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Dhanush rocks it in a dual role in Naane Varuven’s chilling teaser

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Dhanush rocks it in a dual role in Naane Varuven’s chilling teaser

The makers of ‘Naane Varuven’ had recently the film’s teaser. Dhanush plays a dual role in it. While one seems to be a simple family guy who lives with his wife and daughter, the other guy looks like a psycho killer. It gives creepy vibes like Kamal Haasan’s ‘Aalavandhan’.

The film directed by Selvaraghavan is highly anticipated film among cinephiles. It marks the brothers’ reunion after a long gap. Selvaraghavan is also acting in the film. It is the first time that Dhanush and Selvaraghavan are acting together. Others in the cast include Elli AvrRam, Prabhu, Induja Ravichandran and Yogi Babu.

‘Naane Varuven’ is produced by Kalaipuli S Thanu’s V Creations. Music for the film is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The makers have announced that it will hit screens on September 29, a day ahead of the release of ‘Ponniyin Selvan’.

Meanwhile, Dhanush’s recent release ‘Thiruchithramblam’ has has emerged as his highest grosser in Tamil Nadu. The film is all set to make its OTT debut on Sun NXT on September 23.

Here’s the lyric video of Alaikadal song from Ponniyin Selvan 1

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Here’s the lyric video of Alaikadal song from Ponniyin Selvan 1

With ‘Ponniyin Selvan 1’ (PS 1) set to storm screens on September 30, the makers have been actively promoting the film, on the ground and through social medias. They recently released the lyric video of ‘Alaikadal’ song online. It is penned by Siva.Ananth, composed by AR.Rahman and sung by Antara Nandy. The song video features Aishwarya Lekshmi’s character Poonguzhali and Karthi’s Vanthiyathevan in the midst of an ocean.

‘Ponniyin Selvan’, based on Kalki’s historic novel of the same name, tells the story of early days of Arulmozhi Varman, who later became the Chola emperor, Raja Raja Chola I. Jayam Ravi plays the titular role. Others in the cast include Vikram, Trisha, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai, Parthiban, Sobhita Dhulipala, Jayaram, Prakash Raj, Jayachitra, Rahman, Vikram Prabhu, Lal, Sarath Kumar, Babu Antony, Jayachitra, Riyaz Khan, and Ashwin Kakumanu.

Planned as a pan-Indian project, ‘PS 1’ will be releasing in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. It is produced by Lyca.Productions and Madras Talkies:

Jayasurya’s Eesho gets a thrilling trailer

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Jayasurya’s Eesho gets a thrilling trailer

Jayasurya’s upcoming film ‘Eesho’ directed by Nadhirshah is getting ready for a direct OTT release on Sony Liv on October 5. Last day, the makers announced the release date along with sharing a new trailer. The 2.31-minute-long trailer is centered around an ATM security’s encounter with a mysterious man on a rainy night. While Jayasurya plays the mysterious guy, Jaffer Idukki essays the other important role.

‘Eesho’ touted to be a thriller has Namitha Pramod as the female lead. Salim Kumar will be also seen playing a prominent role. Kottayam Nazeer, Suresh Krishna, Johny Antony, Akshara Kishore and Indrans are also part of the cast.

Nadhirshah, as a director, is well known for helming fun-filled entertainers. All his films so far — ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’, ‘Kattapanayile Rithwik Roshan’, ‘Mera Naam Shaji’ and ‘Keshu Ee Veedinte Nathan’ — had humour as the main element. With ‘Eesho’ being a thriller, it will be interesting to see how Nadhirshah has handled it. Suneesh Varanaad, who earlier penned the Manju Warrier-starrer ‘Mohanlal’, has scripted ‘Eesho’.

On the technical front, the film has Roby Varghese Raj as the cinematographer and Shameer Muhammed as the editor. Nadhirshah has composed the music and re-recording is done by Jakes Bejoy.

Arun Narayan is producing the film under his banner Arun Narayan Productions.

Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu crosses Rs 50-crore mark

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Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu crosses Rs 50-crore mark

‘Venthu Thaninthathu Kaadu’ (VTK), the recently released Simbu-Gautham Menon film continues to get get excellent response from all corners. The film collected a whopping Rs 50.56 crore at the box office from its first 4 days. The film is expected to cross the Rs 100-crore mark worldwide shortly.

Though ‘VTK’ tells the familiar story of an underdog’s rise in the Mumbai underworld, it has found widespread acceptance mostly because of Simbu’s performance, novelty in writing (Jeyamohan, Gautham Menon) and AR Rahman’s wonderful music. The film stars Siddhi Idnani as the female lead. Appukutty, Neeraj Madhav and Siddique essay other major roles.

With ‘Maanaadu’ and ‘VTK’, Simbu has now scored back to back blockbusters. The actor next has ‘Pathu Thala’, the remake of Kannada film ‘Mufti’ lined up for release. He also has ‘Corona Kumar with Gokul and the much-hyped second part of ‘VTK’ in the pipeline.

Shoot wrapped up for Tovino-Dr Biju film Adrishya Jalakangal

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Shoot wrapped up for Tovino-Dr Biju film Adrishya Jalakangal

We had earlier reported about award-winning director Dr Biju helming a film titled ‘Adrishya Jalakangal’. Tovino Thomas, Nimisha Sajayan and Indrans play the lead roles in the film, which marks the Malayalam debut of leading Telugu production house Mythri Movie Makers. They are jointly producing it with Ellanar Films and Tovino’s Tovino Thomas Productions.

Shoot for ‘Adrishya Jalakangal’ got wrapped up last day. The makers took to social media to inform the same. It is expected to be a hard-hitting film dealing with a relevant socio-political issue just like Dr Biju’s other films. Reportedly, it will be an anti-war film that depicts war as a man-made disaster and will explore society’s struggles for existence, love, peace, justice, relations, and sanity through its character.

Yedhu Radhakrishnan, son of late National award winner MJ Radhakrishnan, has cranked the camera. Davis Manuel is both the editor and associate director of the film.

Vineeth Sreenivasan heaps praise on Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu

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Vineeth Sreenivasan heaps praise on Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu

‘Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu’, the recently released Simbu-Gautham Menon film is getting excellent response from all corners. Though the film tells the familiar story of an underdog’s rise in the Mumbai underworld, it has found acceptance mostly because of Simbu’s performance, novelty in writing and AR Rahman’s wonderful music.

Malayalam actor-filmmaker Vineeth Sreenivasan has now come out heaping praise on ‘Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu’. In a note on his Facebook page, he mentioned about the sheer brilliance in writing, Simbu’s nuanced performance and how the familiarity in the tale has been overcome. He went on to call ‘Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu’ his favorite Gautham Menon film since ‘Kakkha Kakkha’ and his all-time favorite Simbu film.

Vineeth’s post reads,

It’s been two days since I saw Venthu Thaninthathu Kaadu and I am still thinking about the film. Because we have had so many crime dramas in the recent past, I don’t know how far this movie has impacted the audience. Also, the entertainment is not ‘on the face,loud natured’. But the performance, the making, the tweaking of tried and tested sequences, the sheer brilliance in the writing make me want to go watch this movie again. I would say this is my fav GVM film since Kakka Kakka.. And my fav Silambarasan film of all times. His performance is so detailed and so carefully done..
Some film makers after a certain age and experience hone their craft into its finest shape and form.. That’s when they shine brighter than ever…

P.s. Neeraj Madhav, loved ur rap song.. nailed it brother:)

Prithviraj’s Vilayath Buddha starts rolling

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Prithviraj’s Vilayath Buddha starts rolling

The much-anticipated Prithviraj Sukumaran starrer ‘Vilayath Buddha’ has started rolling. The film marks the directorial debut of Jayan Nambiar, a former associate of Sachy. Jayan was also Prithviraj’s associate in ‘Lucifer’.

‘Vilayath Buddha’ is based on GR Indugopan’s novel of the same name. The film was initially supposed to be directed by Sachy, who unfortunately passed away last year. It was only then that Jayan Nambiar took up the project.Urvasi Theatres is backing ‘Vilayath Buddha’, which has Marayoor and Idukki as the main locations.

