Mumbai: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Shreyas Iyer as captain for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season. Accepting captaincy of KKR, Shreyas Iyer said: I am extremely honoured to have gotten the opportunity to lead a prestigious team like KKR. The IPL as a tournament brings the best players from different countries and cultures together and I look forward to leading this great group of very talented individuals. I would like to thank the owners, management, and support staff of KKR for giving me the opportunity to lead this team and I am confident…
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Kolkata: Ravi Bishnoi’s two-wicket haul was backed up by quality knocks by Rohit Sharma (40) and Suryakumar Yadav (34*) as India defeated West Indies by six wickets in the first T20I of the three-match series here at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday. With this win, India has gained a 1-0 lead in the three-match series and the second T20I will now be played on Friday at the same venue. Chasing 158, India got off to a quickfire start as openers Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan put on 58 runs inside the first six overs. The 64-run opening stand finally came to an…
Ameer will be returning to direction with a film that will have story penned by Vetri Maaran. It’s titled Iraivan Miga Periyavan. Vetri Maaran, who directed Ameer in Vada Chennai will be co-writing the story with Thangam. The film will feature music by Yuvan Shankar Raja, who has composed music for the director’s Mounam Pesiyadhe, Raam, Paruthiveeran, and his last directorial, Aadhi-Bhagavan. Bankrolled by Jaffer through JSM Pictures, Iraivan Miga Periyavanwill have cinematography by Ramji. Ameer said, ‘This is more like a festival day for me. Usually, a movie launch involves a ritual ceremony with script book, but this is quite a different one. This is…
Filming of an untitled film starring Hansika and produced by Vijaychander commenced with a pooja. Vijay Chander, who has directed films like Valu, Sketch and Sangathamizhan, is the producer. Hansika plays the female lead in the first film being produced by Vijay Chander on behalf of Film Works.bthe film is directed by the duo Sabari Greesan and Saravanan (Google Kuttappan). Shakti is the cinematographer of the film. Producer Kalaipuli S Thanu to switched on the camera, Vijay Sethupathi sounded the clap board and KS Ravikumar directed the first scene. Details of other cast and crew will be released soon.
The Haryanvi Bollywood industry has been garnering good response recently. There is an interesting song that has now been added to the list. Deepti Sadhwani and Kamal Digiya starrer Haryanvi Bollywood Song ‘Naughty Saiyaan’ garnered positive response after it was launched in a star-studded affair. The music video and song Naughty Saiyaan were released with much fanfare. In a show of support in attendance were Siddharth Nigam, Nikita Rawal, Jaan Kumar Sanu , Luviena Lodh among others. The song has been sung by Monika Sharma and Ricky Singh Ft. Mon-T whereas the lyrics and composition have been done by Mon-…
Sao Paulo: The suspended World Cup qualifier between South American rivals Brazil and Argentina will be replayed, world football governing body FIFA has said. The match in Sao Paulo last September was halted shortly after kick-off when Brazilian health officials walked onto the pitch to object to the participation of four Argentina players for allegedly breaching COVID-19 protocols.Also Read – Philippe Coutinho Wonder Strike Helps Brazil to 4-0 Rout of Paraguay After a thorough investigation of the various factual elements and in light of the applicable regulations, the FIFA disciplinary committee has decided that the match should be replayed on…
Chennai: Tamilnadu today registered 1325 new Covid-19 cases, and the total number of infections has touched 34,39,221. The capital city of Chennai today registered 303 cases. With this, the total number of persons affected by the pandemic in the metropolis has touched 747494. As far as Chennai’s neighbouring districts are concerned, Chengalpattu today registered 113 new cases, Kancheepuram saw 40 infections in the last 24 hours, and Thiruvallur posted 47 positive cases. The districts of Cuddalore and Coimbatore today witnessed 18 and 231 new cases, respectively. 14 patients died today, taking the total number of fatalities in the State due…
The makers of the Vijay and Pooja Hedge-starrer Beast have released the long-awaited first single ‘Arabic Kuthu’ lyrical video from the film. The peppy song has been sung by Anirudh Ravichander and Jonita Gandhi. The lyrics of the song are penned by Siva Karthikeyan. The foot-tapping number took the Internet by storm. Nelson Dilipkumar’s film Beast, which he wrote and directed, is currently in post-production. The film is slated to be released in April, this year. While sharing the video link, Nelson tweeted, ‘Arabic Kuthu’ here it is … Thank you Sivakartikeyan for the cool and jolly lyrics. Rock star…
Madhavan’s film ‘Rocketry: The Nambi Effect’ has got a new release date. It will be out in theatres on July 1 this year. While Madhavan will be seen in the skin of the renowned scientist Nambi Narayanan, he has also directed, produced and written the film. On Monday, he took to Instagram to share the release date with his fans. He also dropped a new motion poster of the film. Phyllis Logan, Vincent Riotta, Ron Donaiche, Simran, Rajit Kapur, Ravi Raghavendra, Misha Ghoshal, Gulshan Grover, Karthik Kumar and Dinesh Prabhakar are also a part of the film. Madhavan’s directorial will…