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by Rinku Gupta   Looking regal and resplendant in an elegantly draped silk sari,  Bollywwod actor Kangana Ranaut was in Chennai this evening to launch the Tamil trailer of Manikarnika . The film is being released on January 25th in Hindi  and dubbed in Tamil and Telugu as well. Kangana has co-directed the film and acted in the lead role as the Rani Of Jhansi, the brave warrior queen Lakshmibai. Speaking on the occasion Kangana acknowledged that it was a tough role to play, and she had to understand the character of one so perfect with high ideals. The action war sequences were tough to ace as she had to wield swords for fights and also ride on horseback for some sword fights. The physical rigeurs of her role were a tough proposition for her lean frame. The actor felt she should have done such roles much earlier in her 12 year career as they were inspiring. Accompanied by producer Kamal Jain, the actor answered questions from the emcee and the  media ...

by Rinku Gupta The story of Maaniik revolves around a boy called Maanik, (Makapa Anand) who has a strange gift from the Gods, that will  benefit him only when he is 27. As luck would have it, he lands up at the ashram of a God man (a leggings clad, lipstick sporting man who seems to be fake but seems to have powers that work somehow). The God Man reveals that for one year, Maaniik will have a boon. Whichever girl says 'I Love You' to him, her father will die immediately. Maanik and his fellow wastrel friend Jack ( Vathsan ), have a passion for cricket. They now share a common (very impractical considering they dont even have jobs) goal of buying the CSK team and making them play!  How they use Maanik's boon to somehow ururp and earn money through fraudulent means to attain their goal, forms the story. The premise of the film sounds interesting on paper. How debut director Martyn executes is however neither rom nor com. In its favour it can be said that novel situat...

by Rinku Gupta The title of any film is usually one of the main attractions of any project. It gives the viewer an inkling as to what to expect from the film. Titles are therefore carefully thought about and on some occasions, even explained in detail if they are mysterious sounding. The relevance of the   Arulnithi-Shraddha Srinath starrer K13 has  been revealed by director  Barath Neelakantan,  “K13 happens to be the address of a home and it has a lot of connectivity with the premise of this film. We are bound by   certain limitations of not revealing more than this, as we want the audience to experience it by themselves.”  Produced by SP Shankar and Santha Priya for SP Cinemas, K 13 is co-produced by Kishore Sampath and Tesha Shree T. Darbukka Siva is composing music for the film, Aravinnd Singh handles cinematography, edit is  by Ruben and sound design by Udayakumar.T. Sudesh has choreographed action sequences that are touted to...

By Rinku Gupta Team Adangu Maru was jubliant at the success meet of the film held on 2nd January. Dialogue writer Viji said, “Recently, when I was talking with Director Mohan Raja sir, he said that he had never seen his brother Ravi so  happy before. " Actor Mathew Varghese said, “Usually, I am seen in cop roles and working in Adanga Maru was indeed a new experience of playing negative role for the first time." Actor Mime Gopi said, “Love what you do and it will take care of you soulfully. This has been proved evidently with director Karthik Thangavel, who is filled with positive energy. Jayam Ravi has been such a wonderful person to work with. " Actor Azhagam Perumal said, “As an audience, I feel that Adanga Maru has  spoken about the contemporary crisis that is prevailing today, especially the sexual crimes. " Music director Sam CS said, “This is the first ever time I had been to theatre visits and it was a huge response. Of course, we were ...

by Rinku Gupta Action King Arjun completed  his portion for the shooting of Kolaigaran.  The moment was celebrated on the location by the team with the cutting of a cake.  The film stars Vijay Antony and is directed by Andrew Louis ( of Leelai fame). Arjun was part of the Vishal starrer Irumbu Thirai in a negative role which received a stupendous response and was a big plus for the film. His presence in Kolaigaran is bound to raise expectstions from the film. Further, director Andrew Louis returns to the screen after a long hiatus with this film. His film Leelai was well recieved by audiences. Kolaigaran is  produced by Diya Movies B.Pradeep.

by Rinku Gupta The much awaited title of the Suriya - KV Anand combo was launched on the occasion of the New Year. KV Anand tweeted that the title of thier 3rd collaboration aka Suriya 37 would be Kaappaan. The first look poster of this Lyca Productions film, shows Suriya in a suave avatar, wielding a gun, looking very much like someone in the armed services. According to the grapevine he is believed to play a body guard to Mohanlal who is said to be donning the role of the Prime Minister. Mohanlal was last seen in Tamil in the Vijay starrer Jilla. KV Anand, in a social media innovative poll to chose a title, gave fans three  options, namely Uyirka, Kaappaan and Meetpan. Uyirka emerged the winner but later Anand disclosed that his team felt that Kaappaan would be best suited , so they chose that. This is Sayyeshaa's first film with Suriya and also stars Arya, Boman Irani from Bollywood and Samuthrakani. Harris Jayaraj scores the music. Antony edits and Abhinandan crank...

