Mersal Tamil Movie News

Leading Tamil film production and distribution house Thenandal Studio Limited have established themselves as a name to reckon with over the years as their many films have catered to audiences of all ages. Formerly known as Sri Thenandal Films and Sri Thenandal Pictures, TSL has tasted grand box office successes, with their last venture, Mersal, starring 'Thalapathy' Vijay turning out to be a money-spinner. In that light, the reputed banner had last week revealed their next project to be tentatively titled as TSL 103 and took to social media on Monday to formally announce the title and crew of the upcoming project to be directed by debutant Veeresh Vee. 

Producers Hema Rukmani and Murali Ramasamy's Thenandal Studio Studio Limited have announced that TSL 103 is titled as Broadway, with the team still keeping the name of the hero under wraps. The Broadway first look features two fists signifying the film is centered around the sport of boxing and will be coming out as a summer 2022 release. The upcoming film's crew features cinematography by Saravanan Amuthan and editing by Nagooran, while Dhilip Subbarayan is stunt choreographer and art direction is by Dinesh Mohan. Bigg Boss 4 runner up Sandy master is the choreographer for Broadway and Aegan Ekambaran is the costume designer. Below is Thenandal Films's announcement: 

Proud to announce our next, #BroadwayTheMovie #TSL103 @veefilmfanatic @dhilipaction @iamSandy_Off @sathishmsk @Hemarukmani1 @MuraliRamasamy4 @Vmuralee31 pic.twitter.com/0UMQnDHd9f

— Thenandal Films (@ThenandalFilms) November 1, 2021

Thenandal Studio Limited will be looking to deliver a knockout once again with their Broadway after the stupendous success of Mersal. The 2017 action thriller featured Vijay in triple roles for the first time in his career and was directed by Atlee, with chart-buster music by Academy Award-winning composer A. R. Rahman. Although the hero, heroine and music director for Broadway have not been revealed, we can expect more announcements in that regard in the days ahead. 

'Thalapathy' Vijay fans have been on cloud 9 after the release of the actor's upcoming film Master teaser, which came out as a Diwali treat and has been smashing records left and right. The Master teaser is currently the most-liked teaser in India, while also recently becoming the most-liked Indian South India teaser/trailer on YouTube surpassing the earlier record held by Vijay's Bigil trailer. The teaser is incidentally now officially the most-liked Vijay video ever and has also propelled the Sun TV YouTube channel into crossing 10 million (1 crore) subscribers. Having said that, Master directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj under Xavier Britto's XB Film Creators banner and featuring music by Anirudh Ravichander has now added yet another feather to its cap. 

It has now been revealed that Master, which has eight songs, has now become the third 'Thalapathy' Vijay movie album to cross 50 million playouts on the popular music streaming platform, Gaana. This latest accomplishment for the Master album is the third occasion for a Vijay film after his Mersal, which has 62 million and last year's Bigil with 58 million playouts respectively. Anirudh's songs in the mass action entertainer have turned out to be chartbusters and is the second time he has delivered a rock solid album after the 2014 box office blockbuster, Kaththi. 

#Master album becomes the 3⃣rd #Thalapathy @actorvijay movie album to Cross 5⃣0⃣Million playouts in @gaana after Mersal(62M) & Bigil(58M) Albums! @MasterOfficiaI @BigilTamilMovie

— Thalapathy Vijay Fans (@VijayFansPage) November 24, 2020

Released in March earlier this year, the Master album was the first big promotion for the film, which was initially slated to hit screens on April 9 as a grand summer holiday treat. However, those plans suffered a massive setback after the nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. As of now, there is a strong talk that the film will hit the screens in early 2021, most likely as a Pongal release in January. Both producer Xavier Britto and director Lokesh Kanagaraj revealed sometime back that Master will only come out in theatres, while adding that it is the only way the film ought to be watched.

Master also includes 'Makkal Selvan' Vijay Sethupathi as the antagonist, with visuals of his showdown with Vijay receiving a thunderous response. There has been immense hype surrounding the film considering both stars enjoy massive fan following. Master will see Malavika Mohanan as the female lead, followed by Andrea Jeremiah, Shanthanu Bhagyaraj, Arjun Das, Gouri Kishan, Master Mahendran, KPY Dheena, Ramya Subramanian, Azhagam Perumal among others forming the supporting cast. 

