Pooja Hegde as Ghost in Kanchana 4 / Kamal said no to Abhirami -Why ? / Shruti ROCKS

Raghava Lawrence Kanchana 4 will be produced by Bollywood Producer- Distributor Manish Shah of Goldmines Telefilms. The Tamil will be the first after Rajini’s 2.0 to maintain the 8 week window for OTT put up by National theatre chains Shah was greatly responsible for Pushap 2 success in North India as he was the distributor. The 2020 remake of the original Kanchana (2011), titled Laxmmi and starring Akshay Kumar and Kiara Advani, was a major success as well. Kanchana 4 horror-comedy series, starring Raghava Lawrence, Pooja Hegde, and Nora Fatehi. Surprise packet is that Pooja is playing a ghost for the first time. Currently she is in Vijay 69.

Abhirami revealed that while acting with Kamal Haasan in Virumandi, she asked him to give a recommendation letter to help her secure a seat in the US based Ohio College for a course in psychology and communication. Kamal refused to give the letter as he said that she was not right in quitting films and should continue. In the interview, she said that her decision to quit studies at high school level to join films was supported by her parents and also when she quit films at the peak of her career they stood by her. “ It was not an overnite decision but still I don’t know why I chose to quit and take up studies” she added. Shruti Haasan’s Impromptu Performance With Local Band Leaves Fans Wanting More

Actress-singer Shruti Haasan, who’s currently in Bangkok shooting for the Rajinikanth-starrer Coolie, surprised everyone with an unplanned performance. After wrapping up work, Shruti and her team decided to explore the city and stumbled upon a live music venue. The buzzing vibe and seeing the crowd thoroughly enjoying the live band were reasons enough for Shruti to join the band on stage and truly set it on fire.

Rajinikanth grandson escapes stiff penalties - Karthik slams Nimisha body shaming - Karthi in Khakee 2

 Why this concession to Rajinikanth grandson ? Dhanush son Yathra was fined for riding a superbike in the streets next to his and his grandpa – Mother house in Poes Garden. A TV crew passing by shot this learning lessons given by a bouncer sitting on the pillion. As it went on air, the cops rushed to Aishwarya and asked her to identify as Yathra was wearing a mask and video had no number plates shown. Mom confirmed and cops served a challan of Rs 1000. Yathra is only 17.

As per rules riding a vehicle without license, fine is Rs 5000 and a juvenile doing it is Rs 25000- and three-years jail. Police are kind hearted to Yathra but the bouncer riding pillion was not wearing helmet and should have been fined for Rs 2000 and if he has a license , then it will be suspended for three months Nothing of that sort happened. A big loss to State exchequer. There was a suggestion that parents who allow their bikes to b used by underage children should face the heat.

 If Mansoor Ali Khan got slammed for talking about Trisha by the actress and Leo Director Lokesh, the thanksgiving meet of Jigarthanada xx saw a similar incident. A journalist asked why Nimisha Sajayan who acted opposite Larwence was cast as she was not beautiful and added all the same she has given a great performance. Karthik Subburaj replied “ How can you say some is not beautiful ? It is in your mind. You cannot simply say some is not beautiful. It amounts to physical judgment” Claps could be heard. He said that seeing The Great Indian Kitchen, he knew she would deliver and without an audition, he cast her. Many have come out in praise of Karthik and slammed the reporter.

Karthi has added another sequel to the list . Is Khakee sequel. Already he has Kaithi 2 and Sardar 2. Un bothered about reports that Jigarthanda XX is flop, makers have hosted a success meet. Lawrence promised to give his dates to the producers. Maybe that too was a Jiagarathanda xxx. SR Prabhu who produced Japan has yet to announce his film’s success meet. Probably Karthi felt it would be embarrassing lie through his teeth. Prabh held a post release meet for Irugupotru.

