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Film Review: PATTATHU ARASAN

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Lyca Productions', Sarkuman directorial, rural sports drama, Pattathu Arasan, hit theatres on Nov 25th. Raj Kiran plays Potthari, a village elder much respected for his contribution to winning kabaddi championships for his village all through his life.  He even loses his son ( RK Suresh) who dies in a freak accident during a match.  This leads to a rift between the widow ( Radhika) and grandson Chinnadurai ( Atharvaa) who leave the family due to a partition feud.   But as years pass by, the grandson yearns to be accepted by his family and when an opportunity comes to unite the family he grabs it. As a result, the men and boys in the family unite to fight a match with the village team, in order to clear a slur of betrayal on their family honor. Does the ill equipped, family win the match and prove themselves?  The film is mounted on a grand scale and the village scenes, traditions and customs as well as kabaddi matches are well captured.  Raj Kiran in a pivot

Disney+ Hotstar’s latest series ‘Fall’ to stream from December 9th

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The much-awaited trailer for the upcoming thriller series 'Fall' has launched today. The Tamil series will also be dubbed and releasing in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Marathi and Bengali  India's leading streaming platform Disney+ Hotstar today dropped the trailer of Disney+ Hotstar’s eagerly-awaited intriguing thriller series ‘Fall’, featuring actress Anjali in the lead. The Hotstar Specials show is an official adaptation of Award winning Canadian mini series ‘Vertige’. ‘Fall’ is produced by Banijay Asia. Disney+ Hotstar has also announced that this 'Hotstar Specials', will begin streaming from December 9th, 2022 Apart from Anjali, the series will also feature actors SPB Charan, Sonia Agarwal, Santhosh Pratap, Namita Krishnamoorthy, Thalaivasal Vijay, and Poornima Bagyaraj among others.  Distributed by Armoza Formats, an ITV company, ‘Fall’ is an adaptation of the award-winning series "Vertige" written by Michelle Allen and produced by

Film Review: KAARI

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 Prince Pictures' debutant  Hemanth directorial, Sasikumar starrer KAARI hits theatres on Nov.25th Sethu ( Sasikumar)  a horse race jockey, who lives in Chennai, loses his father (Naren) who is an ardent activist, when he dies of a heart attack due to a mistake by his son.  By his death, Sethu learns the value of every life,  and never bettaying the trust of even animals who depend on you.  A set of circumstaces takes Sethu to a small village in interior TN where people put their faith into him to be part of a jallikattu which is vital to resolve a feud between two villages. How Sethu, formerly more selfish, then deeply becomes more involved with heart and soul into protecting every animal and humans alike, facing enemies like a rich maniac ( J D Chakravarthy nails it and how!) who eats and sells expensive meat of wild, untamed animals. When a village Jallikattu bull becomes the target of his greed, will Sethu be able to save himself, the village honor and t