Gokulathil Seethai fame Asha Gowda with Suresh Ravi in historical - horror film

Latest to join the Big Scrren, is Asha Gowda who is playing the lead in untitled film opposite Suresh  Ravi (  Kavalthurai  ungal nanban fame) directed by G V Perumal Varadhan. Asha's serial Gokulathil Seethai on Zee Tamil is a big hit. 

ilmmaker G.V. Perumal Varadhan owns an avid experience of being an associate cinematographer in movies like Maragadha Nanayam, Ratchasan, and Bruce Lee followed by the designation of assistant director in Kanni Maadam. Many eminent actors and technicians from the industry were wowed with his spellbinding screenplay of narrating a phenomenal story of 1000 years of mystery in the format of suspense-mystery genre-blending humor quotients. This indeed has brought forth lots of positive vibes among the crewmembers of this film.

Shedding lights on the film, director G.V. Perumal Varadhan says, “Nandi Varman is the most reputed and well-esteemed emperor in the Pallava dynasty. I have crafted a storyline based on a true incident in his life. The movie will be an amalgamation of 75% true facts and 25% fiction.” He continues to drop more information about the story premise adding, “Emperor Nandi Varman is betrayed and killed by conniving methods, which leads to intense war, thereby entire land gets buried beneath the earth.  Consequently, supernatural occurrences happen every day after 6 p.m., which has made people of this present time in the land, locking themselves inside by this time. During this juncture, the archaeology department arrives to excavate the buried land of Nandi Varma Kingdom, only to witness their team members mysteriously dropping dead one by one.  

Suresh Ravi, who captured the spotlights with his promising performance in a character, combating the corrupt police officers in the movie ‘Kavalthurai Ungal Nanban’, is playing an honest police officer in this movie. The film will showcase the honesty of police officers, their sacrifices, and their dedication to protect society. Asha Gowda is playing the female lead role. The others in the star-cast includes Nizhalgal Ravi, Bose Venkat, Aadukalam Murugadoss, Gajaraj, Ambani Shankar, Mullai-Gothandam, Meesai Rajenthiran, Asuran Appu, Bommi Rajan, J.S.K. Gopi and many more prominent actors.

The film is produced by Arun Kumar of A.K. Film Factory. The cinematography is handled by Krishna Moorty, Madhan Karky is penning lyrics, San Lokesh is taking care of editing, Muniraj is the art director. Santhosh is choreographing dance for the songs.

The film will be shot across the exotic locales of Chennai, Chengalpet, Kallakurichi, Senji, and surrounding places. The shooting commenced this morning with a ritual ceremony.
 
  The occasion was graced by directors Ram Kumar, Ravikumar, Virumandi, Gowtham Mohan.G, ‘Monster’ fame Nelson, Music Director Justin Prabhakaran, Cinematographers Gokul Benoy, P.V. Shankar, and many others were present to convey their wishes to producer Arun Kumar, director G.V. Perumal Varadhan and actor Suresh Ravi.

Lakshmi Menon as schizophrenic in AGP - First Tamil film with heroine in this role

 Lakshmi Menon plays  schizophrenic in AGP directed by  debutant Ramesh Subramaniam . AGP' is the title given to the first letter of the three main characters, Anjali, Gautam and Pooja. A fourth charachter identity is kept a secret. R V Bharathan, child actor Sai Jeevita , Maheswari has Santosh Pandi  as the cinematographer for the film. Hhe is the cinematographer of the web series 'Nisha'. Recipient of awards for it. Music by Jayakrish. He has composed music for many short films. Art Direction Saravana Abiraman, Editing - Chandrakumar .G.KSR is producing this film on behalf of KSR Studio.The first look poster of the film was released by screen stars and celebrities. Actors Vijay Sethupathi, Arya, Vimal, Actress Aishwarya Rajesh, DirectorsShakthi Soundarajan DirectorSimbudevan and 6 others have posted the first look of the film on social media.

