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by Rinku Gupta As the title suggests the film is set in the milieu of North Madras. The story revolves around the characters played by Dhanush, Ameer, Samudrakani, Kishore and Pavan with Aishwarya Rajesh and Andrea playing the female leads. Without giving away spoilers, suffice it to say that when Anbu ( Dhanush) enters a jail as prisoner, the pace quickens and several incidents happen, all leading to an act that seems to seal his fate. His life so far ( where all he dreamed of was to become a carrom player and marry his lady love) takes a full U turn and a new phase in his life in unleashed. The film explores the lives of the other leads as well and finally we see bits of the puzzle all fitting together to form a whole. Each individual's life is intertwined with the other where ambition and greed overpower loyalty, leading to betrayal. A classy making with the realistic and authentic  portrayal of the milieu, the slang with all expletives thrown in liberally,  all...

by Rinku Gupta Sandakozhi 2 directed by Lingusamy stars Vishal and Raj Kiran from the original while Keerthy Suresh plays his love interest and Varalakshmi ( Varu ) Sarathkumar, the villain. The story is set in a village where a Thiruvizha has been scheduled finally after a gap of 7 years, all due to the efforts of Ayya ( Raj Kiran) Due to a series of revenge  killings,  by Pechi's ( Varu) henchmen ,  the festival had been banned by authorities earlier. This time, the 7 villages could not afford to have bloodshed or else the 7 day thiruvizha would be cancelled. But Pechi is hell bent on killing the one remaining survivor from the enemy's family. In the meantime Ayya's son Balu ( Vishal) returns from abroad. He falls in love with Semburathi ( Keerthy), the village teacher's daughter.  Ayya promises her that he will speak to her father to fix the wedding. But he doesnt turn up on the fixed date. What happens to Ayya? Does Pechi get her revenge? Does Balu...

Directed and produced by VP Viji, Ezhumin is a film that aims to inspire both parents and kids. The story revolves around the happy lives of Vishwanthan (Vivek )and his wife Bharathi ( Devayani) who have a young son, Arjun who is a topper  in class and a medal- winning boxer. Viswanathan has a liking for sports and encourages 5 other kids, (friends of Arjun, at the Sundaram Sports Academy, )to do well in martial arts which they are good at. But though the kids excel in various martial arts and sports like Gymnastics, Silambam, karate and boxing, the man who runs the academy Sundaram  ( Azhagan Perumal) is only after making profits. So he expels these kids who cant pay the fees and is happy to take bribes and  even make his students lose in matches, if the opposite party pays well. In such a scenario, Vishwanathan tries to reason with him but to no avail. As luck would have it, Arjun dies after a boxing match due to a cardiac arrest. In his memory, Vishwanthan dec...

Sandakozhi 2is all set to release on October 18th. The film stars Vishal with Keerthy Suresh reprising the role of Meera Jasmine in the original. The villain is played by Varu Sarathkumar. The film is directed by Lingusamy and produced by Vishal. This is Vishal's 25th film. Here are some interesting trivia revealed about the film at the unit's press meet. *Veteran actor Raj Kiran  plays Vishal's father. Vishal has great respect for him and that reflected in his performance as well and helped strengthen the father-son screen bonding. * Varu was thrilled to be working with Raj Kiran and admits that his valuable inputs helped her to sharpen her villain performance. *This is the second film Keerthy and Varu are starring in together. They are co stars in Vijay's Sarkar as well. * There is a powerful climaz scene in which Varu has done action scenes with Vishal. * Ganja Karuppu and Muniskanth are also part of the film. * Keerthy had to learn the Madurai slang for...

Vivek and Devayani star in a kids oriented movie, Ezhumin, releasing along with Sandakozhi2 and Vada Chennai, this coming Friday. The film stars six children and deals with the importance of several issues relating to the safety of kids and women. The camerawork is by Gopi Jagadeeswaran while VP Viji, the producer , has also directed the film. Said Gopi at the press meet, “Vivek sir is a favourite of children so the message he gives in the film will surely be driven home easily, for the benefit of society.” Several martial   arts are shown in the film like Silambam, Karate, Kung Fu, Gymnastics and so on.   Children who were proficient in these arts were specialy chosen out of hundreds who came to the auditions. Actor Vivek gave the new child actors several acting tips.They also had to learn how to do ‘cinema fights’ instead of actually hitting out at opponents.                   ...

