An up-and-coming director Antony has accused Bogan’s producer Isari Ganesh and its director Lakshman of plagiarism. In an interview recently, Antony revealed that he’d come up with the idea for the story a long time ago and that he began filming it under the title, Halwa. Due to some production issues, the film was stalled mid-way.
Actor Suriya’s next film Thaanaa Serndha Kottam will have Keerthy Suresh as the female lead. The film will be directed by Vignesh Sivan. This marks Suriya’s 35th Tamil film, and Keerthy’s
Hip Hop Tamizha’s Aadhi revealed in a recent interview that it was director Sundar C who egged him on to make his acting debut. “As an independent artiste and composer, I was happy directing music videos.I had directed a music video on the ban on Jallikattu, and it was after seeing my work that Sundar sir insisted that I act,” said Adhi, and added that it was around the same time, he was working on a story.
Nikesha Patel is in talks to play one of the leads in the upcoming 100 Degree Celsius remake. The Tamil- Telugu bilingual, to be directed by Mithran Jawahar, will feature four leading actresses. Raai Laxmi has already been roped in for one of the lead roles, sources said. Talks are on with Trisha Krishnan to essay one of these leads. Reports indicate that Nivetha Pethuraj of Oru Naal Koothu fame is also in the running for one of the roles.
Director Vijay’s trilingual Tutak Tutak Tutiya released in Hindi, Tamil (as Devi(L)) and Telugu (as Abhinetri) last week to mostly positive reviews. Actor Sonu Sood, who produced the Hindi version, has expressed his interest to make a sequel with Prabhu Deva and Tamannaah, who starred in the horror comedy. He added that the sequel will be directed by Prabhu Deva and will be shot in Punjab and London.
Director Mithran Jawahar has zeroed in on his next film. He, who has a history of re-making successful films from other languages, will adapt the Malayalam thriller – 100 Degree Celsius, for the Tamil audience next, according to a report in Deccan Chronicle.
Vetrimaaran’s Visaaranai has been selected as India’s official entry for the Best Foreign language film category. A Tamil-language crime thriller, the movie features Samuthirakani, Dinesh, Anandhi and Aadukalam Murugadoss in the lead roles.Some people had misunderstood the announcement, and not realised that the only thing the singer, popularly known as the ‘Nightingale of the South’, had quit was singing.
Actor-composer GV Prakash Kumar will play the male lead in director Rambala’s upcoming film which will be produced by Stephen under his newly floated banner, Steeve’s Corner. Reportedly, GV Prakash will also compose the film’s music.
In an official press release, Stephen said:
Director Goverdhan Reddy aka Govi said in an interview that his film Nayaki failed at the Telugu box office owing to lack of promotion. Nayaki, starring Trisha in the lead role, is a horror comedy made both in Telugu and Tamil. The telugu version of the film released on the 15 July and was panned alike by critics and audiences, and was a box office failure.
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.
Kodi will release on October 28. The film will join Karthi’s Kaashmora and Suriya’s Singham 3 in theatres this Diwali. Dhanush took to his Twitter account to announce Kodi’s release date:
The shooting of upcoming Tamil film Bruce Lee, starring GV Prakash and Kriti Kharbanda, has been wrapped up. The film, directed by debutant Prashant Pandiyaraj, was launched last year. It is aiming for a September-end release. The film’s audio and trailer launch is expected to take place soon.
Sausage Party co-director Greg Tiernan has denied mistreating animators on his film. “These statements are without merit… our production adhered to all overtime regulations and our contractual obligations to our artists.
Actress Jyothi Lakshmi, who starred in a number of Tamil films, died on the night of 8 August, in Chennai. She had been suffering from blood cancer for some time, and had undergone treatment for it. She was 63 years old.
Report by Niveda Manohar, Photos by Sriram Narasimhan With celebrities like Shruti Haasan, Trisha Krishnan, Rana Daggubati et al, dressed to the T, The Provoke Awards was a stylish affair. Shruti Haasan, who was awarded the Youth Icon of the Year, was dressed in a black and gold dress designed by Sharnita Nandwana. Jayam Ravi, who was […]
Hari will direct Saamy 2, the sequel to the cult cop film Saamy. Vikram, who played a Deputy Commissioner of Police in the first film, will star in Saamy 2 as well. The announcement was made at the launch of Iru Mugan’s audio. Produced by Shibu Thameens, Saamy 2 will have music by Harris Jayaraj and cinematography by Priyan. There was no confirmation on whether Trisha Krishnan would be a part of the film.
Nayaki, director Govi Govardhan wanted us to believe, was centred around Trisha Krishnan. It was supposed to be the actor’s first attempt at a woman-centric film, her Maya. But in the actual movie, Trisha appears her immaculately coiffed self in some scenes, a gorgeous blue-grey zombie in others; there is a faux-sad backstory, a sloppily executed revenge-dance and several costume changes.
Tiger Shroff is getting ready to begin legal proceedings against aspiring director Kritik Kumar Pandey, who accused the actor and Baaghi director Sabbir Khan of plagiarism.If all goes well, Rana Daggubati will co-star with actor Venkatesh in Kshanam, director Ravikanth Perepu’s next film.Dwayne Johnson, popularly known as The Rock, is the highest paid actor, according to Forbes magazine.
The lyric writer and the singer of the silent song will be a great surprise for our fans. ” He confirmed that they had finished composing the introduction song titled God of Devil, which was trending on twitter last month. The movie has nine songs in total.Directed by Adhik Ravichandran of Trisha Illana Nayanthara fame, the movie has Silambarasan – popularly known as STR or ‘Simbu’ – playing triple roles.
Irrfan Khan has been taken to task by clerics on his recent comments about the slaughter of animals as ‘sacrifice’. Maulana Abdul Wahid Khatri, the state secretary of Jamaat-e-Ulema-e-Hind (a leading Islamic organisation in India), deemed the actor’s comments a publicity stunt, and said that the actor should concentrate on acting instead of commenting on religion.
As June gives way to July, we’ve got quite the list of films for you to keep track of. Appa, Jackson Durai hit the screens today and it’s going to be hard to make a decision between the two. Daddies or zombies?Freida Pinto, Sharmila Tagore and Deepa Mehta have reportedly been invited as members by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
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.
Cameo Films India, a production house based in Tamil Nadu, that had previously produced G V Prakash-starrer Trisha Illana Nayanthara, will now produce a film starring Tamil actor Atharvaa, directed by R. Ajay Gnanamuthu of Demonte Colony (2015) fame.
Yuvan Shankar Raja has collaborated in many films with Simbu including Manmadhan and Vallavan. STR will be seen in 3 different roles in the film, with one character based out of Chennai, Madurai, and Dubai each.Yuvan Shankar Raja has been signed to work as the music director for the next film by Silambarasam (STR) Anbanavan Adangathavan Asaradhavan (AAA).