Kollywood: Hoping for better fortunes

In spite of a cricket Test match currently on in Chennai and the final examinations has begun for school students, Kollywood have lined up a flurry of movies releasing this weekend.

The movie hitting the screens this weekend include '€˜Vedha'€™ starring Arun Vijay, Prithviraj'€™s '€˜Sathya'€™, all newcomer starrer '€˜Tharagu'€™, '€˜Kattuviriyan'€™ featuring Malavika in dual roles, '€˜Gayathri IPS'€™ featuring item girl Mumaith Khan in the lead role besides Tamil dubbing of the Hollywood blockbuster '€˜D-War'€™.

Theatre-owners are confident that people will throng in good numbers. '€˜Vedha'€™ is a romantic entertainer while '€˜Sathya'€™ is a dubbed version of Prithviraj'€™s Malayalam hit featuring Priyamani in the female lead. '€˜Kattuviriyan'€™ produced by Kalaipuli G Sekaran features Malavika in dual roles and there are enough glamour in it to attract youths.

2007 has been relatively an average year so far for Kollywood with only a handful of movies going on to make some profits at the box-office. The producers, distributors and theatre-owners are hoping that these movies go on to become hits.