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By Rinku Gupta  The much anticipated Harish Kalyan - Priya Bhavanishankar starrer whose title is to be announced successfully celebrated the ‘Wrap Up’ party with the crew. Apart from cutting a cake with everyone present,   Harish Kalyan treated  the entire crew and cast members, with  home-made Biriyani. Priya seems to be missing the shoot too as she  tweeted " That's a wrap with this fun team. I'll miss these happy faces with lots of beautiful memories and love sharing my gratitude for all of you for these memorable days in my life I and all the lovely people involved see you all soon. Love " Director Kaarthikk Sundar says about the experience of working with Harish Kalyan and Priya Bhavani Shankar, the director opines, “They are pure professionals and their dedication levels are extraordinary. Harish Kalyan is someone, who can effortlessly keep scoring big with chocolate boy roles, but the way he is trying to push himseld out of his...

By Rinku Gupta  Directors are doing full fledged characters and  acting in many films of late, like K S Ravikumar in Naan Sirithal and Gautham Menon in Vishnu Vishal' s FIR  and Trance ( Malayalam) to name a few. Earlier Ameer had acted in the lead in Yogi. M Sasikumar is already an established director - hero. Now young director Pradeep makes his debut as an actor in the Sibiraj starrer Kabadadaari in a special appearance. According to producer G Dhananjayan  he was found to be apt and menacing enough for the role and hence was cast.  The film is racing towards the  finishing line for a May 2020 release.

By Rinku Gupta Vikram Sugumaran, who made an impressive debut as a director in Tamil cinema with his  Madhayaanai Kootam which  showcased the life and culture of those in south Tamil Nadu, is to next direct a film titled "Therum Porum". Actor Dinesh, who has made a name for himself by delivering commendable performances in critically films like Visaranai, Cuckoo and  Irandam Ulaga Porin Kadaisi Gundu, is to play the lead. Music for this film is by Justin Prabhakaran. Interestingly, music for the songs , which have been penned by Lyricist Ekadasi, have been scored and tecorded already.   Cinematographer M Sukumar, whose work in films like Mynaa, Kumki, Sketch and Bairavaa came in for widespread praise, will be cranking the camera. Art direction is by Rajeevan and Editing by Lawrence Kishore.  Therum Porum, which is being made on a huge budget, is scheduled to    go on floors in the first week of March. Shooting wil...

By Rinku Gupta The Vetrimaaran Grassroots Films Sanga Thalaivan marks the debut of VJ Ramya Subramania n as lead heroine. Though the actor has done roles in Aadai and OK Kanmani, this is her debut as leading lady. Paired opposite Samudrakani on the film, she was all praise for the team at the audio launch press meet recently.  Talking about her role she said, " I play a village girl and mom to a kid in the film. It was  thanks to Velraj sir who during a chat asked me if I wanted to do films and I sent him my photos. Immediately he sent those to Manimaran. When I realised they were calling me to play the lead I saw that as a big step in my career. Because  there are many stereotypes and  people say its very difficult for longstanding TV personalities to get films roles and that too getting a  lead is very tough. But I was getting that opportunity since none of the team had any such stereotypical notions." Speaking about producer Vetr...

By Rinku Gupta Rooby Films' Kanni Maadam marks the debut of actor Bose Venkat as a director. A Madurai couple elope after an inter-caste marriage  but Kathir 's ( Vishnu Ramasamy ) parents are baying for their blood and come searching for them to Chennai where the couple have found a sanctuary. But somwhow fate intervenes and Kathir is killed in an accident.  Now his pregnant wife Malar ( Chaya Devi) is left all alone. 2 good samaritan neighbours Anbu and Shankar  ( Sreeram Karthik, Murugan) rescue her but fate has other things in store. What happens next? Bose Venkat scores as a director not only in choice of subject but also in the handling of it. The  practical aftermath of elopement, all the more so in the case of  inter-caste rivalry, and the tragic effect it can have ( especially on the woman in case the spouse dies) is well brought out through scenes, situations and dialogues which are mature and kept to what's necessary. The cinematograph...

