Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthoori Raja, popularly known by his stage name Dhanush K Raja begun his acting career at the age of 20 fresh off school with his father’s film Thulluvadho Ilamai, a coming-of-age film that pulled crowds to the theatre turning out to be a huge success, a rare phenomenon for a debutant.
After a string of not so big films, Suriya’s major breakthrough came with director Bala’s Nandha where he played a Borstal-return juggling between life and love which earned him a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor.The actor, born to actor Sivakumar and Lakshmi did not actually want to step into the film industry until he was made to, at the age of 22 with director Vasanth’s 1997 film Nerrukku Ner alongside Vijay, Simran, and Kausalya.
The song has been rendered by Harini, Roop Kumar Rathod, Andrea Jeremiah, and GV Prakash himself.Director Vijay’s Madrasapattinam also starred Sathish, Nasser, late Cochin Hanifa, Alexx O’Nell, Elango Kumaravel, and several others.Selvaraghavan’s Mayakkam Enna starred Dhanush, Richa Gangopadhyay, Sunder Ramu, Rajiv Choudhry, and several others.
The trailer of Keerthy Suresh’s Penguin/PenQueen is out now. Helmed by debut director Eashvar Karthic, the film will directly hit the OTT platform Amazon Prime Video on June 19, 2020. The ‘woman-centric’ film is being bankrolled by Passion Studios and presented by filmmaker Karthik Subbaraj’s Stone Bench Films which previously produced Meyaadha Maan and Mercury. The film marks the third production of Stone Bench Films.
For filmmaker Gautam Vasudev Menon, the lockdown is proving rather productive and interesting in terms of the content he is creating. Karthik Dial Seytha Yen, a short prologue that featured STR and Trisha, the lead pair of his film Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaya went instantly viral. Following that up, the filmmaker has directed the video of a song ‘Oru Chance Kudu’.
The teaser of Keerthy Suresh’s Penguin/PenQueen is out now. Helmed by debut director Eashvar Karthic, the film will directly hit the OTT platform Amazon Prime Video on June 19, 2020. The ‘woman-centric’ film is being bankrolled by Passion Studios and presented by filmmaker Karthik Subbaraj’s Stone Bench Films which had previously produced Meyaadha Maan and Mercury. The film marks the third production of Stone Bench Films.
Keerthy Suresh’s Penguin/PenQueen will directly hit the OTT platform Amazon Prime Video on June 19, 2020. The teaser of the film will drop on Monday, June 8. Penguin that was to hit the screens in early 2020 will now directly premiere on the streaming service.
Roopa Rao who made the superb Kannada film, Gantumoote has made Silent Passage, a conversation film in which former lovers video call each other and talk about life and what went wrong.Karthik Dial Seytha Yenn, a spin-off of the 2010 hit Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, has been shot entirely in the lead actors’ respective homes with Gautham directing Trisha and Simbu virtually.
After permitting the resumption of post-production activities for both, the film and small screen industry with a limited crew, the TamilNadu government has now given the green signal for small screen shooting to commence. This decision came after several appeals were made by the Film Employees’ Federation of South India (FEFSI) and the Federation of Small Screen Technicians to the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Edapadi K Palaniswami.
The much-awaited Gautham Menon short film starring Silambarasan and Trisha dropped unannounced on Wednesday, late at night. Karthik Dial Seytha Yenn, a spin-off of their 2010 hit Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, has been shot entirely in the lead actors’ respective homes with Gautham directing them virtually. The short has been presented by the director’s Ondraga Entertainment and Vels International’s Ishari K Ganesh.
Following Jyotika starrer Ponmagal Vandhal, the next film to directly hit the Over-The-Top (OTT) platform is Keerthy Suresh’s Penguin/PenQueen. A film that was to hit the screens in early 2020 will now directly premiere on Amazon Prime on June 19, 2020.
With simple quotes to live by, Rajinikanth and Vivek remind you that happiness is the key. Petta is a Karthik Subbaraj film that also starred Vijay Sethupathi, Nawazzudin Siddiqui, Simran, Megha Akash, Trisha, Malavika Mohanan and Sanath.Mersal is an Atlee film that starred Vijay, Nithya Menen, Samantha, Kajal Aggarwal, Vadivelu and Sj Suryah. Music was by AR Rahman. Celebration time?
