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  Actress Madonna Sebastian won the hearts of Tamil audiences even before her debut in Tamil cinema with her spectacular role as 'Celine' in Premam. Her resplendent performance in the evergreen feel-good romantic movie ‘Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum’ has engraved a beautiful place for her in Kollywood. Her surreal performance in Dhanush’s Pa Pandi keeps resonating with film enthusiasts, and her sudden transition to an action-packed role in Actor Vijay’s ‘Leo’ offered a wholesome surprise to the fans. She is now poised to captivate Tamil audiences with her highly anticipated film 'Jolly O Gymkhana,' featuring   Prabhu Deva in the lead role. Actress Madonna Sebastian says, “The films I have worked on in Tamil industry so far have been unique, and this is the first time, I am working in a full-length commercial movie. Unlike many commercial cinemas, where it’s all about the male protagonist, Shakthi Chidambaram sir stands out as an exception by ensuring that female actors also...

The story revolves around two factions of a village, who share a common area  outside the village. One faction who feels superior to the other,  led by Jayakumar( Premnath), is bent on causing trouble for the other side, led by Maaran ( Harishankar).  Men and women from both sides go to work at a juice factory near Bengaluru where they are subject to language politics by local goons who beat them up because they are outsiders. Tbings take a terribme turn during a grusome attack on the Tamil workers , when Maaran  and his lady love Devaki ( Sangeetha Kalyan) are stripped and tortured by the goons led by Samrat Suresh ( Samrat). What happens next? Do Jayakumar and Maaran give up their infighting? Is Samrat arrested? Does true love succeed? The film has excellent and realistic performances by the lead pair and the rest of the cast. The climax scene is both gripping and traumatic to watch.   The film is partly in Kannada but has Tamil subtitles. The village lif...

 The documentary on Nayanthara dropped on Netflix from 18th November, on the star's birthday. The film traces the journey of the actor,  from her early days in the industry right up to her wedding with film director Vignesh Shivan. The making is chic with classy visuals and interviews with Nayanthara, her Mom and several film makers, a journalist  and co-actors who fill in details of her personal and professional side. Nayan herself gives a peek into her early years, her relationship with her parents, the time in her life when she quit acting and how she bounced back.  The focus then shifts onto the love of her life and how she fell in love with and married Vignesh Shivan. Though the making is slick with some great visuals and quite interesting, a little more detailing would have added more depth to the story. Nayan touches upon personal topics, but the pain of her breakup and hiatus from the industry could have been presented with a tad more depth to create the righ...