The elections for Tamil Film Producers Council (TFPC) finally took place in Chennai on November 22 at the Dr MGR Janaki College of Arts and Science for Women, Adyar after there was no elected body of representatives for over a year. With the TFPC elections held on Sunday in a smooth manner and as many as 1,050 votes being reportedly cast, the results were announced on Monday, with Murali Ramasamy of Thenandal Films being declared the winner with 557 votes. Multi-talented veteran director-producer-actor T. Rajendar has lost his position and had secured a total of 388 votes, while reputed producer PL Thenappan garnered 87 votes. Reports say actors namely Rajinikanth, Dhanush, director Bharathiraja, producer AVM Saravanan, singer SP Charan did not cast their votes. 

The stage for battle in this year's Tamil Film Producers Council was primarily between T Rajendar and Murali Ramasamy of Sri Thenandal Films, while PL Thenappan contested as an independent candidate. It is to be noted that a large number of producers in September separated to form the Tamil Film Active Producers’ Association (TFAPA) with director Bharathiraja chosen as its President. Actor Karunas after casting his vote in the TFPC elections expressed his dissatisfaction at director Bharathiraja’s decision to form the TFAPA. Later, Bharathiraja issued a clarification stating that the TFAPA was formed not with the purpose of splitting the existing TFPC, but had been set up with a view of protecting the interests of active producers who have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. It is to be noted that a cash-for-votes scandal had broken out on election day, with allegations levelled against T Rajender’s camp. 

In 2019, the Tamil Nadu government appointed a Special Officer to oversee the council's functioning and operations after conflicts within several members of the TFPC had surfaced to the forefront with the previous opposition staging protests, while locking the office premises and pushing their demands for the immediate resignation of the then President Vishal. Election Officer M Jayachandran was appointed by the Madras High Court to oversee the conduct of fair elections that came to an end at 4PM on November 22, 2020. 

The ongoing Bigg Boss Tamil season 4 has been receiving a staggering response from fans and is right on par with the ratings that the previous three editions had achieved. Kamal Haasan is once again hosting the smash hit Tamil reality TV show for the fourth time, with Rekha Harris recently being shown the exit door as the first contestant to be evicted. The sixteen contestants who are currently in the Bigg Boss 4 house are Ramya Pandian, Rio Raj, Shivani Narayanan, Samyuktha Karthik, Gabriella, Aajeedh, Balaji Murugadoss, Som Shekhar, Suresh Chakravarthy, Aranthangi Nisha, Anitha Sampath, Sanam Shetty, Jithan Ramesh, Aari, singer Velmurugan, with popular VJ and actress Archana Chandhoke introduced into the show as a wildcard entry. 

With Bigg Boss Tamil season 4 set to conclude its fourth week, a new promo for Friday has now been released by Vijay TV. In this fourth promo for the day, we see Shivani Narayanan and Balaji Murugadoss putting up a dance performance for the rest of the contestants. Both Shivani and Balaji are seen tapping their feet to the song, "Maacho" from 'Thalapathy' Vijay's blockbuster, Mersal, composed by Academy Award-winning composer A. R. Rahman. Apart from grooving to the beats of the song, we also witness both Balaji and Shivani do a ramp walk on a stage specially set up inside the Bigg Boss 4 house for this purpose. 

The latest promo is a fun and celebratory one and is a step away from the many controversial moments that viewers have so far gotten to witness on Bigg Boss Tamil season 4. Looking at the three promos that were released earlier in the day, we can expect plenty of drama later in tonight's episode of Bigg Boss 4. Considering the subject of groupism has been a major controversial topic among the contestants and with Aari as well bringing it up, tonight's episode to be telecast on Vijay TV and streamed on Hotstar will no doubt be an intense one. 

Watch the Bigg Boss Tamil Season 4 | 30th October 2020 - Promo 4 below: 

Thenandal Studios Limited (TSL) returned to cinema production after a hiatus with Thalapathy Vijay’s Mersal which turned out to be a blockbuster hit at the box office. The esteemed production house will now bankroll a new project and the announcement regarding that was made this morning (October 18). This film has been titled Kannamoochi and it will feature Varalaxmi Sarathkumar in the lead role. The highlight aspect of this project is that Varalaxmi would be making her directorial debut with this film and the film has already garnered a huge buzz on social media. We know Varalaxmi as a talented performer who can ace any given character and it is now time for us to witness the director inside her.

