Popular filmmaker Mani Ratnam is back to what he does best – capturing the varied emotions of love on screen. His O Kadhal Kanmani (OK Kanmani) is expected to reach cinemas by summer vacation.
The film is the talk of the town especially after its teaser turned a big hit in the social media.
The award-winning filmmaker is capitalising on the powerhouse hit-combo of actors Dulquer Salman and Nithya Menon to create a possible flutter at the box-office after his ambitious Kadal tanked miserably.
A lucky pair in Mollywood, Dulquer and Nithya made an exciting combination in filmmaker Anwar Rasheed’s hit film Ustad Hotel . Their chemistry was intense and both could mesmerise the audience by coming up with a restrained but emotional display of their characters in the movie penned by Anjali Menon.
The popular pair seems to be in much demand as they will be seen in debutant director Jenuse Mohammed’s 100 Days of Love .
Cinematographer P. C. Sreeram joins Mani Ratnam after a gap of 14 years. They last worked together in the hit film Alaipayuthey .
Arun Kumar Aravind seems not alone in his battle against those who have ‘blacklisted’ him from the Malayalam film industry. The director’s latest project with Manju Warrier in the lead role had run into rough weather.
The Kerala Film Producers Association had blacklisted him after the producer of his previous movie One By Two held him responsible for the inordinate delay in completing the movie. The organisation had asked the producer of the Manju Warrier-film to reconsider the project before going ahead with it.
Sibi Malayil, senior leader of the Film Employees Federation of Kerala, told Tinsel Town recently that the producers had not brought up the issue related to Aravind’s latest movie before the federation. “We had resolved the earlier issue related to the One by Two movie after the director approached us. Our stance is that producers’ association should not ban a filmmaker unilaterally, without discussing it with the federation,” he said.