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Kaalidas 2 Is the Only South Indian Film at Shanghai
One of seven Indian titles at the 28th Shanghai festival, Kaalidas 2 was the lone entry from the south, sharing the slate with Chandu Champion and Umrao Jaan.
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KJR admits Angikaaram isn't a hit, vows to change that
At Angikaaram's thanks meet, KJR called the opening medium, not the hit he wanted, and said a distributor's dig about a bigger star only pushed him harder.
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Gatta Kusthi 2 picks Chennai's 85-year-old Casino for its first show
Once the address for Bond premieres and a year-long Mayabazar run, Casino on Mount Road stakes its comeback on Vishnu Vishal's Gatta Kusthi 2.
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Aroopi crosses into Tamil: a yakshini horror on fresh faces
Abhilash Warrier's Malayalam horror Aroopi gets a Tamil trailer and a Gopi Sundar score, with debut lead Vysakh Ravi and Neha Chawla as the yakshini.
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Hombale backs Suriya 48: the Jai Bhim duo reunites
Suriya reunites with Jai Bhim director T.J. Gnanavel for Suriya 48, his first film with KGF and Kantara studio Hombale. The shoot begins July 22.
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The Dark Heaven trailer: five murders, one pattern, no clue
Director Balaji's folk-horror crime thriller The Dark Heaven, with TV actor Sidhu in his first lead, drops its trailer and opens July 17 in four languages.
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Lollipop Sports Academy Puts Yogi Babu in the Game
Lollipop Sports Academy, a sports comedy with Yogi Babu, Redin Kingsley, Rachitha Mahalakshmi and Yaashika Anand, has started shooting under director K.R. Senthilnaathan.
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Love Oh Love Sends Pavish Out Under the Family Name
Love Oh Love, Pavish Narayan's youthful romance directed by Magesh Rajendran and produced by G Dhananjayan and Dinesh Raj, launched its trailer and audio ahead of a July 10 release.
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Rangaraj Pandey Trades the Press Row for a Prison Cell
At the Lakshmikanthan Kolai Vazhakku audio launch, journalist Rangaraj Pandey turned actor as a jailer opposite a death-row convict, in Dayal Padmanabhan's film out July 10.
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Kavin Begins Per Sollum Pillai, a Rural Entertainer
Per Sollum Pillai, Kavin's rural entertainer directed by Thandatti's Ram Sangaiah, launched in Chennai with Sanjana Krishnamoorthy as the lead and Justin Prabhakaran's score.
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Habeebi Waited a Century for Tamil Cinema to Tell This Story
At the Habeebi thanksgiving meet, the team marked a rare full-length portrait of Muslim life in Tamil cinema, with Kasthuri Raja's lead turn as Yusuf under Meera Kathiravan.
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Nagabandham Takes Its Name From a Vault No One Has Opened
Nagabandham, the pan-India mythological action film with Virat Karrna and Nabha Natesh, releases July 3 in five languages. Abhishek Nama leans on a real temple mystery.
