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by   Rinku Gupta   The Studio Green film Mehndi Circus releases next week on April and 19th. The film has music by Sean Rolden. The hero is debutant Madhampetty Rangaraj and Masaan fame Swetha Tripathi. The film is directed by Saravanan Rajendran. The film is a love story, touted to be a musical journey. Vinesh Velayudham of Giant is the co-producer of the film. V J Vignesh of Blacksheep company said the film will take viewers back to the nineties. He kept the audiencr regaled with witty one-liners. Actor Marimuthu said,' I regretted I couldnt be part of 80' s films. But acting in this film has fulfilled this wish of mine. The music of the film takes us back to that period. Its a love story of a North  Indian girl and a South Indian boy.' About the musuc Sean Rolden said, Ilayaraja sir inspired the music of this film. It had an x factor which cannot be replicated.   It is a universal musuc which will be relevant at all times. This is our samarpana...

by Rinku Gupta  Actor Ganesh Venkatraman and his wife Nisha are soon to become parents. Ganesh took to twitter to  announce the good news today.  The accompanying photos showed them conducting what he described as ceremony of seemandham in the traditonal manner in the presence of a priest. 'Time to grow up myself ' quipped the soon-to-be dad. It maybe recalled that another Kollywood actor, 2.0 fame Amy Jackson had announced news about becoming a parent soon, on social media recently. We wish the happy couple all the best !

by Rinku Gupta Kamal Bohra and Rajesh Kumar's Maaligai had a grand teaser  launch at a star hotel in the city. The film stars Andrea Jeremiah in the lead. Other actors in this Kannada- Tamil bi-lingual include  KS Ravikumar,  hero J. Karthik , Ali from Tollywood,  Ashutosh Rana from Bollywood, Manobala, Aadukalam Naren, Meera Krishnan and Madhumitha. It is directed by Dil Sathya. The cameraman is Ram Singh who is renowned in Bollywood.  The music is by Sri Kripa from Kannanda industry.  Said he, ' I have  completed 50 films but 48 of them my musicians have all been from TN.' About his co-star Andrea, Kannada hero J Karthik said , 'Andrea thinks a lot about the project and gives her best in every shot.' Looking beautiful clad in a traditional silk sari , Andrea said, 'It takes a lot of courage to accept a female -centric film and I thank my hero J Karthik. This film started as a Kannada project but the producers thought Andrea has ...

by Rinku Gupta Vella Pookal is the next film of Vivekh playing the key role of a retired cop ( DIG  Intelligence) who lands up with a case when he goes to visit his son in the US. The film stars Charlie, Dev,  Pooja Devaraiya and Paige amongst others. The film is directed by NRI Vivek Elangovan and produced by Indus Entertainers and Tentkotta from the US. The film is shot majorly in USA, in Seattle. The NR I software engineers, producers Digha S and Ajay S   who  are from Seattle, wtanted to show Seattle in a different way.  They have also shot in a nuclear reactor that was shown in the Transformers movie.  Seattle they felt, has become a character in the film. 'A bunch of us used to set up grand sets for our plays and even travel across the US with our theatre group out of passion. This way we have donated to charity around 2 crores in 13 years from the collections. Then we shifted to short films and gained confidence and developed more team spi...

Star signs remain as an inseparable factor in every individual’s life. Be it a belief or merely a fun, everyone wants to know how special the days, weeks or the years are going to be for them through astrology. In specification, amongst all the star signs that we come across in Tamil, ‘Dhanusu Rasi’ has something unique and instantly attracts everyone. Based on such familiarity, here comes a film titled ‘Dhanusu Rasi Neyargalae’ that features Harish Kalyan in lead role, directed by Sanjay Bharathi. Elaborating about the significance of title and the film’s premise, director Sanjay Bharathi says, “It’s true that everyone among us would have a desire to foresee how their days are going to be based on their star signs. They either flip through the newspapers or switch on TVs by morning out of curiosity. Be it a believer or atheist, they strongly have a belief or just try it out for fun.  The reason behind titling the film as ‘Dhanusu Rasi Neyargalae’ is because it pulls in more ...