Bharathikannamma serial fame Praveen in Breaking News 2 ( Kanimozhi)

TV actor Praveen who acted in Vijay TV Bharathi Kannamma and Eeramana Rojave plays the lead as a cop on a murder trail in Breaking News 2 ( Kanimozhi). The film directed by Dr Sukhan who has directed short films and produced by Ratna Cinemas. Archana, Deepa Shankar has played the role of 'Kadaikkutti Singam' , Shanmugam, who played the inspector who arrested Vijay in 'Master',,Sundar, Pradosh, Prakash, Prabha, Gyanaprakash, Srividya, Poongodi Arasi, Rajesh, Parama, Yogaraj, Chandru, Niveda, Mahalakshmi, Anita, Deepa, are in the cast. Other credits are ; Music - Vipin, Cinematography - Ilayaraja, Editing - Arjun - Rajkumar, Verse - Arul, Special Effect - Murugan, Title - Ganapati, Public Relations - Shakthi Saravanan

Vidyut Jammwal' Sanak trailor out- Oct 15 Disney Hotstar

 Vidyut Jammwal the baddie in Thala Ajith) Billa 2), Thupakki ( Thalapathy Vijay) and Suriya ( Anjaan) as leading man in Sanak the Hindi film is ready for release. The trailor was released.on Disney Hotstar. The movie will steam on October 15th.

ntroducing a first of its kind hostage drama in Hindi cinema, Vipul Amrutlal Shah and Zee Studios’ ‘Sanak’ hopes to change the game in the action-entertainment space as this intriguing story unfolds in a hospital under siege.

If the countdown action stunt was anything to go by, viewers can expect triple the adrenaline as the trailer of hostage drama promises to leave you at the edge of your seat.

Directed by Kanishk Varma, the film stars Vidyut Jammwal, Bengali superstar Rukmini Maitra, Neha Dhupia and Chandan Roy Sanyal among others and the trailer gives audiences a sneak peak of the high-octane action and tear jerking drama in store!

Fighting to save his loved one from a high-risk situation, we witness Vidyut pushing the envelope in this dhamakedaar trailer. The film also marks the big Bollywood debut of Rukmini Maitra and her chemistry with Vidyut seems to be another highlight in the film. Apart from being an action thriller, the trailer of ‘Sanak’ also touches upon the love story between the two, which is just as integral to the narrative.

Vidyut Jammwal says, “The film was shot during the pandemic time and as every other Indian, we went to work and we have come up with this film. Once you watch it, I can guarantee you that it will inspire you to be a better version of yourself and to help people around you.”

Says producer Vipul Amrutlal Shah, “We are so excited to bring ‘Sanak’ to Indian audiences. Our films really haven’t explored the hostage drama space in depth and detail and ‘Sanak’ is our attempt at doing just that.”

Starring Vidyut Jammwal, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Neha Dhupia and Rukmini Maitra (who is making her Bollywood debut), ‘Sanak - Hope Under Siege’ is presented by Zee Studios in association with Sunshine Pictures Pvt Ltd and will be streaming from 15th October only on Disney+ Hotstar Multiplex. It is a Vipul Amrutlal Shah production, directed by Kanishk Varma.

Need of more science-based education to counter misinformation - Prof Swaminathan

 Need of more science-based education to counter misinformation 

There is always a need for dedicated scientific platforms where young school students and teachers can learn basic process skills and attitudes towards science such as observing, classifying, communicating, measuring, inferring, and predicting said Minister for School Education, Shri Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, during the inauguration of the ‘Every Child A Scientist’ (ECAS) programme on 26 September 2021 at Sambasivan Hall of M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) Chennai.

The Foundation and the Indian multinational Larsen and Toubro (L&T), Chennai, have come together to ignite young minds from marginalized sections of the society through the ECAS programme. L&T is supporting the ECAS programme as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative. 

“I urge L&T to support more schools under this programme as state has 45000 schools and request the Foundation to take up more schools under this project to help state students” says the minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi.

