Vijay and Vijay Sethupathi May Clash Again at the Box Office
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Two actors from India may have a movie clash again. Their names are Vijay and Vijay Sethupathi. Both are popular actors in Tamil films.
News reports say their new movies might come out on the same day. This happened before too. Fans call this a 'box office clash'.
A box office clash means two big movies open together. Fans then compare which movie makes more money. Many people talk about this online.
There is also other film news. Chennai's mayor, R. Priya, spoke about a problem. She said someone attacked her. She asked why the chief minister, Vijay, allows this.
The mayor also talked about an airport plan. It is called the Parandur airport project. She said this plan was dropped. She said this will hurt Chennai's growth.
Vocabulary15 words
- clash
- when two things happen at the same time and compete
- chief minister
- the top leader of a state government
- box office
- the money a movie earns from ticket sales
- mayor
- the leader of a city
- airport project
- a plan to build an airport
- growth
- getting bigger or better
- release
- when a movie opens in cinemas
- actor
- a person who acts in movies
- popular
- liked by many people
- attack
- to hurt or criticize someone strongly
- allow
- to let something happen
- plan
- an idea for doing something
- dropped
- stopped or cancelled
- problem
- something bad or difficult
- compare
- to look at two things together to see differences
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1. Vijay and Vijay Sethupathi 2. It was dropped 3. Two movies releasing on the same day
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Two actors from India may have a movie _____ again.
Their names are Vijay and Vijay _____.
Both are popular actors in _____ films.
News reports say their new movies might come out on the same _____.
A box office clash means two big movies _____ together.
Chennai's mayor, R. Priya, spoke about a _____.
She said someone _____ her.
She asked why the chief minister, Vijay, allows this.
The mayor also talked about an _____ plan.
She said this plan was _____.
She said this will hurt Chennai's _____.
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