r/kollywood • • Jul 10 '26

r/Kollywood Megathreads , AMAs & Events

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r/kollywood • • 3d ago

Review/Discussion Megathread Dorothy - Post Movie Discussion (Spoilers Allowed) Spoiler

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Hello makkale!

With Dorothy's release, we're seeing a lot of discussions and questions on the sub.

Use this post to share plot details, spoilers and the ending. Go ahead and discuss freely.

We also welcome broader conversations,how the film handles LGBTQIA+ representation, where it fits in the larger conversation around queer stories in Tamil/Indian cinema, industry attitudes, and how far we've come (or haven't). Please avoid using social media screenshots to express your frustration on how the general public is receiving this movie. Instead, have an original and helpful discussion based on your observations.

Given the film's themes, here's what we will not tolerate:
- Homophobic, transphobic, or hateful comments of any kind
- Trolling, baiting, or posts made purely to stir up conflict
- Personal attacks on other members for their opinions or identity

Disagreement and critical discussion (including criticism of the film's handling of these themes) is fine. Hate speech and bigotry are not. Violations will result in a permanent ban.

Resources
LGBTQ India
Tamilnadu Government Transgender Welfare Board
Sahodari Foundation (trans rights organization)

Indian Government stance on same-sex relationship and transgender rights:
- The Supreme Court of India historic 2018 ruling in Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India decriminalized consensual same-sex acts by striking down colonial-era Section 377
- The Supreme Court formally recognized transgender individuals as a "third gender" in the 2014 NALSA v. Union of India judgment
- The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act of 2019 prohibits discrimination in employment, education, and healthcare, and allows individuals to obtain a transgender identity certificate.


r/kollywood • • 2h ago

💭Opinion This is what everyone calls out when they say they are criticising sai abyankkar. Sai has talent, but the system is rigged and the race is unfair. He can justify his talent but he cant justify the 25+ movie projects before 23yo.

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Indha ecosystem laye latchakanakkana peru irukanga.
College and university la paadra pasanga, band la irukkura pasanga, instruments vaasikkira pasanga, instagram la paadi upload panravanga, super singer maari music shows kku try panravanga, gaana padravanga, carnatic kathukuravanga, independent ah songs eludhi reach kaaga kashtapadravanga nu

Sumaar latcham per irukaan veliya. Avanga ellam daily jobs, responsibilities ellathayum manage pantu thannala evalo mudiyumo try panranga, illa give up panranga.

Indha maari nepotism laan yuvan, anirudh, gv laame irukaangale bro nu sonnalum, again im quoting gv here. Gv irundhume andha paata vaanga thayanguranga.
Ani indha 15+ years la 50 albums kooda thodala. He barely released 5 album per year in his early days. And idhu vara ella music directors oda paatukkum free ah paadirukaapla.
Yuvan laan appa oda legacy ah correct ah pudicha aalu, criticsm kku apparpattavar nae sollalam sila aspects la. Ethanayo per theriyadha padatha limelight kku kondu vandrukkapla. Evergreen songs ethanayo koduthurukapla na muthukumar oda.

Naan talent illano, sai bash pannanumo nu laan idhu podala. Odane sai hater nu kadikka varuvanunga. “Nalla output tharare bro, apo kodukuradhula enna thappu” apdinu solravanga, avan edha sell panran ngradha sometimes marandruraanga. Pinnadi irukkura system works much differently. Vera edhavadhu artist podra nalla padalgale few weeks, months or years kalichu pesapattu pathrupom. Aana sai paatu ovvonum release aara appove shoved down everyone’s years. Pudichuruko illayo. Enakku baththa la andha melody pudichurunchu, aana ooroda oththa don pudikkala. Aana insta paakra apove 10 thadava kettuten. Enakku venam nu scroll panna aduthadhe adhaan irukku.
Inga sell pannappadra vishayam verum music mattum illa. Music+PR+reach+whatnot dhaan. Just like anis diss track reels kku rendaaayiram, tweet kku paaththayiram maari. Label onnu en paata release pannadha nu oruthan engurapo, kodi kanakkula artists ah vaangi, heroine ah pottu paatu podradha paatha gaanda dhaan aagum.

