Mohanlal- Ajay Devgn- Venkatesh shoot in one locale = BB Malayalam in deep trouble

Now we hear that Drishyam 3 is based on a story idea from the Hindi makers and Jeethu Joseph and his directorial team is working on it. Now the catch is that Mohanlal – Venkatesh- Ajay Devgan will shoot in same locales for the Malayalam – Telugu- Hindi versions. Yet another good news is that RAM directed by Jeethu with Lal- Trisha is now finally gearing up for a release. It is an Indian James Bond and has two parts.

Bigg Boss Season 6 Malayalam in next three days will announce the winner. Apart from this, one of the contestant Cibin has managed to get his complaint registered against the reality show producers for keeping him in unlawful custody, denying him basic fundamental rights to communicate, subjecting him to some prescribed drugs used to treat psychotic patients. He has audio clips of him being threatened by the producers. The show is held at EVP Film city and comes under Nazarapeth Police Station. His complaint was taken up only after it was directed by DGP Tamil Nadu. From what Cibin said on YouTube, Bigg Boss looks like a place where the contestant once inside has to obey the show director or else get drugged and face a game loaded against him/ her. Cibin says that he refused to pay 50 % of the weekly wages and from that day, he was a victim. The whole episode of happenings inside look like Bigg Boss is a house of extortions and play mind games to even make their enemies turn lunatic. Cibin says a contestant who slit his wrist in a suicide attempt had filed a case against the TV channel and it is gathering dust. This incident took place in Tamil Boss. Read : https://southfilmy.blogspot.com/2024/06/indian-2-hindi-function-in-delhi-lal.html. We had reported that Mohanlal might withdraw as host from Bigg Boss next season,.

Kalki 2898 AD trailor gets less views on YouTube and X slams content

Kalki 2898 AD trailor response has the makers worried and also elated. First reason is that in 24 hrs after release, it has not become the number one in views as far as a Telugu film is considered. The figure is at 14 million views and that is less than Mahesh Babu Guntur Kaaram and Prabhas Salaar. In fact, if views taken across all languages, Salaar holds the record with 112.3 million. In fact, the second trailor of Salaar was 72 million. Both figured in the top 10 most viewed trailors on YouTube. In top 10 is Prabhas Radhe Shyam with 57 million views. After 24 hours, the Kalki language wise breakup is Tamil: 2.3 million views – Kannada: 949K views – Telugu: 14 million views – Hindi: 16 million views – Malayalam: 1 million views. As it shows that the viewership is only one fourth of the earlier films of Prabhas. Now yet another factor that brings cheer is that Hindi viewer response is the most positive. Going by response, the VFX and Prabhas and Disha looks have come under fire by Hindi reviewers, largely it has got positive response. One reason is that the Director Nag Ashwin is not a name that audience expect much and also Amitabh and Kamal looks have been talk of the town in North India. This in terms of advance booking has resulted in massive jump for Hindi version in North America. The Mahabharat tale if told without any complexties would click and VFX , fun elements and technical gloss as well comic interludes will not click. Lord Krishna, Arjuna, Ashwathatma and other characters that public identifies with epic war has to well depicted. Kartikeya 2 and Kantara clicked in North as the religious content struck a chord. Kamal look is a blessing for the makers as it drove viewership but it has only 10 minutes screen space might be disappointment to viewers. It could rebound. Though Hindi YouTubers have by large given a positive response, on X the response has been mixed and more negative. From trade point, AAA has bought North India for Rs 100 crores, a record for any film with South hero. An opening of Rs 20-25 crores in North is what trade expects.

Inflated Box office of Manjumel Boys ? Kamal hero- Deepika trolled post Kalki trailor

Only filmdom welcomes a new Chief Minister for a price rise. In Andhra, any CM that agrees to give the power to exhibitors to fix admission rates for viewers is seen as Industry friendly. So what about the viewers who have to shell 100 times more money to see a film in first week ?. Who cares ?. Aswini Dutt Producer of Kalki 2898 AD met his pal Chandrababu Naidu the new AP CM and now we hear that Kalki will collect in two weeks what RRR did in a lifetime run. Tickets are priced like mad. Fan shows which sell tickets at crazy prices and screen them at unearthly hours are back , it seems. Now why should Telangana CM be anti-Industry and pro viewer ?. In short, you can expect Kalki to topple all collection records of any earlier Telugu films. Our Stalin Ayya is not willing to go the Naidu way and still maintains a grip on ticket prices. Coing to Kalki, Kalki trailor is for Kamal fans a trailor for Indian 2 and the caliber of Ulaganayakan. One cannot stop raving about the look of Kamal. Kamal Haasan appears at the end of the trailer with a get-up that reminds you of Gollum from “Lord of the Rings”. This is the first similarity that one comes across.. Kamal Haasan tells us of a “new world will arrive soon,” The casualty is Deepika Padukone. She is said to have dubbed in Telugu for the film and now this has backfired and is subject of trolls. Could be that her character speaks an accented Telugu ? She was paid Rs 20 crores for this film . The Kerala connect to Kalki is that Dulquer’s Wayfarer Films is distributing the film in Kerala. Dulquer Salmaan had acted in Sita Ramam produced by Kalki producer and now he is distributing it. The fact that Kamal who plays baddie and has only ten minures screen space in Kalki First part is talk of town after trailor release, the film’s box office in Tamil Nadu and Kerala has doubled.