Thalapathy wishes Seeman - Rajini v/s Dhanush - Japan overseas no premieres

 

Though Lal Salaam is releasing for Pongal, there was a buzz that it would be postponed. So far there is no official announcement from producer of Lal Salaam. The producers of Captain Miller with Dhanush in the lead, has now announced that they are coming for Pongal.. If both films come for Pongal, then it will be Dhanush v/s ex wife Aishwarya and her father Rajinikanth. Aishwarya directs the film Lal Salaam and Rajinikanth does cameo. Sivakarthikeyan Ayalan is also coming. It is said that Red Giant who is releasing Lal Salaam was not keen to clash with Dhanush and Sivakarthikeyan.

Karthi Japan releasing on Friday in Tamil Nadu is not having premieres in overseas . Today the announcement came that shows scheduled for premiers have been cancelled and money will be refunded. On inquiry, it was said that recent films which had overseas shows abroad and one day ahead of the shows in India got negative reviews and affected the domestic market. So now shows in domestic and abroad will be on same day. Like fo Leo, five shows for weekend have been allowed for Japan. But this time the extra shows can be shown past the weekend and till November 15^th. This permission has been granted to Jigarthanda and Raid too.

Raghava Lawrence and S J Suryah who are in Kochi for Jigarthanda x promotion called on Mammootty who is shooting for Turbo. The film’s Kerala distribution is with Dulquer Salmaan and it has Kerala actor Shine Tom and Nimisha Sajayan in it.

Thalapathy Vijay who is in Thailand for Venkat Prabhu today called up Seeman of Naam Tamilar Katchi and conveyed his greetings as it the birthday of Seeman. In the backdrop of Vijay entering politics, this move signals new alliances as Seeman has so far gone alone in all polls.

 

Priyanka Mohan who acts in Captain Miller and Pawan Kalyan OG was expecting both films to release in last week of December this year but both have moved to next year. Pawan Kalyan is busy with election work. She has a film with Nani and Tamil film with Jeyam Ravi.

Raghava Lawrence in Thalaivar 171, Malavika Mohan in deglam role - Indian 2 Intro review

 

Raghava Lawrence has agreed to play the baddie in Thalaivar 171 directed by Lokesh Kangaraj. It seems that Lokesh had  offered Santhanam character in Vikram but Lawrence turned it down saying that he did want to be seen in a role that relates to drug peddling. It was played by Vijay Sethupathi. This time Lawrence agreed as he is an ardent fan of Rajinikanth and did not want to miss a chance to act with his idol.

Indian 2 Intro shows Senapathy of Indian and not the early days of Senapathy as we expected. Grandeur in songs and crowd scenes and fight against corruption. The song Come Back India has nothing special to it. Did Shankar made a mistake by replacing Rahman with Anirudh ? We will have to see with next song release ? Is younger Senapathy coming in Part 3 ?

Malavika who scorches net with her glam  stills now in a deglam tribal girl role. Malavika Mohanan plays a tribal woman in Thangalaan

Actress Malavika Mohanan, one of the leading actresses of Indian cinema, does not get stuck in one type of character, but takes on a variety of roles and has made a special place for herself in the world of cinema and is exciting the fans. Her ability to instantly transition into a compelling role despite playing glamorous avatars proves her versatility as an actress. He is always ready to prove his mettle in various characters and stories.

In "Thangalaan" opposite Ceyyan Vikram, her portrayal of a tribal girl shows her commitment. This is not the first time she has changed like this; Her debut film "Beyond the Clouds" directed by world famous director Majid Majidi, grabbed everyone's attention with the intense role in the film. This is a testament to her acting prowess.

Working with Pa Ranjith, Tamil's most prominent acclaimed director, was undoubtedly her greatest opportunity. Teaming up with Pa Ranjith, it will be an interesting experience for the fans to see her in a different role. Her performance in intense action scenes in "Thangalaan" is a perfect example of her versatility.

