Debutant filmmaker S A Bhaskaran’s ‘Mei’ features Nicky Sundaram and Aishwarya Rajesh in lead roles is ready for release 23 august.
Destination Rajasthan for Rajinikanth’s ‘Darbar’
Rajinikanth is off to Jaipur to shoot a song sequence alongside Nayanthara for ‘Darbar’. Directed by AR Murugadoss, a major portion of the movie was shot in Mumbai. A peppy love song featuring the lead pair will be shot in Jaipur.
Mysskin, Vishal to start ‘Thupparivalan 2’
‘Thurpparivalan’, a selective mystery thriller by Mysskin starring Vishal, Anu Emmanuel, Prasanna, Vinay, Andreah, Bhagyaraj was a good hit at the box office. Meanwhile, the meverick filmmaker is planning a sequel to it.
MCC-Murugappa Schools Hockey Tournament to begin 22 August
Madras Cricket Club and the Murugappa Group announced a hockey tournament for Chennai City school students recently. The tournament will be conducted at Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, Chennai, between 22 and 24 August 2019.
Tamil Thalaivas and Puneri Paltan play out a tie
Tamil Thalaivas and Puneri Paltan played out a thrilling tie at the Pro Kabaddi League, season 7, held at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, here, Saturday.
Lokesh Kanagaraj’s Vijay64 from October
Close on the heels of completing ‘Bigil’, Vijay will start shooting for his next project, which will be directed by ‘Maanagaram’ fame Lokesh Kanagaraj. The 64th venture of Vijay will go on floors by the first week of October.
Vijay Sethupathi’s ‘Sangathamizhan’ shoot complete
Vijay Sethupathi starrer ‘Sangathamizhan’ is all complete. Directed by ‘Vaalu’ fame director, Vijay Chander, the post-production works for the movie would begin soon. Vijay Sethupathi plays dual roles for the first time in his career.
Search on for 4 persons who fled with gold from brothel in Chennai
The city police are searching for four men who fled with gold and cash from an alleged prostitution den at Ramapuram, in Chennai, yesterday.
Chennai dramatist Malathi Sampath to receive Vani Kala Nipuna award
With Krishna Jayanthi fast approaching, Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha (Vani Mahal), GN Chetty Road, is all set to celebrate by honouring dramatists with the Vani Kala Nipuna award. One such artiste selected for this is Malathi Sampath, a dramatist with Gurukulam theatre group of T Nagar.
Villupattu exponents Subbu Arumugam, daughter get TN awards
The Chief Minister presented Kalaimamani awards to artistes for the years 2011 to 2018. Subbu Arumugam (92), whose name is synonymous with the art of villupattu, was conferred the Bharathi award (2018) and his daughter, Bharathi Thirumagan, the Kalaimamani award for 2015.
