Pranav Mohanlal in Empuran sequel / Nayanthara with Yash in Mumbai / Sivakarthikeyan Maaveeran in Japan

L3 Empuran is definitely coming and it will have Pranav Mohanlal as the young Stephen Nedumpally. At the cclose of L2 we were were told that the sequel is going to be about the youthful days of Stephen and it would be created with effects etc was our belief. Prithviraj who shunned green mat route to create foreign locales and visited them to get the real feel is now coming with Mohanlal’s son instead. This would be a MASS moment for Lal fans no doubt. The third part is the war with Chinese Mafia v/s Khureshi .

Out of Rs 78 crores net in India, Rs 71 crores comes from Kerala box office alone in 6 days. From day one L2: Empuraan collected $2.45 million (₹20.93 crore) in the Gulf – the highest single day collection for any Indian film in the region. In 5 days it has gone past $7.86 million leaving Leo ($6.75M) and Jailer ($6.53M) behind. It collected $6.59 million in the opening weekend and $8 million in the UAE in 6 days. Its total overseas collection has already crossed $15 million and is a global blockbuster.

Fresh updates reveal that Nayanthara is all set to join KGF 2 actor on se of xic: A Fairytale for Grown Ups.. As reported earlier, she plays his sister in the film. We have learnt that she will arrive in the city tomorrow and start filming at Madh Island. The team has built a massive 70s-themed set for this segment. This follows the recently wrapped shoot at Colaba Church with Yash and Tara Sutaria. It is being shot in both Kannada and English and becomes the first Indian film to achieve this milestone. The cast also includes Kiara Advani, Huma Qureshi, and international actors. Yash is co-producing the film and actively shaping its development. 

   Sivakarthikeyan’s Maaveeran will be releasing in Japan this year. Despite receiving positive response during release time in India, it only became an above average success with struggling to reach 100 crores (it touched only 85 crores). So now due to its release in Japan, it might reach 100 crores and therefore becoming 4th film for SK

Ajith calls on stranded Aamir and Vishnu - Sai Pallavi- Nayanthara and Rashmika in news

 

Vishnu Vishal and Aamir Khan are staying in a gated community in Karapakkam , suburb of Chennai. Two days rains in Chennai flooded the area and Vishnu posted on X the situation. Minister TRP Raja send a NDRF team and rescued them. A common friend told Ajith and he turned up at the community center and met Vishnu and Aamir and made arrangements for smooth transportation. Aamir is camping in Chennai for his mother’s treatment.

On the heroine front, we got information that Nayanthara has agreed to act as heroine’s sister in a film directed by her hubby Vignesh with Pradeep Ranganathan as hero. Her solo heroine oriented film Annapoorani released last Friday is a washout primarily for the predictable content and heavy rains lashing Chennai. It collected a mere Rs 1.68 crores.

Meanwhile Sai Pallavi has very big projects. First is a film with Yash of KGF and directed by Geethu Mohandas. It is an offbeat film. Secondly the coming together of Premam team . She is once again with Nivin Pauly. She has a film with Naga Chaitanya too. In Tamil she is teaming up with Sivakarthikeyan.

Meanwhile we saw Ritika Singh post injuries on her hand and wrist. She seems to have smashed her hand on a glass sheet. She said that though the unit warned her of the glass, she lost her momentum and added that though it is not paining , she is is going to take an injection and will leave from set to hospital. She did not say which set this happened and many think it is at Thalaivar 170 sets.

Trisha who got slammed for calling Animal as a cult film and iconic had to with draw the post after netizens felt that it was in wrong taste to hail a film that is showing heroines as mere objects to satisfy the carnal desire of the hero. After this no South celebrity has come to comment on Animal. Only in two Telugu States, the film is doing well. All the same Rashmika Mandaana is basking in the success of Animal and she is now in sets of The Girl Friend directed by Rahul Ravindran of Chi Low Saw fame. She saw her Instagram followers grow to 40 million followers. She has Pushpa 2 and a Vicky Kaushal film .