What are the icons of the South cooking up for us? Today is a massive win for movie lovers as several blockbuster updates dropped at once. First up, Allu Arjun celebrated his 44th birthday by finally revealing the title and first look of his next film with director Atlee: it’s officially called Raaka, and the poster shows him in a dark, almost monstrous bald avatar. Meanwhile, the internet is melting down over leaked plot details for S.S. Rajamouli’s next epic, Varanasi. Starring Mahesh Babu, the film is reportedly a globetrotting adventure involving time travel from 7,200 BCE to the near future, all centered around a mysterious cosmic artifact and a battle for global domination. Can Rajinikanth’s latest sequel get any bigger?
The hype for Jailer 2 has reached a fever pitch now that Rajinikanth has confirmed the film is in its final stages of production. Rumor has it a “mega-sequence” has just been filmed in Hyderabad, potentially bringing together superstars Rajinikanth, Shah Rukh Khan, Mohanlal, and Shivarajkumar in one frame—a moment that would likely break the Indian box office. Between Allu Arjun’s “devilish” new look, Rajamouli’s time-bending epic, and the final countdown for Tiger Muthuvel Pandian’s return, the South film industry is proving once again that it knows exactly how to keep the world watching.
