Journalist based movies in Tamil cinema – F’day Spl. Article by Naveen

‘Maaran’ starring Dhanush has hit the screens this weekend. Dhanush plays an investigative journalist in the movie. Let us take a look at some Tamil films in which the the main character is based on journalism background

Ko:

Directed by K V Anand, Ko is the story of astute photo journalist Jiiva and an aspiring young politician Ajmal. Karthika and Piaa Bajpai are Jiiva’s colleagues and fellow journalists who also get sucked into Ajmal’s political aspirations and election campaigns. Does Ajmal achieve his goal? What does he do to achieve them? How Jiiva uncovers all this forms the rest of the story

The story centres on Vijay Sethupathi, an idealist, who becomes a reporter at Zen One TV channel. The channel’s boss, Kalyan Skywalker is more interested in generating revenue through sensationalism and strikes a deal with politician Bose Venkat, whose popularity has taken a nosedive following protests against his chemical plant. After Maniarasu’s men molest Darshana Rajendran, a young girl who spearheads these protests with her boyfriend Vikranth Santhosh, Vijay Sethupathi does an exposé, but Kalyan decides to twist the story in favour of the politician. What happens next forms the rest of the story.

The film revolves around Samantha, an Intern with the Times of India, who investigates traffic violations on a flyover, where several motorists manually remove a divider to take a U-Turn on the flyover. Before she knows it, Samantha is picked up by the police in the middle of the night and is accused of murder. What happens next forms the crux of the story.

Vijay Sethupathi and Yogi Babu, from a small town in Madurai dream to fly to London and make money, so that they can attain a financial status in the society. They come down to Chennai and with the help of a local travel agency, try to get their passports. They meet Ritika Singh, a vibrant television journalist. How does her entry change their life is the core plot of the story.

The movie had Kamal Haasan and Mohanlal in the lead roles. The movie had Anuja Iyer playing the role of a television journalist. She plays a key role in taking the movie forward. The movie is directed by Chakri Toleti and is the remake of Bollywood film – A Wednesday.

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