Mammootty's Brahmayugam in UK University syllabus / Anupam Kher joins Prabhas

Mammootty’s Brahmayugam has been included in UK University curriculum as per a video put out by a UK student. It shows the classroom where the film’s sound design has even been compared to the Dementors’ death rattle from Harry Potter, The authencity of the video is not known but some actors m Director and music director have shared this on their Instagram. Producers are keeping mum on it. The entire horror unfolds within and around this eerie mansion, in which the Boss Mammootty along with a cook stays and in comes a character and setting the stage for the film’s chilling atmosphere. See ; Video link https://youtu.be/HNBmtiSM9CM

Riding high on the massive success of his recent blockbusters, Salaar and Kalki 2898 AD, Rebel Star Prabhas is presently starring in the exciting new venture, directed by the creative director Hanu Raghavapudi. The film produced by the renowned Pan-India studio Mythri Movie Makers promises to be a grand spectacle, brimming with larger-than-life elements. The latest update is that Bollywood legend Anupam Kher is on board for a very important role. The news was shared by the actor himself. Known for his selective approach to roles, Anupam called the film's script "amazing" and was excited to share screen space with Prabhas. He also praised the director, Hanu Raghavapudi, for his talent. "What more can one ask for in life?" Anupam said. “ANNOUNCEMENT: Delighted to announce my 544th untitled film with the #Bahubali of #IndianCinema, the one and only #Prabhas! The film is directed by the incredibly talented @hanurpudi and produced by the wonderful team at @MythriOfficial! My dear friend and brilliant #SudeepChatterjee is the #DoP! कमाल की कहानी है!! और क्या चाहिए लाइफ में दोस्तों! जय हो! ” reads Anupem Kher’s statement. This film marks the first-ever collaboration between Prabhas, Hanu Raghavapudi, and Mythri Movie Makers. This Historical fiction/ Alternate History set in the 1940’s is the tale of a warrior who rose from the shadows, emerging from a society that believed war was the only answer to the buried injustices and forgotten truths that history kept hidden from the world. Imanvi is the lead actress opposite Prabhas in the movie, while the yesteryear eminent actors Mithun Chakraborty and Jaya Prada play pivotal roles. The movie is to be mounted on a high budget with lavish production values and world-class technical standards. Naveen Yerneni and Y Ravi Shankar will bankroll the project which will have a team of leading technicians taking care of different crafts. Sudeep Chatterjee ISC cranks the camera, while Vishal Chandrasekhar provides the music. Anil Vilas Jadhav handles the production design, whereas Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao is the editor. The film’s shoot is presently underway. Cast: Prabhas, Imanvi, Mithun Chakraborty, Jaya Prada and others. Technical Crew: Writer, Director: Hanu Raghavapudi Banner: Mythri Movie Makers Producers: Naveen Yerneni and Y Ravi Shankar DOP: Sudeep Chatterjee ISC Music: Vishal Chandrasekhar Production designer : Anil Vilas Jadhav Editor: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao Lyrics : Krishna Kanth Costume Designers: Sheetal Iqbal Sharma, T Vijay Bhaskar VFX: RC Kamala Kannan Publicity Designers: Anil-Bhanu PRO: Yuvraaj Marketing: First Show

Vidamuyurchi 2025 First Disaster / Suriya Retro 1st single / Vikram Prabhu - Sushmitha Bhat film launched

Vidamuyurchi released on February 6. It had a four-day extended opening weekend but failed to make the most of it. In the opening weekend, it earned only 63.25 crores. On Monday, the collection dropped to 3.20 crores, a sharp decline of 88% compared to the opening day’s 27 crores. Compared to Sunday’s 12.50 crores, it dropped 74%.Yesterday, on day 5, Vidaamuyarchi witnessed an upward trend, but it was useless since only 3.35 crores came in. Such jumps won’t take the film anywhere, and its fate is very much sealed. Including Tuesday’s numbers, the total collection at the Indian box office stands at 69.80 crore net. Ajith Kumar starrer is an expensive film with a budget of a whopping 185 crores. Compared to this cost, the film has earned only 69.80 crores, meaning only 37.72% of the total budget has been recovered so far. A huge amount of 115.20 crores is yet to be recovered. It’s clear that Vidaamuyarchi won’t recover its budget and face a box office deficit, thus ending its theatrical journey as a losing affair. Meanwhile, globally, the film has earned 118.84 crore gross in 6 days. It includes 82.36 crore gross from India and 36.48 crore gross from overseas.

