Charmi, Keeravani worked free of cost for 'Pratighatana'

Filmmaker Thammareddy Bharadwaja talks about Charmi Kaur and upcoming Telugu women-centric film 'Pratighatana'


Southern actress Charmi Kaur, who will soon be seen in 'Pratighatana', didn't take any remuneration because she really loved the subject of the film, which is inspired by the Nirbhaya rape incident.

The film's music composer M.M Keeravani also worked free of cost. Read more on MSN

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Vijay respects seniority over popularity: Nesan

Tamil superstar Vijay, who has teamed up with Malayalam superstar Mohanlal in upcoming film 'Jilla', has requested his director to place his name after his senior co-star's in the film's title card.

"Vijay ensured that Lal (Mohanlal) sir's name appears first on the title card followed by his name. I believe he respects seniority more than popularity, and therefore, requested me to not place his name first on the title card," the film's director Nesan told us.

While Vijay recently completed over two decades in the industry, his Malayalee counterpart Mohanlal has over three decades of rich experience in filmdom. Read More on MSN

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Actors struggled to release films in Tamil Nadu in 2013

Actors Kamal Haasan and John Abraham found themselves sailing in the same boat in 2013 when different outfits threatened to stop the release of their films raising objections to on-screen portrayal of certain aspects they were not in agreement with.

Veteran Kamal Haasan's emotional outburst of being forced to leave the country over his 'Vishwaroopam' release struggles sent shockwaves across India even as Abraham's 'Madras Cafe' raised eyebrows in south over its portrayal of LTTE.

What started in December 2012 as a commercial face-off with distributors over his decision to release 'Vishwaroopam' on Direct-to-Home platform also, Haasan's struggles later assumed religious proportions with Muslim groups opposing the depiction of their community in the film on terrorism.

Haasan earned the ire of groups over the depiction of Islam in his trilingual film, with the state government finally banning the movie, paving the way for a legal battle.

A Madras High Court Division Bench set aside a single judge's decision of lifting the ban on the Rs 100 crore movie, even as a political controversy erupted over the actor's remarks made in a function attended by Finance Minister P Chidambaram on the issue of a Tamil becoming Prime Minister. Read More on MSN

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