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Though last year was rather barren in Tamil cinema, KS Ravikumar was part of one of the year’s few big releases, Naan Sirithal, which featured him as the antagonist. Fondly known for his blockbuster masala cinema, the filmmaker has slowly, yet steadily grown into the shoes of an actor over the years. With the recent Zee5 release, Mathil, it is safe to say that Ravikumar has now been promoted from the ‘hero’s father’ (Thanga Magan, Rekka) to ‘hero’. “I would rather call my part the protagonist. He is not your usual hero who fights and dances. Mathil is a simple tale of a man trying to reclaim a wall he owns from a politician,” he says.
Shruti Haasan joins Prabhas in Prashanth Neel s Salaar, makers announce on actress birthday Salaar marks the first onscreen collaboration between Prabhas and Shruti Haasan. FP Staff January 28, 2021 11:38:14 IST Shruti Haasan | Image from Twitter @hombalefilms
Actor Shruti Haasan is set to star in
KGF director Prashanth Neel s underworld action thriller
Salaar, the makers announced on Thursday.
Billed as a pan-India project, the film will feature Haasan opposite South star Prabhas, who will be seen playing a violent character .
The official Twitter account of production house Hombale Films made the announcement on Haasan s 35th birthday.
Wish you a very happy birthday @shrutihaasan
Shruti Haasan Birthday: What makes the effervescent actor the reigning queen of Tollywood
On the occasion of Shruti Haasan s 35th birthday, production house Hombale Films revealed that the actor has been roped in for its upcoming film Saalar. Pabhas took to his Facebook page to wish his co-star.
January 28, 2021 14:00 IST
Talented actor Shruti Haasan is the daughter of actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika Thakur. She has showcased her talent in Tollywood and Bollywood as well. She has worked predominantly in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil-language films. She is a trained musician and a danseuse. Apart from having millions of fans, she is also the recipient of several awards, including three Filmfare Awards.
Rajiv Menon and Sudha Kongara
With multiple OTT platforms and a mimimalist approach to filmmaking, the entertainment industry kept creating content despite 2020’s challenges
Imagine a filmmaker sitting in one part of Chennai, and directing actors performing sequences in another neighbourhood. In any other year, we would have laughed about this, but 2020 made it a reality.
Imagine a family gathered in front of their smart TV on a Friday to watch its matinee idol’s latest film, barely minutes after its release. In another year, we would have scoffed at this scenario, but again, 2020 made it a reality.
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Oh Maa, My OTT Ninja The hand that rocked the cradle rules the imagination
The visiting relation from the United States looked from the
kabiraji cutlet in her hand to my mother and started to ask, “So what are you watching on Netfl.” And then just like that, mid-sentence, she turned to me and H and completed what remained of the sentence, “ix”. It was obvious it had suddenly occurred to her that a person inhabiting a certain age box would be clueless about sophisticated inventions such as OTTs, hence the timely social manoeuvre.
Now, it so happens that my mother is quite the OTT expert. At any given time her watchlist is a heady mix of historicals, crime thrillers and social dramas