From Rajinikanth's Darbar to Thalapathy Vijay's Bigil; here are the South newsmakers of the week

Well, the last week in the South was completely dominated by the megastars of Kollywood and Tollywood for their film announcements and the box office records created and shattered by their ventures. Biggies like Thalapathy Vijay, Pawan Kalyan, Thalaivar Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan grabbed the headlines in the last seven days and we give you the reason behind this in detail. So, here are they...

Rajinikanth's Darbar's motion poster

After a lot of anticipation and buzz, the makers Rajinikanth starrer Darbar launched the motion poster of the film and it received a thunderous response from the audience. Celebs like Salman Khan, Mahesh Babu, Kamal Haasan and Mohanlal came together to launch it in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam.

Bigil shatters Petta's record

Thalapathy Vijay's Bigil continued to dominance in its second week and emerged the biggest Tamil grosser of 2019 at the global box office by grossing over Rs 250 crore. It surpassed the business of Rajinikanth's Petta to achieve this feat.

Pawan Kalyan steps into Amitabh Bachchan for the Telugu remake of Pink

After Thala Ajith, Tollywood superstar stepped in the shoes of Amitabh Bachchan for the Telugu remake of Pink. It will be helmed by Sriram Venu and will be co-produced by Boney Kapoor and Dil Raju. The working title of the film is PSPK 26. Interestingly, Boney Kapoor also bankrolled the Tamil remake of the film titled Nerkonda Paarvai, which featured Thala Ajith in the lead role. It was a huge blockbuster at the box office.

Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan unveil K Balachander's new statue

The evergreen friends of Tamil cinema.. pic.twitter.com/neYuxpTAsO

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Two stalwarts of Tollywood, Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth unveiled the new statue of late legendary filmmaker K Balachander inside the premises of Raaj Kamal Films International company. The filmmaker was their mentor and had introduced them to the Tamil industry.

Dhruv Vikram's Adithya Varma getting postponed

Chiyaan Vikram's son Dhruv Vikram's Adithya Varma was set to hit the screens on November 8 but due to the delay in censorship, the makers pushed the release to November 21. Adithya Varma, which is the official remake of Vijay Deverakonda's Arjun Reddy, marks the acting debut of Dhruv Vikram and also features October fame Banita Sandhu in a lead role.

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