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A M Rathinam, producer of Indian and Muthalvan, who also has two Tamil films on the floor currently, launched Boys recently. It is directed by Shankar. Speaking about the film, Shankar said, “It’s about the growing days of boys. Though the film has new faces, the budget is similar to that of my earlier films.” Siddharth, Nakul, Sai, Bharath, Manigandan and Harini are the newcomers selected after screen testing over 3000 aspirants. Vivek, Senthil, Anitha Rathinam, AV Ramanan, Kalarani, Janaki Sabesh, Navarasu and Ravi Prakash are the others in the cast. Cinematography by Ravi K Chandran, music by AR Rahman, art direction by Saboo Cyril and dialogues by Sujatha are the major credits.

Introducing the newfaces to the media, Rajnikant said, “This brings to me the memories of Ninathalay Innikum in which Kamal Haasan and I wore costumes and formed a part of a music troupe.”

Balchandra Menon’s debut

Malayalam actor-director Balchandra Menon makes his debut in the Tamil film Album which is being directed by Vasathanbalan, associate of Shankar. Starring Aryan Rajesh and Anitha in the lead, it is being made under the banner of K Balchander’s Kavithalaya. Kartikraja scores the music.

TN exhibitors free to fix rates

The Tamil Nadu Government has given the exhibitors the power to decide on the admission rates. This will give the exhibitors the power to charge more during the first few weeks of the release of a film and thereby pocket the collections. At present, the exhibitors were unofficially fixing admission rates above the prescribed rates to pocket the extra money. The new order gives legality to the exhibitor’s current modus operandi. Rajnikant lauded the decision of the TN government.

—Ayyappa Prasad