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Dulquer Salmaan is at the moment basking within the success of his movie Fortunate Bhaskar, directed by Venky Atluri. Because the actor is ready to seem within the lead position for the Tamil interval flick Kaantha, it’s being reported that the movie could have him portraying MK Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, the primary celebrity of Tamil cinema.
As per the continuing buzz on the web, Dulquer Salmaan is prone to play the lead position of the celebrity, specializing in his life, together with his involvement as a suspect within the Lakshmikanthan case. Nevertheless, this has but to be formally confirmed by the filmmakers.
For these unaware, MK Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, also called MKT, was a preferred actor and Carnatic singer who labored in cinema from 1934 to 1960. Varied critics and movie historians think about him to be the first-ever celebrity of Tamil cinema. He made 14 movies in his profession, with 10 of them being box-office hits.
Nevertheless, the celebrity was as soon as concerned within the controversial case of Tamil journalist Lakshmikanthan. In 1944, the journalist was stabbed to dying by unknown assailants, making it one of the crucial high-profile circumstances of the time.
The investigation, performed below the then-Madras Presidency, led to actors MK Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, NS Krishnan, and director SM Sriramulu Naidu being suspected within the case and arrested by the police.
Whereas Naidu was acquitted, MKT and Krishnan have been discovered responsible and jailed. In 1947, the actors appealed to the Privy Council, which directed a retrial that ultimately proved their innocence and led to their acquittal, though the actual killers have been by no means discovered.
Nevertheless, the arrest is claimed to have shattered MKT’s morale, inflicting him to lose curiosity in films and search solace in temples. Regardless that he continued performing live shows, the actor died on the age of 49, having misplaced all his cash combating the case and ending up in excessive poverty.
Shifting forward, aside from Dulquer Salmaan, the film would even have actors Rana Daggubati and Bhagyasri Borse within the lead roles. Moreover, the actor can also be slated to seem within the lead position for a Telugu language film referred to as Aakasam Lo Oka Tara which is rumored to have Sai Pallavi as the feminine lead.
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