by Rinku Gupta Arun Vikramankrishnan productions Ganesha Meendum Santhippom directed by Ratheesh  Aerate stars Prithvi , Oviya and Singampuli amongst others. In brief, the story is about our hero (Prithvi Rajan),  who cheats people out of their  money, with petty thefts and cons. His reasons for doing so are revealed in the second half in the flashback portions. Apparently he had rubbed a local village big wig the wrong way by damaging his coveted, vintage motorbike. His goons are out to wreak revenge. In the melee following a long chase, Prithvi's girlfriend is injured and 5 lakhs is needed for the operation. Does he succeed in rescuing her?  The screenplay does try to make the simplistically thin storyline a bit palatable. But its let down by wafer thin reasons for the whole hulla bulloo. The hero conning people who trust him ( including Oviya and Theepetti Ganesan) take away from our sympathy for him. Also, just a damaged motorbike at the centre of a...

by Rinku Gupta Oru Kathai Sollatuma directed by Prasad Prabhakar and produced by Rajeev Panakkal,  is the story of how Oscar winner sound designer Resul Pookutty managed to fulfil not only his own dream but also that of thousands of others in recoding the magnificent sounds of the Thrissur Pooram temple festival of Kerala. The simple  story directed by Prasad, has been partly fictionalised for dramatic purposes. Suffice it to say that in the midst of his busy schedules, Pookutty was induced to take up the project of recording the detailed multi- layered sounds  of the world famous festival. In the process several impediments came his way. Who caused them and why? How did he overcome  them? Pookutty plays  himself and does pretty well in front  of the camera. The film may feel like a docu drama in places, and some of the drama contrived,  but overriding the glitches, it overall showcases a grand spectacle, a  victorious feat for a noble ...

by Rinku Gupta Uriyadi 2 directed by its hero Vijay Kumar has been bank -rolled by Suriya's 2 D Entertainment.  The film centres around 3 friends  ( Vijay Kumar playing Lenin, being one of them) in a village, who get work at the Paksino factory nearby. Its owned by a corrupt NRI  corporate giant who knowingly neglects maintainence of old but  vital machinery for profit, which leads to a massive gas leak which kills and maims dozens of poor villagers living around the factory.  Unfazed, due to political backing of corrupt political parties of all hues, he remains out of reach of Lenin and the youth from the village who are shattered by the terrible tragedy and are seeking justice which seems to be eluding them despite protests.  Do they finally get justice and achieve vengeance? Thr film is hard-hitting and spares no-one, laying  bare the nexus of politics and business,  with the public left to the mercy of corruption and greed. Caste- b...

by Rinku Gupta Natpe Thunai produced by Avni Movies is the next movie of Hip Hop Tamizha Adhi and expectations were high after his Meesai Murukku. The film, in brief, revolves around Aadhi playing a hockey player who has given up the game due an incident that affected him deeply. But when he falls for a girl ( Anagha) who is a hockey player, fate pushes him towards the game once again. The reason?  A famed hockey ground  in Puducherry will fall prey to the hands of a greedy and corrupt politician ( Karu Palaniappan in a fine performance) who want to work out a deal for a corporate and chase out the teams training there. A hockey coach ( Harish Uthaman nailing it with his superb act) is fighting hard to keep the ground from being sold but they need a group of hockey players to win a match in the final battle. Will they get a team together ? Who will win? The film keeps hockey as its epicentre and that focus on a sport is commendable. But the focus keeps shifting to a ...

by  Rinku Gupta Watchman, a GV Prakash starrer produced by Arun Mozhi Manickam's Double Meaning Productions is releasing on April 12th. The film has a dog as one of the main protagonists and is directed by Vijay. Sayyeshaa has done a promo song with GV Prakash and Yogi Babu which was screened at the press meet.  The camera is handled by Nirav Shah. The film is touted to be a summer special which would be attractive for children.  Raj Arjun from Bollywood has acted in the film. He is the father of baby Sara who has been a part of many Vijay films. Actor Suman who is part of the film was very happy to act in Tamil again. 'I always want to be a part of Tamil films even though I live in Hyderabad now.  GV Prakash I knew as a music director  and I was thrilled to work with him. Vijay has  directed the film so effortlessly. The film is very interesting and different. Its a film which requires guts to make. Nirav Shah's lighting is like Hollywood film...

