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Gurusomasundaram will play the villain in Yaakkai
Robert Redford, Jane Fonda join Ritesh Batra’s upcoming Hollywood film
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The title of Udhayanidhi Stalin was revealed recently. Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen will star Udhayanidhi alongside Regina Cassandra and Srushti Dange. Ezhil will direct.
Lakshmy Ramakrishnan’s Ammani will release on 14 October.
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Earlier this week, it was reported that the fourth instalment of the popular Raaz franchise, directed by Bhatt, had been leaked. The news of its leak went viral on Tuesday night, with lead actor Emraan Hashmi urging his fans to avoid watching the leaked version.
Director Vikram Bhatt, however, denied these claims. “It’s not really leaked. We put in a bogus file because we know what’s been happening for the past few films, and we have understood that” he said.
The filmmaker said he was amazed to see that within 10 to 15 minutes of the news being leaked that the film is online, “5,000 downloads had happened. 5,000 downloads of a film which was not even Raaz Reboot. So this is how Torrents is destroying the business. Now this (planting a bogus file) is our way of warning those people to stay away from our content. So, no, the film has not leaked,” he explained.
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Jonah Hill is reported to have cancelled all French media arrangements after an exceedingly awkward interview saw him “ridiculed” by a comedian on live television. Appearing on French nightly talk show Le Grand Journal on Friday, the 32-year-old actor appeared visibly dismayed after comedian Ornella Fleury said she wanted to lure him into a sexual fantasy with his high-profile friends and then exclude him.
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Director P Vasu, Ramya Krishnan, Rocker Tommy Lee Jones, Reality Star Heidi Montag, Screenwriter Oliver Stone will all turn a year older today!