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By Rinku Gupta The grand audio and trailer launch of Mani Ratnam's Madras Talkies' Vaanam Kottatum was held  in Chennai. The cast and crew were present which included Rajiv Menon, director Dhana, costumer Eka Lakhani, actors Vikram Prabhu, Aishwarya Rajesh, Balaji Shaktivel, Shanthnu Bhagyaraj, Radhika, Sarathkumar, Amitash Pradhan, Madonna Sebastien and music director Sid Sriram who now debuts as a composer. Sid sang a few of the tracks live along with Antony Dasan, in a well conducted event, with brief interactions with the actors on stage, before the audio was launched with the entire team on stage. The function did away with long drawn out speeches and there were no special guests on the dais, as is the norm in Kollywood. Sarathkumar plays Radhika's screen husband while Aishwarya plays Vikram Prabhu's sister. Also spotted at the event were Dushyanth, Ujjaini Vikram, Poornima Bhagyaraj and Charu Haasan

By Rinku Gupta (Subscribe to CinemaSpeak for video updates) The Amala Paul starrer Adho Andha Paravai Pola is ready for release. The film showcases her as an action star. Directed by debutant KR Vinoth, the film has action by Supreme Sundar and Krav Maga Sriram. The story is around a girl getting caught up in a forest and how she escapes. The film is produced by Century Films International and released by SDC Pictures. This is the debut effort of a young team. Santhakumar debuts as DOP after working with George C Williams. The team worked under difficult situations while shooting in a forest. Krav Maga Sriram said at the trailer release" Krav Maga is an Israeli street fight . Amala runs 5 kms everyday,  has a gym at home in Kerala and has clean eating habits. Amala is a fast learner and a risk taker. She has done an amazing job. This film will be a benchmark in women in action films thanks to Amala's hard work. Supreme Sundar gave me comple...

By Rinku Gupta ( subscribe to CinemaSpeak for video updates) Recieving accolades for his next film FIR's poster, the Ratchasan actor Vishnu Vishal, is on a well deserved high. But today his fans got to know a startling revelation about how hard-earned that look in the poster actually was. The actor tweeted  how the Suriya- Gautham Menon film Vaaranam Aayiram inspired him to bounce back from a very trying period of his life,  when everything was spiralling downwards. He tweeted ,"I took the VAARANAM AAYIRAM way 💪 Suriya in Vaaranam Aayiram sported a 6 pack look P.S - Sorry for the long letter but i had to put my heart out to all my lovely fans and friends :) 🤗😘  #motivation #lifelessons #thewayback #train #painandgain #facingchallenges In a letter on his social media account,  is a story of his battle with pain and depression that he went through in his personal and professional life in the last few years but its also an  inspirationa...

By Rinku Gupta (Subscribe to CinemaSpeak for video updates) V house productions Suresh Kamatchi has lived up to his promise of announcing the cast and crew of the much awaited STR starrer , Maanadu, on Pongal. The film,  directed by Venkat Prabhu features Simbu with Kalyani Priyadashan opposite him.  Bharathi Raja, Karunkaran, SA Chandrasekar and Premgi Amaren are part of the cast. The DOP is Richard M Nathanwhile Rajeevan handles art direction. Praveen KL is the editor Kamatchi revealed in a series of well designed posters on Twitter. Stunt Silva will handle the action while  Vasuki Bhaskar will handle the costumes department. Yuvan Shankar Raja is handling the music and the buzz around the film just got bigger with an A team of technicians joining the list. This is Kalyani's next Tamil film post Hero. Simbu is reportedly on a weight loss spree. His next release is Maha. 

By Rinku Gupta (Subscribe to CinemaSpeak for Video updates) Sathyajothi Films' Dhanush starrer Pattas is directed by Durai Senthil Kumar. Dhanush plays a local thief,  Pattas aka Sakthi who lives in a slum area, with Sadhana ( Mehreen Pirzada) as his neighbour. During one of his thefts he unwittingly earns the wrath of Nilan ( Naveen Chandra) , the owner of a martial arts academy.  He also discovers his real mother Kanyakumari ( Sneha) who is out from jail (due to a murder in the past). Through her, he comes to learn that he is the son of  Thiraviyam Perumal ( Dhanush in a dual role), a proud exponent of the Adimurai martial arts form, which is an ancient art, rooted in Tamil soil. Pattas discovers the cruel betrayal of Nilan in the killing of his father.  Fate gives him a chance to seek revenge and also uphold the cause of Adimurai, so dear to his father. Does Pattas manage to reach his goal? Dhanush is in top form as the  older, agile and inten...

By Rinku Gupta Nobel Movies' MC Kalaimamani's first production is Taana, the Vaibhav, Nandita Swetha, Yogi Babu starrer. The music is by Vishal Chandradekar and directed by Yuvraj Subramani. The film held an audio launch on Bhogi day today. In the story, the hero develops  a voice conflict whenever he gets emotional. There will be horror scenes of ghosts in the day instead of the usual nocturnal ghosts in the film. The film also deals with data sharing issues of modern times. The film has love, action, drama, horror and emotions. The film was completed in 39 days. The DOP is Shiva. Actor Nandita Swetha was upbeat about her first release in 2020. Hero Vaibhav said, " The script is quite emotional and everyone can enjoy the film."Taana will hit the screens on Jan 24th.