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Quick Review: Aadai

By Rinku Gupta Aadai is the second film of its director Rathnakumar, starring Amala Paul, Sriranjini, Ramya Subramaniam , Vivek Prasanna and others, with camerawork by Vijay Karthik. The story recolves around Suthanthirakodi who goes by her preferred media name Kamini ( Amala Paul) a bold girl, brought up by a loving, but distraught mother ( Sriranjini ) who wishes her daughter was less brash, more traditional in her choice of clothes and did better things at work like reading news in a sari instead of the Thoppi prankster show she helms, pulling scary pranks on the public. Kamini, is unfazed asks carries on with her ways, daring people, taking bets and living life on her own terms. Till one day, a strange challenge she undertakes of reading the news in the nude, somehow ends up becoming her worst nightmare. Alone, after a night of drunken revelry, in the huge building the media house just vacated, she struggles to find a solution to the horrific reality. Who had done this to her

Gurkha earned me my first profit from cinema - Ravinder Chandrasekar

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By Rinku Gupta Libraa Productions'  Ravinder Chandrasekar held a media meet to mark the success of the release of Gurkha. The producer remarked that after bitter experiences with several films he produced in the past, he finally has recorded a success written Gurkha which he bought to release. ' After 6 years of my life in cinema, this film has given me my actual first earnings from cinema. This has greatly increased and re- inforced my faith in cinema. Due to my inexperience I couldnt achieve profits with the films I produced myself.  With  my last production, I announced defeat publicly.  But within 30 days of that announcement,  I bought Gurkha and made arrangements to release it in 300 theatres. I have earned 15 lakhs profit from Gurkha till today,  making it my first win in cinema. I think that making a film is easier, but the system of release needs discipline here,' he said. He went on to to reveal, ' This is a genuine success meet. In fact I