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திங்க் ஸ்டுடியோஸ் (ThinkStudios) தயாரிப்பில் உருவாகும் கவின் – பிரியங்கா மோகன் படத்தில் இணைந்த சாண்டி மாஸ்டர்

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திங்க் ஸ்டுடியோஸ் நிறுவனத்தின் தயாரிப்பில், இயக்குநர் கென் ராய்சன் இயக்கத்தில், கவின் – பிரியங்கா மோகன் ஜோடியாக நடிக்கும் புதிய திரைப்படத்தில் சாண்டி மாஸ்டர் இணைந்துள்ளார். இப்படத்தில் சாண்டி மாஸ்டர் முக்கிய கதாப்பாத்திரத்தில் நடிக்கிறார் என்பதை உறுதிப்படுத்தும் வகையில், படக்குழு ஒரு அட்டகாசமான போஸ்டர் மற்றும் அறிவிப்பு வீடியோவை வெளியிட்டுள்ளது. பிக்பாஸ் நிகழ்ச்சியிலிருந்து உருவான கவின் – சாண்டி மாஸ்டர் கூட்டணிக்கு ஆரம்பத்திலிருந்தே ரசிகர்களிடையே அபாரமான வரவேற்பு இருந்து வருகிறது. அவர்களுடைய இயல்பான நட்பு, கலகலப்பான உரையாடல்கள், ஜாலியான கெமிஸ்ட்ரி ஆகியவை ரசிகர்களை எப்போதும் உற்சாகப்படுத்தி வந்தது. அந்த வெற்றிகரமான கூட்டணி மீண்டும் ஒரே படத்தில் இணைந்திருப்பது, ரசிகர்களுக்கு இரட்டிப்பு மகிழ்ச்சியையும் பெரும் எதிர்பார்ப்பையும் உருவாக்கியுள்ளது. கவினும் சாண்டி மாஸ்டரும் மாடர்ன் கெட்டப்பில், வாயில் வெடியை வைத்தபடி “Boys Are Back” என அறிவிக்கும் போஸ்டர் வெளியானதைத் தொடர்ந்து, அறிவிப்பு வீடியோவும் ரசிகர்களின் கவனத்தை கவர்ந்துள்ளது. கலகலப்பான ஒரு ஆபிஸ் சூழலில் அனைத்தும் கலைந்து கிடக்கும் நிலைய...
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Movie Review : Thalaivar Thambi Thalaimaiyil

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 Jeevarathinam ( Jiiva ) is a polular politocian in a small village, and keeps himself involved in the local affairs and trouble -shooting for families, in the constant hope of garnering votes. One day, an unexpected quarrel breaks out between two rival neighbours,  ilavarasu and Mani ( Ilavarasan and Thambi Ramaiah), due to the fact that amidst the pre -wedding celebrations of Ilavarasu's daughter, (Prathana Nadhan) the Mani's old father passes away and he insists that the funeral procession be taken out the next morning, at the exact same timing as the wedding next door. This becomes a major problem as both houses are in very close proximity without any boundary wall, which would create chaos caused by a funeral and a wedding next to each other.  Jeeva tries his best to intervene  but due to past rivalries, neither of the stubborn, egotistical men refuse to change the timing of the muhurtham nor funeral. Things get further complicated when a rival politico enters t...
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Movie Review: Vaa Vaathiyaar

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 Rameshwaran aka Ramu ( Karthi ) is brought up lovingly by his grandfather Bhoomipichai ( Rajkiran) and taught to follow the ideals of the late much revered leader MGR, also addressed as Vaathiiyar whom Bhoomipichai adores. But sometime in his tweenage years, Ramu is disillusioned by the qualities of integrity and honesty that he has been taught and prefers to follow in the footsteps of villain Nambiar instead, all unbeknownst to his grandfather. So when  as an adult he lands a job as a cop, he rakes in the moolah following uncrupulous methods. But one day,  whilst working on an important case involving heavy bribes from tycoon Periyasamy ( Sathyaraj ), he learns that his grandfather had come to know the truth about him,  and had passed away, thoroughly disillusioned  soon after.  Soon, Ramu starts finding changes in himself. Instead of fighting against the good people he starts rescuing people in trouble. Soon he becomes  a mystery figure sought by th...
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நடிகர் ஜீவாவின் 'தலைவர் தம்பி தலைமையில்' படத்தின் முன்னோட்ட வெளியீட்டு விழா