by Rinku Gupta Koothan, directed by Venky AL is a story revolving around a bunch of youngsters, trying their luck at winning   dance competition in order to fulfil their life goals with the prize money. Rana, ( Rajkumar) earns his living by doing dance shows. His mother ( Urvashi) is a junior artiste in movies. Our hero comes across Srilakshmi ( Srijita Ghosh) another dancer in the city. Through her he learns the dance form of Bharatanatyam, at her sister’s school. As the duo become close, Rana discovers why Srilakshmi hates another dancer ( Nagendra Prasad) so much. He had conned her sister into marriage and swindled their money and left them in debt and now almost homeless if they didn’t repay the loan sharks. Their problems lead them to the only solution in sight, that is to enter a dance competition in Singapore which offers a huge prize money to the winners. Do they pull it off? Do they manage to take revenge on their wily rival who will go to any length to succeed ...

 by Rinku Gupta First Man, director Damien Chazelle’s film on the Neil Armstrong space mission to the moon, makes a compelling watch. The point-of-view narration of what goes on behind the scenes in an actual mission planned to go where no man has gone before in the sixties, is told in a raw and gritty manner. The 50th anniversary of Armstrong’s historic landing on the moon is up ahead and the film gives the audience a ringside view of the sacrifices, the planning, the trial and error system that the astronauts went through to finally achieve a breakthrough in the face of several pressures (possible death looming on the horizon amongst them) Ryan Gosling plays Armstrong with Claire Foy in the role of his wife. The docu drama kind of the narration, gives you an actual feel of the claustrophobia, the space constraints, and the nervous tension and physical discomfort, fainting, vomiting and everything in between, that goes into simulating space journeys during training an...

by Rinku Gupta Aan Dhevathai is a family drama directed by Thamira, starring Samudrakani and Ramya Pandiyan in the lead. The story revolves around the duo , a middle class working   couple who work very hard to make ends meet. When they are blessed with twins, the struggle to survive, becomes even harder and they get hardly any time as a family, juggling between   household duties, schooling and work. At this juncture, Samudrakani decides that in order to make time for their children, he will turn househusband while his wife can do the earning to support the family. This system works well for them and with the IT job she’s in, she manages to earn enough for the family to move to a swanky apartment and even get a   luxury car. Its then that their differences begin, with the husband finding that the money and facilities are no substitute for a wholesome family life. Their priorities being different, they quarrel and Samudrakani , taking his daughter (Monica ) wi...

The team of Vada Chennai who met the press today, seemed very excited about the film which is set to release  next week. The script was in director Vetrimaaran's mind from past ten years. " It seems like a dream to actually see this film finally ready and set for release,"said Dhanush who stars in the film along with Aishwarya Rajesh and Andrea. Daniel Balaji and Pavan and Ameer who also star in the film were present along with Santhosh Narayanan who has got Dhanush to sing a song in the album. Velraj is the cameraman, about whom Ameer spoke highly, " He is someone who is always in a state of preparedness for any  shot." For Aishwarya, the role is touted to be a powerful one. She was however, all praise for her co-stars Dhanush and Andrea. " Any heroine would like to act opposite Dhanush and I am very happy to have got this role. Andrea has done an amazing job." Director Vetrimaran said that art director Jacky has put up massive sets for t...

Huge expectations are revolving around the worldwide theatrical release of Sandakozhi 2, which is happening on October 18 for the festive occasion of Vijayadashami. With the entire crew keeping the fingers crossed over its success, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar has lots of great moments to share about the film. “Yes, there have been lots of great moments while working with ‘Sandakozhi 2’ team. Of course, working with Lingusamy sir is really cool and I have done something out of my comfort zone for the first time. We had to shoot back to back during the last leg of shooting in Dindugal and Karaikudi, where there have been lots of houses. The climax portion has come out really well and was really challenging. In fact, my skin colour has become more tanned (jokingly adds up) while shooting continuously under hot sun. But I really feel it’s worth it and am sure people will enjoy it. The film has everything to offer the audiences. With great factors like Vishal, Keerthy Suresh, Lingusamy, Yu...

