A quick look at everything making news in the world of cinema today!
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Rana Daggubati plays a scientist in Vijli
Heard on the street
Shankar, Kamal Haasan are reportedly teaming up for a sequel to their Indian
Newsworthy
Suriya’s Thaana Serndha Koottam will release on Pongal 2018
Oscar winner Nicole Kidman won her first ever Emmy Award as Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series, for her role in Big Little Lies. She called domestic abuse a “complicated, insidious disease”.
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Kausalya Shankar has approved of Magalir Mattum. The young woman’s tragic tale is presented differently in Bramma’s film. Instead of Shankar dying at the hands of his killers, Bramma shows the film’s lead Jyothika rescuing Shankar. In an interview with Ananda Vikatan, Kausalya said:
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“Many a time, I have rued the fact that nobody came forward to save Shankar and me. Atleast in the film version, I get to see Shankar live on. When director Bramma contacted me, he told me that he wanted to do something about the fact that nobody came forward to help us. That is exactly what he has done.”
Let them eat cake!
Actors Shabana Azmi, Upendra, Vinay Rai and sportsperson Ashwini Ponnappa will all turn a year older today!