While Ajith's fans are angry about a 'misleading' magazine interview, Dhanush's fans do a beer 'abhishekam' to his cut-out.
Published Sep 30, 2022 | 1:39 PM ⚊ Updated Sep 30, 2022 | 1:39 PM
Samantha Ruth Prabhu in her upcoming movie Shakuntalam. (samantharuthofficial/Facebook)
Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s Shaakunthalam, which was scheduled to release on 4 November, has now been postponed. Shaakunthalam‘s producers have ascribed the postponement to the delay in making the 3D version of the movie.
In a statement shared on its official Twitter account, the Hyderabad-based production banner Sri Venkateswara Creations said it wanted the audience to be able to experience Shaakuntalam in the 3D format.
The production house said it had decided to wait for the 3D format as it wanted to give the audiences a “bigger experience” with Shaakuntalam.
Meanwhile, Samantha’s ill health is also adding to the delay, said the producers. Being a heroine-centric film, Samantha’s presence at promotional events is a must.
The producers, however, had earlier released a poster of the movie building up anticipation among the actor’s fans.
Actor Ajith’s fans are angry with a Tamil magazine for giving the misleading impression that it had an interview with the actor about his biking and friends, when in reality it had no such interview.
What it had was interviews with a few biker friends of the actor.
Ever since the magazine’s tweet with the cover showing the actor and his pet dog went online, talk began that Ajith had changed his policy of not interacting with the media.
Ajith and Manju Warrier at a movie shoot in Ladakh. (ManjuWarrier4/Twitter)
People even provided reasons why he was doing so. One reason cited was that as Thunivu, which is currently being shot in Bangkok, was going to be released on Pongal at the same time as actor Thalapathy Vijay’s Varisu, Ajith had decided to open up and promote his film.
Some even said that producer Boney Kapoor had suffered losses in his previous film with Ajith and so had imposed a condition that Ajith start giving interviews.
While Vijay does not give interviews either, he was seen in a freewheeling chat with the film’s director on a TV channel that has the telecast rights. He also attended the audio release function of the film, whereas Ajith does not attend any functions related to his film.
Ajith and Manju Warrier are in Bangkok for the final leg of the shooting. Earlier, Manju had posted photos of her with Ajith on a bike in Ladakh.
Karthi fans are thrilled that their hero’s Sardar, which is releasing around Diwali (21 October), will have its trailer run with the much-awaited Ponniyin Selvan: 1 in over 3,000 screens.
In Tamil Nadu alone, 800 screens have booked PS: 1 and given the total count worldwide, Sardar will get the biggest-ever exposure.
In PS: 1, it is Karthi’s character that stands out and he is sure to steal the thunder from others with his cool acting style, as per the distributors.
This film has demanded a lot of creative effort out of us. Very proud to present the grand teaser of #Sardar. Need all your love.
Teaser – https://t.co/349RmVz6xd#SardarDeepavali @Psmithran @Prince_Pictures @lakku76 @Udhaystalin @gvprakash
— His Highness Vanthiyathevan (@Karthi_Offl) September 29, 2022
Meanwhile, Sardar is said to be pitted against Sivakarhikeyan’s Prince on the same day. This, however, is not the first time Karthi and Dhanush films have clashed.
In 2010, Kutty of Dhanush and Karthi’s Ayirthil Oruvan clashed. In 2011, Adukalam of Dhanush and Karthi’s Siruthai, and in 2015, Kodi of Dhanush with Karthi’s Kashmora were released on the same date.
Dhanush in his latest flick Naane Varuvean. (dhanushkraja/Twitter)
So far fans have done “abhishekams” of various kinds to their hero Dhanush’s cut-outs for his latest movie Naane Varuven.
Now, they have performed a beer “abhishekam” to his cut-out in a Puducherry theatre. And that’s one video that as gone viral.
At many places, fans performed puja on Dhanush’s poster and garlanded it. And according to a report, fans hired a deep-sea swimmer to hold the banner of Naane Varuvean under water.
Naane Varuvean, directed by Selvaraghavan, also features Indhuja Ravichandran, Elli AvrRam, Prabhu and Yogi Babu in key roles.
Though there were no early morning shows, the fans thronged the theatres from 8 am onwards and burst crackers soon after the first show was over. Early twitter response to Naane Varuvean is positive and the film seems to have had an impact on audiences.
The fans loved the first half and especially the Kathir character of the dual role, as per bytes from Dhanush fans streaming out of the theatres that were aired on television channels.
Debut movie of Gali Janardhan Reddy’s son Kireeti in Junior. (galijanardhanareddy/Facebook)
Karnataka politician and mining king Gali Janaradhan Reddy’s son Kireeti’s birthday was celebrated with the title announcement of his debut movie releasing in four South languages.
Titled Junior, the film has Crazy Star Ravichandran and Sree Leela as the lead cast.
Radhakrishnan Reddy is the director of the venture.
According to reports, Kireeti Reddy has been making an effort to prepare to become a hero.
He has taken an acting course in England and has also trained locally in all forms of martial arts as he is keen on doing his own stunts.
