After his political plunge, the actor-turned-politician Rajinikanth and Kamal Hassan will meet for the first time in Malaysia.
The South Indian Artistes’ Association (SIAA), also known as Nadigar Sangam, is gearing up to host a spectacular ‘Star Night’ in Malaysia on 6 January to raise funds for the construction of the new Nadigar Sangam building and the general welfare of the union members. The crème de la crème of the Tamil film industry, including the likes of Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan, will grace the occasion.
Amid hype over their political entry, top actors Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan are likely to share the dais in Malaysia for a fundraising event.
Rajinikanth has boarded a flight to Malaysia the previous night and Haasan, who is now in America, is expected to reach there today, film industry sources said.
The event will happen in the sprawling Bukit Jalil National Stadium, located in Malaysia’s capital city, Kuala Lumpur, which has a seating capacity to accommodate nearly 87,000 spectators. The day-long jamboree, which will bring together 250 artists from Kollywood under one roof, will commence at 11 AM in the morning on 6 January. Game shows, comedy skits, cricket and football matches have been lined up to entertain viewers.
The event is for raising funds for construction of a new building for the ‘Nadigar Sangam’ here, known officially as the South Indian Film Artistes Association.
Besides the top two actors of the Tamil film industry, over 200 others, including artists and music directors, traveled to Malaysia by a special flight from Chennai on the night of the 4th of January.
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At a curtain raiser to ‘Star Night’ in Chennai on Wednesday, actor Karthi, the treasurer of Nadigar Sangam, revealed that the teaser of Rajinikanth’s mega-budget sci-fi film 2.0 would be launched for the audience on 6 January in Malaysia, adding that director S Shankar would also attend the gala.
However, a source from the film’s unit denied it and shed light on how the mix-up happened. “How could we launch the teaser of Asia’s costliest movie without any prior announcement? It’s a case of misinterpretation. Lyca Mobile is one of the primary sponsors of the event. So we had promised to give a visual content for the audience from the film. It is going to be an animated video of the first look images and other promos that we have launched already. The teaser launch event will happen in Hyderabad as planned earlier in a massive scale,” explained the source.
The makers of various films have already announced a string of teaser and audio launches to cash in on the carnival, which will witness a jam-packed auditorium of Tamil film buffs.
The teaser of Vishal’s Sandakozhi 2, directed by Lingusamy and produced by Vishal Film Factory, will be launched at the event. The team has completed 50% of the shooting and is eyeing a Ramzan weekend release on 15 June. Although Vishal had said that the album of Irumbu Thirai, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, would also be released at the event, we have learned it will happen in Chennai sometime before Pongal.
Vijay Sethupathi will have two important launches from two different projects. The makers of Junga, where Vijay co-stars with Sayyeshaa, have confirmed the release of the first look teaser at the event. The audio of Vijay Sethupathi’s multi-starrer Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Solren, directed by Arumugakumar, would also be launched at the event. Justin Prabhakaran has composed the music for the project.
Vijay Sethupathi will also captain the ‘Ramnad Rhinos’ cricket team, which will participate in the Celebrity Cricket League in Malaysia on 6 January. Interestingly, the makers of Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Solren have acquired the Ramnad Rhinos team in a bid to support their lead hero and as an excellent promotional strategy for their film.
Suriya, Vikram, Karthi, Sivakarthikeyan, Keerthi Suresh, Samantha, Kajal Aggarwal, Jiiva, Jayam Ravi, Raai Laxmi, Sri Divya, Catherine Tresa, Nikki Galrani, Samuthirakani, GV Prakash, Imman and a few others have already confirmed their presence for the event.
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