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Amy Jackson announces pregnancy on Mother's Day

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by Rinku Gupta The beautiful 2.0 actor Amy Jackson has shared news about her pregnancy on the happy occasion of Mothers Day celebrated in the UK today. The British beauty shared on her instagram post a heartwarming silhouette photo andca warm message about how she couldnt wait to meet her baby this October ( Libra Baby)  and expressed her love for the little one on Mother's day or Mothering Sunday,  which  is being celebrated on March 31st in the UK this year. Amy was recently  engaged to her beau, jet setting businessman George Paniyatou. The model turned actor shot to fame with her debut in the Tamil film Madrasapattinam. She was last seen in the  Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar starrer, 2.0. Warm congratulations to  the happy  couple !

Quick Review : Super Deluxe

by Rinku Gupta Director Thiagarajan Kumararaja has come out with his  next most awaited film Super Deluxe after a long gap post the iconic Aranya Kaandam. The story without spoilers is  about several characters , their stories emerging  parallely before merging in most unexpected but rewarding ways.  There are 4 boys who want to watch porn but land up in hot soup in ways that they never imagined. On the other hand we have Mugil ( Faahad Fasil) who discovers a corpse in his home and has to grapple with his wife Vaembu's ( Samantha) infidelity as well. There is  Shilpa ( Vijay Sethupathi playing a transgender) who comes home after years to a shocked wife ( Gayatri) son and family who were in the dark about his gender change. Then there is Leela ( Ramya Krishnan ) who works as a porn actor and her fanatic husband Arbutham ( Mysskin) who believes that Jesus saves anyone in need including his son who needs an operation to survive a fatal accident. Bugs or Baga...

Naveen Chandra from Tollywood in Dhanush film

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by Rinku Gupta Andala Rakshasi hero Naveen Chandra is the latest entrant to get on board  Sathya Jyothi Films' “Production No. 34” starring Dhanush in the lead. The film is directed by Durai Senthil Kumar.  Sathyajyothi's other project“Production No. 35” helmed by Ratsasan fame Ram Kumar on New Year Day  had set the expectation meters high as well. While the shooting of Durai Senthil Kumar directorial is going on in  full swing,  Naveen Chandra, has just joined the team and will be playing an important role in this film. Filmmaker Durai Senthil Kumar says, “We are happy to have Naveen Chandra onboard. His performances in different shades have garnered a good response.  We are happy that his presence would be offering an additional value to the film"

Anson Paul in Jyothika, Karthi film

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by Rinku Gupta Remember the hunky boyfriend of Oviya in 90ml? Well, according to media reports he is set to join the cast of the next Karthi   film directed by Jeethu Joseph who directed Kamal in Papanaasam. The film also stars Jyothika. Anson Paul of Mollywood, is touted to be playing the main villain.

Quick Review: Airaa

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by Rinku Gupta Airaa, produced by KJR Studios, is directed by Sarjun KM, featuring Nayanthara in her first dual roles. The story revolves around the life of a journalist Yamuna (Nayanthara) who runs off to visit her blind grandmother in Pollachi, in order to avoid a marriage proposal that her parents want her to accept. There, a series of mishaps involving the supernatural, begin to occur ending with the death of her grandmother. A parallel track goes on, where a man Amudhan (  Kalaiyarasan) finds several people falling off from the terrace in various incidents. His worst suspicions come true when he discovers that everything is related to his former , deceased childhood lover and fiancee Bhavani ( Nayanthara). She is wreaking vengeance on all those who caused her death, ( directly and indirectly) and her next target in Yamuna. Does Yamuna manage to save herself? What is her reaction when she learns about the tragic life of Bhavani, who was shunned by her family for bei...

Vishal injured in Turkey on Sundar C sets

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by Rinku Gupta Soon after his recent engagement to Anisha Alla Reddy in Hyderabad, actor Vishal left for Turkey for the film shoot of his next film. According to sources during an action sequence, tragedy struck when Vishal was tossed along with a a four wheeler bike ( An ATV Bike)  and injured in  the town of Cappadoccia. It all happened during the shooting of his untitled next, directed by Sundar C, which had an action packed chasing sequence, choreographed by Anbariv. In an unexpected turn, Vishal got tossed along with ATV bike and it turned out to be a shock to the entire team. He was immediately rushed to the hospital, where instant treatment was given. This untitled film is produced at a whopping budget by R. Ravindran of Trident Arts and is directed by Sundar C. Tamannaah and Aishwarya Lakshmi are playing the female leads in this film, which has the 50-day schedule planned in Turkey continuously. The shooting of this film commenced last week in Turke...

