Cine News Digest – 01 Feb 2026

Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan to share the screen again?

Soundarya Rajinikanth has revealed in an interview this week that her father – Superstar Rajinikanth will reunite on screen with Kamal Haasan in a forthcoming film to be launched later this year. Talks are currently on with Nelson Dilipkumar to head the project.

Vijay and the Jana Nayagan issue

The makers of Jana Nayagan have decided to withdraw their appeal against the Central Board of Film Certification over the proposed cuts to the film. The dispute has resulted in a financially crippling decision that saw the film pulled out of the running for a Pongal release after tickets had been sold across the globe.

The decision will see the CBFC make multiple cuts and mute several lines of dialogue. Even with the withdrawal of the case, it would take at least a month for everything to be completed to clear the film for release.

Meanwhile, Vijay’s full concentration is on the upcoming elections where he has dismissed talks of coalition talks, saying that he will win a clear majority to form his own government without the help of other parties.

Karthi looks ahead to a better year

Karthi is eager to shed the negativity that came with the colossal failure of his Pongal release, Vaa Vaathiyaar. He is currently shotting for Marshal which is written and directed by Thamizh, the director of the award-winning film Taanakkaran and writer of the current trending film Sirai.

His other projects this year include the long-awaited sequel to Lokesh Kanagaraj’s Kaithi as well as the eagerly anticipated sequel to Sardar.

Sai Abhyankar now trending in Kodambakkam

At age 21, Sai Abhyankar has bagged some major film projects, now putting him on the list of sought-after music composers. His 2026 line-up include Suriya’s Karuppu, Karthi’s Marshal, Dhanush’s 55^th film, Allu Arjun’s Atlee film,, Lokesh Kanagaraj’s BENZ with Raghava Lawrence and the yet-to-be-finalised 24^th film of Sivakarthikeyan.

Sivakarthikeyan books a film with Thaai Kizhavi Director

Sivakarthikeyan, who is the producer of M.R. Radika’s next film, Thaai Kizhavi, has been so impressed with that film’s new director – Sivakumar Murugesan, that he has asked him to write a script for him. As the first schedule of SK’s film for Venkat Prabhu has not been finalised, Sivakarthikeyan hopes to complete this film in a 40-day schedule/