2019 is one of the very few years that gave us strong women characters in Tamil cinema. Nerkonda Paarvai, which is a remake of Hindi blockbuster Pink, addressed women's safety, consent, double standards in society, sexism and patriarchy. Vijay's character Michael heads a women's football team and tries to address several pressing issues such as body shaming, patriarchy and harassment, …
Both Dhanush and Vijay unveiled the first look of their Diwali release, Pattas and Bigil, on their respective birthdays. The first-ever box office battle happened between both the actors was in 2005 — Vijay’s mass action entertainer Thirupaachi and Dhanush’s romantic comedy Devathaiyai Kanden competed at Pongal. In the same year, Vijay’s rural action potboiler Sivakasi and Dhanush’s romantic drama …
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