EntertainmentShe will act opposite Joju George in the film, directed by Zanfeer K.Digital NativeRemya Nambeesan is upbeat about her role in the upcoming film Peace. According to the actor, she plays a cold-hearted delivery person in it. In an interview to the Times of India, Remya said, “I haven’t done a lot of such roles and it’s after a long time, probably after Left Right Left in 2013, that I am playing a character with dark shades again. I don’t have many combinations with the other cast members of the movie, and my scenes were shot in the last schedule of the film, which has a rooted-to-reality story and a vibrant script.” Sharing screen space with Remya in Peace is Joju George. Incidentally, the two had worked together in Virus which went on to become a big hit. Peace, directed by Zanfeer K, features Asha Sharath, Aditi Ravi,...
- 2/1/2021
- by Cris
- The News Minute
Kollywood Samyuktha will also be seen in the Vijay Sethupathi film 'Tuglaq Durbar'.Digital NativeGautham Karthik will soon be teaming up with director Badri Venkatesh for a film. Reports are that it is an action entertainer for which the director has roped in Sri Divya to play the female lead. According to the latest reports, Samyuktha Karthik of the Bigg Boss season 4 Tamil fame has been signed up to play an important role in this flick. Samyuktha, after making a mark in the Bigg Boss show, has been bagging some good roles. She has also inked the deal to star in the Vijay Sethupathi starrer Tuglaq Darbar. Speaking about his film, which has not been titled yet, Badri Venkatesh has said in an interview that the film’s story is set in north Madras and Gautham Karthik plays a boy living in Triplicane while Sri Divya plays a physiotherapist operating her clinic in north Madras.
- 1/10/2021
- by Sreedevi
- The News Minute
InterviewThe 3-minute film explains consent and how it's everybody's responsibility to stop abuse.CrisAt 7 in the evening, Ramya Nambessan is still flooded with calls about a short film she released two hours earlier. It is more than a new step for the actor and singer who has begun a YouTube channel to bring out her own content. This is unexplored territory for her, filmmaking. The film is exceptionally short – three minutes in all – and looks at a subject that’s broken her heart: abuse. She calls it Unhide. In three minutes, Ramya tells you a lot. It is her concept, narrated in her voice, written in Tamil by her friend and the director of her next film, Badri Venkatesh. Everything from women’s clothing to the meaning of consent, abuse and the need for a better upbringing is in that text, spoken with urgency, enacted powerfully by two women – Ramya and Sshritha Shivadas.
- 2/18/2020
- by Cris
- The News Minute
MollywoodThe shooting will begin in north Chennai and proceed to different parts of the country, we hear. Digital NativeDigital Native Badri Venkatesh will soon be wielding the megaphone for an untitled film that will have Rio Raj and Remya Nambeesan playing the lead pair. He is known for directing Baana Kaathadi and Semma Botha Aagathey, and Rio Raj had starred in Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu Odu Raja, which was produced by actor Siva Karthikeyan’s home banner. The director, before directing feature films, had directed the short film Vidiyalai Nokki, which won the National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film and this was the first Tamil Short Fiction Film to win this accolade. On choosing Remya Nambeesan to play the female lead in his film, director Badri had told in an interview to the cinemaexpress, “I wanted a mature actor who can carry out a strong character who appears throughout the film.
- 10/14/2019
- by Luke
- The News Minute
KollywoodThe thriller sacrifices sense for the sake of laughs, making it a disappointing watch. Rakesh MeharDouble crosses can be beautiful things. Put together a set of characters, each with a desperate need to look after their own interests, and all with contradictory motives that pull in different directions, and you could get a fascinating tale that ensnares you from the get go. But for this engaging tapestry to unfold, you need a good storyteller directing events, holding all the different strands together. Without that, as the Atharvaa starrer Semma Botha Aagathey proves, all you get is a bizarre train wreck that can confuse and frustrate even the most accommodating of minds. Directed by Badri Venkatesh and produced by Atharvaa, Semma Botha Aagathey starts off with our hero Ramesh taking a drunken decision to call a sex worker Neena (Anaika Soti) to his house in an attempt to get over his failed relationship with Madhu (Mishti Chakraborti). The film raises hackles right at the start, when Ramesh and his best friend Nandhu (Karunakaran) repeatedly refer to Neena as a “kulfi” and a “figure”. As if that weren’t enough, the film wastes what feels like an hour on a totally unnecessary sequence in which Neena tries to seduce Ramesh and bolster his courage enough to do the deed. Of all the things that annoy in these early scenes, what grates the most is the lazy and laughable B-movie soundtrack of seduction that floods one’s ears. When Ramesh gets called away by an emergency involving a neighbour, and returns home to find Neena dead, you think to yourself that the film is finally settling down to its noir heart, involving gangsters, a fortune in ill-gotten wealth and betrayal. Unfortunately, Badri and Atharvaa have other plans in mind, choosing to take the film down a part-comedy track. By itself, the idea of an action comedy in such circumstances is nothing to be dismissed. After all, just a few months ago Mysskin and Gr Adithyaa gave us a perfectly adequate thrill ride with the comic thriller Savarakathi. But Semma Botha Aagathey lacks the comics touches that could make its non-serious plotting work. There are too many predictable jokes involving men, sex and alcohol, for instance. And far too many one-liners fall flat for want of a genuine comic moment. Sample Nandhu’s retort when a woman doctor tells Ramesh to take off his pants so a wound on his leg can be dressed: “What is this, you are telling him to take off his dress so that you can dress him?” says Nandhu, pausing for the laughter that does not come. Not all of the comedy in the film is as bad, and Karunakaran has some hilarious highpoints. But the genuinely funny moments get swamped by an excess of such attempts for the easy laugh. The background music and camera work are similarly predictable, relying on far too much thumping base, slow motions and dizzying camera sweeps to amp up the otherwise tepid action elements of the film. What’s more, the thriller sacrifices too much of the possible coherence and sense of the plot for the sake of laughs. So you get a strange cascade of events that seem to have been thought up by the director as the shooting went along. For instance, you never quite understand why our hero would go haring off to Palakkad to solve the gigantic mystery behind Neena’s murder, instead of figuring out what to do with the dead body lying on his bed. Even worse is how easily the mystery solves itself for him, with the many villains practically climbing over each other to do the unravelling for him. Some of the sequences in the film seem to have been deliberately chosen for their perverse strangeness. Ramesh’s breakup with Madhu over a video he makes of her sucking her thumb in her sleep, for instance, just leaves you scratching your head in amazed confusion. And the scenes involving Ms Bhaskar as a cop with a weakness for paid sex just leave a bad taste in the mouth. The one thing that could be said about Semma Botha Aagathey is that it doesn’t get boring at any point, mostly because you spend most of the film just trying to figure out why so many random elements have been packed into the story. If that kind of masala miscellany that lets one’s mind check out for a couple of hours appeals to you, then Semma Botha Aagathey might work for a single watch. Disclaimer: This review was not paid for or commissioned by anyone associated with the film. Neither Tnm nor any of its reviewers have any sort of business relationship with the film's producers or any other members of its cast and crew. Also read: Simbu and Venkat Prabhu to join hands next...
