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Akshay Kumar to Play Narendra Modi in Biopic

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Shahrukh Khan Warns His Children over Their Affairs

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OMG!! This Film Is YS Jagan’s Story?

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It’s just hours ago the trailer of Rana Daggubati’s “Nene Raju Nene Mantri” got released and immediately political circles are getting heated up with the debate on the story of the movie.

Actually, the film looks like a guy’s journey, in both positive and negative ways, to become Chief Minister of a state. Going by the looks, dialogues and content there, some political pundits are opining that the film’s story is loosely based on opposition leader YS Jagan. Some say that Jagan’s challenge to become a Chief Minister of AP after his father, late YSR’s death, is what could be looked through Rana’s character. Also, the name of the lead guy in the film is Jogendra and it sounds close to Jagan, say a few.

Whatever it may be, many times writers often carve out scenes that have real life inspiration. That doesn’t mean a particular politician’s life is fully being translated to the silver screen. For now, director Teja and hero Rana are maintaining that this is a pure work of fiction.

In another contest, Nene Raju Nene Mantri looks like a simple rehash of “Leader” movie where a leader dies suddenly and his son uses many tricks in the book to get back to power. What Rana, what’s cooking with this film?

DJ: One Crore Bikini Treat Blurred In Theatres

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Apparently, the arrival of DJ Duvvada Jagannadham has marked the newest entry of dusky siren Pooja Hegde yet again. While her initial Telugu films like Oka Laila Kosam and Mukunda yielded nothing, this time she’s banking on a different theory.

When Pooja Hegde rose from a swimming pool in DJ Duvvada Jagannadham, it is whistles all over theatres as Harish Shankar made sure that this will not be just a simple long shot. There are a lot of close shots, following her curves and teasing audiences. It’s so hot that during the close-up shots, total bikini and waistline of Pooja got blurred by the Censor Board. And rumours have that she charged 1 crore for this hottest treat.

Though DJ received a mixed talk on First Day, it’s Pooja’s glamour show that received unanimously positive feedback. However, a little bit of acting skills from this hottie would have helped her role click more with the audiences. Even during songs, Pooja looked like by-hearting her lines and saying it back without any expression or feeling.

Meanwhile, those who want to run after this hottie just for that glamour might have to rethink because her 5’10” height makes her taller than many heroes now. Even Bunny struggled to make adjustments in songs when Pooja is around!!

DJ Made Harish Forget Pawan & NTR?

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Out of the six films he has directed so far, Harish Shankar found both the best Song and best Fight of his career in his latest offering ‘DJ’. He added that ‘Seeti Maar’ song from DJ and the pre-climax fight in this Bunny starrer are the best song and fight in the six movies of his.

Harish Shankar is allegedly infamous for singing songs of the hero of his current film. In his bid to raise expectations on DJ, has he downplayed ‘Gabbar Singh’, the film starring his often-claimed demigod Pawan Kalyan?

Ever since the audio of DJ was unveiled, the response has been pretty mixed. The album is good but it didn’t meet the expectations raised by the Bunny-DSP combo. Harish can easily find better songs in ‘Gabbar Singh’ than in DJ. He somehow found the song in DJ the best.

When asked about his ‘Ramayya Vasthavayya’, Harish allegedly reacted as if he didn’t remember the film at all. How could he have forgot his own film when he has barely directed half a dozen films? Moreover, the film stars NTR in lead role. Harish reportedly said that he vaguely remembers the scenes in this NTR starrer.

One Of The Worst Talk On Day 1 For Superstar

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Salman Khan’s highly anticipated film, ‘Tubelight’ hit screens today. Going by the response, even the actor’s unbeatable crowd-pulling capability may fall short in saving this alleged ‘artificial’ film from sinking at box office.

Despite the promotional blitzkrieg from Salman the team of ‘Tubelight’, the film somehow couldn’t attract audiences’ attention right from the promos. And, when the D Day came today, the film is teared apart by critics for its pretentious and artificial drama. The response on social also is very poor. Mainly, Salman’s ineffective acting has come under scanner as he chose a difficult character this time, of a man-child.

