Nagarjuna in Ayothi remake / Know abour Lal's L365 Director / Bad Girls get U/A

 Nagarjuna's 100th film will be a remake of the Tamil emotional drama Ayothi, which featured Sasikumar and Preethi Asrani in the lead roles. The film which was set against religion and politics, went on to win critical acclaim at the box office, winning praise for portraying the story based on human emotions. News is that Nagarjuna was reportedly moved by the film’s story and is keen on bringing it to the Telugu audience. It is said that the discussions are currently underway with the original producers, Trident Arts, for the remake rights. An official announcement is awaited shortly.

As per reports, Nagarjuna's 100th film will be directed by Ra Karthik of Nitham Oru Vaanam fame. The film is likely to be an engaging drama, which will see Nagarjuna in a raw avatar with an emotionally strong story. This will be Nagarjuna's second collaboration this year with a Tamil film maker, right after Lokesh Kanagaraj who has directed Coolie.

The film credited L Ramakrishnan as writer but aanother writer Madhvaraj claimed that he had written the same story in his website after reading about the real life incident. Director arrived at a compromise by incorporating Madhavaraj name in the OTT version streaming on Zee5.

Two films Bad Girls and Manushi coming from Vetrimaaran Productions were denied censor certificate and no reasons or rather cuts were asked to be done, Finally Bad Girls got a U/A certificate and is releasing on September 5. High Court asked Censors to spell out the cuts and not just say it cannot be released in public and finally the cuts list was given, Touted to be a coming of age film, Bad Girl revolves around a girl as she goes through the setbacks of school-going teenager, whose choices are limited by the those around her.

The visuals from the teaser stirred a debate because the protagonist is reportedly from a Brahmin home, and the character’s identity is portrayed in an 'unacceptable' way.

The film's technical aspects are led by women. It has cinematography by Preetha Jayaraman, Jagadeesh Ravi and Prince Anderson, and editing by Radha Sridhar. The music score is composed by Amit Trivedi, enhancing the film’s thematic depth.

Bad Girl is also set for screenings at several international festivals, such as Karawan Fest in Italy and New Horizons International Film Festival in Poland.

The cast features Anjali Sivaraman, Shanthi Priya, Hridhu Haroon, TeeJay Arunasalam, Sashank Bommireddipalli, and Saranya Ravichandran. Their performances have been a key aspect of the film’s success on the festival circuit.

All about Mohanlal L365 Director Background

Know about Austin Dan Thomas Debut Director of L365 . He played Rajesh one of the three friend of hero Tovino in Thallumala. He was associtate to Mithun Manuel Thomas ( Anjaam Pathira), Vineeth Kumar (Dear Friend) He acted in Vijay Superum Pournamiyum, starring Asif Ali and Aishwarya Lakshmi, He was Aishwarya’s ex BF in the film. “ “With immense joy, I announce my next film. Directed by Austin Dan Thomas, Written by Retheesh Ravi, And produced by Ashiq Usman under the banner of Ashiq Usman Productions. Grateful to be part of this exciting new chapter," Mohanlal penned the caption. It a cop comedy film and not an investigative thriller. It is said that some time back Austin was to do the same story with Jaysurya and launch announced, Jaysurya got involved with the fantasy film Kadamatha Kathanar and backed out. The new screenplay is written by Ratheesh Ravi.

 

Naslen GF revealed / Pranav Mohanlal - Mom gets social media praise / Hit 3 drops / Sasikumar- Simran on Top

 

Premalu fame Naslen GF is  Anarkali Nazar . Anarkali Nazar has acted as Kunchacko Boban's heroine in the film Mohan Kumar Fans. She has also acted in the film Ntikkakkakkoru Premandaarnnu. Naslen, the Malayalam actor, was offered a role in Ajith Kumar's "Good Bad Ugly", but he declined due to prior commitments with the film "Alappuzha Gymkhana". The role Naslen was offered was that of Ajith Kumar's son in the movie. "Good Bad Ugly" was a successful Tamil film, achieving the highest grossing status in 2025. 

Naslen’s Alappuzha Gymkhana is mounted at a scale of 12 crore. With its current India net collection of 43.73 crore, its ROI (Return On Investment) comes to 31.73 crore. This results in the ROI percentage coming to a whopping 264%. On its 26th day, the Naslen starrer earned 7 lakhs. This was around a drop of 66% since the movie amassed 21 lakhs on its previous day. The total India net collection of the film now comes to 43.73 crores. The movie garnered 20 crores when it comes to the overseas collection. The worldwide collection of Alappuzha Gymkhana stands at 71.6 crores. The film has been helmed by Khalid Rahman and also stars Lukman Avaran in the lead role.

Social media is all praise for Lalettan’s son Pranav Mohanlal for his simplicity and also praise for his mother Suchithra. Both of them arrived at the airport and soons fans hesitantly approached them for a selfie. Taking permission from Suchithra, Pranav took selfies and not that allowed fans to put a hand over his shoulder. In the age when bouncers surround kids of Stars and even push away and damage mobiles, Pranav and Suchithra have become social media darlings.

 

According to the early estimates in Sacnilk, on its 5th day, the M Sasikumar starrer  Tourist Family earned 2.68 crore*. This was around a slight drop of 28% since the movie amassed 3.75 crores on its previous day. Not only this but the 5-day collections was 34% higher than the opening day. For the unversed, the movie opened at 2 crores. The total India net collection of the film now comes to 12.83 crores*.

