Is RRR really a Pan Indian film like Baahubali 2 ?

Why did RRR not cross or touch the Baaubali 2 box office figures ?. One reason is that those who saw Baahubali in OTT - TV channels apart from the theatere goers, were all keen to know Why Katappa killed Baahubali ?. This sparked a massive opening in all non Telugu markets and took it to a historic box office record. Baahubali dubbed in many languages was like a curtain raiser for the sequel. For RRR, the track record of director Rajamouli and Baahubali was the only opening card. Another factor was that the postpontment of release dates worked aginst it in many other languages. In Tamil, it did beat Suriya's ET hollow but the first date could have doubled the collection. It was the case in Kerala and Karnataka. The box office in these three States show that the Baahubali 2 still stands tall. In Hindi heartland, the film should have doubled the collections but it did have only a big opening but not the kind of eupheria that was expected at the booking windows. The audience reaction to RRR was more of a wait and watch and not a must see at all costs. Only after the word spread that RRR is a theater experience did box office started lifting up dramatically. RRR banked on US market and postponed the release for this region. Here Baahubali 2 tally is $20 million plus and RRR is $12.65 million. Reason being that audience or the non Telugu movie goers saw it as a big budgeted Telugu film from the makers of Baahubali and nothing more for them to rush and book tickets. Baahubali 1 and 2 were truly seen as a Indian film and not a Telugu film made good. RRR was a Telugu film made good and a paisa vasool. Going by Baahubali 2 experence, Pushpa could be the next real Pan Indian film. KGF 2 does appear to bring in the first part connect but how far it will tug at the viewrs heart has to be seen.

Grandpa Vijaykumat- son Arun Vijay and grandson Arnav Vijay in Oh My Dog

Thalapathy Vijay's Sun TV interview v/s STR Bigg Boss Ultimate Finale

As `Beast' release date ( April 13 ) draws near, Star Vijay is readying for a live telecast of Bigg Boss Ultimate on April 10th and simaltenously have it run on Disney Hotstar to take on Sun TV that is telecasting Vijay interview on same date. Bigg Boss Ultimate Finale will strea on Disney from 6.30 PM in Disney and a few minutes gap the event will telecast on Star Vijay at the same time. STR a confirmed Thala fan has had direct clashes with Vijay at the box office. In 2004 Diwali- Kathal Ayivithuley of STR- Charmi v/s Vijay Bhagwati. Both ran for 100 days but latter was termed a hit. Next was Pongal 2006- Vijay's Aaadh v/s STR's Saravana. STR won.Incidentally both were Telugu remakes. Last direct clash was in November 2012 when Vijay's Thupakki and STR's Poda Podi released. Poda Podi was Vignesh Shivan's ( Nayan's BF) first directorail and Varalaxmi Saratkumar's first heroine film. Thupakki was a block buster. Later during the release of Vaalu, Vijay publicly supported STR in a dispute with te producer. After that STR called Vijay his Anna and TR attended Vijay's film audio launch. Coincidentally, both actors were launched by their father - director and in 1984, both the actors made their debut as child actors. STR was then 6 yrs old. As Vijay is coming with the interview on Sun TV and a first publicised after 10 years for a channel, it will have a captive audience. So far Vijay's film's audio release function would be coming on TV. Promos show Vijay answeing some questions not related to Beast like Why did you come on a cycle to vote when you have four cars at home ? . Why did you stop meeting press in the past few years ? As far as I know the reason being that the press meet that Vijay convened last was to celeberate Velayudtham ( Telugu remake) sucess meet. He gave a one gm coin to all press members who turned up. I was not present and instead my reporter was present. Next day, a group that were down riding Vijay's films on twitter by putting box office figures to show it was a flop got annoyed. Reason being that one of the invitees was a self styled industry tracker who put out figures according to the money he got from the producer. He took money and put out figures to show that Vijay film was a record breaker.Here again, he had a package deal by which he got publicity for the hero in a website that was fairly popular then. Result was that tweets came out that box office figures that came out were bought by Vijay for one gm gold coin and even a photo of the coin was posted. Since then Vijay shut doors to the press ( public meetings, I mean).