In the past few years, Salman has evolved as a reckoning force at box office, and his charisma has pulled even seemingly duds like ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo’, ‘Dabangg 2’ and ‘Bodyguard’ to safe shores. The same cant’ be said about ‘Jai Ho’ though. From the early response and trade reports, it seems that Tubelight is going to be a bigger fiasco than Jai Ho.

Pawan Kalyan Fans and Ram Charan Fans Response on DJ Movie

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YCP Leader Bhumana Counter to Chandrababu Naidu | Mataku Mata

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Actor Found to Play SVR in Mahanati

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There is no confirmation yet over whether NTR Jr will be essaying the role of Sr NTR in ‘Mahanati’, but the makers have reportedly pulled off a major casting master stroke.

As per the buzz in film circles, veteran actor Manchu Mohan Babu has been roped in to play the character of legendary Telugu actor SV Ranga Rao. Versatile actor Prakash Raj was earlier under consideration to essay this role. Mohan Babu is definitely a better choice than Prakash Raj and his addition to the film also adds star power. Playing SVR on silver screen is a proud achievement for any actor.

Keerthy Suresh is essaying Savitri’s role. Young Malayalam hero Dulquer Salman has already commenced shooting for his part, he is playing Gemini Ganeshan. The biopic is being directed by Nag Ashwin and produced by Ashwini Dutt’s daughter. Samantha and Vijay Devarakonda are also on board.

Hot Pic: Star Wife in Swimsuit

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Manyata Dutt, star wife of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, has pushed her followers as well as netizens in a state of frenzy when she posted a picture of hers in swimsuit.

Manyata, Sanjay Dutt and their twins are currently having an exotic vacation in Europe. Among the many photos Manyata has shared, this particular picture has caught the attention of everyone since it is not everyday that a celeb-wife dares to post bikini and swimsuit pics.

In this pic with scenic background, Manyata is seen coming out of a pool wearing a blue color swimsuit. While some have targeted her for sharing this swimsuit pic on social media despite being the wife of a noted hero, others are applauding her for possessing such sexy curves at 37 and flaunting them without any inhibition.

Duvvada Jagannadham Movie Review – 2.75/5

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Allu Arjun’s latest entertainer DJ is out in theaters now. It is a routine commercial flick loaded with commercial elements targeted at the masses. Harish Shankar totally banks upon Allu Arjun’s star power and uses entertainment to make it a passable fare.

Story :

Duvvada Jagannadham (Allu Arjun) is a Brahmin youth who does catering for livelihood. He falls in love with Pooja (Pooja Hegde), a rich girl, who rejects him. There is another side to Duvvada Jagannadham. He cannot sit and watch if someone does injustice in front of him. He teams up with a police officer (Murali Sharma) and eliminates all the criminals that come to his notice. Police identifies him with the name DJ. There is a cold blooded criminal Royyala Naidu (Rao Ramesh), a real estate business tycoon that does injustice to thousands of people. DJ loses one of his close one because of Royyala Naidu’s scam. Now, DJ has to find and eliminate Royyala Naidu who is hiding behind without letting the world know about his true colors.

Performances:

Allu Arjun: Stylish star Allu Arjun does a Brahmin character for the first time in his career and his efforts to get into the skin of the character can be seen. He mastered the dialect and perfected the body language. On the other side, he is extremely stylish and handsome as DJ. He excelled in dances and enthralls the masses with his punch lines.

Pooja Hegde and Others: Pooja has a little role to play in the main plot, but she provided the glam quotient and lit up the screen whenever she comes on it. She could be the next big thing in Telugu cinema industry with right opportunities. Rao Ramesh yet again excels with his Godavari dialect and a getup reminiscent of one of his father’s iconic characters ‘Royyala Naidu’. Murali Sharma is good in the supporting role. Vennela Kishore entertains. Tanikella Bharani, Pavitra Lokesh and Chandra Mohan are apt in their respective roles.

