Vishu 2025 South film releases: Bazooka, Good Bad Ugly, Jack, Agnyathavasi, etc

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The weekend of April 10 looks exciting for cinephiles in the south, what with a slew of interesting films heading to theatres. Comedy is the genre of choice for most of the films on offer, but there are also murder thrillers, spy entertainers and action flicks in the mix. Here’s a look at the Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films in theatres on April 10, 2025.Mammootty in BazookaLanguage: Malayalam
This Malayalam action thriller starring Malayalam superstar Mammootty in the lead is the directorial debut of Deeno Dennis. The film also stars Gautham Vasudev Menon in a main role, beside Babu Antony, Neeta Pillai, Gayathri Iyer, Anoop Menon, Sharaf U Dheen, Jagadish, Siddharth Bharathan, Shine Tom Chacko, among others.Promo poster for Alappuzha Gymkhana.Alappuzha Gymkhana
Language: Malayalam
Director Khalid Rahman’s Malayalam sports comedy has Naslen K Gafoor, Ganapathi, Lukman Avaran, Sandeep Pradeep, Anagha Ravi, among others, on the cast. It follows a bunch of youngsters hoping to get into college on the sports quota.Maranamass
Language: Malayalam
A comedy thriller about a serial killer – that’s what director Sivaprasad has put together with Basil Joseph in the lead. Joining him on the cast are Rajesh Madhavan, Siju Sunny, Anishma Anilkumar, Puliyanam Poulose and Suresh Krishna.Good Bad UglyGood Bad Ugly
Language: Tamil
Tamil superstar Ajith Kumar leads the action comedy by Adhik Ravichandran. Trisha Krishnan, who was with the actor in this year’s Vidaamuyarchi, returns for Good Bad Ugly, which also stars Prabhu, Prasanna, Arjun Das, Sunil, Rahul Dev and Yogi Babu, among others.Language: Telugu
The Telugu spy action comedy entertainer directed by Bommarilu Bhaskar stars Siddu Jonnalgadda and Vaishnavi Chaitanya, while Prakash Raj has a pivotal role in the film.A still from the teaser of ‘Agnyathavasi’Agnyathavasi
Language: Kannada
Hemanth M Rao has produced the film by Gultoo maker Janardhan Chikkanna, in which Rangayana Raghu plays a cop in a rural village investigating a crime that uncovers long-buried secrets in the town. Siddu Moolimani, Pavana Gowda, Ravishankar Gowda, and Sharath Lohithashwa are also on the cast.Language: Kannada
Nagabhushan plays a free-loading husband living off the success of his celebrity actress wife, which leads to complications in their marriage and a personal journey of self-discovery. Directed by Ikkat makers Esham and Haseen, the film has been produced by Daali Dhananjaya.Language: Kannada
Dhanveeraah is in the lead of director Shankar Raman’s action entertainer. Reeshma Nanaiah is paired with the actor, while Tara, Sampath Raj, Aditya Menon, Avinash, Achyuth Kumar, Petrol Prasanna, Shivaraj KR Pete, and Cockroach Sudhi, fill in as the supporting cast.

