Thalapathy fans upset on next film director choice - Allu Arjun confirmed in SRK film

Vijay's supporters are disappointed with the content of his last movie, Varisu, and believe that its success at the box office was solely due to his star power and the favorable Pongal/Sankranthi period. Despite its financial success, the film failed to satisfy his fanbase. On the other hand, Lokesh's movie, Leo, has done exceptional business in non-theatrical markets, generating revenue of Rs 240Cr, with overseas rights selling for 60Cr+. The film is expected to do more than 100Cr business in Tamil Nadu and has an anticipated ROI of over 50Cr. This means that the overall business of the movie is expected to be around Rs 450Cr, which is outstanding. Vijay's fans were hopeful that he would sign only big-budget movies going forward. However, there are reports suggesting that he has committed to a film with Gopichand Malineni, produced by Mythri movies banner. This news has worried Vijay's fans, as they were anticipating a much bigger combination after such a massive film like Leo. They were hoping for a collaboration between Vijay and Atlee, especially since the latter's Hindi debut film, Jawan with SRK, is expected to be a blockbuster. IMDb has published a list of the "Most Anticipated Indian Movies of the Summer", which are expected to be released in India from May 1 to August 31, 2023. The list features only two Telugu films, namely Teja Sajja's "Hanu Man" and Naga Chaitanya's "Custody". Prabhas' "Adipurush" takes the third position, while Shahrukh Khan's "Jawan" is the most eagerly awaited movie of the summer, according to the website's data, based on the page views of its 200 million monthly visitors worldwide in 2023. ====== Here are the top ten movies on the list, along with their release dates: "Jawan" (June 2), "Animal" (August 11), "Adipurush" (June 16), "Gadar 2" (August 11), "Chatrapathi" (May 12), "Maidaan" (June 23), "Yodha" (July 7), "Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani" (July 28), "Hanu Man" (May 12), and "Custody" (May 12). Shah Rukh Khan, who had a record-breaking success with "Pathaan", is returning to the big screen with "Jawan", which also marks the Hindi cinema debut of Vijay Sethupathi and Nayanthara. "Animal", directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, who previously directed "Arjun Reddy", features Ranbir Kapoor and Rashmika Mandanna in lead roles, with Parineeti Chopra, Anil Kapoor and Bobby Deol playing prominent roles. ----- Allu Arjun has done a half day shoot for SRK Jawan reports an online portal. There is unconfirmed report that Thalapathy Vijay had done a cameo in Jawan as it is directed by his fan - director Atlee. `Leaked' pics of SRK - Deepika song shoot for the film has gone viral----------

Renowned documentarian Kartiki Gonsalves, Indian music composer AR Rahman, and sound designer Resul Pookutty had a memorable day with Oscar-winning film producer Guneet Monga, as captured in a photo she shared on social media. Monga expressed her honor at spending time with such accomplished individuals and noted the impressive achievement of having "5 Oscars in one picture." Monga and Gonsalves were the producer and director, respectively, of The Elephant Whisperers, which won Best Documentary Short Film at the 95th Academy Awards. Pookutty and two others won Best Sound Mixing for Slumdog Millionaire in 2009, while Rahman received Best Original Score and Best Original Song for the same film at the 81st Academy Awards.

Suriya connection to Oscar documentary Producer - Lizzy Anthony first Tamil actress in INBA Award

 Guneet Monga, women producer who was involved in the production of the Oscar-winning documentary "The Elephant Whisperers," was also a producer for the Tamil film "Soorarai Pottru," which starred Suriya. Although heavily promoted for the Oscars in 2021, the film did not win any awards. As a result, Suriya became one of the Academy members eligible to vote from India. The film is now being remade in Hindi with Akshay Kumar, but Monga is no longer one of the producers. She has been replaced by Vikram Malhotra of Suriya's company, which led to a lawsuit filed by Sikhya Entertainment against Suriya over the rights to the book by Deccan Airlines founder Captain G R Gopinath. However, the verdict went in favor of Suriya as he proved that he had made the payment for the copyright of the book.

When it was announced that Monga's produced documentary was in the running for the Oscars, Suriya was the first to congratulate her on Twitter, and she thanked him for his support. Suriya also voted this time as an Academy member. In 2019, Monga's documentary "Period. End of Sentence" won the Oscar for Documentary Short Subject.

In an interview with Thanthi TV, the couple Bomman and Belli, who were featured in the documentary, revealed that they did not receive any money from the documentary makers as they were employees of the State Forest Department and were told that they were not permitted to receive any money for such activities. However, they were happy that their efforts were well received. The elephant Raghu in the documentary was said to have been released into the forests by the Forest Department, and Bomman tried unsuccessfully to track him down. He is now working in Dindigul but was in Mudumalai Forest at the time of filming.

Radha, a professor at GRT College in Coimbatore, where Kartiki Gonsalves the director of documentary studied VISCOM, said that the Oscar win is a response to those who asked, "What are you going to achieve by studying VISCOM?" She explained that Kartiki had followed the couple and the elephants for six years and condensed it into a 41-minute documentary. Radha had been following her student from the poster release to the Oscar nomination. College Vice Principal Dr. KK Ramachandran said that the college had planned to hold a function to honor their old student after the documentary began streaming on Netflix, and now it will be to honor the Oscar winner. Kartiki did her schooling in Ooty, her hometown, and is now based in Mumbai. To learn more about her, visit http://www.kartikigonsalves.com/about.

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Lizzy Antony is the first Tamil actress to win the 100 Outstanding Women award. The Indian National Bar Association (INBA) has been awarding 'THE PHENOMENAL SHE' award to 100 outstanding women every year since 2018 to honor outstanding women who have achieved in every field in India. Every year, a book called 'THE PHENOMENAL SHE' containing the details of the awardees is also published. Accordingly, in the year 2023, 'The Phenomenal She' (THE PHENOMENAL SHE) award ceremony with the release of the 5th edition was held on March-11.

This year, Delhi High Court Judge Rekha Palli, Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge Lisa Gill, Rajya Sabha Member Dr. Sasikala Pushpa Ramasamy, Padma Shri Awardee Dr. Soma Ghose, Padma Shri Vadsava, IAS Officer Soumya Sharma, State Adivasi Welfare Minister Ms. Renuka Singh and many others. These awards were presented to the women achievers from the fields. It is noteworthy that this time actress Lizzy Antony has received this unique female award for the first time from Tamil Nadu.

Lizzy Antony, who made her debut as an actress in the Tamil film industry in 2011 with the film Thoonga Nagaram, has since acted in many notable roles in films including Thanga Meenal, Peranbu, Nadodiigal 2, Her recently released film was Gutta Gusthi and Bommai Nayaki.