Vimala Raman and Vinay Rai to tie the knot

Vimala Raman and Vinay Rai are to tie the knot. Vinay second innings as villain in Thupaarivalan , Doctor and ET has got him more roles. His films Unnale Unnale, Jeyam Kondan' and 'Endrendrum Punnagai'. as hero were hits but his baddie avatar is more popular.Vinay’s upcoming film 'Oh My Dog' is being produced by Suriya while it stars Arun Vijay and Arnav in the lead roles. Vimala Raman, a model from Australia, was introduced by K Balchander in Poi. She acted with Cheran in Raman Thedia Seethai and found fame in Malayalam films with Mohanlal -Mammooty Dilip in films like 'Pranayakalam,' 'College Kumaran,' 'Time,' 'Oppam,' and 'Romeo.' The lovers had posted photos of holidaying in Maldives. -

Sunainaa as Regina in thriller

Sunainaa who wowed us all with powerful performances in films such as “Neerparavai” and one of her most recent effort in the anthology “Sillu Karupatti”, is making her comeback with a multilingual movie titled as “Regina”, touted to be a female-centric film. The movie is bankrolled by debutante producer Sathish Nair of “Yellow Bear Production LLP” from Coimbatore.

The feature is directed by Domin DSilva, who has in the past, thrown his weight behind films such as “Paipin Chuvattile Pranayam” and “Star”. Elaborating on the film, DSilva says that the movie will be a female-centric stylish thriller. “It is about an ordinary homemaker achieving extraordinary things, just like a fish moving against the flow. Regina will be an engaging thriller,” he said further. Sathish Nair is the music composer for the movie. He will be scoring music for the feature, banking on his earlier experience of working on singles that have been released through his label “SN Musicals”. The lyrics for the songs are penned by Yugabarathi, Vivek Velmurugan, Vijayan Vincent and Ijaz.R Pavan K Pavan is the director of cinematography while Kamarudin is the art director. Toby John will do the editing while the costumes will be by Aegan. Regina is a multilingual shot in Tamil and released in Hindi, Malayalam and Telugu.

Andrea in Jungle thriller No Entry

Directed by Azhagu Karthik, Andrea will play the lead role in the innovative thriller, the first film in India to be shot entirely in Cherrapunji, "No Entry". A couple going to Cherrapunji in Meghalaya as tourists gets in a situation to stay there. "No Entry" is a thrilling screenplay that tells the story of how the couple escapes from a herd of humans hunting dogs. Cherrapunji, a tourist destination in Meghalaya, is one of the fascinadoras destinations in the map of the tourist of India. The adventure scenes of men escaping from dogs trapped among rogue dogs in a bamboo house built in the middle of the forest are vividly filmed. Andrea is really a dog lover so she has acted with dogs very easily, without fear anywhere in the film. The dogs were given 25 days of special training. This film will give you a new experience that has not been seen in Tamil cinema till now. Launched before COVID, The film has overcome many hurdles and is all set to release. Many scenes in the film have been done with visual effects and CG in parallel to Hollywood. This will give a new experience to the fans in Tamil. Actress Andrea will play the lead role along with Ranya Rao, Aarav Kannadasan, Manas, Jayashree and many other stars. The film is produced by Sridhar. Composer Aziz composes the music and Ramesh Chakraborty does the cinematography.

Vikram Prabhu film Taanakkaran. on Disney April 8th

 Disney+ Hotstar has engraved an unparalleled calibre of excellence in the Tamil domain with its entertainment bonanzas. Having delivered magnificent entertainers in the past, Disney+ Hotstar is all set to offer yet another content-driven entertainment for Tamil movie buffs titled “Taanakkaran”, directed by Tamizh which will premiere on April 8, 2022.

The trailer, unveiled on March 31, 2022, across the social media platforms of Disney+ Hotstar, has found a commendable reach. The audiences are appreciating director Tamizh's filmmaking style and actors' stellar performances and they have expressed that the trailer looks absolutely promising.

