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BiopicReports are that the biopic, titled 'Mr', is being directed by Ravi Srivatsa. Digital NativeReports about a biopic on reformed underworld don Muthappa Rai made it to the headlines several years ago, but the project failed to take off for various reasons. Now, we hear that the biopic, titled Mr has gone on the floors without creating any buzz. Reports are that the biopic, titled Mr, is being directed by Ravi Srivatsa of Ganda Hendathi and Deadly Soma fame with producer Shubharajanna's son Deekshith playing the title role. Incidentally, the film is being bankrolled by Shubharajanna under his banner Soubhagya Lakshmi Films. Mr will be made into a three-part series focussing on the life of the late underworld don /businessman Muthappa Rai’s life. The director has done a lot of research for this biopic, we hear. On the progress of Mr, we hear that the intro scene has been...

OpinionWhile men accused in #MeToo continue to sign new films and be part of prestigious projects, the fallout has been for the women who stood up against them.Sowmya RajendranNawazuddin Siddiqui is in the cast of Karthik Subbaraj's Petta, starring Rajinikanth in the lead role. Dileep has just signed a new film with B Unnikrishnan. Arjun Sarja is in Priyadarshan's ambitious film Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham, which has Mohanlal playing the title role. All of these men have been accused of some form of sexual harassment or abuse, and as if to shut up the ‘oh-but-what-about-their-careers’ whataboutery, there is literally no break in the work they get. In fact, it is as if the #MeToo movement, which created much noise in the last few months, never took place. The #MeToo movement had been incubating in the south Indian film industries for a while, before it exploded in October this year.