Sunit Jangir

Sunit Jangir

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As a Senior Editor at Sacnilk, Sunit Jangir leads our coverage on Indian cinema, box office analytics, and global entertainment trends. Passionate about Cricket, Sunit Jangir is an avid sports lover. He finds inspiration in other people's life stories and try to absorb them. Though introvert by nature, he doesn't feel shy when the topic is cinema and sports, particularly cricket.

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Thalapathy Vijay's Next With 'Master' Director Lokesh Kanagaraj To Roll Out By End of 2022
1682 days ago
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Thalapathy Vijay's Next With 'Master' Director Lokesh Kanagaraj To Roll Out By End of 2022

Chennai, December 16 - Thalapathy Vijay, who scored a box office blockbuster in the form of "Master" with director Lokesh Kanagaraj, will be reuniting with the filmmaker of his next, tentatively titled #Thalapathy67. ## The Tamil superstar recently completed the shoot of "Beast" under the direction of Nelson Dilipkumar for Sun Pictures' production. The movie is currently in the pre-production stage and will be released in summer 2022. Pooja Hegde plays the female lead opposite Vijay in this action thriller. ## Meanwhile, before Lokesh Kanahraj's next, Vijay will be teaming up with Maharshi director Vamshi Paidipally for Tamil-Telugu bilingual movie. The makers recently made the announcement of the film that will be produced by Dil Raju. The rest of the cast and crew will be announced soon. ## Interestingly, Vijay is one of the actors who only finalizes his next film after completing the current one. However, for a change, he has confirmed his next two films. Though his film with Lokesh is yet to be announced officially, it is said the movie will start rolling out by November 2022, once Vijay wraps up Vamshi's film. ## Stay tuned...

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Thalapathy 66 With Director Vamshi Paidipally To Go On Floors In March 2022!
1684 days ago
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Thalapathy 66 With Director Vamshi Paidipally To Go On Floors In March 2022!

Chennai, December 14 - Thalapathy Vijay was the first A-Lister to release his film "Master" in theaters amid the covid-19 pandemic in January 2021. The movie not only brought the people back to theaters but also became a box office blockbuster and the highest-grossing Tamil movie of 2021.## After the "Master" magic, the fans are now waiting for Thalapathy's next film "Beast", for which the shoot was recently concluded. Directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, "Beast" is an action thriller film, which will release in summer 2022. Meanwhile, Thalapathy Vijay will be teaming up with Maharshi director Vamshi Paidipally for #Thalapathy66.## Produced by Dil Raju, #Thalapathy66 will be a Tamil-Telugu bilingual actioner billed on strong emotions. According to reports, Vijay will kick-start the shooting of his from March 2022, after getting done with the majority of the work for Beast. Vijay's track record says he doesn't start his next project before completely finishing the ongoing project. ## Thalapathy 66 will feature many noted actors across the industry and a top-notch technical team will also be associated with this prestigious project. All the important information regarding the title and the crew will be announced officially very soon. ## Stay tuned...

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Suriya's 'Etharkkum Thunindhavan' To Release In Five Languages On February 4, 2022
1685 days ago
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Suriya's 'Etharkkum Thunindhavan' To Release In Five Languages On February 4, 2022

Chennai, December 13 - Tamil superstar Suriya is going Pan-India with his next film "Etharkkum Thunindhavan" with director Pandiraj. Scheduled for February 4, 2022, the action thriller film will be released in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam in worldwide theaters. ## Produced by Kalanithi Maran of Sun Pictures, "Etharkkum Thunindhavan" will be Suriya's first theatrical release in more than two years after two back-to-back to OTT releases in the form of Soorarai Pottru and Jai Bhim. It will also be the first time when Suriya's film will have a Hindi theatrical release. ## #ET coming to you in 5 languages 🔥 Get ready anbana fans!@Suriya_offl @pandiraj_dir #Sathyaraj @immancomposer @RathnaveluDop @priyankaamohan #Vinay @sooriofficial @AntonyLRuben @VijaytvpugazhO @thangadurai123 #EtharkkumThunindhavan #ఈటి #ಈಟಿ #ഇറ്റി #ईटी pic.twitter.com/sikc7aa4yG— Sun Pictures (@sunpictures) December 13, 2021 ## Etharkkum Thunindhavan will mark Pandiraj’s third project with Suriya after Pasanga 2 and Kadaikutty Singam. It stars Priyanka Arul Mohan as the female lead opposite Suriya while Sathyaraj plays an important role. Nearly 3 weeks ago, makers had released a teaser of "ET" with a release date announcement, and they have re-confirmed the date in theaters. ## Stay tuned...