One of the biggest hits this year in Kerala is Manjumel Boys and now this film will be also a matter for Enforcement Directorate ED to probe whether there was money laundering involved. The actual financier had lodged a complaint that he paid Rs 7 crores and was to get 40 percent of the returns but so far he got nothing. When the bank accounts were probed, there was only Rs 40 lakhs. The film gross was Rs 251 crores officially. So was the entire project a money laundering scheme to make black money into white through inflated box office records ? Is the gross figures that film producers put out the real collections and most suspicious is the ones that is attributed to overseas collections ?

Is Pawan Kalyan coming for Thalapathy B'Day ? Indian 2 more of Sidhharth less Kamal

Is Pawan Kalyan – Seeman – Thol Thirumavalan the special guests at the birthday function of Thalapathy Vijay ? On June 22nd there is massive function arranged to celebrate the event and Madurai is likely to be the venue. It will be the official launch of TVK in presence of fans. Vijay had made a point to praise NTK of Seeman and VCK for getting the Regional party status from Election Commission in his congratulatory message. The future course of TVK is on the lines of these State parties, says a source. Idea is to build a common platform among these parties for certain issues that affect the State. On these lines, TVK is hoping to get on board Pawan Kalyan whose Jana Ssena was instrumental in TDP win. Kerala fans are said to be trying to get Suresh Gopi for Madurai bash. Though Gopi won on a BJP ticket, the popular belief is that the actor was able to cut across political barriers and win in Thrissur. Similarly, Thol Thirumavalan is in alliance with DMK but TVK feels that the leader has a vision of his own and is not just a lackey of DMK. Pawan Kalyan is currently a part of BJP coalition. Like TVK, Pawan floated his party Jana Sena just before the 2014 State polls. Though he got a 5 % vote share, he lost from both seats. Things have changed and today he is the man behind the success of TDP. Alliance with Jana sena and in future his role in shaping Andhra Politics will be crucial. Though unconfirmed, there is a talk that Vijaykanth’s wife Premalatha might be on the guest list. Though backed by AIADMK, Captain political party DMDK in future could be a political ally for TVK. The slender margin that Vijaykanth son lost in Virudhunagar shows that the party still has a reach.

Our Indian 2 trackers say that the sequel is more dominated by Siddharth and other actors. Kamal actually comes towards end of second part. The move is seen as very risky but then Vikram too had Fahadh and Vijay Sethupathi in more in the first half argues some but is Siddharth on same caliber as Fahadh and Sethupaty ?. Let us wait.

Four South filmy poll encounters raise friendship - family ties

Four filmy encounters in Lok Sabha polls down South and the lessons that we share. First Producer Aswini Dutt had challenged that Kalki 2898 would be released after Andhra Polls and that at that time the State CM would be Chandrababu Naidu . For a producer who has invested Rs 500 crores, this was a big risk. As AP CM Jagan can hold back increase in ticket rates for first week and not allow any fan shows and thereby the film would suffer losses. Even poll predictions had given YSR Jagan the upper hand. Now Kalki 2898 AD biz is crossing RRR business and the trailor release on June 10 is a moment of triumph for a Producer who put his crores at risk for his belief in his friend – Chandrababu Naidu. Incidentally, the function will see Big B of Modi camp and Kamal Haasan of INDIA Bloc on stage. Lets move to Kerala – Suresh Gopi is first BJP MP to win through ballot box in Kerala. His daughter marriage saw Modi and Kerala actors Mammootty and Lal in attendance. Now after poll result, comes the news that Mammooty Kompany has signed Gopi. Directed by Mahesh Narayanan it has Faahadh Faasil and Kunchacko Boban in it. Now lets look at the producer’s background – Mammooty is the Chairman of CPM’s Kairali !!! The third is in Tamil Nadu Virudhunagar. We the old timers are witness to the days and nights that Vijayakanth and Sarathkumar spend to rebuild Nadigar Sangam and their friendship. Apart from this Sarath’s wife Radhika and Vijayakanth were co- stars and had a very good vibes. Time passed by and Vijayakanth quit Nadigar Sangham politics to take to politics. He floated DMDK and became an MLA and Opposition Party leader and quite recently passed away. Sarathkumar had floated his own party and aligned with Dravidian parties for polls and became MLA and MP. Now he merged his party with BJP and fielded his wife Radhika against AIADMK – DMDK candidate Prabhakaran. Now Prabhakaran is son of Late Vijayakanth. At that time many felt that Radhika could have avoided this poll against the son of an actor – friend. After the result figures it looks even more bitter. The winner from INC beat Vijayakanth son by a mere 4000 votes and the best part is that Prabhakaran is contesting for first time and his victory was most crucial for future survival of the party his father founded. Radhika came third with 166271 and one feels that if it was not for Radhika – Sarathkumar Star Power , VijayaPrabhakaran could have easily garnered more votes. Ideally, the star couple should have campaigned for VijayaPrabhakaran , going by the past days . The poll helped us give a picture of the financial status of Star Couple and saw videos of hubby doing shayanapradiskhnam (rolling on temple ground) for wife’s victory. Very heartwarming !!! In a fourth instance of family and friendship soaring above politics was Allu Arjun visiting friend who is YSRCP candidate and not making a similar gesture to his Uncle – Actor Pawan Kalyan who is opposing YSRCP in the poll. After the Uncle’s victory, nephew send a congratulatory message and got badly trolled. Question raised was is friendship more important than family by Pawan fans ?.