Much-awaited Shivarajkumar films that may not happen after all

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At any given point in time, Kannada cinema’s Century Star Shivarajkumar is the busiest actor in Sandalwood, with multiple projects announced either on his birthday, or during the course of the year. For instance, last year, Ghost director MG Srinivas, Hemanth M Rao, Nandakishore, joined filmmakers like Pavan Wadeyar, Dinakar Thoogudeepa, Lohith M, Kotresh Chapparadahalli, Tejasvi Nag, among others, who are waiting to get their projects with Shivarajkumar up and running.The actor, who was last seen in his home production Bhairathi Ranagal , the prequel to Mufti, has a cameo in his daughter Niveditha’s maiden production venture Firefly that comes out on April 24, but his next as a leading man will be Arjun Janya’s directorial debut, 45, which releases for Independence Day. Since his return from the US where he had surgery for bladder cancer, Shivarajkumar has spoken about his as-yet-untitled 131st film that he will resume shooting for, as well as his cameo in Ram Charan’s next, Peddhi.
ShivarajkumarWhile Hemanth has said that his film will be put in the backburner for now because of the physically demanding nature of the role, the status of many of Shivarajkumar’s upcoming projects remains uknown. In fact, many of these films have been in the pipeline for years together, with no clarity on if and when they will take off.In fact, there are a few films that had been announced that are unlikely to get done. Avana Srimannarayana director Sachin B Ravi’s Ashwatthama was meant to be a Shivarajkumar vehicle, but the filmmaker has taken his film to Bollywood. Simple Suni’s Manamohakka remained an announcement, while filmmaker Ravi Arasu’s RDX, which was later renamed to Jawa, has not been heard of since its muhurtha a few years ago.
Shivarajkumar is prepping for the release of his 125th film, VedhaYet another film that’s most likely shelved is Khadar, which was to pair Rachita Ram with Shivarajkumar. The actor has a couple of R Chandru movies in his current lineup, but he has a history of not going ahead with it, as was the case with their earlier collaboration plan Kali. While Shivarajkumar eventually did a cameo in Kabzaa, the film’s sequel was supposed to follow his character in the lead, a development that he was not on board with. Amid all of this, Ram Dhulipudi’s Nee Sigovaregu, which was the actor’s 123rd film, is reportedly stalled and unlikely to be revived.

Much-awaited Shivarajkumar films that may not happen after all

Arts & Culture, Film & TV

At any given point in time, Kannada cinema’s Century Star Shivarajkumar is the busiest actor in Sandalwood, with multiple projects announced either on his birthday, or during the course of the year. For instance, last year, Ghost director MG Srinivas, Hemanth M Rao, Nandakishore, joined filmmakers like Pavan Wadeyar, Dinakar Thoogudeepa, Lohith M, Kotresh Chapparadahalli, Tejasvi Nag, among others, who are waiting to get their projects with Shivarajkumar up and running.The actor, who was last seen in his home production Bhairathi Ranagal , the prequel to Mufti, has a cameo in his daughter Niveditha’s maiden production venture Firefly that comes out on April 24, but his next as a leading man will be Arjun Janya’s directorial debut, 45, which releases for Independence Day. Since his return from the US where he had surgery for bladder cancer, Shivarajkumar has spoken about his as-yet-untitled 131st film that he will resume shooting for, as well as his cameo in Ram Charan’s next, Peddhi.
ShivarajkumarWhile Hemanth has said that his film will be put in the backburner for now because of the physically demanding nature of the role, the status of many of Shivarajkumar’s upcoming projects remains uknown. In fact, many of these films have been in the pipeline for years together, with no clarity on if and when they will take off.In fact, there are a few films that had been announced that are unlikely to get done. Avana Srimannarayana director Sachin B Ravi’s Ashwatthama was meant to be a Shivarajkumar vehicle, but the filmmaker has taken his film to Bollywood. Simple Suni’s Manamohakka remained an announcement, while filmmaker Ravi Arasu’s RDX, which was later renamed to Jawa, has not been heard of since its muhurtha a few years ago.
Shivarajkumar is prepping for the release of his 125th film, VedhaYet another film that’s most likely shelved is Khadar, which was to pair Rachita Ram with Shivarajkumar. The actor has a couple of R Chandru movies in his current lineup, but he has a history of not going ahead with it, as was the case with their earlier collaboration plan Kali. While Shivarajkumar eventually did a cameo in Kabzaa, the film’s sequel was supposed to follow his character in the lead, a development that he was not on board with. Amid all of this, Ram Dhulipudi’s Nee Sigovaregu, which was the actor’s 123rd film, is reportedly stalled and unlikely to be revived.