by Rinku Gupta Directed by Baba Bhaskar in his debut as director,  the film has GV Prakash, Parthiban, Poonam Bajwa and Palak Lalwani apart from MS Bhasker  and Yogi  Babu. The movie is set in North Madras and revolves around the young Rocket ( GV Prakash) who lives with his father (MS Bhasker). His love for his girlfriend  ( Palak ) is opposed by her mother which leads to a chain of events which turn his life upside down. His father gets killed and Rocket seeks revenge. A child is also missing and clues lead to a local candy factory.   He is aided in his thirst for revenge by the do-gooder ( Parthiban) and Mary ( Poonam Bajwa) leading to the emergence of an unexpected  villain  amongst them. How they avenge the deaths forms the story. The atmosphere of the kuppam is well created and the ethos, body language and dialect are all captured well by the actors. GV lives his role and performs with ease.  Palak does her part well but her lip ...

by Rinku Gupta The much awaited, Marvel's  Avengers Endgame Tamil anthem was released at a glittering ceremony at a star hotel in Chennai. The event was graced by AR R ahman who has composed the Tamil anthem which was screened with Rahman dancing and jiving to the music. Vijay Sethupathi who has given his voice for the Iron man character in Tamil and Andrea Jeremiah who has dubbed for the Black Widow were also present  Vikram Duggal of Marvel India welcomed the guests and spoke about the much awaited film which is releasing on April 26th in English,  Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Aditya, son of AR Murgadoss (who had written the Tamil dialogues ) was also present. Veejay Ramya quizzed the guests on thier ecoerience of working on the film. Recently, the Hindi anthem composed by Rahman was also releases in Mumbai in the presence of director Joe Russo.

Amala Paul turns forensic pathologist and also co producer for her next Tamil film titled, Cadaver. Having impressed the universal audiences for her girl-to-next-door and stylish roles, Amala Paul is all set to try unconventional roles now. The actress would be seen playing Dr. Badra, a forensic pathologist in her upcoming film Cadaver. “As an artiste, I have spent a decade experimenting with commercial roles. Now, I believe that I have much more clarity in choosing roles that elevate me as an actor. I enjoy belonging to different characters, as this has become my greatest motivation as an actor. With such a decision made, following my movies ‘Adho Andha Paravai poley’ and ‘Aadai’ the premise and narration on Cadaver strongly impressed me where it involved lot of fresh and new things that I hadn’t heard of nor witnessed before. I will be playing the role of a forensic pathologist in this film and it demanded for me one tough preparation as it wasn’t something like the routine ...

by Rinku Gupta Kudimagan is directed and produced by Satheeswaran with Jayakumar and Jennifer in the lead. The plot revolves around the evils of drink and how the habit can destroy a family and affect the entire society badly.  The lead pair play an ideal couple, Kandan and Sellakannu,  with a small, school -going , diligent son, Akash. The father loves his son and spends all the time he can with him and his loving wife. They form part of thier  well knot village community which one day encounters the opening of a wine shop with the help of a local MLA. The villager's protest as the elders feel a wine shop in the middle of the villagr  will giveceasier access to liquor, create temptation and soon make men drunkards and create problems in homes and soon in the village society at large. Thier protests go unheeded and soon the village is reeling under the influence of liquor. Their worst fears come true when the good samaritan and teetotaller Kandan too co...

by Rinku Gupta S Focuss Production and Distributions's film Kupathha Raja is ready for release this week.  The film is the debut direction of dance master Baba Bhasker. ' It was GV Prakash my hero who gave me encouragement to direct. Parthiban sir gave me the confidence to go ahead with this script. Im very grateful that he agreed to be part of this film.'  The film stars GV Prakash, Poonam Bajwa, Madhumita,  MS Bhasker and Palak Lalwani.  The director thanked his  producers for standing by him as a support at all times. The art direction is by Kiran who was familiar with the North Madras  area where the film is set.  The film was completed in 58 days.  There are 35 artistes in the film apart from 150 junior artistes disclosed the director. ' Poonam Bajwa and Palak were both very dedicated with healthy competition amongst them. Dilip Subbrayan and Anbariv are the stunt directors.The story is based around Vanarapettai.  It was Dhanush ...

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 !

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...

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"

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.

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...