With this, Tourist Family is inching towards 15 crores. Not only this but it is also pacing towards the profit-making zone in a steady manner. The M Sasikumar starrer is mounted at a budget of 16 crores.. With its current India net collection of 12.83 crores, the film has covered around 80% of its budget. If the positive word of mouth remains consistent, it might soon cross its entire budget. Not only this, but the Indian net collection of Tourist Family is also 91% higher than the lifetime collection of M Sasikumar’s last movie. The worldwide collection of Tourist Family now stands at 18.93 crores*. The film has been helmed by Abishan Jeevinth and also stars Simran in the lead role.

Including day 5, the total collection of HIT 3 now stands at 56.30 crore net at the Indian box office, as per Sacnilk. Reportedly, the film is made on a budget of 70 crores. If we compare this to the domestic collection, the film has already recovered 80.42% of the budget, which is a big relief.

In the next few days, the Nani starrer is expected to recover the entire cost and secure a clean success verdict at the Indian box office.

Set to be Tollywood’s 4th success in 2025

HIT 3 needs just 13.70 crores to recover the complete budget. Afterward, it will become a clean success, thus becoming Tollywood’s 4th successful film in 2025. 

Mohanlal is Wrestler Gama in Lijo film - Ayodhi story plagiarism issue solved

 

Mohanal is Wrestler Gama in Lijo Palliserry’s Malaikottai Valliban that is being filmed in Jaisalmer  and Pokhran is the reports coming about the film. In real life , Mohanlal was  the wrestling champion of  Kerala in 1977-78. He was selected for the National championship which was to be held at New Delhi. But he was called for an audition for his debut film 'Manjil Virinja Pookkal', which was directed by Fazi and so he gave it a miss. He was a member of VeerKerala Gymkhana at Vanchiyoor Trivandrum.

Gama Pehlwan, also known as Rustam-e-Hind, was an embodiment of strength as he remained undefeated throughout his career spanning five decades. Despite his height of only five feet and seven inches, his strength was extraordinary. It is said that he performed 5,000 squats and 3,000 pushups daily and there is a legend that he even fought off an entire mob by himself.

In 1902, Gama accomplished a significant achievement by lifting a stone that weighed 1200 kg, which is currently on display at the Baroda Museum, as per sources. It is said that Bruce Lee was influenced by Gama's training techniques. Additionally, it is reported that the Prince of Wales recognized Gama's strength by presenting him with a silver mace. Gama spent his final days in Lahore before passing away in 1960.

When he faced Rustam-e-Hind champion Raheem Baksh Sultaniwala, he was celebrated as a legend. Despite being considerably smaller than the towering seven-foot-tall Sultaniwala, Gama managed to hold his own and earn a draw. Gama's undefeated record throughout his career made it challenging for him to locate willing opponents to challenge him.

Ayodhi Tamil film story written by Sahitya Akademi winner S Ramakrishnan is plagarized is the charge. Sahitya Akademi winner S Ramakrishnan defended himself against allegations of plagiarism by claiming that real-life incidents can inspire anyone to write a story for a film. The incident in question involved two Pandya Gramin bank employees, Suresh Babu and Muthuumar, who helped a North Indian family return home from Madurai with a dead body. Mathavaraj had written about this incident in a blog, and Ramakrishnan admitted to using a news clip as the basis for his adaptation of the story in the Tamil film Ayodhi, directed by Mandramoorthy and starring Sasikumar. However, Mathavaraj was upset that the film did not credit the two individuals who helped the family and instead presented it as pure fiction. To resolve the dispute, Mathavaraj met with the film's producer Ravindran and director, and a compromise was reached whereby the names of the two individuals would be included in the OTT version of the film.

Real incident

 On August 31st, 2011, Mathavaraj, an employee of Pandyan Grama Bank and a trade unionist in Madurai, received a distress call from Arvind Sinha, a member of the All India Regional Rural Bank Employees Association in Bihar. Sinha informed Mathavaraj that Vinod Srivatsava from Lucknow, an employee of Central Bihar Gramin Bank, had been in a car accident with his wife and three children in Rameshwaram. Unfortunately, Srivatsava's wife passed away at the scene, leaving the family stranded at Madurai airport and in desperate need of assistance to return to their state.

Despite being away at a meeting in Trichy, Mathavaraj promptly requested his colleagues Suresh Babu and Samuel Jothikumar to attend to the family's needs. The two colleagues provided the family with food and helped obtain the necessary documents to air-lift the body through Indian Airlines.

Mathavaraj, who is also a writer, wrote a blog post on September 3rd, 2011, titled "Azhakooda Thiraaniyatravargalaai Avargal" (Those who could not even shed tears) about the incident. He also later wrote about it in the Unity magazine for bank workers.

After the release of a film, Suresh Babu brought the story to Mathavaraj's attention, who was shocked that the film had credited the story to a popular Tamil litterateur, S Ramakrishnan.

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Film also came in for praise as it shows how a Muslim Tamil helps an orthodox Hindu man and his family. Soon after the film release had come the incident of a video showing a Bihari youth being beaten to death in Tamil Nadu and led to an exodus of migrant workers.