MollywoodHelmed by filmmaker Rosshan Andrrews, ‘Salute’ stars Bollywood actor Diana Penty opposite Dulquer.Tnm StaffInstagram/Dulquer SalmaanMollywood actor Dulquer Salmaan who had collaborated with director Rosshan Andrrews for upcoming Malayalam film Salute, took to social media on Friday to announce that he has wrapped up shooting for the movie. He conveyed his best wishes to the cast and crew members and also thanked them for making the shooting experience a memorable journey. Thanking the director for presenting the opportunity to him, Dulquer shared a photo with director Rosshan and wrote in an Instagram caption, “And it’s a wrap!! Bidding adieu to Aravind Karunakaran with a #Salute. Thank you Roshan chetta for giving me this opportunity. I absolutely enjoyed it. Thank you for all the kind words. It was our pleasure at Wayfarer Films to work with you and the entire team (sic).” He also expressed his gratitude to the...
- 4/10/2021
- by SaradhaU
- The News Minute
MollywoodThe film is written by Bobby and Sanjay and produced by Dulquer’s Wayfarer Films.Tnm StaffA crowd of men are shouting, banging on a police vehicle with voices asking the person inside to get out if he dared to. A slow music begins and Dulquer Salmaan, putting on the police cap from inside the vehicle gets out, slams the door and faces the crowd. This is the short and long of the teaser of his new film Salute, directed by Rosshan Andrrews, released minutes ago online. Director Rosshan Andrrews is once again associating with his favourite writer duo Bobby and Sanjay for the film. Dulquer’s Wayfarer Films is producing Salute. Noted Tamil musician Santhosh Narayanan is composing the music for the film. Sreekar Prasad is the editor and Aslam K Purayil the cinematographer. In the cast with Dulquer are Manoj K Jayan, Diana Penty, Lakshmi Gopalaswami, Sania Iyyappan,...
- 4/4/2021
- by Cris
- The News Minute
Mollywood Dulquer Salmaan essays the role of a cop in this upcoming Malayalam movie that has Diana Penty starring opposite him.Tnm StaffPopular Mollywood actor Dulquer Salmaan took to social media to reveal the title and first look poster from his upcoming Malayalam film, Salute. Dulquer is dressed as a cop in the poster that was released on Monday. He is seen sitting on a bike and strikes a pose with a police baton/ lathi. The actor started the caption on a funny note by acknowledging that he is presenting his own movie. He then praised all the members of the cast and crew. “As embarrassing at it is. Here’s me presenting myself in our newest film titled “Salute” ! Saluting our wonderful cast and crew @DianaPenty @Music_Santhosh @sreekar_prasad @salutemovie2021 @dqswayfarerfilm #RosshanAndrrews #BobbySanjay #SaluteFL #SaluteFirstLook #SaluteMovie,” the tweet read. As embarrassing at it is. Here’s me presenting...
- 3/8/2021
- by SaradhaU
- The News Minute
MollywoodThe film will be a cop thriller, written by Bobby and Sanjay, and produced by Dulquer’s Wayfarer Films.Digital NativeA few days ago, Dulquer Salmaan joined the sets of the Rosshan Andrrews’s directorial tentatively titled Salute. The makers have now released a couple of stills from the sets, showing the actor in a new get-up with a cap worn backward and looking playful. Noted writer duo in the Malayalam film industry Bobby – Sanjay is scripting this Dulquer Salmaan starrer which is touted to be a cop thriller. Besides playing the lead role, Dulquer is bankrolling it under his banner Wayfarer Films. Earlier, when the project was announced, Dulquer wrote on his social media page, “Extremely happy to announce our newest venture. This is Production No 5 from #Wayfarer Films. I get to join hands with the super talented Rosshan Andrrews and the dynamic writing team of Bobby-Sanjay. We have...
