Superstar Rajinikanth’s Kabali has collected a monstrous 10+ crores at the Chennai city box office at the end of its 3rd week run according to Behindwoods box office wing’s estimated report.

How has Kabali performed at Chennai city compared to the other biggies that were released in the past 3 years at the end of their respective 3rd weekend run?

01. Kabali - 10.27 crores
02. I - 8.82 crores
03. Theri - 8.76 crores
04. Kaththi - 6.70 crores
05. Vedalam - 6.34 crores
06. Lingaa - 6.21 crores
07. Yennai Arindhaal - 5.71 crores
08. Baahubali - 5.52 crores
09. Veeram - 5.37 crores
10. Kochaidaiiyan - 5.29 crores
11. Jilla - 5.09 crores
12. Puli - 5.04 crores
13. 24 - 4.87 crores
14. Anjaan - 4.57 crores

These numbers are based on Behindwoods analysis wing's estimate only and not the official ones.

News about a fire accident in ace director Mani Ratnam’s office on the 8th August has been reported. Talks that many equipment worth lakhs in his office got damaged in the accident spread like forest fire.

We confirmed through sources in Mani Ratnam’s office that it was a minor incident which happened due to a short circuit in the air conditioning. Sources also confirmed that no such damages, as being rumoured, were caused due to the incident. Apparently, the minor short circuit happened in a part of the office which is still under construction.

Looks like director Gautham Menon’s Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada (AYM) finally gets a release date. The director informs the same through his social media page on the 9th August

 AYM features Simbu and Manjima Mohan in the leads with AR Rahman’s lilting tunes which are ruling the charts. With the director himself announcing the date, the excitement will be on the high.

Diwali is always a special day for Kollywood, with films of big stars releasing in a grand manner. Last year’s Diwali witnessed Ajith Kumar’s Vedalam and Kamal Haasan’s Thoongavanam releasing together. As told earlier, this year’s Diwali will see the releases of Karthi’s Kaashmora and Dhanush’s Kodi. The latest to join this list is Vishal’s Kathi Sandai.

Official team members from these movies announced that their respective films will release on Diwali. Apart from this, the recent buzz going around Kollywood circle is that, there are chances of Suriya’s S3 releasing on Diwali.

When we checked with S.R.Prabhu of Dream Warrior Pictures to know if this would result in postponement of Kaashmora’s release, he said “We booked the Diwali date long back, and no official confirmation has come from the team of S3 regarding the release date. If at all they decide to release S3 on Diwali, we will work it out accordingly, but for the moment, our film, Kaashmora will release for Diwali.” All the three confirmed films are very much expected from the audience, and we will have to wait and see if S3 will join this race.

The censor board (CBFC) has mostly made the headlines for wrong reasons. It is quite disappointing that no industry personality or media bother to appreciate the censor board when they do something right. In the case of movie Joker, the censor board needs a round of applause for not touching few hard hitting dialogues. It was good to see a bold film about politics after a long time; thanks to the uncompromising, straight from the heart dialogues of Raju Murugan. And thanks to the censor board for the giving the required freedom for an honest creator. We at Behindwoods request the CBFC to continue to support good works like Joker in the future as well.

Keerthy Suresh would apparently be teaming with the happening hero Nani for a Telugu film titled Nenu Local. Trinadha Rao Nakkina of Cinema Chupista Maava fame will be wielding the directorial hat for this flick while other cast and crew details are yet to be finalized.

Nani is on a success streak with all his recent film turning out to do good at the box office. This would be Keerthy Suresh’s second Tollywood film after Nenu Sailaja which was a box office hit.

Panchu Arunachalam, veteran director, lyricist and film maker had breathed his last on the 9th August. He was 75 years old. As a writer, he has worked in more than 100 films and has also written lyrics for songs in more than 200 films. He also had the unique distinction of doing 23 films with ‎Rajinikanth and 13 films with ‪‎Kamal Haasan and was the man who launched ‎Ilayaraja‬.

It has to be noted that the veteran won the Lifetime Achievement Award at Behindwoods Gold Medal 2015.

Old timer, actress/dancer Jyothilakshmi passed away on the 9th August in Chennai. She had been suffering from cancer and finally succumbed to the illness . Jyothilakshmi was known for her roles in films like Periya Idathu Penn and Thalaivan to name a few.