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by Rinku Gupta Trident Arts is celebrating its silver jubilee abd marked the occasion with a thanksgiving press meet.  Tracing his journey from humble beginnings to the giant today, Trident Arts Ravindran said on the occasion,  "I came to cinema in 1987.I slowly moved up the ladder from film representative to distributor, where I incurred losses and was forced to quit for 4 years. Then I re-started, working as a film mediator between distributors and producers." In this period he met his current partner Lathif and together they started Trident Arts in a small 80 sq ft office. 'Porkaalam was our first  big break as distributors. I want to today thank all the producers who have helped me in my journey, especially Roja Combines, Nic Arts and Super Good films. Today we have completed almost 250 films as distributors and it was all possible due to the support of all the producers of the industry." He added that the company has distributed films of almos...

by Rinku Gupta Producer C V Kumar who has been associated with  good cinema in the last few years, is proud of his next release, Thorati. Directed by P Marimuthu and produced by Shaman pictures,  the film is based on the simple lives of shepherds and how they are impacted when thier lives are disrupted. Thorati refers to the hooked instrument used to pluck foliage for thier herds. At a press meet on the film, said CV Kumar said who will be releasing it under his Thirukumaran Entertainment banner, "I have always been on the look out to back good cinema. After Attakathi I was searching for a good realistic film for a long  time. Even friends in my native place would ask me why I am not backing good rural stories.  But they are not always easy to find. When I saw Thorati I was very impressed. I felt it would be a proud moment for my banner to be associated with  a film with such  realistic content."  The film has been well-recieved at several i...