Uriyadi2 will disturb you, make you think - Suriya

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by Rinku Gupta Suriya who is producing Uriyadi 2 under his 2D Entertainment banner, spoke highly of the film at the trailer launch. ' The film is coming from director Vijay Kumar after a long gap post Uriyadi. Directors like Vijay Kumar should be encouraged. So we as a production house are very glad to be associated with Uriyadi 2. Its a film which will disturb you, make you think.' Director Vijay Kumar thanked Suriya for producing the film, ' Its a dream for any director to work with a production house like 2D Entertainment. Once they ok the script thier planning is so pucca and thorough that everything takes place smoothly all through.'  Suriya revealed that he was impressed with music director Govind Vasantha's work and that they would be working together in more projects in future. Incidentally, Vasantha had been signed on for this film long before his 96 The Movie music became a hit. 'We are very thrilled and proud that Govind Vasantha...

Nayanthara's Kolaiyuthir Kaalam ready for release

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by Rinku Gupta The Nayanthara starrer Kolaiyuthir Kaalam is readying for release.   Shot majorly in England the film is a thriller produced by Etcetera Entertainment and StarPolaris Pictures LLP.  The film is directed by Chakri Toleti who could not attend the press meet as he was in the US. The heroine Nayanthara, though absent at the event, came in for much praise from the guests present. Dignitaries present included Radha Ravi, Sai Priya Dev, Suresh Kamatchi, Pravin Kanth, Karu Palaniappan, Durai,  Rajshri Ponappan and producer V Mathialagan amongst others. After several speeches and counter replies regarding the problems within the  producer council by Suresh Kamatchi, Pravin Kanth and Durai, Karu Palaniappan  and Radha Ravi tried to lighten the tense mood and urged producers not to bring these  issues to a film event in the public eye. Said producer V Mathialagan who has made films like Appa,  ' The film's Karnataka rights hav...

Kee - a film on dangers of social media

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by Rinku Gupta M Seraphin Raya Xavier's  production Kee directed by Kalees and with  camerawork  by Abhinandan Ramanujam is ready for release after a long wait. The director has researched the techno thriller project for 5 years.  At a press meet,  apart from a song, a clipping of an important part of the film was shown. The main villain is Govind Padmasuriya, an actor  from Kerala. Said he, ' Its an intense character and the best I've done  so far. When Kalees called me he said it will be  different image from your Kerala films. He had great clarity before shoot and made a teaser and showed me. His confidence impressed me along with the clarity of vision. Working with Jiiva changed from fan moment to friend moment! Nikki I knew as I had hosted shows before. But she didnt recognise me on sets since Kalees had changed me so much for this character. ' Anaika Soti has done an important role of a press reporter in the film. Said Jiiva ( click ...

Emotional success meet for Nedunalvaadai team

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by Rinku Gupta After the superb public response to direcror Selvakannan's Nedunalvaadai, the team held a succes meet recently. Poet Vairamuthu who has written the much appreciated songs, was present at the event, as was heroine Anjali Nair and hero Ilango. Both the hero and the director recounted how they had met Vairamuthu earlier on in thier lives and how he was an inspiration to them to pursue their  film dreams, with his encouraging words. Heroine Anjali thanked her parents along with the team and recounted that  she never imagined that the film would achieve such kudos from the public. Ilango also thanked Mime Gopi, who had shown his photo to the casting team due to which he was finally selected for a role and a career that has changed his life forever. Director Selvakannan said he was thrilled to have Vairamuthu's lyrics in his film which for him was the biggest achievemnt in his life.     

