Kamal in Kalpakkam - Faahad Faasil with Romanacham director - Raaja loses his cool

Indian 2 shoot at Kalpakkam 

 Kamal Haasan is currently working on the filming of 'Indian 2' at the outskirts of Chennai, and his arrival has caused nearby fans to flock to the shooting location hoping to catch a glimpse of the renowned actor. The gathering of fans at the exit gate grew larger and ended up blocking Kamal Haasan's path. However, the actor graciously stepped onto a stand to wave at his adoring fans and express gratitude for their love and support. The set of 'Indian 2' became highly energetic due to the enthusiastic chants from the crowd. Kamal Haasan appears to be filming for his character Senapathy, as he is seen sporting a clean-shaven look.

The 'Indian 2' shoot is currently happening at Sadras Dutch Fort in Kalpakkam, and the team plans to continue filming for another week at the location. Kajal Aggarwal is also part of the cast and has confirmed her presence on set by sharing a picture. Other actors in significant roles include Priya Bhavani Shankar, Siddharth, Rakul Preet Singh, and Guru Somasundaram. The late actor Vivek's role will not be replaced in the movie. Anirudh Ravichander is in charge of the music, and the first single is expected to be released soon.

Fahadh Faasil in Romancham director's next

Fahadh Faasil has been absent from Malayalam cinema for almost a year, but he is now collaborating with Anwar Rasheed for an upcoming film. On March 9, the film began shooting, as evidenced by a photo of the clapboard shared by actor-producer Nazriya Nazim on social media with the caption "Rolling from today!" The clapboard indicates that the film is being directed by Jithu Madhavan, the director of 'Romancham', and Sameer Thahir is the cinematography director. The project is being produced by Anwar Rasheed and Nazriya Nazim. Fahadh Faasil also confirmed the news on his social media, saying "Rolling from today. Jithu Madhavan, Anwar Rasheed, Nazriya Nazim, Sameer Thahir #AnwarRasheedEntertainments #FahadhFaasilAndFriends."

 Fahadh Faasil will be next seen in 'Paachuvum Athbhuthavilakkum'. The upcoming film is helmed by the debutant Akhil Sathyan. The makers have announced the release date as  April 28.

Illaiyaraaja loses cool at audio launch

At the audio launch , Ilaiyaraaja, the composer of 'Viduthalai', assured fans that the plot of the film will be a new one for Tamil cinema. He then called Vetrimaaran one of the most important directors of Kollywood, and he has been saying it after scoring music for 1500 films as he worked with over 1000 directors. Ilaiyaraaja also assured fans that his music in the film will be unique. Ilaiyaraaja turned angry in the mid as fans cheered continuously when he tried to sing a line from the film's song.

Director Vetrimaaran has been working on the Tamil film 'Viduthalai', featuring Soori and Vijay Sethupathi, for over two years. This highly anticipated project has been split into two parts, with the first part set to release on March 30. At a grand event held on March 8, the makers unveiled the film's audio and trailer, which promise an intriguing storyline. Although Vijay Sethupathi missed out on the opportunity to star in Vetrimaaran's previous film 'Vada Chennai', he expressed concerns about watching the film as it may evoke regret. He also confirmed that Vetrimaaran is currently working on the script for 'Vada Chennai 2'.

Illaiyaraaja pro Modi tweet to escape GST notice ? - Tamil filmdom keeps mum

Illaiyaraaja was served a summons from DG,  GST , to provide proof on the service tax that he has made and this is the reason that the maestro wrote a foreword in the book likening Prime Minister Modi to Dr Ambedkar is the latest allegation levelled against him. As the composer gets vilified on social media, no Superstar or Ullaga Nayakan from Kollywood has spoken about this hate campaign going on in the social media. Predictably BJP State President and Union Minister L Ganesan has come out in support of the Isaiganani. The book was published much before the GST summons is conveniently swept under the carpet.

Sources say that DG Intelligence had sent a notice on February 28th and since he did not respond, a second one was send asking him to appear on March 28th. Composer's auditor appeared and submitted the details . Bluekraft Digital Foundation company who published the book  Exam Warriors written by Modi, are the publishers of this book too. . Another book was on Modi's radio broadcasts Mann ki Baat which " brought in social revolution on radio".  Bluekraft founder Rajesh Jain who was part of Modi 2014 poll campaign and part time member of UDAI ( aadhar), Company CEO Akhilesh Mishra apart from being Modi poll campaign  managers was content director of Union Government website MyGov.in , a citizen portal. Recently, a report said that Bluekraft was linked to a website - www,truepicture.in that is out to bust fake news. As many as 14 Union ministers  had tweeted a link to this website. Anybody wants to know about the truth in news has to go to this site. Bluekraft denied links to this site.