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Rajinikanth Foundation To Train 100 Poor Students For TNPSC Civil Service Exams
1686 days ago
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Rajinikanth Foundation To Train 100 Poor Students For TNPSC Civil Service Exams

Chennai, December 12 - Superstar Rajinikanth is celebrating his 72nd birthday today. On the occasion of his birthday, the Rajini Makkal Mandram on Sunday said the Rajinikanth Foundation would provide training to 100 students from poor and marginalized sections for the civil services in Tamil Nadu. ## Rajini Makkal Mandram convenor V.M. Sudhakar took to Twitter to make the announcement. "On the occasion of superstar Sri Rajinikanth’s 72nd birthday, our beloved Thalaivar is happy to announce that Rajinikanth Foundation shall train 100 students from the poorest and marginalized strata of society for the group exams conducted by the TNPSC", he wrote.## pic.twitter.com/9OVYluIqeg— Sudhakar (@SudhakarVM) December 11, 2021 ## On the work front, Rajinikanth was recently headlined director Siva's "Annaatthe". The movie performed well and earned over 170 crores worldwide. The superstar hasn't confirmed his next project yet. However, Premam director Alphonse Puthren said in a recent interaction with fans on Facebook that he has a script ready for the Thaliavaa and would like to direct him. There is, however, no development on that project yet. ## Meanwhile, the superstar was honored with the 51st Dadasaheb Phalke Award on October 25 by the government of India for his immense contribution to Indian cinema. ## Stay tuned...

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Thalapathy Vijay And Keerthy Suresh Top Twitter Trends Of 2021 For South Indian Entertainment
1686 days ago
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Thalapathy Vijay And Keerthy Suresh Top Twitter Trends Of 2021 For South Indian Entertainment

Chennai, December 12 - Tamil superstar, Thalapathy Vijay completely ruled Twitter trends in 2021, and that too without putting much effort. Vijay, who was last seen in box office blockbuster, "Master" earlier this year, was the most-tweeted-about actor in South Indian Entertainment. ## One of the most popular actors among the Tamil audiences, Thalapathy Vijay beat the likes of Pawan Kalyan, and Mahesh Babu, who were the second and third most tweeted South Indian actors. Interestingly, Vijay's "Master" remained the most talked-about South Indian movie on Twitter in 2021. It beat Thala Ajith's "Valimai", which is scheduled to release on Pongal 2022. ## Suriya, who grabbed accolades and headlines for his "Soorarai Pottru" and "Jai Bhim", was the 4th most tweeted South Indian actor, followed by Jr. NTR at 5, Allu Arjun at 6, Rajinikanth at 7, Ram Charan and Dhanush at number 8 and 9 while Thala Ajith was the 10th most talked-about actor on Twitter in 2021. ## On the other hand, Keerthy Suresh, who headlined "Rang De", "Annaatthe", and "Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham" this year, was the most tweeted South Indian actress. She is currently shooting for "Sarkaru Vaari Paata", which releases next year in April. Pooja Hegde grabbed the second spot in Twitter trends. Despite featuring in just one film this year in form of "Most Eligible Bachelor", the actress remained the hot topic for her upcoming features "Radhe Shyam", and "Beast". ## Samantha Ruth Prabhu (3) also was one of the trending topics on Twitter over her personal and professional front. Her divorce from Naga Chaitanya was one of the main headlines in South Indian cinema. Kajal Aggarwal and Malavika Mohanan along with Sai Pallavi, Anushka Shetty, Rakul Preet Singh were also among the most tweeted actress in South Indian entertainment. ## 2021’s most Tweeted about actors in South Indian entertainment ❤️ pic.twitter.com/EwpGkshZok— Twitter India (@TwitterIndia) December 12, 2021 ## Stay tuned...