The much-awaited film “Retro” starring lead actor Suriya and directed by Karthik Subbaraj has been getting fans excited with successive updates. In this context, the first single song “Kannadi Poove” has been released as a beautiful melody song that will captivate the hearts of the fans. This song has been composed and sung by composer Santhosh Narayanan with lyricist Vivek's wonderful lyrics. The song has been winning the hearts of music fans since its release and is receiving a huge response. The film stars Suriya in the lead role and stars Pooja Hegde as his partner. Jayaram, Joju George, Karunakaran, Nasser, Sujith Shankar, Tamil, Premkumar, Ramya Suresh and many other leading stars have acted together. Cinematographer Shreyas Krishna has handled the cinematography for this film, while Santhosh Narayanan has composed the music. Shafiq Muhammad Ali has handled the editing work. Touted to be an action-packed romantic entertainer, the film is produced by 2D Entertainment under the banner of producers Jyothika and Surya, along with Stone Bench Productions. Rajasekhar Karpoor Sundarapandyan and Karthikeyan Santhanam have served as co-producers. The shooting of this film has been completed in four phases in Andaman, Ooty, Kerala, and Chennai. The film is scheduled to be released in theaters worldwide on May 1st. https://youtu.be/eNX9VqUzBco

Debut filmmaker Shanmuga Priyan embarks on his directorial journey with the film ‘Love Marriage’, starring Vikram Prabhu & Sushmitha Bhat (Heroine of Gvm-Mammootty’s Film fame) in the lead roles. The film also features Meenakshi Dinesh, Ramesh Thilak, Aruldoss, Gajaraj, Muruganantham, and Kodangi Vadivelu among others in pivotal roles. Furthermore, Sathyaraj is playing a special cameo in this movie. Sean Roldan, the current sensation in Tamil music industry, is composing music for this film .Madhan Christopher is handling cinematograph. Bharath Vikraman is overseeing editing works and M. Murali is taking care of production designing. The film laced with entertainment elements, set against the rural backdrops. Produced by the makers of last year’s summer super hit film STAR - “Rise East Entertainment” is associating with “Assure Films, for another Summer release Director Shanmuga Priyan had earlier worked as an associate director for filmmaker Anand Shankar on the films NOTA and Enemy, and as a co-director for film maker Ra.Karthik on the film ‘Nitham Oru Vaanam’ Shedding lights on the film, director Shanmuga Priyan says, “A heartwarming family entertainer set in a charming village, this film brings laughter and emotion as it follows the hilarious and relatable journey of men struggling with the ‘Late marriage’ dilemma.” While the film’s shooting is already wrapped up and postproduction work is in full swing, the film’s first look has been released now. Significantly, fans and film enthusiasts are appreciating the impressive style of the hero, heroine & other characters' appearance in the first look.

Rajini says sorry to Vijay /TVK functionary kidnapped media guys / Jailer 2 to decide NTR- Nelson combo

Rajinikanth Team has disassociated itself from the plea of the Thalaivar fan to pelt eggs on Vijay who is now TVK party founder and President. What infuriated the fan to make this appeal we do not know and why Tram Rajinikanth decided to single out this post to react, we are not aware. We have read many malicious posts on Vijay and purportedly calling them as Rajini fans. Adding to this is a story in The Commune that Vijay has appointed one ECR Sarvanan as functionary of suburban Chennai of his TVK party. Now it seems that this Sarvanan and his men stopped a TV crew or crews from filming animals being used inside the sets of a film studio in Nazzarpet and this where the EVP Film city is located. The remember the TV channels giving out the Breaking news and I think some crews used drones. Report says that journalists were beaten up and equipment’s confiscated by ECR Sarvanan. The report carries a new item with colour photo of ECR Sarvanan with Vijay and man Friday Bissy Anand published in Malai Malar. Was this a news item or an advt ? Any read it at https://thecommunemag.com/part-time-politician-vijay-appoints-ecr-saravanan-as-tvk-functionary-was-linked-to-news-journalist-kidnapping/

We had reported that NTr Jr next with Neel is going to floors next week. It seems that Neel had already started shoot with other actors and that NTR is going to join him. After this will NTR start Devara 2 with Koratala Siva ?, It seems that NTR feels that story told by Nelson of Jailer fame is better. The catch is that if Nelson sequel Jailer 2 dies well , NTR will okay him or else he will go back to Siva. Nelson after having signed Rajinikanth for Jailer was put in pause mode as Beast directed by him got lok of flak from critics. Rajini then had a talk with Sun Pictures and found that the box office collections of Beast was mind blogging. Only after this Jailer took off. Now normally sequels in Tamil have not succeeded and if Jailer 2 is a hit, he direct NTR. NTR Neel project will take 18 months and by then Jailer 2 should be out.