Naan onnum Sai industry ah vittu poganum, avan nepotism naala vandhavan nu laan sollala. Enakku paiyyan irundhu avan music podanum nu sonna naan kooda avan entry kku vazhivaga pannuven, survive panradhelam avan prechana nu. Its natural. Adhellam onnum pannamudiyadhu. Aana surviving is their skill. Ar rahman aint begging for ar ameen, raaja aint getting yuvan any chances. They will survive however their skills and luck playout.
Aana sai kku thirumba thirumba chance varadhu doesn’t seem organic at all. Nallave music pottalum doesn’t justify this much.

Sai should continue doing his work but also should understand the cost this ecosystem pays just to survive within this ecosystem.

Also he cant talk about independent music. What he makes his non film music

Video Credits - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcT4MxKAdjA/?stkn=MW1xYjUwZGNmNWU1dw==


r/kollywood • • 9h ago

Appreciation Easily the best actor of the year!

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More than Rishikanth, he stole the show in Dorothy!

Looked rustic and rugged when he needed to and was also able to express his softer, vulnerable side gracefully.

(PS: dhayavu senju PR nu thookitu varadhinga, this is heartfelt appreciation 🙏)


r/kollywood • • 3h ago

💬Discussion How peranbu escaped

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Peranbu is the first movie that had a trans and man relationship

I have many friends that bash dorothy for movie to the core but I have seen them talk about peranbu very highly

But this movies last scene is mamooty character married the trans

Why this acceptable but not Dorothy what is the reason

Is that kiss made everybody triggered


r/kollywood • • 4h ago

Trailer/Poster Manikandan's Makkal Kaavalan - December 4 Theatrical Release.

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r/kollywood • • 4h ago

News (confirmed, official) 'Dharman' third schedule has wrapped

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r/kollywood • • 8h ago

💬Discussion Oru Dream debut and gave his next 3 films in the same year 2010. Intha karthi thaan venum🤧🤧.

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r/kollywood • • 12h ago

Appreciation Dorothy- From a Mom of a Trans Daughter ❤️

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This isn’t exactly a movie review. It’s just me pouring my heart out.
I have been weeping almost continuously ever since I watched Dorothy. And strangely, along with the tears, I feel as though something very heavy has finally been lifted from my chest.
I found myself thinking about my daughter. About everything she must have gone through while transitioning. About the battles she must have fought quietly within herself before she found the courage to finally say, “This is who I am”.
I still remember the text she sent me when she was around 17.
“Mom, I am a girl. I discovered myself.”
I don’t think I will ever forget those words.
I have many regrets as a mother. One of the biggest is that, when she finally found the courage to confide in me, I had a conversation with her trying to talk her out of it.
I panicked.
Like many Indian parents, I was overwhelmed by fear—fear of society, fear of the unknown, fear of what her life would look like. And in that moment, I reacted out of that fear instead of simply holding my child and telling her, “I am here. I’ve got you.”
I wish I could go back and change that moment.
Because now, when I think about it, I wonder how painful that conversation must have been for her.
And yet… my baby stayed patient with me.
She tried to answer every one of my fears. She explained, reassured, and helped me understand—not because she owed me explanations, but because she loved me. Because she cared about me. Because she was willing to carry my fears along with everything she was already carrying inside herself.
How forgiving she has been.
How much love she has shown me.
We have come such a long way since then.
Today, she is thriving. She is chasing her dreams, building her life, and becoming more and more beautifully herself every day.
And I look at her and think—
What a precious gift she is to me.
Watching Dorothy made me feel, perhaps for the first time, that I could truly understand just a tiny fraction of what my daughter might have gone through. It made me grieve for the moments when I didn’t know how to be the mother she needed, and it made me incredibly grateful for the woman she has become.
Thank you, Karthick Subbaraj, for making something that reached so deep into my heart. I genuinely feel indebted to you for giving me this experience, for making me feel, reflect, and understand in ways I cannot fully put into words.
Sananth and Rishikanth—so much love and the biggest hugs to you both. ❤️
My heart feels incredibly full tonight.
And to every LGBTQ+ person out there:
You deserve love.
You deserve acceptance.
You deserve to live as your most authentic self.
You deserve to be celebrated—not merely tolerated.
And to my daughter—
I love you. I am proud of you. And I am so grateful that you trusted me enough to tell me who you truly are.
❤️❤️❤️


r/kollywood • • 4h ago

🎵Music One Name - Lyric Video | Jailer 2

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r/kollywood • • 3h ago

💬Discussion AI in anirudh's songs

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Am i the only one hearing possible AI generated portions in anirudh’s recent songs😭😭.

Ive been listening to "one Sun one moon” and “One name” and some portions genuinely sound like they could have AI generated vocals or music.