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Tamil Films Dominate Google & Twitter Trends Of 2021 In India
1689 days ago
Kollywood

Tamil Films Dominate Google & Twitter Trends Of 2021 In India

Chennai, December 9 - Thalapathy Vijay's Tamil blockbuster "Master" has topped the list of most tweeted films of 2021 in India. The first Indian blockbuster of the pandemic era has taken the first spot over films like "Valimai" (Pongal 2022 release), Vijay's own "Beast" (summer 2022 release), "Jai Bhim", and "Vakeel Saab". ## Vijay's tweet unveiling the first look poster of "Beast" is also the most retweeted tweet in Indian entertainment in 2021. The star is now getting ready for the worldwide release of Beast which will take place in the summer of 2022.## Earlier, Suriya's "Jai Bhim" topped Google's most searched films of 2021 in India. The movie, which focuses on the real-life struggles of marginalized groups and the issue of institutionalized discrimination, remained one of the hottest topics due to the controversy where it was alleged of showing a community in a bad light. ## Interestingly, as opposed to Twitter trends which were dominated by the South Indian movie, the Google search showed Bollywood movies making the headlines. In the top 10 most searched films in India, five Bollywood films were searched the most, in which, Sidharth Malhotra-starrer "Shershaah" was ahead of others in getting the spotlight. ## Stay tuned...

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Suriya's Critically Acclaimed 'Jai Bhim' Is Google's Most Searched Indian Film Of 2021
1690 days ago
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Suriya's Critically Acclaimed 'Jai Bhim' Is Google's Most Searched Indian Film Of 2021

Chennai, December 8 - Tamil superstar Suriya has won critical acclaim for his last two films, "Soorarai Pottru" and "Jai Bhim". Interestingly, both films were released on Amazon Prime Video and were among the most-watched films in Prime Video's history. ## Now, Google India has declared the list of its 'Year in Search' findings as it explained the top search trends of 2021 in the country. "Jai Bhim" which focuses on the real-life struggles of marginalized groups was the most googled film of the year in India. Another Prime Video film "Shershaah" starring Sidharth Malhotra, is the second most searched film on Google. ## Salman Khan-starrer "Radhe", which received the worst of reviews, was the 3rd most searched film of 2021 on Google India. Among the Hollywood titles, Marvel Studios' "Eternals" was the 5th most searched film in India while "Godzilla vs Kong" found the 7th spot in the list. Drishyam 2 and Bhuj: The Pride Of India featured on the lists as well.## Thalapathy Vijay's "Master" and Akshay Kumar-fronted "Sooryavashi" were the 6th and 7th most searched films of 2021. "Master" was the first big-ticket release in India during the pandemic and it went on to become the blockbuster at the box office with a worldwide collection of over Rs. 220 crores. "Sooryavanshi" too Bollywood's first superhit film during the pandemic and has so far grossed over Rs. 290 crores worldwide. ## Meanwhile, "Jai Bhim", is also among the highest-rated films on IMDb. T J Gnanavel-directed focuses the spotlight on the issue of institutionalized discrimination and is established on the struggle of an Irula woman Parvathi (played by Sengani) to get justice for her husband, who was arrested and tortured by police in a false trial of thievery. Suriya plays the protagonist, based on the communist lawyer-turned-judge, K Chandru.## Here is the list of Top 10 most searched films on Google in India in 2021 - ## 1. Jai Bhim (Tamil)## 2. Shershaah (Hindi)## 3. Radhe (Hindi)## 4. Bell Bottom (Hindi)## 5. Eternals (English)## 6. Master (Tamil)## 7. Sooryavanshi (Hindi)## 8. Godzilla vs Kong (English)## 9. Drishyam 2 (Malayalam)## 10. Bhuj - The Pride of India (Hindi)## Stay tuned...

