Vetrimaaran Viduthalai 1 under attack for plagiarism - Dhanush important announcement today

While producing the movie Viduthalai , Vetrimaaran asserted that he drew inspiration for its plot from a short story titled "Thunaivan" penned by B. Jeyamohan, known for his strong endorsement of right-wing ideologies. "Thunaivan" narrates the tale of Konar, a leader of the Left-wing rebellion, who was killed in a violent clash. This story was initially printed in the Tamil periodical Ananda Vikatan in 1992. Despite Vetrimaaran's assertion that the film "Viduthalai" was based on Jeyamohan's story, it appears that numerous scenes from S. Balamurugan's book "Solakar Thoddy" (2013), written by the advocate and a member of the People's Union of Civil Liberties, were allegedly incorporated into the final product.

In his novel "Solakar Thoddy", S. Balamurugan vividly portrays the brutalities committed by the police during the search for Veerappan. Balamurugan believes that some of the scenes in the "workshop," a police interrogation cell where torture was allegedly employed, might have been inspired by his book. Additionally, he notes that his novel features a character named Subash, a compassionate police constable, who may have influenced the portrayal of Soori's character in the film.

Balamurugan argues that a filmmaker of Vetrimaaran's stature should have adhered to intellectual integrity and avoided distorting real-life events or taking credit for the work of others. He contends that Vetrimaaran's failure to acknowledge the influence of "Solakar Thoddy" has diminished the film's creative ethics, despite Vetrimaaran's recognition of another author, R. Bharathinathan, who penned the novel "Thariyudan," which also inspired the film's production.

Interestingly, while Vetrimaaran claimed that Jeyamohan's story served as inspiration, the movie does not incorporate any scenes from it. The rationale behind Vetrimaaran's statement remains unclear.

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Today on  Sunday, Dhanush posted a picture on Twitter showcasing the emblem of his production company, Wunderbar Films. The image portrays wires linked to the letter 'W' in the logo, hinting at the loading of something. Additionally, the poster displays the message "7.30 PM today," indicating that we must wait until the evening to learn about the developments taking place at Wunderbar.

Dhanush and Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth established Wunderbar Films in 2010, and the first film produced under the banner was Aishwarya's directorial debut, 3, starring Dhanush in 2012. Maari 2, directed by Balaji Mohan and featuring Dhanush in the lead, was also produced by Wunderbar Films in 2018. Although the studio has not produced any films in the last four years, it has supported several notable films, such as Vada Chennai, Kaala, Pa Paandi, Naanum Rowdy Dhaan, and Velaiilla Pattadhari. Dhanush, who was last seen in Venky Atluri's Vaathi, is currently filming for Captain Miller, directed by Arun Matheswaran.

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 15^th Annual EDISON AWARDS takes another extra mile and is all set to take a plunge beyond what any awards have ever been-felicitating the real talent. As the awards keep going up the ladder, the celebrity's presence keeps increasing year after year.

 

The Show began with dance performance and went on to witness various galore, hosted by KPY Bala & VJ Shobana. Dance, music and entertainment took elevation with each and every performance. John Britto Dance Academy cheered up the audience with their astonishing performance. Singer Praniti & other singers from josh mesmerized the audience with their voices.

 

Sivakarthikeyan, Selvaraghavan, Jayaram, Parthiban, Siddhi Idnani, Raiza, Sanam Shetty, Comedians Sathish & Soori, GP Muthu, Singer Madhushree, Master Rithvik, Singapore artists of Suriavelan, Nivaashiyni, Puravalan & many more celebrities attended the event.  

 

15^th Annual Edison Awards is to be telecasted in Kalaignar TV on 9^th April 2023 (Sunday) in Indian Territory.

