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Irumugan, Pete’s Dragon & More: Curtain Raiser – 13 August 2016

From Irumugan to Pete’s Dragon, here’s a quick look at all things bright and shiny in the world of cinema today!

A D V E R T I S E M E N T

Signed

Sneha has signed a Malayalam film.

Releases, Releases

Kodi, Kaththi Sandai will go head to head this Diwali; while Irumugan will release on September 1.

The new teaser for Nenjam Marappathillai has this cool Dhanush reference. And plenty of ghosts.

Newsworthy

Disney will receive about $20 million in taxpayer subsidies for making Pete’s Dragon in New Zealand, after it became the first feature film to qualify for a 25% production rebate.

Spotlight

Recommended

Actress Kalki Koechlin revealed recently that learning to live alone was the worst part about being single. “I found it really hard when I left Anurag (Kashyap, her ex-husband). The first year… it was tough. I grew up in boarding school and then shared houses with people, so I had never lived alone. But it’s something I really needed to learn how to do,” Kalki said.

Time Out

Actor Shah Rukh Khan was detained at the Los Angeles airport by Immigration officials. While SRK busied himself catching Pokemons, Twitter trolled him.

Let Them Eat Cake!

Sridevi Kapoor, Sebastian Stan, and John Slattery will turn a year older today!

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