by Rinku Gupta China is fast emerging as a major market for films both from India and Hollywood. Apart from Aamir Khan's Dangal which was hugely successful there, several films including Baahubali, Hindi Medium, Secret Superstar and Toilet : Ek Prem Katha to name a few, have made inroads there. Rajinikanth's 2Point0 is releasing big there. Now, the sports -based Kennedy Club from Kollywood,  is set to release in China as well. The Bharathiraja-Sasikumar starrer ‘Kennedy Club’ directed by filmmaker Susienthiran is proceeding with its shoot at a brisk pace. The film revolves around the Women's Kabbadi game and to add more life to this plot, the makers are going to  places all over India to shoot the Live women Kabbadi matches. The shooting has been held across the exact places in Tamil Nadu, where the real Kabaddi games were held, which includes Salem, Erode, Madurai, Kanyakumari and Coimbatore. Apart from this, Mumbai and Ahmadabad are the other cities where the sho...

by Rinku Gupta After the success of Maari 2 , Dhanush is moving on to his next films for 2019. One of the tie-ups was touted to be with Mundasapatti and now superhit Ratsasan fame director Ramkumar who had revealed he was fine- tuning a script for Dhanush. Now the official announcement has come with a puja by producers Sathyajyothi Films. The cast and crew will be announced shortly. The film is tentatively called Production No. 35.

by Rinku Gupta It looks like the entire team of Yogi Babu starrer Dharma Prabhu has turned spiritual during the shooting of this film. Even before the commencement of the shooting, Yogi Babu, producer P. Ranganathan and director Muthu Kumaran of this film visited the temple of Yama Dharma Raja in Kumbakonam followed by Vallkottai Murugan Temple. Moreover, the huge set works of Yama Lokham worth Rs.2Cr has been erected in a Chennai studio. To make sure that the divinity of Yama Dharma Raja prevails, the entire team has turned vegetarian on the sets, where non-vegetarian food items aren’t cooked or served on the location spot. This shows their spiritual inclination and sincere belief in the sanctity of the characters portrayed. Yogi Babu  Remains to be seen how the comedy in the film translates on screen without compromising the beliefs of the viewers.

by Rinku Gupta Known increasingly for choosing unconventional roles, Amala Paul is now trying something which is touted to be a first of its kind in the Indian film industry. Amala plays the lead as a forensic surgeon in a film, directed by Anoop Panicker and scripted by Abhilash Pillai. According to the team, this is the first  time a thriller based on forensic investigation featuring a protagonist as forensic surgeon is being made in the  Indian film industry. The film revolves around her  unique methods in  solving a mysterious crime. The film is apparently  based on a real life investigative case handled by former Kerala Police surgeon Dr. B Umadathan. Both Anoop Panicker and Abhilash Pillai had been involved in deep discussions of the story with her for nearly 6 months. The duo had even visited several medical colleges to experience the work of forensic surgeons. Interestingly, the film will have almost all the technicians including editor, ...

by Rinku Gupta The much -loved comedian in every film he appears in,  Yogi Babu, is on a roll, playing the lead in a fantasy drama Dharma Prabhu. Now yet another avatar awaits him, this time in the Adult horror comedy genre, that too, in a 3D format.  In this film, he teams up with not one but two heroines, which include the sizzling Yashika Anand of Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kutthu and Bigg Boss fame and Nikki Tamboli. The emergence of the ‘Adult Horror Comedy’ genre has  gotten a mixed reception in Tamil. However, debut filmmaker Vinayak Shiva has something to add about his untitled film produced by No.1 Productions,   “I would label this film as a ‘Naughty’ genre rather than ‘Adult Horror Comedy’ for it has an appropriate content to justify it. The main thing that I kept under consideration while writing the script was to stay away from being offensive or degrading anyone. " How fans are going to react to Yogi Babu's avatar in an adult comedy remains ...

