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By Rinku Gupta Director Sathya Sivaa teams up with Krishna and Bindu Madhavi for Kazhagu 2. This time, Johnny ( Krishna) is a con man and small time thief along with his buddy ( Kaali Venkat) . As luck would have it, theduo end up in a forest as armed rifle shooters to protect the village labour who are felling trees in a forest with deadly cannibal wild dogs. Nobody knows that the duo actually cant shoot and are only there to escape the cops and earn food and shelter. All except Merly ( Bindu Madhavi) who falls for Johnnt despite finding out the truth. But thier love is ill fated. What happens to them forms the story. The camerawork is superb in this movie set in deep forests, and captures the tough life of the dwellers complete with misty mornings and foggy nights. The camerawork and the performances of all actors are a highlight of the film.  The tension- filled scenes with the threat of wild dogs ( CG) are well executed as is the humor of some of the scenes between the lea...

Rinku Gupta Fast and Furious : Hobbs And Shaw directed by  David Leitch is about the duo (Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham) who cant stand each other, having to put aside thier differences to save the world. The enemy is 'Black Superman' Brixton ( Idris Alba) a genetically mutated human former M16,  who is after a deadly virus that is now inside the body of  Shaw's sister Hattie ( Vanessa Kirby). How they team up to complete the job assigned is the story. A fast paced screenplay with some thrilling and super fast stunts ( especially involving Hattie) is one good reason to catch the film. The constant cribbing and chatter between Hobbs and Shaw is another, while the scenes with villain Brixton make sure eyes are glued to the screen. The scenes in London and  Samoa ,(especially the helicopter stunt) are something to watch out for.  Stunts, humor , action and  emotion, the slick and stylishly shot film has all elements in just the right me...

By Rinku Gupta 2D Enteryainment's Jackpot is directed by Gulebakavali fame Kalyaan and stars Jyotika , Revathi,Manobala, Anandraj, Motta Rajendran, Mansoor Ali Khan, Yogi Babu and others. Akshaya ( Jyotika) and her aunt Masha (Revathi) make a living conning people with small time tricks. Motta Rajendran plays thier friend who helps them sell loot, like stolen cars etc. The duo come across a prisoner in jail ( Sachu) who reveals how she found an akshaya patra which keeps multiplying whatever you put into it. The con women see immense potential to get rich quick and hatch a plan to get hold of the vessel which is now in the premises of a powerful rich man, Maanasthan ( Anandraj). Do they get over hurdles to finally get the magic vessel? The film has good production values with big sets and well picturised mass songs. Jyotika looks like a million bucks ( fit physique for action scenes, snazzy, trendy costumes, hair and make -up all adding up well) which adds to the vis...

by Rinku Gupta Arun Vijay’s insatiable passion for sports and fitness  has been an inspiration for fans via his  regular workout posts on social media. The actor  is now shooting for his next film, Boxer for which he trained hard to  play a boxer. Taking time out from his scehedule, the Saaho actor, recently extended his token of appreciation towards 20 boxers from Tamil Nadu. He met those who have won medals (Men - 8 Gold, Women - 3 Gold and 9 others with silver) along with  Runner Championship Tamilnadu coach Senthil Nathan at the National Boxing Championship hosted by Mission Olympics Games Association of India. Congratulating them he said, “This isn’t an exultation of victory limited to these 20 superheroes, but for our entire Tamil Nadu. For me, they are the real Avengers. Being a sportsman or athlete isn’t an easy deal, especially a boxer. It involves lots and lots of mental and physical preparations. You’ve to be on Zen mode and must be ...

By Rinku Gupta Jackpot produced by 2D Entertainments is the next film of heroine Jyotika after Raatchasi. Her co-star in this action-comedy directed by Kalyaan is Revathi. The film had an audio launch in the presence of the film' s cast and crew. The film was completed in 24 days with a lot of heavy duty action sequences by Jyotika including back flips and even a silambam sequence. The actor revealed how her biggest support, Suriya, gifted his wife an action kit made to order to fit her, saying , ' you will need this from now on." The actor added , ' Suriya is my Jackpot. Its because of his support that I am able to do all this. ' ' I was inspired a lot by Suriya sir right from Ayutha Ezhutha. I studied in a government school and its wonderfully inspiring to see Suriya sir speaking up for the cause of education,' said lyricist , director Arunraja Kamaraj who was among the celebrities attending the event. The music director is Vishal Chandrasekar...

