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Fox Star Studios and A R Murugadoss Raja Rani to release worldwide on 27 Sept
Production and distribution giant Fox Star Studios and film maker and producer A R Murugadoss’ third Tamil venture, Raja Rani will have a worldwide release on 27 September. Produced in association with The Next Big Film Venture and directed by Atlee, the film toplines a stellar ensemble cast led by Arya, Nayanthara and featuring Jai , Nazriya, Santhanam, Sathyan and Sathyaraj making it one of the most awaited films of the year.
The film’s music set by G V Prakash is already a rage and has contributed tremendously in creating a massive buzz about the film – across all age groups. With the censor giving it a U Certificate, the film is set to capture the space of the biggest family entertainer of the year.
A R Murugadoss who along with Fox Star Studios, has given two break away hits, Engaeyum Eppothum and Vathikuchi, in 2011 and 2013, is looking forward to sharing the film with the cinema lovers. He says, “I have full faith Raja Rani will get a thumbs up from the audiences. I was overwhelmed and laughed and cried in parts through the film. I am really proud of Atlee for directing such a heartwarming film and the actors for coming out with such terrific performances.”
Fox Star Studios CEO Vijay Singh adds, “Raja Rani is our third film with A R Murugadoss. While we are taking our relationship with him to Hindi cinema as well, I can vouch that with Raja Rani we have created a film that will entertain everyone. It has one of the best musical scores coming out of the Tamil industry in recent times and I am confident that audiences will endorse Raja Rani’s love story whole heartedly!”
The film is set to have one of the widest releases for a Tamil film in Tamil Nadu and rest of India and world through the distribution might of Fox Star Studios.
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Remembering Gyan Sahay, the lens behind film, television and advertising
From a puppet rabbit selling poppadums to Hindi cinema, he framed it all.
MUMBAI: There are careers, and then there are canvases. Gyan Sahay, the veteran cinematographer, director, and producer who passed away on 10 March 2026 in Mumbai, had one of the latter. Over several decades in the Indian film and television industry, he turned lenses, lights, and the occasional puppet rabbit into something approaching art.
A graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, Sahay built his reputation as a director of photography across a career that stretched from the early 1970s all the way to the digital age. He was the kind of craftsman who understood that a well-composed shot is not merely a technical achievement but a quiet act of storytelling.
For most Indians of a certain age, however, Sahay will forever be the man behind the rabbit. His direction of the iconic long-running television commercial for Lijjat Papad, featuring its now-legendary puppet bunny, gave the country one of its most cheerfully persistent advertising images. It was the sort of work that sneaks into the national subconscious and takes up permanent residence.
His big-screen credits as cinematographer include Anokhi Pehchan (1972), Pagli (1974), Pas de Deux (1981), and Hum Farishte Nahin (1988). In 1999, he stepped behind a different kind of camera altogether, making his directorial debut with Sar Ankhon Par, a drama that featured Vikas Bhalla and Shruti Ulfat, with a cameo by Shah Rukh Khan for good measure.
On television, Sahay was particularly prized for his command of multi-camera production setups, a skill that made him a go-to technician for large-scale shows and reality programmes. In an industry that has never been especially patient with complexity, he was the calm hand on the rig.
In later life, Sahay turned teacher. He participated regularly in masterclasses and Digi-Talks, often hosted by organisations such as Bharatiya Chitra Sadhna, sharing hard-won wisdom on cinematography, the comedy of timing in a shot, and the sweeping changes brought by the shift from celluloid to digital. He was also said to have been involved in a project concerning a biographical film on Infosys co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy.
Tributes from the film industry poured in following the news of his passing, with colleagues remembering him as a senior cameraman who served as a rare bridge between two entirely different eras of Indian cinema. That is, perhaps, the finest thing one can say of any craftsman: he kept up, and he brought others along with him.