Technicalities:

Direction: Harish Shankar doesn’t try too hard for an exceptional script. He simply likes to play to the galleries and bank upon his hero’s strengths. DJ also is a regular commercial script laced with good humor and action. However, a bad second half doesn’t allow it to rise above the average mark.

Music and Others: Devi Sri Prasad once again comes up with foot tapping musical numbers that give ample scope for Allu Arjun to exhibit his dancing skills. His background score also is pretty good. BGM in the interval episode stands out. Ayananka Bose’s cinematography is another asset on the technical front. Editing is fine. Dialogues written by Harish Shankar are not only witty in comedy scenes but also meaningful in emotional scenes. Production values are very impressive.

Thumbs Up:

  • Allu Arjun
  • Songs
  • Pooja’s glamour

Thumbs Down:

  • Routine script
  • Below average second half

Analysis:

DJ is a typical commercial potboiler that doesn’t rely on a strong script. In fact the story and screenplay are quite ordinary and don’t offer anything fresh from usual stuff. It scores on the entertainment front with Allu Arjun in the driver’s seat.

Harish Shankar never lets the proceedings turn too serious. Duvvada Jagannadham is a character that fights for the society, but it remains grounded and entertains all the while. Even the villain character too is written in such a way that it entertains. Rao Ramesh is an evil minded strategist but also gets into the shoes of a real estate model to offer laughs.

First half of the film is solid with good humor, enjoyable songs, Pooja’s glamour and Allu Arjun in top form. Second half is a complete letdown though. One would expect a splendid confrontation between hero and villain at the intermission point. But the proceedings turn utter predictable as even the comedy takes the back seat until the end.

Director cleverly introduces Subba Raju in the middle of the story and sets it up for a hilarious ending. An unexpected funny twist towards the climax provides scope for comedy so that the viewers can leave the theaters with a smile on their faces. DJ may not offer freshness that a section of audiences look for, but an entertaining first half and Allu Arjun’s performance holds to make it a passable fare on the whole.

Verdict: Sabhya Samajaniki Routine Message.

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Ami Thumi Girl’s Tattoo Show

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Inking a tattoo on body is a form of conveying one’s thoughts and sometimes it is to keep the memories of some special happenings. A young actress as now created a small size flutter on social media with a unique tattoo.

Aditi Myakal, who made her Tollywood debut with “Ami Thumi”, has inked the release date of this film at a special place on her body to remember the beginning of her cinematic journey. 9.6.2017, it reads, which is the release of Ami Thumi. She posted the picture of tattoo on social media striking a sensually suggestive posture.

If imprinting this first of its kind tattoo was not enough, the place she chose to do so and the way she flaunted her tattoo has attracted attention of netizens. It came as a huge surprise to see the bold side of Aditi, who was seen as an innocent lady in ‘Ami Thumi’

Google Pixel 2 and Pixel XL 2 spotted in HTC U11 system files

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Google Pixel and Pixel XL flagship phones were built by HTC as part of its two-year contract deal with the search engine giant. However, a recent report suggested that Google would scrap the Pixel XL 2.

Now, the successors to Pixel and Pixel XL are speculated to be built by HTC as the system files of HTC U11 flagship phone have references to S2 and M2. This claim is further strengthened by the fact that Pixel and Pixel XL are denoted by the code names ‘S1’ and ‘M1’ respectively.

According to XDA Developers citing HTCSoku, the M2 listing could be old and the reference placed long before Google decided to drop Pixel XL 2 from its roadmap. Another report suggests that LG is still working on a larger sized Pixel phablet, which is touted to be the successor to Pixel XL.

If the LG theory is true, it is almost certain that HTC will be working on the Google Pixel 2 alone. However, if the LG rumour turns out to be false, then we could be seeing both Pixel 2 and Pixel XL 2 built by HTC.

