Diwali Season Preview

Diwali is the biggest season for the Tamil film industry.

Kollywood: 5 confirmed releases


The season was expected to be much more bigger than in actually is. I loved to write a season preview like this:


1. Bheema- This Vikram, Trisha starrer will b vikram's come-bak wagon after the flop majaa. The music by harris jeyaraj has toppled sivaji outta the top slot in the charts.

2. Billa-This ramake of a rajnikanth starrer in the same name, which in turn is a remake of AB's don, stars Ajith & nayans. AB to srk and rajini to ajith, yeah..the evolution is clear!

3.Azhakiya Tamizh Magan- aka ATM is Vijay's nxt potboiler after the blockbuster pokkiri. And its under the banner of Navodaya. The buzz is that the distribution rights costs exceeded production costs & thus making it a hit b4 release!

4.Vel - this one, starring Surya & Asin might not b in the front row of most expected releases, bt might just turn out to b the dark horse...

5. At last bt certainly not the least, kamal's magnum opus dasavatharam might just release in the season...bt i think kamal is not going to push it too much thru the hullaballoo in the season....

But ended up with this:

5 films have confirmed for the Diwali release and only 2 among my 'expected list' features in the confirmed list!The confirmed films are:

1. Vijay's Azhagiya Tamil Magan

2. Surya's Vel

3. Pritviraj & Sathyaraj starring Kannamoochi Yaenada

4. Jeeva(kakka kakka)'s Machakaran


5. Dhanush's Polladhavan

ATM is sure to lead in the initial week with its rahman songs already topping the charts, which interestingly has a remix of old songs as well! You too, rahman? In the next weeks the picture will be clear. ATM, Vel, Machakaran & Polladhavan are formula films that audience expect for diwali. Inspite of that, pritvi's KY may attract family audience, if its made well, ofcourse.I think machakaran and Polladhavan are in danger zone and if the films are not good will suffer from the second week onwards.Billa is being delayed by distributors Pyramid saimira, who have taken ATM for distribution giving such high rates that the producers are already in profit! These Pyramis guys seems to have a lot of money and they have all of a sudden become one of the key players in tamil & malayalam industries now. They also distribute OSO in ketala & TN. Howvver, its good for swargachitra Appachan, ATM's producer. I heard he bought the Blue Diamond theatre site in kozhikode and gonna construct a cinema there. Now I know from where he got the money!