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  கண்ணன் ரவி குழுமம் சார்பில் தயாரிப்பாளர் கண்ணன் ரவி தயாரிப்பில், தீபக் ரவி இணை தயாரிப்பில் நடிகர் ஜீவா கதையின் நாயகனாக முதன்மையான கதாபாத்திரத்தில் நடித்திருக்கும் 'தலைவர் தம்பி தலைமையில்' படத்தின் முன்னோட்ட வெளியீட்டு விழா சென்னையில் சிறப்பாக நடைபெற்றது. இயக்குநர் நிதிஷ் சகாதேவ் இயக்கத்தில் உருவாகியுள்ள 'தலைவர் தம்பி தலைமையில்' படத்தில் ஜீவா, தம்பி ராமையா, இளவரசு, பிரார்த்தனா நாதன், ஜெய்வந்த், ஜென்சன் திவாகர், மணிமேகலை, சர்ஜின் குமார், ராஜேஷ் பாண்டியன், சுபாஷ் கண்ணன், அமித் மோகன், அனு ராஜ், சரத் உள்ளிட்ட பலர் நடித்திருக்கிறார்கள். பப்லு அஜு ஒளிப்பதிவு செய்திருக்கும் இந்த திரைப்படத்திற்கு விஷ்ணு விஜய் இசையமைத்திருக்கிறார். பொழுதுபோக்கு அம்சங்களுடன் ஃபீல் குட் ஃபேமிலி என்டர்டெய்னராக தயாராகி இருக்கும் இந்த திரைப்படத்தை கண்ணன் ரவி குழுமம் சார்பில் தயாரிப்பாளர் கண்ணன் ரவி, இணை தயாரிப்பாளர் தீபக் ரவி தயாரித்திருக்கிறார்கள்.  ஜனவரி 15 ஆம் தேதி முதல் உலகம் முழுவதும் திரையரங்குகளில் வெளியாகும் இந்த திரைப்படத்தின் முன்னோட்ட வெளியீட்டு விழா சென்னையில் நடைபெற்றது. இந்நிகழ்வில் து...
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Actor- Director K. Bhagyaraj completes 50 Years in Cinema!

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  Celebrated filmmaker and actor K. Bhagyaraj, marking an extraordinary 50 years in the film industry, met members of the press last week on the occasion of his birthday.  During the interaction, PROs Diamond Babu, M Singaravelu and Riaz K Ahmed, felicitated K. Bhagyaraj by presenting him with a shawl as a mark of respect. K Bhagyaraj also posed for photographs with the journalists who attended the event. Addressing the gathering, K. Bhagyaraj extended his warm greetings to all journalists and media friends and conveyed his New Year wishes. He said that even today, he finds it hard to believe that he has completed 50 years in cinema. Recalling his early days, he shared that his friends and his mother always had immense faith in him and believed that he would succeed in films. He reminisced about getting his first opportunity in cinema through the film '16 Vayathinile' , adding that actor Kamal Haasan had recently mentioned how everyone associated with that film went on to achi...
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Movie Review : Parasakthi

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 Director Sudha Kongara's Parasakthi hit screens on 10th January. The film is based on the TN students anti Hindi imposition movement in the 1960s. The story revolves around a student, Chezhiyan (Sivakarthikeyan) who starts an agitation against Hindi imposition along with co-students, on one dark night on the railway tracks. But when a tragedy befalls one of the members in the fire that ensues, he is shaken and  gives it all up to continue with life.   However, years later events come a full circle when Chezhiyan is drawn again into the agitation, when his younger brother Chinnadurai ( Atharvaa Murali) is fired up by the circumstances prevailing, when Hindi imposition begins to affect lives and livlihoods of the common man.  Chezhiyan finds a compatriot in Ratnamala ( Sreeleela), his neighbour, who aids the cause along with other youngsters.  But the past catches up with him in the form of the ruthless KGB trained special  intelligence officer Thirunaa...
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Movie Review : Raja Saab