What Kamal does not like about Bollywood ?/ Yuvan Sweetheart first song / Suzhal 2 Feb 28

In an old 2017 interview with India Today, Kamal had some shocking revelations as to why he took this decision to leave Bollywood. One was the Bollywood style of functioning where one film took two years to complete and actors committing to six projects at same time. He revealed that there were also too many underworld connections from Bollywood, which he wanted to escape. Kamal Haasan considered himself quite ‘happy’ while staying away from black money and all the underworld aspects of the showbiz. In 2024,he acted in Kalki along with Amitabh and Prabhas and was a big hit in North India. In second part, Kamal and Prabhas have major portions. Mani Ratnam directed Thug Life is releasing on June 5th. This combo came together in Nayagan. Kamal planned to remake and act in Devar Magan's Hindi version. He requested Dilip Kumar to play his father. When Dilip was unable to, Kamal lost all interest and sold the films story to Mushir and Riaz . The film ended up as Virasat with Anil Kapoor in the lead and directed by Priyadarshan Geraftaar released in 1985 is the only film that had Amitabh, Rajinikanth and Kamal in one film. It was a blockbuster hit From Ek Fuje Ke Liye to Kalki, 24 films of Kamal ,straight and dubbed into Hindi were release. Sanam Teri Kasam in which Kamal and reena Roy was dubbed into Tamil as Paadagan. Dekha pyar Tumhara of Kamal was dubbed into Telugu and released as Allari Mogudu Anumanam Pellam. Kamal’s first directorial venture was Chachi 420 in Hindi and a remake of Avvai Shanmughi. His second directorial was Hey Ram a Tamil- Hindi with Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukherji

The first single of Yuvan Shankar Raja's 'Sweetheart' is out The first song 'Aasam Kissa..' from the film 'Sweetheart' starring actor Rio Raj, along with the lyrical video for the song, has been released. Debutant director Svineeth S. Sukumar's upcoming film 'Sweetheart' stars Rio Raj, Gopika Ramesh, Arunachaleswaran, Renji Panicker, Tulasi and others. Comedian Reddin Kingsley also makes a special appearance. Balaji Subramaniam has handled the cinematography for this film and Yuvan Shankar Raja has composed the music. Tamilarasan has handled the editing while Sivashankar has taken care of the art direction. This film, which is being prepared in the comedy with romantic genre, has been produced by producer Yuvan Shankar Raja on behalf of YSR Films. After the release of the first look of the film and its huge response, the first song from the film, 'Aasam Kissa..', along with its lyrical video, has been released. The song has been penned by lyricists Keli Thi and Gana Francis and sung by composer and singer Yuvan Shankar Raja and Afro. Following this, details of the film, including the teaser and trailer, are expected to be officially released soon. Yuvan Shankar Raja - Svineeth S. Sukumar - Afro collaboration film music is receiving a great response as it has been created as a vibe song for the fans to celebrate enthusiastically.

Prime Video Announces the Global Premiere of the Second Season of its Acclaimed Tamil Original Crime Thriller Series Suzhal—The Vortex, Launching on February 28 A gripping crime thriller, Suzhal—The Vortex Season 2 is set against the backdrop of the visually striking Ashtakaali festival as the story unfolds in the small fictional village of Kaalipattanam Produced under the banner of Wallwatcher Films, written and created by Pushkar and Gayatri, and directed by Bramma and Sarjun KM, Suzhal—The Vortex Season 2 is a crime thriller interwoven with elements of family dynamics, love, sacrifice, and raw human emotions The series features a talented ensemble cast, including Kathir and Aishwarya Rajesh in the lead along with Lal, Saravanan, Gouri Kishan, Monisha Blessy, Samyuktha Vishwanathan, Shrisha, Abhirami Bose, Nikhila Sankar, Rini, Kalaivani Bhaskar, and Ashwini Nambiar in pivotal roles, along with Manjima Mohan and Kayal Chandran making special appearances Suzhal-The Vortex Season 2 is set to premiere exclusively on Prime Video in India and over 240 countries and territories worldwide on February 28

Less Mass More Content reason for Vidamuyurchi struggle / Mohanlal Directorial Barroz got Rs 4 cr share for Producer !!!