The story of ‘Vilayath Buddha’ revolves around Bhaskaran master, who grows a sandalwood tree in his yard for a personal reason, and his student Double Mohanan, a smuggler, who challenges his teacher that he will cut down the tree. Prithviraj will be seen playing Double Mohanan’s role but the makers are yet to give confirm who will be essaying Bhaskaran Master’s part.

Indugopan and Rajesh Pinnadan are adapting the screenplay. More details are awaited.

Ntikkaakkoru Premandaarnn shoot wrapped up

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Ntikkaakkoru Premandaarnn shoot wrapped up

Shoot for Bhavana’s comeback film ‘Ntikkaakkoru Premandaarnn’ has ben wrapped up after 60 days of shoot. Written, directed and edited by debutant Adhil Maimoonath Ashraf, the film has Sharafudheen as the other main lead.

Though the makers are yet to confirm, ‘Ntikkaakkoru Premandaarnn’ promises to be a fun entertainer. The film has Vivek Bharathan penning the additional screenplay and dialogues. Cinematography is by Arun Rushdie and music is handled by three composers — Paul Mathews, Nishant Ramteke and Joker Blues. The film is produced by Renish Abdul Khader and Rajesh Krishna.

Bhavana’s last release in Malayalam was ‘Adam Joan’ five years back in 2017. In between this gap, she worked in a few Kannada films including ’99’, the official remake of blockbuster Tamil film ’96’, and the Shivarajkumar starrer ‘Bhajarangi 2’.

Yuvan Shankar Raja to compose music for Fahadh Faasil’s Hanuman Gear

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Yuvan Shankar Raja to compose music for Fahadh Faasil’s Hanuman Gear

Recently, we had reported about Fahadh Faasil teaming up with ‘Villali Veeran’ director Sudheesh Sankar for a new film titled ‘Hanuman Gear’. RB Choudary’s Super Good Films will be backing the film, which is their 96th project. As per trustworthy reports, the makers have signed Yuvan Shankar Raja to compose music for the film. If it’s true, it will mark Yuvan’s debut in Malayalam.

‘Hanuman Gear’ is reportedly based on Bino Jose, a Pala-based off road racer whose heroics on the track made him popular among Malayalis. The film’s first look has a lungi-clad Fahadh on top of a jeep. It is reminiscent of Bino’s popular picture from one of his racing endeavours. The makers are apparently planning it as a realistic entertainer. More details regarding the project are awaited.

Fahadh Faasil meanwhile has a promising line up of projects. He will be next seen in Tamil in Mari Selvaraj’s ‘Maamannan’ alongside Udhayanidhi Stalin and Keerthy Suresh. In Malayalam, Fahadh’s slate includes ‘Paachuvum Albhuthavilakkum’ with Akhil Sathyan and ‘Odum Kuthira Chadum Kuthira’ with Althaf Salim. In Telugu, he has ‘Pushpa’ sequel ‘Pushpa: The Rule’ coming up.

Kaapa shoot completed

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Kaapa shoot completed

Shoot for the upcoming Shaji Kailas directorial ‘Kaapa’ has successfully been wrapped up. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Asif Ali, Aparna Balamurali and Anna Ben as the leads. The makers announced the completion of shoot by sharing a new poster featuring all the four leads.

‘Kaapa’, based on a Indugopan’s short story, is touted to be an action thriller centered around gangsters in Thiruvananthapuram city. It has Prithviraj playing a gangster named Kotta Madhu. Dileesh Pothan, Nandu and many others are also part of the cast.

‘Kaapa’ is the first ever film to be backed by Film Employees Federation of Kerala (FEFKA) Writers Union. Writers Union. Theatre of Dreams, and Yoodle Films, the film division of Saregama, a leading music label owned by the RP- Sanjiv Goenka Group of companies, are also part of the production of ‘Kaapa’.

With the shoot done in quick time, the makers are expected to speed up the post-production and announce their release plans soon.