Bankrolled by Potential Studios, the film features Vikram Prabhu and Anjali Nair in the lead roles with Lal, MS Bhaskar and Livingston essaying pivotal roles.

Madhesh Manickam has cranked the camera, Ghibran has struck the musical chords and Philomin Raj as editor is going to be a salient adornment to this movie. Although Tamil cinema has witnessed myriad movies based on the police department, Taanakkaran will offer an unique experience to the audiences with a new premise that they are not familiar with.

Director Tamizh says, “It’s a pride for a filmmaker like me to get so many golden touches for my project. Disney+ Hotstar has become a tangible symbol of excellence in the Indian OTT panorama, where content-driven movies get recognized and promoted for a wider reach.

I am glad that Disney+ Hotstar has shown interest in Taanakkaran. I thank my producers SR Prakash Babu, SR Prabhu, P Gobinath, and Thanga Prabaharan R for believing in the story. When I approached many production houses with this script, they were either hesitant or suggested too many changes. To my surprise, the producers of Potential Studios never had such intentions, and they spent a huge budget so that my creative process doesn’t get hampered.
I thank Vikram Prabhu sir for his trust in this movie. He has delivered a immense performance, and I am sure that audiences will love and appreciate his acting.  Anjali Nair, Lal sir, MS Bhaskar sir, and every artist in this movie have escalated my vision. I am looking forward to the response from audiences from April 8, 2022, onwards.”

Actor Vikram Prabhu said, “The title “Taanakkaran’ itself was hard-hitting, and after listening to this script, I decided to grab this opportunity that will let me explore and exhibit my best potential as a performer. It was an amazing experience to work with a production house like Potential Studios that nurtures the creative and talented minds in the Tamil movie industry.

If not for the support of producers, Taanakkaran would not have witnessed such a satisfactory output. Filmmaker Tamizh has exerted an immense effort into conceptualizing, crafting, and materializing this movie. I thank Disney+ Hotstar for their Midas-touch on Taanakkaran. I am sure that audiences will have a unique experience with Taanakkaran.”

The entire team was involved in a vigorous pre-production work that included director Tamizh’s travel across 40 places in Tamil Nadu & Kerala for the sake of the right location. Finally, he zeroed in a school in Vellore that looked perfect for his story backdrop. Lots of homework and hard work have been exerted towards the project.

In particular, the parade scenes demanded intense training that made the director opt for Retired army officers, Garrisons & police instructors instead of actors. Director Tamizh is greatly appreciated by the producers for handling the plethora of new faces. In particular, he has completed this big-budget movie with so many artists in just a span of 50 days.

Actor Vikram Prabhu was very much impressed after listening to the exceptionally brilliant narration and his characterization. Critically acclaimed filmmaker-actor Lal is playing another lead role in this movie. It is noteworthy that director Tamizh kick-started the Taanakkaran scripting process from Lal’s characterization, which is as powerful as the protagonist.
The multi-faceted actor MS Bhaskar will win raving reviews for his heart-touching characterization. Anjali Nair, who plays the female lead isn’t appearing in a blink-and-miss ladylove role but rather has a pivotal prominence throughout the movie.

Madhesh Manickam embarks on his journey as cinematographer with this movie. He has delivered a fabulous visual package, which will find its appreciation after release, especially for the parade scenes. Editor Philomin has done remarkable work for the entire film. His insatiable dedication towards this movie was evident with his non-stop editing work for eight days for one particular parade scene.

Art director Raghavan has played a vital role in shaping Taanakkaran perfectly. Even during the director’s location scouting process, Raghavan traveled along with him to prepare and deliver a spellbinding visual treat so that even the smallest object looks natural and not mere set property.

Music director Ghibran’s contribution will be the ultimate beautification of this movie. After watching the rushes, he dedicated 6 months to the background score of this movie.
 
With its wide array of non-stop entertainment movies across various languages and genres Disney+ Hotstar will premiere Taanakkaran from April 8, 2022, onwards.