Gautam Sunder

3 weeks ago | hollywoodreporterindia.com | Gautam Sunder

At the very first launch of Thug Life in Chennai, Kamal Haasan said that the film was an apology to fans from him and Mani Ratnam, for making them wait 38 years since Nayakan for the duo’s reunion. Later at a promotional event in Visakhapatnam last week, the actor-politician added that he was making amends for a bad film (Indian 2) with this one.

1 month ago | hollywoodreporterindia.com | Gautam Sunder

During the recent launch of Thug Life in Chennai, Kamal Haasan drew the most applause from the audience when he recalled hanging out with Mani Ratnam and A.R. Rahman together during the making of the movie. “Mani and A.R. Rahman are both similar in that sense; they only talk about cinema all the time. There is no unnecessary gossip or chatter... I’ve actually learnt to talk less from them,” exclaimed Haasan, to much laughter from Rahman himself.

2 months ago | hollywoodreporterindia.com | Gautam Sunder

From Butta Bomma to Arabic Kuthu to Kanimaa, Pooja Hegde really has a knack of having her songs (and hook steps) go viral right before the film’s release. Ahead of Retro’s release this week, the actor’s carefully-curated look in the film and dance moves set to Santhosh Narayanan’s addictive beats are the rage on Instagram — and she couldn’t be more pleased. “Everything about Retro has been such a fabulous and soul-satisfying journey.

2 months ago | hollywoodreporterindia.com | Gautam Sunder

G.V. Prakash Kumar calls Good Bad Ugly one of the most challenging projects he’s ever worked on. “It’s because I entered the project quite late — just in the last 30 days — and I had exactly one month to score for the film, as well as compose fresh music for songs that had already been shot. In fact, the entire film was completed; so I basically had the final visual footage in hand, and my songs had to match the lip sync throughout the duration. It wasn’t easy...

Oct 25, 2024 | thehindu.com | Gautam Sunder

An uncharacteristically wet October has seen several parts of south India swathed in heavy rainfall over the last couple of weeks, thanks to the north-east monsoon. Depending on how many power outages and building leaks you are annually subject to during this period, one’s idea of romanticising the showers might differ accordingly — but it goes without saying that filmmakers, for long, have used the phenomenon as heady motifs.