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By Rinku Gupta IUKG is produced by Neelam Productions and directed by debutant Athiyan Athirai, starring Dinesh, Munishkanth and Kayal Anandhi. In brief, the story is about a World War 2 bomb which lands up in TN, and makes its way to a scrap yard. Dinesh plays a lorry driver at the scrap yard and in a series of circumstances, lands up with the task of ferrying this bomb, which could go off any minute. He is accompanied by Muniskanth, an assistant. Close on thier heels are the police, unscrupulous villains and activists. In the midst of it all, is his pressing love story, with his lady loves' family forcing her to marry elsewhere. Does the lorry driver survive all the dangers he finds himself in? What happens to the bomb? Do the lovers unite? An unusual story line, racy screenplay, well fleshed out characters, good chemistry between the lead pair, Muniskanth in a brilliant performance as the comical sidekick inviting both laughs and empathy, layered writing, ...

By Rinku Gupta Jada directed by Kumaran is the next outing of Kathir,Yogi Babu, Kishore and artist turned actor Sridhar. Jada is a passionate footballer who trains hard in the sport to get a good job later, after playing at the right tournaments.  But he is distracted from his goal when he hears about the Sevens game, played without rules, for high stakes. He also wants top avenge the death of his childhood idol coach Sethu ( Kishore in a brief appearance, leaving you disappointed, when he dies nearly as soon as he appears in screen). The game finals take him and his friends to a haunted village, which turns out to be the home town of Sethu. Does Jada survive the villains who killed the coach and avenge his family's deaths? Just when you are expecting a gripping sports film, thanks to a good intro song, the film soon slips into horror mode. Players who hardly look the part of sportsmen, heroines who are in blink and  miss appearances, a puzzli...

By Rinku Gupta  The Sri Lanka born chairman of Lyca Mobile,  Lyca Group of companies and Lyca Productions head, Subaskaran Allirajah was conferred an honorary doctorate by a university in Malaysia recently. To felicitate him on the occasion,  a ceremony was held in Chennai in the presence of Ponniyin Selvan director, Mani Ratnam and Darbar director AR Murgadoss , yesterday. Mrs Prema Subaskaran was also present on the occasion. Incidentally, both ace directors revealed that Subaskaran's life, starting off from humble beginnings in Sri Lanka and rising to become a worldwide presence with  business across the world,  was worthy of an inspiring biopic. (Click here for full speech of AR Mugadoss and Mani Ratnam). Today the grand audio launch of Rajinikanth's Darbar is being held in Chennai. Lyca is gearing up for a Pongal release of the Rajinkanth magnum opus. Other dignitaries and journalists also spoke on the occasion.

By Rinku Gupta Dhanusa Raasi Neyargalae is the debut direction of Sanjay Bharathi starring Harish Kalyan , Muniskanth, Yogi Babu, Reba Monica and Digangana Suryavanshi. The film is a rom com with Harish breezing through the lover boy role that one now associates with him. He plays a young, urban man who believes strongly in astrology ( due to an idea ingrained in childhood at the loss of his father). He thus waits for the perfect match for himself according to the prediction of astrologers, rejecting many girls in the process. Until one day he falls for a girl (fresh and appealing debutante Digangana Suryavanshi from Bollywood , who is perfectly cast) who is aspiring to go to Mars in 2024 as she loves astronomy. Does she fit into his preset notions of the perfect girl for him? Or does he change himself? Does she give up her dreams for him? Who does he finally marry? The casting is good and as a debut director Sanjay seems to have all the boxes ticked, like romance, comedy,...

By Rinku Gupta Lipi Cine Crafts 50 : 50 is the next film of actor Sethu along with Yogi Babu, motta Rajendran and John Vijay. Dharan has composed the music for which John Vijay has sung a song. Abhinaya Sri has done the choreography. The film is directed by Krishna Sai. Sridhar master revealed he is acting in his own direction Chavadi by the same producer. " The film is about bike racing. Real life road racers have acted in the film," said Sridhar master. Sun TV Pavitra has acted in the film. Said she, " It's a full time family entertainer. This idea my first movie and the director has guided me fully. I share screen space with Sethu and Bala Saravanan a lot. It will be a laugh riot I guarantee. Shruti and Srinika are also the heroines who are all in love with the hero. Who gets the hero is the story " Hero Sethu said, " I studie medicine but acting was my passion always. In both professions one meets lots of people. But making films is a tou...

By Rinku Gupta A Baahubali kind of mega project is Mamangam, starring Mamootty. Kavya Film Company produces this film releasing in Tamil, Telugu, Malyalam and Hindi, the film is directed by Joseph fame M Padmakumar. The dop is Manoj Pillai. The producer is Vivek Kunnaapilly. Hindi and Telugu heroine and sportswomen Prachi Tehlan ( click for full speech ) has acted in along with Ineya. The film refers to a religious trade cultural festival written records dating back to 800 AD, taking place once every 12 years on the banks of a river, with trades people from China and Arabia. In the 14th century the Valluvan Nadu king started conducting it. When the Zamorin took over for 300 years and the Valluvanaadu revolted against his supremacy, what happened is the story. Mammootty has get-ups  in the film. The story should reach a larger audience is why the film is being made in 4 languages disclosed the team. Director Ram has written the Tamil dialogues. " I...

By Rinku Gupta The grand audio launch of Kalanjiam Cine Arts' film Champion was held today. The film is the next of director Suseenthiran and stars Naren as a football coach and Manoj. YouTube actor Mrinalini, Sowmika and debutant Vishwa. Producer and actor RK Suresh ( the brother of the films producer K Raghavi) welcomed the gathering. " I want to thank Suseenthiran sir. He introduced my father Kalanjiam and today we are honoured that he's launching his grand-son Vishwa in this film. He is a specialist in sports films. He gave Vishwa one year's training in this sport. Vishwa is already a international squash champion and national level swimmer. He trained in acting in the US before entering films." Coach Santhakumar has trained the actors in the sport. Footballer Raman Vijayan spoke away the event, " Suseenthiran came to my academy and discussed in great detail about the sport which impressed me a great deal." The even...

By Rinku Gupta Enai Noki Paayum Thota is a love story in typical Gautham Menon style, with a gangster  angle thrown in. Basically its about Raghu ( an urban stylish avatar of Dhanush , in various get -ups , in a brilliant performance) a college student who falls for a budding actress ( Megha Akash, perfectly cast with a naivete, beauty and screen presence apt for the role). But there is her mentor ( Senthil Veeraswamy) who wants her to continue acting and forget about love, who acts as the obstacle in thier path. Do the lovers unite? Added to this is the angle of a long lost brother of Raghu's called Thiru ( Sasikumar, who doesn't really fit the role of undercover cop somehow) who is in Mumbai. How the lives of Raghu, his lady love and Thiru intersect and what outcome does it have is the story. Darbuka Siva's bgm snd songs take the film to the next level. Despite the long delay in release, the film seems fresh and contemporary. Dhanush plays the various stages i...