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Time of India
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Trending Movie Review: When viral content goes viral wrong
The Times of India TNN, Jul 18, 2025, 2:27 PM IST 2.0 Trending Movie Synopsis: A couple lose their YouTube channel and income, so they enter a dangerous reality show to save their relationship and finances. Trending Movie Review: If cinema had a spam folder, films about social media and influencers would probably end up there. Here's the thing about making movies centered on social media: the moment characters start yakking about reels and virality, you're basically watching people discuss their screen time. Riveting stuff, truly. Arjun ( Kalaiyarasan ) and Meera ( Priyalaya ) have built their whole life around YouTube fame–3 million subscribers, ECR mansion, the works. Then poof, channel gone, loans due, panic mode activated. Along comes this sketchy caller named "Mask" (subtle…) dangling a reality show carrot: play our twisted games, win cash prizes, maybe save your relationship. Or not. The film can't decide if it's warning us about social media zombies, teaching us about greed (reminds one of that Asian man meme where he accidentally pushes a can under a garage door, gets double back, then keeps doubling down until he loses everything), or showing how lies eat relationships from the inside. It wants to be all three, succeeds at none. Every conversation about likes, reels, or virality just takes your attention off the screen and incidentally, to your phone. They enter a game literally designed around lying to each other, then act gobsmacked when lies are told. To be fair, Kalaiyarasan and Priyalaya do a pretty good job with the material they have. The script could have used some experimentation. Why not let one of them fully embrace the deception? Give us a character who lies throughout, maintaining their partner's complete trust, and follows that path to its inevitable end. Sam CS's score works overtime trying to inject tension into scenes. At two and a half hours, it could have used some trimming. Written By: Abhinav Subramanian
New Indian Express
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New Indian Express
Kalaiyarasan's Titanic gets release date
Titanic, which stars Kalaiyarasan and Anandhi in the lead, is set to release on July 18. The film which started production in 2016, had an earlier release date of May 6, 2022, which didn't materialize. The film which was earlier titled, Titanic - Kadhalum Kavundhu Pogum, is directed by Janakiraman, who has worked under Sudha Kongara and Balaji Mohan. Titanic, is his directorial debut, which features Balaji Mohan in a cameo appearance. Recently, Kalaiyarasan, took to X and urged producer CV Kumar to release the film, highlighting the hard work put in by the crew of the film.
The Hindu
01-07-2025
- The Hindu
Tiruppur man gets 20 years imprisonment for sexual assault on minor girl
The Special Court for the trial of cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Coimbatore, has sentenced a man from Tiruppur to undergo 20 years of imprisonment for sexually assaulting his relative aged 16 in 2023. Special court judge T. Bagavathiammal awarded the punishment to Kalaiyarasan, 27, of Tiruppur. According to the police, Kalaiyarasan had been working in a meat stall. He used to visit his relative's residence near Pollachi, where he sexually assaulted the minor girl. The sexual assault came to light in January 2023 and her mother lodged a complaint with the All Women Police Station, Pollachi. Kalaiyarasan was arrested and the police investigation revealed that he had sexually assaulted the girl on various occasions in 2022. After the completion of the trial, the POCSO court found Kalaiyarasan guilty and sentenced him to 20 years of imprisonment on Monday. The court also imposed a fine of ₹17,000 on him.