Shankaracharya gets Rajini to reveal Vettaiyan- Coolie update

Yes, it took a Sankaracaharya in Mount Kailash near Himalaya to get Thalaivar to reveal the release date of Vettaiyan and shooting start of Coolie. A bhakat who was present at the meet with Godman put out a video and Sankaracharya casually asks what is info on his films. Rajini tells my next is releasing on October 10 and my new picture will start on June10th. Now the most important point that I noticed – Sankaracaharya asks Vettaiyan ? Yes. So who says our Sages are immune to Rajini magic. Now lets get back from Himalayas to our own Meeran Sahib street in Chennai. Temperature is boiling inside and outside. Heated debate is that will Devara starring NTR Jr affect Vettaiyan in Tamil Nadu ? .Lyca Producer of Vettaiyan has inked a deal with Red Giant to distribute the film and so the availability of theatres are not a worry so far. However, Devara coming on same day is a problem as in earlier case of films like KGF 2 Tamil dubbed beating Thalapathy Beast in Tamil Nadu. Studio Green is likely to distribute Devara. In Telugu States, Devara has all buyers and theatres waiting for the film and now Vettaiyan likely to picked by Dil Raju , the game gets a change. Rajini film Jailor Telugu became the highest box office collection film beating Chiranjeevi straight film. However in North India, Devara is distributed by Karan Johar and AA films and NTR Jr is a more popular name in Hindi land after RRR. It also Jahanvi and Saif in the cast. Devara budget is Rs 300 crores. Most of it is in VFX. Now there is a talk that Devara might shift to September 27 as Dulquer Salman Lucky Bhaskar is the only film on that Date in Telugu States. It will avoid a clash with Vettaiyan in all States. In Hindi too there is no opposition from any biggie. Akshay film Khel Khel Mein is coming n September 6. Meanwhile Kamal Haasan is to attend the trailor launch of Kalki 2898 in Mumbai with Amitabh, Deepika Padukone and Disha Patani. Function on June 7th.

Indian 2 Hindi function in Delhi = Lal- Kamal to exit BB

Two shockers – Kamal Haasan – Mohanlal to not figure in Bigg Boss next season and Indian 2 Hindi will have a launch in New Delhi on first week of July. Lets start with first shocker or is it a relief to many ? Bigg Boss Hindi officially announced that next season host is Anil Kapoor and not Salman Khan the current host. The Season 6 of Malayalam has brought heavy brickbats for the company Banijay- Channel Asianet and host Mohanlal. The biggest casualty is Lal as many feel that he should have asserted more and taken public opinion in guiding the show instead of hiding behind a clause that says that he is is bound to recite only what Bigg Boss producers want. Apart from this Asinet big honcho is accussed of soliciting female contestants and according to a contestant Sibin who was forced to quit , there was an attempt to drug him and and make him play according to their wishes. He has threatened to expose the official if the guy is not sacked. As far as Tamil is concerned , Kamal Haasan is all set to be an Rajya Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu in 2025 and will field candidates in 2026 State polls as he is in alliance with DMK. It is said that Raj Kamal has a stake in Bannijay – Endemol that holds the BB rights and so it will have a say in choosing next host. In all probability, STR who came as replacement in an earlier season will be the first choice. STR is part of Thug Life and also signed a film for Rajkamal. Our guys at Indian 2 audio launch in Chennai said that Shankar revealed that Kajol Aggarwal does not figure in Part 2 and comes on Part 3. So the song Paara in female voice is for whom ? So is Part 2 full of young Kamal ?. Mow the Hindi Indian 2 will have a function in New Delhi on July1st. The function will be more of the INDIA Block leaders on stage. A national trailor of Kamal’s entry to Delhi politics.