The decent success of Tamil superstar Suriya’s sci-fi thriller, 24, has given a fresh lease of life to the actor’s long delayed emotional drama, Memu. This children film, titled Pasanga 2 in Tamil, has been awaiting its release since last year as the Telugu producers couldn’t find a proper date to release the film. According to the latest update, Memu is finally hitting the screens in the two Telugu states on July 1st. Amala Paul will be seen as the film’s leading lady and Suriya plays the role of a child psychiatrist in this light-hearted drama. National award winning director Pandiraj directed Memu.
The 6th South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA) 2016 was held in a glittering ceremony at the Suntec Convention and Exhibition Centre in Singapore last night. SIIMA celebrates the best of South Indian Cinema and several noted artistes and technicians from the four major film industries down south will be honoured with the awards. This 2-day film carnival saw the best of Telugu and Kannada cinema snatching away the awards on the first day. As expected, SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus Baahubali The Beginning walked away with the Best Film award, while the film also got Rajamouli the Best Director award. On the other hand, Mahesh Babu and Shruti Haasan were awarded the Best Actor and Best Actress awards respectively for Srimanthudu. While Allu Arjun was given the Best Actor Critics Award for Rudhrama Devi, the Best Actress Critics Award was given to Anushka Shetty for Rudhrama Devi. S Janaki received the Lifetime Achievement Award while Rajendra Prasad for Srimanthudu and Ramya Krishna for Baahubali won the Best Supporting Actor Male And Best Supporting Actor Female awards. Below is the complete list of awards won by the artistes and technicians of Telugu Cinema: Samantha – The Youth Icon of South India award Rana Daggubati – Best Actor in Negative Role for Baahubali Vennela Kishore – Best Comedian Award for Bhale Bhale Magadivoy Sudheer Babu – The South Sensation of the Year Akhil Akkineni – Best Debutant Male for Akhil Pragya Jaiswal – Best Debutant Female for Kanche Vijay Reddy and Sashidev Reddy – Best Debutant Producer Award for Bhale Manchi Roju Anil Ravipudi – Best Debutant Director bags for Pataas Rama Rama song in Srimanthudu – Most Streamed Song of The Year Award Devi Sri Prasad – Best Music Director for Srimanthudu Jani – Best Choreographer Award for Temper Senthil Kumar – Best Cinematographer Award for Baahubali Sirivennela Sitarama Shastri – Best Lyricist Award for Kanche Sagar – Best Playback Singer (Male) Award for Jatha Kalise in Srimanthudu Satya Yamini – Best Playback Singer (Female) Award for Mamatala Talli in Baahubali
Amidst rumours that Rajnikanth’s Kabali will be postponed, yet another Tamil film which has now confirmed its postponement is Trisha’s Nayaki. Latest update reveals that the film will now release on the 15th of July. Initially, the film was supposed to release on the 8th of July. Reports suggest that as the censor of the film and certain other post production formalities are yet to be completed, the makers have decided to postpone the film. Trisha plays the central character in this film whose posters created a huge buzz off late.
