Vijay appears tonsured in his 60th flick

Vijay Antony’s new look makes waves

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The first look of Vijay Antony‘s upcoming film ‘Saithan‘ is out and it has been making waves in the social media. Meanwhile, the music composer-turned-actor is happy with the ‘success’ of the Telugu version of his recent Tamil hit ‘Pichaikaran’.

Released over the past weekend, ‘Bichagadu’ (title of the Telugu version) has begun to alter many earlier records, said a press release, which quoted Vijay Antony as saying: “I owe this success to my Director Sasi sir and my distributor Lakshman. His courage on releasing this film against a massive film, pinning hopes on the content has been the biggest plus factor.”

He said further: “I am indeed excited to be termed as a hero who can command commercial respect in two languages at the same time. I was told that it is a rare occasion for a Tamil hero to be accepted in this region of the country.”

With a proper script, execution and plan on the release I’m confident that all my future films will have a great visibility here in the Telugu film industry. This effort will enhance my commercial reputation as a star in south, he added.

At present, Vijay Antony is busy with films such as ‘Yeman’ and ‘Hitler’.

‘Senthoorapoovey’ director passes away

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Veteran filmmaker P R Devaraj, who made movies like Vijayakanth’s blockbuster ‘Senthoorapoovey‘, died in Hyderabad this morning due to a sudden cardiac arrest.

Besides ‘Senthoorapoovey’, Devaraj had helmed a movie titled ‘layaragam’ in 1995 which had music composed by Ilayaraja. He was a resident of T Nagar in Chennai and was in Hyderabad for some time, it is learnt.

‘Senthoorapoovey’ hit the screens in 1988. It is a musical hit starring Vijayakanth, Ramki and Nirosha in lead roles. The film had musical score by Manoj – Gyan and was released on 23 September 1988.

The soundtrack, which too was released in 1988, featured eight songs with lyrics written by Aabavanan, Vairamuthu and Muthulingam. The film reportedly collected Rs 2.5 crore in the box-office, which was a huge amount then.

Nasser, Vishal attend Jayalalithaa swearing-in

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On behalf of South Indian Artistes Association (Nadigar Sangam), its president Nasser and general secretary Vishal attended the swearing-in ceremony of AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for sixth time.

Besides them, a large number of film personalities attended the high profile event, which took place at the centenary auditorium of Madras University. The list includes Ilayaraja, Sivakumar, Karthi, AVM Saravanan, Prabhu, Vikram Prabhu, Kalaipuli S Thanu, Sathyaraj, Vivekh, Arjun, Jayam Ravi, P Suseela, Deva and Vani Jayaram.

Earlier this morning, Tamil Film Producers Council president Kalaipuli S Thanu and other office-bearers greeted Jayalalithaa in the form of newspaper advertisements.

As soon as the results declared AIADMK as the winner in the Assembly elections on Thursday last, a lot of prominent names of the cinema industry greeted Jayalalithaa for her record success.

Interestingly, Tamil Nadu is being ruled by film personalities for the past four decades and more. It is to be noted that Jayalalithaa was once a top heroine of Kollywood. She was groomed in politics by her mentor and former chief minister M G Ramachandran, who was a matinee idol of Tamil cinema.

Fresh date for Simbu-Nayan

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Known for its historic delay, ‘Idhu Namma Aalu‘ has finally got a new release date. As per the latest update from the movie’s makers, the Simbu–Nayanthara starrer flick will hit the screens on May 27.

“Idhu Namma Aalu will sure get released on May 27. There won’t be any more delay,” said those associated with the project. Directed by Pandiraj and bankrolled by Pasanga Productions in association with T Rajendhar, the film has music by Kuralarasan.

Andrea Jeremiah, Soori and Jayaprakash portray key roles in ‘Idhu Namma Aalu’, which is tipped to be a feel good entertainer that talks about love before and after marriage.

It may be recalled that in January 2015, Pandiraj tweeted about his annoyance at Kuralarasan’s delay in providing the film’s music and stated that a planned teaser scheduled for the month had to be delayed. The director and music composer later exchanged tweets blaming each other for the slow progress of the film.

‘Kabali’ to speak in Malay

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In yet another first, Superstar Rajinikanth‘s ‘Kabali’ will be the first Tamil film to be dubbed in Malay. Malik Streams Productions and Distribution, a Malaysian media company has dubbed the film and a Malay teaser has also been released.

With the film’s Tamil teaser setting new records on YouTube, the team is now gearing up for the audio launch, which would take place in Chennai during the first week of June.

“Along with the audio album composed by Santhosh Narayanan, the trailer of ‘Kabali’ will also be released. Both will give goosebumps to Rajini fans,” said circles close to the team.

Besides Rajinikanth, ‘Kabali’ has Radhika Apte, ‘Attakathi’ Dinesh, Dhansika, Kishore, John Vijay and Kalaiarasan in key roles. The film produced by Kalaipuli S Thanu has cinematography by G Murali and editing by Praveen K L.