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Review : OH MY KADAVULE

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By Rinku Gupta Ashwath Marimuthu's Oh My Kadavule is a New Age rom -com released for Valentine's Day. Anu Paulraj ( Ritika Singh) and Arjun ( Ashok Selvan) are good friends from childhood. One day, Anu proposes to Arjun, thinking it would be better to marry her long term friend, whom she knows and trusts, than a stranger in an arranged marriage. After deliberation, Arjun agrees. But after marriage, he is unable to have any romantic feelings for her,as he still sees her as a ' friend'. Into this situation walks in Meera ( Vani Bhojan ) his college crush.  With this catalyst,  problems in his marriage now get compounded when Anu gets jealous and Arjun feels claustrophobic in the relationship. The couple are soon headed for a divorce. But in a strange twist, by the intervention of the Gods ( Vijay Sethupathy, Ramesh Thilak) , Arjun is given a second chance, to look into past events with an opportunity to study where things went wrong. Does he ...

National Award winner Baaram to release in theatres

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The National award winning film ‘Ba aram’ is all set to have a worldwide release on February 21, 2020. The film stars around 85 new faces performing important roles. Directed by Priya Krishnaawamy, Vetrimaaran’s Grass Root Film Company and SP Cinemas is releasing the movie. Producer Kishore, SP Cinemas said, “I am so happy that Vetrimaaran sir offered me an opportunity to release this film. It’s a film that is meant for all and I am sure it will be a groundbreaking showpiece, which has already won the hearts of National and International audiences. Ardra Swaroop, Reckless Roses said, “Being a Mumbaikar, I was completely surprise to see such a story from my mother. At the same time, there were many things to learn from it. Apart from this, the excellent performances by artistes made me awe stricken. I wanted to be a part of such an amazing film, where it imparts a valuable thought of taking care of aged people with lots of love. I am happy to be associated with my mother i...

Grand Galtha audio launch !

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Galtha, an upcoming Tamil film based on the real life issues of dumping of medical and industrial wastes from Kerala deposited across Tamil Nadu, had its audio launched last evening in Chennai. Actor Karunanidhi, who plays a negative role in this film said, “This is a film based on a serious social issue and I have played the baddie here. The film will throw light on the origin of adangerous virus, which costs many lives. I request everyone to come and watch the film in theatres.” Actor Radharavi said, “I congratulate the entire team of ‘Galtha’ for making a wonderful movie. I am confident that the film has come out well, which is evident with the trailer. The film’s hero looks charismatic and will surely have a big time in the industry. I request all the upcoming directors to cooperate with producers putting their interests on first preference. The musical score by Jai Krish is very much commendable… While producing films, I went through lots of hardships and had lots of debt. ...

Rana Daggubati, Vishnu Vishal's Kaadan inspired by Forest Man of India

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By Rinku Gupta The story line of Prabhu Solomon's Kaadan has   been inspired by the unfortunate event of humans encroaching the elephant corridors in Kaziranga, Assam. The films in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi, trace the narrative of a man, the role essayed by Rana Daggubati, who dedicated most of his life living in the jungle with the sole purpose of protecting the animals inhabiting it and how he becomes a pivotal part of the conflict. Inspired by the story of The Forest Man of India, Jadhav Molai Payeng, who spent his life on the banks of the Bramhaputra river, protecting elephants and turning the area into a dense forest is what Eros International's tri- lingual Kaadan( Tamil) is based on. The film stars Rana Daggubati in the lead, in all three languages, with Vishnu Vishal in the Tamil and Telugu ( Aranya) version. Pulkit Samrat is part of the Hindi ( Haathi Mere Saathi) with Rana in Hindi. Inspired by his story, the Kumki director Prabho Solomon said at the teaser lau...

Karthik Subbaraj directs Kalyani Priyadarshan, mom Lissy Lakshmi !

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By Rinku Gupta Making her Tamil debut with Hero opposite Sivakarthikeyan recently actor Kalyani Priyadarshan is going places,  already being  part of STR 's Maanadu next. The daughter of ace director Priyadarshan and actor, model, entrepreneur Lissy Lakshmi, debuted to rave reviews, in her parents' home turf, Malyalam cinema, recently with Dulquer Salmaan, in Varane Avashyamund. She is part of a film opposite Pranav Mohanlal as well. Now, the talented mom - daughter duo, Lissy and Kalyani and have come together for a prestigious sari ad of leading apparel chain Pothys. The beautiful ad which shows some heartwarming moments between mother and daughter, is directed by none other than D40 director Karthik Subbaraj! The mom- daughter duo look ethereal in Karthik Subbaraj's direction in this ad. It maybe recalled that Lissy was part of a recent a calender shoot of photographer Venket Ram G ' s tribute to Raja Ravi Varma...

Raveena Tandon joins Yash's KGF -Chapter 2 shoot !

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By Rinku Gupta After the huge pan- India success of Yash's KGF , the makers are now readying with KGF Chapter 2 and the buzz is already growing. Bollywood actor, Raveena Tandon has now joined the shoot of the film directed by Prashanth Neel. With this,  she returns to Kannada cinema after a long gap post the film Upendra. The shooting is on at Mysuru in Karnataka. Raveena had heard the script from Prashanth  before she watched KGF and was mighty impressed by his edgy approach. Yash in KGF  Raveena plays a powerful character  with the name Ramika Sen  in the sequel. Raveena posted on her social media pages  "Happy to share this much awaited news with all! Thankyou , my coolest director in da world prashanth.neel for such a warm welcome in the KGF family. In and as Ramika Sen. " The team of Hombale films welcomed her on sets with producer Vijay Kiragadur  tweeting," A Warm Welcome to the National award winning actress@TandonRavee...

Maayanadhi team emotional at Thanksgiving meet

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By Rinku Gupta The team of Maayanadhi celebrated a success and Thank You meet for the press and media. The movie is written and directed by Ashok Thiagarajan. Momentoes were handed to all the team members. Hero Abi Saravanan was happy his name was a recognized one due to the film. " Though the viewers were less in several theaters and I feel bad that a good film sometimes doesnt get its due, I'm happy we got the support from press and media ." Heroine Venba said she was very happy with the support she had been getting in her career. " This is a very important role in my career. Im very grateful to my cameraman for showing me in a new way. I didn't expect such a lot of positive reviews and Im really grateful for that. Many people went to see the film after seeing the positive reviews from media and netizens." The director was clear that he didn't want to have any unnecessary romantic scenes between the hero and heroine which were not requ...

Rana Daggubati - Vishnu Vishal film posters released!

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By Rinku Gupta  Eros International upped the ante with the release of the poster today of their three upcoming films titled– ‘Haathi Mere Saathi’ in Hindi, ‘Kaadan’ in Tamil and ‘Aranya’ in Telugu! An emotional and heart-warming drama, the three films explore the relationship between a Mahout and his elephant. The highly anticipated drama will star Rana Daggubati as the protagonist in all three titles along with Vishnu Vishal in ‘Kaadan’ in Tamil and ‘Aranya’ in Telugu respectively. Meanwhile ‘Haathi Mere Saathi’ in Hindi will feature Pulkit Samrat as the parallel lead. All three movies also star Shriya Pilgaonkar and Zoya Hussain in important roles.   VishnunVishal in the Tamil and Telugu versions The story line of all three films have been inspired by the unfortunate event of humans encroaching the elephant corridors in Kaziranga, Assam. The films trace the narrative of a man, the role essayed by Rana Daggubati, who dedicated most of his life living in the...