Quick Review: Agni Devi

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by Rinku Gupta Agni Devi stars Bobby Simhaa in the role of a cop called Agni. He is pitted quite by chance against  a powerful  and ruthless politician  Shakuntala Devi ( Madhubala) after a murder happens at a public place in broad daylight. Agni manages to join the dots after a series of clues and witnesses keep appearing and giving him leads to solve the case  However, his boss ( Bose Venkat) is eager to wean him off the case which somehow leads up to the corrupt , scheming and greedy politician Devi,  who will quell any insubordination with an iron hand. Agni is unstoppable and vows to expose the baddies. In this game of one upmanship, who will win and at what cost? While Bobby Simhaa fits effortlessly into his syern, thinking cop look,   Madhubala' s expressions go mostly over the top, both distractin, and bordering on unintentionally comical at certain places. Her body language doesnt manage to convey the fury of her dialogue somwhow. But...

Quick Review : Uchhakattam

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by Rinku Gupta The story revolves around a girl Rashmi ( Dhansikaa) who by accident captures a murder on her phone at a resort on New Years Eve. When her fiance Aditya ( Thakur Anoop Singh) returns to the room he finds her missing. Tense moments later he manages to reach her on the mobile and she  reveals that  shes caught in the trunk of a moving car  while escaping from the goons who spotted her filming thier crime and want the proof back. From then begins a cat and mouse game of a chase between Aditya searching for his love, who gets into the clutches of the evil kingpin Dharmendra ( Kabir Duhan Singh). Several forest chases and stunts later, the hero and villain meet only to find that Aditya has an old score to settle with him as well.Who will win ? The stunts are many and at every few minutes a powerful  muscled baddie enters the scene, with Anoop Singh fighting them all. Lots  of blood, gore, flying knives and screwdrivers inflicting  deep wou...

Nayanthara has two distinct and diverse roles in Airaa-Sarjun

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 Nayanthara starrer ‘Airaa’ is all set to have a worldwide theatrical release on March 28. At this juncture, the crew comprising of Music director Sundaramurthy KS, actor Kalaiarasan and director Sarjun were present for a short and crisp media interaction with press and media. Here are some of the excerpts from the event...  Music director Sundaramurthy KS has wowed  music lovers with his mellifluous and enjoyably packaged album. However, he rendered very few words of appreciation with just thanks to everyone in the team for giving him an opportunity to be a part of this film. Of course, best musicians have always been people with few words , for their songs speak aloud about their hard work.  Next it was actor Kalaiarasan, who said, “Soon after my film ‘Madras’, many have been consistently asking me why I am not doing any movies as such. Of course, I am unceasingly looking for such projects. Soon after Madras, I started working on films with m...

Quick Review: Embiran

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by Rinku Gupta  Embiran is a love story directed by Krishna Pandi and produced by Panchavarnam Films. The story centres around a young girl Jaya ( Radhika Preethi) who falls love with a doctor called Priyan ( Rejith Menon) though he has no clue about it. She lives with her granddad ( Mouli) who is s temple priest. By the time she is able to declare her love for Priyan, tragedy strikes. Her grandfather dies and she goes into a comatose state. In the meantime Priyan finds strange  dreams recurring daily and troubling him. Does he find a solution to his problem? How is it linked with Jaya? Do the youngsters unite ? Radhika Preethi looks pretty and  innocent just as she is meant to be. She fits the role well. Rejith as the doctor does justice to what is required of him. The both of them make a goid pair. The camerawork by  M Pugazhenthi gives pleasant visuals though at times the camera lingers too long on close ups. A lot of time is spent focussing on phones, ...

Boney Kapoor to remake Badhaai Ho in Southern languages

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Producer Boney Kapoor who launched director Amit Sharma has now bought the South Indian language rights of the filmmaker's recent blockbuster Badhaai Ho. The sleeper hit jointly produced by Junglee pictures & Chrome pictures had a dream run at the box office with 100 glorious days in theatres,not to mention Global collections of more than 200 crores. Boney Kapoor who put his faith in the director and launched him in Tevar ,has now bought the rights of Badhaai Ho directed by Amit Ravindernath Sharma, to remake it for the South market. Sources reveal that the producer also collaborates with Amit for his next with Ajay Devgn , a biopic  based on football player and coach Syed Abdul Rahim. Keerthy Suresh is making her Hindi debut with this film. Says a source , " Producer Boney Kapoor was the first to put his faith in Amit who at the time was a celebrated ad filmmaker . Now that his recent film Badhaai Ho went on to achieve a blockbuster status , Boney will be ta...

