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by Rinku Gupta It was an ecstatic  moment for hero Prithviraj father veteran actor Pandiraj as he attended the audio launch of his son's film. " This is the first time my wife is attending an audio launch with me since its her son's film. She would never come for my film functions! "he quipped in a fun -filled speech at the Kadhal Munnetra Kazhagam ( KMK) event. " This is my first period film. I play a teacher. There are a few complexities to my role with great scope for acting. Working with Prithvi was great," revealed Chandini when quizzed about her role in the film prior to the event.  The film is produced by Bluehills  productions and the film is directed by Manicka Sathya. Music is by PC Shivan. The cast is made up of Sungampuli, Ganja Karuppu and Sivassenathipathi amongst others. Actor Aari attented the event along with other digniataries Balaji Tharaneetharan, PL Thenappan, Srikanth Deva and others. Aari  spoke about the impo...

by Rinku Gupta Director Raju Murugan' s next film Gypsy  produced by S Ambedkumar of Olympia Movies, stars Jiiva and Natasha Singh in the lead. Speaking at the single track release of the song Very Very Bad, Jiiva said, " The film will be a reality check for many. We travelled all over the country and though the hero goes tbrough his own track of a love story, many controversial events keep happening in the background. There was a horse called Che who was with me all through the shoot. I had to learn how to handle him. " Said lyricist Yugabharathy, "This will be an important film  for Jiiva. He prepared himself for this role. He grew his hair and learnt horse riding.The film travels all over the country and exposes the difficult situations  people face. Santosh Narayanan's music is ideal for  this film." Speaking about Jiiva producer S Ambedkumar said the film will bring him a lot more name than even his previous films like Ee, Ram , Katradhu T...

by Rinku Gupta Jithan Ramesh next film has been titled as “Ongala Podanum Sir' . Renember that Nayanthara dialogue from Naanum Rowdy Thaan?  While looking for the title the director duo thought it should be catchy and also should reach the audience easily mainly for the youngsters since its an 'Adult Horror Comedy' genre. 'So we  came up with the famous dialogue from Vignesh Shivn directorial “Nanum Rowdy Than” where Nayantara delivers a dialogue to Parthiban “Ongala Podanum Sir”. We fixed it as the title for the film too and we thank the Lady Super Star for the dialogue” reveal the duo directors  RL Ravi and RL Srijith.  Th movie is bankrolled by Manoj under the banner “Zigma Films”. It has 5  new female leads , Sanuja Somnath, Jonita, Anu Nair, Parichitha, and Vaishali paired with the hero. Talking about the storyline the duo directors reveal, "The story is based on youngsters, 4 male and 4 female stay ing together in a place for a job. Staying t...

by Rinku Gupta Auraa Cinemas who had marked their presence in the distribution sector ventured into  production and have bank rolled two films titled "Arasiyalla Ithellam Saatharanampa"  and  the much expected "100"  starring Atharva and Hansika in the lead and directed by Sam Anton. The film is nearing completion in terms of post production and is expected to release by March. The production company now  has commenced  an untitled film with G V Prakash and Raizal Wilson in the lead. The film has got an unique genre of being a "Fantasy Horror '. Guru Somasundaram, Ramar, Sha Ra, Anand Raj, Senthil play the other prominent roles. Debutant Director - Kamal Prakash who has shot into prominence with many well known short films with  expertise in ad films is said to have narrated a script that assures the best of commercial visibility. It is to be noted that some of his ad films have won awads too. S Venakesh who had earned a very good name in th...

by Rinku Gupta The 3rd Atlee -Thalapathy Vijay venture which is tentatively titled  Thalapathy 63 got underway with a puja. The film is the 20th production of AGS and the makers are going all out to make it thier biggest production. The music is by AR Rahman, his  3rd project with the Atlee- Vijay combo  after superhits Mersal and Sarkar. Atlee is directing supported by  an ace technical team. Antony Ruben edits while  GK Vishnu handles the camera.  Stunts are by Anal Arasu and lyrics by Vivek. In a press release, AGS has promised that the film will be a 'pakka mass' entertainer. Looks like fans are in for a real treat!

by Rinku Gupta The shoot of Vijay Antony-s next film, Tamizharasan has begun in Chennai with none other than legendary Maestro Ilayaraja attending the puja of the film and giving the inaugural clap. Produced by SNS  Movies the film is directed by Babu Yogeswaran. RD Rajsekar cranks the camera. The film is special to director Mohan Raja as well. For it marks the screen debut of his young son master Pranav Mohan. The first shot of the film involving master Pranav in a scene with Vijay Antony was canned yesterday in the presence of Ilayaraja and industry veterans. An ecstatic Mohan Raja tweeted about the memorable moment and thanked Vijay Antony and all his well -wishers who congratulated him. Earlier his brother Jayam Ravi 's son Arav also had a small role in a movie  Tik Tik. Looks like renowned Editor Mohan's family is taking his cinematic legacy to the third generation as well.   

by Rinku Gupta What's in a name, Shakespeare may well have proclaimed. But names resonate with associations and memories and all the more so in filmdom. In K Town, the name Chandramouli has an immediate association with Mani Ratnam's character in Mouna Ragam made famous and immortal with a dialogue by the inimitable actor Karthik. But looks like  there's a real Chandramouli off screen as well in Kollywood. Kayal fame hero Chandran's real name is actually Chandramouli. Now, after a few films, the actor has decided to  revert to his original name on screen which he felt reflects and resonates with  his own, real personality. In a letter to the media he explains, '...I’d like to mention what Jerry Spinelli had once quoted, ‘EVERY NAME IS REAL. THAT’S THE NATURE OF NAMES’. And to remain as real as possible, I’m overwhelmed to inform you all that my Screen name ‘Chandran’ will henceforth be replaced with my real name which is “Chandramouli”. I thank my direc...

