showed the film credits that acknowledged it and wanted a stay order but it was turned down. He then moved the Division bench.  Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P D Audikesavalu mentioned, “Merely because the producer gave credit to the appellant herein as the author of the screenplay or the dialogue would not amount to an acknowledgement of the appellant’s copyright therein.”

“There can be no dispute that in respect of a cinematograph film, it is the producer of the film who is the owner of the copyright in the cinematograph film itself… Insofar as the copyright in the original story or the original screenplay or dialogue is concerned, to the extent the same is used in the film upon due consideration therefore being tendered by the producer, the producer is also deemed to be the owner of the copyright therein” the bench added.

Aascar Ravichandran on hearing that Anniyan was getting remade in Hindi by it's director Shankar without getting any permission moved the court. He claimed that the story was bought from Late Sujatha by him and apart from that as producer he has all copyright on the content being producer. The verdict in Boney Kapoor case when applied to Shankar means that the latter will have to drop the project. Ravichandran announced that he himself is going to remake the film in Hindi and said that Jackie Chan with a Bollywood actor would act in it. Ravichandran is distributor of Jackie's films in India and even got him to come for the audio release of Kamal Haasan's Dasavathram produced by him.

S J Suryah said that he would challenge the verdict in Supreme Court. Boney Kapoor, meanwhile, is also remaking Tamil hits Comaali, Kolamaavu Kokila, and the Malayalam film Helen in Hindi. About the making of the film, Ajith mentioned that Vaali "was very close to my heart and I gave it everything I had", revealing that he had initially received a lot of bad publicity and scepticism for doing a dual role too early in his career. In Hindi, Vaali was remade  as Sheesha where the wife has a same-face sister. In Tamil, It tells the story of Deva and Shiva, two look-alike siblings with Deva being deaf and dumb. When Shiva marries his sweetheart Priya, Deva becomes obsessed and has a lust towards  Simran played the wife and Jyotika an imaginary charcter Sona. The soundtrack was composed by Deva and lyrics were written by Vairamuthu with songs like "Oh Sona" and "April Madhathil" being popular. The cinematography was handled by Jeeva