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Subhash K Jha shines the light on Mamta Kulkarni’s life and career in this special feature.

Why did Mamta Kulkarni become untouchable for the film industry? At one time, she had the best banners. Alas, she didn’t have the manners to go with the banners. A certain crassness was noticed in her behaviour. The industry clung to the crudity and disregarded the girl’s obvious confidence before the camera.

In one of his press interviews, Bharat Shah was once quoted as saying Mamta Kulkarni is a “loose woman.” I do believe the polite and soft-spoken producer-tycoon was misquoted. How can any individual of such stature and power talk so “loosely” about a lady?

Mamta had it all. Then she went and lost it to God knows what. Perhaps her ego? Or was it the desire to reach the moon without getting her feet snarled in the caters?

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When Thalapathy Vijay Recreated Rajinikanth’s Iconic Scene To Follow His Dream ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Thalapathy Vijay is soon set to retire from acting and focus on his political career with his decision to step away from movies. The competition for his spot in Kollywood has intensified. Several rising stars and established actors are eyeing the opportunity to fill the void left by Vijay. Meanwhile, news about his past struggles and how superstar Rajinikanth influenced his entry into the film industry has gone viral.

Thalapathy Vijay had a challenging journey before making it to the silver screen. Although his father, Sa Chandrasekhar, was a well-known filmmaker, he didn’t support Vijay’s desire to become an actor. Surprisingly, superstar Rajinikanth indirectly played a significant role in convincing Vijay’s father.

Vijay’s interest in acting emerged during his teenage years. Academics did not appeal to him, and he expressed his...

Rajinikanth Reacts To Rumors Of Rivalry With Thalapathy Vijay, Calls Himself His ‘Well-Wisher’ ( Photo Credit – IMDb )

Despite his massive stardom, superstar Rajinikanth often makes headlines for his humility, down-to-earth and helpful nature. A couple of months back, Thalaiva made headlines when he narrated the story of an eagle and a crow during the audio launch of Jailer. Soon after his statement went viral, netizens thought it was a jibe at Thalapathy Vijay. Now, in a recent media interview, he has cleared the air and set the record straight.

At the Jailer audio launch, the superstar was heard saying, “Even though the eagle flies high, it remains calm. But the crow isn’t like that, as it will keep cawing to irritate the eagle, which will ignore it and fly even higher. However the crow tries, it can never fly as high as the eagle.” Now, here’s what he has to say about the same.

In a surprising move, Lyca Productions, one of the leading production houses in the Indian film industry, has announced that they have signed Jason Sanjay, the son of superstar Vijay, for his directorial debut. According to reports, The yet-to-be-titled film will be Lyca Productions’ first direct Kannada film and will star Nikhil Kumaraswamy, the grandson of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, and Yukthi Tareja, a model-turned-actress.

Jason Sanjay, who is currently pursuing his filmmaking course in the US, thanked Lyca Productions for giving him this opportunity and said that he was excited to work with Nikhil Kumaraswamy and Yukthi Tareja. He also said that he was inspired by his father Vijay’s films and his grandfather Sa Chandrasekhar’s direction. He added that he wanted to make films that are entertaining as well as meaningful.

Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who is also a politician and a singer, said that he was...

CinemaThe star met the members of his fans association Thalapathy Vijay Makkal Iyakkam at Chennai’s Panaiyur on Sunday.Tnm StaffWith Vijay’s Pongal release Varisu not too far away, the Kollywood star met with members of his fans association Thalapathy Vijay Makkal Iyakkam on Sunday, November 20, at the Panaiyur office in Chennai. On the occasion, the actor advised his fans to take care of their families first before indulging in social work. The association is known for carrying out various social and relief work in the actor’s name across Tamil Nadu. Reports say that entry to the event was strictly regulated to only card-holding association members. The actor appears to have arrived at the event location sometime in the afternoon, though the excitement ran high from the morning, with photos of biriyani being cooked at the venue circulating on social media. Videos show fans greeting Vijay with huge...

Chennai, June 6: Tamil actor Vijay's 39th birthday falls on June 22, but members from his fan club have decided to celebrate it for a charitable cause at an event here Saturday.

