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  ' Don't Trouble the Trouble ', produced by Shobu Yerlakada - S. S. Karthikeya under the banner of Arka Media Works - Showing Business, directed by Shashank Yeleti and starring Fahadh Faasil and presented by director S. S. Rajamouli , will be released in theaters worldwide on October 2nd. The film is being released by distributor Sakthi Velan on behalf of Sakthi Film Factory across Tamil Nadu. A special pre-release event was held at a star hotel in Chennai to promote the film. The event was attended by the film crew including S.S. Rajamouli, S.S. Karthikeya, Fahadh Faasil , Sara Palekar , Praveen Antony, distributor Sakthivelan, actor Suriya and producer Isari K. Ganesh as special guests. Speaking at the event, distributor Sakthivelan said, "If Hollywood wanted to show grandeur... they needed big dinosaurs. But the one who started with 'E' from our hometown and showed grandeur to the whole world was our director S.S. Rajamouli. For all of us, grandeur means ...

25 மாவட்டங்கள்… 2,000 ரசிகர்கள்… பிரம்மாண்டமாக நடைபெற்ற திரு. சூர்யா ரசிகர்களின் Photoshoot! அகில இந்திய சூர்யா நற்பணி இயக்கத்தின் சார்பில் நேற்று நடைபெற்ற Photoshoot நிகழ்வில் 25 மாவட்டங்களைச் சேர்ந்த சுமார் 2,000 ரசிகர்கள் கலந்து கொண்டு சிறப்பித்தனர். ரசிகர்களை சந்தித்த திரு. சூர்யா அவர்கள், ஒவ்வொருவரையும் தனித்தனியாக சந்தித்து, அவர்களின் நலன் குறித்து விசாரித்ததுடன், ரசிகர்கள் அனைவரும் பாதுகாப்பை முதன்மையாகக் கருதி, ஒழுக்கத்துடனும் பொறுப்புடனும் செயல்பட வேண்டும் என்றும் அன்புடன் அறிவுறுத்தினார். திரு. சூர்யா அவர்களின் இந்த எளிமையான அணுகுமுறையும், ஒவ்வொரு ரசிகரையும் தனிப்பட்ட முறையில் கவனித்துக்கொண்ட விதமும் அங்கு திரண்டிருந்த ரசிகர்களிடையே பெரும் நெகிழ்ச்சியையும் உற்சாகத்தையும் ஏற்படுத்தியது.

  Vijay ( Ashok) confesses to killing his girlfriend Pooja ( Nisha) and a goon sent by her father to kill him.  After the  crime he gives himself up to the cops, confessing his crime. But the case is not so simple, as the cops soon find out. There is more than meets the eye.  Who is Vijay? What is behind these murders? The film builds up suspense in credible way with a good screenplay. The beginning itself holds your attention. Slowly the layers peel off one by one, keeping  the viewer hooked.   To this end, the credit goes also to the actors who convey the vision of the director by a credible performance  The cast has been well chosen. A seasoned performer, actor Ashok as Vijay, excels in the layered role written for him,  bringing out the nuances of the character much needed for the story. He holds the story and the suspense till the very end, and is a mainstay of the film.  The 3 heroines do a neat job and help in elevating the film w...

The trailer of '#Love', a web series directed by Balaji Mohan and featuring Soundarya Rajinikanth as showrunner and producer, focusing on modern love and relationships, has been released. Starring Arjun Das and Aishwarya Lakshmi in the lead roles, the series humorously and sensitively explores how love, dating, relationships, and feelings have changed in today's digital world. The trailer launch of the '#Love' series held in Chennai was attended by the film crew and celebrities from the film industry who shared their thoughts about the series. On this occasion Monica Srivastava from Netflix said... “#Love is Netflix’s first Tamil romantic drama series. Netflix continues to focus on South Indian stories. We want to offer different storylines, unique voices and new approaches, especially in Tamil works. In that sense, ‘#Love’ is a work that tells the story of love from a modern and playful perspective. '#Love' follows two rival dating app founders. One believe...

 Karthi ( Rishikanth ) and Subbu ( Sananth ) are childhood friends. Over time their friendship grows even more solid.  Subbu enjoys the maternal affection of Karthi's mom, a single parent,  as his own mother and sister are dead. Karthi is influenced by the maculine traits, bravado and violence of Subbu's father (Muthukumar ) and elder brother (Soundarajan). But one day, in a curious change of circumstances, much against his will, Karthi is sent out to kill his best friend Subbu, at the behest of his own father. What circumstances led to this situation? Why is Subbu's family baying for his blood? Does  Karthi share their anger against his best friend? Does he succeed in killing Subbu? The film, Karthik Subbaraj's 10th, is set in a period setting in Madurai and showcases the violence, sense of patriarchy and rawness, long associated with the place as shown in Tamil cinema over the years.  The actors Rishikanth and Subbu bring out this  machoism and rawness w...

