January watchlist: All eyes on Ajith and Vijay in Kollywood

Apart from 'Thunivu' & 'Varisu', a couple of interesting films like 'Farhana' and 'Beginning' are gearing up for release this month in Tamil.

ByAyyappa Prasad

Published Jan 03, 2023 | 12:14 PM ⚊UpdatedJan 03, 2023 | 12:14 PM

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Tamil watchlist for January 2023. (Twitter)

January is giving Tamil movie lovers high hopes because of the promising lineup that is expected to be released throughout the month. Check our watchlist for January 2023 to know about the major Tamil releases:

The first movie to be released is Vindhya Victim Verdict V3 starring Varalaxmi Sarathkumar and directed by Amudhvanan. Varalaxmi plays an IAS officer in it and has Esther Anil and Pavana Gowda in the cast. It will be released on 6 January.

12 January will see Thala Ajith’s Thunivu and Thalapathy Vijay’s Varisu locking horns.

Red Giant Movies, the distributor of Thunivu, is also distributing Varisu in the top five grossing areas of Tamil Nadu.

However, the distributor clarified that screens would be equally shared between the two movies in all areas. Advance bookings are yet to open at the time of writing.

The audio launch function of Varisu was held in Chennai and telecast on Sun TV as a New Year special. Since Ajith does not attend promotions, there would be no audio release for Thunivu.

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Meanwhile, the  Tamil trailer of Thunivu created a record with 1.1 million views within 24 hrs of its release, this falls short of Vijay’s Beast, which clocked 2.2 million in the same time. However, some trade analysts claim that it beat the Beast record.

The film’s runtime (2 hours and 23 minutes) is a plus with Ajith who appears as a bank robber. Manju Warrier will be doing some action sequences in the flick.

The trailer of Varisu is set to release on 4 January as it is going for censors. Producers want to put the date on the trailer, and it can be done only after obtaining a censor certificate.

Related: Vijay’s Varisu registers pre-theatrical business of Rs 271 Crore?

Meanwhile, an unconfirmed report says that Varisu will be released on 11 January to avoid a straight clash with Thunivu on 12 January.

Kuttra Pinnani & Farhana

Ratsasan-fame Christopher’s Kuttra Pinnani will hit the theatres on 20 January. It’s directed by NP Ismail and produced by Friends Pictures. The film is about women who take the crooked route to get rich.

Farhana with Aishwarya Rajesh in the title role is scheduled as a Republic Day release on 26 January. Nelson Venkatesan of Monster fame directed the film.

Justin Prabhakaran is the music director. Selvaraghavan , Aishwarya Dutta, Anumol, and Jithin Ramesh are part of the cast.

Beginning: First film to use split screen

Beginning, Asia’s first film to use the split screen method throughout the screening will be released on 26 January. It is directed by debutant Jagan Vijaya and has Vinod Kishan in the lead. He was appreciated for the film Andhaghaaram (now streaming on Netflix). 

Another movie coming on the same date is Dada starring Kavin and Aparna Das in the lead which is directed by Ganesh Babu — Red Giant Movies acquired the release rights. 

The film is about a father and his love for a baby girl. Bhagyraj and Aishwarya who acted in Rasukutty come together after a gap of 30 years in the film as Kavin’s parents.

Breaking News with Jai as a superhero is scheduled for 27 January.  Directed by Andrew Pandian, it has Snehan and Rahul Dev in the cast. It is a sci-fi film.

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