Rajinikanth - Vetrimaaran combo gets activated - Thanu - Ilaiyaraaja co- producers

 Rajinikanth next Thalaivar 169 will see director Vetrimaaran helming the project. Illaiyaraaja who is composing music for the first time for a Vetrimaaran film with Soori as hero has said that he is willing to be the producer of the film.  However, Kalaipuli  Thanu who produced Asuran directed by Vetrimaran is to produce the film and  might join as co- producer, said a source. The subject is to do with politics and Vetrimaaran had revealed this in an interview. As then Rajini was making moves to enter politics, he might have decided to not do a political film then, said a source. 

During the making of Kaala, Vetrimaran had narrated a script to Rajini. As both got involved in many projects.it was undecided. Vetrimaaran and Suriya locked a script and Vaadi Vaasal based on Jallikattu was to start in coming August. Here too Suriya's busy schedule and Vetrimaran going to Soori film and a web-series for Netflix has delayed the project. It was a Rs 200 crore film funded by Thanu. Meanwhile Vetrimaran was also in talks with Dhanush for a film starring the actor and his father in law Rajinikanth. Add to this Thalapathy Vijay had also okayed a subject told by Vetrimaaran.

Now Vijay has moved to Vamsi directed Telugu- Tamil film, Suriya's other projects are delaying the start of Vaadivasal. Thanu who  was to fund Dhanush- Rajinikanth film and Suriya film will now instead undertake Vetrimaaran- Rajini film instead. Illaiyaraaja had expressed his interest to revive his production company. 

Kamal Haasan in Vetrimaaran direction

 

Actor Kamal Haasan and director Vetrimaaran, two National award winners are coming together for a film produced by Producer- Financier Anbu Chezhian.  In a related development, High Court has appointed a judge as arbitrator to the dispute between Producers Lyca Productions and director Shankar over the completion of Indian 2, It has Kamal Hassan in the lead role. 

The news of Vetrimaaran- Kamal coming together has been received with glee by the fans of both the stalwarts.  Both of them share the same ideology and expected to  come up with a novel theme. Recently Actor Raghava Lawrence acting in Vetrimaaran story was announced. Vetrimaaran is currently busy with Surya's Vaadivaasal' and a film with Soori.  Kamal Haasan  has asked Lokesh Kanagraj ( director of Vijay's Master) to start rolling his film Vikram. This follows the delay in start of Indian 2 shoot.

On the downside, industry sources are skeptical about announcements that feature Kamal as hero. Already Sabash Naidu ,,Thalaivan Irukiraan, The Tooth of Buddha ( Myskkin)  have been dropped. Indian 2 ran into trouble after Kamal developed allergy to prosthetics makeup. Later an accident that turned fatal to some crew members put the lid on the shoot.

Kamal before joining political campaign had said that Thalaivan Irukiraan would be his swan song after Indian 2. He shifted his goal and announced Vikram and now the teaming up with Vetrimaaran shows that he has no plans to take up politics as full time.

The High Court appointed Retd Justice Banumathi as arbitrator and asked her to talk to Lyca and director Shankar and give a report. Shankar had moved on to direct a film with Ram Charan in Telugu and Ranveer in Hindi. Lyca wanted the director to first finish Indian 2 before going to other projects.

As Kamal's political party and himself drew a blank, there were reports that he was to do the remake of Drishyam 2 as he done the first part. This said to be a quickie before the shoot of Indian 2 starts. Kamal is now also put Vikram pre- production work on top gear. Till now as per reports in the media, there are five top actors including Fahad Fazil and Vijay Sethupathi who are playing baddies in Vikram . Vetrimaaran who assisted Director Balu Mahendra had said that Nayakan was the inspiration to him to turn director.

A tweet about Visaranai from Kamal : 

Jan 30, 2016 

@ikamalhaasan

Praising Vetrimaran's movie VisaaraNai only in Tamil is limiting an International film to parochial borders. A must watch.

“Body is shivering. Just came out from Vetrimaran's "Visaaranai" Brilliant work. Sinked in heart deeply. Congrats to the entire team..!”

Kamal Haasan

@ikamalhaasan

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Jan 30, 2016

@ikamalhaasan

Praising Vetrimaran's movie VisaaraNai only in Tamil is limiting an International film to parochial borders. A must watch.

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