If you thought press meets are platforms for the press to interact with a film’s crew and get to ask them questions, talk about cinema, the craft and the art, spare a thought for those of us who suffer them each week. Forget about artistes respecting our time and giving us an interview, it has reached a point especially in Kollywood where they’re nothing more than a source of entertainment for the press. The media and the poor invitees who make up the audience get to witness two films at once — the film they are all there to talk about and the one the crew and special guests put on in front of the press. Even if the actual film fails, you’re guaranteed some fun beforehand.
Samantha Akkineni has completed shooting for her part in the second season of The Family Man, an action-drama thriller web series directed and bankrolled by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, known for creations such as Shor In The City and Go Goa Gone. The actress who is foraying into the digital medium is reportedly playing a negative role in the series, though there is no official confirmation from the makers.
The film was reportedly planned as a Mani Ratnam directorial, but he couldn’t take it up because of his commitment to the Ponniyin Selvan adaptation which he is currently working on. Ponniyin Selvan reportedly stars Jayam Ravi, Karthi Sivakumar, Vikram, Aishwarya Rai, Trisha, Lal, Ashwin Kakumanu, Aditi Rao Hydari, and others.
The first look of Mani Ratnam’s magnum opus based on Kalki’s classic Ponniyin Selvan is out now.
If there was one question I heard a lot before, during and after Rathna Kumar’s Aadai released, it was “Why do you need a costume designer for a film that doesn’t require clothes?The clothes she designed for the actor took into account the context of the character like the weather conditions without compromising on the style quotient in both timelines.
Beyond the promotions and the business of cinema, the many posed pictures, and the perfect profile shots, it is these candids that allow us to peek at the person behind the star.This year saw some of the biggest stars from across industries come down to Chennai to promote their work and we got to freeze from kodak moments.
Just recently it was announced that actor Arun Vijay will be associating once again with director Arivazhagan after their 2017 cop-thriller Kuttram 23. The untitled film has commenced shoot today after a simple puja, attended by the cast and crew along with the actor’s father Vijayakumar.
The makers of Amazon Prime’s web series The Family Man have brought on board actress Samantha Akkineni to essay a major role in the second season of the show which commenced shoot a few days back. The series starring National Award winners Manoj Bajpayee as ‘Srikant Tiwari’ and Priyamani as ‘Suchitra’ in lead roles has garnered good reviews for the first season comprising ten episodes that premiered on the OTT platform on September 20.
Independent, bold and opinionated, some of the things you can easily call the women of Gautham Menon’s films over the years, though they continue to exist in a man’s world. Right from Reena Joseph to Nithya Vasudevan, all of them were characters who called the shots in their own lives without being submissive. Though not ‘pathbreaking’ this is a welcome change because let’s face it both our society and our cinema expects otherwise of women. His upcoming film Ennai Nokki Paayum Thotta also seems to be lending a substantial role to Megha Akash who plays the female lead.
Union Information & Broadcasting Minister, Prakash Javdekar announced today that actor Rajinikanth will be honoured with the ‘Icon of Golden Jubilee’ award of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2019, set to happen in Goa.
It’s been a year and some days since 96 released, and much love has been shown to the film across social media. Facebook memories are being reposted and tweets being retweeted. And yes, the album by Govind Vasantha is playing on loop again. While delighted about all this, director C Prem Kumar, the man behind the film, is busy giving finishing touches to the Telugu version, starring Sharwanand and Samantha Akkineni, and produced by Dil Raju.
“The film is nearing completion; I should wrap it up in another 10-15 days, and the title will be decided after that. I’m glad I got fantastic performers in the form of Sharwanand and Samantha for the Telugu version as well,” says Prem.
I need to be careful and strike a balance. ” Gautham refers to Vettaiyaadu again, to talk about how he toned down the violence in the film during editing, because people were squirming… “The idea is to make the audience experience what the protagonist is experiencing, to get them to be more careful, to scare them.
On the occasion of lyricist Uma Devi’s birthday