By Rinku Gupta After the stupendous success of Sillukarupetti, director Halitha Shameem had been recieving accolades from the industry and fans. Now 2D Entertainments who had released the film,  felicitated her and the team at a small function, when producer, actor Suriya invited her to his home to congratulate her on the success of the film.  The film has completed the 50 day milestone recently. After a cake cutting ceremony, the surprise gift of a brand new Mac Book Pro Laptop left the director feeling even more elated!  Halitha tweeted, "Suriya sir and Jyo ma'am invited our team home, appreciated all the technicians and actors. Extremely kind of them to pour praises on the film and going speechless by their words, I Just held their hands to express my gratitude. They also gifted me a MacBook Pro. " The function was attended by 2D Raksekar Pandian and Sakthivelan B of Sakthi Film Factory as well. Suriya is looking forward to Soorarai Pottru, ...

By Rinku Gupta Menndum Oru Mariyathai or Old Man ( OM ) directed by Bharathi Rajaa,  is set in the UK. A grandfather Palpandi ( Bharathi Raja) is put into an old age home by his son but he disappears from there. He lands up on the streets of London, determined not to go back to his greedy son who had brought him back from India, after selling his farmlands without informing him.  Unused to the local culture, his wife ( Mounica) had died due to trauma after being jailed over an issue related to her grand-son and the child rights officers. In such a scenario, Old Man ( as the heroine calls him) decides to stand on his own feet. One day he comes across a young girl , Venba ( Raasi Natchatra , pretty and talented) whom he saves from committing suicide. She is disillusioned about life due to a lecherous brother-in- law ( Fenon Rodriguez) who forces her to dance in clubs. Old Man decides to convince her about the beauty of life so as to make her want to live and thus iss...

By Rinku Gupta Godfather, is a thrilling story about a helpless dad Adhiyamaan ( Natty) who has to fight a don Maruthasingam ( Lal) in order to save the life of his little son Arjun( Aswath). The lion and deer trope is instilled right from the beginning when the credit titles role. When a cruel don finds out that his little son needs a heart transplant to survive, he starts a hunt to find a child he can kill and use the heart for his son. His goons land up in the apartment building of Adhiyamaan and wife Mithra ( Pretty and talented Ananya who fits the bill). The hunt now begins and the family who gets to know of the don's plan, must now somehow survive and foil the don's plans. How far will a dad go to save his son's life? Which dad will win? The director, Jegan Rajsekhar has done a good job of keeping the tension levels high. The screenplay moves steadily forward, leading to a surprise climax. Natty as the helpless dad bites into his role with full gusto. He has...

By Rinku Gupta Paramapatham Vilayattu , Trisha's 60th film is releasing on 28th february. Produced by 24 Hours Productions, the film has music by Ambareesh and is directed by K Thirugnanam. The pre-release function was attended by Bhagyaraj, T Siva, TV actor Sangeetha (who plays Trisha's friend, cameraman J Dinesh ( who assisted RD Rajasekhar), Ambareesh ( who revealed this is his 8th film) , producer K Rajan, baby Manasvi and actor Vijay Varma amongst others. Everyone was surprised by Trisha's absence at the event. Producer Suresh Kamatchi said, " Im happy at the way Thirugnanam has done this film. But   Im concerned about why some actors don't come to their own film events for promotions. Its because they have a large fan following that we sign them up and when they come to functions it helps promote the film." He was referring to the absence of Trisha for the film event. Producer T Siva also expressed his displeasure about Trisha...

by Rinku Gupta After Dhuruvangal Pathinaru, young director Karthick Naren joined the list of  promising directors of Kollywood. Therefore, there was much hype around his next release, Mafia Chapter 1, bankrolled by Lyca Productions. With Arun VIjay and Prasanna in the lead, along with Priya Bhavani Shankar, the film is an action thriller centred around the issue of the drugs mafia. Aryan (Arun Vijay) is part of the Narcotics Control Board and with his team of Varun and Sathya ( Priya Bhavani Shankar ), is keen to wipe out the increasing drug menace. But when a senior cop Selvam gets killed and so does his activist neighbour Mugilan ( Thalaivasal VIjay), just after they got hold of important clues to the identity of the kingpin, Aryan gets hot on the trail. He soons learns that the kingpin is a tycoon called Diwakar ( Prasanna) and from then on begins a cat and mouse game. Many shoot outs and chases later, he lands up in the villain's den, only to discover a devastat...

