Vikram- Gautham Menon Dhruv Natchitram v/s Suriya's Retro - A coincidence ? / Thalaivar and Thalapathy rule North America

Long awaited Dhruv Natchitram of Vikram- GVM is set for a May 1st release and guess what it is to face Suriya- Kartik Subburaj Retro. If the report is true and it states that Tirupur Subramanian the Coimbatore igg Boss who has taken the job to release the Vikram film has held multiple screenings for Distributors and told them that May 1 st is release date. Now this film is expected to do what Madha Gaja Raja did for Vishal. Interestingly, Subramnian and Suriya had a faceoff during the Covid time over the latter going to OTT instead of theatres. The exhibitor had said that Suriya will lose his fan base by taking the OTT route. Post Covid, Suriya has to deliver a hit. Secondly, Gautham Vasudev Menon still cribs about Suriya giving him the cold shoulder after giving three hits . Report based on https://www.moviecrow.com/News/34588/dhruva-natchathiram-vikram-suriya-retro-release-date Director Vetrimaaran confirmed the update given by Producer Thanu during a recent appearance at an event. The film’s pre-production is progressing steadily, and shooting is expected to commence in May or June. Vaadivaasal marks Suriya and Vetrimaaran’s first collaboration According to Only My Health, in an interview, the actor said he maintained a no-salt and no-sugar diet to get those six-pack abs within 100 days. The actor even sacrificed biryani and adopted sugar abstinence to get picture-perfect abs. Despite his strict diet, Suriya has a favorite dish: Kongu biryani, a traditional meal made with rice and lentils.

North America is biggest overseas box office for any Indian film and Tamil films are no exception. A look at the top 10 Tamil films that excited North American based Tamil viewers shows that it has Superstar Rajinikanth and Thalapathy Vijay and an odd Ponniyin Selvan both parts ( Mani the Director’s draw) and Kamal’s Vikram that came after a long gap. So we can expect Coolie – Vijay-H Vinoth and Kamal- Mani Thug Life to rock in this region. Will Sivakarthikeyan- Dhanush- Suriya and AK come in to fill Thalapathy gap ? Back in home territory, Dhanush directed NEEK is now inching towards 7 crores. But it is far away from its budget recovery and might wrap up without covering even half of its budget. Dhanush’s last directorial Raayan amassed around 60 crores in 7 days.

Mohanlal in Sivakarthikeyan -ARM film -Gautham Menon next on cricket

 

Mohanlal has been roped in join the Sivakarthikeyan – A R Murgadoss project. This will be the next outing of Mohanlal after Jailer. Mrunal Thakur and Vidyut Jamwal are also in the film with Anirudh scoring the music. Film is produced by SriLakshmi Movies. It is comeback of ARM after failure of Rajini’s Darbar.

Gautham Vasudev Menon in an interview to Galatta Plus opens up why he is not doing love subjects and the fascination of Producers and heroes towards action and  Pan Indian films’ He also talks about the ordeals that he is going through to release the film Dhruva Natchithran (DN) on November 24^th.

He traces out the path by which the film got into a problem as there was a communication problem between makers and the investors and it got stuck and adding to it two years of pandemic coming in. He says that those who are out of Court has to be settled and is running around to get OTT to buy the film. He has sold theatrical rights of Kerala and Karnataka and will close Tamil Nadu soon. The non release of  the film has affected as many actors say that we will collaborate after your liabilities are cleared. He revealed that DN was told to Suriya and later to Rajinikanth.

Despite having given a hit love film Vinnaithandi Varuvayya , Producers say only action films will run and actors ask what is there in it for a love subject. He however plans to do a love subject with new faces on a small budget. He said that Vels International is waiting to do a film after the previous collaboration with Simbhu was a hit.

He tells about Vinayakan who played the antagonist in DN before Jailer did not pick up his calls after he got Rajini film. Menon has to bring in other characters to cover up Vinayakan absence. His next film is the same lines of Vendhu Thirutthaa Kaadu. He means a rustic backdrop hero character. Reason being that Directors who do rustic based subjects get lauded and those who do urban based subjects get stamped. Talking about heroes wanting over the top action scenes, he said that S J Suryah was different and they might work together soon. If DN works then has a sequel ready with Vikram again. Menon speaking on Star Sports Tami during commentary on World Cp Semis said that his next is a cricker based film and it about two village guys getting a spot in National cricket team and is based on Sachin and Ganguly.

Kamal hated Sholay - Jailer song in Top 5 - Aishwarya Rajesh portion cut in Vikram film

Aishwarya Rajesh's name is missing from the credit list of the movie "Dhruv Nakashatram," which stars Vikram and is directed by Gautham Menon. The second single, titled "His Name is John," was composed by Harris Jayraj and sung by Paul Dabba. This single was released yesterday. The film has faced multiple delays during its production but seems to be finally ready for release. Interestingly, Chiyaan Vikram has not shared the single on his social media, whereas Aishwarya had previously posted teasers for the film. It appears that Aishwarya's parts in the movie may have been edited out, and instead, Ritu Varma is featured. A similar situation occurred in Chiyaan Vikram's other movie, "Maahan," where Vani Bhojan's scenes were also cut, even though the movie was intended for direct release on an OTT platform. The second song delves into the character played by Vikram and is presented in a typical Chennai dialect.

Kamal Haasan, who recently joined this project called "K," has now officially confirmed that he will portray the chief antagonist in the film. The renowned actor explained that he accepted this role because of his background in analogous cinema. According to him, in a film, a negative role plays a crucial part as it complements and enhances the positive aspects. During an event in San Diego, Kamal Haasan made a surprising revelation that he once worked as an assistant to Ramesh Sippy during the making of the iconic film "Sholay." However, despite his involvement in its creation, he admitted that upon watching the film for the first time, he felt a mix of anger and frustration, which he even conveyed to Ramesh Sippy himself. During a video conference, while Kamal was sharing this experience, the legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan, who starred in "Sholay," interrupted to praise Kamal Haasan, stating that he considers him to be greater than all of them. Following his association with Ramesh Sippy on "Sholay," Kamal Haasan went on to act in another film directed by Sippy, titled "Saagar."

The song "Jailer" from the movie "Rajinikanth" by Anirudh has made it to the top 5 Tamil songs on Spotify, with over 1 million streams. Interestingly, a previous single from the same film also reached 1 million streams, but it achieved this milestone at a faster pace compared to "Hukum." Coincidentally, the other three songs in the top 5 Tamil list on Spotify are all composed by Anirudh as well. These songs belong to Thalapathy Vijay's films, namely "Leo," "Beast," and "Varisu."