Kamal Hails Periyar, Stalin

Kamal Haasan on Tuesday hailed the contribution of leaders of the Dravidian group, with Periyar and M K Stalin at a book free function in Chennai.Speaking at a function organised to release the biased biography of Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, (Stalin: Mootha Pathirikaiyalar Paarvaiyil) written by veteran journalist Solai, Kamal said the book was not about an individual, but about a right to be heard from Tamil Nadu when Emergency was declared.The veteran actor urged that a book should be released in English resting on Periyar, by resources of complete details about the come to nothing of the Dravidar Kazhagam.Kamal said that a subdivision of the media was criticising his oft-repeated appearance in the functions related to the DMK and was describing him as a nilaya vidwan (in-house performer). He said he was proud of being so, as he has been praising the right person. He also recalled the torture that Stalin endured during the Emergency.Dravidar Kazhagam chief K Veeramani, Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu N Ram, CMD of The New Indian Express Group Manoj Kumar Sonthalia, Vikatan Group Managing Director B Srinivasan, CMD, Kumudam assemblage P Varadarajan, 'Nakkheeran' Gopal, RR Gopaljee of the Dinamalar Group, Malai Malar managing administrator C Balasubramaniya Adityan and a congregation of media personalities took measurement at the function.? Anushka as Rudrama Devi? After her splendid performance in Arundhati, affective attractiveness Anushka will be seen in nevertheless an additional heroine-oriented film aristocratic Rudrama Devi, in the direction of be intended on behalf of by Gunashekar in the company of a whopping formulate financial arrangements of Rs. 40 crore.The film will have Anushka playing the role of a queen. Some say the film will be the story of Rani Rudrama Devi (1261-1296), one of the most prominent rulers of the Kakatiya dynasty in India.Legend has it that since her father Ganapathideva had no sons, Rudrama was formally designated as a son through the ancient Putrika ceremony and given the male name of Rudra Deva. When she was only 14 years old, Rani Rudrama Devi succeeded her father. Rudrama Devi was an able fighter and dynamic ruler. She defended the kingdom from the Cholas and the Yadavas and was one of very few female rulers in South India during her time.