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Pari Elavazhagan and Archana Ravichandran front a Chennai dermatology launch
Pari Elavazhagan vouches for his dermatologist, Archana Ravichandran shares chief-guest billing, and Kishen Das talks grooming at a Chennai clinic launch.
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Mohanlal's L367 becomes Operation Ganga, built on the Ukraine airlift
Vishnu Mohan's third film puts Mohanlal inside India's 2022 evacuation from Ukraine, with a crew pulled from Dhurandhar, Pushpa and Kantara.
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Jeethu Joseph writes a London office rom-com for Vimal and Shriya Saran
Jeethu Joseph supplies the story, R. Madhesh directs, and Vimal plays a London software employee whose boss is Shriya Saran. Sathyan is caught between them.
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Gatta Kusthi 2 turns 50, and Chella Ayyavu has a shelf waiting for the shield
Chella Ayyavu's shield goes next to the one he got as an assistant, Vishnuu Vishal meets his childhood dance idol, and three people mention Gatta Kusthi 3.
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Cold Call puts four sales reps and four newcomers in theatres on September 18
Four debutants play four sales representatives in Cold Call, Thambidurai's feel-good comedy scored by Pranav Giridharan. It opens in theatres on September 18.
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Kavin's payday pitch as the Hi team takes its thank-you lap
A debut director who got married mid-shoot, a producer asked why he would make something this small, and Prabhu bringing home-cooked lunch to Thoothukudi.
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Dulquer sells I'm Game to Chennai: 'almost a straight Tamil film'
Wayfarer's biggest budget, Mysskin as the team's guru, and a captain who had to learn cricket for the part: the pitch two days before the September 3 opening.
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Karthi says Sardar 2 aimed for 100 marks, not a pass
A truth about your water bottle you cannot dodge, a villain who gives 500 percent to the mic, and a father who never once asked what film his son was making.
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Sardar 2 trailer lands, and Suriya can't quite believe it
A botched first mission, S.J. Suryah as Black Dagger, Sam C.S.'s 100th film and a plea from the director: do not club this with Dhurandhar.
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Shivathmika joins Prabhu as Franklin Jacob's film rolls
The held-back female lead is finally out in the open, the revolver poster is up, and Vikram Prabhu came by to watch his father start a new film.
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Vidiyum Kaathiru first look: M.S. Bhaskar is next
A murder house, two cops and something that will not stay quiet: a debutant from the Bala and Mysskin school hands M.S. Bhaskar the lead role.
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GV Prakash's Immortal hides a creature behind a love story
The producer cut a breezy romance trailer on purpose. What sits in the second half of Immortal took a full year of VFX. It opens September 4.