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Quick Review : Kennedy Club

By Rinku Gupta Directed by Susienthiran, Kennedy Club is produced by DN Thai Saravanan, and stars Bharathi Raja, Sasikumar,Murali Sharma, Soori, Neenakshi Govinda Raj and others. The film is about a group of women kabadi players in the village of Ottanchathiram, being coached by the ex army man Savada Muthu whom they call Appa ( Bharathi Raja) who has even trained Muruganandhan ( Sasikumar) from his teenage years. This Kennedy Club team members all hail from poor rural families and struggle against odds to continue playing the game. Appa aka Savudu Muthu promises thier families that he will ensure a bright future with government jobs in the sports quota if they continue to let the girls pursue thier dream. Fighting ill health and dirty politics Appa and Muruganandhan ( who is called in as coach ) finally get the team to Delhi to play against other states and perhaps then be able to secure a chance to play in the national team. But dirty politics, corruption and revenge rear thi

Suja Varunee and Shivakumar become proud parents !

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By Rinku Gupta Actors Shivakumar and Suja Varunee were expecting thier first born and now have become proud parents to a baby boy yesterday. An elated dad, Shiva tweeted that August 21st would be an unforgettable day for him as it was the day his son was born as well as the date his web-series Fingertip released on Zee5. Fingertip stars Akshara Haasan, Sunaina and Gayathrie as part of the cast. Recently, the couple's good friends Ganesh Venkatraman and Nisha too had become parents. Congratulations to the proud parents and we wish the little one a life of  good health and happiness!                               Suja with Nisha                                               Fingertip Press Meet

Quick Review : Bakrid

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By Rinku Gupta Bakrid is the second film ( after Sigai) of director Jagadeesan Subu and is produced by M10 Productions, starring Vikranth and Vasundhara in the lead. Red Giant Movies is releasing the film. This is a thoroughly unusual story for Tamil cinema.  A simple farmer Rathinam ( Vikranth ) is struggling to get a loan to pursue farming (despite the setback of a feud with his elder brother who perfers to partition and sell his lands). One day Rathinam happens to see a young camel brought by mistake for the Bakrid feast along with its mother, at the home of a rich man whom he visits for a loan with his friend. Seeing the predicament, Rathinam decides to bring home the baby camel and look after it along with his cattle, just like a family member. His wife ( Vadundhara) and little daughter( Shruthika) too share his love for the animal who becomes the cynosure of all eyes in the village. But as the camel named Sara grows, one day it falls terribly ill. The local vet ( MS Bhask