Check out the various device codenames that have been allegedly leaked via HTC U11 system files:

  • OCEAN_WHL
  • OCEAN_UL
  • OCEAN_DUGL
  • OCEAN_DTWL
  • OCEAN_UHL
  • OCEAN_UHL_JAPAN
  • OCEAN_A
  • S2
  • M2

We could just wait for Google’s formal announcement on the upcoming Pixel phones in the next few weeks while more leaks are expected to keep us engaged ahead of the launch.

Why Bunny is Not Interested in Top Heroines?

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While Allu Arjun is eagerly awaiting the release of DJ, pre-production work of his next film ‘Naa Peru Surya’ is progressing at brisk pace. The names of many actresses are cropping up as potential heroines, and we can observe a refreshing change here.

After considering the likes of emerging Kannada actress Rashmika Mandanna and talented performer Nivetha Thomas (she even took part in a photo shoot), now the name of another rising Malayalam beauty Anu Emmanuel is reportedly under consideration. All of these actresses are talented but not stars yet.

A few years ago, Bunny used to romance only star heroines. The likes of Samantha, Kajal, Shruti Haasan, Rakul Preet, Ileana, Tamannah etc. have all worked with him only after they became stars. This trend of romancing star heroines was broken when Pooja Hegde was brought on board for DJ. Now, lesser popular actresses than Pooja are in contention to romance Bunny in “Naa Peru Surya”.

There could be either of the below mentioned two reasons or both for this change. First, Bunny has already worked with all the top heroines and he will have to repeat them, so he is looking for fresh combinations. Second, Bunny himself has become a huge star now that he doesn’t need the support of top heroines anymore.

Whatever the reason may be, Bunny giving chance to promising actresses will create more star heroines in Tollywood, a win-win situation for all.

OnePlus 5 launched in India with PayTM tie-up

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The OnePlus 5 was launched in India at a live-streamed event at the NSCI Dome in Mumbai on Thursday.

Following high-profile endorsement by personalities such as Amitabh Bachchan, Vir Das, Sushant Singh Rajput, Sania Mirza, the event was anchored by Rajiv Makhni and culminated in a contest to guess the price of the phone in India.

The Slate Grey variant with 6GB RAM and 64GB storage is priced at Rs. 32,999 and the Midnight Black variant with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage will be priced at and Rs.37,999.

The OnePlus 5 will be available starting 4.30 p.m., Thursday, on Amazon and oneplusstore.in. Amazon, which has been OnePlus’s partner since the phone’s India launch in December 2014, is exclusive online partner for flagship OnePlus 5.

Sale and availability

The e-commerce website is providing five offers, according to Amazon official Arun Srinivasan. Amazon Pay credit, Kindle offers, Cashback from SBI, Accident cover from Kotak, Data offers from Vodafone.

The features unveiled were much the same as the worldwide launch — dual camera, smooth performance and power efficiency on the Snapdragon 835 processor, Oxygen OS, etc. However, the highlight of the smartphone’s India launch is its integration with PayTM Quick Pay. One long press of the fingerprint sensor will take the user to the PayTM payment page in seconds. Additionally, the Indian version comes with customisable Vibration patterns.

Pop-up events — where people can purchase the smartphone offline — will be held in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Bengaluru over the next two days.

Here’s a run-down of its key features:

Body: 7.25mm thickness with unibody design, focus on smooth feel when holding the phone in the hand.

Colour: Midnight Black, Slate Grey

Fingerprint sensor: Supports PayTM Quick Pay in collaboration Oxygen OS Quick Pay, one long press will take user to payment page in seconds.

Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 10-nanometre mobile processor, 25% more power-efficient, 25% faster graphics-processing, 60 times more colours, machine-learning capabilities, developed over 1 year, HVX technology for faster image-processing capability of 100MP at a time.

