IS Movie KO Hit or Flop?

K.V. Anand’s much awaited Ko, starring Jiiva and Karthika. Harris Jayaraj has composed the music while Richard Nathan cranks the camera. Jiiva is one actor who keeps reinventing himself in each movie and emerges successful each time. With Ko, he has reached the next level

Ko is the story of the entwined lives of an adventurous, honest, astute photo journalist Ashwin (Jiiva) and an aspiring young politician Vasanthan (Ajmal). Among the others in the lead cast it is Piaa with her comic timing who scores a tad higher than Karthika and Ajmal. Her small yet meaty role gives her scope and she has a good screen presence.

Dialogues are one of the strong points in the film. The twist in climax is the biggest plus. The film making is nearly flawless and excels in places where he brings in slice of life incidents to invoke humor. The director has aptly mixed intelligent and commercial cinema in Ko.

Dum Maaro Dum movie is set to release on April 22

The forthcoming film Dum Maaro Dum is going to be released after great struggle.

The promos of the movie, which ran into controversy after a media professional. The film, starring Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu and Prateik, also evoked strong reaction from women’s organisations here.

Fox Star Studios India Private Limited (FSSIPL), which is the distributor for the movie, told that the film is set to release on April 22. There is nothing in the movie that spells disrespect for the Goans. Duttani admitted that the objectionable part has been deleted from the film.

The promos always change whenever movie is nearing its release. The film is a fictitious story about a drug mafia in Goa and its links with various foreign elements. The story is essentially about how a minister in Goa directs an honest police officer to eradicate the drug mafia.

Is Dhanush’s Mapillai Hit or flop?

The remake of Rajnikanth’s yester year hit of the same name and his real life son-in-law plays the role essayed by the superstar himself. Mapillai adheres mostly to the original premise but Suraj has added a few and deleted some portions from the old to suit to the current times.

Vivek as the ardent Namitha fan with coiffured hair attempts at comedy but annoys for the most parts with his accent and logorrhoea. Mapillai suffers from weak characterization especially of its lead character Manisha Koirala. Manisha as Rajeshwari provides a frail foil to the effervescent Dhanush and this evinces an indifferent reaction from the audience.

Hansika makes her debut and the girl looks plump and cute and excels in midriff exposition. The costume designer has done a good job. Mapillai opens up with the comedy track of Vivek, Sathyan, Balaji and cell Murugan and its lengthiness tires.

Ajith’s Billa 2 all set to start

The lady of Billa-2, who will romance Ajith has been officially announced. New face Huma Qureshi now lives in Mumbai and has appeared in several TV commercials of which her ad with Aamir Khan for Samsung mobiles and with Shah Rukh Khan.

Ajith is right now busy with Mankatha and will start on Billa 2. The director Chakri Toleti said that the role of the heroine is highly demanded and he is doubly sure that Huma can pull it off.

Yuvan Shankar Raja who will be doing the music and Hemant Chaturvedi, who will be the director of photography.

The story will be about how David became the dreaded don Billa. IN Entertainment (INE), part of Hinduja Group is also backing this Ajith starrer along with Wide Angle Creations led by Suresh Balaje and George Pius.