VIDAAMUYARCHI BOX OFFICE CURRENT REPORT The movie is struggling at the box office right now. The film collected just 90 crores worldwide in 3 days which is quite low for an Ajith film. It needs to collect 185 crores worldwide to break even with a 92 crores distributors share. The positive is for now no Tamil movie is releasing and Thandel is no where to be seen in Tamil theatres. So Vidaamuyarchi has chances to squeak through and become an average grosser. It would have grossed more than this but the negative WOM spoiled the show. Moral :- Even Thala-Thalapathy movies will struggle to break even if the film receives negative WOM. So either give a high content and quality film or give a mass entertaining film. Don’t mix commercial and content. They are like water and oil. Vettaiyan and Vidamuyarchi kind of movies will only work for actors like Ravi Mohan and VJS with lowering the commercial aspects. People expect Thunivu, Jailer, Leo, GOAT kind of movies which delivers mass cooked scenes with high theatrical moments from tier 1 stars (Rajini, Kamal, Vijay, Ajith). Or else their films would flop. That’s why Mankatha, Aarambam, Veeram, Vedalam, Viswasam, Thunivu worked, and Billa 2, Valimai and Vidaamuyarchi didn’t work for Ajith. Only Vijay understands this trick. Suriya, Dhanush, STR and Sivakarthikeyan can work in content oriented films as they are hovering between tier 1 and tier 2. Posted by AROK in Balus box office Day 4 box office ; On its 4th day, the film saw a slight dip in the day-wise collection. According to the early estimates in Sacnilk, the film earned 11.92 crores*. This was a drop of 11% since the Ajith starrer had amassed 13.5 crores on its previous day.The total India net collection of the film now comes to 62.67 crores*. Including the taxes, the gross collection of Vidaamuyarchi comes to 73.95 crores*. The film has earned around 38 crores* when it comes to the overseas collection which is also quite impressive.The worldwide collection of the film now stands at 111.95 crores*. The film has now managed to enter the 100 crore club globally

Truth behind Rs 100 cr gross films revealed Rcent figures put out by Kerala Producers body about what the producers of hit films got says it all. OTT Play has put the figures as Among December releases, Marco and Rifle Club had a theatre share of Rs 12 Cr and Rs 9 Cr against budgets of Rs 9 Cr and Rs 18 Cr, respectively. Mohanlal’s Barroz tanked at the box office, with a theatre share of just Rs 4 Cr against its whopping Rs 112 Cr budget.Asif Ali’s Rekhachithram is the only superhit in January 2025, fetching Rs 12.5Cr for its producer against Rs 8.5 Cr budget. Movies like Tovino Thomas’ Identity, which is currently streaming on ZEE5, and Basil Joseph’s Pravinkoodu Shappu had burned a big hole in their respective producers’ pockets. While the former was made on a budget of Rs 30 Cr, it returned only Rs 3.5Cr to the producer, while Basil’s film had a theatre share of Rs 4 Cr against its Rs 18.5 Cr budget.Explaining the difference between overall gross collection and theatre share, Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce official and director Anil V Thomas tells us, “The figures that are published by makers are overall gross collection. The theatre share, which goes solely to the producer, is only a partial amount of this. For instance, if a movie makes Rs 100, 30% of this goes as tax, and the remaining 70% is divided between the producers, and distributors and exhibitors. For the first week, the producer gets 50%, the second week, 55% and third week onwards, 65% of this share.” So, even a movie like Manjummel Boys, which is the highest-grossing Malayalam film ever, would only have brought in less than Rs 50 Cr as theatre share, explains Anil, adding that no Malayalam movie has fetched Rs 100 Cr theatre share as of now.

Preity Mukhundhan joins Ashok Selvan next / Meera Jasmine back in Kannada/ Suriya to give voice for Vijay Devarakonda

Ashok Selvan's next, which is tentatively titled AS23, is all set to be helmed by debutant filmmaker Karthikeyan Ramakrishnan. Also starring Preity Mukhundhan as the female lead, the film went on floors with a pooja ceremony on Sunday. Vignesh Raja, who helmed the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Por Thozhil, has penned the story for the yet-to-be-titled film. The film is backed by Ashok Selvan and Abinaya Selvam under the Happy High Pictures banner. The film marks the banner's sophomore production after Oh My Kadavule (2020). Last seen in Emakku Thozhil Romance, Ashok Selvan currently awaits the release of the Mani Ratnam directorial Thug Life, in which he stars alongside Kamal Haasan and Silambarasan. In the pipeline, he also has Gangs Kuruthi Punal, a Prime Video series with Soundarya Rajinikanth as the creative producer. Preity Mukhundhan, on the other hand, was last seen in Star and has Kannappa in which she plays a princess opposite Vishnu and Maine Pyar Kiya coming up.