By Rinku Gupta Dear Comrade, directed by newbie Bharat Kamma is produced by Mythri Movie Makers and  stars Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna. Chaitanya aka Bobby ( Vijay) is an active student leader in college who gets into violent scuffles at the drop of a hat. This habit of his alarms his visiting neighbour Lilli ( Rashmika) when she gets to know him better. But while Bobby falls for her, initially she refuses his love as her passion lies in cricket. But thanks to his convincing ways, she finally reveals that she is attracted to him and the duo get into a relationship ( some great chemistry there, a love innocent, deep and powerful). However, his violent habits get in the way and when he refuses to give them up and pushes her away, she leaves him, hearbroken. The break - up affects him greatly, but he learns to channel his energies into a new path. Cut to 3 years later when Bobby returns into her life quite by chance. A tragedy has befallen her and he now takes it...

A1 directed by Johnson K and produced by Circle Box is the next film of comedian turned hero Santhanam. The story is about a young man Saravanan ( Santhanam) a local guy who happens to run into Divya ( Alisha Berry) one day quite by chance. He is mistaken by her to be a brahmin like herself and she decides to fall in love with him because her strict father will not allow her to marry out of the community. When her family finds out that he is a local Chennai chap, they refuse to accept him as a mapillai. But true love finds it way via the strangest situations. Saravanan is challenged by his girlfriend to find even 1 flaw in her exemplary father, in order for him to be accepted into the family. Our hero tries his best to win his lady love but things begin to only get bleaker. Does he succeed? Santhanam and Aisha make a good pair and thier constant banter makes for a lively watch. The 3 friends of his are well cast and thier steady stream of witty comments and counters ensure...

Eagle's Eye Productions produces 'Petromax', a comedy-thriller starring Tamannaah in the lead directed by Rohin Venkatesan Eagle's Eye Productions, a company known for distributing many silver jubilee films, forays into film production for the first tine through 'Petromax'. Eagle's Eye Productions in it's very first production itself has chosen a strong woman -centric storyline, with thrills and comedy to make it more entertaining. Rohin Venkatesan, the director of 'Adhe Kangal' who is known for his unique story telling style and presentation is directing this movie. Yogi Babu, Muneeskanth, Sathiyan, Kali Venkat, and TV fame TSK all join hands to in this comedy bandwagon while Tamannaah leads the pack. Along with this explosive comedy team, Prem, Sreeja, KSG Venkatesh, Baby Monica and many others have played their roles  in this movie. Every man has one or the other problem. In a bid to solve their individual problems, they a...

by Rinku Gupta  Hero Vijay Deverakonda has just been on an extensive promotional tour of his upcoming July 26th release Dear Comrade . The Telugu film produced by Mythri Movie Makers and directed by debutant Bharat Kamma is being releasing big (being dubbed Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada) in all 4 southern languages and has already created a huge buzz especially with the press and media  interactions and live concerts by the lead actors Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna . Now, the good news is that even before release, none other than Bollywood biggie Karan Johar, who has watched the film, will be doing the Hindi remake of Dear Comrade. Both Johar and Deverakonda announced the news on thier instagram pages on Tuesday evening, creating a huge buzz around the project. Karan Johar wrote, ' Had the pleasure to be the first to see #dearcomrade. What a powerful and intense love story!....Glad to announce that @dharmamovies will be producing the Hindi remake of #dearcomrad...

By Rinku Gupta After her sister Nikki Galrani has made a name im Kollywoid, now it's the turn of her sister,  actor Sanjjana Galrani to foray into Tamil.  Excited about the project, Sanjjana says, " I sig ned a Tamil film titled Boxer and the muhuratham was on 21st June  in Chennai  at La studios ." About her role she says, "I'm playing a boxer in the film and it's a highly performance oriented role , I am playing a very pivotal role , and I am very happy to be launched in such a big production and a film for which Arun Vijay has really worked very hard on his physique. Being trained in horse riding , sword fighting and boxing and maintaining high-levels of  fitness has really helped me coming a long way in the film industry . I loved the narration given to me by director Vivek Kannan and I will wait for them to reveal more details, but I can tell you one thing you will be amazed to see me in this movie because I am going to be seen...