Oviya back in Bigg Boss - Vijay to play villain - September to see biggies

Oviya who was formerly a contestant in Bigg Boss Tamil season 1 revealed that Star Vijay had invited her to take part in the upcoming season, after seeing promo, Oviya said that she could not figure out the twin house concept and wondered the two houses are in same place or in different cities. She said that all those who took part in fist season were those did not know the game and had no strategy but later those who came with okan and she said that those plans will not work out as everything is for real. She said she is doing a web series in which she is playing a RJ. In the frank talk she said being an actress was not a dream but a job that gives money. She said that talks with the channel was on and nothing was finalized.

AGS Productions Archana, Director Venkat Prabhu and co producer Jagadeesh are in California ‘s Institute of Creative Technologies which comes under the University of South California. They are using the 3D face scanning technology to fix the father look of Vijay in his next film. The film is a face off between father and son and Vijay plays dual role. After Atlee’s Bigil, Vijay is donning a dual role and one of the characters is an antagonist says reports. Meanwhile UK distributor is starting advance bookings for Leo from September 7th and thereby becomes first Indian film to start booking six weeks ahead f release.

September is going to be big bonanza for movie goers. On September 1 t , Khushi with Vijay Devarakonda and Samantha is releasing along with Santhanam’s Kick , Thankar Bachchan Karumehankal and Yogi Babu’s Luckyman. On 7th coms SRK Jawan with a bunch of Tamil stars in it. Anusha Shetty’s Mr Shetty and Mrs Polishetty also releases On 15th being Vinayaka Chathuruthi week comes Vishal S J Suryah Mark Antony along with Kangana Ranaut- Raghava Lawrence Chandramukhi 2 . On September 28 comes Pan Indian Prabhas film Salaar directed by Prasanth Neel with Sruthi Haasan and Prithviraj. Likely that Jeyam Ravi- Nayanthara film Iraivan directed by Ahmed might relea

Thalaivar Rajinikanth sishya Lawrence joins hands with Aishwarya

Raghava Lawrence, most devout fan of Thalaivar Rajinikanth will collaborate with Aishwarya Rajinikanth. This is the info from Aishwarya's desk. Will it be a film with Simbu aka STR as hero and directed by Aishwarya with Lawrence as producer ? Is Aishwarya stepping in the project that stunt choreographer duo Anbariv were to direct and dropped off ? . It could also be a music video with Lawrence choreographing it.  Till then lets speculate. Tweet below : Some Dhanush fans asked why still Aishwarya R Dhanush.

Something interesting is brewing…my brain is racing after meeting up with my dear

@offl_Lawrence

Anna ! #workmode on ..wherever whenever whatever!

Thalapathy Vijay is King of Lockdown

Who won the lockdown battle in Tamil Nadu? No, it is not EPS- Stalin-Modi or Radhakrishnan. It is Thalapathy Vijay. He beat Rajinikanth and pushed him to third place. Raghava Lawrence overtook his `Guru’ and came second. Did they find a vaccine or put in place a mechanism to bring down Covid 19 cases? No. Then what the hell did Thaalapathy do to win during lockdown? Thalapathy Vijay’s film screened on TV during lockdown clocked more views than Rajinikanth and Raghava Lawrence came second. Who says so? BARC. What? We never said so and don’t use our letterhead or we will take action says BARC. Now there is an all round embarrassment in Thalapthy’s social media circles. Some said it was from unofficial twitter accounts and others said that it was a result of a serious analysis of BARC TRP ratings for channels and came to this conclusion. They only added the BARC logo for `effect’. The fans made a serious study of TRP during the times when Thalapathy films were telecast. Then they made a note of the figures of Raghava Lawrence and Rajinikanth films telecast in the same period. They further expanded the scope to other languages and saw that Prabhas and Akshay Kumar were trailing behind. Now what is the finding? Vijay clocked 117.9 million impressions and Rajinikanth had only 65.8 million. Now Rajinikanth fans say that more number of Vijay films was screened and so the figures are high. Now at the start of the 2020, BARC released a list of top 5 premieres. All Time Top 5 Tamil Premiere TV Impressions saw Ajith at the top. 1. #Viswasam - 18143000 2. #Pichaikkaran - 17696000 3. #Sarkar - 16906000 4. #SeemaRaja - 16766000 5. #Bigil – 16473000 So Thala Ajith fans can now boast of this unbeaten record. What puzzles me is the rise of Raghava Lawrence to second position? Were his films with horror- comedy stuff the right relief material for the TV viewers locked in their rooms? A relief from visuals of men in blue coats carrying dead bodies? Here again, Thalapathy fans can say that Sarkar + Bigil is more than Viswasam of Ajith. As I am doing some test shoots on YouTube for my channel (which was lying defunct), I took a look at those that I used to watch every week. Some are around, others not seen and some in a new avatar. Speaking about Avatar, a report said that Sushanth Singh Rajput’s upcoming film Dil Bechara trailor broke the world record in YouTube of having maximum views on first day. It was held by Avatar and Avatar Infinity From my viewing some YT channels on Tamil cinema news, I gather that Thalapathy fans are angry with these news floating around – Britto ( Vijay’s relative) is only a dummy producer of upcoming `Master’ and media mistakenly is interviewing him. The real producer is Lalith Kumar. Other one is that Jagatheesh, manager of Vijay and Line producer of Master has been sacked as Britto complained about many irregularities that took place at the Master audio launch. Third news that upcoming producer (Sun TV?) has backed out after Thalapathy refused to cut his fees. The timing of raking up the old Thalapathy- Napolean rift on sets of Pokkiri is too said to be handiwork of the anti- Jagadeesh camp to irritate Vijay.