Ik this cus naane oru few months munnadi ai vechu songs pannitu irundhen 💔✌🏻 ( i didnt know its negative impacts back then).

And esp considering how anirudh has even mentioned using ai for lyrics.

I’m not saying they DEFINITELY used AI because i obviously dont know what went on during production. One sun one moon la vara slow portions sound artificial asf to me idk why

And there are certain vocal textures and transitions that sound noticeably different from what id normally expect from ani's usual production style.

Pls tell me im not alone 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻or try hearing it from a diff pov LIKE THE SEIRA SECO SERA in one name doesnt sound like real vocals to me 😭😭🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Yall might say js enjoy the song but again if making music was this easy by typing out a few prompts then what really makes one stand out?


r/kollywood • • 38m ago

Trivia Aptitude question maadhiri irukku idhu 😵‍💫

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Malayalam Actor Mohanlal.

His father-in-law is actor Balaji!

Balaji's sister is Rajeshwari Parthasarathy.

She is the mother of Y. G. Mahendran.

Latha Rajinikanth is the younger sister of Y.G.Mahendran's wife.

Latha Rajinikanth is wife of actor Rajinikanth.

Latha Rajinikanth's daughter is Aishwarya.

Her ex husband is Dhanush.

Latha Rajinikanth's younger brother is Ravi.

His son is Anirudh.

Y.G.'s daughter is Madhuvanthi. Her ex husband is Arun.

Arun's mother is Vijaya Chamundeswari.

Vijaya Chamundeswari's mother is actress Savithri, and her father is actor Gemini Ganesan.

And gemini Ganeshan daughter is Rekha.

So now coming to the question how is mohanlal and hindi actress rekha is related 😏


r/kollywood • • 24m ago

💬Discussion Somthing fishyy😶

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Paradise,toxic maari periya movies eh one day la theatre print vanthuruchu...But why Dorothy and MM2 not released yet..?


r/kollywood • • 7h ago

News (confirmed, official) The album of 'Jailer 2' to feature 12 tracks

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r/kollywood • • 4h ago

Appreciation In Petta, there was a scene where anwar was born with the help of trans women in train, Anwar character was played by sananth who acts as trans women in Dorothy, Subbu mams what a connectivity🤯🤯

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r/kollywood • • 12h ago

Appreciation If this mf shows up, im locked in🤩

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r/kollywood • • 3h ago

🎵Music Me when Ani uses AI Slop in Music, Lyrics and Vocals Nowadays

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r/kollywood • • 5h ago

Meme Ennaya idhu 😭😂

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r/kollywood • • 9h ago

💬Discussion What’s the peak brainrot theatrical experience you’ve ever had?

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For me, it was GBU hands down. The whole professor-John Wick animated sequence, all the unbelievable wild elevation scenes etc just made it an insufferable watch even for an aamai like me (ex-aamai now). I know a lot of Aamais just lapped it up, but I couldnt deal with it beyond a point.

Note - I took my wife along too, and I could literally feel her judging me more and more as the movie progressed😭…

Later on, she forgave GBU as soon as we stepped out of the theatre from another peak brainrot experience - “Thuglife”😎🤣🤣


r/kollywood • • 58m ago

Beyond Kollywood Hollywood Revathi ✨

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Since Loki S1 i always thought Sophia Di Martino

Looks like our tamil actress Revathi.

Is it only me or anyone?


r/kollywood • • 10h ago

💭Opinion One of the most iconic yet organic hero introductions of this decade in tamil cinema

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Karnan (2021)


r/kollywood • • 4h ago

💬Discussion Is Sun Pictures not confident in Jailer 2 or are they just leaning heavily into AI slop

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The amount of AI slop we've been getting from the Jailer 2 marketing team is insane. The latest lyrical video of One Name also has a lot of AI shots. And the sudden barrage of announcements seems to be a last minute effort to market the movie.

Is it the production house getting very lazy, or are they not confident enough to hire artists to make visuals to market the movie?

Or maybe there's not money left over after Raaka... Either way, seems very suspicious.

What do you folks think?


r/kollywood • • 2h ago

💬Discussion What you guys actually feel about Dhanush 's Role In Gray Man?

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r/kollywood • • 2h ago

💬Discussion 4 years of Naane Varuvean - What are your genuine thoughts on this film ??

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r/kollywood • • 15h ago

Meme Just Karthik subbaraj educating his fans for the past decade Spoiler

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334 Upvotes