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Unforeseen Circumstances Forced Makers To Postpone The Release Of Prabhu Deva-Starrer 'Thael'
1691 days ago
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Unforeseen Circumstances Forced Makers To Postpone The Release Of Prabhu Deva-Starrer 'Thael'

Chennai, December 7 - It looks like the South Indian film industry is dealing with so-called unforeseen circumstances, which is making the filmmakers delay their movies. ## Recently, a couple of Telugu and Tamil films, including Keerthy Suresh's "Good Luck Sakhi" got postponed due to unknown reasons, and now, Prabhu Deva-starrer Tamil movie "Thael" is getting the same treatment. ## Directed by Harikumar, "Thael", which features Prabhu Deva and Samyuktha Hegde in the leading roles, has been postponed and the new date will be announced soon. Studio Green Productions, the production house that has produced the action thriller, said in a statement that the release of Thael had been postponed because of "unforeseen situations".## "Thael", which means 'scorpion' in Tamil, was originally scheduled to hit screens on December 10. The film has music by C. Sathya and cinematography by Vignesh Vasu. It has been edited by National Award winner K.L. Praveen.## Interestingly, Prabhu Deva, who is known for his dancing skills, does not have a single dance number in this film. The movie also stars Eshwari Rao, Yogi Babu, and others in key roles. Meanwhile, the delay of Deva's film has saddened his fans who wished to see him again on big screens, and they are also worried that continuous delay can make the film skip its theatrical release.## Stay tuned...

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Sivakarthikeyan's 'Don' To Release In February 2022!
1695 days ago
Kollywood

Sivakarthikeyan's 'Don' To Release In February 2022!

Chennai, December 3 - Tamil star Sivakarthikeyan delivered his career-best film in the form of "Doctor", which was released on October 9. The talented actor is now gearing up for his next, titled "Don", which is directed by Cibi Chakravarthy. Touted as a college love drama, the shoot of "Don" has been completed and the post-production is in full swing. ## The makers of "Don" are juggling to find a suitable release date for the film as there is a number of other titles pending for the release. And now, according to reports, "Don" will be released ahead of Valentine's day, on February 11, 2022. ## As per reports, "Don" makers have been eager to release the film in February second week as already a few big films like "Etharkkum Thunindhavan", and "Veeramae Vaagai Soodum" have been locked to release during the same time. Also, the release of a romantic drama film ahead of Valentine's day will work for sure. ## Produced by Lyca Productions, and Sivakarthikeyan Productions, "Don" features Sivakarthikeyan and Priyanka Mohan in lead roles with SJ Suryah, Soori, Sivangi, VJ Vijay, and others in supporting roles. The expectations from Sivakarthikeyan to deliver big success with "Done" will be high after "Doctor", which became the actor's first Rs. 100 crores worldwide grosser. "Done" is reportedly made in a budget of around Rs. 30 crores. ## Sivakarthikeyan also has the science-fiction drama "Ayalaan", which is directed by Ravi Kumar, and the post-production work is taking extra time as the film involves a comic alien character. He is also on the verge to announce a few new projects, and he is set to surprise the fans with it.## Stay tuned...

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Chiyaan Vikram Teams Up With Sarpatta Parambarai Director Pa. Ranjith For His Next
1696 days ago
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Chiyaan Vikram Teams Up With Sarpatta Parambarai Director Pa. Ranjith For His Next

