Kamal Haasan to revive Balram Naidu character

Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan will revive the popular character Balram Naidu, a RAW operative from 2008 Tamil action-comedy ‘Dasavatharam’, in his upcoming yet-untitled trilingual comedy. It is slated to go on the floors in May. “Kamal will play Balram Naidu in his new film. Audiences will be introduced to his family for the first time. It’s an out-and-out comedy flick interspersed with sporadic action sequences. The regular shooting will start from the second week of May,” said a source.

Actress Ramya Krishnan will play Kamal’s wife in the film, which will also star Shruti Haasan as their daughter. This will be the first time Kamal and Shruti will be playing father-daughter on the screen.

Veteran Telugu comedian Brahmanandam will play the character Appa Rao, Kamal’s sidekick, which was played by late choreographer Raghuram in ‘Dasavatharam’. “Most of the film will be shot in the US. The makers have hired international make-up crew to take care of Kamal’s look in the film,” the source added.

The film, which is being produced by Raaj Kamal International, will be simultaneously shot in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. National Award-winning actor Saurabh Shukla is also part of the cast. Maestro Ilayaraja, who has been roped in to compose the tunes, chose the title for the film’s Tamil version which will be officially unveiled on Friday.

Vijay Sethupathi to start something A new in May Vijay’s ‘Theri’ Creates a History in a Chennai Multiplex

As we all know Ilayathalapathy Vijay’s latest release ‘Theri’ has been creating box office records at various centers across the globe and Indiaglitz has been reporting each of them to readers. Here comes the latest addition.

‘Theri’ has created a new record in Mayajal. which was probably the first multiplex started in Chennai suburbs.

The first 13 days after the Atlee directed film’s release of the film has seen a record number of footfall and generated humungous revenue. Sources close to Mayajal have revealed that over one lakh people have watched the film in their screens so far. The precise count is 1,00,077. With this the film has generated a whopping revenue of Rs.1.21 crores.

This is a new record created by ‘Theri’ in the history of Mayajal multiplex which has been functioning more than a decade.