By Rinku Gupta Kollywood is both saddened and shocked by the tragic accident on the sets of Indian 2, where a falling crane left 3 technicians dead and several injured. Kamal Haasan, Shankar and Kajal Aggarwal were apparently just a whisker away from the shamiana on which the crane fell. The deceased were assistant director Sai Krishna ( 29 years, son-in-law of  cartoonist Madhan)   who had joined the crew only 2 days prior to the accident,  art assistant SR Chandran (58)  and production assistant Madhusudhan Rao (27). The accident took place at the EVP Film city near Chennai. Kamal has promised an interim compensation of Rs 1 crore to the family of the deceased while producers Lyca Productions have announced a 2 crore compensation for those deceased and the injured along with medical expenses. The head of Lyca, Mr Subaskaran is reportedly on his way from UK. The accident has stirred up debate about the need for strictly following safety measures an...

By Rinku Gupta Recent Filmfare Best Debut winner Ananya Pandey who made her Bollywood debut with Karan Johar's Sudent Of The Year 2, is now stepping into Tollywood. She is the heroine of the pan -Indian film directed by Puri Jagannadh and starring World Famous Lover Vijay Deverakonda . The project is produced by Jagannadh, Charmme and Dharma Productions of Johar who will release the Hindi version. Ananya is the daughter of actor Chunky Pandey. She posted on instagram her excitement to be part of a pan-Indian film and also welcomed Deverakonda to Bollywood.  The shoot had begun in Mumbai a few weeks ago.

By Rinku Gupta National Award winning film Baaram is being released by Vetrimaaran's Grassroots Films and SP Cinemas. Director Priya Krishnaswamy has explored the practice of Thalaikkoothal in TN which loosely translates into 'mercy killing' where age old practices ( like inducing fever) are induced to give release from life to old, sick , suffering patients with no hope of getting better.  How this can be exploited for personal reasons by families, is highlighted in the story. The story features an aged watchman who gets injured in a freak road accident. His hip bone is broken but his egotistical and stingy son Senthil prefers to take him to his village, and keep him suffering and bed ridden in an outer hut. He refuses help from his cousins Murugan and Veeravel who even offer to look after the injured uncle whom they love. One day soon after his sister visits the imjured man, suddenly they hear that the old man died in his sleep. When they attend the funeral they lea...

By Rinku Gupta The mood was upbeat at the Naan Sirithal success meet yesterday. Producer Sundar C was away on shoot so his spouse Khushbu Sundar attended on his behalf. " I am able to hitchhike several activities because of the strong support of my husband who is always a pillar of support. Adhi is like a family member and he and my husband get along very well. I am happy to see his success. " Badava Gopi was upbeat about the response to his role of playing father to the hero. Ravi Mariya and KS Ravikumar who play dons in the film were happy with the audience response. Debut director Raana has made the film after Rajinikanth appreciated his short film on the same subject. Being praised by direct Ravikumar at the meet, made Raana emotional. Heroine Iswarya Menon thanked the producer and director for the role.  Hero Hip Hop Adhi was appreciative of the hat trick of three movies with Sundar C. He also credited his partner Jeeva who was part of t...

By Rinku Gupta The shooting of much awaited movie “Bommai” Starring SJ Suryah, Priya Bhavani Shankar , directed by Radha Mohan has got wrapped up. With the proper planning and execution, the schedule of this movie shoot went on a systematic manner and today the crew of “Bommai” celebrated the shoot wrap in a traditional way. Now the film has entered into post production which is expected to be finished shortly. 'Bommai' also features Chandini, “Doubt” Senthil, Aroul Shankar in prominent role. The movie is produced by V.Maruthu Pandian, Dr.Jasmine Santhosh, Dr.Dheepa T.Durai and presented by Angel Studios MH LLP Yuvan Shankar Raja has scored music & Cinematography is handled by Richard M Nathan. Editing will be one by Anthony & K.Kathir is the Art director of the film. Lyrics -  Karky Choreography - Raju Sundharam, Brinda Stunt - Kanal Kannan Dialogue Writer - M R Pon Parthiban Costume Designer - Subhashree Kaarthik Vijay, Poorthi Pravin Stills - Ra...