  Shikanja Malik ( Mohan Babu) has a tight and cruel grip on the Savari tribe, exploiting them  to his ends, torturing them and treating them unfairly without basic rights. The tribe led by Sakamna is keen to get an identity via a ration card and voting rights, denied to them for  decades even after indepandance. Sakamma's son Sadayan ( Nani ) is jailed  as a teen, for a crime and when he returns home years later, he finds  the situation as bleak as ever, with no hope for change. But circumstances push Sadayan, (who hates his mother due to a past revelation of a secret) to take on her mantle to protect his people and free them from  Malik. But Paradise is a cruel place and the enemy is too powerful. Does Sadayan survive? Does he win and lead the people to freedom? The film has at its core, an interesting premise of a tribe seeking to fight the injustice done to them. But the way  director Srikant Odela using bloodied, gory , relentless violence and onl...

 Jeeva ( Hip Hop Adhi ) lives with dad, Siva (Baba Bhaskar) who is a single dad, and works as a bus driver. Jeeva dreams of bringing gaana music to the world.  One day he discovers that his dad is actually an artiste  in his young days known as Tiger Siva(Hip Hop Adhi) who had a love marriage with his college mate ( Ramya Ranganathan ) who dies tragically. Jeeva due to a turn of events,realises his father's sacrifice and his grandfather Das ( Karunas) contribution to gaana genre. He more takes on the responsibility of running the house with odd jobs. He gives up his dream realising the reality of its being  near impossible to get into film music for the ordinary man. Does Jeeva ever achieve his dream of making it big in the music industry and bringing gaana to the world stage? The film is a hip hop Adhi show all the way new in acting ( 3 roles), singing, as music director, writing or direction and he hits the ball out of the park. He excels in all three versions of h...

 Vellayi ( Abarnathi) is a conservancy worker whose young son loves chess. But due to caste politics he is not allowed to play the game in the government school by a cruelteacher who also tortures him and slanders him.  His mother is distraught by his struggle and passion for the game as she wants him to be a lawyer and study well. But seeing his unwavering passion she decides to teach him the game, revealing her own story behind learning the game in a peculiar set of circumstances, threatened by the president of the chess federation Narayanan  (Suresh Menon) a casteist elite who killed her husband, in a bid to ensure she never plays chess again.  Now,  years later,  the same villain re-enters her life, this time a threat to her son. What happens next? Does he succeed ? What does Vellayi do to save her son and his passion for the game and dream to be a Grandmaster? The film deals with an unusual subject, with Chess at the centre of the story and uses the sp...

 Dorairaj (Gangai Amaran) and his wife ( Roja ) are a rural childless aged couple who get caught up in the cross hairs of a sand mafia gang, due to a series of circmstances. To give them security from the deadly gang, the judge (George Maryan)  sends them a constable Maaravarman Pandiyan ( Dharshaan Ganesan ) for their protection. As the troubles in their lives keep piling up due to corrupt cops and the mafia gang out to get rid of them,  Pandiyan, finds it a challenge to keep up with it all.  Things get out of hand further when his wife Priya ( Shrita Rao) needs a crucial surgery and he has no funds.  Do the corrupt sand mafia manage to bribe Pandiyan or does he stay true to his duty? What happens to Dorairaj and his wife? Who wins on this deadly battle against corruption? The film is beautifully narrated  in a soulful manner that touches emotional chords in the viewer. The screenplay takes time to build up the suspense and present each of the various char...

Produced by Suresh Kamatchi under the banner of V House Productions, Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai is the latest offering from acclaimed filmmaker Ram, whose films have consistently connected with audiences through deeply emotional and thought-provoking storytelling. After a brief gap, Malayalam star Nivin Pauly returns to Tamil cinema as the lead, with a role that marks his reunion with the Tamil film industry. Soori, who has increasingly taken on substantial and challenging lead roles, plays another pivotal character alongside Nivin Pauly, while Anjali plays the female lead. Interestingly, a rat also plays a significant character in the film. Featuring music by Yuvan Shankar Raja, who has been an integral part of director Ram’s cinematic journey and has continually brought his films alive through evocative music, Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai is set to release worldwide in theatres on October 1. The film’s pre-release event was held at the MGR Film Institute campus in Taramani, Chennai, in the p...