By Rinku Gupta Aadai is the second film of its director Rathnakumar, starring Amala Paul, Sriranjini, Ramya Subramaniam , Vivek Prasanna and others, with camerawork by Vijay Karthik. The story recolves around Suthanthirakodi who goes by her preferred media name Kamini ( Amala Paul) a bold girl, brought up by a loving, but distraught mother ( Sriranjini ) who wishes her daughter was less brash, more traditional in her choice of clothes and did better things at work like reading news in a sari instead of the Thoppi prankster show she helms, pulling scary pranks on the public. Kamini, is unfazed asks carries on with her ways, daring people, taking bets and living life on her own terms. Till one day, a strange challenge she undertakes of reading the news in the nude, somehow ends up becoming her worst nightmare. Alone, after a night of drunken revelry, in the huge building the media house just vacated, she struggles to find a solution to the horrific reality. Who had done this to her...

By Rinku Gupta Libraa Productions'  Ravinder Chandrasekar held a media meet to mark the success of the release of Gurkha. The producer remarked that after bitter experiences with several films he produced in the past, he finally has recorded a success written Gurkha which he bought to release. ' After 6 years of my life in cinema, this film has given me my actual first earnings from cinema. This has greatly increased and re- inforced my faith in cinema. Due to my inexperience I couldnt achieve profits with the films I produced myself.  With  my last production, I announced defeat publicly.  But within 30 days of that announcement,  I bought Gurkha and made arrangements to release it in 300 theatres. I have earned 15 lakhs profit from Gurkha till today,  making it my first win in cinema. I think that making a film is easier, but the system of release needs discipline here,' he said. He went on to to reveal, ' This is a genuine success mee...

By Rinku Gupta Raj Kamal Films International has produced Kadaram Kondan directed by Rajesh M Selva, starring Vikram. Akshara Haasan and newbie Abi Hassan. The film is based on the French movie A Bout Portant ( Point Blank). The action thriller is set in Malaysia where KK ( Vikram), a rogue cop now involved in a heist, gets injured during an escape. In the hospital where he is taken, works a newly employed doctor Vasu, ( Abi Hassan) who has moved to the country recently with his pregnant wife Athira ( Akshara Haasan). Vasu gets inadvertantly involved when his wife is kidnapped and he is asked by goons chasing KK to get him out of the hospital in return for her safety. Cops in the meanwhile get hot on the trail to hunt down and chase the duo. Who is KK? Why is he being chased? By whom? Does Vasu manage to save his wife? The film is slick and fast paced, with Chiyaan Vikram carrying off his role with effortless style , sheer charisma and panache. His eyes and fists do most of the...

by Rinku Gupta  Unarvu, is directed by Subbu and produced by  Shekar Jayaram. Ramadurai ( Subbu) is an affluent man who wants to help  beggars by giving them a job and promise of a dignified and happy life. He succeeds to a great extent in his dream. During his business deals he comes across unscrupulous politicians and in a twist , decides to do away with one of them, by working on the emotions of one of the grateful beggars he saved, and indirectly inspiring him to kill the unscupulous baddie. But this plan has an unexpected side effect. What happens next ? The film seems to highlight  a noble intention but too much screen time is spent on long dialogues amongst the characters, highlighting thier condition,  dilemma and gratitude. The political and business intrigue comes much later in a twist in the plot but the impact is not as hard hitting. The actors have done a good job, with some well picturised songs thrown in and even a romanric angle. However,...

By Rinku Gupta Actor Sriranjini ( whose film Aadai is releasing this Friday) , is on a roll with several  projects in her kitty, in Kollywood and even Tollywood. She was much appreciated for her role in director Lakshmy Ramakrishnan's  House Owner,  by the public and many from the industry as well. 'It was wonderful when industry colleagues like Samudrakani called me up and appreciated my performance,' says Sriranjini. One of the cherished highlights for her was meeting director Mysskin who complimented her on her performance, at the special screening. She is playing Amala Paul's doting mom in director RathnaKumar's Aadai releasing this Friday. 'Amala Paul and I have worked before together and she gave me a big hug when we met again. We were extremely comfy acting with each other, and that rapport helps immensely and translates on screen.' She is all praise for Amala for her bold role in Aadai, ' She is a courageous girl who is prepared...

