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TollywoodDirectors Siva, Barath Neelakantan, Sarjun Km and editor Sreekar Prasad speak on the making of the anthology.Rajeswari ParasaCourtesy..TwitterAddham, an anthology series in Telugu, is premiering on Aha, an Over The Top (Ott) platform, on October 16. Ahead of its release, Tnm caught up with the team of the directors who have made the different segments of the film and the editor who put together the series. Addham has three episodes of 20 minute each, with the common theme of ‘Morality is a changing goalpost’. According to the makers, each of these episodes makes one wonder what is right and what is wrong and it brings alive a variety of situations which take the characters on a journey of self reflection. Addham has Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, G Kishore Kumar, Arjun Chidambaram, Prasanna Dr Pavithrah Marimuthu, Abirami Venkatachalam, Rohini Moletti and Praveen in significant roles in different episodes. The series was shot completely...

Film review The mystery in ‘K13’ begins right from the first scene and has us on edge but the denouement isn't entirely satisfying.Sowmya RajendranStill: K13 trailerArtistes, in many ways, are hyenas who pick the bones clean of every life experience. Talk to anyone whose job it is to tell stories and they will confess that a part of their mind is always occupied in changing what's happening around them into a narrative. The fiction they create is often real life stories they've mutilated or transformed to suit their purpose. Debut director Barath Neelakantan's K13 is an attempt to capture this obsession which can sometimes border on desperation. The film opens with a "puriyatha puthir". Director Madhiazhagan (Arulnithi) finds himself strapped to a chair with duct tape. In the flat - number K13 - is a dead woman he partied with the previous night, writer Malarvizhi (a stunning Shraddha Srinath...

KollywoodProduced by Sp Sankar and Santha Priya, the film will be director Barath Neelakantan’s debut feature.Tnm StaffThe thriller genre is nothing new for actor Arulnithi who was previously seen in films like Demonte Colony and Iravuku Ayiram Kangal. The actor will next be seen in K13, a psychological mystery thriller film written and directed by Barath Neelakantan. The film’s teaser that was released on Monday begins with the actor waking up and realising that he's bound to a chair with the word ‘Sorry’ scribbled on the wall facing him. The teaser is then a rush of scenes that only ups its mystery quotient. Actor Shraddha Srinath also features in the clip, playing the mystery woman whose voice-over we hear in the trailer. There are references to mental illnesses in her narration and with Arulnithi frantically moving about from frame to frame inside a house, we begin to...

CinemaDirected by Tigmanshu Dhulia, Shraddha shares screen space with Ali Fazal in this love story.Digital NativeDigital NativeShraddha Srinath’s debut movie in Bollywood is all set for release on March 15. The film, titled Milan Talkies, is directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia, who had won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film for Paan Singh Tomar in 2013. Ps Chhatwal is bankrolling this project under the Filmy Keeda Productions banner. Sharing screen space with Shraddha in this flick is Ali Fazal as the hero. The others in the star cast include Ashutosh Rana, Sikander Kher, Sanjay Mishra and Reecha Sinha. Shraddha is elated over her Bollywood debut and is looking forward to the release, which is touted to be a small town love story. Shraddha Srinath made her acting debut with the Malayalam movie Kohinoor in 2015 but it was the Kannada film U Turn that catapulted her to star status. Offers...