by Rinku Gupta  Good news for movie buffs, especially Ajith Kumar fans! The much awaited Viswasam trailer is to be released tomorrow ( ie) on Sunday 30th December, by producers Sathyajyothi Films. The trailer release will be done at 1:30 pm on the production house's You Tube Channel. The music is by D Imman and the Kannaana Kanne lyric video released recently has already  made waves. Antony Ruben is the editor.  Director Siva's combo with Ajith yet again,  has already created huge expectations from this Pongal release.    https://bit.ly/2Qe9V3i #ViswasamTrailer

by Rinku Gupta  Vijay Antony, Arun Vijay, Shalini Pandey and filmmaker Naveen have come together making an unusual combo in Agni Siragugal. “Currently, we have completed the screen test of Vijay Antony, Arun Vijay and Shalini Pandey and the rehearsals are going on in full swing. We will have the first leg  of shoot starting from January and the scenes will be shot in Tamil and Telugu simultaneously,” says filmmaker Naveen.  The filmmaker adds that Vijay Antony has gone through a makeover, and  many might not recognize him at the first sight. “This wasn’t something intentional, but the role he plays demanded  certain changes in look. So we had started working on various looks and finally found the perfect one,” saysNaveen. When asked about the film and characters, he smiles, “Revealing anything about the premise or characters will be a spoiler now. All that I can say is  that Agni Siragugal  will be a much different film from all our earlie...

by Rinku Gupta Baahubali director SS Rajamouli's son Karthikeya is getting married to Tollywood star, Jagapathy Babu's neice, South  Indian singer Pooja Prasad. The festivities have already begun in the famed director's home and the celebrations have been ongoing in Hyderabad for the last few days. The couple were engaged in November. Now the celebrations have moved to the famed Rajasthan capital of Jaipur where the stars from Hyderbad have descended to attend the destination wedding of Karthikeya and Pooja. Social media is abuzz with short videos and photos clicked by fans around the stars. Hundreds of Baahubali fans were thrilled to spot Prabhas, Anushka and several of the stars from Hyderabad at the Jaipur airport. According to sources, the meticulous team of director Rajamouli scouted for the perfect location and hotel for this wedding several months ago. As far back as September, Rajamouli and his team looked at various heritage hotels ...

by RinkuGupta Judging by the colorful posters of the film so far, looks like one of the most colourful musical celebrations will be arriving on December 29th !   We are talking about the music launch of Prince Pictures' next film, the Karthi- Rakul Preet Singh starrer, Dev.  It maybe recalled that the lead pair had set the screens on fire with their sizzling chemistry in one of the songs in their previous joint outing, Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru. Doubtless, fans will be awaiting the sparks flying off the screen in the romantic tracks of Dev too! Music composer Harris Jayaraj has composed 5 tracks for the film.

Come Pongal 2019 and its a kondatttam for Thala Ajith's  fans as his next  film Viswasam,   directed by Siva,  will hit the screens. The music album composed by D Imman was well recieved,  especially the song Kannaana Kanney sung by Sid Sriram.  Now, the much awaited  lyric video of this song  will be released on YouTube at 7 pm, as per a tweet by the D One P R team of the film.  

A perfect planning and neat execution are  essential factors contributing towards the completion of projects on time. SP Cinemas' “Production No.2” has absolutely found its way towards completion of its shooting now. Featuring Arulnithi and Shraddha Srinath in lead roles, the shoot went on floors a few months ago with a simple ritual. Now with the shoot being wrapped up, the post-production work is happening at a brisk pace. The makers of this film are planning to release the title and first look in days to come. With both the lead actors - Arulnithi and Shraddha Srinath always keen on choosing  unique scripts, looks like “Production No.2” would have  something interesting to offer. The film is directed by Barath Neelakantan with Aravinnd Singh behind the lens and Darbuka Siva is composing music for this film with Ruben taking care of the cuts. Lead Actors           : Arulnithi, Shraddha Srinath, Yogi babu, Gayathrie...

The Yash starrer KGF chaper 1 is roaring towards success in Pan Indian languages. Screens are being increased in many centres due to popular demand.The visuals of the film are a major highlight. Captured by the cameraman Bhuvan Gowda, directed by Prashant Neel, the smoke, haze, black and grey tones and sandy storms give viewers an idea of the terrible conditions the slave labour had to work in, in the gold mines  in the film.  In interviews to media, cameraman Bhuvan  Gowda revealed how hard the team had to work,  "Every shot of KGF was captured with a shoulder-held camera. While many prefer using steady cameras, neither the director nor I was keen on it. I risked carrying the heavy camera on my shoulders, but that helped in getting some hazy shots, which were required for the film. There were times I used to run with the camera on my shoulders. During lengthy shots, I even developed wounds, but the pain was worth it." Drones were also used extensively by him. ...