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by Rinku Gupta Bollywood actor Sunny Leone's relative  Miya Rai Leone will be debuting this week in Kollywood with the release of the adult comedy Evanukku Engeyo Macham Irukku. She is touted to be a cousin sister of Sunny (who it may be recalled,  is acting in Veeramadevi in Tamil.) The film stars Vemal and Ashna Zaveri as well and is produced by Sharmila Mandre, the well known Kannada actor.The film will release on Dec 7th.

"Everything involving the Tamil culture and tradition has always involved a predominant history. Just as our ethnicity of ‘Jallikattu’ owns a lot of values and meaning, so happens to be the game of ‘Kabadi’.  “While working in this film “Dhoni Kabadi Kuzhu”, I just didn’t learn the art of this game, but it enlightened me about the history and beauty of our Kabadi game, which is a part of our ancient warfare. More than being an actor, I am happy that I had got to know so much of our culture,” says actor Abhilash who admits that he had go through lots of training for this film. He continues to add saying, “Initially, I was so much surprised to hear director Ayyappan sir revealing me the title. I was wondering like what’s the link between ‘Dhoni’ a Cricket icon and ‘Kabaddi’ game.  But as he continued to narrate me the script, I was really amazed with the concept and felt happy to be a part of this movie. It’s not just me, but everyone in the team has exerted an impeccab...

by Rinku Gupta The Title Makkal Selvan was given to actor Vijay Sethupathi, for his affable nature and camaraderie with every individual starting from his fans to his colleagues.  The star holds a great rapport with his directors, which urge them to work again with him. It was a pleasant experience when he made a surprise visit today to the sets of director Rathina Siva’s next film, which features actor  Jiiva as the lead.  Interestingly, actor Vijay Sethupathi, clapped the board, and gave a boost of energy to the film’s start. His presence created a huge buzz on the sets and everyone felt thrilled   that the film had kicked off with a  friendly gesture from the star. More so  because, the film’s plot too revolves around the love between friends. This untitled film is the second venture from director Rathina Siva, who previously worked with Vijay Sethupathi in Rekka. This project is bankrolled by Vels Film International and will hit the ...

by Rinku Gupta In an official statement, Lyca Productions Pvt. Ltd. has announced its  association with HY Media, one of China's most prominent Production and Distribution companies, for the Chinese release of "2.0", the magnum opus of director Shankar, starring pan-Asian Superstar Rajinikanth and Bollywood megastar Akshay Kumar. HY Media have ongoing collaborations with major Hollywood studios such as Sony, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros, Universal, and Disney. 2.0, produced by Subaskaran Allirajah, is touted to be the biggest film in the history of Indian cinema. Dubbed and subtitled versions of 2.0 are slated to release in China in 10,000 theaters with 56,000 screens (including 47,000 3D screens) in May 2019, the widest 3D release for any foreign film in history. Lyca Productions says that it  recognizes China as a major film market, and looks forward to building a long and fruitful relationship with HY Media. China is a major market and such a huge release...

 Kishore, along  with the cast and crew of of the Tamil feature film Pasumai Vazhi Salai just completed an extensive schedule of shooting in various parts of Rajasthan (Jaipur, Udaipur, Jaisalmar ),Agra (Taj Mahal) and Delhi. The team along with the lead actor Kishore travelled the length and breadth of Rajasthan and explored several locations and completed the shooting. The team travelled to several  parts of Pushkar, Ajmer (Dargah)  and also visited the eminent Chand Baori. The Chand Baori dates back to the 7th Century and previously the Batman film Dark Knight  Rises was shot on the same spot. Further the crew travelled extensively in parts of Rajasthan and several forts and palaces of Jaipur which will feature in the film. The team also explored several other locations in Agra, Jaipur which will prove to be a visual treat to the audience. Previously the team travelled in parts of Leh, Ladakh and Tibet and other Himalayan regions...

ChiyaanVikram's Magnum Opus MahavirKarna started  yesterday from the land of Sree Padmanabha, Swamy,  Gods Own Country,  Kerala. The makers received a holy Temple Bell in front of the deity Sree Padmanabhaswamy at the temple. The film is directed by RS Vimal. Several dignitaries from the industry attended the ceremony. The bell is going to be a part of the 30 feet hight chariot of Karna in the movie. The shoot is to be held at Ramoji Film city at Hyderabad.