Quick Review : Aghavan

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by Rinku Gupta Produced by RBK Entertainment, Aghavan is directed by APG Elumalai with camerawork by Bala Palaniappan and music by C Sathya. The film is set in a village giant temple which is at the periphery of a village. The caretaker Marugavel ( newbie Kishore Ravichandran) and his co worker Ezhuthu ( Thambi Ramaiah) fund strange sounds and movements at night, around them. When Murugavel begins to investigate, he finds a link to his past, namely the mysterious death of his brother and disappearance of a friend's wife. When he begins to find clues and follows up on things, a whole plot of stealing temple wealth is revealed. The developmentsAghavama  takes him  back to mythology and history in an intriguing manner. Who are these powerful people  and does Murugavel find a way to stop them is the story. The first thing that strikes you about thr film is the fantastic camerawork with its rich visuals of amcient temples and aerial shots of various locations.  ...

Quick Review : July Kaatril

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by Rinku Gupta Produced by Kaviya Entertainment and directed by KC Sundaram, July Kaatril is a refreshing take on love in the age of social media and modern work-life pressures. The story revolves around 3 youngsters ( Anant Nag and his two girlfriends at different stages in his life,played by Anju Kurian and Samyukta Menon). Sathish plays his comic friend and confidant, with the witty one-liners and gyaan on women and their wily ways. The hero is a an IT guy and finds himself interested in a psychologist ( Anju Kurian) whom he meets at a party. One thing leads to another and soon they even decide to get married with the blessings of their families who feel they are ideal for each other. However, our hero finds that the spark is missing from his love life. Its when he meets a photographer (Samyukta Menon) that he begins to feel that she is the ideal one for him. He decides to break his engagement. But to his surprise, he finds that despite a mutual  attraction and compatib...

Quick Review : Nedunalvaadai

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by Rinku Gupta Nedunalvaadai is a rural saga directed by Selvakannan and produced by B Star Productions. The film revolves around the story of a farmer Selaiyaa (Poo Ram) who has to support his  daughter and her two kids, after she is estranged from her abusive husband. His son resents his father's decision to take her back thus, as he feels she has lowered his social standing and also may end up  getting a share of the family legacy. This resentment puts a great fear of the future and pressure on Selaiyaa whose only goal becomes raising his grandson Ilanga (Ilango) and educating him in a way that would ensure he gets a good job and is able to support his mother and  sister. Though Ilango tries to fulfil his duties as per his grandfather's wishes, there comes an obstacle in his path, when he finds himself in love with his childhood sweetheart, Amutha (Anjali Nair).  Try as he may, he is unable to shake off the emotion. Her family is against the idea of their...

Quick Review : Gilli Bambaram Goli

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By Rinku Gupta Gili Bambaram Goli is a story revolving around a group of 3 boys and a girl who are from India and work in Malaysia to earn a living to support thier families. The foursome ( Prasath, Naresh, Tamil and Deepthi Shettty) meet by chance and end up becoming friends, all sharing a common history of having to support thier families.  Due to a series of circumstsnces they run into a local don called Chandra ( Santhosh Kumar) who lusts after the girl in the group. He threatens her to give herself up to him. Unable to put up with the gang of baddies and their constant atrocities, all four  friends end up losing their jobs. With big families to support back home, they have to find a way out of the mess.  It is then that they come up with an idea that offers a glimmer of hope, namely the game of Gilli Bambaram Goli. Do they succeed in escaping the don and his henchmen and return to pursue their dreams forms the story. Directed by D Manoharran the film is p...

Quick Review: Krishnam

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Based on true events in producer PN Balaram's life, Krishnam is directed by  Dinesh Baboo who has also cranked the camera. The story revolves around the life of loving parents who dote on thier only child, Akshay ( Akshay Krishnan, son of producer Balaraman). The parents are ardent devotees of lord Guruvayurappa. The son is a carefree college goer who loves his parents very much. In the midst of a wonderful life tragedy befalls Akshay one day when he falls ill. The doctors in the hospital declare he needs urgent surgery and has only 1 percent chance of survival. What happens after that,  a miracle, is what is revealed in the film. Thr film is based on the real events in Akshay's life and how he survived imminent  death just be by his father's  sheer faith in lord Guruvayoorappa and divine intervention. ' It happened in my son's life and I wanted to tell this story to the world,'said the producer. The filming is well done and the interest in  the story ...