Chennai, December 2 - Amid the speculations of Chiyaan Vikram and director Pa.Ranjith coming together for the first time, the project has now been confirmed with K. E. Gnanavel Raja's Studio Green is bankrolling it. The big-ticket project has been in the talks for some time now and it will start rolling soon. ## One of the finest actors in Tamil cinema, Vikram was last seen in "Kadaram Konda"n, which was released in 2019. He recently concluded the shoot of the magnum opus "Ponniyin Selvan: Part One", which gears up for the release in summer 2022. He is also gearing up for the release of "Mahaan", which also features his son Dhruv Vikram. ## On the other hand, Pa.Ranjith is coming out from the blockbuster "Sarpatta Parambarai", starring Arya. It was released in July this year on Amazon Prime Video. He also has films like "Madras" (2014), "Kabali" (2016), and "Kaala" (2018) to his name.## Tentatively titled "Chiyaan 61", the upcoming film marks Pa.Ranjith's maiden collaboration with Vikram. It will be produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja under the banner of Studio Green, which is the studios' 23rd film production.## @StudioGreen2's #ProductionNo23 - The Mega Announcement of the Day💥🔥⭐#Chiyaan61 #ChiyaanVikram with Director Pa.Ranjith From Producer KE Gnanavelraja#Vikram @beemji @kegvraja @NehaGnanavel @Dhananjayang @proyuvraaj @digitallynowOther Cast & Crew announcements soon👍 pic.twitter.com/JECJKde6pz— Studio Green (@StudioGreen2) December 2, 2021 ## Stay tuned...

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A Sequel To Blockbuster 'Maanaadu' Is In The Works With Silambarasan TR And SJ Suryah!
1696 days ago
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A Sequel To Blockbuster 'Maanaadu' Is In The Works With Silambarasan TR And SJ Suryah!

Chennai, December 2 - Tamil movie "Maanaadu", which was released a week ago on November 25, is going bonkers at the box office as it turned out to be the best performer for actor Silambarasan TR. ## Now, director Venkat Prabhu has revealed that he has plans for the sequel of Maanaadu in a recent interview. He also confirmed that the sequel will not only feature Silambarasan TR but will also have SJ Suryah, who played DCP Dhanushkodi, back in the mix. ## Venkat Prabhu has also added that initially, the team wanted to rope in Ravi Teja to play Dhanushkodi but due to his busy schedule, SJ Suryah came on board. Suryah added that Ravi Teja has seen the Tamil version and is interested to play Dhanushkodi if the film gets remade in Telugu.## The story of the film revolves around a common man and a police officer, who is trapped in a time loop, on the day of a public conference of the chief minister and forced to live the same day over and over again. ## Maanaadu is produced by Suresh Kamatchi under the banner of V House Productions. It also stars Kalyani Priyadarshan in the female lead role alongside S. A. Chandrasekhar, Y. G. Mahendran, Karunakaran, Anjena Kirti, and Premgi Amaren in supporting roles. Yuvan Shankar Raja has scored the music. ## Stay tuned...

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Tamil Superstar Ajith Kumar Requests Fans To Not Address To Him As 'Thala'
1697 days ago
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Tamil Superstar Ajith Kumar Requests Fans To Not Address To Him As 'Thala'

Chennai, December 1 - Ajith Kumar, who will next be seen in the movie Valimai, has penned an open letter to the media, public, and his fans, requesting them to not refer to him as 'Thala' anymore, a prefix which means "leader". For over two decades now, fans have attached 'Thala' to his name since it was popularised in his 2001 film Dheena.## "To the respected members of the media, public, and genuine fans. I henceforth wish to be referred to as Ajith, Ajith Kumar or just AK, and not as 'Thala' or any other. prefix before my name. I sincerely wish you all a beautiful life filled with good health, happiness, success, peace of mind and contentment forever. Love, Ajith", he wrote. Ajith Kumar isn't on any social media platforms.## Actor #AjithKumar doesn't want any prefix #Thala or any other in front of his name..Ajith, Ajith Kumar or AK is just fine..@SureshChandraa pic.twitter.com/oyCS9ywEZx— Ramesh Bala (@rameshlaus) December 1, 2021 ## Ajith Kumar is undoubtedly one of the biggest stars in Tamil cinema. Such has been his popularity that fans used to stand in queue for hours to get tickets for his movies. His next film "Valimai", which is scheduled to release on Pongal 2022, is the most talked-about Tamil film for a long time now. ## Valimai is being directed by H Vinoth who had previously worked with Ajith Kumar in Nerkonda Paarvai. Produced by Boney Kapoor, Valimai also stars Bollywood actor Huma Qureshi, Kartikeya Gummakonda, Pearle Maaney, and Yogi Babu in important roles.## Stay tuned...

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