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Quickview - Seemathurai

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The story of Seemathurai revolves around  a college student Maruthu ( Geethan) and his mother (Viji) a fish seller in a village. While the single mother toils hard at work, her son though a college student, keeps loitering with his friends, doing nothing all day. That is till he sets his eyes on Poorani ( the talented Varsha Bollamma)  in a  bus going to college. He is besotted at once and after that spends his time following her around, much to her discomfiture. One day he proposes his love for her, which she refuses since she wants to study. But that doesn’t deter him at  all. Even when her father finds out and goons are sent to beat him  and warn him to stay away from her, he continues steadfastly in his aim, forcing her to accept his love, in the midst of all the beatings on the road. Meanwhile, the heroine’s thai maman (maternal uncle) who had asked for her hand in marriage  is at first cut up when her father refuses and throws him out of t...

Atharvaa 's Boomerang confirms Dec 28 release

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Filmmaker Kannan and his entire team of ‘Boomerang’ are thrilled  for a reason. The reason is the official confirmation of the worldwide release of their film on December.  28th. Director Kannan shares this joyful news saying, “We as an entire team of ‘Boomerang’ are so happy about getting our release date confirmed for December 28. It’s been a year of challenges for everyone in the team, especially for Atharvaa Murali, who took scrupulous efforts for three different looks in this movie. As a filmmaker and producer, I am so delighted that the entire team has stood beside me in shaping the project efficiently. I am sure our unceasing hard work will  pay off well as a New Year gift. Megha Akash and Indhuja will revieve recognition  for their earnest work in this film.”  He continues to shower his praises on others in the star-cast citing, “Upen Patel  didn’t want to compromise over giving the best shots. Although, he would be having someone ...

Quick Review : Dhoni Kabadi Kuzhu

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by Rinku Gupta As the title suggests Dhoni Kabadi Kuzhu is a film based on the game of Kabadi. The hero (Abhilash) is a village boy who loves to play cricket with his bunch of friends in the village playground . One day the ground is up for sale and the boys are devastated at the upcoming loss of thier means of sport and entertainment. In a gesture of goodwill the seller says he can sell it to them for a lower price. How can these boys raise 3 lakhs for the bid? Yet they manage to somehow collect 2.8 lakhs by crowd funding. A tea vendor who loves kabadi suggests they can win the remaining Rs 20,000 as prize money for a kabadi championship in another village. How do cricket and Dhoni lovers  change to kabadi ? Do they win the prize money and save the land is the story. Abhilash and the gang of friends have played their parts well. Leema Babu as his love interest is an asset to the film with her controlled acting and good expressions. The theme of focussing on Kabadi ( i...

Vijay Sethupathi Sings for Harish Kalyan film

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 by Rinku Gupta Vijay Sethupathi brings back his singer avatar for his friend Sam CS's film.   The versatile actor has recorded a song in Ancient Tamil for hero Harish Kalyan'sIspadeRajavumIdhayaRaniyum.   This genre is referred to as a 'Siddhar Song'. The film is directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi with music by Sam CS. Shilpa Manjunath is the heroine.

Sunny Leone's cousin Miya, debuts in Tamil

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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.

Dhoni Kabadi Kuzhu highlights our ancient game -Abhilash

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"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...

Vijay Sethupathi 's surprise visit to Jiiva set

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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 ...

Lyca Productions to take Rajinikanth 's 2.0 for massive release in China

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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 and Pasumai Vazhi Salai 's Batman connection

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 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...

Chiyaan Vikram Mahavir Karna gets rolling

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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.

Love Match for Aari and Aishwarya Dutta

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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 ...

Arun Vijay's film, Boxer, to go on floors from March

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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...

Sivakartikeyan 's Production No 2 starts rolling

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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...

MAHAT RAGHAVENDRA AND AISHWARYA DUTTA TEAM UP FOR A ROM-COM

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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...

Sharmiela Mandre turns producer with Ivanukku Engayo Macham Irukku

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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. ...