Prabhu- Suresh Chandra to Produce Ajith Next / Tamil Hit- Flop Report

 Ajith’s next with Adhik Ravichandran as Director is to be produced by Prabhu in association with the actor’s manager Suresh Chandra. This is the latest buzz as the speculation about the Director has died down. Valai Pechu reports that right from paying hotel charges for director’s discussion to mediating talks with Anirudh, Suresh is doing it. Another report said that Sivaji Productions is to be Producer.  Ajith and Siavji Productions  collaborated on the film "Aasal" in 2010, and there were also plans for a film with director Gautham Menon, which didn't materialize. Additionally, there were discussions about Ajith potentially starring in a remake of Sivaji Ganesan's "Puthiya Paravai" under the Sivaji Productions banner, though this project didn't come to fruition. 

Adhik is son in law of Prabhu and the latter turning Producer is possible. Vijay  made two of his managers  PT Selvakumar and Jagadeesan as Producers. On these lines Suresh Chandra could be executive Producer of Ajith film. Apart from Sivaji Productions, family owns Sivaji Films the banner under which only Sivaji Ganesan acted.

Ram Kumar eldest brother of Prabhu and partner of Sivaji Productions was in the news for his son Dushyanth’s debt with a financier over a film that did not release. The issue went to court and hit headlines as the ancestral house owned by Sivaji Ganesan and now by Prabhu was ordered to be auctioned. Subsequently the aution notice was withdrawn . Whether the debt has been cleared is not known.

Adhik directed "Good Bad Ugly"  starring Ajith Kumar  was a commercial hit  earning ₹212 crores worldwide.  However trade circles say the film's financial performance is considered a flop as it failed to break even and incurred a loss due to high mounting costs. 

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 2025 Half Yearly Tamil Cinema Report

Biggest Grosser :- Good Bad Ugly - 245 crores

Most Profitable movie :- Tourist family - almost 95% profits for investors

Biggest Lossmaker :- Thug Life (great escape by Vidaamuyarchi)

Biggest Lossmaker in terms of loss percentage - Ace - 75% Loss for investors

Box office  Industry certified hits :- Madha Gaja Raja, Kudumbasthan, Dragon, Good Bad Ugly, Tourist Family, Maaman, Eleven, Maargan

Box office disputed hits :- Murmur, Fire, Perusu, Love Marriage

Box office break even films :- Gangers, Veera Dheera Sooran, Retro, DNA

Box office clear flops :- Kadhalikka Neramillai, Vidaamuyarchi, NEEK, Kingston, Ace, DD Next Level, Thug Life

Overrated films (my opinion) :- Madha Gaja Raja, Good Bad Ugly (

Underrated ilms  :- Kadhalikka Neramillai, Ace

 

TOURIST FAMILY : 100% Profit / It is not Trisha and Kamal but charchter- Mani Ratnam

 TAMIL MOVIES BOX OFFICE REPORT TILL 26/05/2025

Madhgaja Raja - SUPER HIT

Kadhalikka Neramillai - FLOP

Vanangaan - FLOP

Nesippaya - DISASTER

Kudumbasthan - SUPER HIT

Mr. Housekeeping - FLOP

Vidaamuyarchi - FLOP

Dragon - BLOCKBUSTER

NEEK - FLOP

Fire - AVERAGE

Kingston - FLOP

Murmur - SUPER HIT

Perusu - AVERAGE

Sweetheart - FLOP

Veera Dheera Sooran Part 2 - BELOW AVERAGE

Good Bad Ugly - SUPER HIT

Gangers - FLOP

Sumo - FLOP

Retro - AVERAGE

Tourist Family - SUPER HIT

DD Next Level - FLOP

Maaman - HIT

Ace - DISASTER

Theatrical hits of 2025

Madha Gaja Raja

Kudumbasthan

Dragon

Murmur (scam of the century)

Good Bad Ugly

Tourist Family

Maaman

Movies like Perusu and Fire earned decent money for the cost involved.

Retro is a profitable film for 2D but a lossmaker in theatres.

Veera Dheera Sooran is a lossmaker but didn't lose too much to be called a flop.

Vidaamuyarchi, NEEK, Kingston, DD Next Level, Ace are the biggest lossmakers of this year.

Highest grossing movie :- Good Bad Ugly (246.5 crores) and amassed a profit of 44% for all investors

Most Profitable movie :- Tourist Family (more than 150% profits for all investors)

Biggest lossmaker movie:- Ace (lost more than 66% for all investors)

In an interview with Mid-Day, Mani Ratnam offered a thought-provoking defense of the portrayal, stressing that relationships with significant age gaps are not only common in real life but should also be accepted in cinema without judgment. "In real life, people with age differences - whether older men with younger women or vice versa - are not an anomaly. It has been a reality for a long time," Ratnam explained. "However, when these kinds of relationships appear in films, people tend to scrutinise and pass judgment. This implies that we’re turning a blind eye to what’s happening in our society and insisting that things should only be portrayed in one way," the filmmaker added.

"It is (about) how these two people meet. It is not Trisha Krishnan and Kamal Haasan. It is (about) their respective characters. So that is what it should be. And if you see the film, the relationship, how it formed and whether it is real or not, then you can make a judgment, not based on Trisha Krishnan and Kamal Haasan," he elaborates.