The women personalities from the Tamil film industry came together for the digital launch of Kannamoochi. Yes! Leading actresses like Samantha, Keerthy Suresh, Sai Pallavi, Kajal Aggarwal, Trisha, Simran, Radikaa Sarathkumar, Aishwarya Rajesh, Taapsee Pannu, Regina Cassandra, Shraddha Srinath, Aditi Rao Hydari, Manjima Mohan, Andrea Jeremiah, Tamannaah, Rakul Preet Singh, Shruti Haasan, Hansika, Akshara Haasan, Sayyeshaa, Ramya Nambeesan, Brindha Master and others launched the film’s first look poster on social media and wished Varalaxmi on her debut directorial. Interestingly, Jyotika and Sangeetha Vijay also shared the first look poster and since both of them don’t use social media, Varalaxmi shared the pictures on their behalf and thanked them for the support.

The entire Tamil film industry coming together for the launch of Kannamoochi indeed shows the support and love they have on the Podaa Podi actress. An excited Varalaxmi tweeted, “Finally stepping into this new avatar as a Director..thank you for amazing wishes n response..I will work hard to do my best n not let you dow..thank you all so much for the love..!! #overwhelmed #blessed @ThenandalFilms @Hemarukmani1 @MuraliRamasamy4 @SamCSmusic @krishnasamy_e”.

Produced by Thenandal Studios Limited, this film will have music scored by Sam CS and cinematography by E Krishna Samy. Details regarding the rest of the cast and commencement of shoot is yet to be known and we will update about it in the coming days. As an actress, Varalaxmi has various exciting projects which are in different stages of production. Varu's upcoming lineup of films include Kanni Raasi, Kaatteri, Chasing, Colors, Pirandhal Parasakthi, Krack (Telugu), Naandhi (Telugu) and more. Check out the first look poster of Varalaxmi Sarathkumar’s Kannamoochi here:

Finally stepping into this new avatar as a Director..thank you for amazing wishes n response..I will work hard to do my best n not let you dow..thank you all so much for the love..!! #overwhelmed #blessed@ThenandalFilms @Hemarukmani1 @MuraliRamasamy4 @SamCSmusic @krishnasamy_e pic.twitter.com/YCwJeXeOjH

— 𝑽𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒙𝒎𝒊 𝑺𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒌𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒓 (@varusarath) October 18, 2020

Since they are not on social media thank you both.. it means the world to me #Jothika mam thank youuu and #SangeethaVijay Geetha akka lovveeeeee youuuuu..!!! #kannamoochi @Hemarukmani1 @ThenandalFilms @MuraliRamasamy4 @SamCSmusic @krishnasamy_e pic.twitter.com/KfZhvdu34x

— 𝑽𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒙𝒎𝒊 𝑺𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒌𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒓 (@varusarath) October 18, 2020

A couple of years back, T Siva of Amma Creation had accused Atlee for high remuneration and also for wasting producer’s money. This was after the release of his blockbuster entertainer Mersal featuring Thalapathy Vijay in the lead role. However, his views on Atlee have changed now, he also regrets for blaming Atlee out of anger and haste. He opened up about this issue during a live interaction with Galatta’s VJ Mohan. This statement reads as follows: 
 
“Sometimes, when we try to support a producer, we tend to go a little overboard. My focus at that point of time was only to save the producer who was struggling. But later, I got to know more about how Atlee went out of his way and helped the producer with compensation after the release of Mersal. I came to know some unknown facts and that’s when I realized, what I said about Atlee was wrong. But I wish to instate what I said back then, no matter how big the success of your film is, remember to keep a note of the profit that your producer gets out of your film. A big success, can double an actor’s salary but has your producer got at least half of your salary?”

GK Vishnu who made an exceptional debut as a cinematographer in Thalapathy Vijay starrer Mersal, scored another sixer with his second film Bigil. Atlee during the audio launch of Bigil had stated that GK Vishnu will be part of his next film as well. But before working on Atlee’s next film, GK Vishnu will complete a Telugu film titled Krack starring Ravi Teja in the lead. This film is being directed by Gopichand Malineni who had previously made commercial potboilers like Don Seenu and Balupu. Shruti Haasan and Varalakshmi Sarathkumar play the female leads while SS Thaman has been roped in to score the tunes.  
 
Krack was earlier speculated to be the remake of Thalapathy Vijay’s Theri but Gopichand had denied this news as completely false. Apparently, Krack is a cop story inspired by real-life incidents that took place in Andhra Pradesh. It looks like GK Vishnu will finish this project before moving to Atlee’s 5th film which is likely to be a Bollywood venture featuring Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role. SS Thaman took to his Twitter space to update about Krack film. His tweet reads as follows - “#krack update will soon come to ur ears guys.We r working so hard in this hard situations jus to make u all happy & enjoy the song we have done it from the heart. I gain promise u #krack songs will crack ur heads for sure . We team @megopichand r in the process . Surprise.” SS Thaman is right now the most wanted music composer in Telugu and is demand in Tamil will also spike once he starts composing tunes for Thalapathy Vijay’s next film directed by AR Murugadoss.