Raghava Lawrence donation to PM Cares not worthy as Sonu Sood - Akshay Kumar- Amitabh ?

The Indian Institute of Human Brands (IIHB),  in the lockdown period conducted a survey about who would the corporate companies and the consumer’s rate as their favourite brand Ambassador. Sonu Sood , Akashy Kumar , Amitabh comes first , second and third. Reason, being that they helped in the lockdown period by donating liberally and paying for migrants to reach home. By same yardstick, Raghava Lawrence ,the dancing Star- director- producer of  the South, should have figured in the top list .  I think he has given Rs 1 crore  to PM Cares fund. So is there a different survey for products that are sold only in the South States? Or the corporate and consumers are not aware of a guy called Lawrence and his Samaritan deeds? It looks like the persons surveyed are from the North India and our `national ‘ channels did not go to town with Lawrence like with the  Sood, Khiladi Kumar  and Bachchan charity acts.

Anyway, Lawrence first outing in Bollywood is Laxmi Bomb directed by him with Akshay and to be released on Disney- HotStar. I heard my three friends in the YouTube Channel `Valai Pechu’ say that the personal assistants of actors are not part of any union and they are denied benefits given by FEFSI during lockdown period. They hoped that Lawrence could be of help. The next thing was that Lawrence called them and asked  them to give him a list of affected workers and he would reach help to them. Apart from the PM Fund, he has given to FEFSI and to Dancers Union, a huge amount. His charity work did  not start after lockdown. It is a 15 year long process that started way back.

Starting out as a driver of a stunt master, moving to be a group dancer and graduating to a choreographer, Lawrence knows the pain. When veteran Puliyur Saroja ,our Screen Award jury member  said Lawrence was the winner, we were stunned. He won for a Telugu film and me who moved around with  Salim, Puliyur Saroja ,Raghuram Master and Sundaram Master never had the eye to note a talent like him. My colleague BVS who tracked Lawrence’s one room place in Vadapalani backstreets to invite him said that he could not believe it. It was his first award in his life.

An ardent die-hard fan of Rajinikant, he turned director and a reputed choreographer in Telugu films. He is  a favourite of Chiranjeevi and a pet of Nagarjuna. His Kanchana series made him a hit in Kollywood. Though, he has no market in Kerala, he donated Rs 1 crore to CM Flood Relief. Akshay Kumar who heard about Lawrence’s project to build a home for transgender announced a donation of Rs 1.5 crore. Said Lawrence –“I consider everyone who helps as God. So now, Akshay Kumar sir is a God for us. I thank him for lending his huge support for this project. “