Tales involving pure love have always been received with warmth and here is a film that is based on poetic love. During the 60s, the major conflict for Love was Religion followed by Caste issues in 80s and Status that showed up by 2000. But today, Love itself has become a conflict for Love. In simple words, the film’s premise is set around the concept of Love Vs Love, which will let everyone reflect, especially the contemporary generation. Aari and Aishwarya Dutta are playing lead roles in this film, which is jointly produced by Creative Teamz E.R. Anandan and Glowstar Creations B. Dharmaraj.  S.S. Raja Mithran, who had earlier directed ‘Ayyanar’ is helming this project. A.G. Mahesh is composing music and Dhill Raj (Annadurai and Thagararu fame) is handling cinematography. Karthik Ram (Editor) and Yugabharathy (Lyrics) are the others in the technical crew. The shooting of this film commenced this morning in Chennai after being launched with a ritual pooja at Sri Lakshmi ...

Actor Arun Vijay  has always been on the ‘Get-Go’ mode to grab energy-consuming roles. He is completely invigorated over his upcoming film ‘Boxer’, which he feels has all extremities to unleash his potentials. The film is bankrolled by V Mathiyalagan of Etcetera Entertainment, which is based on boxing sports. Sharing his words of excitements, Arun Vijay says, “Everything from the inception of project has been enthralling me. Even the announcement was a surprise as we had initially planned to make it by January 2019. But it came as an unheralded birthday gift from producer V Mathiyalagan sir of Etcetera Entertainment. I am completely charged up doing this project as I had always dreamt of doing a sports based film. The script has lots of emotional and inspiring elements that instantly appealed to me. Usually, sports based films we have seen till now will have a struggling protagonist rising to fame at end. Whereas here in this film, the hero will be a top league boxer by the b...

Actor Sivakartikeyan is a dynamic personality who seems to be adeptly juggling mutiple roles of hero and producer with aplomb. Sivakarthikeyan’s avatar as producer through his maiden film “Kanaa” has engraved great expectations among audiences due to not only its quality but inspirational subject.. The trailer has already become a talking point with its theme base of sports and women's cricket, with Aishwaryya Rajesh playing an aspiring cricketer. With the film scheduled for release in December, now the shooting of his second outing tentatively titled ‘Production No.2’ has started rolling with a ritual pooja in Film City, Chennai. The film is bankrolled by Sivakarthikeyan Productions that features Vijay TV fame Rio and newcomer Shirin in lead roles. Furthermore, the film comprises of a surprising star-cast that includes well noted politician Nanjil Sampath. Significantly, he will be seen playing an important character alongside Radharavi, RJ Vigneshkanth and few more ac...

Breezy Rom-Coms have always managed  to captivate  universal audiences mainly because of the nature of the fun genre itself. It becomes more enjoyable when there’s cute pair in the title roles. Now Mahat Raghavendra and Aishwarya Dutta, will be sharing screen space in a Rom-Com directed by debut filmmaker Prabu Ram C, who happens to be the former associate of Hollywood director Randy Kent. Talking about the film and the lead characters, Prabu says, “Rom-Com flicks have always been my favourite genre and I have been an ardent buff, who doesn’t miss to watch such movies belonging to any region or language. Right from the days in satellite channels as creative head, my fascination was to make movies, especially of this genre…” The filmmaker sheds some interesting facts behind bringing Mahat Raghavendra and Aishwarya Dutta on board, who have been the favourite of millions for their Bigg Boss show. “The film revolves around a guy from North Chennai and a girl from affl...

by Rinku Gupta Sai Productions Ivanukku Engeyo Macham Irukku, directed by AR Mukesh,  is a remake of the Telugu movie Guntur Talkies. A grand press meet  was held on 22nd November, attended by the cast and crew. The producer of the film is none other than actor turned producer Sharmiela Mandre from the Kannada industry. Hailing from a family of producers, the film marks the Kannada actor's  debut as producer. She also acted in the Tamil movie Mirattal opposite Vinay Rai. The film stars Vemal, Ashna Zaveri, Poorna, Anandraj, Singampuli, Mansur Ali Khan and others. Ashna Zaveri who spoke in Tamil at the event revealed that this was her first role as a village girl. The film has been shot on several locations in London. Sharmiela Mandre-Producer Poorna plays a cop in the film. Her role was played by a male actor in the original. This is Poorna's second film with Vemal, after Jannal.  Kandhas master has played a character  in the film. ...

Sei is the next release for Nakul after a gap. The story directed by Raj Babu revolves around an aspiring actor who is forced to take over his father's ambulance  driver  job for a day , when the latter is hospitalised. This act lands the hero in the midst of a plot where the strings  are pulled by several corrupt people in power. A corpse, mysterious deaths in a Home for the mentally challenged, greedy, fighting politicians, a dutiful journalist are all part of the web he inadvertantly gets caught up in. Does he survive the sudden turn of events where his  life is in danger is the story. Nakul is a bundle of energy especially in the scenes as an aspiring actor. He pulls off the innocent , earnest youngster who finally develops a sense of duty to his family,  with aplomb. Aanchal Munjal (from Bollywood, debuting in Tamil) as an aspiring film maker gets her lip synch right and looks pretty in the song and plays her peppy role well getting her expressions...

