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Movie Review : Mellisai

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 Rajan, a PT master ( Kishore) is a good singer who participates in music reality shows. His wife Vidya ( Subatra Robert) works as a teacher in the same school. The duo have a boy and girl and share a loving ethos at home.  But when his son Deepak, gets a job and starts earning in the IT field very young in life,  and Rajan job and music stint both go downhill, Deepak starts behaving arrogantly and soon the atmosphere at home becomes bitter. Fissures develop in the family.  What happens to this family? Do they ever get back on track ?  The film attempts to give a glimpse into a middle class life of an ideal family,  and takes a deep dive into personal relationships, highs and lows, behaviour patterns, ego clashes  that can destroy homes, and careers  as well. As usual, Kishore is at his best,  bringing to life with ease, the emotional upheavals in his life. Subatra is the perfect foil as his wife.  The two child actors are talented as we...

Movie Review : Granny

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 A mysterious death of a child occurs in a remote village. As the cops investigate, a horrible secret comes to light.  In the meanwhile, in another corner of the village, a young London returned techie  couple find a mysterious  old lady who has fainted while entering their ancestral home. They try to  help her without knowing who she is. The lady is actually Occhai ( Vadivukkarasi) whose husband, the original owner of the house, was a sorceror who held a horrible secret, which enabled him to retain his youth.  Now in the present day,  the same old lady has returned to the ancestral home. As a result, the lives of the techie's two young kids are in grave danger. What happens next? The movie has an intruguing plot which is engaging and terrifying enough, befitting the genre. The Occhai character evokes ample fear as well, thereby elevating the horror level of the story . The film uses lighting and sets in the right measure to create stupefying visuals. ...

Seven Screen Studio S.S. Lalit Kumar presents “Raawadi” starring Basil Joseph & L.K. Akshay Kumar Title, First Look and Character Glimpse unveiled!*

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Rockstar Anirudh Ravichander unveils the Title, First Look and Character Glimpse of Raawadi! “Raawadi” starring Basil Joseph and L.K. Akshay Kumar in the lead roles, produced by S.S. Lalit Kumar of Seven Screen Studio, is simultaneously made in Tamil and Malayalam with the same title. The production team has announced that the film’s shooting is briskly progressing as planned. Raawadi, marking the directorial debut of Vignesh Vadivel, features a powerhouse ensemble star-cast including L. K. Akshay Kumar, John Vijay, Sathyan, Jaffer Sadiq, Noble K. James, Arunachaleswaran P.A., Shariq Hassan, and actress Aishwarya Sharma, among others. Adding further star value, leading Malayalam actor Basil Joseph plays a pivotal role in the film. The cinematography is handled by Leon Britto, and music is composed by Jen Martin. Editing is being done by Barath Vikraman, and art direction is overseen by P. S. Hariharan. Priya serves as the costume designer, with K. Arun and Manikandan as executive produ...

Mammootty – Mohanlal – Mahesh Narayanan Film “Patriot” to Hit Theatres on April 23!

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A Historic Moment for Indian Cinema! The release date poster of “Patriot”, a film poised to create new history in Mala yalam cinema, has been unveiled. The poster announcing the release date of this mega venture was released on social media by more than forty prominent stars. Directed by Mahesh Narayanan and featuring the legendary actors Mammootty and Mohanlal in the lead roles, this multi-starrer film will have a worldwide theatrical release on April 23, 2026. The Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi posters of the film were unveiled by Vijay Deverakonda, Atlee, and Karan Johar respectively. In Malayalam, the release date poster was shared by nearly forty actors including Dulquer Salman, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Tovino Thomas, Asif Ali, Unni Mukundan, Basil Joseph, Jayasurya, Sunny Wayne, Naslen, Nazriya Nazim, Keerthy Suresh, Kalyani Priyadarshan, and many others. Recently, character posters featuring Mammootty and Mohanlal—who play the central roles—along with Nayanthara, Fahadh Faasil, Kunchacko...