- 2/26/2021
- by Cris
- The News Minute
KollywoodThe film will be bankrolled by Rd Raja under his banner 24 Am Studios.Digital NativeDigital NativeAruvi, which hit the silver screens last year, was a critical success and one of the biggest hits of the year. Directed by debutant Arun Prabhu Purushotham, the film had Aditi Balan, Anjali Varadhan and Lakshmi Gopalaswamy in the lead roles. This social-political drama was produced by Sr Prabhu and Sr Prakashbabu under the banner Dream Warrior Pictures on a budget of Rs 1 Crore and it went on to collect Rs 35 Crores at the box office. The director, no doubt, shot to limelight with his debut flick and expectations were rife on his next project. Well, here is the news about it. The official puja of Arun Prabhu’s next took place recently. The film will be bankrolled by Rd Raja under his banner 24 Am Studios. More details about the project are expected to be out soon. On getting the film on the floors, Rd Raja, its producer had tweeted: “In the journey of Making gud content n wholesome entertainment,Today wit all ur blessings n support,We have signed wit the passionate n dedicated film maker ‘Aruvi’ fame @thambiprabu89 at our Mentor Fr.RajaNayagam’s #Noshram , Paliankudi, Lower Camp,Kumily@24Amstudios.” In the journey of Making gud content n wholesome entertainment,Today wit all ur blessings n support,We have signed wit the passionate n dedicated film maker ‘Aruvi’ fame @thambiprabu89 at our Mentor Fr.RajaNayagam’s #Noshram , Paliankudi, Lower Camp,Kumily @24Amstudios pic.twitter.com/Ekq5C3AobB — Rd.Raja (@RDRajaofficial) May 29, 2018 Actor Siva Karthikeyan, who is director Arun Prabhu's cousin went on to tweet: Vazhthukkal my dear @thambiprabu89 and @RDRajaofficial anna I’m sure arun gonna give one more sensational film.. waiting eagerly.” Rd Raja, a successful producer in Kollywood, had produced two films so far and both the films had Siva Karthikeyan in the lead role. The films produced under his banner are Remo and Velaikkaran. He is currently bankrolling another Siva Karthikeyan starrer Seema Raja, which is being directed by Ponram. The film has Samantha playing the female lead and is scheduled for release for Vinayagar Chathurthi on September 13 this year. (Content provided by Digital Native)...
- 5/31/2018
- by Monalisa
- The News Minute
KollywoodThe film takes a jibe at Lakshmy's 'Solvathellam Unmai' and also has a dialogue - "A good film Vijay has acted in? Which one is that?" Tnm Staff aruvi main 750_0-compressed.jpgTamil film Aruvi has opened to rave reviews and great word of mouth. However, not everyone is happy. Actor, director and TV show host Lakshmy Ramakrishnan has taken umbrage to the film since it takes a jibe at her show Solvathellam Unmai. The film has actor Lakshmi Gopalaswamy playing a TV show host for a programme called Solvathellam Sathyam. The host is shown to be insensitive and hypocritical. Lakshmy Ramakrishnan took to Twitter to express her displeasure about how the film allegedly portrays her and the TV show. She asked if the director or anyone from his family had appeared on Solvathellam Unmai to know so much about the show. In the film, Aruvi is a HIV positive person who is mistreated by the TV show host. Lakshmy tweeted that many such persons had participated on the show, suggesting that they were treated with respect and not how the film had portrayed it. She also said that Aruvi was a "feminist film made by cheap & personal attacks on another woman." She further said that while Slumdog Millionaire had based a part of the film on Amitabh Bachchan's game show, people were not made to think that this was how the show runs. She also challenged the makers of the film to face her on camera and answer her queries. Lakshmy asserted that she was doing her work with social responsibility and that it was wrong to "belittle and demean" her for it. You have participated in #Su?Kallakaadhalaa?! Or , may be the director has or his family members:). That is why he knows so much about the show:) https://t.co/7obb3qc02x — Lakshmy Ramakrishnan (@LakshmyRamki) December 19, 2017 We will show you what it takes and what really happened when a HIV patient participated in the show! Not one , many! https://t.co/ZUUVbU9AjU — Lakshmy Ramakrishnan (@LakshmyRamki) December 19, 2017 We can't reveal they are HIV positive, in the show, but, we live in a state where some fools think make believe characters in cinema are true!!! So why not show real characters & incidents, which cannot be revealed in show, through cinema?! https://t.co/ZUUVbU9AjU — Lakshmy Ramakrishnan (@LakshmyRamki) December 19, 2017 The Director would have seen such things happening in shows & channel he worked for! he doesn't have the b.... to spoof his own channel. #Su is easy target to become popular & some quick bucks! feminist film made by cheap & personal attacks on another woman! What greatness! https://t.co/7obb3qc02x — Lakshmy Ramakrishnan (@LakshmyRamki) December 19, 2017 Remember #Slumdog ? Based in a popular show? They did not associate or believe that BIg B actually does what is shown in the film to his participants! But fools like this one, believe the Director's imagination is what actually happens! https://t.co/OeMKdwdtZu — Lakshmy Ramakrishnan (@LakshmyRamki) December 19, 2017 If the makers/ director has the b.... let them face me , live on camera, and answer my queries, good opportunity for publicity for the film! Can any of the popular channels including @ZeeTamil , come forward to do this? https://t.co/OeMKdwdtZu — Lakshmy Ramakrishnan (@LakshmyRamki) December 19, 2017 if someone has a problem with the format, they should address that! You cannot belittle and demean & defame my sincere contribution for the past 6 years! I don't do social work, but do my job with social responsibility & film industry has tried to damage me over & over again https://t.co/6DVUZimYLA — Lakshmy Ramakrishnan (@LakshmyRamki) December 19, 2017 Women should speak up not just for their own sake but for other women also. targeting a woman's reputation, someone who is a film maker / actor, also lends voice for social issues, is nothing but destructive. If u have opinion about the show, discuss that, why personal attacks ? — Lakshmy Ramakrishnan (@LakshmyRamki) December 19, 2017 This is not for the first time that Lakshmy has been upset at how the show has been represented on screen. The Rj Balaji-Gv Prakash film Kadavul Irukan Kumaru also mocked Solvathellam Unmai, angering the actor-director. Meanwhile, Aruvi has also drawn flak from Vijay fans for a scene that mocks the actor's films – the dialogue, "A good film that Vijay has acted in? Which one is that?" has irked some of them who've claimed that it was unnecessary for the film to take such a potshot at their star. They have alleged that Aruvi is a copy of an Egyptian film Asmaa while others have said it is not so. #Asmaa film unofficial remake #Aruvi https://t.co/9d1vPLvhNF — Vijayism (@karth1sofficial) December 18, 2017 @amrmsalama Thanks for Asmaa Please watch our Indian version, "Aruvi". It's unofficially dedicated to your hardwork We have added some extra trolls to make it more appealing to certain sections of our audience Hope you can reply back to the producer @prabhu_sr — Sammy (@iamsampoline) December 19, 2017 Enter Password : #Asmaa Re-enter Password : #Aruvi *Password matched* — Vijayism (@karth1sofficial) December 19, 2017 I watched #Asmaa and there is a thematic and set-piece semblance to #Aruvi and that is all. Stop the shithousery and commend the ambitiousness in the writing and tonality of Arun Prabhu. Aruvi is as much a copy of Asmaa as Avatar is of Vietnam Colony. — 'Rollllling Sirrrrr' Achu (@brahahamin) December 19, 2017 Ithula... New Attempt dwww... Good Story dawww Tamil Cinema Growing dawww#Asmaa = #Aruvi — Μʀ.KiиG (@KingVjFan) December 18, 2017 The producer of the film, Sr Prabhu of Dream Warrior Pictures, tweeted that Aruvi was made purely to promote love and humanity and that the film had no intention of offending anyone. "Nevertheless, we apologise if we have hurt anyone," he said. #அருவி - இது அன்பை, மனிதத்தை பறைசாற்றும் நோக்கில் மட்டுமே எடுக்கப்பட்ட படம். யார் மனதையும் புண்படுத்தும் நோக்கில் எடுக்கப்பட்டதல்ல. இருந்தும், யாராவது காயப்பட்டிருந்தால் எங்கள் வருத்தத்தை தெரிவித்துக்கொள்கிறோம்! @thambiprabu89 @DreamWarriorpic — S.R.Prabhu (@prabhu_sr) December 18, 2017 Enanble Notification: NoTNM Marquee: No...
