Tamil actor Ajith Kumar, who was last seen as a cop in action-drama Valimai, will be collaborating with filmmaker Vignesh Shivan for a Tamil film, tentatively titled AK 62, the makers made the announcement through a statement on social media on Friday.
Rocky, the upcoming Tamil film starring actor Vasanth Ravi (of Taramani fame) and veteran filmmaker Bharathiraja, will release in theatres on December 23, announced director Vignesh Shivan, who is presenting the film.
A film by K Balachander that saw Rajinikanth play the dual roles of father and son lends its title to Nayanthara’s 65th outing as an actor. She has started work on Netrikann, directed by Milind Rau, and produced by her partner director Vignesh Shivan’s Rowdy Pictures. Work on the movie began on Sunday with a simple ceremony.
Kiara Advani is reportedly in talks with director Vignesh Shivan for SK17 starring Sivakarthikeyan. It is speculated that Alia Bhatt and Rashmika Mandanna are also in talks for the film.
On Sundauy, director Vignesh Shivn announced that he will be writing the lyrics for a song in the Suriya starrer NGK. Directed by Selvaraghavan, NGK’s music is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. Vignesh Shivn had earlier directed Suriya’s Thaana Serndha Kootam.
Vignesh Shivan will direct Vijay Sethupathi next, according to a source close to the director. The confusion over Vignesh Shivan’s next began when the official Twitter handle of Sun TV posted:
Actor Suriya had recently confirmed his next project with director Vignesh Shivan. The project is tentatively titled Suriya35 and the latest addition to its cast are director-actor KS Ravikumar, and actress Saranya Ponvannan. They have been roped in to play Suriya’s parents in the film. The remaining cast is yet to be finalized. The music will be scored by Anirudh Ravichander.
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Actor Suriya will team up with Naanum Rowdy Dhaan director Vignesh Shivan for a new film. This project will mark Suriya’s 35th film and will be produced by KE Gnanavel Raja under his Studio Green banner. Anirudh Ravichander has been signed on to compose the songs. Reports indicate that this film might be a bi-lingual, like Suriya’s 24, 7am Arivu.
Vignesh Shivan went on to explain himself through his Twitter page. He said that only had a few minutes on stage in the event, and wanted to talk about things that were relevant to Remo in particular, and the people involved in the film.At the recent first-look and song launch of Sivakarthikeyan’s Remo, director Vignesh Sivan’s speech created a controversy.
Rumours are rife on the Internet that actress Nayanthara and director-actor Vignesh Shivan are getting married in a hush-hush ceremony in Kochi.
Vignesh Shivan has written the introduction song for Ajith 55. The Poda Podi director confirmed the news to us and said, “I’m very excited to have written for an Ajith film. It feels like a dream come true.” The song – Addaru Uddaru – will have Ajith Kumar and Arun Vijay in it, and was choreographed by Sathish. The track – filmed on the streets of Chennai – was wrapped up earlier today.
Vignesh Shivan of Poda Podi fame, who has directed Anirudh Ravichander’s single, Chanceyilla has termed the experience of working with the young composer as ‘phenomenal’. The song, which is about Chennai, was penned by Vignesh and composed by Anirudh.
Tamil film Koozhangal (Pebbles) directed by Vinothraj PS, is India’s official entry to the 2022 Oscars.
If Koozhangal finds a place on the nomination list, it will represent India in the Best International Feature Film category at the Academy Awards next year.
A 15-member panel of the Film Federation of India, headed by filmmaker Shaji N Karun as the chairman of the jury, selected Koozhangal from among 14 shortlisted films. Mandela, Nayattu, Sherni and Sardar Udham were among the other films in the shortlist.
Produced by Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan under the Rowdy Pictures banner, Koozhangal, is directed by debutant Vinothraj, a Madurai-based filmmaker.
Making the announcement, Vignesh Shivan tweeted on Saturday “There’s a chance to hear this! “And the Oscars goes to …. “ Two steps away from a dream come true moment in our lives.”
As per the official synopsis of the film, in Koozhangal, “An alcoholic wife beater embarks on a journey, dragging his young son along to fetch back his wife whom he had chased away.”
Silverscreen India’s review of the film called it “part of a new wave happening on the peripheries of Tamil cinema where young filmmakers with little or no experience in filmmaking are coming up with stunning experiments in cinema.”
In February this year, Koozhangal also became the first Tamil film to win the prestigious Tiger Award at the 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
Speaking to Silverscreen India after the win, Vinothraj said “Everyone who had watched the film at the festival had liked it. We knew we were going to win something.”
“Film festivals are important. But I want the film to be seen by my people. It is about them, for them,” he added.
The Academy Awards are scheduled to be held in March, 2022. Other films selected to represent India at the Oscars in the past include Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Jallikattu and Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy. Both films failed to find a place on the nomination list. In the 2021 Academy Awards, Danish film Another Round won in the Best International Feature Film category.
Filmmaker Vignesh Shivan and actor Nayanthara’s next production venture is titled Oorkuruvi, their banner Rowdy Pictures announced on social media on Friday on the occasion of Dusshera.
Walking Talking Strawberry Icecream, the upcoming Tamil film, which will be the next production venture of filmmaker Vignesh Shivan and actor Nayanthara’s home banner Rowdy Pictures, was launched during an inaugural ceremony on February 27.
Pebbles (Koozhangal), Vinothraj PS’ Tamil directorial which is produced by Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan, became the first Tamil film to win the prestigious Tiger Award at the 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) on Sunday.
Vetri’s film follows the double narratives cutting seamlessly from one another, the city dwelling of the couple and the father’s rambunctious house in the village, with each of Sumathi’s siblings having suffered in some way or the other – in the eyes of the “society” – thanks to her elopement.Paava Kadhaigal, the Tamil anthology film Netflix announced long before pandemic struck in 2020 is finally out and gives us four tales of sins from four filmmakers – Sudha Kongara, Vignesh Shivan, Gautham Vasudev Menon and Vetri Maaran.
Netflix announced its first Tamil film Paava Kadhaigal, an anthology comprising four stories which will be directed by filmmakers Gautham Menon, Sudha Kongara, Vetrimaaran and Vignesh Shivan. The announcement comes a day after Amazon Prime Video announced the release of an anthology of five Tamil short films called Putham Pudhu Kaalai.
Suriya’s Thaanaa Serndha Koottam has been re-released in Malaysia. The Vignesh Shivan film has been scheduled for a week starting today at TSR Cinemax with one show per day.
Nayanthara has reportedly started shooting with director Milind Rau for an upcoming, as-yet-untitled film, which is likely to be produced by her partner and director Vignesh Shivan.
Nelson Dilipkumar, director of Kolamavu Kokila, tweeted out a casting call for his upcoming film and this received a response from many celebrities, including actor Sivakarthikeyan, director Vignesh Shivan and composer-singer Anirudh Ravichander.
For the first time since MeToo, the Tamil film industry has condemned one of the accused persons, Radha Ravi, for his comments slut-shaming Nayanthara at the audio launch of her film Kolaiyuthir Kaalam, and for mocking the Pollachi sexual assault incident. Nayanthara has responded asking the Nadigar Sangam to set up an ICC, DMK has suspended Radha Ravi temporarily, the Sangam has issued a warning letter, Nayanthara’s partner Vignesh Shivan has spoken strongly, and this morning, the TFPC issued a warning to Radha Ravi.
Nayanthara is likely to star in a movie directed by Milind Rau, of Aval fame. According to CE, the movie is produced by filmmaker Vignesh Shivan, who directed the actress in Naanum Rowdy Thaan.