Camera: Catching up with DSLR quality, 16MP + 20MP telephoto lens, background-foreground focal separation, Dual camera zoom with minimal loss of clarity, Portrait Mode offers Backlight Compensation for brighter photos, Fast Autofocus, f/1.7 aperture for sharper low-light shots (34% more light) and image stabilisation.

Battery: 3,300 mAh Dash Charge (battery charges consistently even when phone is in use), “A day’s power in half-an-hour”, greater Power Efficiency with 8GB RAM and 2.45GHz Snapdragon 835 which allows you to run a lot of apps without danger of crashing, UFS 2.1 Dual-Lane gives twice as much bandwidth, 64GB/128GB internal storage, App Priority with Oxygen OS

Smooth experience: Touch Latency improved — shorter latency means more sensitivity — with reduced Input Lag.

Display: 5.5” screen Optic Amoled Display Full HD Resolution

Oxygen OS: Reading Mode (can be toggled on and off) has Ambient sensor which can change screen temperature according to environment light. smartphone reading experience comes closer to e-reader like Kindle.

Donald Trump, Mohammed bin Salman share hardline views on Iran but risks abound

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Saudi Arabia’s new crown prince and likely next king Mohammed bin Salman shares U.S. President Donald Trump’s hawkish view of Iran, but a more confrontational approach toward Tehran carries a risk of escalation in an unstable region, current and former U.S. officials said.

Iran will almost certainly respond to a more aggressive posture by the United States and its chief Sunni Arab ally in battlefields where Riyadh and Tehran are engaged in a regional tussle for influence.

Saudi King Salman made his son Mohammed bin Salman next in line to the throne on June 21, 2017, handing the 31-year-old sweeping powers, in a succession shake-up. Prince Mohammed bin Salman, widely referred to as “MbS,” has ruled out any dialogue with arch rival Iran and pledged to protect his conservative kingdom from what he called Tehran’s efforts to dominate the Muslim world.

In the first meeting between Mr. Trump and MbS at the White House in March 2017, the two leaders noted the importance of “confronting Iran’s destabilising regional activities”. But that could have unintended consequences, said some current and former U.S. administration officials.

The greatest danger for the Trump administration, a longtime U.S. government expert on Middle East affairs said, was for the United States to be dragged deeper into the Sunni-Shia conflict playing out across the Middle East, a danger that could be compounded by Mr. Trump’s delegation of responsibility for military decisions to the Pentagon. If the administration gives U.S. commanders greater authority to respond to Iranian air and naval provocations in the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz, things could easily spiral out of control, the official said.

U.S.-backed forces fighting in Syria are also in close proximity with Iranian-backed forces supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. U.S. military jets twice in June 2017 shot down Iranian-made drones threatening U.S. and coalition forces in southeastern Syria. The United States also supports the Saudi-led coalition’s war in Yemen through refuelling, logistics and limited intelligence assistance.

“If we were to witness an incident at sea between an Iranian and a U.S. vessel in the Gulf, at a time of immense distrust and zero communication, how likely is it that the confrontation would be defused rather than exacerbated?” said Rob Malley, vice president for policy at the International Crisis Group. “If there’s a more bellicose attitude towards Iran, Iran is likely to respond,” said Mr. Malley, a former senior adviser on Middle East affairs under President Barack Obama.

Eric Pelofsky, who dealt with Middle East issues at the White House under Mr. Obama, said the administration had “laboured pretty hard to avoid a direct clash between Saudi Arabia and Iran on the high seas”, in part because it would expand the Yemen conflict and there were questions “about what the outcome of such an encounter might be”.

But Luke Coffey, director of the Foreign Policy Centre at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, doubted Iran would retaliate in a major way. “Iran has very limited ability or options to retaliate against U.S. forces in the region without suffering an overwhelming U.S. response,” Mr. Coffey said. “I think Tehran knows this so they will stick to low-level tactics like harassing U.S. ships in the Gulf. This will be just enough to be annoying but not enough to be considered ‘retaliating,’” he added.