"Members from his fan club will indulge in charitable activities such as distribution of computers, sewing machines and wheelchairs to the differently abled and other human welfare activities," said a statement.

Besides Vijay, his father S.A. Chandrasekhar will also be present at the event to distribute the items to the needy.

Tree saplings will be given to all the people who would attend the event as a mark of respect to the environment.

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Mumbai, Sep 10: 31 years old Reemma Sen will be seen as a cop in the upcoming movie, which is the remake of "Sattam Oru Iruttarai" by S.A. Chandrasekhar. In the same film, she will be also playing the supporting role of the heroine's sister. After knowing this, Reemma is being flooded with many film offers from film makers who are proposing her to do same kind of roles in their films.

Now, a frustrated Reemma has determined.

If there could be two personalities, who compliment each other’s works as none does, it will be none other than Vijay and his father S.A. Chandrasekhar. Soon after watching his film, Sac and his wife Shoba will appreciate Vijay saying that his son has done a good job and it is vice versa.

This time, Vijay has showered more praises on his father S.A. Chandrasekhar after watching the film. Sources have mentioned that Vijay never appreciates his father usually after watching his films. Last time, they could hear him singing praises of his dad was for the film ‘Naan Sigappu Manithan’. After decades, he has now appreciated his father for this film.

The film features newcomers Kathir and Arundhathi in lead roles and is now acquired of City Rights by Aascar Ravichandran.

Years before, Rajnikanth’s ‘Naan Sigappu Manidhan’ was directed by S.A. Chandrasekhar. The film had received greatest appreciations from all over the town and fetched a great honor for Rajnikanth. Till today, the film holds special mention for its stunning screenplay.

Since, Vijay’s career isn’t doing well these days and political themes in films are resent even by his own, he has decided to remake the same film to gain back the lost fame. The film will be produced by S.A. Chandrasekhar himself while the filmmaker and rest of the star-casts is yet to be confirmed.

The original version had an important role for ace screenwriter-filmmaker-actor Bhagyaraj.

The wedding reception of ace filmmaker S.P. Muthuraman’s grandson was held last evening at Chennai. Expressing the gratitude for his mentor – superstar Rajnikanth was present throughout the ceremony spending lot of time with the family members. Then, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu – M. Karunanidhi along with M.K. Stalin and Kanimozhi were present for the occasion. Also present for the event were Sivakumar, S.A. Chandrasekhar, Rama Narayanan, Kushboo and many others.

S.P. Muthuraman holds special mention for making couple of dozens of blockbusters with Superstar Rajnikanth had each films differing from others in genres and themes.

We as the members of Kollywood Today, extend our wishes for the family members and newly wed couple a happy married life and success in all their endeavors.

In the past few days, the distributors union in Tamil Nadu has been holding special meetings to discuss the net results of loss incurred. The graph from drawn from Vijay’s ‘Aadhi’ till his recent release ‘Sura’ and finally decided to insist Vijay on returning 40% of the compensation.

This noon, they were supposed to hold special meeting with press professionals that was cancelled all of sudden. When peeped into this for further clarification, it was revealed that last night, Vijay’s father S.A. Chandrasekhar had personally called up the executive members of Exhibitors Union to come over his place.

After discussing the issues over phone, they have now arranged for a last minute meeting at Vijay’s place and things are likely to be settled amicably.

Actor Vijay seems to be drenched in hastiness of fetching more money as his market is slightly loosing out amongst trade areas. A good actor is the one, who doesn’t any projects before completing his present ones. But Vijay’s father S.A. Chandrasekar is so deliberate that his son may loose his market with so many flops in the row.

It was the main reason why he signed ‘Sura’ much prior to the completion of ‘Vettaikaran’. Though Sun Pictures have been persistently publicizing the film that it is a grand hit, in reality, the film is a real disaster. Now, with his ‘Sura’ still pending with so many schedules, the actor has cleverly signed two projects with Super Good Films and Aascar Ravichandran each.

Anyhow, few are interested in getting into politics are investing in other business with the aid of certain audiences who are ready to accept even...