As per the publisher - The book studies the points of intersection of India’s development story under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ideals of Babasaheb. It also highlights the striking parallels between the two towering personalities that succeeded against all odds and worked to dismantle stifling social structures that they themselves experienced from close quarters.

The composer got into the eye of the storm when he wrote a foreword to a book published by  Blue Kraft Digital Foundation titled Ambedkar & Modi — Reformer’s Ideas, Performer’s Implementations,. His foreword - “Both these striking personalities succeeded against odds that people from socially disempowered sections of the society face. Both saw poverty and stifling social structures from close quarters and worked to dismantle them, but both are also practical men who believe in action rather than mere thought exercises.”.

All hell broke loose. Fans said that he need to withdraw his writeup. At first his brother Gangai Amaran - a BJP member and composer said that his brother will not pull back his writeup. The hate campaign took more steam. Now Raaja has issued a revised version of his song from Dhalapathi ( Rajini- Mammooty- Mani Rathinam) Sundari kannaley with a tweaked lyrics to imply that he stood firm on his  Modi views.

Raaja's son Yuvan Shankar Raaja put out a post with him in a black shirt  with a caption - Dark Dravidian Proud Thamizhan. Many celebrities followed suit. BJP President Annamalai reacted - “If Yuvan is dark, then I am  much darker like a jungle crow and so I too is a pure Dravidian.”. When Amit Shah said that Hindi should be the link language like English to unite the Nation, A R Rahman put out a post of a painting in which a black woman in white saree with a trishul  in hand and in a red background with the caption  Tamizhananagu - caption from Bhartidasan invocation song to Mother Tamil. It says that Tamil language is the root to Tamil rights. ARR got bouquets and brickbats too. Many asked him if it was not for Hindi films that he scored, would he have got the worldwide fame.

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Will Singer Chinmayi tweet on Illaiyaraaja bring Vairamuthu back ?

 

Singer Chinmayi in a tweet asked how Illaiyaraaja could agree to score music for director Susi Ganesan's upcoming film as the latter is a MeToo accused. The singer kickstarted a MeToo charge on National award winner - lyricist Vairamuthu of  behaving improperly with her, a few years back. It is said that Mani Ratnam avoided using Vairmuthu for the upcoming film Ponniyin Selvan on this ground. Music is scored by A R Rahman. Illaiyaraaja and Vairamuthu combo that grew together to win many awards and notch many hits parted ways a decade back. Ironically it was A R Rahman who gave Vairamuthu a new lease of life through Roja and also brought to light the voice of Chinmayi.

Susi Ganesan  a former journalist turned director worked with Mani Ratnam and went to do independent films. His last release in Tamil was Thiruttu Pataley 2 (2017) and after that he was doing a Hindi film that is yet to be released. Leena Manimekalai an author and film maker had alleged that Susi Ganesan had misbehaved with her when she went to interview him for a media house. Director slapped defamatory charges on her and had her passport impounded. After a court order, it was returned. Amala Paul who worked in the Thiruttu Payalaey 2 too alleged that she too had suffered sexual harassment from Susi.

Susi Ganeshan announced the title of his next film Vanjam Theerththaayadaa, a real life story based in Madurai. Outrage broke out in Twitter over collaborating with a sexual abuser. Will Raaja Sir kick out Susi or go ahead with the project ?. If Raaja drops Susi then it means that he believes MeToo allegations and that includes his ex pal Vairamuthu , is one angle  if he goes ahead , it means. He feels that MeToo allegations are baseless and so also the one against his ex pal. It could pave way for a reunion of two music legends, says music industry.

After Chinmayi questioned the norm in giving an award from a semi- Kerala Government organisation to Vairamuthu, the lyricist returned it back.  As Mani Ratnam dropped Vairamuthu from Ponniyin Selvam , will Raaja show Susi the door ?. Singer - composer Karthik is one named by multiple women in MeToo campaign . He however scored for a segment in anthology produced by Mani Ratnam and directed by Gautham Menon and also for the latter's film Joshua. GV Prakash too uses Karthik for his compositions. Here the difference is that  Karthik tweeted - I fully support #MeToo and if there's truth in anybody's grievance, I shall be more than willing to apologise or face legal action because I don't want to ever leave a sour taste in anyone's life. (sic)". Karthik recently joined the dubbing union with whom Chinmayi is having a running feud. Mano is another singer who joined the Dubbing Union.