Close relationship

MbS was the driving force behind the Saudi-led campaign in Yemen against Iran-allied Houthi rebels, launched in March 2015. He also appears to have orchestrated this month’s breach with neighbour Qatar, which was accused by Riyadh and three other Arab states of cosying up to Iran, funding terrorism or fomenting regional instability. Qatar denies the allegations.

“Theres a danger that his foreign policy instincts, that do tend to be aggressive, especially toward Iran, but also toward Sunni extremism, might end up distracting from what he wants to get done economically,” said a former Obama administration official, referring to “Vision 2030,” MbS’ signature economic and social reform agenda.

Mr. Malley, who has met MbS, said his attitude toward Iran “stems from his strongly felt conviction that for too long the kingdom has been a punching bag, a passive witness to Iranian action, true or assumed, in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia’s own eastern Province”. “His view is that Saudi Arabia absorbed those blows and now there’s no reason to absorb them any more,” Mr. Malley said.

That dovetails neatly with Mr. Trump who has said Iran promotes evil and is a key source of funding and support for militant groups. MbS has also developed a close relationship with Mr. Trump’s influential son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who at 36 is close in age to him.

MbS’ “desire to confront or even defeat Iran has appeal in the White House, where the crown prince has done an admirable job forging a relationship with the Kushners, who are of his generation”, said the U.S. official.

Mr. Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump, had dinner with MbS when the U.S. President visited Riyadh in May 2017, the first stop on Mr. Trump’s maiden international visit.

Another senior administration official told Reuters that while Washington did not have advance warning of MbS’ promotion, it could see it coming. “This is why the President has tried to foster good relations with him,” the official said.

‘Germany spied on White House’

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Germany’s foreign intelligence service long spied on numerous official and business targets in the United States, including the White House, Spiegel weekly reported on Thursday.

The magazine said it had seen documents showing that the intelligence service, the BND, had a list of some 4,000 so-called selector keywords for surveillance between 1998 and 2006.

Institutions spied on

These included telephone or fax numbers, as well as e-mail addresses at the White House as well as the U.S. Finance and Foreign ministries. Other monitoring targets ranged from military institutions, including the U.S. Air Force or the Marine Corps, space agency NASA to civic group Human Rights Watch. Hundreds of foreign embassies as well as international organisations such as the International Monetary Fund were not spared, Spiegel said.

The BND declined comment in the Spiegel report.

Germany had reacted with outrage when information leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden revealed in 2013 that U.S. agents were carrying out widespread tapping worldwide, including of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone.

Volte-face

Ms. Merkel, who grew up in communist East Germany where state spying on citizens was rampant, declared repeatedly that “spying among friends is not on” while acknowledging Germany’s reliance on the U.S. in security matters. But to the great embarrassment of Germany, it later emerged that the BND helped the NSA spy on European allies.

Berlin last June approved new measures, including greater oversight, to rein in the BND following the scandal.

Veteran South Actress Shobana is getting Married

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Unit Member Died on Rajini’s Kaala Sets

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In a movie which is so much in focus, lot of people like to read and find something interesting about the shoot. But, we never wish to read something like this coming from the sets of Superstar Rajinikanth’s upcoming film Kaala- that caused the death of a human.

The shoot of Rajinikanth’s starrer Kaala has reportedly killed a unit member, who’s taking part in erecting set for second schedule of the movie in Chennai. Unfortunately, the saddening incident took place when that unit member, whose name is not known, came in contact with a short-circuit wire while working on the sets.

The cast & crew of Kaala are in a state of shock, and the makers are in a perplexed state whether to continue shoot or go for a short break. Understandably, fans of Rajinikanth mourned the demise of unit member and wish no such incidents on sets of superstar’s films.

Bank rolled by Dhanush under Wunderbar films, Pa Ranjith of Kabali fame is helming this mafia-based flick. Huma Qureshi is the female lead in the film.

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