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All eyes are present connected the epic Pongal play clash astatine the container bureau betwixt ‘Thalapathy’ Vijay’s swansong movie Jana Nayagan and ‘Prince’ Sivakarthikeyan’s much-anticipated Parasakthi. From the speeches of the respective stars astatine the audio motorboat events of their films to the galore controversies surrounding the releases, there’s a batch that’s being spoken about. However, determination are besides respective notable coincidences that galore of the releases this Pongal stock with each other, making this festive play genuinely 1 of a kind. Here are some:
Clash of the Titans
Vijay’s Jana Nayagan is not conscionable locking horns with immoderate film; it is taking connected Parasakthi. It is nary specified coincidence that Parasakthi, directed by Sudha Kongara, takes its rubric from the iconic Tamil movie written by the precocious legendary Dravidian stalwart M Karunanidhi. It’s a play play that champions the Dravidian students’ question from the 1960s, and arsenic shown successful the recently-released trailer, takes a peek into however a radical of students fought for the rights of Tamils. What has taken the net by tempest is the information that this tribute to the Dravidian question — distributed by Red Giant Movies, a institution founded by Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and DMK person Udhayanidhi Stalin — is taking connected a movie that signals the governmental introduction of a superstar who has repeatedly criticised the DMK government, calling them his ‘political enemy.’
Student takes connected the master
It is besides absorbing capable to enactment that Parasakthi is headlined by a prima who is popularly believed to beryllium Vijay’s successor to the throne successful Tamil cinema - an thought that was fuelled by Vijay himself, done a symbolic passing-of-the-baton motion to Sivakarthikeyan successful The Greatest of All Time. Given Siva’s skills arsenic a performer, enactment hero, dancer, and entertainer — and the benignant of films helium has been doing — it seemed similar an evident prime that helium would beryllium the frontrunner to capable Vijay’s shoes. However, a batch of stars had to align for the ‘student’ to instrumentality connected the ‘master’ helium is replacing astatine the container office. Either way, arsenic Siva said astatine the audio motorboat of Parasakthi, this is an ‘Annan-Thambi’ Pongal.
Anil Ravipudi’s Pongal
This is simply a mind-boggling coincidence. According to galore unverified reports, Jana Nayagan is said to beryllium a remake of Telugu superstar Nandamuri Balakrishna’s 2023 enactment play Bhagavanth Kesari. Even the online sermon surrounding the trailer of Jana Nayagan adds to speculations, with fans stating how, adjacent if it weren’t a remake, determination look to beryllium 1 excessively galore similarities betwixt the 2 films. Now, were you alert that the upcoming Sankranthi release, Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu, starring Chiranjeevi and Venkatesh, is directed by the aforesaid antheral who helmed Bhagavanth Kesari? So, if we are to judge that Jana Nayagan is simply a remake of the Telugu film, manager Anil Ravipudi volition look a unsocial concern this Pongal/Sankranthi: his Telugu movie volition beryllium clashing with the Telugu dubbed mentation of a Tamil movie that is simply a remake of his erstwhile Telugu film. Phew!
Now, ideate however histrion Sreeleela indispensable beryllium feeling. Her Parasakthi is clashing astatine the container bureau with the Tamil remake (reportedly, again) of Bhagavanth Kesari, successful which she played the pistillate lead.
The Director’s touch
Jana Nayagan is directed by filmmaker H Vinoth, who is known for helming 3 films (Nerkonda Paarvai, Valimai and Thunivu) with Vijay’s arch-rival successful films, Ajith Kumar. (Interestingly, Vijay’s erstwhile film, The Greatest of All Time, was helmed by Ajith’s Mankatha-director Venkat Prabhu, who, connected the different hand, has presently teamed up with Sivakarthikeyan, believed to beryllium Vijay’s successor.)
These brainsick coincidences aside, this is for definite — this Pongal/Sankranthi is simply a feast similar nary different for fans of cinema. And for a bittersweet farewell for fans of superstar Vijay.
Vijay’s Jana Nayagan besides stars Pooja Hegde, Bobby Deol, Prakash Raj, Priyamani, Narain, Gautham Vasudev Menon, and Mamitha Baiju successful pivotal roles. It is produced by Venkat K Narayana of KVN Productions, and co-produced by Jagadish Palanisamy and Lohith NK. It is scheduled to beryllium released successful theatres connected January 9.
Parasakthi, meanwhile, stars Ravi Mohan, Atharvaa Murali and Sreeleela among others. Produced by Aakash Baskaran nether the Dawn Pictures banner, the movie is acceptable to merchandise successful theatres connected January 10.
