CinemaSpeak.in

 by Rinku Gupta Post her shoot of Thalaivi, Kangana Ranaut has been busy with wedding festivities at her ancestral home in Himachal Pradesh. Today she shared a video of one of the ceremonies during the wedding of her cousin Karan Ranaut to Anjali Chauhan.  She extended  a warm welcome to  the bride  as a daughter entering the family. Here are  more pics from the festivities.  Kangana took to pastel shades for the ceremonies. With the happy couple Karan and Anjali.               Kangana with her sister Rangoli On the work front, Kangana is training hard for her upcoming  film Tejas.

 by Rinku Gupta After Kumki, Kaadan is being made on a huge budget with elephants playing central characters. Being made in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi it is directed by Prabhu Solomon. To get his act right, Rana Daggubati  transformed his physique and chiseled it to perfection. Produced by Eros, the first schedule of Kaadan was shot in Thailand with 40 jumbos. Later an elephant called Unni was used to shoot for next 60 days in Kerala. Later, the movie was shot in Sadhara in Pune, Mumbai Film City and Karakar for 70 days.   The crew shot the film in dense jungles, mountains with great difficulty.  Such  grandeur can be enjoyed only watching it in big screen and hence the makers are keen to release the film in cinema halls. The sound  for the mammoth project is by Oscar winner Resul Pookutty. After Baahubali, it was for Kaadan that Rana gave two years of call sheet. Vishnu Vishal plays a pivotal role in the movie. Shriya Pilgaonkar and Zoya Hussain are part...

 By Rinku Gupta Beats of Radhe Shyam, the first motion poster of the film, will be out on Prabhas's birthday, on  23rd October . Prabhas's Radhe Shyam is one of the most anticipated films of 2021. The love drama is directed by K.K.Radha Krishna Kumar who debuted with the action thriller Jil. Produced by    UV Creations, the film has Pooja Hegde as the heroine.  Today, a pre- birthday poster of Prabhas has been released much to the delight of fans.  The latest update  is that Kollywood's acclaimed music composer Justin Prabhakaran has been roped in for the project.  Justin  will be scoring the music for Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam versions of Radhe Shyam. He is one of the noted South Indian music directors and Radhe Shyam will be his biggest project till date. The shooting of Radhe Shyam is presently going on in Italy with the lead pair, Prabhas and Pooja Hegde. Meanwhile, the motion poster of Radhe Shyam will be out on October 23rd...

 By Rinku Gupta Actor Kangana Ranaut has been real busy post the schedule of Thalaivi. After the shoot down South, she went back to hometown Manali to celebrate the pre-wedding festivities of her 2 brothers, Aksht and cousin Karan. Kangana  at brother Aksht's traditional Himachali Badhai ceremony at maternal grand- parent's home Kangana at her brother Karan's haldi ceremony Sharing a video of the ceremony of brother Karan's Haldi, the actor tweeted today,  "After Rangoli’s wedding for more than a decade there was no wedding in the family all thanks to me but today my brothers Karan and Aksht broke the jinx and our ancestral house is drowned in wedding festivities, two weddings in three weeks starting with Karan ki Haldi today " The actor celebrated the haldi ceremony with family and close friends. She shared the two different looks of both days, on her social media handles. Kangana at Aksht's Badhai ceremony   She tweeted that she wore her mother's jhu...

 By Rinku Gupta Actor Karthi and wife Ranjini have been blessed with a baby boy.  The actor shared the news on social media, thanking God and medical personnel. He tweeted, " Dear friends and family, we are blessed with a boy baby. We can’t thank enough our doctors and nurses who took us through this life changing experience. 🙏🏽 need all your blessings for the little one. Thank you god!" The Sulthan actor has a daughter Umayal and now has been blessed with a boy.  Incidentally, brother Suriya too has a daughter Diya and son Dev while their sister Brindha Sivakumar too has a daughter Tanvi and son Guhan.  An interesting coincidence is that all 3 Sivakumar siblings have a daughter as their first born followed by a son. Congratulatory messages have been pouring in on social media.  An ecstatic brother Suriya tweeted, "We are blessed! Thank you yet again Dr. Nirmala Jayashankar and team 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽" Hearty congrats to the family on their bundle of joy!

  by Rinku Gupta Streaming now on Sony Liv , Scam 1992 The Harshad Mehta Story is easily amongst the most gripping and interesting shows on the OTT platform.   Produced by Applause Entertainment and directed by Hansal Mehta the 10 episode web- series is based on the book by journalist Sucheta Dalal who traced the rise and fall of the ambitious stockbroker and financial wizard Harshad Mehta, who rose to fame in the 90's.  Tracing the story would be a spoiler  so we wont get into the details. Many factors make this web-series a not- to- be missed experience. For one,  the way the events are narrated, even those who are unfamiliar with the  workings of the stock market, will understand what's going on. Another strong point is the emotional connect with each character,  which keeps you strongly invested in the story from start to finish.  This is also largely possible due to the excellent casting by Mukesh Chhabra. Be it the lead artists, or sup...

 By Rinku Gupta After being seen and appreciated  in Karthik Subbaraj's OTT short film as part of the anthology, Putham Pudhu Kaalai,  on Amazon Prime, Bobby Simha is readying for next, a full length feature film. His  next will be a gangster thriller. The film is to be directed by Vikram Rajeshwar, the son of well known Tamil cinema writer and director K Rajeshwar ( Aval Appadithan, Paneer Pushpangal, Kadalora Kavithaigal, Amaran, Nyaya Tharasu, Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi etc).  Vikram  will make his debut as a director with this film, the story of which has been penned by his dad. Vikram has made a name for himself in the ad world prior to this.  The shoot is to begin in 2021.