- 6/30/2018
- by Monalisa
- The News Minute
Baana KaathadiCast: Atharva, Samantha, Prasanna and KarunasDirector: Badri VenkateshRating: ** Director Badri Venkatesh’s Baana Kaathadi , much like its meaning, Kites, tries flying high only to come crashing down. Using the sport as a background (though it often seems like an excuse to get some colour into the frames), the film interweaves a romance between a rich girl and a poor boy from the Chennai slums. What a yawn, for how often have we seen this unfold on screen. The only new angle here appears to be the kite that plays cupid – and literally. Chasing a kati patang (or ...
- 8/10/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
Arul Nidhi’s debut ‘Vamsam’ is expected to hit screens by first week of August. Earlier, it was expected that the film will not have any competitors, but now has one. It’s none other than Sathya Jyothi Films’ ‘Baana Kathadi’. The film marks the debut of Atharva, son of actor Murali and ‘Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya’ Samantha in lead roles. Yuvan Shankar Raja’s musical score have done a great business at box office.
Since, the songs of ‘Vamsam’ haven’t been completely hit; ‘Baana Kathadi’ is taking a lead. Badri Venkatesh assures that it will be a decent family entertainer with good elements. Per chance, ‘Vamsam’ may take its position on No.1 amongst the Southern parts of Tamil Nadu.
Since, there aren’t any big releases scheduled for second week of August, these films have whole lot of hopes to make it bigger in box office.
Since, the songs of ‘Vamsam’ haven’t been completely hit; ‘Baana Kathadi’ is taking a lead. Badri Venkatesh assures that it will be a decent family entertainer with good elements. Per chance, ‘Vamsam’ may take its position on No.1 amongst the Southern parts of Tamil Nadu.
Since, there aren’t any big releases scheduled for second week of August, these films have whole lot of hopes to make it bigger in box office.
- 7/31/2010
- by Editor
- KollywoodToday
Sathya Jyothi Films is producing a film titled Baana Kathadi which has Murali’s son Adharva and Samantha in the lead roles. Yuvan Shankar Raja has composed the music. Badri Venkatesh is directing this film. The audio CD was released in Chennai. Abhirami Ramanathan released the audio CD while L Suresh received it. Murali while speaking on this occasion said,” In my 30 years Film career I would have committed at least 1000 mistakes. But my producers pardoned me and accepted me. I have advised Adharva to respect the producers. I have acted in Pagal Nilavu and Idhayam produced by Sathya Jyothi Films and now this same production company is introducing my son.
Adharva has acted well then me in Poovilanagu. I cannot dance but Adharva has danced well. It is a tough thing for a heroe’s son to win. But people who have come here had appreciated him. So I feel that he will win.
Adharva has acted well then me in Poovilanagu. I cannot dance but Adharva has danced well. It is a tough thing for a heroe’s son to win. But people who have come here had appreciated him. So I feel that he will win.
- 5/1/2010
- by Editor
- KollywoodToday
Actor Prasanna is badly in need of a big hit as none of his films have yielded him better results at box office. Much alike many actors, he has given up his strategy of performing hero roles and opted for supporting characters.
He’ll be spotting performing the role of ‘Maanja Ravi’ in his upcoming film ‘Baana’, which is set in the backdrops of Gujarat Kite Festival. The film marks the debut of ace actor Murali’s son Adharva in lead role while new cherubic girl Samantha stars opposite him in female lead.
The film is directed by Badri Venkatesh, a short filmmaker who has won awards for his spellbinding piece of works. He has roped in Prasanna to perform this challenging role of ‘Maanja Ravi’ – a ruffian, who feels good for Adharva that he must come up in life.
He’ll be spotting performing the role of ‘Maanja Ravi’ in his upcoming film ‘Baana’, which is set in the backdrops of Gujarat Kite Festival. The film marks the debut of ace actor Murali’s son Adharva in lead role while new cherubic girl Samantha stars opposite him in female lead.
The film is directed by Badri Venkatesh, a short filmmaker who has won awards for his spellbinding piece of works. He has roped in Prasanna to perform this challenging role of ‘Maanja Ravi’ – a ruffian, who feels good for Adharva that he must come up in life.
- 1/8/2010
- by Editor
- KollywoodToday
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