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With Sibiraj’s latest movie Naaigal Jaakirathai due for a big release (300 screens) this Friday (November 21. 2014), his recent “Doggy Style” video song prompted us to look at his prospects. We have tried our best in being highly constructive in our criticism, because we always wish Sibiraj well. Turbulent career so far

Being a star kid, Sibiraj has had quite a turbulent ride in his movie career.…

In the 80’s and 90’s, the Tamil Cinema was dominated by the “Big 6″ league of lead men – Rajini, Kamal, Vijayakanth, Sathyaraj, Prabhu and Karthik. As decades passed by, these beloved stars have aged gracefully and few of them have successfully transitioned to essay supporting roles. Prabhu Ganesan was the first one to transition, followed by Sathyaraj, Sarath Kumar and now Karthik Muthuraman.…

Today, Studio9 Media has announced that it quits from movie production, citing Vijay Sethupathi as the reason.  Apparently Vijay Sethupathi hasn’t acted in the Studio9’s production Vasanthakumaran, as he had agreed. This was an ongoing battle which did not grab much attention from the media earlier. Studio9 Media had already filed a complaint against Vijay Sethupathi in the Producer’s council on…

Are Arunachalam, #Sivakarthikeyan and #RajiniMurugan related? Like and share if you understand the relation

How are Sivakarthikeyan, Arunachalam and Rajini Murugan related?

In the Rajini intro song from Arunachalam, the Lingam idol refers to “Siva” and Superstar Rajinikanth refers to “Rajini”. Both “Karthikeyan” and “Murugan” are Lord Muruga’s name.

The critically acclaimed Jail breakout and coin fight scenes from the movie Kaththi (2014) were copied from these originals.

Jail breakout scene original

Tunnel Break is an episode of a TV series Breakout (2010) in National Geographic Channel.

Coin fight scene original

Fight scene starring Jim Kelly is from Black Belt Jones (1974)

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Of all the upcoming stars, Sivakarthikeyan enjoys the most fortunate distinction of co-starring with Tamil Cinema’s most experienced veteran actors. Being an actor without any film background and acting experience, his first association with a veteran came with his superhit Varutha Padatha Vaalibar Sangam(2013) when he co-starred (more…)

Thala 55 Title - There has been a long wait for the title of Gautham Menon's next movie starring Ajith Kumar. While the fans fondly referred to it as "Thala 55", the wait is finally over. It is officially announced as.. Read more at

There has been a long wait for the title of Gautham Menon’s next movie starring Ajith Kumar. While the fans fondly referred to it as “Thala 55″, the wait is finally over. It is officially announced as (more…)

Kaththi Theme song - Inspiration or Plagiarism? Kaththi (2014)'s Theme song composed by Anirudh Ravichander seems to inspired from "Immortal" by DVBBS & Tony Junior. Check out these snippets and tell us what you think.

Kaththi (2014)‘s Theme song composed by Anirudh Ravichander seems to inspired from “Immortal” by DVBBS & Tony Junior.

Check out these snippets and tell us what you think. (more…)

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