Mani Ratnam is back!

Dulquer Salman and Nithya Menen feature in the legendary director's musical love story.

After the disastrous Kadal, Mani Ratnam is making a musical love story, Oh Kadhal Kanmani.

The film stars Dulquer Salman and Nithya Menen who acted in the hugely successful Malayalam film, Ustad Hotel.

Produced by Ratnam's Madras Talkies company, it will have music by A R Rahman and P C Sreeram doing the cinematography.

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Simran is back!

There was a time Simran ruled the Tamil film industry.

After her marriage and a failed stint in politics, Simran went missing for some time.

She has just accepted a "meaty role" in Trisha Illana Nayanthara with G V Prakash Kumar and Anandhi in the lead.

"Mine is one of the important roles in the film. When director Adhik Ravichandran narrated the story, I found the character very impressive, fresh. The shooting of my portions starts next month. I am glad to be acting again," says Simran.

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The First Bench

Bench Flix, a product of Stone Bench Creations, is a distribution hub that will focus on delivering 'Reach, Recognition and Revenue' to independent and short film segments.

Its plan is to distribute movies in theatres, on television, as in-flight entertainment and on mobile platforms.

The first collection of six short films as a single feature film, The First Bench, will be released on March 6 in Chennai, Coimbatore and Bengaluru.

The six short films are directed by Karthik Subbaraj (who made Pizza and Jigarthanda), Monesh, Rathnakumar R M, Anil Krishnan, Gopakumar and Charukesh Sekar.