press note Enthusiasms that never fade and passion for unexplored experiments that never settle has kept Nayanthara as the undisputed queen of South Indian industry. With her realms of fan base expanding into monstrous figures and her market values scaling towards incredulous peaks, Nayanthara doesn’t want to sprawl out and relax within comfort zones, but keeps pushing her to higher grades to unleash her potentials. Evidently, AIRAA (Elephant), directed by Sarjun KM  is going to be an archetypical case of such prominence, where she will be seen playing dual roles for the first ever time in her career. Especially, to collaborate with the prestigious production house of KJR Studios, which had delivered an all seasonal classic film ‘Aramm’, the expectations have taken a swirl of upbeat. “Yes, it’s a proud moment to be associated with Nayanthara madam once again after the critically acclaimed Aramm. Moreover, our responsibilities as a production studio were much heavier as we ...

The thank you meet of 96The Movie was a heartfelt moment for one and all. Especially since the movie has been loved by critics and the public alike,  with industry praise pouring in as well. The young actors Aditya  ( MS Bhaskar's son) and  Niyati Kadambi ( daughter of Chetan and Dev Dharshani)  recounted thier experiences of working in the film. The camaraderie of the entire cast could be seen, as well as the nostalgia of missing the shooting days. Trisha tweeted how much she was missing being with the team at the event which she could not attend due to her shoot. Also present were Chinmayi and actor Bugs amongst others. 96 The film which underwent last minute hitches on opening day finally released thanks largely to the efforts of hero Vijay Sethupathi. Quizzed as to whether he blamed anyone for the financial struggles he had to overcome at the last minute,  he said , "The problems in cinema are complicated  and very many and most are not vi...

by Rinku Gupta Not everyday do you come across a love story so refreshing and breathtaking in Indian cinema as Director Premkumar 's '96. The story is simple. A reclusive photographer Ramachandran ( Vijay Sethupathi) happens to re-discover his school in Thanjavur during one of his several travels. This opens up a pandora's box of memories with Ram calling up his best school day buddies in a moment of nostalgia. The result is that they decide to all meet up and  a school reunion is soon organised for the class of 96 in Chennai. At the grand reunion at a resort, who should walk in last, all the way from Singapore, but Janaki ( Trisha) who had once been the love of the adolescent Ram's life.  As the duo meet after 22 long years,we get to discover with them, a journey that takes us back and forth in Time, tracing the innocent but powerful love of these 2 individuals. Without revealing spoilers ( for the movie is  experience in which each moment is to be savoure...

by Rinku Gupta An outstanding and impactful film Pariyerum Perumal is a story told in a manner that stays with you long after  you leave the theatre. The hero Pariyerum Perumal ( Kathir ) hails from the oppressed  classes. He aims to becone a lawyer in order to be of aid to his oppressed community in the future. He manages to gain  admission in the Tirunelveli law college  but his lack of English knowledge draws the ire of professors and contempt of peers. Yogi Babu is his good friend in the law college. A classmate,Jothi Mahalaxmi ( Anandhi) befriends the duo and offers to teach  our hero, English. Their innocent friendship turns to love from her end. Due to circumstances, her father comes to know of her liking for this new friend and the result is a sound thrashing by his relatives for Pari when he goes for a wedding to thier gathering.  The reason? Caste differences  between them. The humiliated Pari refrains from disclosing the truth t...

by Rinku Gupta The Nota press meet was held in the presence of artists Nasser, sathyaraj, Vijay Deverakonda, Yaashika and Sanchana Natarajan, Karunakaran and director Anand Shankar. " This is my 2nd film with Anand Shankar after Irumugan. It will be a rocking  debut for Vijay Deverakonda," said Karuna. Said MS Bhasker, " Though Vijay doesnt know the language very well his grasping and memory power is very good so he was able to say his dialogues well. He has dubbed for  himself I heard." Music director Sam Anton said," Anand values bgm just like me. This film has lots of emotions which we have tried to bring out with full orchestra.The story will not let you move from your seat. It reflects many contemporary issues which people can relate to." Actor Nasser revealed that  he had  a very challenging role in the film. Praising the hero he added, " I associate the word committment with Deverakonda. He is the same person he was before his ...