Thalapathy Vijay’s Mersal, which released for the festive occasion of Diwali in 2017, was produced by the prestigious banner, Thenandal Studios Limited, founded by late veteran director Rama Narayanan. The acclaimed director’s son, Murali Ramasamy is currently managing the production company, along with his wife Hema Rukmani. Ever since the release of Mersal, there have been numerous speculations that the film was a big loss for the production house. People also cited that because of Mersal’s loss, Thenandal’s other films, like DD2 (Dhanush Directorial 2), Iravaakkaalam and Oxygen, didn’t see any progress.

Reacting to those comments, producer Murali clarified that Mersal was a clear hit film for them. In a recent interview with a popular media, he was quoted as saying, “I would like to make it very clear that Mersal wasn't a failure. I had some other issues that were no way related to Mersal. Me and Vijay are in constant touch and we in fact spoke, ten days back. He has assured me that he would do a film once again for me, probably after finishing his next with Sun Pictures (Thalapathy 65)”.

Well, this clarification about Mersal’s success and hint about the next project, has come as a great news for all the Vijay fans. Going by what Murali says, can we expect Thenandal Studios to produce Thalapathy 66? Let us keep our fingers crossed and wait for the right time!

The Mozart of Madras is a legend in the field of music and he has hundreds of thousands of followers across the world! This Oscar Award winner conducts live concerts now and then and his most recent one was the 'Thaai Manney Vanakkam' concert at the Rockfort town of Trichy. This concert turned out to become a huge hit with crowds thronging the venue and the tickets becoming sold-out! Videos of some special performances by AR Rahman at this concert have been going viral on the internet!

Rahman sung the 'Verithanam' song from Thalapathy Vijay's Bigil and this sent the crowd into a frenzy! Bigil, directed by Atlee and produced by AGS Entertainments, starred Vijay, Nayanthara, Kathir, Yogi Babu, Indhuja, Reba Monica John and a whole host of other stars. This movie, which was based on women's football, had music by AR Rahman and was released for Deepavali, 2019! Bigil went on to become a massive hit at the Box Office and the songs remain chartbusters even today, with the 'Verithanam' song being the pick of the lot!

Apart from other songs, another track that roused the whole crowd in attendance at the Live Concert in Trichy, was the 'Aalaporaan Thamizhan' number from Thalapathy Vijay's Mersal! This movie, which was again under the Vijay-Atlee combo, had music by AR Rahman and it too turned out to become a blockbuster! Mersal, which released in 2017, had a wonderful run at the theatres and all the songs from this movie were highly celebrated by the audiences. Videos of Rahman's rendition of this song are also going viral online!

Check out the videos here:

Crowd gone crazy for @arrahman singing thamizhanda ennalum sonnale thimir yerum 🤘😍#arrtrichy தாய் மண்ணே வணக்கம் pic.twitter.com/kSKQJ8IbWS

— விஜய் அலெக்ஸ் (@vijay__alex) February 16, 2020

#IsaiPuyal @arrahman singing #Verithanam Song😍

புல்லைங்கோ இருக்காங்க வேற இன்னா வோனும் 😎🔥🔥 @ActorVijay @Atlee_dir @archanakalpathi @Lyricist_Vivek @Ags_production @MasterOfficiaI @BigilTamilMovie #Bigil pic.twitter.com/BNT4LKBJ8x

— B I G I L (@BigilVideos) February 16, 2020

GK Vishnu who made an exceptional debut as a cinematographer in Thalapathy Vijay starrer Mersal, scored another sixer with his second film Bigil. Atlee during the audio launch of Bigil had stated that GK Vishnu will be part of his next film as well. But before working on Atlee’s next film, GK Vishnu will be doing a Telugu film starring Ravi Reja in the lead roles.  
 
This Tollywood film has been titled Krack and will be directed by Gopichand Malineni who had previously made commercial potboilers like Don Seenu and Balupu. GK Vishnu is a worthy addition to the team which already has the likes of SS Thaman for music, Shruti Haasan and Varalakshmi Sarathkumar has the female leads.  
 
Krack was earlier speculated to be the remake of Thalapathy Vijay’s Theri but Gopichand had denied this news as completely false. Apparently, Krack is a cop story inspired by real-life incidents that took place in Andhra Pradesh. It looks like GK Vishnu will finish this project before moving to Atlee’s 5th film which is likely to be a Bollywood venture featuring Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role.