- 12/19/2017
- by Editor
- The News Minute
Film ReviewLike its title suggests, ‘Aruvi’ is a devastating cascade of emotional highs and lows.Rakesh Mehar aruvi_poster.jpgIf we should talk about films with small budgets but big hearts in Kollywood, few hit the nail on the head like Aruvi, starring debutante actor Aditi Balan. But don’t let the mention of big hearts fool you into thinking that this is an overstuffed sentimental drama. At times Aruvi is downright savage in its observational criticism. After all, how many other Tamil movies can you think of that will talk about middle class life as one big consumption machine designed to further enrich the richest classes of society? From the start, the film directed by Arun Prabhu is miles ahead of most of its compatriots. In an industry where women still function mostly as appendages to aging heroes, Aruvi lavishes all its attention on its female protagonist, a young woman named Aruvi who’s determined not to let society dictate how she lives her life. Losing control of her life for no fault of her own, Aruvi becomes a captor herself through a suddenly escalating set of circumstances. (It’s impossible to reveal any more of the story here without giving away many significant spoilers). Aruvi’s story unfolds much like living memory, going back and forth through her current traumas to the warm embrace of her innocent childhood and back through the sudden tragedies that led to the fall. Through all this, the girl and young woman is frail but powerful, light-hearted but with a deep melancholy that grows through the film. But, like Aruvi herself, the film is unsentimental and clear-headed almost till the very end. So, it doesn’t shy away from showing Aruvi’s rough edges, such as when she puts down a fellow student who begs her for a sanitary napkin so she can avoid the traumatic embarrassment of staining her school clothes. Despite this clear-headedness, the film is not overly harsh, and retains a warm and loving tone throughout. What’s most exciting about the film is how crisp and economical it is. Particularly in the first half, the film lets each picture tell a thousand words, its characters speaking only when absolutely necessary. Most excitingly, it uses creative montages to speed through the lulls between its high moments, and effectively avoids traps where the script could have easily stumbled. Especially the first montage, of Aruvi’s sun-kissed beautiful childhood, accompanied by the wonderful acapella rendition of “Kukkotti Kunaatti”, tugs at the heartstrings so perfectly. When the film does speak, it’s with devastating effect. For instance, in the early parts of the film, Aruvi’s budding friendship with a trans woman (Anjali Varathan) refuses to make any sort of fuss about the latter’s gender identity. The only exception is a line where she says, “These men will even ignore Aishwarya Rai on the street, but they will never leave us alone. Are we that beautiful?” There’s also the great takedown the film does of Tamil talk shows like Solvadhellam Unmai and the moral high-ground that their anchors routinely take. But if the script and direction are wonderful, it is Aditi who fills the film with soul. An amazing revelation, she shows none of the hesitation and reluctance of a debutante. But she never overplays her hand either, not even in the film’s most sentimental moments. The rest of the cast, including Anjali and Lakshmi Gopalaswamy, are no lightweights in their performance, but it is Aditi who holds the film together. Aruvi is not a perfect film. Some parts of the script do feel a tad contrived. And the film too lightly lets off three men who are accused of sexual assault or sexual exploitation. But these are minor quibbles in a film that otherwise works wonderfully. Enanble Notification: NoTNM Marquee: No...
- 12/15/2017
- by Rakesh
- The News Minute
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