The teaser for Vijay Deverakonda’s upcoming pan-India spy action thriller, tentatively titled VD12, will be released on February 12. The film stars Bhagyashri Borse as the female lead and is directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri. As per reports, actors Ranbir Kapoor, Suriya, and Jr NTR are set to lend their voices for the teaser in different languages. Ranbir will narrate the Hindi version, while Suriya and NTR will do the same for the Tamil and Telugu versions, respectively. The production house, Sithara Entertainments, announced the teaser’s release date with a social media post featuring a flaming golden crown. The caption, “The silent crown awaits the king,” hints at the film’s intense and action-packed narrative. VD12 is planned as a two-part film. Reports suggest the makers are targeting a May 30 release, though production delays may impact the schedule. The film features cinematography by Girish Gangadharan,

• Produced by Satya Rayala under Rayala Studios, Your's Sincerely Raam is said to get Meera Jasmine make her comeback to Kannada cinema through this film. She starred in Mauyra (2004) with Puneeth Rajkumar, charmed audiences with her role in Arasu (2007), also starring Puneeth, and appeared in films like Devaru Kotta Thangi (2009) opposite Shivarajkumar, and Ijjodu (2010). An official announcement is expected once the terms are finalised. Your's Sincerely Raam brings together Ramesh Aravind and Ganesh, sparking buzz from the very beginning. The film, marking Vikhyath’s directorial debut A.R. Vikhyath is the writer of Pushpaka Vimana (2017), and Monsoon Raaga (2022)

Ram Charan wife Upasana sets Apollo Anganwadi at Pawan Kalyan constituency

Upasana Kamineni Konidela, Vice Chairperson of Apollo Hospitals, Announces The Establishment of Model Anganwadi Center To Ensure Better Healthcare For Women and Children Ram Charan is married to Upasana Kamineni, the vice-chairman of Apollo Charity and Chief Editor of B Positive magazine. Kamineni is the daughter of Shobana Kamineni and the granddaughter of Prathap C. Reddy, founder and executive chairman of India's first corporate hospital chain, Apollo Hospitals. In a fresh healthcare initiative, Upasana Kamineni Konidela, Vice Chairperson of Apollo Hospitals, recently announced the establishment of Model Anganwadi Center at Pithampuram on the occasion of Chairman Dr. Prathap C Reddy's 93rd birthday. This new initiative looks after empowering women and ensuring children's health, by improving sanitation, hygiene, and nutrition. It focuses on providing maternal and child healthcare for the critical first 1000 days, and personalized nutritional interventions to ensure zero malnutrition and reduce maternal and infant mortality to zero. Beyond healthcare, the initiative also focuses on customized curricula for both mothers and children, empowering families with knowledge on health, hygiene, and early childhood education. It also includes the provision of clearly defined jobs for Anganwadi workers and staff, and the deployment of digital health records for tracking the health outcomes of women and children. It aims at sustainability, holding regular workshops to engage fathers, families, and local communities in supporting women and children. Located in Pawan Kalyan's constituency, this initiative ensures high visibility, with the potential for nationwide implementation through the Prime Minister once proven successful. On the 93rd birthday of Chairman Dr. Prathap C Reddy, a phased initiative will be undertaken to beautify and enhance 109 Anganwadi Centers in Pithapuram district. Through this thoughtful initiative, Upasana Kamineni Konidela looks forward to redefining Anganwadi Centers by addressing healthcare, nutrition, education, empowerment, and sustainability, and creating a health ecosystem that sets a benchmark for women and child development progress nationwide. Previously, in a monumental healthcare initiative, Upasana Kamineni Konidela's Apollo Foundation ensured the well-being of pilgrims by inaugurating a Free Apollo Emergency Care Center at the iconic Ram Mandir. Now, by establishing the Model Anganwadi Center at Pithampuram, Apollo Hospitals extends support in bringing significant development in healthcare systems.