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By Rinku Gupta The competition in the Tamil web series arena just got hotter with the entrance of one more player in the market. Sony Liv ,  the digital platform of  Sony Entertainment Television, has now entered the fray introducing original Tamil content to its entertainment portfolio. SonyLiv launched thier first Tamil web -series in Chennai on Monday.  Uday Sodhi, Head Digital Business of Sony Liv flew down to Chennai with his team to announce and launch Iru Dhuruvam , a 9 episode crime thriller starring film actor Nandaa and Bigg Boss contestant and Ajith starrer Nerkonda Paarvai heroine, Abhirami Venkat. And looks like Sony Liv is going all out to secure classy, top-notch content, what with the web -series being produced by Applause Entertainment ( creators of Criminal Justice, Mind The Malhotras, The Office), a Content Studio from the Aditya Birla group. None other than Applause CEO,  Sameer Nair (ex Balaji Telefilms, NDTV Imagine, Star India ...

By Rinku Gupta Boney Kapoor's Ajith Kumar starrer Nerkonda Paarvai is making waves ever since its release. The making of the  film and is the fruition of  the  late  legendary actor Sridevi 's wish. The Pink remake drives home the message of the importance of consent with regards to women, when a woman' s No means No, and should be respected by men, without being judgemental about her attire, social habits, profession or background. A hugely popular star with a humungous and loyal fan following, Ajith Kumar, playing a lawyer, and taking this message to the masses, in a content driven film, seems to have found resonance with viewers. Such a big star like Ajith, lending his voice to such an issue, it is hoped, would take the message far and wide and to a larger section of today's youth. Anil Kumar Now, none other than Ajith Kumar's brother S Anil Kumar, has made an observation, voicing his desire to measure how much of an impact films coul...

By Rinku Gupta Nerkonda Paarvai, (the remake of the Hindi film Pink starring Amitabh Bachchan) is produced by Boney Kapoor and directed by H Vinoth, starring Ajith Kumar as the lawyer played by Amitabh in the original. As a remake, the story is fairly well known. 3 girls ( Shraddha Srinath, Abirami and Andrea) stay together in a flat. One evening they go to a party where they meet 3 boys. After dinner and a few drinks, when one of the boys tries to molest Mira ( Shraddha) , she breaks a bottle over his head leading to a grave injury. This angers the rich brat Adhik, who now gets into revenge mode. He , aided with his friends, puts a case against Mira, and she lands in jail. The girls try their best to get her out but even her lawyer sides secretly with the rich boy's well connected father ( JP). Help comes from an unexpected quarter, in the form of ace lawyer Bharath Subramaniam ( Ajith Kumar) who had left his profession due to a personal tragedy involving his wife ( Vidya ...