On Behalf of “Bhavani Entertainment” Kamal Bora presents his Production No.2 with Andrea Jeremiah. This Film has Andrea Jeremiah to play the lead role, followed by J.K Ashtosh Rana, K.S Ravikumar, Manobala, “Aadukalam” fame Naren are doing the supporting role in the film. The Film being Produced by Rajesh Kumar, “DIL” Sathya is directing the film. He directed a film in Kannada called “DIL” which turned out to be a blockbuster there and later he had also given lot more films a hit as a director.. He has also produced “Raj Bahadur” movie  and lot more films in Kannada. Surprisingly, after hitting the blockbusters on screen as director and a producer “DIL” Sathya has also been a choreographer for more than 150 films in Kannada Films. Following up with this Film Andrea Jeremiah plays the role of a “Cop”. It is an Action Thriller and Fantasy mixed combination of story which is gearing up for the making. In the Presence of the cast and crew the Film’s Shooting starts today wit...

​DIRECTOR SUSIENTHIRAN’S KENNEDY CLUB SPEAKS CHINESE NOW The concept of ‘Content is King’ gets proven with a much surpassing magnitude and it’s a groundbreaking moment for the entire Tamil film industry indeed. Susienthiran’s upcoming directorial “Kennedy Club” is being dubbed in Chinese language, where the rights have been acquired for a whopping price of 2Cr. The film is based on the real life incidents revolving around women Kabaddi team featuring veteran filmmaker Bharathiraja and Sasikumar in lead roles. While the reception of Indian movies, especially for films like Dangal and Baahubali franchise has been pretty much greater in Chinese market, it’s a huge scenario to see that a Tamil movie has captured their interests. The theme involving sports, team spirit, breaking the hurdles and accomplishing the challenges have always been the heart and soul of International movies. In this aspect, the buyers in Chinese market were spellbound over the premise of “Kennedy Club”. Jus...

Undoubtedly, Vijay Sethupathi’s Seethakaathi has managed to bring everyone into its world.  Thanks to the makers for offering a deep insight about the film as they unveil the queue of characters essayed by colossal performers. With the film scheduled for a worldwide release on December 20, it’s exhilarating to see an unheralded actor stepping into the shoes of antagonist for this classic drama flick laced with humour and emotions. Yes, it’s actor Vaibhav’s elder brother Sunil, who will be seen playing the baddie out here in this film, but with a phenomenal sketch of his character. “In fact, the pursuit of finding a befittingly perfect actor for this role turned to be a huge challenge on my part of casting. It’s incisively because of the character’s nature indeed. While penning the script, we had a clear vision that the antagonist’s role shouldn’t be a shop-soiled and should have freshness. It is a character that wouldn’t gain your aversion of get you irked, but instead will k...

Time and again, Vishal has been perfectly striding with his multi-faceted avatars. With the shooting of his upcoming film AYOGYA happening at brisk pace, the first look of this film has been unveiled. It’s yet again being proved that Vishal is turning into an unmatchable macho hunk for his tough and dashing looks, which is literally evident with his look in this film. Touted to be a racy action packed entertainer, the film features Raashi Khanna in female lead role. The shooting of Ayogya commenced in Chennai followed by other schedules in Vizag and Hyderabad and is now continued in Chennai. The official word on the film’s trailer, audio and worldwide theatrical release will be revealed. Ayogya is directed by Venkat Mohan and is produced by B Madhu for Light House Movie Makers LLP. R. Parthiban, KS Ravikumar, Sachu, Vamsi and others will be seen playing important roles in this movie. Sam CS (Music), VI Karthik (Cinematography), SS Murthi (Art), Ruben (Editing), Ram-Laxman ...

press note The audio launch of upcoming Tamil film 'School campus' was held at Shri Krishna Gana Sabha T.Nagar with Mrs. Latha Rajinikanth,  P Susheela & Mr. Deva presiding over the function.       School campus is written-directed and produced by Dr. R.J. Ramanarayana for AMN Fine Arts.       Shooting of the movie was commenced by Shri Santosh Kumar Mall (IAS) commissioner of all India Kendra Vidyalaya, at Kendriya Vidyalaya Campus New Delhi recently.       Majority portion of the shooting was held at Kendriya Vidyalaya, IIT Campus, Chennai.       Another highlight of the movie is the song "Thaa Thai Thithithai" which is the 3000th song composed by 'Thenisai Thendral Deva', in his career.       This movie deals with the difficulties faced by the students and the mental agony experienced by the students and their parents with the present differential education system in India. ...