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Rajinikanth on CM Vijay: 'greater than what MGR or NTR did'
Three social-media rumours, one Stalin visit, no swearing-in invite. Rajinikanth's stand-up answer on Vijay, and his counsel: leave him alone for two years.
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Athiradi opens in Tamil Nadu on May 22. Sanju Samson turned up at the Chennai pre-release event to back his friend Basil Joseph's 50th film as an actor.
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Sanju Samson and Basil Joseph at Athiradi's Chennai pre-release event, with a signed CSK jersey for the team.
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Three social-media rumours, one Stalin visit, no swearing-in invite. Rajinikanth's stand-up answer on Vijay, and his counsel: leave him alone for two years.
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A state-run OTT, an 8-week theatrical window, 4% entertainment tax gone, an anti-piracy cell, five shows a day, 10% subsidy for in-state shoots.
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Suriya quietly cleared his producers' debts to get the film out. RJ Balaji went from tears to a viral Rohini scream. The credits thank the chief minister.
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After a three-year wait and a quieter March theatrical run, V.R. Thudhivaanan's folk-thriller about a pregnant pilgrim and an ancestral shrine gets its wider audience window.
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His open letter asks the trade to trim foreign schedules, entourages and ostentation to face the slowdown, without cutting into workers' wages or dignity.
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Flanked by his co-brother, he showed the camera his wrist and named the cyberbullying he says drove Keneeshaa out. The soft version is gone.
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Three of the nine arrested in the Jana Nayagan piracy case now face up to a year of preventive detention. Kollywood's post-production rooms are the wider story.
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Karuppu lost all of May 14 to a financial-logistics crisis and still posted Rs 15.5 crore net on day one. The Retro comparison, and the weekend that will decide things.
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RJ Balaji builds a whole film around himself before Suriya walks in. The first half earns its patience; the second leans on spectacle. 3.5/5.
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From Dhanush and Ravi Mohan to Karthik Subbaraj, Venkat Prabhu, GV Prakash and Santhosh Narayanan, the industry put solidarity for the Suriya film on the record.
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Producers demand compensation and fear a Jananayagan-style piracy as the Suriya film clipped onto Mumbai, Pune and Varanasi screens before its Tamil Nadu opening.