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 Raju ( Prabhas) lives with his grandmother Gangamma ( Zarina Wahab)  who rues the loss of her husband Kanakaraju ( Sanjay Dutt). One day, when Raja Saab hears that his grandfather has been spotted in Hyderabad, he immediately departs for the place to find him. But many a surprise awaits him.  During the course of his search, he runs into Bessy ( Nidhi Agarwal) and meets Bhairavi (Malavika Mohanan) and several other characters. His search leads them all to an abandoned mansion where a series of strange truths are revealed, which endanger all their lives.  Who is Kanagaraju? Is Raja Saab able to save everyone from the dangerous situations they find themselves in?  The movie is made on a grand scale, with Rajeevan's production design adding to the grandeur and the mysterious surroundings. The vfx department too has delivered the goods, adding to the haunting,  mysterious and sometimes gory effects ( though in few places there was certainly room for fine tunin...
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Movie Review : Mark

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 Bhadra ( Naveen Chandra ) is a violent, ruthless and dreaded gangster, who is furious when his brother ( Vikranth) has eloped with a girl,  instead of marrying into an influential minister's family.  When he hears of the lover's location , he rushes to that town. In the meanwhile,  group of children have been kidnapped and one of them has evidence of the incumbent state CM ( Shine Tom) having murdered the current CM  in order to usurp power. Suspended super cop Markandeya aka Mark ( Kichcha Sudeepa ) gets to hear about the kidnapping and the danger the kids are in and gets into the fray to save them,  with the help of his loyal team (which includes Roshini Prakash and Deepshikha). Does Mark manage to save the kids ? Are the criminal ministers exposed? What happens to Bhadra and his brother? How are the duo  involved in all of this?  The film is made on a grand scale as is evident in every scene, with grand sets, hundreds of junior artistes, a ple...
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Movie Review : Dear Radhi

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 Madhan is a young man who is awkward around women. When he meets a sex worker Radhi, via a friend, he requests her to spend a day with him in order to understand women better. She agrees and flees the lodge where she works to spend time with him.  Unbeknownst to the duo however, a gangster Varada is hot im pursuit of Radhi, who he claims  is his wife. As Radhi and Madhan spend the day together, he learns a lot about her and falls in love with her.  But Varada has other plans What is Radhi's backstory? Does Madhan find true love? The film takes time to set its premise and starts off with long monologues and flashbacks by Madhan, which test your patience after a while.  The same old, oft heard cinema dialogues like how tough it is to understand women and what an enigma they are compared to men,  continue to  jar, with nothing new to offer.  The  rambling screenplay which is supposed to have twists with the  various characters and their qu...
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Movie Review :RMV The Kingmaker RMV

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“RMV: The Kingmaker” is not just a biographical documentary; it unveils the Legacy of a Kingmaker – RMV and is  a profound journey into the life of a visionary who shaped eras in both cinema and politics. The film stands as a tribute to ‘Arulalar’ RM Veerappan Ayya, a man who redefined leadership, loyalty, and the cultural narrative of Tamil Nadu. It traces his remarkable journey from his early association with Thanthai Periyar and Arignar Anna, to becoming the trusted pillar of Puratchi Thalaivar M. G. Ramachandran (MGR) shaping both Tamil cinema and the political identity of Tamil Nadu.  Set for release soon, the narrative themes that include political legacy of RMV – his mentorship and impact on Tamil Nadu politics, and his influence on Tamil Literature and rationalist thoughts under Literary Contribution. As a Star-maker he shaped careers of actors Rajinikanth and Kamal Hasaan. He also founded ‘Sathya Movies’ that revolutionized cinema. The Film features interviews and...
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Movie Review: Retta Thala

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 When Kaali ( Arun Vijay ) returns to Goa to find his childhood best friend Anthre ( Siddhi Idnani ))   the two become close again. But soon, a series of events take place, which takes them down a convoluted, dangerous path, when Kaali discovers a look alike, Upendra , a dangerous and rich don, whom the duo decide to kill for his money so that Anthre can have the good life she yearns for,  which a poor Kaali cannot give her.  But Upendra's murder opens up a pandora's box of events which land Kaali in trouble and danger. What happens to both of them? Do they get the money or do they risk losing everything they worked for? The film , shot mostly in dark hues, is on a slow burner, with a flashback narration that takes the viewer through Kaali's story, with many a twist along the way,  notching up the suspsense factor and uncovering layers to the characters and the story.  The narration is slow in places but picks up at other moments. The film requires ...
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