Father-Son
To
Skip?
It
is
also
said
that
his
father
SA
Chandrashekar
is
also
unwilling
to
attend
event.
If
reports
are
to
be
believed,
he
has
left
the
city
and
he
is
on
a
holiday.
Kamal
Hassan
Meanwhile,
people
are
eagerly
waiting
to
see
whether
Kamal
Hassan
would
make
it
to
the
prestigious
event.
He
had
also
faced
such
situation
earlier
this
year
when
the
state
government
banned
his
Vishwaroopam
after
a
few
Muslim
groups
protested
claiming
that
the
movie
projects
their
community
in
a
bad
taste.
Rajinikanth
However,
the
stage
for
the
centenary
function
is
getting
ready.
The
big
names
like
Rajinikanth,
Ajith
Kumar,
Vikram,
Surya,
K
Balachander,
Mani
Rathnam
and
many
others
from
Kollywood
are
getting
ready
to
grace
the
event.
Chiranjeevi,
Balakrishna
Telugu
film
industry
consisting
of
Chiranjeevi,
Balakrishna,
Ram
Charan
Teja,
Pawan
Kalyan,
Prabhas
along
with
Kannada
and
Malayalam
stars
like
Sudeep,
Shivaraj
Kumar,
Upendra,
Puneet
Rajkumar,
Ambareesh,
Mohanlal,
Mammootty
and
others
are
expected
to
attend
the
function.
Photo:
South
Bigwigs
On
the
other
end,
the
Tamil
Nadu
government
on
Wednesday
(September
18)
handed
over
a
cheque
of
Rs
10
crore
to
members
of
the
South
Indian
Film
Chamber
of
Commerce
as
part
of
its
contribution
towards
staging
the
centenary
celebrations
of
Indian
cinema
in
the
city.
Chief
Minister
Jayalalithaa
Chief
Minister
Jayalalithaa
presented
the
cheque
to
the
members
of
Chamber,
who
called
on
her
to
request
her
to
inaugurate
the
four
day
event
scheduled
to
begin
from
September
21,
official
sources
said.
Photo:
South
Stars
Captured
Together
A
host
of
dignitaries,
including
members
of
SIFCC,
Federation
of
Film
Employees
Association,
Tamil
Film
Producers'
Council
and
South
Indian
Artists
Association
called
on
Jayalalithaa
at
the
Secretariat.
Pranab
Mukherjee
The
members
also
invited
her
to
participate
in
the
valedictory
function
on
September
24,
which
President
Pranab
Mukherjee
is
likely
to
attend.
Commemorating
the
centenary
celebrations,
a
host
of
events
have
been
organised
across
the
city.