The Foundation initiated the ‘Every Child A Scientist’ (ECAS) programme to inculcate a scientific temper in students from underprivileged sections of the society since 2002. 

“Children’s scientific temperament directly contributes to country’s progress,” says Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, who donated an initial endowment grant of Rs. 25.00 Lakhs associated with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Development, and Disarmament. Prof. Swaminathan was the recipient of the prize in 1999.

“The earlier version of the ECAS program laid more emphasis on classroom teaching while the current version will have more interactive learning sessions and connect them with leading scientists and laboratories enabling them to get up-to-date information in the chosen research area” says Prof. Swaminathan. He emphasized over to teach students to how to differentiate facts from fiction.

“Mahatma Gandhi always stressed raising children in a culture of science which enables children to get scientific temperament,” says Prof. Swaminathan, founder of the MSSRF.

Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, WHO, has also emphasised inculcating scientific temper among children to counter misinformation.

“During the pandemic time, we also faced so many of challenges due to misinformation about the Virus and vaccines,” says Dr. Soumya. “At WHO, we call it as infodemic where lots of rumours and fictitious stories about pandemic spread through different messaging apps,” says Dr. Soumya.

She raised concern about how the pandemic affected school education and urged the government to think of remedial classes for those students who didn’t access online classes. 

The Foundation started the ECAS programme to empower youths, particularly those belonging to tribal and farm families and urban economically underprivileged school children, to inculcate scientific temper and impart information and knowledge relating to the conservation and sustainable use of our bio-resources. 

Young minds from underprivileged sections of society face several hindrances which affect their academic performance. They are deprived of access to quality learning aids and lack exposure to up-to-date exciting developments in science. 

Underwater release of YAANAI First Look poster

Arun Vijay and director coming together for Yaanai ( Elephant) has created a buzz. The first look posters were released under the sea said the makers.  The film stars Arun Vijay opposite Priya Bhavanishankar. The film also stars Samuthirakani, Radhika, Yogibabu, KGF fame Garuda Ram, Rajesh, Ammu Abrami, Jayapalan, fame, Bose Venkat, Thalavasal Vijay, Iman Annachi, Aishwarya, Rama in the lead roles. The film is set in a rural area and has been shooting in Thoothukudi, Palani and Rameswaram since last month. Most of the scenes in the film were filmed, including two songs and three fight scenes in the fantastic fight setting of Anil Arasu. The next phase of shooting has started in Chennai. This is followed by Thoothukudi, Rameswaram and Palani.

In Director Harry's unique sensational screenplay,
Actor Arun Vijay has never been seen on screen before.

Technical details of the film:
Music: GV. Prakash Kumar
Cinematography: Gopinath
Editing: Anthony
Stunt: Thermal Government
Art: Michael
Public Relations: Johnson
Co-produced by: G. Arunkumar
Production: Drumsticks Productions
Drumstick Productions S. Sakthivel.

SAC says his son Vijay was not named by Nagi Reddy of Vijaya Vahuni stuudios

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AC at the age of 78 directed his 71st film Naan Kadavul Illai  . SAC, father of Thalapathy Vijay at the teaser and trailer release of the film said that somebody in the media said that what he said about his son being named Vijay was after getting inspired by Big B- Salim Javed films charachter name was false was spinning a false story. He said that no grandfather of Vijay worked in Vijay Vahuni studios and neither did  the studio owner Nagi Reddy name him. He asked the media to be true to facts. He said directors should speak boldly through films. The subject was born during his stay in cousin Xavier Britto resort during Covid times. He said Britto ( producer of Master) came here as a producer and not as his cousin. 

the teaser of the film released by composer and acto Vijay Antony. Producer Xavier Brito to release trailer for the film-  Producer Kalaipuli S. thanu recieved it. .The directors . Rajesh, Ponram, actresses Iniya, Sakshi Agarwal, child star Diana, actors Abi Saravanan, Yuvan Myilsami, producer Vimala Brito, composer Siddharth Vipin, cinematographer Mahesh K. Dev and cinematographer Prabhakar were also present.