The Thugfluencers Event
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Discussion; Tamil cinema has completely collapsed to the point where they must
now rely on a group of so-called social media influencers with at least 10,000
followers to market their work. The majority of these individuals are
untrustworthy, hate-mongers, cringe content producers, and truly have no idea
what the movie industry is all about.
The end of
this era must be imminent.
Omment; GSKGalaxy
Kanni
say what u
will, i think the PR team for the movie knows exactly what they are doing. they
obviously dont gaf if these so-called "influencers" know shit about
the film. but each of them will make their own instagram reel about the
experience, and the fact these many influencers are making a reel about it wld
drive the popularity of the film to make sure the ordinary person would watch
it. or at least make them aware of it.
ps: tho i
still dont know why they thought it was okay to call this THUGFLUENCERS. its
sending me istg ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
About the
trailer launch event
The evening
saw the titans of the film grace the stage—Kamal Haasan, Mani Ratnam, A.R. Rahman, Silambarasan TR (STR),
Trisha, Abhirami, and Ashok Selvan—each met with roaring applause and standing
ovations. As the trailer rolled on giant screens, the atmosphere electrified
with gasps, cheers, and goosebumps. Kamal Haasan’s fierce transformation and
magnetic screen presence, Ravi K. Chandran’s arresting visuals, and Rahman’s
soul-piercing score came together in a montage that evoked power, pain, and
purpose. At its core, Thug Life promises a saga of revenge and betrayal, told
through the eyes of a man who refuses to be tamed.
The evening
also featured candid talk sessions with the cast, where Kamal Haasan and Mani
Ratnam opened up about their collaboration after 36 years. Rahman spoke about
how the score is as much a character in the film as the protagonist. STR,
Trisha, and the supporting cast shared their experiences of working under Mani
Ratnam’s legendary direction and matching steps with Kamal Haasan's powerhouse
performance.
To
everyone’s pleasant surprise, the Hindi trailer of Thug Life was also unveiled
on time, which is not often seen in the case of pan-India biggies. So, in this
case, the makers deserve full marks. Thug Life has agreed to Multiplex
Associaton of North India to not release the OTT before 8 weeks of the theatre
release and so major theatre chains are to screen it in North India. Trailor
reviews are positive. Koimoi reports ; Overall, Thug Life’s trailer promises a
crazy ride filled with high-octane action sequences and drama, over a power
struggle, of course, with a Mani Ratnam touch.
Nagarjuna
Akkineni will return for Season 9 of Bigg Boss Telugu and will reprise his role
as the host. There is no change in his contract, and Balakrishna is not
stepping in.
Bigg Boss
Telugu began with NTR hosting the first season, followed by Nani for the
second. From the third season onwards, Nagarjuna took over and has been
successfully anchoring the show. In contrast, for the Tamil version, Vijay
Sethupathi recently replaced Kamal Haasan, which sparked speculation about a
host change in the Telugu version as well.
Initially,
it was rumored that Vijay Deverakonda would host the upcoming season to appeal
to a younger audience. Later, reports claimed that Nandamuri Balakrishna would
take over, riding high on the popularity of his talk show “Unstoppable with
NBK.”
However, all
these remained mere speculation. Nagarjuna is officially returning to host the
show once again. ( telugucinnema.com)
List of
probable BB Malayalam contestants are out and no change in host is to take
place as Lalettan is very much committed to the show. More so after Empuran L2
was bought by JioHotstar.
Kubera The film’s Tamil Nadu theatrical rights have been bagged by
Romeo Pictures, and the rights are said to be valued at 20 Cr on an MG
basis. To achieve the target, 40 Cr gross is enough for the film to
achieve breakeven, which is for sure a great deal for the distributor, as
Dhanush’s Kuberaa’s Tamil Nadu rights have been underpriced. The reason for
the film being sold at such a moderate price is that it was projected as a
Telugu film, as it has been directed by a Telugu director. The situation is
much more similar to Dhanush’s other bilingual movie, Sir [Vaathi].
For the Sir
movie also, the same happened, as it did extremely well in Telugu and
collected more than 40 Cr gross in Telugu states, whereas in Tamil Nadu it
closed under 40 crores.
Samantha
Producer of Subham has now signed a deal with JioHotstar for OTT rights after
refusing to take a cut in price offered by Zee who had agreed to buy the OTT
and TV Telugu rights. Post theatrical release, the film got mixed reviews and
an average status at box office.