By Rinku Gupta This is a sequel to the original ( which brought Suseendran,Vishnu Vishal, Soori, Appukutty and others to the forefront). Pasupathy plays a bus driver whose love for kabaddi earns the loathing of his son Saravanan ( Vikranth) when the sport interferes in his livelihood and he is suspended from his job. But as a result, he learns from his mother how his dad sacrificed his love for kabaddi to save his son. Saravanan now decides to revive the Vennia Kabaddi Kuzhu team and bring back the cup and title for his father. Does he succeed? The canerawork transports you back beautifully into the 80s where the film is set as does the melodious music. Vikranth  as hero holds the film together with ease and Pasuathy as the father and former kabaddi player is impressive and completely fits the role to a T. The street  chase and action scene is particularly engaging. The emotional scenes between dad and son are well conceived and executed in a moving manner. But the mov...

By Rinku Gupta It was recently that Jai and Athulya  signed a film together, which is directed by SA Chandrasekhar. Now  they have been signed up together for yet another flick wielded by debutant Vetriselvan SK.  Vetriselvan SK says, “It’s an amalgamation of action, thrill, crime and romance. Jai’s character is laced with realistic shades as he plays someone, whom you would easily spot in your neighborhood. However, compelling situations force him to take justice into his hands. It’s a role that encapsulates joy, energy and yes, the ferocious angry young man too. Athulya Ravi will be seen as Jai’s love interest. Soon after penning the script, we were actually looking up for an actress, who could be identified as girl-to-next-door and we found her befittingly perfect.” While Vaibhav’s elder brother Sunil of ‘Seethakaathi’ has been roped in for playing a vital role. They  are yet to finalize an actor for negative role. Right now, the team is busy involved...

By Rinku Gupta Gurkha produced by 4 Monkeys Studio is directed by Sam Anton. Yogi Babu plays Bahadhur Babu who becomes a security guard in a Chennai mall where he meets Ussain Bolt ( Charlie) , a co - guard. Babu along with his dog friend Undertaker, and Bolt, get involved in a major terror strike in the mall by Thigarajan ( Raj Bharath). A whole bunch of important people are among the hostages. Now, due to circumstances, the whole burden of saving them falls on Babu and Bolt. Does the innocent Babu manage to save the day ? The comedy is loud and the introduction to the main characters takes a long time. However, the situational comedy and witty one liners though squeezed in between characters talking at full volume, work in parts. Yogi Babu is in full form in a meaty ( and at times emotional ) lead role with even action and a one- sided love angle thrown in, ans he does full justice to it all. References to contemporary socio- political events and digs at celebrities, keep...

By Rinku Gupta Gorilla directed by Don Sandy is produced by All In Pictures. The story is about a bunch of friends ( Jiiva, Sathish, Vivek Prasanna) who decide to rob a bank in order to raise funds for themselves. They are accompanied by thier pet chimp, Kong. They are joined by a farmer who is on dire financial trouble and had come to the city to earn a living and save his family. When the heist goes wrong, things go out of hand. But in a surprise twist the robbers discover a cause to help in the midst of the heist. Do they get away successfully? The romance angle between Jiiva and Shalini Pandey has its interesting though brief moments but Shalini doesnt have much to do. Sathish's one liners generate the laughs from time to time though Vivek Prasanna seems pretty under utilised as is Yogi Babu. The comedy though loud works in parts. The farmer's cause touches a chord. A racy screenplay ensures there are no lags though the scenes inside the bank get a tad repetitive t...

By Rinku Gupta Thozhar Vekatesan is directed by Maha Shivan and produced by Kala Films. The story revolves around a young man Venkatesan ( newbie Hari Sankar) who is a proud entrepreneur selling home made sodas in his village. He meets Kamli (  Monica Chinnakotla) an innocent girl whose mother dies, and who resorts to suicide in order to escape a grim future, having been subject to overtures of lecherous men. Venkatesan offers her his home and soon a tender affection and deep love develops between them. Just when things are going well, tragedy strikes.  A Government bus runs over Venkatesan and his arms are amputated. He is told he can get compensation by his lawyer but his case runs on for 3 years before 20 lakhs is allotted by the courts. However instead of the money, a bus is given to him as compensation till the money due to him is paid up by the reluctant to pay  government. The bus turns out to be a white elephant and only adds to his woes. What happens to the ...