 By Rinku Gupta Jayam Ravi has unveiled the first look of Boomika, which is the 25th film of actor Aishwarya Rajesh. The powerhouse performer recently recieved kudos for her act in Ka Pae Ranasingam. Director Rathindran R Prasad reveals, “Boomika will be an intense thriller laced with surprising twists. Personally, I am very much happy to see the spellbinding performance of Aishwarya Rajesh, who has been enthusiastically involved in the project, right from the beginning." The film was shot in the Nilgiris. He adds, "The actor overcame gruelling shoot days and many adverse climatic situations while shooting the movie across Nilgiris, but her focus on defining perfection in every shot has added immensely to the final outcome. I am confident that audiences  will definitely appreciate her proficiency and dedication. Stone Bench Films has become an emblem of churning out commendable films. To get an opportunity to be a part of a project produced by them is exciting." Director...

 By Rinku Gupta   Music and Mysskin films have been inseparable and have inspired audiences. Music always remains as a prominent character in his movies, and this remains a substantial reason behind the songs becoming magical hits.  With Pisasu 2 (starring Andrea Jeremiah in the lead role), he collaborates with music director Karthik Raja this time. The composing session for the film has already started. “The legacy of Pisasu found a good reception for its musical score. When I conceptualized the premise of Pisasu 2, I wanted to make sure that it doesn’t miss the musical prominence, for the film owns an emotionally-driven plot, which is better when conveyed through music. I am happy to be associated with Karthik Raja for this project.  His musical scores have been immensely popular and have intensified the substance of contents in many films. We are enjoying every part of the jamming session and are looking forward to a memorable and special experience together,” sa...

By Rinku Gupta Pan-India star Prabhas is all set to ring in his birthday on 23rd October. To mark the occasion, the makers are coming up with a special announcement and are calling it  ‘#BeatsOfRadheShyam.’ The makers unveiled the poster which mentions the special unveil. Touted to be a magnum opus, 'Radhe Shyam' is touted to be an epic love story set in Europe. The movie stars Prabhas and Pooja Hegde in the lead. Very recently the first look of Pooja was unveiled on the eve of her birthday.   The film’s shoot was already in progress in Georgia when the pandemic hit and was put on a halt. Earlier this month the team resumed the shoot again. The film will also feature Sachin Khedekar, Bhagyashree, Priyadarshi, Murali Sharma, Sasha Chettri, and Kunaal Roy Kapur among others and will be released in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada languages simultaneously. Written and directed by Radha Krishna Kumar, the film is expected to release in 2021.  The film is produ...

 By Rinku Gupta Real time buddies Vishal and Arya will be teaming up on the silver screen in Irumugam director Anand Shankar's next film. The duo last worked together in Bala's Avan Ivan, nearly 9 years ago. Mini Studios have announced their venture with the duo, "Vishal and Arya are co-starring in our film, which will release in multiple languages. This  will be our production company's 9th film and our4th in Tamil. " The film will have cinematographer RD Rajasekar  handling the camera.  The buzz is that Arya will be playing the villain. Mirnalini Ravi is touted to be part of the cast.  The shoot of the film has started on 16th October with a Pooja at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad.  Details about other technical crew and artists will be out soon.  

 By Rinku Gupta Madhav Media is making a series of promising films in Tamil cinema. After Zero and Ispade Rajavum Idhaya Raniyum ,  the production house is busy with two other  ventures,  they are Oh Mana Pennae starring Harish Kalyan and another movie that brings together Director Sasi and Harish Kalyan. They have now rolled out another mega movie,  Starring actor Simbu in Suseenthiran's direction.   It is a commercial entertainer with action, emotion,  love, sentiment and comedy. Nidhi Agerwal from Tollywood has been cast opposite STR. She is also part of Jayam Ravi's Bhoomi. Simbu has lost weight and worked on his physique for this movie. He is touted to be playing an interesting lead role in the venture. . Bharathiraja is also a part of the project with several other artists. The cinematography is done by Thiru, music by SS Thaman, editing is by Antony and production designer-Rajeevan. The shooting is going on at Dindigul and adjoining are...

 by Rinku Gupta Actor R Madhavan was recently seen in Nishabdam opposite Anushka Shetty, on the OTT platform. Now his next, Maara, is set to go the OTT  way as well. From the moment it was announced and launched, this Madhavan-Shraddha Srinath starrer Maara had created a buzz of expectations from the powerhouse performers. The duo were seen together in Vikram Vedha earlier. The  first look  was unveiled recently and wowed fans.  What is more exciting for the team now  is that it has found a platform of big release on OTT through Amazon Prime Video.  In addition to the colourful first look, the announcement of  the release date of Dec 17th  has brought a buzz of  excitement as well. Filmmaker Dhilip Kumar, who earlier found fame through a Tamil movie ‘Kalki’ that, was streamed on Netflix, is directing this film apart from writing the script along with Bipin Ragu. Ghibran’s score has always been a boon for love stories, and ‘Maara’ team as...

 By Rinku Gupta Actor Yashikaa Aannand has been regularly  re-inventing herself during the lockdown. A few months ago she surprised fans with pics of having lost oodles of weight. Later several hip photo shoots followed,  keeping fans glued to her social media pages. The actor seems to love the camera and even when she's not shooting, enjoys experimenting in photo shoots, showcasing  a variety of trendy fashion wear, make-up  looks and hairstyles.  Now, in her latest avatar in real life, Yashikaa has gone chop chop and given herself a makeover,  with a completely new hairstyle! She has gone for the trendy inverted bob cut, with bangs, also known as the graduated bob, which is all the rage in style circles.  The look is recieving compliments from her fans. The sleek look looks stylish and trendy on the Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu actor. Knowing her penchant for photos, Yashika will surely post more of the same soon for fans! Here are some of the...