He-Man Returns to the Big Screen as Masters of the Universe Trailer Is Unveiled, hits Indian theatres on 5th June 2026

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  _Sony Pictures Entertainment and Amazon MGM Studios unveil the first trailer for MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, marking the powerful return of one of pop culture’s most iconic franchises to the big screen._ Directed by visionary filmmaker Travis Knight, Masters of the Universe is reimagined as an epic live-action sci-fi action adventure. After being separated from his home for 15 years, Prince Adam (Nicholas Galitzine) is drawn back to Eternia by the mystical Sword of Power—only to discover his world shattered under the ruthless rule of Skeletor (Jared Leto). As Eternia teeters on the edge of destruction, Adam reunites with his closest allies—Teela (Camila Mendes) and Duncan / Man-At-Arms (Idris Elba)—and embraces his destiny to become He-Man, the most powerful man in the universe. Starring Nicholas Galitzine, Camila Mendes, Alison Brie, James Purefoy, Morena Baccarin, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Charlotte Riley, featuring Kristen Wiig as the voice of Roboto, with Jared Leto and Idris...

Movie Review : Draupathi 2

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The film moves between the present and the past.  In the present day, a young man ( Richard Rishi) due to a series of events, finds that a long  lost  temple deity  is  connected to happenings 700 years ago when  King Veera Vallalar (Natraj)  helped a younger king Veera Simha Kadavarayan ( Richard Rishi) from a nearby kingdom, to fulfil certain duties as a protector of his people. Their life journey involved crossing paths and swords  with  the  Sultan of the Madurai Sultunate and  Tughlaq (Chirag Jani) from the Delhi Sultanate. However during these long  expeditions protecting his people, Kadavarayan's wife Draupathi's, mind was poisoned against her husband, by an enemy in the ranks, which led to greater conflict and upheaval.  What happened to  the king and his subjects? Did he fulfil the tasks he set out to do? The camera work of Phylip K Sundar captures the majesty of the kingdoms and the aesthetic and realistic s...

Movie Review : Jockey

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 Karthik ( Ridhaan Krishnas ) is a goat fighter aka  keda jockey with the winning ram. He prides himself on winning the campionship every year.  One day, Ramar ( Yuvan Krishna ) , a share auto driver challenges him to a fight with his ram. Karthik sees this as an affront to his dignity and is further enraged when Ramar's ram wins the title. This sparks off a series of longstanding enemity between the duo, leading to life threatening situations and suffering for Ramar. Does the rift between them ever get resolved? Who wins in this war between the jockeys? The film highlights the keda fights sport allegedly practised in certain  parts of the state and does so in a detailed fashion. The team of actors seem to have worked hard to train with the rams and their camaraderie seems to show on screen. The actors transform themselves like real life jockeys for the sport,  bringing authenticity with  sincere and natural performances. The stunts are well - choreographed...

Movie Review: Hotspot2 Much

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 The sequel to the original follows a similar pattern in terms of an intro, but with a difference. This time,its an aspiring lady director  Shilps ( Priya Bhavani Shankar) narrating a story to a producer. What is her relation to the part 1 hero Vignesh Karthick ? Well, therein lies a tale. The film is made of 3 stories narrated by Shilpa, each with a different set of characters and different themes. While the first story is about fan wars, the second one features a father and rebellious daughter relationship. The third is a futuristic love story. As Shilpa narrates the stories, another real life plot emerges. Who is Shilpa? Why is she telling the producer those paricular stories?  The film is undoubtedly an interesting watch. The fan war story will resonate with audiences as it deals with a topical issue often found raging on social media and during film releases. The hard-hitting dialogues delivered by ace veteran MS Bhaskar strike the right chords, while the raw perform...

After Sirai, lk Akshaykumar next film puja held !

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Seven Screen Studios Producer S.S. Lalit Kumar's upcoming project, tentatively titled "Production No. 13" and featuring L.K. Akshay Kumar in the lead role, is proceeding with brisk shooting progression that commenced with a pooja ceremony Actor L.K. Akshay Kumar, who carved a niche of excellence with his spellbinding performance in 'Sirai', plays the content-driven protagonist in this movie. The ritual pooja ceremony for this yet-to-be-titled film 'Production No. 13' was held in Chennai. The movie, directed by debutant Vignesh Vadivel, features an ensemble star-cast including L.K. Akshay Kumar, Jaffer Sadiq, Noble K James, Arunachaleswaran PA, Shariq Hassan, and 'Dude' fame Aishwarya Sharma, among others. Leon Britto handles cinematography for this film, which features a musical score by Jen Martin. Bharath Vikraman oversees editing works, while P.S. Hariharan manages the art department. Priya handles costume designing. K. Arun and Manikandan serve...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...