by Rinku Gupta The news about the much-awaited wedding of one of  K Town's most eligible bachelors, Producer Council President and Nadigar Sangam Secretary, actor Vishal, is finally out. When Vishal's father GK Reddy had earlier said Vishal would be marrying a girl named Anisha from Hyderabad, curiosity went sky high. The latest update is that Vishal too has confirmed the happy news via a tweet where he says he is ' too happy' and ' happiest'  that Anisha has said ' yes'. Photos linking him to some other girl were doing the rounds earlier. His P R officially stated that those photos were erroneous. Now, the latest photos and  Vishal's tweet  reveal that he is going to marry Hyderabad girl Anisha Alla Reddy. Anisha has also put out her photos with Vishal on social media confirming  the news.  So who is Anisha? She has studied in the US, and after her return, has also played roles in hit Telugu films Pellichoopelu and ...

by Rinku Gupta After impressing the audience behind the lens, director Gautham Vadudev Menon now steps in front of the camera . The filmmaker plays a pivotal role in the upcoming film Kannum Kannum kollaiyadithaal which has the South's heartthrob actor Dulquer Salman in the lead. Attracting the inspiring Menon with his script, here is what director Desingh Periyasamy has to share, "Yes Gautham sir is playing an exciting role in our film. I'd been texting sir for about a year and a half, who I thought would be apt for the role. When I lost hope about materializing the idea, GVM asked me to meet him, for a chat. We spoke a lot about life, excluding the story plot, But however, at last, he accepted to do the film. The dream took off into the realms of reality at that point and is now ready to entertain the audience as well”. KKK is a youthful rom - com which is performed by, made from and dedicated to all the youngsters of the current generation. KKK has a sparkli...

by Rinku Gupta Recently , a pic of Vishal in  hand-cuffs  created a huge buzz as it was thought to be of a rumoured arrest. Actor Vishal is usually the cynosure of all  eyes making headlines for his projects and other activities involving the Nadigar Sangam and Tamil Film Producers Council. So much so even a picture fromhis shooting spots have sparked off sensational stories asit happened during the shooting of Irumbu Thirai . A shooting spot video of an income tax raid sparked a buzz and later humour. Now it seems history  is being repeated with a new picture of Vishal being hand -cuffed dling the rounds. Many have been asking  if the actor has been arrested. The topic turned viral for a few  hours until the clarification was made that its nothing but a click from the shooting spot of his upcoming film Ayogya! The film is directed by Venkat Mohan, a former associate of filmmaker AR Murugadoss. Raashi Khanna is playing the female lead role in t...

by Rinku Gupta Noting   false rumours linking him to the photo of a lady said to be his fiancee,  hero Vishal has issued a press release to clear the air,as follows: 'Recently, news and pictures involving a girl as actor-producer Vishal’s fiancée is doing rounds. We would like to bring this to your notice that there is no truth about this picture. So we kindly request you to ignore them. Actor-Producer Vishal will be making the official announcement on his engagement and wedding once everything is finalized. '

Working with the big names of industry, director Saran's movies have always been a source of guaranteed entertainment of all seasons. Saran has now kick-started the shooting of his new film ‘Market Raja MBBS’, which features Bigg Boss fame Arav and Telugu actress Kavya Thapar in lead roles.  Well, we are aware about Saran’s package of entertainment, but this time he arrives with something that he hadn’t attempted before. “Fantasy is something that I hadn’t tried before in my erstwhile movies and I have tried implementing it with Market Raja MBBS, which will have action and comedy as well,” says director Saran, who has an interesting information to share about the film’s title for it has some resemblances with his yesteryear blockbuster movie with Kamal Haasan titled ‘Vasool Raja MBBS’.  “The actual fact is that Kamal sir’s movie was initially titled as Market Raja MBBS, but we later switched over to Vasool Raja MBBS.” Speaking about the choice of actors, Saran adds,...

by Rinku Gupta Telugu Super hero Ram Charan's starrer ‘ Vinaya Vidheya Rama ’, produced at a large -scale  budget is now getting released in Tamil . The renowned Boyapadi Seenu is directing this film, which features sultry  Bollywood heroine  Kiara Advani  as the female lead.  She has already captured audiences with her dazzling screen presence and performance in Mahesh Babu starrer ‘Bharath Ennum Naan”. While Vivek Oberoi is playing the negative role in this film, others in the star-cast include Prashanth, Sneha, Madhumitha, Mukesh Rishi, JP, Harish Uthaman, Aryan, Rajesh, Ravi Varman and many more prominent actors. The story is set against a family backdrop  laced with love, action, entertainment, politics and sentiments. Devi Sri Prasad has composed music for this film, which has Rishi Punjabi and Bandi Ramesh handling cinematography. Huge set works have been erected for the songs and the climax action sequence alone was shot at an whoppin...

by Rinku Gupta As a film for the festival holidays,  families and fans, Viswasam has the right mix of emotions, comedy  and action with Ajith Kumar at the centre of it all. The story ( without giving away any spoilers) revolves around the life of Thookku Durai ( Ajith Kumar) who is a much revered and feared rice mill owner with a large family, in his village. He is quick to beat up baddies who have wronged people in the village. This earns him several enemies.  When Dr Niranjana ( Nayanthara) comes to his village for a health camp, her aversion for his flying fists later changes to admiration and love leading to marriage. But what happens when they have a child and things begin to go wrong ? Does Thookku Durai manage to set things right? Be it in the dances, emotional scenes or light-hearted comedy, Ajith gives it his all, making for a delightful watch for fans. Several hi-octane stunts of Ajith will keep viewers glued. In the emotional scenes too he strikes a c...