Everything That Made News In Entertainment From The South (January 28 – February 3)

Here’s a recap of the significant stories in entertainment across Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada films, and sometimes the odd television series as well.

Thalapathy Vijay announces entry into politics (Tamil)

After years of speculation, prominent Tamil actor Vijay has finally and officially announced his entry into politics. He announced his newly found party ‘Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam’.

The actor also made it clear that he would not be contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, and would instead use this time to prepare and “politicise” his cadres for the 2026 Assembly State elections.

Vijay added that he doesn’t consider politics a mere occupation, but a service to the people. Vijay, who is currently filming Venkat Prabhu’s The Greatest of All Time for his 68th movie, revealed that he would completely involve himself in politics once he finishes his film commitments.

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Hemanth Rao joins hands with Shiva Rajkumar for his next (Kannada)

After the success of his romantic saga Sapta Sagaradache Ello, Hemanth Rao is gearing up for his next feature film. The makers of the film have announced that the director would be collaborating with actor Shiva Rajkumar in the lead role. Currently titled Production No.

1, the film is produced by Vaishakh J Gowda under the Vaishakh J Films banner. The announcement came with a video, which showed a fantastical setting for the film. The tagline, which was a quote from Sun Tzu’s Art of War read, “The hardest lesson to learn is to love your enemy”.