By Rinku   Gupta CCV as its popularly known, is the latest offering from ace director Mani Ratnam. The story is set around the impending death of ganglord Senapathy ( Prakash Raj) who is injured critically in an a shootout, along with his wife (Jayasudha). His 3 sons, Varadan, ( Arvind Swami), Thyagu ( Arun Vijay) and Ethi ( Simbu) rush to his bedside. While the eldest resides with him along with wife Chitra ( Jyothika), Thyagu flies in from Dubai with his wife (Aishwarya Rajesh) while Ethi flies down from Serbia leaving behind his pretty wife ( Dayana Erappa). The family’s main concern is to probe into who is behind the attempt to kill. When finally Senapathy dies a few days later, the tension increases with each son beginning to suspect the other in a game of one-up-manship to take over the vacant throne. Rasool, ( Vijay Sethupathi) is the one link with all three, being the childhood trusted buddy of Varadan. When things begin to get out of hand, with each brother gunning ...

press note: SCREEN SCENE MEDIA ENTERTAINMENT PVT. LTD PRESENTS SUNDAR C AND DHORAI V.Z TEAM UP FOR IRUTTU FIRST OF ITS KIND HORROR MOVIE WITHOUT DEVIL The man who has presented us best of its kind horror-comedies will be now seen wearing greasepaint in a first of its kind intense horror film without a Devil. Yes, Sundar C  will be seen playing the lead role in the  film titled ‘IRUTTU’, directed by Dhorai V.Z, who has carved a niche for himself through maverick filmmaking. This will have no such humorous tracks and will be a complete horror tale, which will keep audiences frozen with twists and turns. Shedding lights on the film, director Dhorai V.Z says, “Yes, this will be something different from routine horror films. Of course, a horror film without a Devil is what I wanted to give a try and the film is now shaping up well as we are nearing completion.” 85% of the shooting is already completed with a single stretch shoot of 40 days in Ooty. Only few more porti...

 Press note: With plethora of promising movies consistently making its way from the stores of Vishnu Vishal, here is one among them titled RAATCHASAN that has already made the film buffs, especially the fervent lovers of Crime-Mystery -Thriller have been inquisitively looking up for the film’s arrival on big screens on October 5. Much prior to this, Ghibran’s splendid songs were launched this evening (September 25) at Prasad Lab in Chennai that was graced by entire cast and crew. The event commenced with the screening of RAATCHASAN visual promos and lyric videos. Producer G Dilli Babu offered his welcome speech saying, “Axess Film Factory has been attempting to make content based movies and RAATCHASAN happens to be the fourth production venture. I am so happy that the film has come out well with the efficient work of Vishnu Vishal, Amala Paul and others in the team including magnificent spell by music Director Ghibran. I am sure everyone will love this film.” He cont...

press note: Vaibhav teams up with debut filmmaker Chachi for a Rom-Com An innocuous face and look owns a luxurious advantage for it becomes a great asset for an actor as it stands out to be an endowment to impress universal audiences. Obviously, it’s a commonality factor that would befittingly look perfect for any genre. Significantly, actor Vaibhav has found himself lucky to have been gifted with such traits. Be it a supernatural thriller, horror-comedy, Rom-Com or anything, he instantly becomes the cynosure. We hear the same from debut filmmaker Chachi whose having him onboard for his film produced by Dinesh Kannan and Sridhar for Wallmate Entertainment. “Yes, the first and foremost thing that the script demanded was the innocence embellished protagonist, which I found so much prevalent in myriad with Vaibhav. Just look into his movies till the date and every film will stand out to be a perfect justification,” says filmmaker Chachi, who had been associated to writer-Di...

by Rinku Gupta The grand press meet of Sandakozhi 2 was held today at the grand Leela hotel. The cast and crew including Vishal, Keerthy Suresh and Lingusamy were present. " It doesnt seem like 13years have passed since the original. It seems like 13 days. But after 25 films I can see the difference in Vishal's performance. A particular few scenes will show how fine tuned his performance has become,"said Lingusamy. Keerthy Suresh was happy to have worked in this film.  " It helped me relax during the strenuous shoot of Mahanati". Speaking on the occasion Vishal said, " Sandakozhi helped to establish me as an action hero thanks to Lingusamy sir. The sequel too will be an important film for me.  It will release on October 18th in Tamil and Telugu. Around 2000 prints worldwide  are planned to be released." About Keerthy he said, " Im so happy to have worked with her. I got tremendous respect for her after seeing Mahanati. I'm ...