Have you heard? Five months later

After much mulling over and internal discussions the release of Adipurush has been deferred by five months Initially slated to arrive on January 12 2023 the Prabhas Kriti Sanon and Saif Ali Khan starrer will now open in cinemas on June 16 Based on the mythological epic the Ramayana Om Rautrsquos directorial venture has been making news since its announcement over two years ago In recent times it has been making headlines for its VFX which hasnrsquot exactly got glowing reviews While buzz was that the costume dramarsquos date with cinemas would be deferred to rework on the special effects the makers made it official yesterday Om issued a statement saying ldquoAdipurush is not a film but a representation of our devotion to Prabhu Shri Ram and commitment towards our sanskriti and history In order to give a complete visual experience to the viewers we need to give more time to the teams working on the filmrdquo Sharing the new release date he added ldquoWe are committed to make a film that India will be proud of Your support love and blessings is what keeps us goingrdquoDeva re devaEven as Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhattstarrer Brahmastra Part One mdash Shiva began streaming on OTT last Friday rumours are now rife that Vijay Deverakonda is being considered to play Dev the protagonist in the second instalment of director Ayan Mukerjirsquos trilogy Itrsquos another thing that producer Karan Johar recently stated that the script of the sequel will be completed before the makers approach any actor Previously Hrithik Roshan and then Ranveer Singh were said to have been offered the film However both expressed their inability to take it up Talk in tinsel town is that KJo and Vijay are looking to team up again despite the debacle of Liger It remains to be seen which film they will finally team up forTo Russia with loveEven as the country continues its war against Ukraine Russia is likely to witness the release of Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandannarsquos Pushpa The Rise next month In August Sukumarrsquos directorial venture was screened at the Moscow International Film Festival in the Blockbuster Hits Around the World category The release date of the movie in Russian cinemas will be decided in the coming days after the makers take stock of Arjunrsquos dates The actor has reportedly begun filming the sequel Pushpa The Rule which also sees Fahadh Faasil reprise his cop characterAlso ReadHave you heard Ranveer working with wifersquos agencySuriya or RanveerEven as director S Shankar is juggling to complete Indian 2 with Kamal Haasan and RC 15 with Ram Charan there is plenty of curiosity around his next Earlier it was being said that the filmmaker would team up with Suriya for a screen adaptation of Su Venkatesanrsquos muchacclaimed book Velpari However recent reports claim that Shankar is considering casting Ranveer Singh in the movie If thatrsquos not enough the director is planning to make a threepart film on the subject as against the singlepart movie he was said to be making with Suriya Sources claim that the filmmaker feels the narrative is too vast to be contained in twoodd hours Moreover Shankar is looking to target the panIndia audience by making a magnum opus of the Velpari trilogy Apparently the directorrsquos adaptation of his hit psychological thriller Anniyan 2005 is said to have been called off As a result of which hersquos keen to make Velpari with Ranveer It remains to be seen whether he teams up with Suriya for another subjectAlso ReadHave you heard Priyanka leads the wayGrab the date In keeping with the industry norm the makers of Kuttey grabbed the release date soon after the makers of Adipurush vacated it Helmed by composerfilmmaker Vishal Bhardwajrsquos son Aasmaan the thriller stars Tabu Naseeruddin Shah Arjun Kapoor Konkona Sensharma and Radhika Madan Sharing the news Arjun wrote ldquoUsher in the New Year with Kuttey releasing in cinemas on January 13 2023rdquo Interestingly one netizen wanted to know why his name came before actors like Tabu and Naseeruddin ShahThe last spellOver the weekend Anushka Sharma celebrated cricketerhusband Virat Kohlirsquos 34th birthday On Monday the actor was back to work resuming the shoot of Chakda Xpress Incidentally this is the last spell of director Prosit Senrsquos biopic on Indian womenrsquos cricket icon Jhulan Goswami They recently shot a schedule in Kolkata The ongoing shoot in Mumbai is said to be quite rigourous and gruelling With the completion of this shoot it will be a wrap on Chakda Xpress Incidentally the Netflixbacked movie also marks Anushkarsquos acting debut in OTT entertainment The actorproducerrsquos idea is to make the most definitive biopic ever on an Indian sports icon Reunion after 35 yearsOver threeandahalf decades years since their gangster drama Nayakan Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam are set to team up again Tentatively titled KH 234 the movie is being written by the acclaimed filmmaker while Oscarwinning composer AR Rahman will create the soundtrack The film is being produced by the iconic actor the auteur and producer Udhayanidhi Stalin who is also a producer of Vikram and Indian 2 Pleased with the reunion Kamal said ldquoI was equally excited 35 years before when I was about to start work with Mr Mani Ratnam Collaborating with a similar mindset is stimulating This stimulation includes Mr Rahman as wellrdquo Ratnam said ldquoHappy honoured and excited to collaborate with Kamal sir againrdquo Interestingly the filmmaker had first wanted to make Ponniyin Selvan with Kamal around the mid rsquo90s but the logistics didnrsquot work out